Cuttlebug Squares

Hello fellow crafters,
As I thought might be the case, we were delayed in Newcastle yesterday - the specialist was 1 hour behind with  her appointments, so by the time we got home it was time to feed and bed down all our furred and feathered babies, and then prepare our dinner. I didn't get a chance to make a new card today either as we had unexpected visitors, so I will show you 2 mosaic, grid-style cards that I made last year. You may recall I mentioned in my last post that I have often made these cards in various forms.

I was showing some friends, fairly new to card-making, and with new Cuttlebugs, how they could use several embossing folders on a card, instead of one large background. They had also never seen chalking done.

For the first card, I cut 9 squares using my Spellbinder Nestabilities. While one was still in the die (the middle one) I sponged it lightly with Versacube Baby Pink ink. The remaining 8 squares were positioned in 4 different embossing folders in a way that highlighted particular areas, then passed through the Cuttlebug. Then I very lightly coloured the raised images with soft pink and green chalks. I then adhered the 9 squares to pink cardstock which was in turn adhered to card front. I added 3 punched vellum butterflies, the largest of which was glued, 3D fashion over one embossed butterfly. Tiny flat-back pearls were attached to that butterfly's body.

My second card is almost the same as the 1st. I added 1 punched vellum and pearl butterfly to centre panel with silver peel off sticker; punched vellum flowers; pearls. The backing paper is oyster grey pearlised waterwave paper. I put tiny dots of 'Crystal' Stickles in the centres of the embossed flowers.

I sent both these cards to non-crafting friends in different states of Australia, so I didn't feel there was a problem with making them so similar.

Thank you for looking...until next time...happy crafting.

Jennifer. x

Welcome Sunny Mae

Hello Fellow Crafters,
This is a card that I made for the daughter and son-in-law of our neighbours on the property next door, upon the birth of their little baby girl, Sunny Mae, a couple of weeks ago.

The image is a real oldie...it was in a colouring book that our son had when he was a little boy, so it would have to be about 33 years old. I was sorting through his old books about 6 years ago, and found this image in one of them. I loved it so much I traced it, then saved it in my computer. I forgot it was there until a few months ago, when I was organising all my computer jumble. For this card, I printed it onto X-Press It blending card, and coloured it with Promarkers. I chalked around the elephant, and on the bunny's ears and feet.

I had already written a message in the inside of the card when I realised I had not photographed it, so please forgive the editing.

There is also a die-cut heart on the back of the card with my detail sticker.

Cardstock - Bazzill
Paper - Grant 'Lullaby'
Colouring - Promarkers, chalks
Sentiment & verse - Computer generated 'Brock Script'
Dies - Spellbinder, Cuttlebug, Sizzix
Punches - Martha Stewart, Little Claire
Other - Kaisercraft pearls, Ranger 'Crystal' stickles, from my junk stash

It is almost 2.30 am, so this insomniac must hop into bed, or she will never be able to crawl out in the morning.
Until next time...happy crafting,
Jennifer. x