Button It Valentine!

This time last week I was making a Valentine card for my hubby but I'm only now getting around to blogging it. As I've added buttons to the card I'm entering it into the CD Sunday challenge - Add a button or buttons.

I used some new Tonic dies to make a Flip Flop card.The heart backing paper is from Docrafts Digital Designer Favourites Edition - Forever Friends. It's such a shame Docrafts haven't added to their library of CD Roms a have some lovely designs by them.
Flip Flop cards are difficult to photograph and to add to matters I've used Mirri card too!

         

The central die cut in this photo was cut using a free die from Die Cutting essentials magazine issue 7. In the next photo the backing paper has reflected in the Mirri card - there isn't anything in the middle of the red Mirri heart.

The heart buttons were originally lilac but I coloured them using a Promarker. And yes Carol - they were cut off a pair of my pyjamas!

The sentiment was put on the back of the card as I wanted to keep it private. Our beloved cat has mouth cancer and we're both very upset so the sentiment reflected what we are going through at the moment.

Seasons - C D Sunday

CD Sunday has chosen the theme of Seasons this time around. While I'm writing this it's pouring with rain and more like November - the back garden is like a lake. My card is Summer although the staples I've used are from a set called Spring LOL!

The backing paper and topper are from a cd called Pamela West's Dayze of Innocence. Unfortunately this cd is no longer available to buy.
The topper is printed onto vellum and attached using staples by Craft Geek and a little tool called Pin It.

Happy New Year 2016!

The theme at CD Sunday this time is 'Ring in the New Year'. In keeping with the theme I've included bells on my card. I've used 2 Tonic dies and backed the cut outs with with printable vellum.

The vellum was printed with a design from a Cd by Christine Coleman - Parchment with Flowers. The card is finished off with a lemon bow,some Tonic crystal drops and gold 2016 peel off numbers.
I've had to scan the card and the photo is awful! I'm off out and when I get back I'll take a better photo and swap it. A short but sweet post as hubby is waiting for me.

Christmas ATC

I belong to 2 ATC swaps - one which I run myself. A recent theme was 'Christmas' and I made this ATC:

It was designed in Serif Craft Artist. The Santa topper is from a digikit called Letters to Santa. He had a tartan background behind the red but I trimmed it off and added him to white card before sticking him on the new background. The background is from Bearly Mine Designs - Christmas Frolics (sadly this company has closed down.) I then went crazy with a Sakura glitter pen adding it to the string of Christmas lights, Santa's beard and every word on the background! If you click on the picture I think the glitter shows better on the larger image.

That makes 4 entries into the CD Sunday Challenge - a record for me! I've also entered well before the cut off time of 1pm today!

Cool Yule - CD Sunday

I made three Christmas cards that I think will fit the theme at CD Sunday - Cool Yule.

All of them are designs from the Greeting Card Factory.

The first one was edited on screen and printed directly onto card similar to Centura Pearl. I then added peel-offs and Tonic Glitter Drops to the snowman's buttons, eyes and mouth, berries and to the snow fall.

This image I turned into a topper matted onto red mirror card and attached to a gold card I'd embossed using an embossing folder. A sentiment was die cut from the same red mirror card and layered onto gold then red mirror card.

For this card I printed the background straight onto card. The snow people were printed onto card and turned into a topper with a blue gloss card layer behind it. Peel-offs were added to the corners and a die cut sentiment matted and layered onto white and blue card finished the card off.