Thank you Card

 Just a simple Thank You card using a Clarity die and some of their printed parchment.

7th Birthday Card.

I used the Craftwork Cards Polka Dot frame for this card, and backed it with some pink patterned paper from my stash.   I then cut out a butterfly from Clarity parchment - not sure what make the butterfly was as I seem to have a few in my stash.   I also vut the Happy Birthday and the number from the same parchment   The Happy Birthday was a Clarity die, and the number 7 was one in my stash.

I then created the sentiment in Craft Artist, and matched the colour of the wording with the parchment.   This was then mounted on another piece of the pink patterned paper and some Nuvo drops added.

Birthday Card

Another card made with Clarity dies.   The bird in a tree was a Clarity Club one, and the Happy Birthday from another set.   Backed with Clarity Parchment.   The Happy Birthday was  cut from the matching Clarity Designer paper to the parchment used.   I also added a little sparkle to the bitd and leaves, albet it doesn't show up in the photo.

Christmas Cards continued

Not many more - I promise, but wanted to include this experiment - I was really pleased with it.   I covered the die cut with Nuvo clear embossing ink and then sprinkles IZink transparent 3D embossing posder on it - the effect was lovely.

Spectrum Noir Rose Gold Metallic pigment ink was used to stamp the corners, and a piece of matching Clarity parchment used behind the image.

Christmas Cards 2

Blue Mirri Card

Another selection today with a variation on a theme.  This time using one of the Clarit Christmas dies.  The first two have been cut with blue mirri card and used as a topper, with a sentiment from John Next Door stamp;ed in Blue Nuvo ink and clear embossed.

Blue Mirri Card

The next couple from my selection have been cut into the card and either paper from a Clarity backing pad added behind, or parchment from one of the patterned pads  Sentiments again from John Next Door.  

Another Anniversary Card

This was an experiment after I watched a demo by Maria from Clarity Stamps on Hochanda, where she used a die on double sided sticky paper and adhered it to a glass jar, and then sprinkled glitter over it.

I decided I would try the idea on a card ........ perhaps I should have tried a less complicated and intricate die, as it was a time consuming and interesting task to get the backing papers off the cutout.  Not helped by the fact that I couldn't find my proper Clarity double-sided sheets, so had to use my roll of double-sided adhesive, which only has backing on one side - so I used baking parchment on the other side to run it through the gemini.  (As I type this in hindsight I realise I should have used waxed paper - not to self try that if you have to do it again).  Even so it was still tricky to get the sheets from the centre fine parts.

I persevered however, and managed to get it stuck on to the card and glittered with the blue pergamano glitter.  (Although I think there were a couple of little bits where the backing paper didn't come off completely, so a smidgen of glue was used to encourage those to stick.)

Being basically white on white and a rectangular shape on a square card, I decided it needed something else, so added some die-cut flowers out of mhy Clarity Shenandoah parchment pad, and added some pearl Nuvo drops to the centres.

The card is for my daughter and her husband, and she knows I often practice new techniques on cards for the family!

Parchment and Die Birthday Card.

I suddenly realised I need a birthday card for the weekend.   I already had this die cut image in my stash, so I used the new picot edge square dies from Clarity and cut a piece of Clarity  parchment to go behind it.   I decided to make it slightly bigger, and then used the matching groovy plate to emboss some lines around the edge.   Having stuck the backing paper and the image on the card, I then got my mapping pen and Pergamano Sticky Ink, and highlighted a few places, and then sprinkled som Perga-Glitter over.   ( I think you can just about see the hints of glitter on the card)