Welcome to the newest two week Cardz 4 Galz challenge! Our host for this time, Caz, chose creating an easel card as the theme. There are so many different kinds of easel card tutorials and styles of which the creations of my fellow design team members are just a few examples. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to get inspired to create your own easel card. Please remember to post it to our gallery so we can all enjoy your creation!
Here’s my easel card creation:
You might remember that I posted a similar easel fold for the April Sparkles Christmas Buddy challenge. You can see that post here. Once again, I used the video posted by Connie Stewart from Simply Simple Stamping because this one post had two options for a very similar easel card. You can see the very talented card set created by Connie here. Her directions are all-encompassing and easy to follow.
I embossed all the sentiments on this card using my Versamark ink pad, gold embossing powder, and my heat tool to set. The addition of the adhesive backed gold swirls helps to bring out the gold.
I used the Fancy Flora DSP, which can be found in the current mini-catalog. This paper is stunning, gorgeous, fabulously textured in design, and just plain wonderful. Take a look:
I used the paper pattern on the top, left-hand corner. Beautiful!
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Welcome to the newest Cardz 4 Galz two-week challenge. Our host for this challenge, Lynda, chose flowers for the theme. The sky’s the limit, as long as you include flowers. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the projects from the rest of the design team members. There’s so much inspiration to be found on the challenge site, and I can’t wait to see what you create and upload to our gallery.
Here’s my card:
As you already know, I enjoy watching JanB’s videos on YouTube. I saw this card and, after watching the video, I wanted to recreate this fold. Jan’s card turned out larger than I wanted because I wanted to use a medium Stampin’ Up! envelope. Therefore, I worked out the measurements for a card to fit. You can find JanB’s video here. I did make a slight adjustment to the inside of the card. In hindsight, I probably should have used DSP pattern 1 and DSP pattern 2 for the inside.
Measurements:
The Sweet Sorbet base measures 4-1/4 by 11 inches, scored at 2-1/4 and 5-1/2 inches.
DSP (designer series paper) pattern 1 needs three pieces.
Piece 1 needs to be trimmed to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
Trim the inside piece of pattern 1 DSP to 4 by 5-3/8 inches..
For the front DSP, trim it to 2-7/8 inches by 4 inches.
NOTE: If I changed to two pieces of DSP on the inside, pattern 1 needs to be trimmed to 3 by 4 inches. The pattern 2 piece would be 2 inches by 4 inches. Here’s a picture of the inside of my prototype:
To recreate the card I pictures above, the DSP pattern 2 needs 1 piece trimmed to 2-7/8 by 4 inches.
You need two pieces of white cardstock measuring 2-5/8 by 2-5/8 inches.
Trim the Mango Melody cardstock mats to the following measurements:
Two mats trimmed to 3 by 4-1/8 inches.
One mat trimmed to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8
Two mats trimmed to 2-7/8 by 2-7/8 inches
Putting It Together:
As I started typing the directions to put this card together, I realized that pictures are worth 1,000 words. Therefore, I would highly recommend going to JanB’s video. If you follow this link, I’ve got it ready to start after all the pieces have been cut.
Please note that the triangle cut into the base of the card ne a diagonal cut. It goes from the center of the end of the cardstock base to the outside of the score line at 2-1/8 inches.
I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the pieces, except for the little Mango Melody bird on the front of the card. I placed dimensionals under that bird.
Stampin’ Up! has a numbe of all-inclusive kits available! If you have ever thought that you just couldn’t create cards, these kits are for you! Each kit comes with everything you will need, except for a stamp block in the stamping kits.
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These kits are fabulous because you don’t even need an acrylic block!
My very favorite kit is now available! If you don’t know what to get for your mother for Mother’s Day, or just a gift for yourself, these card organizer kits are FABULOUS!
I have such a hard time shopping for my mom and my aunt for holidays, birthdays, etc. So, for this past Christmas, I got two of these card organizer kits, and put them together. I also included other cards from card kits and some I had created in bulk to split between the two gifts. All total, they received a completed organizer and more than 25 cards for all different occassions. I was so proud to give each one of them this beautiful combination of cards and the love that went into each part of them.
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Welcome to the newest two-week Cardz 4 Galz challenge. Our host for challenge #194, Billie A, chose using vellum as the theme. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see all the inspiration from the rest of the design team members.
I got my color combination from the Color Hues Challenge # 59, which calls for green and gold. While most of the cards for this challenge are for St. Patrick’s Day, mine is not. I think it’s pretty striking though, and I hope you agree.
Here’s my card:
This is actually the “after” version of this card. My “before” version didn’t have the little sprigs of vellum cardstock in addition to the gold embossed vellum cardstock. Believe me, it was a challenge to get the sentiment banner off the card without ruining it or the DSP background.
The Evening Evergreen base measures 4-1/4 by 11 inches, scored at 5-1/2 inches to create a tent card.
The gold foil mat measures 4-1/8 by 5-1/8 inches. Since I only needed to border the DSP (designer series paper), I used a Stitched Rectangle die to crop out the center of the foil to use another time.
The Fancy Flora DSP measures 4 inches by 5-1/4 inches. I trimmed a 4 by 1/2 inch strip for the bottom of the inside white cardstock panel.
I trimmed a piece of Evening Evergreen 6 x 6 inch DSP to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. At the same time, I punched a 1-inch circle of coordinating DSP for the envelope seal.
I used a piece of Evening Evergreen scrap to crop the sentiment banner using the Stylish Shapes banner die.
The white panel for the inside of the card measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
That’s it for the measurements!
What I Did:
First, I wrapped some Soft Succulent open weave ribbon around the DSP front panel. I used tear-n-tape to adhere the ends on the back.
Next, I adhered both the gold foil and the DSP to the front of the card using multipurpose liquid glue.
Then, it was time to get out my embossing buddy, gold metallic embossing powder, my heat tool, and vellum.
After rubbing down the vellum cardstock with my embossing buddy, I stamped the large floral spray from the Natural Prints stamp set using VersaMark ink.
I carefully added gold embossing powder to the image and softly tapped off the excess powder.
Heat set the image using a heat tool.
Next, I repeated the embossing steps using a sentiment from Natural Prints.
After adding gold embossing powder and softly tapping off the excess, I heat set it using the heat tool.
I used the Natural Prints dies for the large spray and the small twigs. I cropped the sentiment using the banner from Stylish Shapes.
The gold embossing powder allowed me to use liquid glue on the back of the large spray to adhere it to the DSP.
I’ve already said what I had to do for the twig sprays. OOPS!
Next, I tied a double bow using the gold Simply Elegant trim around the Soft Succulent ribbon next to the sentiment.
In order to balance out the gold on both sides of the front of the card, I added three gold gems.
After adhering my strip of DSP to the inside white panel, I adhered it to the inside using liquid glue. I left the inside blank and can add a sentiment when I use the card.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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Welcome to the newest two-week Cardz 4 Galz challenge. For challenge #193, our host, Pamela, picked Red with Pink for a color challenge. When you finish here, I hope you will visit our challenge website to see what the rest of the design team created. It’s always so interesting to see how each person put their individual mark on the challenge.
Here’s my red and pink card, which pretty much evolved as I went along:
I used retired DSP (designer series paper), two of the Scalloped Contour dies, vellum cardstock, and the Framed Florets and Art Gallery stamp sets. The bronze butterflies were completely a last minute addition.
What I Did:
The Poppy Parade base measures 4-1/4 by 11 inches, scored at 5-1/2 inches.
I cropped the Petal Pink cardstock using the largest Scalloped Contours die.
Next, I trimmed the DSP to fit inside the frame of the scallops. It measures 3-3/8 by 4-3/4 inches. I also trimmed a piece of DSP to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap and punched a one inch circle to use to create the envelope seal.
Then, I cropped the top layer of vellum cardstock using a smaller die from Scalloped Contours.
I stamped the flower using the stamps in the Art Gallery set using Poppy Parade ink. To get the variations in the color, I stamped off once for the base part of the flower.
Then I stamped the leaves and stem using Soft Suede.
Next, I stamped the sentiment using one from the Framed Florets stamp set in Momento Tuxedo Black ink.
Then, I cropped the sentiment using a rectangle die. I used the coordinating dies for the flower and stem. Both pieces had dimensionals added
After trimming Petal Pink and Poppy Parade matting layers, I added dimensionals to the underside of the sentiment.
I adhered the Petal Pink scalloped layer and the DSP layers to the base of the card using multipurpose liquid glue.
Next, I added the flower pieces and sentiment panel to the vellum. Once they were in place, I could add liquid glue to the back of the vellum so the pieces would hide the adhesive.
I tied a triple bow using linen thread and attached it using mini glue dots.
I added a piece of white cardstock measuring 5-1/4 by 4 inches using liquid glue.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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Welcome to the latest Cardz 4 Galz two week challenge. Our host for this two-week challenge #192, Debbie chose Add Three Hearts for the theme. When you finish here, I hope you will hop over to the challenge website to see the cards created by the rest of the design team. There’s an abundance of inspiration to be found on the site. Please remember to upload your creation to our gallery.
On Tuesday I shared a postcard type card I made for my great-nephew to share with his pre-school class which you can see here. Today, I am sharing one of the twenty postcards card I made for his sister to share with her pre-school class.
Here’s the postcard for my great-niece to share:
Here’s the back:
I created these cards using the same process as the ones for my nephew’s exchange cards.
I used Balmy Blue dark blend for the owl’s eyes.
Real Red dark blend was used for the bowtie. Then, I outlined it using a white gel pen.
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Welcome to the newest Cardz 4 Galz bi-weekly challenge! Helen, our host, chose creating a shaped card for the theme this time. I turned to Pinterest and found a cat shaped card by Debbie Henderson, a Stampin’ Up! demo in Maine. Her stuff is always so creative and I really enjoy getting inspiration from her! When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge website. The other projects are fabulous!
Here’s my card:
After I decided to CASe Debbie’s cat card, I saw Su Mohr’s card on her blog and decided to use the Split Texture die to create dimension on the cat.
Measurements and Assembly:
The Crumb Cake base measures 4-1/4 by 12 inches.
Score at 5-1/2, 6, and 6-1/2 inches to create a mountain fold bottom.
Using a ruler, measure 2-1/8 inches to the center of the top portion of the front of the card.
Next, I measured down 1-1/2 inches in the center of the card and trimmed from the diagonal corners. This created the ears.
Using the Artfully Layered stamp set (retired, but I wanted the words and the leaves that look like hearts), I randomly stamped on the front using Crumb Cake ink.
I cropped 2 of the Split Textured dies from Crumb Cake cardstock. One is upside down, but it adds just a bit more texture to the front.
Align the split triangle dies and trim the overlap at the bottom.
Adhere to the front using multipurpose glue. I only put glue on the outside edges and the intersections of the patterns.
Punch, or crop, 2 1-inch circles from black cardstock for the eyes. Add a basic pearl jewel to each circle.
Punch, or crop, 2 1-1/2-inch circles in white cardstock.
I used Petal Pink ink and a splatter stamp for the front of each “cheek”
Fussy cut one of the small Petal Pink hearts from the Country Floral Lane 12 x 12 inch DSP (designer series paper) for the nose.
Using the same DSP package, I trimmed strips of hearts on Petal Pink for the whiskers.
There are dimensionals under the eyes and cheeks.
I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the whiskers and the heart to the front of the cheeks.
Finally, I tied a bow from the Petal Pink organdy ribbon and adhered it to one of the ears using a mini-glue dot.
I haven’t added a sentiment on the back yet because I have to figure out who will be getting this cutie for Valentine’s Day.
With that, I’d finished my shaped card for this challenge.
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Welcome to Just Peachy Stamping by Sue Jackson: an independent Stampin' Up demonstrator.
Through Stampin' Up!, I happily share my love of papercrafting through sales, classes, small stamping group meet-ups and workshops. I think that being a teacher in my "real life", I have a unique approach to sharing my fantastic hobby. I look forward to connecting with you!
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