Crafting | More Cards & Silhouette Cutouts

I’ve made a few cards here and there, so I thought I would do a post to show those.  I really enjoy making cards, because I think about the recipient and how they would enjoy receiving them.  Plus cards are like a mini-canvas where I can try out new techniques or layouts.

I made this birthday card for our friend Gilbert.

I used various circle stamps from Inkadinkado.  I punched out a few of the circles and adhered them onto the card with foam adhesive to create some dimension.  The “Happy Birthday” sentiment is Tiny Sentiments from Purple Onion Designs.

I made this birthday card for another friend.

I used a doily stamp from Studio Calico and heat embossed it with white Zing! embossing powder from American Crafts.  The red cardstock is Pure Poppy from Papertrey Ink.  I tied the card with some red and white twine from Martha Stewart.  I die cut and stamped the ticket strip and adhered it to the card with foam adhesives.  The ticket die and stamps are “Just The Ticket” by Papertrey Ink.

I made this thank you card for our next-door neighbor Fred, who took care of our cat Noodle when we were out of town.

White cardstock from Papertrey Ink.  I stamped the cat stamp from Catslife Press using gray and black ink, alternating them.  I think the cat stamp looks sort of like our Noodle!  Then I stamped an extra cat in black and cut it out.  I tied the card with The Twinery Moraschino twine, then adhered the cat on top of that with foam adhesive.  I stamped “thanks” and wrote in “Fred”, then cut out the speech bubble shape freehand and adhered it with foam dimensional adhesive.

For some wintery holiday cards, I made a couple of cards with snowflakes as the theme.

I used “Tag Its #8” stamp set by Papertrey Ink, using their “Fresh Snow” ink.  Kraft paper is Bazzill Basics.

I adhered some little pearl bling into the center of the smaller snowflakes, to add some dimension.  Then I wrapped the cards with twine.


To finish off the card, I used these snowflakes that I cut out with my Silhouette digital cutter and I tied the extra length of twine around the snowflake.


Lastly, when I was making my handmade holiday cards and cutting out my custom ornaments, I cut a bunch of snowflakes and sentiments out, because I wanted to fill out the empty cardstock spaces with smaller designs so I didn’t waste too much cardstock.


I used the Pacifico font and cut out “love”, “peace” and “joy” in lots of sizes.  There were also snowflakes.


I cut out a bunch in green also.


And some in blue!  Now I have these die cut snowflakes and sentiments in a plastic container and they’re ready for scrapbook pages or cards.  :)