DIAMOND CARD WITH PURPLE FLOWERS

PURPLE FLOWERS

This card was made for the "Cards with Sparkle and Shine" demo that I did recently for Regal Craft Cards.  Unfortunately the "sparkle and shine" hasn't translated so well to the web page so you will have to take my word for it!!

The base card is one of Regal's XDI1 diecut diamond cards (all the hard cutting out is already done for you) which is a textured white in colour. The edging around the centre is a peel off sticker (silver) and the corners are filled with mesh.  The large stamp has been stamped in purple ink and then heat embossed with polysparkle embossing powder.  The smaller flowers have just been stamped onto pale purple paper with Versamark and similarly heat embossed.  They really twinkle in reality.  The centres of the smaller fussy cut flowers feature cut off pieces of trim, with the centres coloured with a Kaiser pen.  The stamps were made by Darkroom Door.  All of the products used were available from Regal Craft Cards at the time that the card was made.

TWO MORE CARDS FROM MARTY

FLORAL CARDS USING KAISER PAPERS

We have another couple of cards, made by Marty Munro, using Kaiser papers.  Notice the fussy cut butterfly and flower, as well as the stamp used in last weeks examples, but looking rather different!  See too how Marty has used the double sided aspect of the paper to make the zig zag card.

REGAL TAGS

TAG HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARD

Tags are really useful things......quite apart from their obvious use in packaging and pricing, they are a great way to decorate the front of a card or a nice little stand alone project to add to a special gift.

Regal has just released some new tags to add to their already large range.  We can now buy large white tags in the shape shown right (in Botany) and below in packs of fifty, which is a great way to start a project - you can get straight into the fun bit of decorating without having to fiddle around trying to cut a suitable decorative tag base.

The card on the left is a regal square card, with the front panel cut back a little to reveal a decorative strip underneath.  The same paper is used to decorate the tag.  The other example shows some very simple quilling - one layer on top of the other (you can get quilling papers and tools from Regal too!!)

QUILLED TAG

Regal have lots of different sizes and colours available on their website www.regalcraftcards.com.au.  Check them out!

HOORAY ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY CARDS

HOORAY ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY!

Marty Munro made these cheerful collage cards for the young at heart at a recent demo for Regal Craft Cards.  (Lime green singlefolds are available as part of the "Mixed Brights" (XMC30) pack.)

Notice the torn edge that adds a feature to the lower card, and the hand cut "banner ribbons" on the other - both simple but effective ideas.

The decorative papers and "Hip Hip Hooray" stamp are all from Kaiser.

VALENTINE'S DAY IRIS FOLDING

FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL

One of the really nice things about working at Regal is that we often have the chance to see some really great cards made by our lovely customers.

Kay brought this one, which she has made for a special person, in today, and has very kindly allowed me to pop it up so that you can see it too!

She has used a white base card but added a red panel with a large and several small heart cut-outs.  Kay has added an individual twist by Iris folding under the large heart but adding roses to the middle, and using the iridescent paper that would more traditionally be used there as an underlay for the red panel.

The result is a beautiful card which is ideal for Valentine's Day, but which could also be given on many other occasions - thanks for sharing your work Kay.

EASEL CARD WITH COGS

EASEL CARD WITH COGS

This clever easel card was made by Roma as part of her class last year.  She has used Spellbinders dies to cut the cogs and added gold split pins for detail.

A really clever idea is the use of a wing nut as the prop for the card (complete with genuine "vintage industrial" rust!!).  It  goes to show that just about everything can be useful - just add imagination!!

FRIDAY UPDATE AND VALENTINE'S DAY CARD

VALENTINE'S DAY CARD IN VIXEN RED

We have a new colour of limited edition card in the shop -Vixen Red.  Its really bright and perfect for Valentine's Day.  Its not in our catalogue but if you mention it to Regal's mail order department they will know what you're talking about.  I might have become a bit overenthusiastic with trying to complete this card in 5 minutes as the straight lines are a bit dodgy.  If you allow yourself 10 minutes you should have this card completed properly and well in time for Valentine's Day.

As you can probably tell its just a Sparklelight sticker with a couple of layers of matting, some letter stickers and a double heart sticker (you could use stamps or punched shapes).  I've just added a rhinestone here and there for a bit of extra bling, which hopefully isn't too over the top for either a male or female.