As you can see, for all three I used the same design but made each unique by using different paper.
Showing posts with label Valentine's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valentine's. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Valentine's Revisited
A few days before Valentine's I had an order for three cards. These cards were not ones that were premade so that meant *rush* to make them and send them out. Thankfully my client liked one of the designs I had in my photos on my Facebook page so that made making the cards easier. I only posted one on the 19Eighty Expressions' Facebook page because the initials of the receivers were on the cards and since one of them is my friend I didn't want her figuring it out before Valentine's.
As you can see, for all three I used the same design but made each unique by using different paper.
As you can see, for all three I used the same design but made each unique by using different paper.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Sitting In A Tree
An idea came to me while I was looking through a magazine for inspiration, use printed images on cards. I have seen this before on other cards and other papercrafts but I wasn't sure it's something I wanted to start doing. I kind of felt like it was cheating since I was using an already made picture rather than me stamping it, coloring it, drawing it, or crafting it out of paper. I decided to give it a shot anyway just to see what I can create and Sitting in a Tree is it! Take a gander.
After making this card I realized how printing images onto cardstock opens up a whole new world for my card making. It's pretty exciting. So far this is the only card I have made using this technique. Aside from printing the image another technique I used is embossing. I dry embossed the brown mat that is behind the image and inked the edges of the white cardstock.
This is one of the cards featured in my etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/19eighty.
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| The owls and sentiment are printed onto cardstock |
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| Soul Mates |
After making this card I realized how printing images onto cardstock opens up a whole new world for my card making. It's pretty exciting. So far this is the only card I have made using this technique. Aside from printing the image another technique I used is embossing. I dry embossed the brown mat that is behind the image and inked the edges of the white cardstock.
This is one of the cards featured in my etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/19eighty.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Last minute Valentine's
Oops, I thought I was all set. It turns out my daughter didn't have enough of the store bought Valentine's to pass out to her class so I either had to go out and buy more or be creative. I decided to be creative. Plus I really didn't feel like getting ready to go out.
I used the free Valentine Truffle file that SVG Cuts has posted on their site to make the cute candy truffle. It kind of makes me want to head out and go to See's looking at all these!
A few pictures show the cards before I added the glitter to the candy swirl. I think the addition of glitter adds more to the card. I am entering this project in SVG Cuts' Valentine challenge as well.
I used the free Valentine Truffle file that SVG Cuts has posted on their site to make the cute candy truffle. It kind of makes me want to head out and go to See's looking at all these!
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| Glittery goodness |
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| Before I added glitter |
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| Looks delicious! |
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| I used different colors of glitter on the candy swirl |
Saturday, February 12, 2011
All set for Valentine's Day
I am so excited to show this to you! I saw these super cute Valentine mailboxes on www.svgcuts.com and thought it would be perfect for my daughter to have one for her Valentine's party at school so I bought the file. I have a feeling she'll be the envy of the class when she shows up with the most awesome Valentine holder around. She chose the color and the type of mailbox she wanted and I did the rest.
The love caption and the cupid bear were from www.svgcuts.com. The love caption was a free download and I received the Valentine bear kit as a freebie for buying other files.
I dobbed the bear's body with a hot pink ink so it was slightly darker than the rest of him. His wings are embossed with a swirly pattern to fancy them up.
A swirly heart gives the back of the mailbox have some flair.
The front of the mailbox is held closed by a ribbon that is attached to the sides of the box then tied in a bow in the front. When untied the door opens and all the lovely Valentine cards can be placed inside.
I added three jewels to the "V" from the word "Love" for some extra bling.
Did you notice there was a little flag to indicate there was mail in the box? Isn't that so adorable? My daughter had the idea to put a brad on it so it can swing up and down/ Now why didn't I think of that? Too late now though.
This mailbox serves two purposes. I am entering this on Svg Cuts' Valentine's challenge. The requirements are to use at least one file from their site. I used a few and think this can be a top runner. What do you think?
The love caption and the cupid bear were from www.svgcuts.com. The love caption was a free download and I received the Valentine bear kit as a freebie for buying other files.
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| Valentine Mailbox |
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| Cupid bear |
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| Love caption |
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| Back |
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| Back & side view |
The front of the mailbox is held closed by a ribbon that is attached to the sides of the box then tied in a bow in the front. When untied the door opens and all the lovely Valentine cards can be placed inside.
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| Open |
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| Closed |
I added three jewels to the "V" from the word "Love" for some extra bling.
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| Love |
Did you notice there was a little flag to indicate there was mail in the box? Isn't that so adorable? My daughter had the idea to put a brad on it so it can swing up and down/ Now why didn't I think of that? Too late now though.
This mailbox serves two purposes. I am entering this on Svg Cuts' Valentine's challenge. The requirements are to use at least one file from their site. I used a few and think this can be a top runner. What do you think?
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