Cards, for me, are the perfect outlet for an urging need to make something with my hands. They are like little canvases or small scale picture-less layouts.

I get to think about the design, cut, adhere, use gems and flowers and cute buttons and sprinkle some glittery goodness and all in no more than a few minutes per card.

Yesterday I “suffered” from this urging need to create, to cut, to play with punches, to adhere… so I went ahead and made some cards for a few upcoming events.

Celebrate today card

Supply:

• Cardstock – Bazzil
• Stamps – Hero Arts (circle doily cling stamp), Papertrey Ink (Mixed Messages), American Crafts (Sentiments – scalloped border).
• Ink – Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink
• Patterned paper – Cappella by Basic Grey
• Punch – Martha stewart heart
• White gel pen – Uni-ball Signo

Tips:

• For a subtle background stamp a nice big pattern with ink the same color as your cardstock, or with Versa Mark ink.
• To stamp the border through the greeting, first stamp the greeting and then mask it with a small piece of paper and stamp the border stamp over it.
• To position the punched shapes evenly, I used a centering ruler and started with the middle piece, then I put the next piece in the center point between the middle piece and the edge of the paper.

Birthday wishes card

Supply

• Cardstock – Bazzil
• Stamps – Papertrey Ink (Mixed Messages).
• Ink – Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink
• Patterned paper – June Bug by Basic Grey.
• Punch – Martha stewart Starburst
• buttons – Papertrey Ink (Poppy Red)

Tips

• I really loved the colorful patterns in the June Bug collection but felt I must tone them down, which I did by using a neutral colored cardstock base and by punching small shapes rather than covering the entire card base with a large piece of patterned paper.
• To create a greeting banner that compliments the punched shapes, I fed only the edge of the paper through the inside of the punch.
• I wanted to tie all the elements together, so I added a solid piece of paper and rounded its edges with the Corner Chomper to “point” towards the punched pieces mosaic. In addition, I added a couple buttons to the top portion to bring the red upwards.

Happy birthday card

Supply

• Cardstock – Bazzil Kraft
• Ink – Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink
• Patterned paper – June Bug and Nook and Pantry (cupcakes) by Basic Grey.
• Rub on letters (for the greeting) – Simply Sweet mini alphabet rub ons by Doodlebug Design.
• White gel pen – Uni-ball Signo

Tips

• Here I made a small card (4¼” by 4¼”) so I could use a solid piece of the colorful, busy paper (3¾” by 3¾”), but to break it off I added a 1″ piece and rounded both its edges with the Corner Chomper to create a rounded edge.
• For the cupcakes embellishment I just cut off a couple cupcakes from the patterned paper with my favorits precision scissors and attached them with foam adhesive.
• As cupcakes without frosting are no good, I added glittery frosting with my Stickles glitter glue.

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