Padded cards

I have been trying out new ideas for cards and actually saw this idea on a craft shopping channel. It used the same material as I had already bought to make a quilted cushion from. I had bought too much material and thought that the remainder of it would make some beautiful cards:

It is a very simple card and can be added to if required.


I cut out a piece of stiff cardboard and made it into a square. I then cut out a square of material leaving a border around the edges. I cut a piece of wadding the same size as the card board square and glued it on. I then stretched the material over the square and glued down the back.

The square was then mounted onto a piece of gold card and stuck the the centre of the card. I then stuck on some gold peel off borders around the square to create the sections.

This card has a greeting on it, but I also thought of adding some hearts or other peel off's in the corner sections, although I couldn't find anything suitable.


They make really special cards to suit any occasion and any patterned material can be used.

Contemporary Christmas Cards

I recently bought some stamps that had a Christmas theme, but not in the traditional sense. At first I wasn't sure what to do with them, but I had a little thought and this is what I came up with:

Then I had some new punches and again I wasn't quite sure what to do with them. I had previously stamped some smaller Christmas themed shapes and thought that these would fit on my scallop punch perfectly. So I punched 2 scalloped circles and stuck the shapes on with 3D foam. I then stuck some clear glitter snow flakes onto some turquoise card and cut around them. These were stuck on too.


Then my favourite punch was used on the edge of the card. Because the snow flakes don't stand out that much, I added the same colour turquoise card to the edge. This really brings out the snowflakes, especially after I added some glitter.

I then added a clear glitter greeting and this is what I got:

I hope you like them. They are not what you would normally associate with Christmas cards, but I thought it would make a change from the red, green, gold and silver that is traditionally found in festive cards.

Claire

Stamping Fun

I had a weekend of stamping fun. A friend had some new clear rubber stamps and pens, so we sat on the floor colouring in and sharing our card ideas and here is what we came up with. Some are Christmas and some are just general, but I think they produced some very high class looking cards. See what you think: