May Kraftyhands Challenge

The Theme this month is anything goes.

I wanted to make a very feminine card to say Thank You. I chose the Preferable Pastel CD because I had to used this little treasure and wanted lots of flowers. 

What a Hoot

These are my samples using the Kraftyhands new CD 

What a Hoot.

To make this card I use the 6 inch square pop up cards from Craftwell Cards. They are already creased for you. I measured the inside of the triangles that form in the creases then cut the pieces from the matching backing paper to fit and not go over the folds. The little owl in the centre is on a piece of acetate and does move a little. 

 For this card I had to enlarge the image for the sky and clouds. Very easy to do. The branch is made from craft card and then inked. The little leaves are from a printed out topper. I had the idea in my head of hanging one of the owls upside down for a get well soon card. The 'Get Well Soon' message is not on the CD but I found a very similar style of font and printed the message.

I really enjoyed making this card. It is a while since I have made a bow fronted card but I thought it would suit the image of the owls, making it look like a tree.

The shaped front and body of the card is made using craft card. The flowers are cut out using a variety of flower punches and dies. They are cut from various backing papers on the CD. The ivy leaves are cut using a Tattered Lace die. Finally I added a few feathers.

Kraftyhands Blog Challenge

Sketch

Here is my take on this months challenge with the Sketch.
I used the Create It magazine with the Baby Boy Card Project 9

April Kraftyhands Blog Challenge

This month I have used the Create It CD which comes with the magazine Issue 1. I love this image of the blue elephant and wanted to use it with this months Sketch.

March Challenge on Kraftyhands Blog Easy Easter

Kraftyhands Blog Challenge For February

Spring Flowers

The challenge this month is Spring Flowers

I used the Floral Fantasia CD and originally was going to make a card with tulips on. I then found this image of the daisies and thought what better flower to show that Spring was here. 

I wanted to keep the card simple with just the colours and the image standing out. The stepper card is made to fit the image by using the cut and fold method rather than using a template. The card I used was white with the background printed on from the CD.

Hope you like it. 

Kraftyhands New Die Cuts

Samples made from the new die cut range out this January.

Lovely cup cake die cuts with a french chocolate feel. Mixture of chocolate, turquoise and pinks.

I wanted to use as many of the die cuts as they are all so pretty so I went for this card shape to be able to use three.

I found this little pot of chocolate Easter Eggs and the die cut from the tea cup animals fits on perfectly. I trimmed it with a simple pink bow.

This is a 6 x 6 inch card with the front founded back, shows off the die beautifully with backing papers from Vintage Treasures CD.

Inside and outside of this 8 x 8 card. The centre image hangs on a thread and rotates.The sentiment on the front is a Tonic Die 'You're a Star' The stars on the inside panels are from a memory box circle die cut up and re-arranged.

This is a small stepper card made with white and silver. The sentiment is decorated on each side with some silver beads on wire.

The decorative card was coloured with distressing inks to tone with the colour of the image. A crisp green gingham bow trims some small red roses. The sentiment is cut with a die cut in green to match the mount for the image.