Claire Selby Red & White Cards

I got all of my Red and White tulle, mica flakes, vintage leaves and stamens, pompoms and papers out to make these Christmas Cards. I used a vintage postcard image from Somerset Studio and the faux postage Madonna from Art Chix Studio as my focal points. I cut out an ornament shape from Amy Butler scrapbooking paper for the Madonna card and glued onto the card along with the white tinsel using Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™. Let dry under a heavy book so the tinsel will stay flat. I finished it off with tulle and tiny pom poms! For the vintage style postcard card I used my creative memories decorative corner punch for the white paper. I then decorated with vintage millinery leaves and stamens to the bottom of the card and mica flakes to the corners! A great way to use up small scraps and left overs too! If you like to see more of my projects visit my Pinkdilla Facebook page.

Claire Selby Red & White Cards

Claire Selby Handmade Ornament card with Tinsel

Christmas cards don’t have to be fussy or take long to create just to be pretty. They also don’t need to cost a lot when you can just recycle and reuse any papers and trims you have on hand. First, I cutout the ornament shapes from printed red paper using my pinking shears and glued them with Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™ to 2 red cards. Next, I cut 2 small pieces of tinsel and glued them down on top of the ornament cutouts, one silver and the other gold, letting them dry for an hour under a heavy book. The Art Chix Studio Madonna faux Postage and German Dresden wings were then lightly glued to the top of the tinsel. For the sides of the cards I attached left over trim and silver star tinsel by tying them into a knot. A great way to recycle papers, trims and small pieces of tinsel!

Claire Selby Ornament card with Tinsel

Claire Selby BABY Invite

I’ve always loved and collected Amy Bulter fabrics and papers, so to celebrate the arrival of baby no. 4 I got to crafting my Baby Shower invites and Thank yous using the Lotus collection. First, I cutout the Designer 12×12 paper and brown Stampin’ Up paper to size. Then I glued the baby elephant and flower to the middle of the card using Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™. Lastly, I tied a Stampin’ Up ribbon bow and glued that to the paper lightly. For the Thank yous, I used ready-made cards embellished with paper scraps and a tiny elephant accented with silver glitter.  My Baby Elephant Invite is available as a FREE For Personal use invite download. Please share the love and follow Pinkdilla on Facebook, as well as www.ilovetocreate, and Amy Butler Design.

Claire Selby Thank you

Adrianna Selby ATC

Earlier this month I got to host my first ever Pindilla ATC swap! I hope you will enjoy looking over the cards as much as we enjoyed making and receiving them! I can’t wait to hang all of the lovely cards on my Christmas tree this year. For my Arwen with a Glittered Wing ATC I covered the background with vintage paper and pink sheet music. You can download the free Vintage Sheet Music HERE for Personal use ONLY. Next, I glued down Arwen, the coral wing from Graphics Fairy, and an Art Chix butterfly using Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™. And Lastly, I finished off the card with fine champagne colored glitter. You can find a Demo and most of the papers and fibers used in the cards in my Lord of the Rings Kits HERE.

Claire Selby - Arwen with a Glittered Wing ATC

Gerri Plummer - Mixed Media, Hand and Machine quilted ATC

Adrianna Selby ATC

Gerri Plummer - Mixed Media, Hand and Machine quilted ATC

Claire Selby and Adrianna Selby ATCs with ARTchix Studio Butterfly postage

Claire Selby Stamped and Glittered BABY Card

My next Baby Project to share is a Stamped and Glittered card using foam alphabet stamps dipped into Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™ and sprinkled with glitter. I used scrapbooking acid free paper from my Belle & Lotus paper packs, pinked the edges with shears and added the fluerettes, flowers &  flower punch to the sides of the card. I loved mixing the reds, pinks and hot pinks. Sometimes reds and pinks can clash, but I think these were all a similar shade and blended nicely. It was fun getting out my paper stash and scrapbooking supplies for this project, I hope to share more soon.

Claire Selby Stamped and Glittered CLOSEUP