Simple Thanks

 Hello everyone!! I'm on the Craftwell blog today with a simple card that can be made in batches.

It's nearing the end of school year and I've been experimenting with quick and elegant cards to give to the teachers as sets. This is on of the designs. I used the Crafters Companion Victoriana die for this card. For the sentiment, I chose the Altenew Fancy Hello, which pairs so elegantly with the Victoriana die. I used my SNAP to die cut them. It's pretty simple to die cut and assemble the card. I could die cut all at once and then assemble them. That would be pretty quick and easy I think.

What do you think about this card? Do let me know. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Tinkerbell Birthday Banner

 Hello everyone!! Welcome back! I'm on the Craftwell blog today, with the banner I made for my daughter's birthday. My daughter wanted a Tinkerbell themed birthday party this year and I decided on making a tree stump cake for her, with Tinkerbell and fairy figurines. I wanted to make a banner that would go well with the cake design. I couldn't find much inspiration on tree stump banners online. So I decided to make my own version. Warning: This is a picture heavy post!

I started by cutting the banners using the outer die from Spellbinders Double Heart Gatefold die set. Then I embossed all the banner pieces with CraftWell Woodgrain Cottage embossing folder. I swiped the Brutus Monroe macchiato ink over the embossed lines. I die cut all the alphabets using Altenew Mega Alphabet dies on gold card stock. I adhered the letters on to the banners with foam tape.

For embellishing the banner, I decided to use flowers. I had a lot of flower dies, some of them were not even used once! What better time to use them than now! So I took out a bunch of die sets from different companies and started die cutting them. My Cut N Boss and SNAP were working full night shifts!

Here are some of the flower/buerfly dies I used : Crafter's Companion - Classic Lily, Crafter's Companion - Chic Butterflies, Karen Burniston - Flower Pot pop up, MFT - Lily, Sizzix - Anthurium, Sizzix - Sweet Pea, Spellbinders - Coreopsis, Spellbinders - Floral Oval, Tutti Designs - Lily Of the Valley. 

My other daughter punched out some leafy vines using a MS punch. I added all these flowers, butterflies and leaves to the banners.

The banner came out exactly the way I envisioned! It looked so pretty on the green/yellow tulle backdrop I had made. If you are short on time, my only advise would be to use those huge floral frames (like the Lily of the Valley or the Floral Oval) instead of making 3D flowers - those 3D flowers will take some time but they are worth every second!

Here's a look at the entire setup with the cake and the cupcakes.

A closer look at the tree stump cake with some cake moss.

Let me know how I did! My daughter absolutely loved the decorations and the cake! Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great day.

Spring Birthday

 Hello everyone!! I'm on the Craftwell blog today, with a Spring birthday card.

I decided to use pastel colors for this Spring card. I've used a bunch of different dies on this one. The flowers were die cut using the Karen Burniston - Pop up Flower Pot die set. I shaped the flowers and added a pearl for the center of the flowers. For the leaves and flourishes, I used the Floral Flourishes die set from Spellbinders. For the sentiment panel, I used the Amazing Paper Grace - Sentimental Christmas die set. The sentiment is from Tubby Craft stamp set. The butterfly is from Crafter's Companion die set. I assembled all the die cuts on an ivory card stock. I think ivory looks better than white for this color scheme. 

Here's another pic of the card. What do you think? Let me know! Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Submitting this to:

• SSS Monday Challenge - Frame it
  
• SSS Wednesday Challenge - Use dies/punch
  
• Dies R US - Anything Goes