C. D. Churchey Designs

Here’s the cards that I made for the double pocket fold swap over on SCS.  A brief description for you (because I have to get some cards together for work tonight!).  Both cards were made using double-sided paper.  I used chocolate chip ink for the sponging and stamping on the tags.  The flowers were some die cut plastic ones that I had a canister of.  I chose to use the matte side- there’s also a super shiny side.  The flowers were layered together with a gemstone brad in the middle.  I chose a silky brown ribbon for the pink/brown card and a white grosgrain ribbon for the blue/red card.  I also topped off the tags with eyelets- green for the blue/red card and brown for the pink/brown card- and with a bit of ribbon.  Please excuse the slightly blurred pictures.   I’ve been having problems holding the camera as of late.  Hope you like them!

The last swap that I sent out for SCS was an stock up swap- basically an all occasion swap.  I took three spots in the swap so that’s three designs and at 6 cards per spot I had to mail out 18 cards!  I wanted to create three very different cards and I think I’ve succeeded in this.  So here are my cards for you to decide if I did (in fact) succeed. 

For my first card I chose to create a basic card that could be used for just about anything.  You could write a thank you, happy birthday, get well and so forth message on the inside.  You’ll have to excuse that this one is slightly blurred- I had a hard time with this photo!  I started with my basic white cardstock (110lb.) for the base.  Folded in half it measures 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches.  I then cut a burgundy cardstock slightly smaller to leave a quarter inch border of white.  The flowered paper was cut in the same way to leave another quarter inch border of burgundy.  I then cut an inch and a half wide piece of white cardstock the same length as my flowered paper.  Then it was time to pull out the corner rounder punch.  All of the corners were rounded except for the top two on the white cardstock.  Next I pulled out the Crop-A-Dile.  I love using the large punch on my Crop-A-Dile.  I marked where I wanted my holes to go on the white cardstock and punched away!  I had this great green ribbon that I threaded through the holes to give the cards some dimension.  The “For You” was a stamp from Stampin’ Up in the ‘One of a Kind’ set.  It was stamped using Rich Razzleberry ink on white cardstock.  A smaller piece of the burgundy cardstock was cut to frame it.  Finally it was time to adhere all the layers together. 

For my second card I thought about doing a happy birthday card.  But then I found this fantastic double-sided paper printed with owls.  I had such a hard time decided on the message for the card that I opted to leave it blank- after all, how much more “all-occasion” can you get?  The process for making this card was very simple.  I found paper in yellow, aqua and red to match the owl print.  Each piece was cut to leave a border of the previous color.  I then adhered each layer together.  The pocket was cut using my Big Shot and the pocket die.  For the tag I had to cut two of each- one in yellow and one in red.  The tags were also cut using the Big Shot and a tag with heart die.   The heart was then trimmed away from the red tag.  I used my Xyron to add adhesive to the heart and then layered it on the yellow tag.  And then it was time to pull out the Crop-A-Dile again.   I used it to add the eyelets to each tag.  Finally a bit of ribbon and the tags were ready to go.  A little adhesive on the pocket to add it to the card and all that was left was to slide the tag into the pocket.

Finally for my last card I decided to go with a thank you card.  I love using the wax resist technique.  Since I just picked up this lovely flowers and vine Sizzix embossing folder I decided to use it for my wax resist.  I used Chocolate Chip ink to color the cardstock.  After embossing and coloring, each piece was trimmed to fit the exact front of the card- no border here!    I cut a 2 3/4 inch square from green cardstock and used my scallop border punch to create a frame/buckle.  I then used ivory and brown ribbon and weaved them through the frame.  All of this was adhered to the front of the card.  For the image I used a stamp from Stampin’ Up in the ‘Priceless’ set.  I used my Big Shot to cut appropriate sized circles in a cream-colored cardstock.  I was trying to use only paper that I already had and the only cream I had also had a shimmer layer on top of it!  I inked the larger circle with Chocolate Chip ink and inked the edges of the smaller circle with Old Olive.  The image was also stamped in Chocolate Chip ink.  For the sentiment I punched two scalloped circles in green and cream cardstock.  The circle was created using a punch as well.  The sentiment was a stamp that I had laying around- I have no idea what company it’s from.   The sentiment was also stamped in Chocolate Chip.   A bit more adhesive later and this card was finished. 

I hope you’ve enjoyed these cards and please let me know what you think!

Here’s the card that I created for my latest swap- the fan fold.  The idea of the swap was to use the specific fold.  I created mine using 120lb. white cardstock for my base.  I then sponged Creamy Caramel ink on the front and back of the cardstock.  (Honestly I did the back because after flipping one over I realized that I had accidently gotten ink on the back.)  I cut the strips from DCWV cardstock.  I’m really looking at distressing paper right now so decided to play with it on this card.  I sponged Creamy Caramel over the paper to give it an aged look.  I then took a distressing tool and ran it over the edges of the paper to slightly fray and curl them.  I had a friend at work say he thought the paper was actually fabric until I let him look closely at and feel the paper!  I used my Nestabilities to cut three decorative squares and layered them with butterfly images and a quote image.  All of these were inked and sponged in either Creamy Caramel or Old Olive.  Finally I attached my ribbon with sticky strip on the back and tied a bow to hold the card closed.  Hope you enjoy!

By the way, just click on each image for a bigger picture!

It’s been so incredibly long since I’ve posted on here but I’m hoping and planning on changing that!  I had to finish up a swap for SplitCoastStampers on Saturday and here are the results.  The theme of the swap was to use a wax resist on the card.  First you  have to crumple or emboss wax paper.  Then  take the sheet of wax paper and place it between two sheets of white cardstock.  For mine I chose to use plain, matte cardstock, not glossy cardstock however glossy seems to be the general recommendation.  After making the ’sandwich’ of paper, you need to iron the whole thing with the iron set on high with no steam.  The ironing melts the pattern on the wax paper onto your cardstock.  The final step in the process is to ink over the paper you’ve made.  For mine I used a Tim Holtz sponge to blend Stampin’ Up ink on the cardstock.  So here they are (with descriptions after each one).

For this card I crumpled the wax paper instead of embossing it.  Therefore I have a completely random pattern on my cardstock.  I used SU Chocolate Chip to color the background.  I layered brown cardstock on my white card base leaving a border of an eighth of an inch.  I then wrapped my pink ribbon around the wax resist paper and adhered this cardstock to the brown, leaving the same border.  Finally I stamped my phrase in SU Old Olive and sponged the background of the phrase with SU Creamy Caramel.  The final step was to adhere the phrase with pop dots. 

For my second card I decided to use my wax resist not as a background but as the focal point of the card.  I layered kraft cardstock with a DCWV cardstock on top of it.  To make the flower.  I crumpled the wax paper.  Before coloring the paper I used my Sizzix Big Shot to die cut the flower layers.  After cutting the flowers I colored then in the following inks from the largest flower to the smallest: SU Dusty Durango, SU Crushed Curry, SU Rich Razzleberry and SU Melon Mambo.  I absolutely love the current SU “in colors”.  The flowers were layered together and attached to each other with a silver brad.  I then used glue dots to attach the flower.  Finally I cut a one inch strip of the kraft paper and stamped “just a little note…” on it.  The last step was to attach this to the front. 

I hope you’ve enjoyed these cards and I’m hoping that the people who receive them love them as much as I do.  In a bit I’ll have to post some other wax resist cards that I made previously using Cuttlebug folders to emboss the wax paper!

And this Saturday is devoted to working on a few card swaps I have due as well as making a birthday card for my sister.  I’ve got a total of four swap cards to get done this weekend.  First up is “blue and green”.  This card is to be devoted to using the colors blue and green- not too hard right?   I’ve already got a plan for this one, alternating blue and green butterfly punch-outs on a black background with the phrase “thank you” at the bottom.  Nice, clean and simple.  The second swap it using a digital image of a Precious Moments design.  I’m not thrilled about this one and I’m having a hard time coming up with an idea but I will!  Next up is the “cute card”- I’ve got some adorable baby animal stamps that I might use for this one.  And finally the fourth swap (which is the one I’m really excited about!)  a “distressed card”.  I’ve never really played with distressing techniques but I’m seeing an autumn themed card with the background sanded down with sandpaper, some walnut ink involved and a new technique  I just learned which imitates cracked glass.  More soon as I get the cards done!