One of the things that I love about making cards to order, is the weird and wonderful things I get asked to make. This year has certainly been interesting in that department.
Here are a few examples of the things I have been asked to make this year
This is just a small selection of the ones I have made. With Christmas fast approaching and special cards being ordered daily I can't see me getting bored any time soon!!
OH MY GOODNESS !!!! this cartridge is even cuter than I had hoped for. The name of it is a little misleading as there are only 3 images of paisley on it !!
This cartridge (along with Sweet Treats) are currently only available in Europe. Maybe Provo Craft are trying to sweeten us up after not allowing us to have the Hello Kitty cartridge !!
Whatever their reasons.......I am thrilled to have mine and am having sooooo much fun with it.
So...here is a view of what's on this cartridge
And here are a few of the cards I have made with it...
You will need:
Piece of cardstock 8" x 12", pencil, ruler and scoring board (optional)
How to:
DOH !!! the bottom score lines should all be the other way !! ie: where it says mountain it should say valley and vice versa.....sorry everyone !!
1. Place the card in landscsape mode and measure down 2" on each short side and make a small pencil mark. Draw a faint pencil line between the two marks.
2. Now score from bottom upto pencil line at 2" and 4".
3. Score completely from top to bottom at 6".
4. Repeat step 2 at 8" and 10".
5. Following the above diagram, cut between points A and B.
6. Again, using the diagram to help you, fold each piece as shown.
7. A mountain fold pops out towards you and a valley fold goes away from you.
Here are some the cards I have made using this technique
A few people that have seen my pop up cards have asked me to post a tutorial...so here it is!! I can't take the credit for this card, that has to go to Crafter's Companion.
You will need: 4 pieces of A5 card, patterned paper for decoration, scoring board (I use the M&F scoring board)
Take the first piece of A5 card and score at half A5. This will create a square section. Now score corner to corner both ways. Then fold this square in half vertically.
Push in on the vertical score line to collapse the whole piece.
Repeat with the second piece.
Stick a 4" x 4"piece of card to the back of the pop up diamond shape and another to the front. This will now be called part A.
Now take third piece of A5 card and score it in half and then A5 gate fold. Repeat with fourth piece. These will now be called part B.
PART A
PART B
Adhere each of the end rectangular panels on Part A to the front of the larger section on part B.
You are now ready to decorate your card.
And here are some examples. You could also make this card larger by doubling the sizes or smaller by halving the sizes.
Yay !! I really can't believe that we have had the store 8 years already. This weekend we decided to give the whole store a face lift. Instead of cerise pink and royal blue .......we have gone all coffee and cream !!
Well....here are a few of the cards that I have been making over the last few weeks
Today my dear Grandmother, Little Nan, passed away quietly at Earlfield Lodge nursing home. She was 88. She had been poorly for a long time and today was a release from her pain.
This picture was taken on Christmas Day 2008....just a few weeks ago.
She leaves behind 5 children. Barry, Stella, Suzan (my Mum), David and Cindy. 10 grandchildren...Lee, Beverley, Richard, Ian, Jacquiline, Amanda, Naomi, Anne Marie, Aaron and Darren......and 19 (and one on the way) great-grandchildren. We will all miss her terribly.
On Saturday 17th January our dear little Lionhead rabbit, Twinkle, passed away. She was 3 1/2.
This picture makes her look like a Guinea Pig ! she really was the sweetest little thing. Having lost our precious Lavendar back in September, we are now down to 8 bunnies.
I am having way too much fun with my Wild Card cartridge !! although to be honest, I should so that I'm loving the doily card !! I hadn't really played with the cartridge very much...until my Sunday craft club. One of my friends, Jackie, made an adorable card using this cut and I thought I would join her. Whilst Jackie had the spine of her card on the side, I made mine with it at the top. A cute little Hello Kitty on top...and hey presto! this was the end result
If only it had stopped there......next came the Indie Art butterflies, followed by the Christmas Solutions teddies!!
I really should stop playing and do some work around the store....but I'm having too much fun !!
Wow !! and what a cold one !! After two weeks off, Mike and the children have finally gone back to work and school (hooray!!) and I have gone back to happily using my new Christmas presents. Santa was very good to me this year....bringing me all four of the new licensed Cricut cartridges. Sesame Street and Friends, Sesame Street Font, Hello Kitty Greetings and Hello Kitty font.
However, Mike has told me that I have to start selling off some of my (rather large) collection of cards if I am to have any more cartridges before my birthday in the summer.
So here are a few of them !! If you are interested in purchasing any of them, please email me at crosspatchcrafts@aol.com. I can accept payment by PayPal.
Kitty Balloons £2.25
Little Miracle £1.99
2-4-6-8 £2.25
Cherries £1.99
Matchbook style notebooks £1.99 each
All of the cards in my gallery are available to purchase, so please feel free to browse through and let me know, should you wish to order
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