"Pursonally" One of My Favourites

I often use scraps to make 3 X 3 gift cards. This is my best one to date. I used a Spellbinders Label die to cut a "flap" for the top of the card. A corner rounder was used on the bottom of the card base. Edges of the card pieces were inked to pull all of the card elements together.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Papertrey Ink
Ink: Colorbox brown
Papers: off white cardstock (stash), patterned (Basic Grey)
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels, button & embroidery thread (stash)

Flower Power

This punched flower looked similar to the flowers in the patterned paper, so I chose to use it on my 3 X 3 gift card. To emulate the texture in the patterned paper, I sprayed the flower with Glimmer Mist. I used Distress Stickles for my flower centre. These come in colours that coordinate with the Distress Inks!

Natalie

Card Recipe
Papers: off white cardstock (stash), patterned paper (Basic Grey)
Ink: Colorbox brown
Accessories: ribbon & brad (stash), punch (Martha Stewart), Aged Mahogany Distress Stickles

Mixing Flower Layers

For a different twist, I cut flower layers from two different sets of dies for this 3 X 3 card. Only inks such as Staz On will allow you to stamp sentiments on metal embellishments.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Papertrey Ink
Papers: off white cardstock (stash), patterned paper (Making Memories)
Ink: Colorbox Chalk
Accessories: Spellbinder Blossom & Scalloped Circles, brad (stash), ribbon (Fabricland)

Add a Little Sparkle

To your gift tag this Christmas. Inking the edges of the leaves makes the flower look more realistic.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Papers: burgundy cardstock (stash), patterned paper (Karen Foster)
Ink: Colorbox Queue Chalk
Accessories: rhinestones (Kasier), poinsettia die (Spellbinders)

For Any Gift

A solid stamped image compliments a busy, patterned paper.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Stampin' Up
Papers: white cardstock (stash), green & purple cardstocks (Bazzill), patterned (Doodlebug)
Ink: Memories
Accessories: ribbon (Fabricland)

Unfrogettable

Can't recall how I did this, but it involved a Cuttlebug die. I gave him a little personality with google eyes and a bow tie. Another good idea for a "guy" card.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Papers: green & black cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (Doodlebug)
Accessories: brad (stash), ribbon (stash), google eyes (stash), Cuttlebug die, scalloped square punch (Marvy)

If the Sentiment Fits

Though not circular, this sentiment fit into a circular die cut, perfect for the face of this card. It could be used with a gift of congratulations.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Studio G
Papers: brown & green cardstock (Bazzill), patterned paper (Chatterbox)
Ink: Colorbox Queue Chalk
Accessories: Circle & Scalloped Circle Dies (Spellbinders), ribbon (stash)

The End...

...is not always such a bad thing. In this case, it's quite cute!

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: PSX
Papers: off white cardstock (stash), brown cardstock (Bazzill), patterned paper (Making Memories)
Accessories: ribbon (stash), circle punches (Marvy)

Balanced Happy Birthday

For visual interest and balance, I used a darker, patterned, semi-circle to support the card embellishment.

Card Recipe
Stamp: Hero Arts
Papers: off white cardstock (stash), patterned paper (Making Memories)
Ink: Staz On Timber
Accessories: paper flower (Prima), brad (stash), circle punch (Marvy)

Tiny Sentiment, Big Message

Sometimes a little gesture has a big impact, just like this card.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Papertrey Ink
Papers: beige, rust & brown cardstocks (Bazzill), blue cardstock (stash), patterned (Basic Grey)
Ink: Staz On Timber
Accessories: flower punch (Marvy), circle punches (stash)

Switch Up

Though this patterned paper was from a soccer themed line, I coloured the cupcake and used a ribbon in the same colour of green.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Stampendous
Papers: white cardstock (stash), black cardstock (stash), patterned (Doodlebug)
Ink: Staz On black, Colorbox Queue Chalk green
Accessories: glitter (stash)
Accessories: ribbon (stash), square & scalloped squares dies (Spellbinders)

Buckle Down

To enhance another masculine card, I fed the blue ribbon through a silver, ribbon die cut. It made me think of a man's belt buckle.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Stampin' Up
Papers: blue & rust cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (Junkitz)
Ink: Versafine black
Accessories: Quickutz ribbon slide die, ribbon (stash)

Making it Work

I took the piece of scrap cardstock and used it as it was; a shape of genuine interest. Also, in this case I didn't have letter stickers to match, so I cut out the letters from the same cardstock used for the card base.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Papers: purple cardstock (Bazzill), patterned paper (Doodlebug)
Accessories: embellishment (stash)

Just Doodlebug

All paper and ribbon products used to make this card are from Doodlebug.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Accessories: pumpkin punch (Martha Stewart), border punch (Martha Stewart)

Just Batty!

An image/sentiment stamp, such as this "BOO" is perfect for working with a small area.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamps: image (Inkadinkado), sentiment (Stampin' Up)
Papers: black & yellow cardstock (Bazzill), patterned paper (Doodlebug)
Ink: Versafine black
Accessories: circle punches (Marvy)

A Round Card?

Why not? As long as the circumference of the card base is not completely cut from the folded cardstock, the card base will stay intact. A unique twist on a smaller sized card. Chicken image was part of the patterned paper.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Papers: cardstock (Bazzill), patterned paper (Scenic Route)
Accessories: circle & scalloped circle punches (Marvy), ribbon (stash)

Glitter It!

To emulate the shine of frosting on a cupcake, I glittered the top stamped image.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Stampendous
Papers: black, pink & black cardstocks (Bazzill), white cardstock (stash), patterned (Doodlebug)
Inks: Colorbox Pigment
Accessories: circle & scalloped circle punches (Marvy), glitter (stash), ribbon (stash)

Mini Easter Card

This small bunny is a perfect fit to a small card. I embellished his tail with white flocking.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: PSX
Papers: green & purple cardstocks (Bazzill), white cardstock (stash)
Ink: Colorbox Queue Chalk
Accessories: ribbon (stash), pearl (Kaiser), Spellbinder rectangle & scalloped rectangle dies

Masculine Thank You

The colours in this patterned paper lend itself to be used in a masculine card. Ribbon also from We R Memory eliminated the need to search for a match.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Hero Arts
Papers: patterned (We R Memory), brown & green cardstocks (Bazzill)
Accessories: ribbon (We R Memory)

4 Square

Graduated square punches or square Spellbinder dies make this card a breeze to assemble.

Natalie

Card Recipe
Stamp: Papertrey Ink
Papers: white cardstock (stash), green cardstock (Bazzill), patterned (Chatterbox)
Ink: Colorbox Queue Chalk
Accessories: flower die (Sizzix), fabric brad (Making Memories)