Hello everyone! Nicole here today for my first blog post. I’m excited to be here and share my green project for the month. I recently started working with the youth at church and more specifically the girls: ages 12-17. I love doing things for them to make them feel special and part of that is giving them a little something on their birthdays. The first birthday of the year is next week on St. Patrick’s Day, perfect for the beautiful green card stock I was assigned – Fairway from the Stardream Metallic Collection.
Now yes, her birthday is St. Patrick’s Day, but I chose not to use the usual elements of the day and focus all on her and her sixteenth birthday. The weight and shimmer of all the metallic card stock is gorgeous and made for a beautiful sparkly card.
I began with an A7 prefolded card base. I trimmed a piece of the Fairway Card Stock to fit the top of the card leaving a small border of kraft around the edges.
I love Translucent Paper (vellum) and finding ways to include it in projects. Using my Silhouette Cameo I cut a woodgrain/heart pattern into the Translucent Paper. I save my older mats for any vellum cutting I do. This allows for easy removal without a lot of tearing and ripping to happen. Besides using an old mat I also use the spatula tool and take it nice and slow.
One thing about using translucent paper in projects is trying to figure out how to attach it without the adhesive showing. I used a spray adhesive and it worked perfect for a nice clean finish.
I wanted the heart outline to be framed a little more and decided to add hand stitching around the edge. Using an paper piercer I poked holes all along the edge.
I used a lime green embroidery thread and backstitched through the holes.
The stitching will be seen from the inside of the card. To leave a clean finish I like to use just a spot of glue on each of the floss tails. Cut the ends pretty close and blend them in to look like stitching.
Once the glue dries you can hardly see where the embroidery floss was stopped and started.
I have an addiction to labels right now and use them for a lot of my scrapbook layouts and cards. Using the print and cut feature on the Silhouette and Cougar White Card Stock I made a whole sheet of green labels. I LOVE the thickness of the Cougar Card Stock in 130# weight. The weight of the card stock adds a little dimension without adding too much thickness.
Since my Silhouette was getting such a great workout already I also cut my birthday sentiment from Botanic – Curious Metallics. The perfect shade of green to compliment the card stock base.
I hand wrote on the label before adding it and the sentiment to the card top. As a few finishing touches I added enamel dots, a few ink splatters, and outlined the sentiment in black to make it stand out a little more.
There you have it a Happy Birthday card for a sweet birthday girl. I hope I sparked a few creative ideas to get you going. Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.
I like to get a jump on little Halloween crafts, so I am stocking up during the 12 x 12 sale this month at CutCardStock. One of the fun little goodies I am making is this easy to make memory game. This is a project that can be mass-produced if you want to make it for…
Have you tried Zentangle® for Cardmakers? Today, I’m making a Zendala card using a coral pen on Stardream Metallic Coral cardstock to create a floral-like medallion. YouTube Tutorial | Zendala Card | Zentangle® for Cardmakers Grab a cuppa and watch how I tangled this design on a Stardream Metallic Coral die-cut. Card Making After tangling…
Summer just flew by so fast for us! My kids are back in school this week so now I have some time to catch up on some projects that didn’t get done over the summer.Now that I have a little more free time I can get some cards done to add to my collection to…
Are you looking for a good way to use all those card stock scraps you have piling up? Hey there! It’s Judy here with my latest CutCardStock DT project. Maybe you’re not like me and have mounds of paper scraps. I just can’t seem to throw any away because I may just need them for…
On the 6th Day of Christmas, CutCardStock shared with me: A handmade card made even easier by using metallic edged, prefolded A2 invitations! Discover more from CutCardStock Blog Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe
Karen Wallace of Karen’s Kreations sent us photos of a couple of cards she designed. She used the Curious Metallic White Gold for this gorgeous trifold Anniversary card.Karen also sent us a photo of this card using the Curious Metallic Cryogen White. This card recently won the Shining Light Award.A Special thank you to Karen…
love this project.
I love this project! So much great detail!
Gorgeous card, love it!
This is wonderful! Great project, Nicole!
This is gorgeous, Nicole! LOVE the use of the translucent paper! HUGS! 🙂 Mynn xx