Happy Birthday ~ Gaming ~ Hobbies ~ Decoupage Pyramage

Hello bloggers I hope you are well and enjoying your week.  Today I have a card for all the gamers out there.

This card began as an A4 sheet of white card stock that was scored to make an A5 card blank.  Next using Crafter's Companion 'hobbies' CD-ROM I printed out a backing sheet and a pyramage sheet.  Once printed the backing paper was cut to size and adhered to the front of the card.  The pyramage pieces were cut out and  I ran a black ProMarker around the edges before layering up with foam pads.  The completed topper was added to the card blank.

The sentiment was cut from white card stock on the Brother Scan N Cut using one of the pre-loaded sentiments.  Once scaled to size and cut it was adhered to the card blank.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Best Wishes Hope Your Day Is A Cut Above The Rest ~ Boxing

Hello bloggers, today's card is another make for the boys although it could also be for the girls too.

This card began a sheet of red card stock that was cut and scored to make a 6.5 x 7.5 card blank.  Next I used Polka Doodles 'Not For The Girls Definitely For The Boys' CD-ROM to print out a topper and sentiment sheet onto white card stock.  I cut out all the elements that I wanted to use.  The larger boxing gloves were cut out twice and one set was cut up to make my own decoupage which was layered up with foam tape.  This was then matted onto a black mirror board circle cut using a circle punch before being added to the bottom of the card.  Next I added the smaller boxing gloves with text to the bottom left of the card.  Across the card diagonally I added a best wishes border.  Next I added a sentiment to the top of the card that had a black mirror board mat added behind it.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Paddington Bear Decoupage TV Please Look After This Bear

Hello bloggers I hope the weekend is being good to you.  Today I have a decoupaged TV card featuring Paddington Bear to share.

This card began as a scored pre-printed card blank that is 8.25 x 5.75 in size.  First I popped out the front of the TV to create the aperture and TV screen.  The inside of the card was created using a Paddington Bear decoupage sheet.  I popped out all the pieces and filed off the locking pips before layering up the pieces using foam pads.  Once the topper was completed I placed it inside the TV card.  Finally I added a Please look after this bear tag to the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Fantastic Four ~ Thing Decoupage

Hello bloggers I hope you had a good start to the working week.  Today I have a card for the Fantastic Four fans with this Thing decoupaged card.

This card began as an A4 sheet of brown card stock that I cut and scored to make a 6.5x4 card blank.  Next I took my sheet of Marvel Fantastic Four decoupage and popped out all the pieces.  The edges were filed down to remove any locking pips and then were marked with a black ProMarker.  The decoupage was layered up using foam pads.  Once the topper was completed it was adhered to the front of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Happy Birthday Fairies and Flowers ~ Decoupage ~ Brother Scan N Cut

Hello bloggers I hope you are well and had a good day yesterday.  Today I have a card for a little girl to share with fairies and flowers.

This card began as a white 6x6 card blank. I added to the card blank a Papermania purple floral paper.  Next using a decoupage sheet from my stash I popped out all the elements and filed off the pips.  I then used a dark grey Promarker and went around the edges of each piece.  The decoupage pieces were layered up and then added to the bottom of the card.  The sentiment was cut out of purple vinyl using a text from the Brother Scan N Cut.  Once cut out I added it to the top of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Magical Winter ~ Christmas Carolers ~ Decoupage

Hello bloggers a pinch and a punch it's the !st of the month.  I hope you are well and enjoyed a good weekend.  Today's card is one featuring Christmas Carolers.

This card began as a 5x7 white card blank.  First using Polka Doodles 'magical winter part one' CD-ROM I printed out the backing paper, topper, decoupage and sentiment.  I then used the direct cut on my Brother Scan N Cut to cut out the elements.  Next the backing paper was adhered to the front of the card.  I then adhered the topper to the card.  Next using foam pads I added the decoupage characters.  Finally I cut out the sentiment from its frame as it was too big for the card and then adhered it to the top of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Thank You Gardening ~ Roald Dahl James And The Giant Peach ~ Decoupage

Hello bloggers I hope you had a good day yesterday and managed to get some crafting into your busy day.  Today I have another gardening thank you card.

This card began as an A4 white card blank.  First I used Cameo Crafts Designs 'gardener's delight' CD-ROM, to print out the wood effect paper for the front of the card.  Next using Serif Craft Artist software and Serif Roald Dahl digikits collection 2, I designed the top of the card with the spider and thank you with the peach as the O.  The plant pot and trowel image was imported into Serif from Cameo Crafts Designs 'gardener's delight' CD-ROM to complete the topper.  I then printed out the topper and adhered it to the front of the card.  Next I imported the wellingtons and spade images from  gardeners delights into Serif.  I then copied the image of the wellington three times so that I could decoupage it up.  I then printed out the images.  I fussy cut the wellingtons and the spade and inked the edges.  The first wellington was adhered to the bottom right of the topper using foam pads.  I then added the spade at an angle so that it looked like it was behind the wellingtons.  The other two  layers were added with foam pads to complete the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Driving Fanatic ~ Twisterpage

Hello bloggers I hope you are well and had a good day yesterday.  Today I have a card for the driving fanatic.

This card began as an A4 sheet of topsy turvy card stock that I cut and scored to make a 6x4 card blank. Next I printed out the decoupage twisterpage sheet from Crafter's Companion 'hobbies' CD-ROM.  I then cut out all the elements and layered then up using foam pads.  The completed topper was then matted onto some red card stock.  I then matted it onto some gold holographic card stock.  The topper was then adhered to the front of the card.  Next I used a sentiment from the same printed decoupage sheet and matted it onto gold holographic card stock before adhering it to the bottom of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Pool Snooker Congratulations 21 Decoupage Twisterpage

Hello bloggers I hope you are all well and had a good weekend.  Today I have a 21st Birthday card for a male.

This card began as an A4 sheet of green card stock that I cut and scored to make an A5 card blank.  Next using Crafter's Companion 'hobbies' CD-ROM I printed off two backing papers and a decoupage sheet.  I cut one backing paper to fit the front of the card and adhered it into place.  I then cut a mat for the topper to sit on from the other backing paper and adhered it into the centre of the card.  Next I cut out the decoupage and then layered it up using foam pads.

Using an off cut of backing paper I die cut the 21 using Xyron Personal Cutting System and 'basic fonts' book.  The numbers were then adhered below the decoupaged topper.  Finally I added a silver 'congratulations' peel off to the bottom of the card and coloured in the lines with a green ProMarker.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Marvel Captain America ~ Super Birthday Decoupage

Hello bloggers I hope that you are well and still enjoying the good weather we are having here in the UK.  Today I have decoupage with a male theme Captain America.

This card began as an A4 sheet of centura pearl card stock that I scored to make an A5 card blank.  Next using some Marvel Captain America backing paper I added a mat to the front of the card.  I then used a Marvel decoupage sheet to make the topper. After popping out the pieces from the sheet I layered then up with foam pads.  The completed topper was then matted onto black card stock before being added to the left  hand side of the card.

The sentiment came from the same sheet and was matted onto some more black card stock.  Finally I adhered the topper to the right hand side of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Marvel Spiderman Decoupage

Hello bloggers a pinch and a punch its the first of the month and April fools day.  Today's card is a card featuring decoupage.

This card began as an A4 sheet of navy card stock that I cut and scored to make a card 4x6.  Next I embossed the card front using Spellbinders 'spider web' die set.  The web was embossed twice once at the bottom left and once top right.  Next I adhered a strip of Marvel Spiderman patterned paper across the card.  Using Marvel decoupage sheet I popped out the decoupage pieces and then sanded the edges.  They were then layered up using foam tape and the edges inked with a ProMarker.  The completed topper was added to the front of the card.  Finally using some red card stock and Tattered Lace 'sentiment blocks' die set I die cut the 'happy birthday' sentiment and adhered them to the card.

Happy Crafting  xx Hazel

Have A Great Day ~ Marvel Incredible Hulk Decoupage

Hello bloggers I hope you are well and enjoyed a good day yesterday.  For today's card I have an easel card with the Incredible Hulk.

This card began as a 13.5cm square kraft card blank.  First I took some Marvel Incredible Hulk patterned paper and cut a 13.5cm mat for the front of the card.  I then cut another mat the same size for inside the card.  Next I diagonally scored the front on the card to make a twisted easel card.  Next I adhered the paper to the inside of the card.  I then added adhesive to the front of the card and attached the mat for the front of the card.  Next I cut and layered up my decoupage using a Marvel decoupage sheet.  Using some aubergine coloured pearlescent paper I cut a mat for the topper and then adhered both to the front of the card.  Finally using a sentiment from the same Marvel sheet I cut another mat from the aubergine paper and mounted them up with foam tape to form the stopper for the card.  This was then added inside the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Pretty Princess ~ Decoupage

Hello bloggers today's card is a sweet girl and her toys decoupaged.

This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First of all I adhered some purple floral patterned paper to the front of the whole of the card.  Next I began to pop out the decoupage from a decoupage sheet from my stash.  After popping out all the pieces I sanded the edges to remove the locking pips.  Once sanded I inked the edges with a black ProMarker.  Next I added foam tape to the pieces and mounted them all up.  The finished topper was then added to the card.  At the top I added  a pretty princess sentiment from the same topper sheet.  Finally I added a metal pink flower brad to a purple flower button  and then adhered them to the to left of the sentiment topper.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Merry Christmas ~ Presents Parcels Decoupaged

Hello bloggers today's card is back to the Christmas theme, not a traditional colour scheme though.

This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First I cut down some stripped patterned paper and then  adhered it to the front of the card.  Next I took a sheet of four identical pictures.  The first one I left whole and the others I cut up to make some decoupage of the parcels and presents.  I adhered the decoupage to the main topper using foam tape.  A mat was then cut from some spotted paper and the mat and topper were adhered to the card.  The sentiment was part of the topper.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Marvel Incredible Hulk 8x8 Decoupage card

Hello bloggers a quick card today as not been well all week so no time or energy for much card making.

 

This card began as a white 8x8 card blank.  First of all I cut down an A4 sheet of Marvel Incredible Hulk paper and adhered it to the card.  Next I stamped the text 'HULK' using Clarity Stamps 'letterbox' stamp set with black soot and peeled paint distress inks.  I added a marvel tag to either side of the text.  Finally I popped out the decoupage from the sheet and filed off the pips.  Each decoupage was then layered up using foam tape for depth and dimension.  The toppers were then added to the card.  The top decoupage is a standard decoupage but the bottom one is a twistapage decoupage.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Little Mischief ~ Birthday Boy decoupage

Hello bloggers today I thought I would give you a break from Christmas cards, so here is a sweet birthday card for a boy.

This card began as a white 5x7 card blank.  First I adhered this gorgeous subtle patterned paper to the front of the card.  Next I popped out my decoupage from the sheet and then filed down the locking pins with some sandpaper.  I then inked the edges using a black ProMarker.  Next I cut a mat for the topper by hand from some green glitter card.  The glitter card and topper were adhered to the card stock and then I began to assemble the decoupage.  Next I cut out the title of my decoupage sheet Little Mischief and added it to the right hand side of the card.  I also cut out the number 6 from the same sheet this number was to number the decoupage pieces but why waste it when I can use it.  The number 6 was added to a circle of glitter card which was punched using a circle punch.  The sentiment was from my stash and again I matted this with green glitter card.  Finally the number and sentiment were adhered to the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Fairy decoupage ~ die D-lites frame two

Hello bloggers seems like I have a fairy theme going on at present.

This card began as a white hammered 6x6 card blank.  First I cut a mat for the card using some silver holographic card stock.  I then wrapped some ribbon around the side and bottom.  A ribbon tie was added to the bottom ribbon and then the mat was adhered to the card.  Next I punched out some flowers petals using a flower punch.  A hat pin was added to the center to keep them layered up and they were coloured with a ProMarker.  The flower petals were inked with dried marigold distress ink.  The flower was added to the card and attached where the ribbons crossed over.  Next I built up some fairy decoupage from my stash and then added this to the card.   I stamped the sentiment using black soot distress ink and Crafter's Companion 'flower fairy friends rose bay willow-herb' stamp set.    The sentiment was then die cut using Spellbinders die d-lites  'frame two' die set and then added to the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Marvel - Superhero

Hello bloggers today's card is a Marvel Superhero card for all the guys out there.

This card began as a white hammered DL card blank.  To the front I adhered some X-men patterned paper after cutting it to size.  Next I cut out the decoupage and inked the edges with a black ProMarker.  The decoupage was then layered up using foam pads and tape.  Using some textured holographic mirror board  and the decoupage I drew around the decoupage onto the back of the mirror board.  It was then cut out a few centimeters further than the drawn line to create a mat.   I then did the same with the sentiment.  The topper and sentiment were then attached to the card blank using foam tape.  Finally a Marvel tag was adhered to the bottom left corner of the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Happy Birthday Pretty Princess

Hello blogger's another birthday card today.  This card is made from the decoupage that I didn't use yesterday, so you get two cards out of one decoupage sheet.

This card is made using a DL size white hammered card blank.  First I covered the front with silver holographic mirror board.  Next I cut a piece of coordinating pink card stock and made a mat for the topper which I adhered to the card.  The decoupage pieces were popped out of their locking joints, I sanded the edges and inked them with a black ProMarker.  The decoupage was then mounted up and added to the pink mat to form the topper.

The pretty princess text was from the decoupage sheet and I just cut it to size, sanded and inked the edges with pink ink.  A balloon sticker was attached to the top left of the text and this was all adhered to the card.  Two pink faux gems were added one either side of the text.  Finally the 'happy birthday' sentiment was added after being sanded  and inked on the edges.  A simple but frugal way to use decoupage, I use this method often.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Decoupage flowers of friendship

Hello bloggers, today's card has been made from a complete kit of card blanks,envelopes, inserts and die-cut decoupage.

card front

card standing

card insert

I love the shape of these cards and the fact that they have flowers on is a bonus.  Great for lots of different occasions.

The hardest part was choosing which design to make first.  The first thing I did after choosing my design was to push out the die cut shapes and with an old nail file file down the locking points to give a nice smooth finish.  Once all the piece were out and filed down I began mounting up my decoupage flowers using cosmic shimmer dries clear glue.  Once all the flowers were complete I left it to dry for a few hours as they were lots of layers of glue and decoupage.  When it was dry I added my insert to finish the card.  This card comes with a stand but I like the way it stands without it.

Just a quick one as I have been really poorly today.  Happy Crafting xx Hazel