I have a pad of gorgeous Oriental inspired papers in my stash, perfect for coordinating with the new Bonsai digital stamp set. I also found a great, bronze coloured charm that worked well with the theme.
Stamps: Bonsai
Showing posts with label trees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trees. Show all posts
Thursday, July 12
Tuesday, July 10
New Release: Bonsai
This new set features a graceful bonsai tree lovingly grown and tendered in a stone pot. The set contains both the black and white line drawing and a full colour image for quick and easy card-making. Combined with one of the coordinating sentiments, you can create cards for lots of different occasions.
Bonsai
digital stamps
My designers have been busy creating fabulous cards and projects with the new set. Check out their example cards below, and don't forget to stop by their personal blogs for even more photos and inspiration.
Friday, January 12
My Neighbourhood Card
As soon as I finished designing the "My Neighbourhood" set I knew what kind of card I wanted to create. It features every element that's included in the collection along with one of the mix and match sentiments. Not long after I finished making it, my oldest child grabbed it to give to a friend for his birthday... luckily I had time to take a couple of photos!
Stamps: My Neighbourhood
Wednesday, January 10
New Release: My Neighbourhood
This is probably my favourite release for this month. I love the sketchy look of the images and the lovely bright colours, plus I think it will be useful for lots of occasions with a little tweak here and there. I'm planning to string some Christmas lights between the houses and add a little snow to the rooftops. Ooooh, and a little bride and groom outside the church would be cute too!
My Neighbourhood
digital stamp set
Check out the fabulous cards created by my designers!
Thursday, March 19
Tutorial - Double Side Step Cards
Side step cards are fabulous display cards that can be made in a wonderful array of sizes and shapes depending on your needs. They are perfect for creating three dimensional scenes and can stand alone when open to show off all your hard work. Today I'm going to show you how to create a double side step card, which in this case means a panel on either side of the "steps". Alternatively, you could make your card with "steps" on either side of a central panel... it's up to you.
1. Start with a 12" x 6" piece of cardstock. Cut 3" from one end leaving a piece of cardstock that measures 9" x 6". Reserve the small piece you cut off.
2. Use the template below to mark, cut and score your 9" x 6" cardstock.
3. Fold along each of the score lines until you end up with "steps" in the centre of your card. Now you have your double side step card base ready to decorate.
4. The small piece of cardstock you removed in the first step fits perfectly onto the back "step" of the card and can be used to hold an image or sentiment.
5. I decorated my card with die cut trees and flowers on the front panels, a little white picket fence on the middle panel, and a sentiment on the back panel.
Thursday, January 22
New Release: Tell it to the Trees
Trees and garden scenes are so versatile for card makers because they're appropriate for many different occasions, such as sympathy and thank you cards. This set includes six sentiments that you can mix and match with the tree images to create the perfect greeting.
Tell it to the Trees
Susan's Card
Renee's Card
Ilaria's Card
Gail's Card
Christine's Card
Tuesday, January 20
Scrap Card #3
I'm really enjoying the process of making these scrap cards... having the bases already done makes the construction so much quicker and easier. I've also noticed that the different colour combinations help to get the ideas flowing.
Thursday, January 1
January New Releases
I have three brand new digital stamp sets in store this month - Petite Fleur, Retail Therapy and Tell it to the Trees. My Designers have used these sets to create some wonderfully inspiring cards that I'll share with you throughout the month.
Petite Fleur
Retail Therapy
Tell it to the Trees
Friday, November 28
Day 28 - Construct A Card
These days card makers have access to a wonderful range of pre-coloured images and card making kits. Lots of patterned paper is made with images that are easy to cut out with scissors and reconstruct on a card. There are also several companies who make and sell paper tole kits and pre-cut images for cards and scrapbooks. I created this card using some pre-printed die cuts from Kaisercraft. It was fun to mix and match the images to come up with this little Christmas scene.
YOUR TURN: Create a card using pre-coloured cut outs, printables or purchased kits.
Upload your creation here.
Tuesday, August 5
Die Cut Tree
I made this simple card using some fabulous Impression Obsession dies that I purchased from the last craft show in Brisbane. Thankfully the flower die cuts out 30 - 40 flowers at once so you don't have to crank them out one by one, which would cause some serious frustration!
Monday, November 4
Day 4 - Stamping
Earlier this year I put together a little tutorial about stamping to create depth, which is a wonderful technique that is easy to do and only requires a stamp and a couple of ink pads for a great result. The cards below were made using a single pine tree stamp and several different coloured ink pads. The branches at the sides of each card are actually created by turning the pine tree stamp on it's side. I'd love to claim credit for such a brilliant idea but I must confess that it came from my friend Penny who showed it to me last year.
stamp: Stampin' Up Lovely As A Tree
YOUR TURN: Follow the tutorial mentioned above to make a Holiday card.
Upload your creations here.
Tuesday, February 12
Pine Forest Freebie
I'm looking forward to seeing what you create with this image. It would be perfect for Christmas cards or winter greetings with frosty glitter and transparent snowflake embellishments. Try printing it out on some gorgeous patterned paper or alter the colour of the image for a completely different look!
Saturday, February 9
Pine Trees Freebie
I have some wonderful brushes on the drawing program I use and the other day I found one that makes very cool-looking pine tree branches. I had great fun drawing these trees... I hope you enjoy using them!
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