Welcome to the Neighbourhood Card

Hello everyone, I've got a Welcome to the Neighbourhood card to share today, but it could just as easily have been a new home style card.

Paper Rose Studio Supplies used: Bird Houses Metal Cutting Die 21210, Tree of Love Metal Cutting Die 28825, All Occasions Sentiments A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 22339, Watercolours - Sublime 12x12 Paper Collection 26440

I started my card by ink blending in a light blue on the card front, and just left some areas in white to look like clouds.  

Next, I die cut the bird houses from some of the watercolour papers and also from white.  I also cut several of the birds from white cardstock and used Copic markers to colour them in.  I coloured them all the same except for the one purplish bird so it would look like he was the newcomer to the area.  I feel I have to point that out as it doesn't seem terribly obvious to me!  :)

The tree trunk was also cut from white cardstock and I used Copic markers to colour it in.  I cut the leaves from the watercolour papers. The grassy border was also freestyle cut from the watercolour papers and I thought it had the perfect grassy look. 

To assemble the card, I started by gluing the tree in place and adding the leaves.  Next I added the grassy border, and then the birdhouses.  Finally, I added the birds and the sentiment which I popped up on foam tape. 

Thanks for joining me again today!

Welcome Baby Card

Hello and welcome!  Today I've got a baby card to share with you, as I thought the bunnies in the Garden of Hope collection were sweet enough to use in a baby card.

 Paper Rose Studio Supplies:  29458 Garden of Hope E 12x12 Paper, Layered Pinwheel Lace Border Metal Cutting Die 20973, All Occasions Sentiments A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 22339 .

To create this card, I did some ink blending on the card front, using a light blue ink and just leaving little white areas for clouds. I fussy cut out the bunny and the flowers from the Garden of Hope papers.  Where there was white cardstock showing around the stems, I lightly ink blended some Catherine Pooler ink in Eucalyptus around the stems.  I glued the flowers down to the ink blended background, and popped the center flower bud on foam tape before adhering it.  

I die cut the Pinwheel border from white cardstock twice, and glued these together for dimension, using a spray glue.  I used the same Eucalyptus ink to colour a piece of white cardstock to put behind this border, as it helped disguise the fact that the flowers didn't quite reach the bottom. I glued all this in place at the bottom, and then popped the bunny up on foam tape and adhered him in place.  Finally, I used the same ink to make a mat for the sentiment and then glued it in place over the border.

Thank you for joining me today and I hope you're having a great day!

Peek A Boo Shaker Cards *VIDEO*

Hello again,  I've got a couple of Peek A Boo shaker cards to share with you today.  These are fun shaker cards to make because you can have a little surprise inside the card for the recipient.  Here's a look at the first of my cards...

 

And here is the second card ...

Paper Rose Studio Supplies Used:  28477 Elodie Flower Building Die, 19499 Clear Crystal Mix, Bee Happy 12x12 Paper Collection 27706, Black & White A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 19023, Cracked 6x6" Stencil 19298, Stitched Rectangles Metal Cutting Die 16575,  Birthday Layered Metal Cutting Die 18297, Hand Stitching Coverplate Metal Cutting Die 26020.  Other supplies: Heartfelt Art Foam Paper or Foamiran sheets, Shrink plastic, gold mirror card.

 

So you can see I've added some fun sentiments inside, but it could just as easily have been a bigger picture or other embellishments.  I've made a video for you showing how I made these cards, so if you want more details, please CLICK HERE.

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

Thinking of You Card

Hello everyone, I've got a little "thinking of you" card to share today. 

Inside of card

Supplies Used: Garden of Hope 12x12 Paper Collection 29443, Tree of Love Metal Cutting Die 28825, Farm Gate Metal Cutting Die 22771, Wonky Picket Fence Metal Cutting Die 22762, All Occasions Sentiments A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 22339, Frankie the Fox Clear Stamp 26131.

To start this card, I did a little ink blending on the card front with Distress Oxide Mowed Lawn and Cosmic Shimmer Colour Cloud ink in Clear Day.  I die cut the fence, tree and the gate from white cardstock and used Copic markers to colour in the tree.  I die cut three layers of the gate from white cardstock, and made sure I kept one set of the inset pieces of the gate safely.  I glued the three layers of the gate together and did a little shading on the inset pieces with a C0 copic marker.

I used my Prismacolour pencil crayons to colour in Frankie the fox and added a few whiskers with a black multiliner pen.  

Next, I glued the tree in place on the card front and added the leaves.  Then I glued the fence portion on the left and the gate just to the right of it.  I cut the tail piece off Frankie and attached this to the back of the gate before gluing it down.  Then I paper pieced in the saved inset pieces of the gate.  Finally, I added foam tape to the back of Frankie's head and attached him to the front of the gate.  There was a tiny space to the right of the gate so I just added in the one fence post.

I fussy cut the flower border from one of the Garden of Hope papers, and added it to the front of the card on either side of the gate, and then added the leftover piece to the inside.  Finally, I added the sentiment onto the gate. 

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

Fun, Feminine Interactive Cards *VIDEO*

Hi again!  I've got two cards for you today and a video.  I was still having fun with the Garden of Hope paper pack from Paper Rose Studio and came up with these two cards which are both very feminine, interactive cards.

 Supplies Used: Garden of Hope 12x12 Paper Collection 29443, Cake Metal Die 28612, Super Day Sentiments Stamp Set 25933, Birthday Layered Metal Cutting Die 18297, Stitched Square Frames Metal Cutting Die 16685. Nuvo Glacier paste in Mambo Melon, and Nuvo Glimmer paste in Moonstone.

Front of this trifold card

Middle of the card

Inside of the card

I love how each fold of this card reveals just a little more of the inside.  Here's a look at the second card which is a full size double slider card.

Supplies Used: Garden of Hope 12x12 Paper Collection 29443, Cake Time Die Cuts 29590, Big Sentiments 1.0 A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 22336, Floral Borders 6x6" Stencil 19342, Black & White A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 19023. Also Nuvo Glimmer Paste in Moonstone.

So with this card, when you pull the two slider elements out, all the cakes, chocolates and flowers are revealed. The card is around 13" when fully extended, so there's lots of room to add some fun surprises on there!

I hope you'll come join me for the video which shows how each of these two cards are created.  Please CLICK HERE to watch that video.  If you are interested in making the full size double slider card, I have just previously created a video tutorial of it with my template in the video.  You can watch that video HERE.

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

Having FUN with the new Horizontal Border die from Paper Rose *VIDEO*

Hello again everyone!  I'm so excited to share this blog post today because I have had so much fun using this new border die from Paper Rose.  It is just so versatile and it's an inexpensive die that adds a really fun impact to cards or papercrafts.  Here are just a few of the cards I created using this die and there are more in the video.

Can you see the different ways I've used that Horizontal Border Metal Cutting Die 28396 die on these?  I hope you'll come join me and watch the video to see how these came about.  Just CLICK HERE to see the video.

Thank you so much for stopping by!