Card 5

This weeks card comes to you in instructional video format.
Once finished just pop a teabag or even a chocolate to the inside of the card.

If the video does not appear you can view it at you tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uVcK89h3SY

Card 4

Rollagraph Notecards

I love my rollagraph but haven’t used it much since buying it so I got it out to make these cute little notecards that measure 7.5 x 6.5cm. If you don’t have a rollagraph, use a stamp you have in your collection.

Items needed:
For notecards – 5 pieces 13 x 7cm white cardstock (fold and score in half)
Jumbo Rollagraph and Summer days stamp
Pebbles Inc chalks – Basic Brights
Assorted coloured cardstock for matting (I used scraps from left over projects)
White cardstock to roll the rollgraph on for your images (approx 8x8 inches)
Adhesive
General craft supplies

Instructions:
1. Roll the stamp with the rollagraph across the 8x8 white cardstock. It doesn’t matter if you get straight lines as you’ll be cutting the images out.
2. Using scissors or craft knife, carefully cut around each image.
3. Using the chalks colour each image in colours of your choice. If you don’t have chalks you can use watercolour paints etc instead.
4. Adhere each image to a piece of coloured cardstock. Then adhere each one of these to the white notecards that have been pre cut and scored in half.

There you have it, little notecards finished in a flash. These are super quick and fun to make and are great to have on hand for a little note or gift card.

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Card 3

Happy Birthday Frog Card

I got the idea for this card from a cardmaking magazine and just loved the whole layout of the card. Of course you can change the greeting on the card and also the diecut to suit your needs.

Items needed:
Standard white card base (10.5cm x 14.9cm)
Patterned Paper (PP) – K & Company – Active Imagination (use green side)
Frog diecut (or you could use a sticker or stamp an image)
3 rhinestones
Happy Birthday stamp
Ink – Fluid chalk – Creamy Brown & Dark Brown
Circle diecut (white approx 5cm in diameter) I used Cricut to cut mine
Double sided mounting foam
General Craft Supplies

Instructions:
1. Cut one strip of PP 14.9cm x 5cm. Ink the edges with creamy brown fluid chalk. Put aside for later.
2. Cut 8 strips of PP approx 1.5cm wide and in varying lengths (see pic) Ink all edges with creamy brown fluid chalk.
3. Stick the 8 strips to the white card base, evenly space them out (see photo for placement)
4. Edge the white circle diecut with the creamy brown fluid chalk and then mount the frog diecut with the foam mounting tape onto the white circle.
5. Adhere the 14.9 x 5 cm you inked earlier on top of the strips of the card centre it so it sits in the middle.
6. Using foam mounting tape adhere the circle diecut with the frog on it to the left of the PP (see pic for placement)
7. Ink up your Happy Birthday stamp with Dark brown fluid chalk and stamp your greeting to the right side of the card.
8. Add 3 rhinestones above your greeting. ALL DONE!

New Cards for 2009

Ok I've been pretty quiet here for the last 2 months. The kids have started back at school and it's been slowly getting back to normal round here (quiet too lol) I will be posting a new card every fortnight now that I have some time to play in my craft room again, and I'll have a new card up shortly.

Card 2

Digi Christmas Card

Thank god for digital scrapbooking or else I would never have had the time to make all my xmas cards like I orginally had planned.

This card is super easy to make and all you need is photo editing software (I use Photoshop Elements) and download a ready designed card kit.

I got mine from sweetshoppedesigns.com

Open the files in photoshop and slip your photos in the frames.

I printed mine out at home (4x6) then adhered the photo to a white cardbase.

All done and ready to be sent out.

Card 1

Clear Card

Materials:
Clear Transparency (cut A4 sheet in half)
Patterned paper – Bella Me and You - Blossom
Black Staz On Inkpad (you need permanent inkpad for transparencies/acetate)
Colorbox Fluid Chalk – Ice Blue
Stamps – Flourishes V:I (Autumn Leaves) and a greeting stamp
White Cardstock (approx 14 x 10cm)
Small piece white cardstock (to stamp or write a greeting)
General craft supplies

Instructions:
- Fold your transparency in half and run a bone folder along the creased edge.
- Choose where you’d like to stamp your flourish and ink up the stamp with the staz on and stamp.
- Cut 3 different flowers from the Bella Patterned paper and adhere to the card. (see pics for placement)
- Stamp or print a greeting for the front of your card and before adhering ink the edges with the Ice Blue fluid chalk
- Using the 14 x 10cm white cardstock, tear a strip away along one of the longest sides. Ink all edges with the fluid chalk.
- Using double sided tape adhere it to the inside of the card.
And your all finished!!
This cards are easy to make and the are lots of different variations you can use for the front.
Here is another example of the same card but I have used Prima Hydrangea flowers instead and added some rhinestones for the centers.

Images and content copyright to Debra Egan