Little Treasures

Hello everyone! I hope that you are well. It has been a little while since I have shared a papercraft post. With the delays in shipping, this has affected the release of collections from Kaisercraft however the wait is worth it. This collection is gorgeous. If you have baby photos or need to make some baby cards, Little Treasures will make your task easier.

Kaisercraft has been incorporating past die releases to compliment current paper collections. I have used the sketched circle and heart dies to create my own chipboard  pieces which I altered by stamping them in Versamark ink and heat embossing them with white and pink embossing powder.

I also used the paper pad and the coordinating stamp set to create a baby boy card.

I heat embossed the stamp and used my zig markers to colour the stamped whimsical image in. To age the background, I used some distress ink.

To view the products and also the full instructions for both of my projects, stop by the Kaisercraft blog for more information.

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Christening Card

Hello everyone! As I write this blog post I am enjoying a cool breeze for the first time in a long while. The heat way that has taken over Sydney has been unbearable! 40 plus degree days in succession is too much to bear. It is so nice to have a window open and just let the house cool down naturally.

Todays card follows the current sketch from Mojo Monday.

I have a Christening to attend in a few weeks and felt inspired by this sketch to create my card. It took a few attempts because yesterday the temperature was 43 degrees and my focus was well...not happening!

Supplies:

Paper: Maja Design Vintage Baby

Stamp: Stampin Up! All God's Grace

Ink: Hero Hues Black, Distress Ink Walnut Stain

Other: Scrapinec chipboard, Wild Orchid Crafts Magnolia flower, Martha Stewart rose leaf punch, lace, hemp

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Baby Card ~ Twins~

Hello everyone! Today I am sharing a card that I have made for my cousin and his wife who are about to become parents to twin boys!

I have used a combination of Green Tara flowers with Wild Orchid Crafts apple blossoms to create my flower clusters. I die cut some leaves using an Elizabeth Craft Designs die.

To add to the wreath, some drops of liquid pearls added some finishing touches.

The onesies came from a really versatile die set from Little B. I used some scraps of paper from the collection and using a sponge dauber, inked the edges using a distress ink.

Supplies:

Paper: Maja Design Vintage Baby (paper pad)

Ink: Distress Ink Vintage Photo

Dies:  Little B Baby, Memory Box Elegant Scrollwork and Catalina Wreath, Elizabeth Craft Designs Curvy Leaves

Flowers: Green Tara, Wild Orchid Crafts Apple Blossoms and White Roses

Other: Bakers Twine, Liquid Pearls, Paper Doily and Hemp.

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Two Baby Cards ~ Vintage Baby ~ Maja Design

Hello everyone! Today and I have two baby cards to share with you. A colleague of mine recently went on maternity leave and I thought I would create a card for her. As this is her first baby, she doesn’t know what she is having...she wants a surprise...so I am covering my bases and have created a card for a baby boy and girl. I have used the Vintage Baby Collection for both cards.

As you know for my other projects, I use a lot of die cuts in my projects. I used The reverse side of Vintage baby Cherish to create the onesie and the butterfly, just from some lefts overs from the background of my card base. I used Little B Baby die set to create the onsesie and Cheery Lynn small exotic butterfly w/angel wings die.

To create the base of my card I used Vintage Baby Flowers For Mum and Cherish. I also incorporated Flowers For Mum in the centre as shown. I layered all elements of my centre with foam tape to add dimension. I also love how beautifully Maja Design papers look when you distress the edges. It really adds a vintage look. I tend to distress first then ink the edges with an ink. I chose Vintage Photo distress ink as it’s not too dark. I added some lace and a doily for a shabby chic touch.

For my second card, I have created an inchie or a patchwork card. I used the Vintage Baby paper pad to create this card. Before scrapbooking and cardmaking became my main craft, I also used to make quilts! Drawing upon my knowledge of quilts, the types of fabrics you need to create a quilt are light, medium and dark so this influenced my choices of papers from the paper pad.

Each of the squares has been machine stitched and inked. I used foam tape to attach each square to may card. I used Vintage photo Distress ink again.

This panel is also from a page from the paper pad. The sentiment was a borderstrip from it which I trimmed to fit. I die cut Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Rectangles to frame it and mounted everything with foam tape and framed everything with my flowers. This card was so much fun to make!

Maja Design Papers used:

 

Card One Congratulations:

Flowers: Prima Le Mia. Green Tara

Stamp: Waltzingmouse Fancy Phrases

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Distress Ink Vintage Photo

Dies: Spellbinders Stately Circles, Standard Circles Large, Die-namics Fishtail Flags Stax, Elizabeth Craft Designs Curvy Leaves, Cheery Lynn Small Exotic Butterfly w/aangel Wings, Memory Box Winterberry Sprig, Little B Baby

Other: Hug Snug Seam Binding, Doily, Lace, Susan's Garden Tool Kt

Card Two: It's A Boy

Flowers: Dusty Attic Smokey Bloom, Green tara Cherry Blossom

Die: Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Rectangles, Magnolia Rose Leaf

Other Hug Snug Seam Binding. Distress Ink Vintage Photo

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