Christmas Card #3 - Spirella In Blue

This card has two layers of leather textured CS on an aqua CS as its basis.
The red and aqua CS were trimmed straightly.
The paper with the trees covered with snow was cut from some commercial add, and its edges were distressed for a Shabby Chic look.
The spirella was hand cut from CS, and I used teal and light blue embroidery threads to weave it. It was glued 3D for extra dimension.
I added white snowflake shaped brads with glitter, to match the snow on the trees.
I hope you'll find it inspiring. Merry Christmas!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Happy New Year Cards - Take One

The Jewish new year will start soon, and the common greeting is Shana Tova (literally meaning a good year).
I made 2 similar cards (to start with) and I'll probably make a few more different ones.
For the background I used Canson textured matting papers (do I love textures… I bet you noticed.)
The flourish is by TH and was made of a re-used box, put through the Cuttlebug.
The flowers were stamped and cut with nail scissors. Then they were decorated with Dew Drops in various colors, glued with Diamond Glaze, functioning both as glue and as a shiny coat.
The flowers, as well as the greeting, were glued 3D for extra dimension.
The border punch isn't one of Martha Stewart's regular ones. Can you guess how I made it?
I wish you all a wonderful year, filled with happiness and love. And lots of craft supplies, of course...

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Primary Colors Card

Here's a cheerful card with primary colors.
The central flower was made of folded patterned paper - the same pattern used for the background - punched out with a scalloped circle punch. Each petal was folded 4 times.

After folding all the petals I glued them to each other.

I stamped Michael Strong's Cloisonné Flower stamp with Stazon ink on textured red CS for the center, and on a piece of transparency (clear acetate sheet) separately, and carefully cut them with nail scissors.
The whole flower was glued 3D for extra dimension on bright yellow textured CS.

I also used red and white CS punched with Martha Stewart's border punch, and a few brads.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly

Seahorse Card

I made a thank you card for my swimming coach who's leaving.
She loves anything water-related, and she has a seahorse tattoo on the back of her neck.
So I used CS in shades of blue, embossed through the Cuttlebug and colored with Ranger's distress ink (China Blue).
I used my new I.O. seahorse stamp. The stems were colored with a green pen and the borders were distressed using Stazon ink.
The Bubbles were colored using a pearly gel pen.
Both the seahorse and the Thanks pieces were glued 3D for extra dimension.
I added clear blings, which also reminded me of cool water drops.
She loved it!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed. Have a creative day! Dorly