Monday 22 April 2024

Rainbow Butterfly Birthday Card

 Hi everyone,  I've got a fairly simple card to share today.  

 

Paper Rose Studio Supplies: Eucalyptus Gum Leaf 6x6" Stencil 22585, Rainbow Garden Florals Embossed Die Cuts 31563, Rainbow Garden Butterflies Embossed Die Cuts 31476, Happy Birthday A5 10pc Sentiment Sheets 30720 - Foil, Austin Circle Frame Metal Cutting Die 30225.

You can see I've still been enjoying those Rainbow Garden embellishments!  

I started this card by placing the Eucalyptus Gum Leaf stencil onto my card front.  I used Catherine Pooler inks in Hot Tub through the stencil over the leaves and Cranberry Fizz for the berries ( I think I used a little artistic licence on the colour of those berries - my apologies to all the Aussies!).  Once the ink was dry, I applied a layer of Distress Grit Paste in Snowfall and set the card front aside to dry.

I cut the Austin Circle from white cardstock, and just used the outer ring.  I place a piece of vellum in behind the center of the circle, and adhered it to the outer ring. 

Once the card front was dry, I attached it to my 5 1/2" square card base.  Then I adhered the vellum circle in the center.  I attached the little bouquet of flowers and the butterfly with glue.  I trimmed the sentiment down and cut the right hand end in a banner style, before attaching it to the circle.  Finally, I rounded the right hand corners of my card to soften it a little. 

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



Friday 12 April 2024

Four Fun Fold Cards *VIDEO*

Welcome back everyone! I've got four cards to share today, all made from the beautiful new Wedding Blooms collection by Paper Rose Studio.  This is a stunning wedding collection full of navy blue, cream and some taupe colours.




Paper Rose Studio Supplies Used: Wedding Blooms Embossed Die Cuts 31407, Wedding Blooms 6x6 Paper Collection 31722, Wedding Blooms Layered Love Word Metal Cutting Die 31605, Celebrate Layered Metal Cutting Die 17454

Now some of these cards are simpler to make than others, and three of them are different fun folds.  Most of them have elements inside that you can't see here in the photos.  I've created a video to show how I made them, so I hope you'll join me to watch the video.  PLEASE CLICK HERE for the video.

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






Tuesday 2 April 2024

Double Spinner Cards *VIDEO*

Hello everyone and welcome back!  I'm really excited to share my cards today because this is such a fun interactive card and I have only seen it done once on Pinterest. Here's a look at my card and I have a couple of other examples for you in the video.


Supplies Used: Rainbow Twirl 2.0 12x12 Paper Collection 31046, Rainbow Twirl Bouquets Die Cuts 31070, Rainbow Garden Florals Embossed Die Cuts 31563, Rainbow Garden Butterflies Embossed Die Cuts 31476, Rainbow Garden Cut Aparts Paper Pack 31557, Happy Birthday A5 10pc Sentiment Sheets 30720 - Foil.

Now I know you can't see the interactive element in the photo, but as you open the card, the flowers and gnomes spin around the centre as they are mounted on two different circles.  It's lots of fun, and I don't really want to tell you how many times I have opened and closed these cards!  Plus, it's full of all things rainbow by Paper Rose Studio - I love all those embellishments!

Here is a link to an information sheet with the instructions if you would like it - INSTRUCTION SHEET   

Otherwise, I hope you will come join me at my video - PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you're having a happy, creative day.










Friday 22 March 2024

Thankful for You Card

 Hello again!  Today I've got a sweet little card using a fairly new stamp set from Paper Rose Studio.


 Paper Rose Studio supplies used:  Friendship Mouse Clear Stamp 31341, Nesting Hearts Metal Cutting Die 28813, Splat Nesting Metal Cutting Die 19145, Forest Trip 12x12 Paper Collection 26629, All Occasions Sentiments A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 22339.

I started this card by stamping and colouring in the little mouse image on some white cardstock.  I coloured it in with Copic markers and then added a little Nuvo Shimmer pen to the raindrops.  Once that was dry, I went over the raindrops with Nuvo Crystal Glaze to give them a wet look. 

I just happened to have the Forest Trip papers out on my desk from my last set of cards, and I had a scrap that was perfect for the card front.  It had a rather watery look to it.  I used the largest of the Splat dies to cut from the center of this paper.  I trimmed the paper down to be 5 1/4" x 4" as I wanted to have a white border around my card.  I glued the coloured mouse image to the front of the card and then adhered the blue card front on top of it.  

I cut three hearts from white cardstock, layered and glued them together, and then attached the sentiment to it in a rather haphazard way.  I used the Nuvo Shimmer pen to add some shimmer over the front of the heart. I went around the edges of the heart with a little blue ink to help define the edges.  Then I covered the heart with the Nuvo Crystal Glaze.  The heart is much whiter in real life and looks more like a puffy embellishment. Once the glaze was dry, I glued the heart in place to the front of my card.

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

Tuesday 12 March 2024

Masculine Golf Cards

Hello again and welcome back! Today I've got a trio of masculine golf cards.  Where I live in Canada, we are right beside the Rocky Mountains and the Forest Trip paper collection by Paper Rose Studio looks just like the area around me.  My husband and four sons all like to go golfing in the mountains, so these cards were just meant to be! Here's a look at the cards I made ...


 
 
For the first and second cards, I chose sections of the 12 x 12" paper that I wanted to use, and trimmed them down to be 5 x 7" each.  I used a little Distress Oxide ink in Mowed Lawn to shade the bottom area in green.  I die cut from white cardstock, about nine of the golfer images.  I stacked three layers of the golfers for each card.  On the middle card, I used Copic markers to colour in the golfer image.
 
For the first card, I attached the mountain scenery paper to the front of a 5 x 7" card base.  Then I trimmed the right hand edge of the card front by 1/2".  I attached one of the decorative strips that come on all the Paper Rose Studio papers to the inside of the card along the right hand edge.  I had added a little Distress Oxide ink in Peacock Feathers to the strip before attaching it.  Then I glued the stacked layers of the golfer and his golf ball in place.  I apologize to any golfers out there if the golf ball is not in the right spot!   Finally, I mounted the sentiment strip on foam tape and adhered it above the golfer.

For the second card, after inking up the bottom in green, I trimmed my panel down to be just under 5 x 7" and mounted it to a 5 x 7" card base.  I adhered the golfer and his golf ball on the front, and then just added the sentiment underneath him, again on foam tape.

For the third card, I used more of the paper strips on the bottoms of the Forest Trip papers.  I laid them in a random pattern on a scrap piece of white cardstock and glued them in place.  Then I trimmed off the side edges and used these to go across the top and bottom of my collage.  This card measures 5 1/2 x 6", so its a bit of an unusual size.  I attached the Forest Trip paper to the top of my card front and then added my collage piece at the bottom.  I glued the golfer in place on the right.  The Celebrate die was cut three times from white cardstock and glued together.  Finally, I glued it in place to the left of the golfer.

So that was three fairly quick and easy masculine cards, and I'm thrilled to have them in my stash now. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're having a happy, creative day!
 
 
 
 
 

Friday 8 March 2024

Card Makers Success Summit Supply List March 2024

Here is a list of the supplies I have used in the two cards created in my video:
Hexagon Card

Hexagon Dies - Scrapbook.com.    sbc-shapes-10

Spellbinders Mini Everyday Sentiments GLP-260 

Simon Says Stamp Mod Stripe Stencil ssst121427

Paper Rose Studio Bee Happy Die Cuts - 27703

Paper Rose Studio Bee Happy 12 x 12" Paper Collection - 27706




Circle Card

Creative Expressions Noble Double Stitched Circle Dies - CED5528 

Cricut Cuttlebut Polka Dots Embossing Folder

Pink Ink Designs Golf Mouse Stamp PI131

High Hopes Rubber Stamps J026 Golf Bag with Clubs

High Hopes Rubber Stamps J025 Golf Cart

Beacon 3-In-1 Craft Glue