Happy Wednesday!
I hope everyone is having a better day than I am today! I was greeted this morning with the results of a gastro problem my dog has been having since (we suspect) our cat, Chaos, shared a raw turkey burrito burger with her the other day 😒. I spent the morning cleaning my floors, THEN I couldn't find the little plastic box I keep my completed and video'ed cards in, along with the materials lists. It could be anywhere since my grandson likes to look at the cards which is why they are in a plastic box! So the list of materials I used isn't included on this card. When and if I find the list I'll add them.
On to the card! I watched some youtube videos on different ways to make pop-ups and when I saw the floating platform one I knew I needed to adapt it to a card! It looks so impressive and it isn't as difficult as you may think to do!
You can find the video here!
😲 The Holidays are coming!!!
Stampin' Up!'s 2018 Holiday Catalog goes live today! Loads of great stuff in there so be sure to look through it!
Click here for the PDF!
Is it Flu season yet? Better stock up on get well cards! lol
Seriously tho, a handcrafted, get well soon card can make a friend feel, if not better, at least loved!
This card uses a stamp collage for the front panel (don't you just LOVE that fat little bird?) and ink blending. I use the big fat makeup sponges for that. If you have trouble getting a nice smooth blend, try them! I also dab them off on my silicone mat after inking. This works the ink down evenly into the surface of the sponge so it's less likely to go on streaky!
Hello to all my fellow craftaholics!
I have a little secret way to help keep your crafting costs down and still use some beautiful pattern papers! If you have a color printer there are some sites that have the nicest papers to download. The two main ones I use are lianascrap.com (this one is very easy to use) and farfarhill.blogspot.com (this one has TONS of papers but is a little more involved). Granny Enchanted has a informative and amusing tutorial to guide you thru the download process for the Far Far Hills papers, just go here! So how does this save you money? You only need to print the paper you're going to use! No half used pattern paper stacks! Plus you don't need something to store all those papers! I see this as a win-win! Now when I get the "I need to buy papers" urge, I go to one of these websites, choose some paper and download it! Usually lol. I admit I do still buy some papers but they have to be pretty special.
So on to the card! I used some papers for this one from Liana Scraps and amazingly enough the papers I chose match Stampin' Up! inks!
You can watch the video here!
Ooopsy! Um, Happy Saturday (?) everyone!
Somehow my Wednesday blog entry didn't get posted!, Don't know what happened to it but here's the weekly card crafting idea! We'll be making a tag/card! If you're giving a gift, it makes an excellent addition to your wrappings no matter what the event!
If you would like to see the video, just click here!
Did you like the sentiment stamp I used for the inside of the card? It's rather quite nice! I found it on aliexpress.com and you can find it here!
Happy Wednesday everyone!
I have a bright and cheery birthday card to share with you today. I picked out a panel from the Birds & Blooms pattern paper with a darling, fat little blue bird for the focal point. I'll also be using a super cool cut and emboss border die? folder? What WOULD you call it? Anyways, it both cuts and embosses at the same time. The card sentiments came from a stamp set I found on aliexpress.com and you can find it here! You can get some wonderful stamps and dies on that website at excellant prices, you just need to be patient because it does take a looooooong time to get to you!
Once again I'm combining Stampin' Up! with Heartfelt Creations products to make this card. We'll be using the beautiful silver embossing paste and the brick mask from the Pattern Party Decorative Masks, both from Stampin' Up! to make the glamorous background! Add some shaped roses and ribbon and that completes the card! Since there isn't any lace (how in the world did that happen?!?) you *could* even give this card to a guy!
Click here to see the video!
And here we have it! Yet another more way to use the 3D Grand Cabinet die set from Spellbinders! I'm sure getting a lot of use from this die set and I keep coming up with different ways to use it!
To watch the video click here!
Did I promise to tell where I got those cute little metal roses? I found those here and I got the premade mulberry paper gardenias on the other card here.
Happy Wednesday!
I hope everyone is having a great summer! And if you have children at home I also hope you can get in a little "me time" to do some crafting!
I have a lovely blue, silver and white wedding card to share today. It uses products from several different brands - Stampin' Up!, Heartfelt Creations and a gorgeous die set from Die'sire!
This week we'll be getting messy so get out your roll of paper towels! The technique uses stencils as stamps to create a fun, but messy background! It's just one more way to get a bit of extra use from crafting things you already have!
On that note.... as you watch my videos, keep in mind that if you don't have EXACTLY the same things I have used, think about what you DO have that could be substituted. You don't have that sentiment stamp? Use one you have! That flower stamp isn't in your collection? Well, what do you have? Anything close? Use that! I always list the products I've used but I promise the world will not end if you don't use exactly the same things I did. And you will have a card that is uniquely your own!
You can view the video here
Friday Bonus Video!!!
I come across so many crafting things that make me go "hmmmmm what could I do with that!" Some work out to be wonderful additions to my card making, some not so much. I thought I would do an "On my table" series every now and then to share some of these products and my thoughts on using them, good or bad. So here is the first video of the series!
We'll be using the Lush Lilacs flower stamps and dies from Heartfelt Creations this Wednesday to make a nice poofy hydrangea flower ball for our card! And of course we need to make some patterned background paper and have some lacy bits and glitter!
You can view the video here!
Happy Independence Day to my US friends!
I hope you're all having a wonderful day! I had a 3 day getaway this weekend and it was nice to travel a bit. There was a Stampfest show in Kissimmee and I went to that on Saturday, If you don't know, Kissimmee is near Orlando Florida where Disney World is located. DH and I didn't visit the Big Mouse but we did do some shopping. There are some amazing outlet stores there too!
I'm so proud of myself 'cause I didn't max out my credit card at the stamp show lol. I actually bought very little, partly because it was so crowded there and partly because it turned out that much of what I had on my lists (I researched websites of the vendors beforehand) didn't get taken to the show by the vendors! So while I'd love to say it was my fabulous self-control, it wasn't 😄
This Wednesday's card has some good tips for marker coloring in the video, so you may want to watch it!
