Trevor and Friends Card

Paper Rose Studio Supplies Used:  Trevor and Friends Stamp Set, Triple Banner Metal Die, Super Day Sentiments Clear Stamp, and the Big Bloom Stencil.  Other Supplies Used:  Copic markers; Distress Oxide inks in Lucky Clover, Twisted Citron, and Evergreen Bough; Nuvo Moonstone Glimmer Paste, and Ranger Glossy Accents.

 

Hello and welcome back everyone!  I've got a friendship card to share with you today that features the adorable Trevor and Friends stamp from Paper Rose Studio. I wanted some interest on the background, and since I didn't have any patterned paper with polka dots, I decided to create my own.  The Big Bloom stencil was perfect for this.  Using only the spotted background part of the stencil, I used finger daubers to dab on the Distress Oxide ink in a random pattern over the card front.  I just kept rotating the stencil until I had covered the entire card front.  I used the same inks to randomly cover one of the Triple Banner die cut as well (I actually cut three of these to stack up).  Once the ink on the banner die cut was dry, I applied a layer of the Moonstone Glimmer Paste over it and let that dry.

I used Copic markers to colour in the stamped image, and added some Glossy Accents to the coffee cup to add some gloss. Finally, I fussy cut around the bunny's nose on the left side of the image as I wanted to pop the two outside bunnies heads up on foam tape to add a little dimension.  It's hard to see that dimension in the photo, but it is there in real life.

Next, I stamped the Super Day sentiments onto the banner die cutouts.  I used my stamp positioner for this, and slightly shaped the stamps to follow along the wave of the diecuts.  I clear heat embossed the sentiments.  Then I glued the three banner diecuts together with the coloured one on top. 

To assemble the card, I glued the stamped and coloured image at the top and used foam tape behind the bunnies' heads on the left and right. Then I glued the stacked Banner die cuts beneath the image.  Finally, I glued the sentiment pieces in place and glued the card front down to the card base.  That's such a sweet image and I could see it being used for so many occasions!

Butterfly Garden Box

 

 

Paper Rose Studio Products:
Sketchy 6 x 6” Paper Collection 25252, Butterfly Card Creator Die 25117, Little Foliage 1 Die 21099, Alana Flower Die 21078, Butterfly Bliss 6 x 6” Paper Collection 25108, Celebrate Layered Die 17454

Other Supplies:
Alcohol inks, acetate strips, Prills for flower centers,  scrap cardstock in various colours or inks

Hello and thanks for stopping by!  I’ve got a mini slimline box card to share with you today.  I’ve made a previous video on how to make these without needing any special dies and I’m going to link to that video as it’s the easiest way to explain how to make this box card.  The link to the video is HERE. 

I used the Sketchy papers to create the back, sides and front of the card, but I reinforced them by gluing them to 80# white cardstock before assembling the box.

The flowers and leaves in the box were die cut from scraps of inked or painted cardstock I already had in my stash.  The small butterflies were cut from one of the Butterfly Bliss pieces of cardstock and then mounted on strips of acetate.  The large butterflies were die cut from white cardstock.  I used the Butterfly Card Creator dies for these, and just fussy cut the butterflies out where they attach to the border.  The die actually leaves a slight mark where the wings of the butterfly would be and I just traced around that.  I then used pieces of alcohol inked acetate to mount behind the wings and I fussy cut around the white borders of the wings to trim the acetate.  I also attached a piece of white cardstock behind the inked acetate so the colours of the wings would show up better.  If you had alcohol inked Yupo paper, you could just use that and skip this step.

I die cut the sentiment three times and glued them together for extra dimension.

To fill the box, I mounted all the flowers, leaves and butterflies on acetate strips from scrap packaging.  I then arranged them inside the box using double sided tape.  Finally, I attached the sentiment to the bottom front.  The finished box makes me think of a flower garden with lots of butterflies!

Thanks A Melon

Hello again and welcome back!  Today I've got a summery thank you card which features the Melon Friends from Gerda Steiner Designs.

I started by stamping these two images from the set and and colouring them with Copic markers.  After fussy cutting them out, I mounted them on foam tape.  

I used a patterned paper for the card front that I've had in my stash for a loooong time. The square frame is from Poppy Stamps Double Stitch Square Frames die set, and I die cut it three times and glued these together.  

I did a little ink blending on the center of one of the die cut frames, using Cosmic Shimmer Colour Cloud ink in Clear Day.  That ink is perfect if you have trouble with getting smooth ink blends.  It may not look like it when you put it on, but as it dries, it smooths out so you don't see any splotchy areas.  

To assemble the card, I glued the white square frame into position, and then glued in the ink blended center. Then I popped the images into place.

For the sentiment, I stamped and clear heat embossed onto white cardstock, the "Thanks a" portion of the sentiment, while masking off the "melon". Then I masked off the "Thanks a" portion and used Distress Oxide inks in Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness to stamp the 'melon' portion before clear heat embossing it also.  Finally, I mounted the sentiment on foam tape and adhered it just below the square frame.

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

Spring Bloom Thank You Card

 

Products Used:

From Paper Rose Studio - Spring Bloom Clear Stamp 25282, Little Swirls 6 x 6” Stencil 19724, Hand Lettered Thanks Metal Die 25606. Copic markers, Cosmic Shimmer Luna Paste in Moonlight Rose, Poppy Stamps Double Stitch Square Frames, Cosmic Shimmer Aurora Crystal embossing powder, Prills flower centers

Hello and thanks for stopping by!  I’ve got a thank you card to share today.  I started this one by using Copic markers to colour the Spring Bloom stamped image, and then fussy cut it out.  I mounted it on the white square frame from Poppy Stamps that I had die cut three times and glued together.  I placed foam tape inside the frame, behind the flowers and added double sided tape around the frame itself.  Then I added a little glue to some of the flower centers and added the Prills.

For the background, I taped the Little Swirls stencil to an A2 piece of white cardstock and applied the Luna Paste over it, smoothing to get an even layer.  I removed and cleaned the stencil right away, and left the stencilled piece to dry.  The shine from the Luna Paste is amazing once its dry!

I die cut the sentiment twice and glued them together before heat embossing the top layer with the Aurora Crystal embossing powder.  It doesn’t show up in the photo, but there’s a lovely sparkle to the sentiment.  

Finally, once everything was dry, I attached the stencilled card front to the card base, and then mounted the floral image and square die over the centre.  Then I glued the sentiment over the lower portion of the flowers.  I wish you could really see the shine on this card!
 

Pansy Celebration Card

 

Paper Rose Studio Products:
Etched Pansy Die 25666, Leaf Burst Rectangle Die 20547, Celebrate Layered Die 17454

Other Supplies:
Distress Oxide inks in Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch, Seedless Preserves and Shaded Lilac.

Hello everyone, I’ve got a fairly simple card for you today.  I started this one by die cutting the pansies and leaves from white cardstock. I used a finger dauber and a small stencil brush to apply the Distress Oxide inks to the flowers and leaves.  For the centers of the flowers, I used a yellow Copic marker. I shaped the main flower piece by crimping and folding the petals along the fold lines, before using a round ball stylus to push down the centers to get the raised effect. I glued the centers in place and added the extra petals also with glue.  

For the background, I die cut the centre piece of the Leaf Burst Rectangle die set four times and mounted these on two extra pieces of white cardstock to get some dimension.  I cut two of them to fit on my A2 sized card.  Using Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide ink, I covered my card front with ink.  I then attached the Leaf Burst rectangles, alternating where the ends were placed.  I then used glue dots to attach the flowers and some glue for the leaves.  

The sentiment was cut three times and glued together.  I inked the top layer with the Shaded Lilac ink before embossing it with VersaMark ink and clear embossing powder.  I repeated the heat embossing three times to get a really glossy sentiment.  I used glue to adhere the sentiment to the card front, and finally added a few white pearls.

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