Card with a Pocket

I like Inkadinkado's Sing Like No One's Listening stamp so much, but I used it as a magnet instead of a card, so I thought it would be nice to create a card that would hold it.

First I needed a pocket. I originally used a regular piece of paper to make a template, then recreated it with a piece of cardstock. It's basically just a piece that's folded in half, then both sides are folded back at the right size for the magnet, and taped. Here is the back of the pocket:

For the front of the pocket, I used an Inkadinkado bird (one I previously cut in two, but still works just fine), watercolor pencils, and a couple of jewels.

I watermarked the background of the inside of the card with my xmas carol stamp, to infuse a bit of holiday spirit.

For the front of the card, I used another Inka bird stamp, and did emboss resist with watercolors. The sentiment, by Momenta, was stamped with Versamark + pink pigment ink on one half + lavender dye ink on the other, since I don't have pigment of that. It's a bit messy, but I'm okay with it.

Owl Window Gift Tag

Here's a gift tag I made for my nephew.

I embossed an owl from Inkadinkado on the inside of a small card.

Then I punched a piece of scrap with a 1inch circle punch. Using the punched piece, I decided where I wanted the window, and measured the distance from the top and side. Then I made marks on the front of the card to guide my punch.

I stamped "Who?" on the outside, and on the inside, wrote my nephew's name.

Xmas Carol Card

Here's a more xmasy card. My second one ever.

Using gold craft paint and a makeup sponge, I painted the top and bottom. Once it was dry, I stamped the Have yourself a merry little Christmas stamp.

I then picked a red and gold cardstock portion, and traced some of the lines with gold glitter glue.

I made the holly by drawing leaves freehand, cut them out to make a stencil, then traced them onto sheet music, cut them out, and colored the edges with a dark green colored pencil.

For the berries, I had some black plastic berries that came in a flower arrangement that I randomly won at AC Moore. I brushed them with white glue, dipped them in red glitter, and let them dry.
Then I stuck everything together and that was it! Simple, huh?

A Card for Mom, and Cupcakes

For the past few years, I have made the tags for all my xmas gifts. This year, I"m going a step further and have gotten into actual cardmaking. This is one of my first.

For the front, I used a stamp that I've had for many years, along with printed cardstock. I colored Pooh and Piglet with colored pencils, and inked the edges of the stamped pieces. 

Inside, I used text stamps by Fiskars (cursive), and Kaisercraft. I'm not really fond of how the inside turned out, since the letters are spaced out so much, even though I trimmed down the extra space on each letter as much as I could.

For the hearts, I punched them out of some cardstock that looked like watercolor. Part of one heart faded to white, so I inked the edges of them all. In order to get the center of the curve, I used the edge of the ink pad.

On a side note, I recently took a Wilton cupcake decorating course at Michaels. It was lots of fun and I learned things that I never picked up by reading or watching videos. Here are my favorites: