I can't get away!

I don't seem to be able to get away from 3D cards!

I have had this Mattie Crown Border Stencil for a while and wanted to use it so here is yet another 3D card. The 3D sheets seem to go with the stencils so much better than stamped and colored images! The sheet is one I bought from England.

I have started using Silicone glue for dimension rather than using the tape. There is an up side and a down side. The upside is that it is quicker to put dots of Silicone than it is to cut tiny bits of dimensional tape and because the silicone is nearly clear you don't see it from the side. The downside is that it takes a while to dry so you have to be careful where you sit the card down so that you don't accidentally put your hand or something else on it and flatten it! Hmm.... I wonder how I know this!

I traced around the stencil and the cut out parts, embossed it and then cut it out. On the center panel at the top and bottom I used just a small portion of the stencil to emboss.

Birthday Stripes

I loved the colors in this striped paper and as luck would have it I had a 3D sheet from Nicki in my stash that matched perfectly. I chose not to make this card 3D so I just used the base image. The Nestabilities labels 4 are fast becoming a favorite!

Two for One

I fell in love with the DP that I used for these two cards. They are similar but I picked different colors from the DP for the card base and a different sentiment.

The sentiment I used for this card is from a set of six from Hero Arts.

The sentiment on this card is from a $1 clear set from Michaels. The pink jewel on each card is from the $1 bin at Michaels.

Roses Are.....Pink

I know I have gone back on what I said I was going to do which was get back to stamping!

When you dry emboss with a stencil and light box the cardstock has to be light enough in color that you can see the stencil or you have to do it 'blind'....... by feel. I am not there yet! This card came about by trying the pale pink paper to see if I could see the stencil through it on the light box and also because I wanted to experiment with chalking the embossing.


The picture does not do the card justice. The colors are looking faded, they are much prettier than they look! The stencil I used is a Classics Emily. After embossing I used a Q-tip to add a deeper pink chalk to the embossing before removing the stencil and doing the cutting. The 3D sheet is from Nikki's Crafts in England. I found that it was much less expensive to order from this site than to order from here in the US. The service was excellent and shipping was less than many sites in the US charge. I always love a bargain!

Sweet Violets

I bought a new...to me...Nestabilities and some new papers so I combined them to make this card.

I used the Nestabilities Labels 4 in 2 sizes to cut and emboss the frame and then inked the inside and outside edges. Using the larger die I cut a label from the striped paper and glued the frame to it. I stamped the image, from Hampton Art Stamps, and then using a smaller die cut it out, inked the edges and colored it using colored pencils and OMS. The image panel and the frame panel are raised with dimensional tape.

Sweet Pea

The challenge this week on Crafty Card Creators Yahoo group is to make a card for a baby. This is my card for that challenge.


I used green and lavender so that the card can be used for a boy or girl. To make the bib I used Nestabilities oval and scalloped ovals to cut the shapes. After adhering the ovals together I used a round hole punch to cut out the neck opening and trimmed off a couple of scallops and cut the top edge straight. I used a white gel pen to add dots to the scalloped border.

The Welcome stamp is an old one from Stampin Up and the Sweet Pea stamp is a $1 stamp from
Michael's. The stamp has the pea next to the words so I used a black marker to color the part of the stamp I wanted to use and then cleaned it off and colored the other part. You don't have to use your stamps exactly as they come! When using a marker on a stamp you have to huff on it after you color it because the ink dries really fast. The baby and the pea are colored with pencils.

Just because

I bought a new MS punch and butterfly stamps so I just had to use them together!



I colored the butterfly and cut it out. ( I cut off the antenna and drew them in afterwards) The front of the card base is covered with swiss dot paper from Doodlebug. I used a new punch from MS and did the border then Then used the Scor-Pal to score a couple of lines and using a dot embossing folder from Cuttlebug 'Just My Type' I embossed 3 times. I then scored a couple of lines below the embossing and cut the paper. With another piece of white I scored two lines at the top and bottom and stamped the sentiment which is a #1 stamp from Michaels. I used the border punch again and cut four butterflies from the dotted paper. I curved the wings of the butterfly, glued down the body and then used dimensional tape beneath the wings.