Belle Fleur Window Card

 Hello again, there’s a new release at Craft Consortium called Belle Fleur. This is a beautiful collection of very elegant floral cardstock in neutral tones, stamps, ribbon,  and other ephemera that all coordinate together. It’s perfect for those wedding, anniversary, engagement and feminine birthday cards. I’ve created a card today that has a see-through acetate window. 

I started by temporarily taping a card front to the card base. Then I placed a circle die in position in the lower right hand side of the card. I ran this through my die cutting machine several times to cut through both layers.  Taping the layers together ensured that the openings were cut in the same spot on both the card front and the base.  I also cut a piece of the patterned paper the same size as my card front. I placed the patterned paper under the card front and notched the same circle die into position and ran that through my die cutting machine. 

Next, I cut a piece of acetate (I used some scrap packaging) that was just big enough to cover the circle opening and made sure it had a straight edge. I sandwiched this between the card front and the card base using double sided tape to keep it in position, and making sure the straight edge was aligned with where the edge of the card should be.  

I then cut a piece of the coordinating ribbon to fit along the left hand side of the card. I adhered this with some double sided tape to the patterned paper piece, and wrapped it around to the back of the paper. Then I used some glue to attach the patterned paper to the card front, making sure the circle openings lined up. 

I then die cut the flowers and leaves from the French Marigold set by Creative Expressions. I only used the two smallest flower dies and cut them from white cardstock that I had coloured with Cosmic Shimmer Matt Chalk Polish in Custard. Since that gave them quite a yellowish look, I went over them with Matt Chalk Polish in Simply White. That helped to tone down the yellow giving a more ivory colour. I used the Antique Rosewood Matt Chalk Polish lightly on the very edges of the flowers to give a hint of colour. For the leaves, I used Matt Chalk Polish in Opulent Olive which I applied to white cardstock before cutting them out. I think it would be really pretty too if the flowers were cut from a pearlescent cardstock. 

To shape the flowers, I placed them upside down on an old spongy mouse pad and used a round ball head tool to press and shape the the petals.  Then I turned them over and used a slightly larger round ball head to press and shape the centres. I then used glue dots to attach a smaller set of petals inside a larger one. Finally, I put some liquid glue inside the centres of the flowers and added some Prills (small, round Pearl like accents) in white for the flower center. Once the glue was dry, I used a little more glue to attach the flowers around the acetate window being careful not to put them on the acetate, as it would show through from the inside. 

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

Rockin’ Birthday Card

Hello again and welcome! There’s a new release at Gerda Steiner Designs and I’ve chosen the You Rock stamp set to use on my card today. This is such a fun set to use for those younger people in our lives … oh, who am I kidding? It’s good for those older people too! So here’s the card I came up with. 

It’s almost a one layer card too!  I popped the snail in the front up on foam tape, so I think that means it doesn’t qualify as a true one layer card.  I created the background by stencilling on my card front. I used the  MFT Grassy Edges stencil and some Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink for the grassy section.  I created a little hill for the main rock to sit on as well.  For the sky, I used the Cloud Edger stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and some Cosmic Shimmer Colour Cloud ink in the Clear Day shade.  

I used my Copic markers to colour in the images, and have listed them below if you’re interested.  After fussy cutting everything out, I added some Glossy Accents to the sunglasses.  I positioned all the characters on the front to determine my layout and where I wanted the music symbols to go.  I then stamped on and clear heat embossed, the music symbols ( I did add some more music symbols from the Carol Kittens stamp set).  Finally, I glued the characters down and popped the front snail up on foam tape before adhering him down.  On the inside, I stamped the sentiment “Hope Your Birthday Rocks”.  So another quick and easy card! Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you are having a great day! 

Copic Markers used:

Rocks - W2, W3, W4, W5

Snails - BV23, BV34, V20

Mouse - C3, C2, C1, C0, R00

Guitar - R39, R29, R35

Monster Love Valentines Card

Hello and welcome! There’s a new release at Gerda Steiner Designs and I couldn’t decide which stamp set to play with for this post. In the end, I decided that since it was coming up to Valentines Day, I would go with the “Be Mine Monster” stamp set because who could say no to this cute little guy? 

I used copic markers to colour him in (listed below). I then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in black, onto the heart. I added some Glossy Accents onto his teeth and eyes, and then fussy cut him out. 

For the background, I used the “Conversation Hearts” embossing folder from Taylored Expressions to emboss the card front. Using a small circular brush, I added in some Distress Oxide ink to the hearts in Spun Sugar, Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac, and Squeezed Lemonade.  Finally, I popped the monster up on foam tape and placed him on the card front in the lower right corner. Just a super quick and easy card to make. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you’re having a great day! 

Copic markers used:

BV02, 04, 13, 23

RV17, 06, 04, 02

V15, B02

Heart - RV29, 25, 23

Namasleigh Christmas Circle Spinner Card with Center Shaker *Video*

Hello and welcome back! My card today is a circle spinner style card with a central shaker. I’ve used the fun, new Namasleigh stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs for this one. 

The outer ring on this 5 1/2” square card will spin around to add an interactive element and of course, the card can be shaken to move the shaker bits in the middle. There are no special dies required for this card other than a few circle dies in different sizes.  I’ve made a video for you to show you how I made this card, but I have to confess, I may have switched up some of the stamps and the Reindeer and a Tree stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs may be involved! Here's a sneak peek at what the card in the video looks like.

If you would like to see how I made this card, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

 

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

A Nutcracker Christmas

Hello and welcome back! I’ve got a Christmas card to share today that was made with a new stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs called “The Nutcracker”. Those dancing mice are just so sweet and the look on the Nutcracker is priceless! 

I started by creating the background.  On yellow cardstock, I used the Captivating Mandala stencil from My Favourite Things and blended on some Distress Oxide ink in Worn Lipstick and Dried Marigold. I added a layer of vellum over top of this as I felt the stencilling was too distracting behind the images and the vellum softened it a little bit.  

I die cut a frame from white cardstock 4 times and glued 3 of these together to add some height. On the last diecut, I added some Tonic Moonstone Glimmer paste for a bit of shine, before gluing it to the other frames. 

I added in a few leaves and poinsettias that came from a Hero Arts “Stocking Bouquet” stamp set and placed these onto the frame. 

I used copic markers (listed below) to colour the little mice and Nutcracker images. I used a gold metallic marker to add in the gold elements on the Nutcracker and the crowns on the mice. I arranged the images onto the background and put the sentiment up on foam tape as well as the mice in pink and green. Those mice are just so cute! 

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

Copic markers used: 

Nutcracker - R39, R29, R35, R20, R00, N8, N6, N4, E000, E00, C2, C1, C0

Mice - N2, N1, N0, R20, R00

Yellow dress - Y19, Y08, Y02

Green dress - G00, BG32, BG11

Pink dress - R85, R83, R81

Namasleigh Christmas Card with *Video*

Hello and welcome back! I’ve got a fun Christmas card today that features a brand new Gerda Steiner Designs stamp set called Namasleigh.  I love the idea of the reindeer and Santa getting ready for their big day by doing some yoga together, and even the birds and snowman got in on it!  To fit all these images in (because I had to include all the reindeer), I’ve made a double zig zag card. When the card is folded down, it measures 5” x 4 1/4”. But when it’s opened up, it’s over 16” wide! So there’s lots of room to fit all those images. 

Front of the card when closed with an acetate belly band. 

The inside of the card when opened. 

I’ve made a video for you to see how this card was made.  If you are interested in seeing it, PLEASE CLICK HERE.  Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you’re having a great day!