Showing posts with label Julie's card swap cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Julie's card swap cards. Show all posts

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Cards for Julies Cuttlebug card swap

Here are some cards that I made for Julie's Cuttlebug card swap, so if you were part of this card swap and you don't want to see what I created for the swap then I suggest you might want to cover your eyes. I must say that at first I was having diffculties trying to figure out what I could do for the cards, I was thinking one can only do so much with these folders that would look great or okay. I went over to splitcoast stampers and did some research, lol, I checked out what others had done over there using their Cuttlebug folders...that's when I saw the possibilities were endless. So that is when I became excited about this card swap, and here is what I came up with...I hope you enjoy :D! Oh yeah, for all my cards I used white cardstock as my base and added things on from there...I got that white cardstock from "Carousel Rubberstamp" store.


For my first card, I used dark green cardstock that I got from "Carousel Rubberstamp" store and I used the "Script" cuttlebug folder on it. I then used a stamped image "treat for two" (I believe it was called), I watercolored in the image and I let it dry before I mounted it onto a piece of chocolate chip cardstock. I then thought my image was still lacking something, and so I created those corner pieces using some scraps of paper I had from my scrap paper folder I have. Yes, I measured and cut out those 4 corner edges myself and I didn't use the punch that you can get from SU...crazy stamper I know, lol, just following in Julies footsteps for cutting out her scalloped edges out by hand. I also added, some brads that I had purchased from Michael's several months ago...had to find the right brad that suited my project here...it took a few tries before I got it just right. I must say that I am impressed by how this card turned out :D!



For my next card I used some blue patterned cardstock (it has little white circles all over the cardstock and some little blue dots I believe) that I had gotten from Michael's, it came out of their packages of mulitple patterned papers that were on sale a few months ago. I used the snowflake Cuttlebug folder on the paper, and then I was stumped as to where the path of this card was going. Then it came to me that I should use my circle punch in the front of the card, put a sentiment in the window of the card, add a ribbon (I got the ribbon from Michael's) and then add 2 "Swarovski" crystals where the stars were in the sentiment.



The next card that I made I used dark green cardstock, that I had gotten from "Carousel" and used some scraps of chocolate chip cardstock and the birthday Cuttlebug folder on the chocolate cardstock. I then cut the chocolate embossed cardstock lengthwise so that now I have 3 strips of the "Happy Birthday" paper, I attached them to my green cardstock and I used a small stamp from a stamp set that my sister got me for xmas from Michael's (if you want to know the name of that stamp set let me know). I used the versamark to mark the stamped images onto my green cardstock, and then I added 2 heart brads that I had also gotten from Michael's. Love how this card turned out too :), I think it was because of the layout I came up with for the card!











For the next card I made, I used some barely banana cardstock from SU and used the Daisy looking cuttle bug folder. I then attached the embossed cardstock to the white cardstock base that I had made. Next, I used my 2 SU tag punches and made a cute little tag, I attached the tag to the embossed cardstock using the glue dots. Then I added grosgrain ribbon, that I had gotten at Michael's when they ahd some ribbon on sale :)! I also added a sentiment on the tag, the sentiment is from one of the $1.5o stamp sets that I picked up from Michael's as well :)!


The next and final card that I made ,I used some dark green cardstock, that had gotten from "Carousel" and I stamped a swirl kind of image onto the cardstock using my Versamark ink pad. Next I used some left over piece of Barely Banana cardstock from SU to use the "Thank you" Cuttlebug folder on. I attached it using photo stickers, and then I added a metal flower clip to the cards left corner. I felt the card needed something in the corner but didn't want to use brads again.