COLOURED DIE CUT ON A PHOTOSLOT CARD

Coloured Die Cut Card

This photoslot card from Regal Craft Cards features one of the dies from the Ultimate Crafts Australiana collection.

All I've done is use some alcohol markers to add some colours (any colouring media would do) and it makes a real statement on a black background.  It's actually deceptively easy to colour because you can just go off the edge with most of the shapes so you don't need to have ultra good fine motor skills (i.e. it looks much more fiddly than it actually is!).  The die-cut is from smooth white card so all that was necessary for the cocky was to add a little hint of yellow.

I've coloured in a greeting and a butterfly from the Australiana colouring pad, backed it with some green card and popped it all in a white textured photoslot card base from Regal Craft Cards

A QUICK BIRTHDAY OR FATHER'S DAY CARD

"MALE" ALL-OCCASION CARD

This is another card that Marilyn made featuring papers from the Graphic 45 "World's Fair" collection.  It would make a great Father's Day or Birthday card and is quick and easy to put together.

Using the colours featured in the patterned papers as a guide, Marilyn has double matted orange and blue plain papers as a background, and added a border made from orange linen ribbon, trimmed to a double point at the end.

The words (also cut from the paper) have been mounted using foam tape to add dimension.

SYDNEY HARBOUR HIDDEN JOURNALLING CARD

SYDNEY HARBOUR JOURNALLING CARD

This card is quick to make but can be used in a couple of ways.  "As is" it makes a great heading for a scrapbook page with plenty of space on an insert to journal details of the "weekend away" without it being on show to everyone who looks at the album.

As I've used alphabet stickers to add the words, you could easily substitute "Greetings from Australia" or even "Happy Birthday" etc and use it as a regular card.

The base is a lovely intense blue shimmer, and already has the apertures cut, as well as a third panel to fold under to "hide" the back.  (Regal's "King's Blue Rectangle 'two Square card - WIT5).  The diecut chipboard and the picture of the bridge are from Ultimate Crafts Australiana range, and the anchor is a metal charm attached with a small black split pin.

PARCHMENT SAILING SHIP CARD

PARCHMENT SAILING BOAT

Kaiser products feature in this card which would be OK for a birthday, father's day or bon voyage.

The caption is from one of the papers in their Sailaway range, and both dies are also made by them.

The slightly "tricky" feature is the ship which has been cut out of parchment paper and then embossed by hand with an embossing tool on a soft mat.  I've then used a pin to add tiny holes around the outside of the main parts.

As parchment/vellum is translucent I've cut foam tape to shape and size to fit under a couple of the sails so that although it can be seen, hopefully it just looks like part of the design.

I made this card for a recent demo, but if I were doing it for an actual card. I'd probably cut a second ship from faux wood paper for the hull and masts and just use the embossed vellum for the sails.

The base card is a large textured square white card from Regal Craft Cards(XSQPL1), and I've added just a little decoration to the inner panel, as you can see from the picture.