With spring around the corner .....

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With spring around the corner , I'm filled with eager to use all of my wonderful 3 D files of flowers I still have in my stash !  And my girlfriend brought me some more 3Dcutting file-pads from Janneke Brinkman and also two 3D-pads with cutting-sheets of Sarah Kay and some more backing paper pads too !!! I'm now drowning in  all that  stuff!!!

Luckily I have a lot of dear friends and there's always a reason to have some cards ready , and also these friends occasionally ask me to make some .

  Due to the fact that  I am disabled  since the end of 2008 I have lots of time ,..... pain full time that is . That pain is always there in variations of intensity , despite the morfine I have to take and  sometimes so severe I am not  capable to make any card at all .Then my  days are extremely long and empty . But  I'm ever so glad that when I'm able I can use my hands in creating !!! Even if I can only make one card in a day , I know it will make someone happy with it .( one card takes me almost one hour and a half to two hours , the cutting alone of the intricate files alone  ( done with a small succor, ,  takes me half an hour.).

Thanks to the Internet , the blogs and video's on You  Tube I am always learning new things ! I've recently seen a gorgeous toilet mini-album . 2 part Toilet Mini Album :

Here are seven cards I've made in the past week :

I sparkled the flowers a bit with a gel pen , and added a butterfly ,a small dried leaf and a small security pin with a tiny tag with a stamped small heart and tiny rhinestone heart. On both sides I applied a small organza ribbon .
















This next card is a buckle card : I embossed half of my creme backing paper and used a pink dotted patterned paper for the inside . Behind my 3 D flowers I adhered a doilie and a handcut flowerdie.
For the buckle I used a trim of lace ,on which I sewed small white beads , that serves as a small pocket to hold a tag .
The bunch of flowers asked for an organza ribbon and flat back pearl  .

Next an animal card . Ribon and some twine and a heart jewelry hanger .

This flower , I don't know how it is called in English , I used to have in my garden . I stamped the little birdie on a piece of paper and coloured it with plain pencils and added it to the dimensional flower .
I attached the oval with flower only at the lower part so I could tuck a stampds tag under it .
A silk ribbon in gorgeous green and some rhinestones finished the job .

Then these dicks seemed to ask for a simple card . Just a white doilie and a stamped butterfly on patterned paper  with fla tback oval white pearl. White flowers and shiny beads glued to the hearts , with again some twine .

I like  stepper cards and thought this birdhouse would be excellent on the fore ground with a butterfly ,  and  a bunch of flowers from my stash of cuttings to the background .

A side vieuw :












And my last card is :an apron card . I love to make different shaped cards , but it is very time consuming to make the shapes . I found a free template on the internet , but it took me an hour to adjust  to my card size ( 10 cm by 15 cm ) . Measuring and drawing - ( Word on this window vista laptop is not compatible with my Word on my old computer that is linked to my printer ) .But I now have a fitting shape , so the next cards will be easier .

A pocket that has pleated paper to surround it and a rim of lace . .It holds a removable tag . On the pocket is a smaller pocket with of course smaller pleated paper and two very small buttons . Cute isn't it !

The very small pocket contains a bottle of ketchup .

That's it ,next time hope to show you some cards of Sarah Kaye . But first I need to make some condoleances cards for a friend of mine .
Till then, take care ,

Hugs , Rosa

2012 is a year full of jubilee cards

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Believe it or not but this year some of the people I know since  my childhood are celebrating their 45 years , 50 years and  even 60 years of marriage ( two couples  ) !

The first one of 50 was last sunday .


So the last two weeks I made a few cards for the 50 year jubilee . One for myself and four that friends of mine asked to make for the same couple .The cards are sized to half an A 4 page .
Here is the first :


Two ovals with the same image but reversed in colour . The folding idea and the 3D file came from a 3D magazine . The heart I fastened on the upper side is actually a table card .

The second one I used lace to surround my image and I hand stitched small beads with silver Madeira thread on the lace frame . A green ribbon with a hanger runs through two slits in the card. On the bottom of my ribbon a small plate with again the small beads that surround two pearls .

My third cars is a stepper card, with vintage roses , glitter glued here and there , a punched border , and on the right side paper with a lover's verse and golden wishes stickers , a gold loosely woven ribbon tied at the bottom with a small piece of lace .

Next card is an easel card.  I stamped all the roses , flowers and leaves separately and glued them on a heart shape ( an idea I saw somewhere on the web ) and attached to a hand cut shape. I coloured the small flowers and added pearls . Also added little sheer tied ribbons  in between .On the side pink rhinestones and  for he upper border I used a pearl maker . I do have to practice that some more !

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
My last card for this jubilee is a color plate I free downloaded from internet . I cut out the heart and coloured the roses . Then I used some golden leftovers from stickers to embellish the corners of the small hearts as well as the bigger one . Adhered patterned paper on the inside . Worked off with golden sticker borders ,( forgot to take a picture of that ) ,

And my social help at home has left for Peru last Sunday to see her parents after six years . She asked me to make something to hold the only two wedding  pictures she has from her parents who are also married for nearly 60 years! ( She made copies of course , so the real ones stay with her )
This is what I made : It"s sort of a small book . I made a belt to surround and close it .

 I stamped the belt with some flower curls .And embellished the sides with golden sticker sides .
I used two gold coloured buttons and a sheer purple ribbon to tie together .

 I used my oval punch to make the background for the picture and added  rhinestones . At the bottom side is a handle fastened with a small brad . When it is opened they can use the extra pages for
journaling or photo's .

I made a flower from a shear peace of fabric and glued a prime rose in it . And also fastened a small chain with bead on it . Actually it is a broken earring as I recall now .

 This is the other corner . Also a flower with black and gold bead and two buttonson the picture.

 Here the extra page lifts up .


This is the actual inside of the card .On the right I used the rose punch . on the left I stamped some flowers above the page .

 On the middle side I  made  a pocket to hold an envelope which  I embellished with ribbon and punched out border, patterned paper . A hand crocheted rose with brad  is fastened to the black card , that can be taken out.of the pocket. See next photo's.
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 This black card opens up and gives room for the great grandchildren to put in pictures or journaling .

 This is the back of the envelope pocket , as it can be taken out of the card too.  I glued a small  peace of acrylic band to the bottom of the back to also form  a little pocket so another  card with stamped bird with heart can also be taken out and be of use .

 I' ll leave you to it ... It is now way  past mid night and my  bed is calling. .

I hope to be back soon . Until then, take care ,

Hugs , Rosa

Neverending cards with hidden pockets

Hello everyone,

As I promised in my last post I will now show the 3 neverending cards I was asked to make some weeks ago .
An ex-colleague of mine wanted one for her son and two for her daughters , all married and with children . Hence the hidden pockets .

This is the first one :

 The two middle parts have a pocket with a tag in each fastened with a security pin , but when the pin is taken off , that pocket opens up to another pocket .

When the card flips , the two other middle parts are left blank for pctures as was specifically asked .

 It then flips again ,
































And a last time , showing two hearts that are really only a belt that can be taken off to un reveal the hidden two pockets on either side .

 §gbv

Up to the second one : The two middle parts for the pictures .

 The two other sides for the pictures ;

When the card is flipped over again , there are two hidden pockets on the small sides .

And flipping it again it has two envelopes , that close with twine .

My third card :Again the middle parts for pictures , but these middle mats open up and hide two pockets underneath : they close with Velcro

 
When flipped to the second side I attached two small envelopes to the middle parts

Flipping to the third side there is again room for pictures ,

 as also on the fourth side:

 So this was very much fun to make and very, very easy , although it looks complicated . It did take me a lot of time to embellish though . The cards , I forgot to tell you,  measure 20 cm by 20 cm .

I also crocheted a tea light holder cover , but as I have been  searching for the pictures the past half hour , I came to the conclusion I didn't take pictures of it yet !  So I will share it with you on my next post .

Take care,

Hugs, Rosa