Flowers

Flowers are perfect for cards…They can have any color, pattern, shape, size, they can be the main picture, someone’s favorite flower or simply decorative. : )

Here are two more cards I made that have flowers on them.

Up first the card I made for my Mother for Mother’s Day. The picture of the women is a 3D punch-out sheet. The paper was nice and thick, very good to work with. It took me forever to find the perfect paper to put underneath it.  Turned out pretty good, I believe.  ; ) My Mom loved it, anyway.

The second card is very simple. The picture of the Hydrangea is from the internet. I framed it and placed a matching ribbon next to it. But because it looked still somehow empty, I punched out the black flowers and glued green rhinestones on them. It’s maybe kind of plain, but I think that’s what I like about it! : )

Unfortunately I haven't had much time to make cards lately. Lot's of college stuff. : / But I'll soon get back to it and then there's more coming. : )

I can draw...

Here are some more cards. Two more, actually. Due to lack of any useful stamps or pictures I had to be creative myself.  ;)

For this first card I printed out a cute cupcake from the internet and colored it simple and old-fashioned: with color pencils! I put little rhinestones on some of the berries. Underneath the paper lace I put a green ribbon to match the ground. And for the little beetle I used a paper punch.

It took me FOR EVER to figured out how put this card together, but now I really like it…I might have to make another one for myself. ;)

The second card HAD TO HAVE penguins on it. I used a picture from the Internet, but this time: No printing out! I just quickly traced around the edges and then drew and colored the penguins. The rest was easy. Black-white dotted frame, sparkling blue, kind of icy looking ground, blue ribbon and punched out flowers with white rhinestones. And done. :)

Cards: Famous Pictures

Now I want to share some of the cards I made. I never buy cards. Boring and impersonal (except for when they play music.. ;) )The first one is a little older, I made it for my Mom's Birthday. The 2nd I made just for fun. I'll see which lucky person will get that one. ;)
I printed the pictures out, that's why I like to kind of frame them and put some clear foil on it. Just looks better, I think.

This is my Marilyn Monroe Birthday card:

I made the 2nd card with that beautiful passionate picture of a sailor kissing a nurse.
Again, the flowers are handmade, like the blue ones on my scrapbook page. For the white paper lace I used a border punch.

But...I might have to keep the 2nd one. It's just too pretty. And it's just awful how you always handcraft and never keep anything to yourself.. ;)

My First Scrapbook

Scarpbooks are wonderful. It's the most beautiful and personal way to keep memories. And they make great gifts!!

These are a couple of pages of the scrapbook I made for one of my best friends. I love working with hidden pictures.

For the scrapbook base I used a set of 6 blank white cardbord pages and 3 rings to hold them together. I love how the sides are not just simply straight!!

 The bottom picture is loose, because there is a different picture on the back. That way you can stick in the picture whichever way you want. 

Again, the back of the bottom picture is different. Another picture is in between the pages. You can pull that one out using the green bow.

This is one of my favorite pages. The flowers are selfmade and the little blue ribbons are used to pull out the hidden pictures (as you can see on the second photo).