What a break

It has been so busy here lately that I have not had time to craft very much. I have been to my crafting group though and made the card below.

I really love the Iris fold and the effects you can get with it. It is so simple yet looks really effective and quite complicated!

The recipe for the card is:
Plain white cardstock for the card and top layer
Red holographic card
various strips of pink and white paper
Pink sparkly paper for the iris
white cord
Red brads
A calligraphy pen for the sentiment

I have a pattern for the balloon iris fold which I found online a while ago. I cut out the balloon shape from the white cardstock and laid a white cord over the neck part of the balloon. I then completed the pattern for the iris fold and layered the card up with the red holographic card.
 I then tied a length of cord to the cord layered on the neck of the balloon and used silicone glue to seal the end to prevent fraying.

One thing I have found with the Iris fold is that it is just as effective to use one layer of paper i.e. no folds, if you have thicker paper. You can also use ribbon for a really cool effect.

Birthday for a friend?

Well, I haven't gotton my phone back yet but I did find this card I made a while ago on my computor and decided to share it with you.

Now I am not generally one to go out and just throw a card together. Mine need to be layed out, planned and really thought about. This one however was totally the opposite and I think turned out really well!

I used a basic green leaf patterned paper (from where I forget) and layered on, at an angle some pink handmade paper. I took a plain white piece of cardstock and cuttlebugged it with Cuttlebugs Script embossing folder.

Then came the clever (far me lol) part, I rubbed green chalk onto the writing. I had a nightmare trying to get it on with the silly little brush the chalk people provided so ended up using an eyeshadow brush! It worked wonders and didn't flake off into the white area either!

That was then layered onto the card and the excess chopped off, but you can see that, right? lol I then got two random flowers from the huge stock I have collected form fake flower dropoffs etc and made a brad to stick one down. The other I attached a butterfly charm to the tendrils and stuck it on using clear pop dots.

Lastly I used my Nestability scalloped ovals to make the sentiment holder, inked up my words and stuck it down using pop dots.

I really like this card. I might have to save it for me lol!

Shell