A few more cards from the last few months

Still trying to play catch up  with things I created during my long blogging absence.
Here are a few more cards to hopefully spark your creative side.

This is the anniversary card I created for my daughter & her hubby's 2nd anniversary. The card base is Riding Hood Red. The white piece was cut using Tim Holtz Alterations die "Brackets" and then embossed using the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder by Stampin' Up!. The die cut pieces were all cut using various sized of the Labels Collections framelits by Stampin' Up! The flower image is by Penny Black and I believe that's one I picked up at Hobby Lobby. It was inked using Stampin' Up! markers in Riding Hood Red and Old Olive. The edges of the white die cut layers were inked very lightly with Riding Hood Red. The sentiment is from the Stampin' Up! set: Whimsical Words (Sale-a-bration set from 2012) and is accented using 3 black adhesive rhinestones. The ribbon is by Stampin' Up! also.

Another birthday card! The card base was embossed with Stampin' Up!'s Hound's Tooth embossing folder. The ribbon is by Stampin' Up! and is in Raspberry Ripple - one of the "in colors" for 2012 - 2014. The images are all from the Stampin' Up! set Everything Eleanor. The label was stamped in Basic Gray ink and cut out using the Apothecary Accents Framelits while the flowers were stamped in Raspberry Ripple and hand cut. The label was popped up using dimensionals and the flower centers are the large pearls from Stampin' Up!.

Here's the birthday card I made for my sister back in January. The card base was in Riding Hood Red (what is it with me and red card bases lately?). It's embossed using Stampin' Up!'s Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. The layers were cut using the Labels Collection Framelits by Stampin' Up! The image layer was from Naturals card stock and the layer was lightly inked using Basic Gray ink and a touch of Crumb Cake ink. Southern Splendor image (lady in hat) by Stampabilities. Background stamps by Stampin' Up!: French foliage - writing, droplets & postmark. Happy Birthday by Stampin' Up!, Elementary Elegance (sale-a-brations 2012). All images were stamped using Basic Gray ink. 

Take some time to get your pinky inky today.

                                

Fold Out Gift Card holder

Happy Tuesday! Still working on getting all the cards & gift cards out that need to be in the hands of those celebrating things this month. Here's one of the things I've been working on.

Card closed - obviously not the kind of card to go into a regular envelope for mailing.

Sitting up - you can see the card holder hiding in the background.

All the way open. See how the butterflies extend up to cover part of the area and draw your eye upward?

Another view

To make a card that looks like mine, you’ll need the following supplies. Remember, if you need any of these supplies, just click on the name of the item and it will take you directly to my shop.

Supplies:

Real Red card stock
Whisper White card stock
scrap Old Olive card stock
Beautiful Wings embosslit
Floral Frames framelits
Apothecary Accents framelits
Create a Cupcake stamp set
Basic Black stamp pad
Bird Punch
Rhinestone brad *retired
white floral wire *local big box craft store
glue dots
hot glue gun
1 /16 hold punch
Sticky tape
Big Shot
Paper Piercer 

Card base is cut 4 1/4 x 11.
Score at 5 1/2 and again at 8 1/4.
Valley fold at 5 1/2
Mountain fold at 8 1/4
ON the mountain fold at 8 1/4, punch 2 small holes
Cut 2 sections of white floral wire to your desired length. Wrap these around a pencil or pen a couple of times and set aside.
After using Whisper White card stock and the Beautiful Wings embosslit to create the number of butterflies that you want, warm up your glue gun. Take 2 of the largest butterflies using hot glue adhere the wire between the butterflies. Do the same for the second wire.
Slide the wires into the holes, adjust the height and angle. Adhere the wires down with a strip Sticky tape. Cover the wires and visible sticky tape with a strip of Real Red card stock using more sticky tape on the back of the cover piece if needed.

Creating the flower:

Using several sizes of framelits from the Fun Flowers framelit set and Whisper White card stock, run through the Big Shot.
Take each flower cut out and round edges using a bone folder, the edge of ruler or even rolling on a pen.
After each flower cut out had been rounded, take the back end of a pen or marker, with the flower cupped in your palm and gently push the center of the flower down into your cupped palm. This helps hold the shape and creates a "well" for the flower pieced to fit into each other. Do this for each flower piece.
Stack the flowers building from largest to smallest.
Pierce the center with the Paper Piercer.
Secure flower with a brad.
Adhere flower using glue dots.
Punch 4 bird wings using Old Olive card stock and Bird punch.
Adhere wings like leaves around base of flower.

Adhere several small butterflies up the right hand edge of of the card using glue dots.

Creating the gift card pocket:

Cut a piece of  Real Red card stock  4 1/2 x 3.
Score at 1/4 along 3 sides.
Crease the score lines and remove the "square" that is created at the corners.
Notch the corners of the "flaps" where the "square" has been removed. This allows for the piece to fold easier and lay flatter.
Along the one long side that IS NOT SCORED, use the 1" circle punch centered along the edge, but only about 1/2 way in, punch a half circle for a space to reach in for the gift card.
With Tombo glue, glue down the "flaps" inside the card up a bit from the mountain fold, being sure to keep the piece centered.

Stamp verse from Create a Cupcake using Basic Black ink on Whisper White card stock.
Center Apothecary Accents label framelit over sentiment, run through Big Shot.
Adhere label with verse to gift card holder.


Insert your gift card and present to the recipient.

Take some time to make something special today.

Fast Card Friday - Heartfelt

Need something  f a s t - this one works up pretty quick. It can be used for birthdays, sympathy cards or just to write a note home to your mother (write your mother!).

To make a card that looks like mine, you’ll need the following supplies. Remember, if you need any of these supplies, just click on the name of the item and it will take you directly to my shop.

Supplies:

Whisper White card stock

Night of Navy card stock

Night of Navy stamp pad

Apothecary Accents Framelits

Adorning Accents Embossing Folders

Big Shot

Layered Labels stamp set *clear mount set

*clear mount sets require clear mount blocks

Card is standard size.

Run card base through Big Shot with the rounded embossing folder from the Adorning Accents embossing folder set.

Stamp "Heartfelt" in Night of Navy on Whisper White card stock.

Using the larges framelit in the Apothecary Accents framelit set, set on top of the stamped image and run through the Big Shot.

Using a piece of Night of Navy card stock TRACE around the outer edge of that same framelit. Cut out and adhere stamped piece on top.

Adhere the layered "Heartfelt" piece on top of the card base centering to the embossed edge.

See that wasn't hard was it. AND it was F A S T!  Let your creative side soar today - make something!

Graduation Gift Card holders

It's that time of year - graduations, baby showers, weddings and of course birthdays. We've got a little of everything going on here at the Inky Pinky household. We have 2 young cousins that are graduating high school. So I whipped these up to hold the gift cards we're sending.

To make a card that looks like mine, you’ll need the following supplies. Remember, if you need any of these supplies, just click on the name of the item and it will take you directly to my shop.

Supplies:

Owl Punch

Bird Punch

2 3/8 Scallop Circle Punch

Modern Label Punch

Word Window Punch

1" circle punch

Apothecary Accents Framelits

Layered Labels stamp set (* I used Clear Mount stamps and a Clear Mount Block)

Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set 

Basic Black card stock

Whisper White card stock

Brushed Gold card stock / Brushed Silver card stock

Basic Black stamp pad

Pacific Point card stock

Pacific Point stamp pad

Real Red card stock

Real Red stamp pad

Scrap of white computer paper.

Thread to match vest & cap

Black Brads

Paper Piercer

Big Shot

Dimensionals

Snail Adhesive

Tombow glue

Card:

Card base is Basic Black card stock cut at 4 1/2 x 6 1/2, scored at 2 /14.

Punch out owl using Basic Black card stock.

Punch out wings from the Bird Builder punch using Basic Black card stock.

Punch out vest in whichever color you choose.

Cut graduation cap 3/4 x 3/4

Build owl according to photo.

Adhere to scalloped circle and adhere to card.

Cap:

Using Paper Piercer, make hole in center of cap.

Take a small short strip of Basic Black card stock and "fringe" most of it leaving a tiny part that is not. This part needs to be large enough to hold glue.

Take a black brad, place it in the hole in the center, placing the "fringed" piece of black card stock so it sits just under the brad. This creates the tassel. 

Place a dimensional on the back of the cap and set on owl according to the photo.

Stamp Happy Graduation using from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set in black ink on Whisper White card stock.

Using the Modern Label Punch, punch a mat for the sentiment to match the vest & cap.

Adhere these to the card.

Inside of card:

Using Whisper White card stock and ink to match your owl's outfit, stamp "For You" from the Layered Labels stamp set.

Using the Apothecary Accents Framelit that matches the "For You" shape, lay this on the stamped image, being sure that it is centered and covers the stamped image. Run through the Big Shot.

Using the same framelit cut one more piece out of Whisper White for your signature.

Sign and adhere signature piece.

Creating the gift card pocket:

Cut a piece of Basic Black card stock 4 1/2 x 3.

Score at 1/4 along 3 sides.

Crease the score lines and remove the "square" that is created at the corners. 

Notch the corners of the "flaps" where the "square" has been removed. This allows for the piece to fold easier and lay flatter. 

Along the one long side that IS NOT SCORED, use the 1" circle punch centered along the edge, but only about 1/2 way in, punch a half circle for a space to reach in for the gift card.

With Tombo glue, glue down the "flaps" to the inside of the card being sure to keep the piece centered.

Adhere the "For You" shape.

Diploma:

Using a scrap strip of white computer paper, wrap around a small object like a tooth pick. Wrapping tightly. I like to put a tiny bit of adhesive at the beginning edge and then wrap so it doesn't flop around and a bit at the end so it stays shut. Then use a coordinating piece of thread to tie it. Adhere using a bit of Tombow glue.

This really took longer to write than it did to create! LOL Naturally this can be adapted to met your needs using different colors or dressing your owl to met the occasion. 

Take some time to make something today.