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Thursday, December 29, 2022
SNOWFLAKE GATEFOLD CARD
Sunday, December 25, 2022
"TREES FOR SALE" CHRISTMAS CARD
From the above photo, you can get a tiny glimpse of the greenery that was stamped inside the card. It wouldn't be right to have all that fun on the front and a boring interior! The foiled background paper is "Silver & Gold 6x6 Specialty Paper" from Stampin' Up!, and I'm fairly certain that it's retired.
These cards may have been a lot of trouble, but I loved everything about them . . . the design, the images that I had to work with, the colors . . . all of it!
Thursday, December 22, 2022
EASY SNOWGLOBE CHRISTMAS CARD
I have been wanting to share photos of this year's Christmas cards, and I finally had a chance today to process the pics I've taken. I didn't have as much variety this year--maybe five designs--but I was quite pleased with each of them. That matters! This first one that I'm sharing is an easy-to-create snowglobe, which I learned from Tina Wardell's video. In a nutshell . . .
(1) Die-cut a circle from a scrap of cardstock that is the same size as my Crumb Cake layer. The die-cut aperture will be used as a stencil.
(2) Take a sponge, dauber, or blending brush to lightly color the circle opening from the die-cut stencil that you created. Before removing the stencil, draw around the opening with a white gel pen.
(3) Stamp the image of your choice inside the "globe". Use the white gel pen to add snowy accents and falling snow.
(4) Use a Soft Suede Stampin' Write Marker to draw an ornament topper (if desired), and draw over it with a gold marker. This card would have looked better without an ornament topper, but adding the die-cut base beneath the snowglobe was something that I decided to do AFTER I had already drawn the ornament tops. 😕 And just so you know . . . Tina's snowglobe was made as a hanging ornament and not something with a base. FYI . . . For my snowglobe base, I used dies from Stampin' Up!'s retired "Still Scenes" bundle. Isn't that die-cut base gorgeous cut from gold foil?
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
BRINGING HOME THE CHRISTMAS TREE
While working on Christmas cards a few weeks ago, I remembered that I had a Cricut cut file for one of my most favorite cards. As I went to Cricut Design Space to find the cut file, I came across the cutest wood-sided "Station Wagon Holiday Card" that I just had to make. I changed nothing about it because it was just perfectly adorable already. I am such a sucker for shaped cards (try saying that fast just for fun)!
Of course, the card was designed to fold flat for mailing, and the cut file even included an envelope! If you often make Cricut projects, you already know that a lot of them call for lots of different colored cardstock or have lots of little cuts to be assembled, which means it's easy to make a bit of a mess just to make one card. This card wasn't like that. I think I used six different colors of cardstock/paper, and the cuts were designed in a way that was EASY to assemble. This truly was a quick card to make! Cutting the "wood" siding took the most time because of all those intricate cuts, but still . . . a quick project. The designer even included some stacked gifts to decorate the inside of the card:
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
ORIGAMI WREATH ORNAMENT
Who likes to make ornaments?
Today I'm sharing a relatively simple wreath ornament. I say "simple" because the video tutorial that I followed by Ann Melvin was easy to understand and follow along. The folds were easy, but the assembly was a little tricky. I ended up using binder clips along the way to hold some of the pieces in place. I also decided to add some embellishments and a greeting.
Friday, November 25, 2022
TUTORIAL: EASY "JOYFUL FLURRY" CHRISTMAS CARD
Stampin' Up!'s "Joyful Flurry" bundle is such a pretty one, and today I have a step-by-step photo tutorial for (what I think) is a really pretty card.
Sunday, November 13, 2022
"CHEERFUL BASKET" THANK YOU CARD
Monday, October 24, 2022
BIRTHDAY CARD FEATURING ALCOHOL TECHNIQUE WITH STAMPIN' BLENDS
Since my marker colors got diluted, I just rolled with the pastel palette. I think it ended up being a pretty card, don't you? Additional products featured on this card include the Happy Birthday die (retired Stampin' Up! product), Crystal Distortion embossing folder (Simon Says Stamp), absolutely GORGEOUS Adhesive Backed Sequins & Gems (Stampin' Up!), Metallic Edge Ribbon (Stampin' Up!), and the lattice die-cuts from the Chick dies (retired Stampin' Up!).
A white gel pen was used to accent the die-cut sentiment. It lends a festive flair, right? And just look at those pretty sequins!
If you have Stampin' Blends markers, definitely give this technique a try! Oh . . . I think you'd figure out that the side of vellum that you color on is the back side but . . . I should mention that just in case you wonder. ;-)
Until next time . . . have a stampin' good day!
Sunday, October 2, 2022
SCARECROW BOX CARDS
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
A FISHING DEER BIRTHDAY CARD
Sunday, September 18, 2022
"OCEANFRONT" + "A FISH & A WISH"
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
POP-UP BLOCK CARD FOR COLTON
Today is my great-nephew's birthday, and I'm sharing this Pop-up Block Card that I made for him. My curiosity was piqued when I watched THIS TUTORIAL, which I altered a bit by rotating the intended orientation. Actually, the bottom block was supposed to be loose--unattached and not a complete block--but I wanted it to be a sturdy block like the others.