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

Saturday 2 March 2024

Rainbow Butterflies

Hello everyone, I've got a see-through window card to share today. I've been using the new Rainbow Garden die cuts and papers from Paper Rose Studio and they are beautiful!


Paper Rose Studio supplies used: Rainbow Garden Florals Cut Aparts Paper Pack 31560, Rainbow Twirl 2.0 12x12 Paper Collection 31046, Rainbow Garden Butterflies Embossed Die Cuts 31476 , Happy Birthday A5 10pc Sentiment Sheets 30720 - Foil , Arch Border Frames Metal Cutting Die 30420.

To create this card, I started by gluing the Rainbow Twirl yellow paper to my card front (this is an A2 sized card), but did not glue down where the arched window would go. I used the Arch Border Frames die to cut from white cardstock, two of the third largest arch.  Since this die is all one piece, I couldn't use it to cut out the window frame on my card front.  Instead, I placed one of the white arches on my card front where I wanted it to go and traced around the inside with a pencil.  Then I used my craft knife to cut out the window shape from the card front. I saved the white piece of cardstock to put on the inside of the card.

I trimmed a piece of acetate to fit behind the white arched piece and attached it with redline tape to the back of the arch. I then taped this to the back of the card front around the window opening. I attached the second arch to the inside of the card front to help tidy up the opening.

I fussy cut the flowers from the Rainbow Garden Florals Cut Aparts, and then used a scrap of white cardstock to make a rectangular window box. I trimmed down the sentiment to be the same width, then glued this to the bottom of the window box and attached the flowers above it.  I used foam tape behind the window box and mounted it to the front below the window arch.

On the scrap of white cardstock I had saved from cutting out the window, I used a little blue ink to colour in a sky.  I held this up to the window opening on the card front, and then added glue to the back of it before closing the card down on it to make it adhere directly behind the window. Then I attached the butterflies with a little glue so they were partially visible through the front window opening. Don't you just love those rainbow butterflies?!

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












 

Tuesday 20 February 2024

Rainbow Twirl Circle Card

Hello and welcome back! I've got a really simple card to share today.  

Paper Rose Studio supplies used: Rainbow Twirl 2.0 12x12 Paper Collection 31046, Honeysuckle Circle Metal Cutting Die 21204, Austin Circle Frame Metal Cutting Die 30225, Big Sentiments 1.0 A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 22336.

This card came about because my order from Paper Rose Studio arrived and three of these products were in my package, so of course I needed to have a play! 😀  I realized that the Austin Circle fit very nicely around the Honeysuckle circle frame, so I went from there.

The card is a 5 1/2" square card, and I started by die cutting the Honeysuckle die in the bottom right corner.  Then I just die cut an assortment of circles around it.  I die cut several more of just the floral part of the honeysuckle die and layered two of these behind the bottom right Honeysuckle floral part on the card front. This gave the floral part here three layers and helps it stand out a little more.  I used a third floral piece and separated it to fit in behind two of the other circles.  Once all these floral parts were glued to the back of the card front, I layered scraps of white cardstock in strips of three and used these to build up the back of the card.  You could also use foam tape or craft foam for this.  Next, I cut a piece of the Rainbow Twirl 2.0 paper to fit behind all the circles.  Isn't that paper gorgeous?!

I fussy cut around the sentiment and mounted it on foam tape in the bottom left corner circle. Then I die cut some circle outlines using a larger and one smaller circle die to create the rings around the circle openings.  I actually cut this from a scrap I had from the Rainbow Twirl original paper, but the 2.0 pack has similar papers in it that could also be used.  I just hate to cut into a whole sheet just for such a small thing. I cut the outer circle of the Austin Circle die and placed this over the bottom right Honeysuckle die cut circle.  Then I mounted the card front to my card base, and finally added a few pearls.  I love that the Rainbow Twirl paper does most of the work on this card!

Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope you're having a great day!

Monday 12 February 2024

Off the Edge Acetate Cards *VIDEO*

Welcome back!  I am on a mission this year to use up my scraps and excess supplies in my craft room, and I have made a couple of videos and quite a few cards in the process so far.  I came up with an acetate card design in the process, where some of the elements float off the edge and I wanted to try making more of them. So today, I've got several examples for you and a video showing how I made these. Here's a look at what I came up with ...




You can see that some of the cards have acetate all around the paper elements, creating that floating look.  The last one only has the little butterflies at the top floating off the edge. I've used 8 mil thick acetate for all these cards so they would stand up easily (I used Amazon Basics Binding Presentation Covers, 8mil, Letter Size, 100 Pack, Clear but they are not available at this time here in Canada).  But any acetate that is 8 mil thick will be strong enough for these cards. 

 I hope you will come join me for the video to see how they are made.  PLEASE CLICK HERE to see the video.

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

Friday 2 February 2024

Big Wave Cards *VIDEO*

Hello everyone, I've got a super fun card style to share with you today, and the first card is just in time for Valentine's Day.  These cards are reminiscent of the stadium wave where everyone jumps up with their hands above their heads in succession.  As you open the card, all the little die cuts pop up in succession.  It was really hard to photograph, so I do apologize.

I've kept the front of the cards quite simple, and have made a belly band for all the cards (there are several more examples in the video). But hopefully, you can see how those little gnomes and other elements pop up as the card opens.  This is actually quite a simple card to make, and once you have assembled the mechanism, all that's left is to have fun decorating it.  And it's a really fun card to give away and watch people open! I've made a video for you showing how to make these, so I hope you'll come join me over there.  PLEASE CLICK HERE to watch the video.

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