QuicKutz Bday Cards

One of the biggest purchases I’ve made in my scrap booking/card making life was a Revolution Die Cutting Machine from QuicKutz. I had been shopping for the right die cutter for some time, and finally took the “plunge.” I’ve been extremely happy with this machine since it is so easy to use and the die cuts are so consistently cute.

Although I made both of these cards awhile ago, I’m posting them now that the cards have been received.  Both were made with QuicKutz dies and embossed backgrounds. The colors of paper are actually the same, so you can see that the photography saga continues.

Stamps: Hero Arts

Paper: Kraft Paper from Hobby Lobby

Embellishments: Aquarius Alphabet, Clear Embossing Powder, Paper Flowers, Glitter Brads

Ink: VersaMark

Tools: Heat Tool

Stamps: Hero Arts

Paper: Kraft Paper from Hobby Lobby

Embellishments: Flower Die Cuts, Embossing Powder

Ink: VersaMark

Tools: Heat Tool

Hang in there…

This card design was inspired by ‘Hello Teacher’ from Cards Magazine (p.42 August).

To create the stitching around the edge I used Cutter Bee Piercing Bug to give me the guidelines for stitching. Since I don’t have a sewing machine I hand-stitched the card using yellow embroidery floss (took forever!).  I used a QuicKutz die and my Revolution to create the flower.

Stamps:Hero Arts

Paper:American Crafts, Kraft Paper from Hobby Lobby

Embellishments: Ribbon American Crafts, Die Cut QuicKutz, Embroidery Floss, Hero Arts Diamond

Ink: VersaMagic

Tools: CutterBee Paper Piercer, Needle

Green, Yellow, and Pink!!!

I really love green, yellow, and pink colors of this card.  Plus, kraft paper again!!! This card has a very “back to school” feel to me.

So far I am leaving this card blank until I decide what type of sentiment I’ll use.  I often leave cards blank so that I can “update” with an appropriate sentiment before sending it off.

For this card I used yellow embroidery floss to “stitch” the buttons together and then affixed the buttons with glue dots.

Stamps:

Paper:American Crafts, Kraft Paper from Hobby Lobby

Embellishments: Buttons American Crafts, Embroidery Floss

Ink:

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In love with kraft

Recently I bought my first pack of kraft paper at the local Hobby Lobby in Colorado Springs. Kraft paper is essentially like brown paper bag cardstock. Sounds boring, but like khaki pants it seems to go with everything and you can dress it up or keep it casual. I am currently obsessed with it…

Here is a card I made yesterday. I actually made it as a set of several cards. I’m still looking for classy boxes to put my cards into. Any ideas? I stamped the circular image first, then the bird in white ink. Next I stamped over the white bird with blue ink slightly off set to give it a shadowed effect.

Stamps:Hero Arts. unknown

Paper:Archiver’s Yours Truly, Kraft Paper from Hobby Lobby

Embellishments: Ribbon Martha Stewart

Ink: VersaMark, ColorBox

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