Apothecary Wedding

 Time for another wedding card.  My card uses some old textured Wisteria Wonder cardstock that I hope I never run out of and Apothecary Art stamps.  Piercing the little holes all the way around the frame does take a little while, but it adds so much to a card that it's time well spent.  Have tried to sew along the cardstock but my machines leaves a few extra marks that I don't really appreciate. 

 

Forgot to take a photo of the inside, but it did look good.  You will just have to trust me!

Apothecary Art

Have been spending a lot of time in my craft room lately, mostly because it gets the sun during the day and tends to be a little warmer than most other rooms, but also because I have been trying to sort through things to see what needs to be filed, thrown out or put away.  It has taken a while, mostly because I get sidetracked all the time, but it's almost done.  I've also sorted through my stamp sets to see which ones are no longer current and it seems to be half the shelf.  Bit sad really, but there are some that are definitely keepers no matter what.  

I have been making cards lately to try to sell at work and have been using sets that haven't been played with much lately.  Today I have a couple of cards made with Apothecary Art.  It's so great that we have framelits to match stamps, so much easier than cutting. 

Apothecary Art

My sister asked me to make a card for one of her friend's birthday and this is the card I made for her.  It uses one my favourite sets, Apothecary Art, and my newest embossing folder, Vintage Wallpaper.  Black and white and a little Real Red.  Hope she likes it. 

Apothecary Double Fold Gate Card

We had a great time at our card class on Saturday, and this is one of the cards we made.  I had seen this card on the internet and wanted to try it, but of course when I went looking for it again it took ages to find.  Note to self:  Next time you see something you like, add it to your bookmarks!  

This card is one of those clever folds called a Double Fold Gate Card.  Pretty self explanatory really.  I have used the 2012-2013 In Colour DSP in Calypso Coral.

 

To make you need a sheet of DSP 12 x 5 1/2 inch.  Score at 2, 4, 8 and 10 inches and then mark on both sides at 2 3/4 inches.  Cut from this mark to top of 4 and 8 inch and then the triangle that you cut from the top is turned over and glued to the opposite corner.  You do need to be pretty accurate with your cutting points so that it all lines up.  The insert is 5 x 3 1/2 inches for the backing mask and 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 for the white.  Stamp and colour one of the images from Apothecary Art set and cut with the framelits and this is stuck down on one side only between the points.

And the inside ..  

On Saturday they were able to choose whichever colour they liked; Calypso Coral, Indigo Island, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade or Pool Party, and these are the final results.  The Limeade version was for someone who did not attend but will complete it later.  Which do you prefer?

 

Another birthday

This is another of those card that I couldn't post on here until the person's birthday had arrived.  I have made this card almost identical to a previous one on here, but this time in Calypso Coral.  

I'm not sure which one I prefer.  What about you?  Calypso Coral or Indigo Island/Lucky Limeade.   

Going out for dinner tonight to celebrate my friend's 60th birthday.  Happy birthday Beth.  

Indigo Birthday

At last something I really liked and enjoyed working on.  In an earlier post where I was saying I had so much stuff on my desk and so many ideas of what I wanted to do and needed to have it looking just right, this was one of the cards I was working on.  This was for one of my friends who makes the most amazing things, cards, scrapbooking and off the page stuff, so I needed this one to be good.  

I bought some of the 12 x 12 textured cardstock (see the grainy lines through it) and Island Indigo is one of my favourites at the moment.  Teamed with Lucky Limeade and the look is very crisp (in my opinion - you may think otherwise).  All edges have been sponged and inked up with the french script and water droplets from French Foliage and the butterfly is on vellum with white embossing powder.  Add one of the stamps from Apothecary Art, coloured with a blender pen and then cut with Framelits.  

As you can see, I even did an inside for it. 
 

Two more extra special ones coming up soon.

Apothecary favourite

As promised, this one is my favourite from Saturday.  I am not usually a pink girl, but this card just appeals to me.  Could be the fact that I am really liking the new Framelits and Apothecary Art set.  

Have also used one of the Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, rows of tiny little hearts that are raised up, and some of the Pleated Satin Ribbon in Blushing Bride.  The flowers have been coloured with a blender pen and some of the flower centres have a little bit of Kindy Glitz added for that extra sparkle.  

If you are looking at the shape of the centre imaging thinking that it isn't cut too well and the shape is different to yours, you're right.  This card was designed BEFORE I got my Framelits so I had to hand cut the shape.  Imagine how much better it would look if I used the Big Shot and cut them out.  When they were made by everyone on Saturday they looked much better. 

Two more new products from the mini

It was such a beautiful day yesterday that I thought I would try some outdoor photography.  Have been looking at the layouts in a couple of magazines and decided I should try something a little different than sitting cards on the desk.  Stay tuned! 

Have found another set that I "have to have".  These cards use the Apothecary Art set and Framelits Labels Collection from the latest mini catalogue.  There are four different stamps of varying sizes and two greetings (the other one So Grateful) and they are designed to coordinate with the Framelets dies.  So you simply stamp the image and then use the die to cut out the shape, and then choose a slightly larger frame to back it.  So easy, and also very elegant.  I don't actually have these YET, but was able to borrow for a trial.  

If you double click on the photo I think you can make it larger if you want.  These cards also use a few more products from the mini; some of the new papers and also seam binding ribbon, which initially I didn't like, but it's very easy to tie into a bow.