A Card Made From A Sketch

 

Today I am showing you a card made using the sketch over at 52 Weeks To Christmas challenge.

I made a base slimline card out of kraft cardstock. On that I added digital papers from the Merry Moments Collection of Nitwit Collections. The graphic is from Creative Fabric. They have so many cute and adorable graphics. I inked the circle along the edges with a bit of Pumice Stone Distress Oxide Ink. I don't know the brand of the bow I used. The sentiment is homemade by me.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
52 Weeks To Christmas October 2025 - Sketch
52 Christmas Card Throwdown October 2025 - Colors Red/Green/Brown
ABC Christmas October 2025 - V is For Vertical
Peace On Earth #97 - Inspirational Photo (Santa)
CD Sunday Plus #169 - Anything Digital Goes

Till next time
Renate

A White And Gold Anniversary Card

 

Today I am showing you an anniversary card I made a while back. I made the script background myself for this one. Please read on if you like to know how.

I saw a nice script background with German language on it and I wanted something like that but with Dutch text. So I made this background in PSP. I then printed it in black using my laserprinter. I then added gold foil using my laminator. It is always exciting to remove the foil to see it it got every bit but it did. I added a gold nestabilitie square frame in the middle and added a smaller nestability on the gold frame. I then die cut a rosette in white. I added the circle and decided to add the number 50 in the middle so I can give this to a couple having their 50th wedding anniversary.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:

AAA Cards #301 - Anything CAS Goes Optional Monochrome
Dutch Card Lovers #404 - White with A Touch Of Gold
PIP #2541 - Anything Goes
Stamp & Fun = Creativity #483 - Stamp Or Punch

Till next time

Renate

A Pumpkin Thank You Card

 

Today I am showing a card I made as a thank you card for my husbands brother and his wife who were hosting the annual family day this year. Once a year all the brothers, sister and their spouses get together for a day for family fun and good food. It is usually in the beginning of October when they started the tradition after their mom passed away in 2016. So each year one of us hosts this coming together and I always make a nice card to thank them along with a small gift of appreciation.

So for this card I used a digital plaid background from Nitwit Collection. On that I added a rectangle background frame from Papertrey Ink. I made the pumpkins from an oval nestabilities die. I die cut 5 for the large pumpkin and 3 for the smaller pumpkin. I die cut some flowers and inked them with Distress Oxide Ink. I then stamped the spots in the middle and added a pearl in the center. I die cut some leaves and inked those as well in fall colors. I even used a script stamp on some of the leaves. I die cut a small sentiment in copper metallic cardstock and die cut it a couple of times to stack them on top of each other to get a bit of dimension. I added everything onto a kraft base card. 

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
Papercraft #122 - Amazing Autumn
Inkspirational #352 - Seasonal (mine is fall ofcourse)
Pearly Sparkles #112 - Pumpkins and/or Leaves
Unicorn #114 - Autumn and/or Halloween
Craft Rocket #130 - Autumn/Halloween
Four Seasons October 2025 - Fall
Pinspirational #330 - Mine are the pumpkins
Cupcake Inspirations #628 - Fall Harvest
A Place To Start October 2025 - Pump It Up For Pumpkins
A Cut Above October 2025 - Anything Goes With A Die Cut

Till next time
Renate

A Shaker Thank You Card

Today I am showing you a card that turned out exactly as I imagined it would. It did take a lot of time though even if it may not look like it. I made a whole bunch of flowers with a watercolor look and decided to keep them for a later time and now was that time to use some of them.

I made 4 small shaker windows by using a rectangle die from Alexandra Renke. I like die cut about 24 of them and glued them all together. I added a small piece of acetate between the top and second layer. I then added all the shaker bits and closed the square with a white square. I then added the flowers with a glue gun as glue would be too messy for this. Then I lined them out on a 12 cm rectangle and glued them down. I then added another panel behind it of 12,5 cm for extra strength. I tied a bit of string yarn around the middle and added a little bow. I popped the panel on some foam tape and then I added everything to a 14,5 cm square card. For the finishing touch the sentiment in black so it really stands out. I felt the card didn't need anything else after that.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
Liftchallenge #200 - 4 Shapes
Time Out #299 - Photo Inspiration (mine are frames like my shaker frames)
Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral Goes

Till next time

Renate

A CAS Pumpkin Card

 

Today I am showing a CAS card with a gorgeous graphic of an orange and pink pumpkin. I made this model after seeing something similar on Pinterest and I wanted to try it. It looks good but I probably should have made the bow a little smaller in the middle.

I opened my PSP and I added the text underneath the graphic. I then added it into word and printed it twice. I took one square with the graphic and from the second graphic I cut a strip of about 2,5 cm or 1 inch. I added embossing lines to the strip. I then adhered the strip to square exactly on top of the other graphic. I then added a piece of white satin ribbon over the strip. I then made the bow with a bit wider satin then the strip on the card. I adhered the bow with a glue gun. I rounded the corners on two of the four corners. I added a few white pearls for the finishing touch. I added it all onto a white base card. I like how it turned out.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
Simply Clean And Simple October 2025 - Pumpkins
The Sisterhood of Crafters October 2025 - Anything Fall
Fab 'n' Funky #623 - Colors Of Autumn
Aud Sentiments #330 - Fall + a Sentiment
Dream Valley #346 - Pearls or Gems
Make My Monday #262 - Fabrics or Textiles
Inspiration Station #78 - Inspirational Photo (mine is the pumpkin)

Till next time
Renate