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!