Paper Pieced Christmas Card

 

Supplies Used:  Paper Piece Rectangle Metal Cutting Die 21441, Christmas Stocking Metal Die Set 19508, Crisp Christmas A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 19772, Stampendous Jewelled Gold Embossing Powder, Cosmic Shimmer Ultra Sparkle Paste in Frosty Sparkle, Nuvo Shimmer Pen, Copic Markers

Hello again everyone, I'm bringing you a little Christmas today!  I die cut the Paper Piece Rectangle die from white cardstock and carefully placed a piece of Glad Press 'N Seal on the backs of the diecut pieces to hold them in place while I coloured them.  I used Copic markers, all from the reds series, to colour them in.  Then I randomly applied the Ultra Sparkle Paste or Shimmer pen to a few of the sections and let them dry. 

I saved the white outline frame piece that was diecut with all the inset pieces, and positioned that on the card front with removable tape, making sure it was centered. Then I inset and glued all the coloured pieces into the frame, which was quite simple since the Press 'N Seal had held them all in place. Once they were in place, I removed the outline piece that had been temporarily positioned.  You could of course, glue it in place too, but I wanted the no frame look for this card.

I used an oval shape to trace around the sentiment and then fussy cut it out.  I went around the edges with a VersaMark ink pad, just lightly leaving a little ink.  I sprinkled on the Jewelled Gold embossing powder and heat set it.  I used a VersaMark pen to put some ink on the stocking die cut and sprinkled on the same embossing powder, which I also heat set. I used a gold brad to attach the stocking to the sentiment. I cut two more layers of cardstock to place behind the sentiment to add some dimension.  Then I glued it in place on the card.  Finally, I added a few gold pearls to the stocking.

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

Rainbow Poppies Hello Card

Supplies Used: Little Etched Butterflies Metal Cutting Die 25609,  Little Foliage 1 Metal Cutting Die 21099, Banner Trio Metal Cutting Die 25921,  Rainbow Poppies 6x6 Paper Collection 25600,  Hello Layered Metal Cutting Die 18252, Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Sparkle Powders in Flirty Sky, Heavenly Hues, Blue Wish Teal Marine, Gilded Plum, Fuchsia Rose and Sandstorm.

Hello and welcome back! I started this card by colouring some watercolour cardstock with the Pixie Sparkle powders.  These powders react with water and you can get different looks depending on how much water you add.  I tended to use quite a bit of water to make the colours blend.  I used the three tags that are in the die set, and tried to co-ordinate them with the colours on the patterned paper.  On the first tag, I used the Flirty Sky and Heavenly Hues powders.  The second tag has Blue Wish and Teal Marine powders, and the third has Gilded Plum and Fuchsia Rose.  I also saved some extra coloured cardstock for the butterflies.  I coloured the cardstock first and let it dry before diecutting out the tag shapes.

I also diecut two each of the butterflies from the same cardstock, so they could have some dimension.  The yellow butterfly was done on the watercolour cardstock using the Sandstorm powder.  To help give the wings more dimension, I used Jennifer McGuire's idea of cutting a piece of acetate (approximately 1/2" wide by 3" long), and creasing it down the middle on the long edge. I then put a strip of 1/8" double sided tape along each long edge.  Then I cut crosswise pieces that fit on the wings on each side of the body. I attached these strips to the bottom butterfly so that the creased edge ran along the side of the body.  Then I applied a thin bead of glue along the body and antennae, removed the backing paper from the acetate and attached the second butterfly on top.  The acetate ensures that while the butterflies lie flat in the envelope, they pop up for that extra dimension when out of the envelope.  It's hard to explain but please see the somewhat out of focus pictures ( my camera didn't want to take close-ups!).

1/2" wide strip of acetate folded in half with double sided tape along the edges.

Two thin acetate strips applied along the body with creased edge against the body.

Second butterfly glued along the body and attached to the acetate.

For the Hello sentiment, I die cut it three times from white cardstock, and layered these together with glue to create a chipboard-like sentiment.  I used Distress Oxide inks (Salvaged Patina, Shaded Lilac, Kitsch Flamingo, and Mustard Seed) to colour in the top layer.  Once the ink was dry, I clear heat embossed it about three times to get a very glossy look. 

To assemble my card, I cut a piece of the Rainbow Poppies paper to fit on my card front.  I staggered the three tags along the top edge and trimmed them down with scissors once I had them arranged in place. I die cut from white cardstock, one each of the three foliage dies and glued these onto the tags along with the butterflies.  Finally, I glued the sentiment in place just above the poppies.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you’re having a wonderful day! 

You Got This!

Hi everyone, I've got an encouragement card for you today.  I've used the Happy Fall stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs for this one and it has a very summery feel to it.

The images are all from the Happy Fall stamp set, and I've coloured them with Copic markers before fussy cutting them out.  

I used the "So Many Squares Panel" die from Your Next Stamp for the overlay.  It actually cuts a grid of twelve squares, but I cut a few of them out with scissors to allow my pictures and sentiment to fit. 

I ink blended the background using my now favourite summer colour combination of Distress Oxide Mowed Lawn and Cosmic Shimmer Colour Cloud ink in Clear Day.  I masked off the outside area of the card before ink blending.

I stamped and clear heat embossed the sentiment so it would fit in one of the openings of the overlay diecut.  Then I attached the kite with the string to the back of the overlay before gluing it into place on the card front.  Finally, I popped the little squirrels up on double sided foam tape before attaching them in place.  I love how happy those squirrels are!

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

Floral Happy Birthday Card

 

Supplies Used:  Hayley's Bouquet Clear Stamp 25240, Spring Floral Frame Metal Cutting Die 21054, Sketchy 6x6 Paper Collection 25252, Big Sentiments 1.0 A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 22336, copic markers, yellow Prills (flower center), Minc Reactive Foil in Mint.

Hello everyone and welcome back!  For today's card, I started by stamping the floral image onto some Neenah 80# Classic Crest cardstock in Solar White, using a Copic marker friendly black ink (I used Gina K Amalgam ink).  I coloured the image in and then added some yellow Prills to the centre of the purple flower.  The Prills just add a great 3D effect, but you could also use Copic markers and some Glossy Accents to get a similar effect.  Once it was dry, I fussy cut the image out.

I cut the Spring Floral Frame three times from white cardstock and glued them together for dimension.  My card is 5.5" x 6" because I didn't want to cut too much off that beautiful Sketchy paper.  But that allows the floral image and the sentiment to hang off the side of the background diecut. So after adhering the trimmed down piece of Sketchy paper to my card front, I glued the layered background die over the center.  

I lightly traced an oval shape around the black version of the sentiment and fussy cut it out.  I foiled the sentiment with the Mint foil in my laminator, running it through two or three times before peeling off the foil.  I'm not really sure if that helps to run it through so many times, but it makes me feel better! :-)

Finally, I glued the sentiment to the background diecut on the card front, and popped the edges up on foam tape.  I then glued the floral image over the background diecut, and also put some foam tape under the edges that extended past the diecut.

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

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!