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!
 

Flowers and Hearts Card

 Hello again, thank you for stopping by!  Today I've got a rather feminine card full of flowers and hearts.

 

Paper Rose Studio supplies used:  Black & White A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 19023, Slimline Heart Borders Metal Cutting Die 20886, Leah's Flowers Metal Cutting Die 28468

This was a very easy card to make.  I started by cutting three of the heart borders, and kept the die cut hearts together with them by using some Press 'N Seal to hold the hearts.  I only saved them for the bottom two borders.  I also staggered the heights of the borders, so there would be three tiers.  I glued the bottom two heart borders to the largest one.  I used some Distress Oxide ink in Kitsch Flamingo to colour in the hearts, and then I glued them into position in the bottom two borders.  I popped the heart border up onto double sided foam tape for added dimension.

The flowers and leaves were die cut from scraps of cardstock I had previously coloured with a variety of inks.  I mixed and matched the centres of some of the flowers, and layered up others. I love the whimsical look these flowers have!

I adhered the heart border to my card front, and then placed all the flowers and leaves behind it, tucking them in where I could.  The sentiment was foiled in my laminator with gold foil, and then popped up on foam tape and adhered just below the flowers. 

I hope I've given you a little inspiration today, and thank you for joining me!

Love Truck Bunny

Hello again everyone! I've got a fun little card today that I think could possibly be used for a masculine birthday.

Inside of card

Paper Rose Studio Supplies Used:  Love Truck Builder Metal Cutting Die 28843, Trevor and Friends Clear Stamp 26119, Black & White A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 19023, Happy Birthday Chunky Script Stamp Set 24640

I started this card by creating a background for the truck and bunny to star in.  I'm terrible at drawing so please excuse my very amateurish background!  But I just wanted you to get the impression the bunny was driving down a dirt road, so hopefully, that came across.  The bunny was stamped from the Trevor and Friends stamp set (he's the one at the left elbow of Trevor), and I was careful to wipe away the ink from his arms when I stamped him.  I could still faintly see where his left arm would have been, so I used a Copic pen to fill that arm back in.  After colouring him in with Copic markers, I cut him out.  

I die cut the Love Truck from white cardstock and coloured it in with Copic markers, and I also cut extra hearts to have fall out the back of the truck. I used silver foiled cardstock for the bar across the bottom of the truck.  Once I had the truck assembled, I inserted the bunny into the driver's seat and glued him in place so it looked like he was holding the steering wheel.  I popped the truck up on foam tape for added dimension and then attached it to the background panel. Then I used glue to attach the hearts, making it look like they were falling out the back as he raced by.  The sentiment was cut from the Black & White sentiment sheet, and I just thought it was a really fun and different sentiment to go with the image.

For the inside of the card, I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment with black ink.  I had stamped and coloured in the Trevor stamp image onto Neenah 80# Solar White cardstock, and coloured it in with my Copic markers. Finally, I fussy cut the image out and glued it into place above the inside sentiment. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, and I hope I've given you a little inspiration.  That Love Truck is a really sweet little die!

Getting the Most out of Your Background Dies *VIDEO*

Hello everyone,  I'm glad you're here.  I've got a video for you today that is full of ideas on how to use those background dies in creative ways to get more value from them.  I love background dies as they are usually beautiful and add a real impact to our cards.  But they are a significant investment, and I like to make sure I'm using mine in as many ways as possible.  I've got lots of examples in my video for you, but below are just two of the cards you will see me create in the video.

So if you would like to see more PLEASE CLICK HERE.  Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the video!