Monday 30 December 2013

Project Club: Single Rose Easel Card

This is the final Card I made this month using the Project Club stamps from Dimension Stamps



How to Make: 
  • A 14.8cm x 14.8 square ivory easel card was used for this card.
  • Randomly stamp the heart flourish onto the back inside of the card in Memento Dessert Sand, distress around the edges in Antique Linen.
  • Cut a 13.3cm x 13.3cm piece of ivory card and stamp the top of the large heart in each corner, and half the heart twice down each side with the points to the middle in Memento Dessert Sand.
  • Stamp the rose on an angle across the card in Memento Rich Cocoa, distress over the hearts in Antique Linen.
  • Colour the leaves and the top edge of the petals in a light tan Promarker.
  • Attach a piece of 1cm pale gold chiffon ribbon with a bow or knot across the top left hand corner.
  • Mount first onto a 13.8cm x 13.8cm gold card then onto a 14.8cm x 14.8cm piece of ivory card, attach the front bottom half of the easel card.
  • Centrally stamp the border onto a 14.8cm x 2.4cm piece of ivory card in Memento Rich Cocoa mount onto a 14.8cm x 3cm piece of gold card, then onto a 14.8cm x 3.6cm piece of ivory card, attach to the stamped inside of the card with 3D foam tape where you wish the card to stand open.
  • Stamp “Love is” in Memento Rich Cocoa on ivory card trim down to 5.5cm x 3.5cm mount onto a 6cm x 4cm piece of gold card, then onto a 6.7cm x 4.7cm piece of ivory card attach to the centre of the border strip with 3D foam tape.
  • Stamp the leaves once and the flower head three times in Rich Cocoa onto ivory card, colour in the leaves and the top edge of the petals in a light tan Promarker, cut out and shape the leaves attach with 3D glue to the card.
  • Cut out and shape the flower heads cutting a little less out each time and decoupage onto the card with 3D glue.
  • Finally add gold ice stickles to the top edges of the petals.   

Project Club: Forever

Here is another Valentines card made using this months Project Club set.



How to Make: 
  • Cut a 8cm x 19cm piece of white card, stamp the heart flourish at the bottom in Memento Tuxedo Black but only ink the bottom three swirls, mask off up to where the swirls join and stamp the rose so it looks as if it’s in a vase.
  • Colour the stem, leaves and the bottom of the flourish in a light gray Promarker, and the rose and hearts in red, edge in black.
  • Next stamp “With Love” (Grand Word Perfect 1803061A) onto a small die cut red gift tag in Memento Tuxedo Black edge in silver, tie to narrow  white silver edge ribbon and attach around the white card above the small heart on the flourish.
  • Glue the tag in  place on the card and attach to the left hand side of a red A5 card.
  • From black card die cut “FOR EVER” (Sizzlits 656623 Vintage Market Alphabet) and attach on an angle down the right of the card.
  • Finally add glossy accents the red rose.


Project Club: Red Hearts

These stamps are just perfect for making all those Valentines cards..


How to Make
  • Randomly stamp the large heart and “Love is” onto a 20.2cmx6cm piece of white card in Memento London Fog.
  • Attach two pieces of 1cm black chiffon ribbon down the card 1cm in from each side.
  • Mount onto a 21cm x 6.8cm piece of red card and centrally attach to a black DL card.
  • Onto red card stamp three large hearts in black pigment ink and black emboss then and the “love is” sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black, cut the “Love is” to 3.5cm x x5.5cm round off the corners and edge in black.
  • Attach to the bottom of the white card with 3D foam pads.
  • Cut out and shape the three hearts, attach on an angle down the centre reversing the middle one with 3D glue.
  • Tie a piece of ribbon between the first and second hearts on the left ribbon and the second and third on the right ribbon.
  • Finally add three red gems down the top right hand corner and one to the top right and bottom left hand corners of the “Love is”.

Project Club: Thinking of You

I really like the rose stamp from this months set, so I wanted to make a card just using that stamp. 



How to Make:
  • Stamp the Rose onto a 6cmx15.5cm piece of white card with “Thinking of You” (Grand Word Perfect 1803061A) at the bottom in Memento Tuxedo Black, and the Rose head once onto a spare piece of white card.
  • Colour in the leaves and stem in black and gray Promarkers.
  • Mount first onto silver then black card.
  • Tie a piece of narrow silver edge white ribbon about 5.5cm up from the bottom of the card.
  • Centrally attach to a white DL card.
  • Cut the front petal off the spare Rose head shape and attach above “Thinking of You” to the right of the stem.
  • Finally add Diamond Stickles to the top of the petals.

Project Club: 18th Birthday

Whoops I really thought I had posted these cards before Christmas but thinking about posting and actually posting are two different things - I blame it on the Eggnog, lol!

So anyway without any further delays here are Decembers Project Club cards.......

First up Happy 18th Birthday



How to Make: 
  • Cut a 5cm strip from the front side edge of an A5 burgundy card.
  • Onto 6.8cm x 20.5cm piece of cream card stamp the stamp heart flourish twice leaning to the left in Memento Rhubarb Stalk, and distress in Distressed ink Aged Mahogany.
  • Attach it to the inside back of the card leaving a narrow border.
  • Next cut a 7.5cm x 20.5cm piece of cream card and stamp and distress the heart flourish as before but leaning to the right.
  • Attach to front cut edge of the card leaving a narrow border.
  • Centrally stamp the heart flourish onto a 8cm x 12cm piece of cream card and distress around the edges, mount onto a 9cm x 13cm piece of burgundy card and attach by the left side to the front so it’s centred over the two stamped pieces of card.
  • Down the left hand side attach a satin edge piece of cream chiffon ribbon and tie two pieces of ribbon to it, add a fabric flower to the top of the ribbon, die cut 18 Today (Sizzlits 656916 Upon a Time Alphabet) from burgundy card, attach 18 to the bottom left hand corner of the single flourish and Today under it on the front of the card.
  • Finally add three cream card candies to the centre flourish and a burgundy one to the flower, glossy accent 18 Today and the hearts on the centre flourish panel.