Masculine Cards *VIDEO*

Hello everyone, I've been busy making some masculine cards.  I find these hard to do typically, but when I saw the new Paper Rose Studio collection "Lakeside Memories",  I immediately wanted to sit down and make some masculine cards.  This collection just made them so easy!

Paper Rose Studio Supplies: Lakeside Memories 6x6 Paper Collection 34689, Lakeside Memories Embossed Die Cuts 34740, Lakeside Memories Tags & Tickets Embossed Die Cuts 34749, Lakeside Memories Cut Aparts Paper Pack 34737, Patterned Waves 6x6" Stencil 19244 

So as you can see, these are wonderful outdoor images full of sunsets, ducks, boats and dogs.  Such a fun collection!  I've created these 3 cards in my video, but I also have many more examples in the video for you including a couple of non-masculine cards.  To watch the video, PLEASE CLICK HERE. 

Thank you as always for stopping by, and I hope you're having a great day!
 

Inside Pop UPs for the WOW Factor! *VIDEO*

Hello everyone, I have had so much fun creating cards for this post and video!  I absolutely love adding a surprise to my cards, and these cards have all got a surprise inside them.  It's such an easy way to bring an extra big smile to the card recipient's face.  Paper Rose Studio had asked me to create something with the Butterfly Gnome and Sewing Gnome die cuts, and the Pastel Patterns 1.0 papers, so those products are featured in all these cards.  But of course, use what you have in your stash for any of these cards.

There are 4 different styles of pop ups shown on this video, and none of them requires special dies.  They are all easy to create and I really hope you will give one or more of them a try!  I have a full product list below the video if you are interested.  To watch the video, PLEASE CLICK HERE. 

Thank you so much for stopping by, and I hope you are having a wonderful day! 

Theatre Fold Card and More! *VIDEO*

Welcome back everyone, I've got a few cards to share today and one of them is a Theatre Fold style of card.  I've made these before and have other videos up on my YouTube channel, but I'm often asked to make more videos on this style of card fold.  So today, I've been playing with Paper Rose Studio's Poppy Garden collection and have come up with a few cards for you.

Paper Rose Studio Supplies: Poppy Garden 6x6 Paper Collection 34617, Poppy Garden Basics 6x6 Paper Collection 34641 , Poppy Garden Embossed Die Cuts 34665, Poppy Garden Basics Embossed Die Cuts 34677, Wishing & Sending Sentiments 4x6" Clear Stamp Set 34395, Wishing & Sending Sentiments Metal Cutting Die 34398 

Aren't those papers beautiful?  I instantly fell in love with this collection and knew I would be ordering it.  The first card is a simple collage of a couple of the papers and I've just added a little dimension behind some of the elements.  The second card also has some dimension, but the paper was beautiful enough that I felt it didn't need much altering.  And the last two examples are both Theatre Fold styles of card which I explain how to make in the video.  They are always a fun card style though because you have an outside scene when the "curtains" are closed and a surprise scene inside that has quite a bit of depth to it.  I have a PDF in the description box below the video showing you how to create the Theatre Fold card.  I hope you will come join me HERE to watch the video.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you are having a happy, creative day! 

 

Birthday Fun!! *VIDEO*

Hello everyone, I've got a few cards to share today, all made with Paper Rose Studio's new Birthday Fun collection.  And it is a fun collection!

 

Paper Rose Studio Supplies:  Birthday Fun Basics 6x6 Paper Collection 33303, Birthday Fun 6x6 Paper Collection 33279, Birthday Fun Embossed Die Cuts 33306, Birthday Fun Tags & Tickets Embossed Die Cuts 33309, Wishing & Sending Sentiments 4x6" Clear Stamp Set 34395, Wishing & Sending Sentiments Metal Cutting Die 34398, Window With Bricks Metal Cutting Die 22501, Stitched Square Frames Metal Cutting Die 16685, Fancy Script Layered Wishes Metal Cutting Die 32457

 

 

Aren't those just a beautiful, colourful collection of papers and die cuts?!  I love the soft rainbow palette that was used for these and you can make cards for anyone on your list with these.  There are lots of dogs in this set for the dog lovers too, as well as cakes, balloons and sentiments.  I've made a video to show you how I created these cards and I hope you will come join me over there.  To see the video, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you're having a great day! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stretching Our Dies *VIDEO*

Hello everyone, I've been playing with some border dies and trying to find more ways to use them. I love to feel I've got my money's worth out of my card making supplies, and dies are some of the most expensive things we own. I've used my dies in several different ways on this card, and I'm hoping it will inspire you to look at your own dies (especially coverplate and border dies) to see if you can put them to more use.

 Paper Rose Studio Supplies: Diagonal Stripe Border Die 28390, Wedding Blooms Border Metal Cutting Die 31602, Thanks Border Word Metal Cutting Die 31950, Etched Blooms 4 Metal Cutting Die 28939, Little Foliage 1 Metal Cutting Die 21099, Rainbow Twirl 2.0 12x12 Paper Collection 31046 

So I've created stencils out of the two border dies and used Versamark Ink and some mica powder to add colour and a lot of shine.  The stencils were applied to both the front of my card (Wedding Blooms Border die), and also to the inside of my card (Diagonal Stripe border die).  I also die cut an extra border with the Diagonal Stripe die to apply over the front of my card.  You can see how this card came together in a short video, if you CLICK HERE.

Thank you so much for stopping by, and I hope I've given you a little inspiration today!

Wedding Joy Projects *VIDEO*

Hello everyone, I have been playing with the new Wedding Joy collection from Paper Rose Studio and having a lot of fun with it.  This is the perfect collection for weddings, anniversaries, bridal showers, or wedding invitations, but can also be used as you see here for a masculine birthday card, or for a feminine one too.  Here are the projects I was able to come up with ...

Paper Rose Studio Supplies used: Wedding Joy Basics 6x6 Paper Collection 34323, Wedding Joy Silver Foil 6x6 Paper Collection 34554, Wedding Joy Cut Aparts Paper Pack 34329, Wedding Joy Embossed Die Cuts 34326, Wedding Joy Tags & Tickets Embossed Die Cuts 34332, Black & White Cardmaking Sentiment Sheets 6x8" 12pc 34584, Alabaster White Shimmer Cardstock A5 10pc 29524 , Slimline Heart Borders Metal Cutting Die 20886, Stitched Square Frames Metal Cutting Die 16685, Romeo Layered Heart Metal Cutting Die 31608 , Bryony Floral Wreath Metal Cutting Die 31941 ,Layered Happy Inked Small Metal Cutting Die 31587

I've made a video to show how each of these projects was created, so I hope you will come join me over there.  To watch the video, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope I've been able to give you a little inspiration!