Sunday 29 July 2012

Handmade Cards - White Butterfly with Pastel Colours 3 - Lilac






To make this card you will need:


Take white card 15cm x 30cm and fold it in half. Take a lilac card paper (size 15cm x 15cm) and using double sided tape attach it to the white card. Take sage green card paper (7 x 7cm) and attach the butterfly sticker to its centre, then tear off the edge of the sage green paper around the butterfly to create an uneven edge. Attach sage green card to the yellow card (10 x 10 cm) using foam pads. Then attach the green / yellow card to the lilac card paper using foam pads. Attach four 3mm lilac gems onto the yellow card. Add message outline sticker of your choice to the card.




Here are some variations - different shades of lilac and various outline sticker messages:

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2)





3)



4)




Thursday 26 July 2012

Handmade Card - White Butterfly with Pastel Colours 2 - Blue







To make this card you will need:


Take white card 15cm x 30cm and fold it in half. Take a blue card paper (size 15cm x 15cm) and using double sided tape attach it to the white card. Take sage green card paper (7 x 7cm) and attach the butterfly sticker to its centre, then tear off the edge of the sage green paper around the butterfly to create an uneven edge. Attach sage green card to the yellow card (10 x 10 cm) using foam pads. Then attach the green / yellow card to the blue card paper using foam pads. Attach four 3mm blue gems onto the yellow card. Add message outline sticker of your choice to the card.



Handmade Card - White Butterfly with Pastel Colours 1 - Pink






To make this card you will need:


Take white card 15cm x 30cm and fold it in half. Take a pink card paper (size 15cm x 15cm) and using double sided tape attach it to the white card. Take sage green card paper (7 x 7cm) and attach the butterfly sticker to its centre, then tear off the edge of the sage green paper around the butterfly to create an uneven edge. Attach sage green card to the yellow card (10 x 10 cm) using foam pads. Then attach the green / yellow card to the pink card paper using foam pads. Attach four 3mm pink gems onto the yellow card. Add message outline sticker of your choice to the card.



Tuesday 24 July 2012

Handmade Card - Butterfly Birthday Card









To make this card you will need:

  • Anita's Dimensions Wings in Brown (Butterfly) - I purchased it in Hobbycraft
  • 4 Adhesive gems in silver (I used Hobbycraft gems sizes 2 mm)
  • Pink card paper (7 x 7 cm)
  • Purple card paper (8 x 8 cm)
  • White card paper (15 x 30cm)
  • Double sided tape
  • Message outline sticker 
  • Lemon yellow card paper (15 x 15cm)
  • Craft foam pads (I used Stix 2mm thick)
  • Craft corner punch (I have had mine for a very long time so you might not be able to purchase the same one, however I found couple of nice craft punches that would also work well with this design - see pictures below - link is added with the pictures)
http://direct.hobbycraft.co.uk/products-HobbyCraft-1%E2%80%9D-Daisy-Design-Craft-Corner-Punch_296849.htm

http://direct.hobbycraft.co.uk/products-HobbyCraft-1%E2%80%9D-Tulip-Design-Craft-Corner-Punch_296847.htm


   Take white card 15cm x 30cm and fold it in half. Take a yellow card paper (size 15cm x 15cm) and using double sided tape attach it to the white card. Cut corners of pink card paper (7 x 7 cm) using corner punch and attach it to the purple card (8 x 8 cm) using foam pads. Then attach the butterfly to the middle of the pink card paper. Attach the pink / purple card to the yellow card paper using foam pads. Attach four 2mm silver gems onto the yellow card. Add message outline sticker of your choice to the card.




Monday 23 July 2012

Handmade Card - White Butterfly 3












To make this card you will need:





   Take white card 15cm x 30cm and fold it in half. Take a cream card paper (size 15cm x 15cm) and using double sided tape attach it to the white card. Cut along the edges of the yellow card paper (10 x 10cm) using paper edger scissors. Take the green card paper (8 x 8cm) and attach it to the yellow card (10 x 10 cm) using foam pads. Then attach the butterfly to the middle of the green card paper. Attach the green / yellow card to the cream card paper using foam pads. Attach three 3mm pale blue gems onto the green card. Add message outline sticker of your choice to the card. 









Thursday 19 July 2012

Handmade Card - White Butterfly 2






To make this card you will need:

  • K&Company Butterflies - I purchased it in Hobbycraft -  http://direct.hobbycraft.co.uk/products-Personal-Impressions-Butterfly-Grand-Adhesion-%C2%A0_345172.htm
  • 3 Adhesive gems in silver (I used Hobbycraft gems sizes 3 mm)
  • Sage green card paper (7 x 7 cm)
  • Cream card paper (10 x 10 cm)
  • White card paper (15 x 30cm)
  • Double sided tape
  • Message outline sticker 
  • Yellow card paper (15 x 15cm)
  • Craft foam pads (I used Stix 2mm thick)
  • Craft corner punch (I have had mine for a very long time so you might not be able to purchase the same one, however I found couple of nice craft punches that would also work well with this design - see pictures below - link is added with the pictures)
http://direct.hobbycraft.co.uk/products-HobbyCraft-1%E2%80%9D-Daisy-Design-Craft-Corner-Punch_296849.htm

http://direct.hobbycraft.co.uk/products-HobbyCraft-1%E2%80%9D-Tulip-Design-Craft-Corner-Punch_296847.htm


   Take white card 15cm x 30cm and fold it in half. Take a yellow card paper (size 15cm x 15cm) and using double sided tape attach it to the white card. Cut corners of green card paper (7 x 7 cm) using corner punch and attach it to the cream card (10 x 10 cm) using foam pads. Then attach the butterfly to the middle of the green card paper. Attach the green / cream card to the yellow card paper using foam pads. Attach three 3mm silver gems onto the yellow card. Add message outline sticker of your choice to the card. 


Monday 16 July 2012

Handmade Card - White Butterfly

This is another handmade birthday card that can be done in minutes. Very easy design.






To make this card you will need:

  • K&Company Butterflies - I purchased it in Hobbycraft -  http://direct.hobbycraft.co.uk/products-Personal-Impressions-Butterfly-Grand-Adhesion-%C2%A0_345172.htm
  • 3 Adhesive gems in silver (I used Hobbycraft gems sizes 3 mm)
  • Green card paper (9 x 9 cm)
  • White card paper (10 x 10cm)
  • White card paper (15 x 30cm)
  • Double sided tape
  • "Happy Birthday" outline sticker 
  • Yellow card paper (15 x 15cm)
  • Craft foam pads (I used Stix 2mm thick)
  • Craft corner punch (I have had mine for a very long time so you might not be able to purchase the same one, however I found couple of nice craft punches that would also work well with this design - see pictures below - link is added with the pictures)
http://direct.hobbycraft.co.uk/products-HobbyCraft-1%E2%80%9D-Daisy-Design-Craft-Corner-Punch_296849.htm

http://direct.hobbycraft.co.uk/products-HobbyCraft-1%E2%80%9D-Tulip-Design-Craft-Corner-Punch_296847.htm


   Take white card 15cm x 30cm and fold it in half. Take a yellow card paper (size 15cm x 15cm) and using double sided tape attach it to the white card. Attach green card paper (9cm x 9cm), again using double sided tape, to the white card paper (10 x 10cm) and then attach the butterfly to the middle of the green card paper. Cut corners of the green/white card using corner punch and attach it to the yellow card paper using craft foam pads. Attach three 3mm silver gems onto the yellow card. Add “Happy birthday" sticker to the card. 


Colour variations:

1) Peach and pale green colour



2) Dark lilac and pale yellow colour





3) Pale yellow and sage green colour



4) Orange and sage green colour