Simply Cards & Papercraft Issue 161

Hi everyone,

sorry it's been a while since I posted.... I bought a new camera... and got distracted LOL

Anyway, my new issue of Simply Cards & Papercraft arrived last weekend and I loved the free gift this month...  

Also with the magazine this month, there was an option to purchase the matching frame dies for half price from CraftStash. They have some great offers on their website.

So, here are a few cards I made using my free gifts and some of the accessories I already had at home :)

All the cards were made using white 5 inch square card blanks.

This one I've used some patterned paper (cut the same size as my card blank) and placed it in the embossing folder, then die cut the centre.  Then I mounted the embossed frame with double sided sticky foam to raise it up.  

  I stamped a sentiment and added one of my mini cross stitch projects to the middle - isn't that the cutest wedding couple ever? :)

 A little white organza bow to the top corner finished it off nicely :)  You can clearly see the beautiful embossed detail that's created with the folder :)

For this one I used a shiny pearlescent pink paper and and die cut the centre using the second largest frame die, then using a smaller one, I cut the centre from the card blank and stuck a smaller one to the inside of the card, alternating the colours.  Finally I stamped a sentiment from the free stamp set in the middle and attached a butterfly on the front.   

This last one was done by embossing the actual card blank... Then I used my sponge and some purple chalk to highlight the embossed area. 

Then I stamped the decorative corners using some Versamark ink and chalked over that with the same colour.  

I die cut a bird cage and bird (see my last blog Bird Cage Dies) and stuck those in the centre using some silicone glue and I stamped the sentiment at the top... because of the raised pattern, it didn't quite stamp that neatly, but it's still readable LOL

Hope you like my designs, the magazine has loads of ideas and inspirations and this is one of my favourite card making magazines. They do the best free gifts :)

If you want to get hold of any issues, try here MoreMags

Thanks for stopping by...

I got a few new craft dies in the post recently, one very cool one, so I'll let you see them shortly :)

Have a great day :)