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!

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!

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.

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!

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 ...

 

Paper Rose Studio supplies used:  Forest Trip 12x12 Paper Collection 26629, Golfing Set Metal Cutting Die 16924, All Occasions Sentiments A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 22339 , Celebrate Layered Metal Cutting Die 17454

 

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!

 

 

 

 

 

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

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!

 

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!

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!
 

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!

Floral TriFold Acetate Card

Hello everyone! Today, I've got a trifold card to share and the front page is an acetate floral covered layer. I've decorated all the pages on this card, so here's a look at it.

Paper Rose Studio Supplies Used: Alana Flower Metal Cutting Die 21078, Celebrate Layered Metal Cutting Die 17454, Lovely Florals Blossom Flowers 4x6" Clear Stamp Set 18183.  

Other Supplies:  Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Sparkles Powder in Coral Crush and Pumpkin Patch, and Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder in Mango Blaze.

I started this card by creating the flowers first.  I sprinkled the Pixie Sparkles and Pixie Powders over a sheet of white cardstock and then spritzed it liberally with water.  These are "explosion" powders, so they react with the water by spreading out with colour and you never know what you'll get.  I just made sure I had enough cardstock coloured up for all my flowers, and tried to have a slight range of colour variation.  After the cardstock was dry, I used the Alana Flower dies to cut out all the flowers.  I created 3 layered  flowers to go on the front of the card, and shaped them slightly by using a ball stylus in the centres.  I glued these layers together.  For the second page of flowers, I heat embossed in white, the secondary sentiments which came from the Lovely Florals stamp set.

To assemble the card, I cut a piece of acetate that was 4 3/4" wide by 5 1/2" tall and scored this at 1/2" along one long (5 1/2") side.  I placed some double sided adhesive on both sides of the flap created by the score line, and used my bone folder to fold and burnish the fold.  I attached the acetate layer to my A2 card base, by aligning the folded edge of acetate to the left side of the card base, removed the release paper on the bottom side of the flap, and folded the acetate flap onto the card base.  Then I placed another piece of cardstock that measured 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" over top of the acetate flap section (which is now the middle section of the card), and secured it by removing the release paper on the acetate, and adding glue to the rest of the section.

I wanted the flowers on the second page to be hidden by the front cover flowers, so I attached the front 3 layered flowers to the acetate using glue and making sure that they were slightly spread apart. To get the middle layer of flowers lined up, I placed the flowers face down on the inside of the acetate layer, added some glue to the centre of the flowers, and then carefully closed the back of the card down so that it would pick up the glued flowers in the right spot.  Because I used glue, I had a little bit of time to check that the second layer of flowers were hidden from the front. I made sure that the florals with the secondary sentiments were on top on the second page.  Finally, I added the remaining flowers to the front of the card and on the inside layer.  I then added some pearls on the card front to the centre of the flowers.  

I die cut the sentiment three times and stacked them together with glue.  I cut the shadow layer from pink vellum and adhered the white sentiment to this with glue.  Finally, I attached the sentiment to the card front with glue. 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woolly Mammoth Hug Card

Hello again everyone, I'm guest designing for Gerda Steiner Designs again today and I've got another mammoth card to share with you. 

Supplies Used: Gerda Steiner Designs "Big Guy" stamp set GSD845, and "Woolly Big Love" GSD846. Vellum, Copic markers, Cosmic Shimmer Embossing Sprinkles in Snow Storm, Momenta letter dies and Cosmic Shimmer Luna Paste in Moonlight Pearl ( just on the mountain tops), Cosmic Shimmer Colour Cloud ink in Clear Day.

My card measures 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" and I started off by colouring in the mammoths with a combination of Copic markers and finished off with pencil crayons to create a woolly look.  I fussy cut them out, being careful to also cut around their horns. Next, I stamped a line of mountains across the upper portion of my card and coloured them in with Copic markers.  I'm sorry I don't remember which markers I used, but it was a combination of Blue Violets and Cool Greys.  Then I coloured in the sky by blending a little of the Clear Day ink with a sponge applicator, and leaving some white areas for clouds. I added a few streaks to the ice at the bottom of the card with Copic markers in Blue Green shades, just to give a hint of colour to the ice.  I then covered the ice portion of the card with a piece of heavyweight vellum, folding the edges over to the back of the card front and adhering them with double sided adhesive tape to the back of the card front. I applied a little glue on the front along the bottom edge of the mountains and sprinkled on the embossing sprinkles.  These are large chunks of embossing powder, and need to be heated from beneath or they will just blow away.  But they give a fun, snowy texture to the card.  After heat setting them, I added the small shadow mammoth in the background.  I die cut the hug letters and coloured them in with Copic markers, again using the Blue Green shades as I wanted them to look icy.  I attached them to each of the mammoths, and then glued the mammoths to the card front.  I added a little more glue and embossing sprinkles on the ice and around their feet and heat set them.  The sentiment was combined from both stamp sets, and I clear heat embossed it.  Finally, I added some of the Luna Paste to the tops of the mountains.

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

Simple Interactive Valentine's Card *VIDEO*

Hello again everyone!  Today, I've got a simple, interactive card for you. Now, it is a simple card to make, but if you come see the video, you will see that I struggled with the aesthetics of it and changed it up after I had recorded the video.  Here's what the final card looks like, but if you watch the video, you will see the acetate version.

Paper Rose Studio Supplies:  Hey Gnomie Embossed Die Cuts 30921, Alana Flower Metal Cutting Die 21078, Big Love You Metal Cutting Die 28855, Leaf Outline Die Metal Cutting Die 29620, Hand Stitching 2 Embossing Folder 20381.  Other supplies: Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polish in Blossom and Green Dragon, Cosmic Shimmer Lustre Polish in Raspberry Sorbet.

I used the Cosmic Shimmer polishes to colour up all the die cut flowers, leaves and the sentiment.  For the rest of the card, I hope you'll come join me over at the video to see how this was made.  To watch the video, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

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

Woolly Mammoth Birthday Card

Hello everyone, I'm so happy to be guest designing for Gerda Steiner Designs latest collection!  This is such a fun collection, full of big, funny, woolly mammoths!  I've got a full size box card for you today and here's a look at it...

Supplies Used:  Gerda Steiner Designs "Big Guy" GSD845, and "Woolly Big Love" GSD846. Background paper inside - Craft Consortium "In the Forest"; Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Border dies

This card measures 4 3/4" wide by 5" tall, and is 2 1/4" deep when opened.  It will fold down flat and fit into an A7 (5 1/4" x 7 1/4") envelope, and there's lots of room to write a message on the back.   I didn't make a video for this particular card because I have done several of those previously, and I will link to those videos down below in case you're interested in giving this a try.  

For this card, I started by using my copic markers to colour in the mammoths, and then used pencil crayons to add some furry lines.  I used a black glaze pen to add in the eyes, and then fussy cut the mammoths out. 

For the box card, I used Distress Inks on the outside and blended from green to a light blue sky, leaving a few areas  blank in the sky to look like clouds. The center round opening was cut out using a 4" circle die, and all this is explained in the video.  The inside background is one of the papers from the "In the Forest" collection and just seemed well suited to the mammoths.  I cut some hilly grassy sections for the cross pieces from some Distress Ink blended cardstock, and added some flowers to those.  I die cut some white clouds and then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment which came from the "Big Guy" stamp set.  For a full explanation of how to put together this box card (and it's very easy to do!), please head over to watch the video.  

Here are links to two videos I've previously created showing you how to make these full size box cards, and I hope you'll come join me to see how it's done.  

PLEASE CLICK HERE for Sandy Paws Box Card

PLEASE CLICK HERE for Bee Happy Gnome Box Card

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

New Style Pop Up Box Card *VIDEO*

Hello again everyone, and Happy New Year!  I'm starting it off by bringing you a new style of pop up box card that I've created from a template.  I hope you like it!

Paper Rose Studio Supplies Used: Etched Pansy 1 Metal Cutting Die 25666, Little Foliage 2 Metal Cutting Die 21102, Butterfly Bliss 6x6 Paper Collection 25108, Big Sentiments 1.0 A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 22336.

 

When the box is open, it measures 4 3/4" wide by 4 1/4" tall and it will fit into a 5" x 7" envelope when its flattened down. I wanted a box that was a little wider and that angled upwards to accommodate all those pansies and so they could all be seen. This is a relatively easy card to make, and to make it easier for you, I've created a video to explain how it's done.  If you would like to see the video, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

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