Welcome to the newest Cardz 4 Guyz challenge! The theme for this two-week challenge is using any coloring medium. The Rainy Days suite is just wonderful, and I am thoroughly looking forward to getting the dies and loose flowers which were on backorder until this past weekend. When you finish here, I hope you will head over to the challenge site to see the projects from the rest of the design team members. I always enjoy seeing how others interpret the theme.
Here’s my coloring card:
The sketch and optional theme of weather from the Try Stamping on Tuesday # 598 gave me the layout of this card. I am also adding it to the gallery for the Creative Creases challenge.
I used the sketch from the Try Stampin’ on Tuesday #598 challenge sketch for my layout. I turned the sketch so it’s landscape, but you can definitely see the inspiration there. I used clear sequins for the stars in the center of the sketch, and the dots on either end, which can easily be seen if you click on the photo above.
Here’s the Try Stampin’ on Tuesday sketch:
Measurements:
The Balmy Blue base measures 4-1/4 by 11 inches, scored at 2-3/4 and 5-1/2 inches.
I used four pieces of the umbrella DSP (designer series paper). The inside piece measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
The piece for the envelope flap measures 6 by 2-1/2 inches.
Finally, there are 2 pieces trimmed to 4-1/8 by 2-5/8 inches for the two shorter ends.
I trimmed a piece of Balmy Blue for the outside and Basic White for the inside. Each piece measures 3-1/4 by 4-1/4 inches. I did embossed the Balmy Blue using the raindrop embossing folder before I trimmed it to the final size.
I trimmed the banner to two inches wide and punched the diagonal ends using the Pick-a-Banner punch. I used the shiny paper from the Regency Park suite of products.
Finally, I punched a 1-inch circle from coordinating DSP for the envelope seal.
Assembly:
I adhered all the DSP pieces using multipurpose liquid adhesive.
Then, I put a couple of drops of white craft ink on an acrylic block and used a finger daubber to lightly add white to the Balmy Blue embossed cardstock.
Using an empty clear Wink of Stella pen, I added a tiny amount of glitter ink to each raindrop..
Next, I used the Stamparatus to stamp the turtle using black ink. I cleaned the stamp, and restamped it using VersaMark ink. After covering the turtle in clear embossing powder, I heat set it with my heat tool.
I used the Mango Melody and Old Olive blends combos to color in the turtle using the DSP turtle as a guide. I pretty pleased with the way it turned out and I assure you that I really did color it. When I finished, I fussy cut that turtle and the turle on the inside from another piece of DSP.
Next, I stamped the sentiment and umbrella on the inside white panel. I colored the umbrella using an Old Olive Stamping Write Marker.
I added a piece of Old Olive ribbon to the front of the banner and then tied some white bakers’ twine around the ribbon.
I added dimesnionals under the banner and the turtle for the front.
Adhere the Balmy Blue piece to the front flop of the Balmy Blue base.
Adhere the pieces using the dimensionals.
I added three sequins to the banner on. the front. Then, I added three sequins to the top right and lower left corners.
Next, I added the white cardstock to the inside of the card.
HINT: I’ve found it’s easier to add the inside cardstock by working from the back side of the front.
After putting the front Balmy Blue piece face down, I can line up the white cardstock to the front piece.
Then, add liquid glue to the backside of the white cardstock.
Turn the back of the card over onto the white cardstock. This way,. your pieces will line up.
Add the turtle using liquid glue to the inside corner of the white cardstock.
With that, I’d finished this cute as a button coordinated card envelope, and envelope seal set.
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.
Here are just four of the kits available:
Just click on the image to see a larger picture of the kit!
Non-Stamping Kits!
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.
Take a look at just a few of these other non-stamping kits:
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s March Blog Hop! Despite the occasional cold spell or snowfall in some areas, we are well into Spring – and we are ready for the flowers to bloom. We are excited to share our flower-filled creations with you and hope you love them! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
Before I do anything else, let me share my card for the Hop:
The rabbit’s shirt on the front has flowers, you can see flowers peeking out on the DSP (designer series paper) on the front, flowers on the second panel, and I stamped some on the last panel. Flowers are everywhere!
The theme for the current Make My Monday challenge, hosted by yours truly, is spring colors. You can see my first card for the challenge here. This card fits as well.
I’ll also be entering this in the As You See It #29 challenge and the Creative Creases Challenge. You can see both banners below:
Mary Deatherage from Stamps-n-Lingers
I could not have made this card as relatively easy as I did without a tremendous amount of help from Mary Deatherage. If you haven’t been to Mary’s Stamps-n-Lingers blog, please visit her site! The woman is a collage and/or fun fold queen and her written and verbal directions are absolutely fabulous! Part of what I love when CASe’ing her cards is that her directions for the measurements are up front. I enjoy getting all my pieces cut first, and then putting everything together. Here’s her blog post for this fun fold. She also included a PDF of directions and, with her permission, I’ve attached it here:
So, there you have it! Basically, I followed her directions but used different DSP patterns. I used a bunny for the front mainly because the bunny has flowers on his shirt.
Since I don’t have the dies yet (!) so I had to fussy cut the additional clouds, the bunny, and the turtle on the inside. I also don’t have the tiny flowers either. Both are supposed to be available on March 20, 2023. I already have my order ready and just have to add the dies and flowers and submit it.
After I had gotten everything put together, I decided I wanted clouds to peek out from the back of the card. Therefore, I used my embossing buddy before stamping the trio of clouds using VersaMark ink. Then, I covered it with white embossing powder and heat set it with my heat tool. So cute!
Back to the InKing Royalty Blog Hop:
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Jan Dufour at Stamp me Silly. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!
CoThank you for hopping along with us. If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide:
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.
Here are just four of the kits available:
Just click on the image to see a larger picture of the kit!
Non-Stamping Kits!
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.
Take a look at just a few of these other non-stamping kits:
Do you live in the United States? Do you want to place an order? Of course you do!
If you are placing an order under $150, please use the host code below.
If you are placing an order over $150, please contact me first so you can take advantage of the Stampin’ Rewards for your order!
HOST CODE for MARCH, 2023 is N46V3KNP.
Again, thank you for stopping by today! Please take another moment and leave a comment.
Welcome to the newest Make My Monday two-week challenge. It’s my turn to host, and I chose spring colors as the theme. The theme’s only requirement is that you use spring colors in your project. Anything else goes! When you finish here, I hope you will visit the blog site to see the inspiring projects from the rest of the design team.
Here’s my spring colors envelope flap fun fold card:
I’ve seen so many of these online, but for some strange and unknown reason, didn’t save them for the measurements. Therefore I had to figure out what would work for my card.
Since it is a fun fold, that means I get to submit it to the Creative Creases challenge! This challenge is my go-too challenge because the only requirement is that the card be a fun fold of more than one fold.
Here’s the Creative Creases Challenge banner:
Measurements:
The Shaded Spruce base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored by 4-1/4 inches.
I used the largest Scalloped Contour die in white cardstock for the front.
Then, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to 5-1/2 by 4 inches for the inside panel.
The Regency Park DSP (designer series paper) started off as a 5-1/2 by 3-7/8 inches.
Score the DSP at 1-1/2 inches.
After putting a tick mark at the top center, trim the diagonals from the center down to each 1-1/2 inch fold.
HINT: I found it’s easier to have the envelope flap open and close using a steeper diagonal. The longer the envelope flap DSP, the more difficult it will be to open and close the card.
Next, I trimmed a piece of the DSP to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. I also punched a 1-inch circle for the envelope seal out of coordinating DSP.
The Balmy Blue DSP measures 3-3/8 by 4-5/8 inches so it fits inside the scalloped frame.
I cropped a black cardstock circle using the largest Stylish Shapes circle die.
Stamping and Assembly:
First, I added the envelope flap DSP piece to the back of the card base.
Then, I stamped the Hand-Penned Petals outline stamp on a scrap of white cardstock using Momento Tuxedo Black ink.
Next, I used Balmy Blue, Petal Pink, and Mango Melody to stamp the interior of the flowers.
I used Shaded Spruce for the leaves.
Following the flowers on the DSP, I colored the pink and mango centers using my Sweet Sorbet marker. Each center is actually just a bunch of dots.
Next, I used my Mango Melody marker to color a bunch of dots in the center of the Balmy Blue flower.
Then, I used a regular white gel pen to add lines to the flowers and leaves to mimic the designs in the DSP.
Using the coordinating die set, crop the floral image.
After outlining the image with my Mango Melody marker, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere it to the black circle. The colors just pop off the black background.
I used the embossing buddy on the Balmy Blue DSP then stamped the sentiment using VersaMark ink.
Cover the sentiment with black embossing powder and heat set with your heat tool.
Adhere the blue DSP to the white scalloped frame using liquid glue.
I used the same floral image in Mango Melody ink for the inside white cardstock panel.
Then, I stamped another sentiment from the Hand-Penned Petals stamp set in Momento Tuxedo black.
Finally, I figured out where I needed to place dimensionals on the back of the black cardstock circle. The right side needs to stay open to allow the flap to slip under the circle. I added dimensionals at 12 o’clock, 6 o’clock, and 9 o’clock on the black of the circle.
Finally,after figuring out how far in the envelope flap would reach, I added a dimensional in the center of the circle.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Stampin’ Up! has a bunch 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.
Here are just four of the kits available:
Just click on the image to see a larger picture of the kit!
Non-Stamping Kits!
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.
Take a look at just a few of these other non-stamping kits:
Do you live in the United States? Do you want to place an order? Of course you do!
If you are placing an order under $150, please use the host code below.
If you are placing an order over $150, please contact me first so you can take advantage of the Stampin’ Rewards for your order!
HOST CODE for MARCH, 2023 is N46V3KNP.
Again, thank you for stopping by today! Please take another moment and leave a comment.
This month, our blog hop theme is Party Time! We hope you will be inspired by all the beautiful creations the Pals made for you! As you hop from blog to blog, we would love for you to leave a comment. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
Here’s my party time card:
Since I’ve used the book binding easel fold, this card also qualifies for the Creative Creases Challenge. If you love fun folds, this challenge is for you because that’s the only requirement!
I’ve already posted two of these bookbinding easel fun fold cards. You can see them here and here. The second link has directions and step-by-step pictures for creating this fun fold card.
For today’s card, instead of using a full front panel, I used two diagonal panels.
For today’s card, I used two diagonal panels instead of the whole panel for the front.
To create the diagonal panels, trim a piece of DSP to 1/8 inch less than your width and height of the front part of the card.
Then, trim the DSP in half diagonally from the top right side down to the bottom left side.
If the panels don’t fit the way you want, you can trim down the sides down.
HINT: Don’t trim on the diagonal line because the pattern won’t line back up properly.
For this card, I used the scalloped border die from the Scalloped Contours die set and a piece of an adhesive foam sheet to create the stop for the easel part of the card.
I’m kind of stinking pleased the way the inside Scalloped Contour white cardstock sits under the scalloped stop for the easel.
These cards are super cute and fun to make! I hope you try one out soon!
Back to the Pals’ Blog Hop:
More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. The Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on April 12, 2023, when our theme will be Flowers in the Garden, showcasing cards/projects that use flowers as the focal point of the project.
Starting on March 1, 2023, Stampin’ Up! released an ONLINE EXCLUSIVE line of products! I’ve already gotten my Irresistible Blooms bundle, and the DSP will be joining my stash of DSP next week!
Just Look at These Exclusive Products!
Even though the two circle punches are at the end of the following product line, they are well worth getting! I use my circle punches very often and they are worth the investment!
Do you live in the United States? Do you want to place an order? Of course you do!
If you are placing an order under $150, please use the host code below.
If you are placing an order over $150, please contact me first so you can take advantage of the Stampin’ Rewards for your order!
HOST CODE for MARCH, 2023 is N46V3KNP
Again, thank you for stopping by today! Please take another moment and leave a comment.
Welcome to the newest two-week Make My Monday challenge! Our host for #195, Mary V., chose Just Tag It as the theme. I’ve seen the creations from the rest of the design team, and they are as fabulous as they are varied. You don’t want to miss the inspiration, so please visit the challenge site when you are finished here. I’m looking forward to seeing what you create and add to the gallery.
I created a fun fold card using the Adorable Owls stamp set and the Happy Forest DSP (designer series paper). The Adorable Owls stamp set is available FREE with a $50 purchase until midnight (CST) on 02/28/2023! Don’t delay!
Here’s my card:
This fun fold will stand up on it’s own, as shown in the top set of photos. I’m also entering it in the current Creative Creases Challenge. I thoroughly enjoy that challenge because I love creating fun folds and that’s the only requirement since the rest of the challenge is always anything goes.
Taking part in the Creative Creases Challenge means that I also get to enter this card in the Double Trouble Challenge as well.
Measurements:
The Old Olive base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
Make a tick mark on the open side of the card two inches up from the bottom.
Then trim the front of the card diagonally from the top fold corner down to the tick mark.
The Old Olive flap measures 5-1/2 by 3-5/8 inches, scored at 1 inch so the front part of the flap measures 4-1/2 by 3-5/8 inches.
Trim two pieces of Calypso Coral cardstock. The first measures 3-3/8 by 4-3/8 inches. The second piece measures 4 inches by 2-1/8 inches.
The ribbon covers most of the top, but I did punch it using a tag topper punch.
Next, I trimmed two pieces of white cardstock. The front tap piece measures 2 by 3-3/8 inches. The piece for the inside sentiment measures 2 by 3-7/8 inches.
I used scraps for the two Stylish Shapes circles for the inside owls. Since the backside of the flying owl would show, I also cropped an Old Olive circle to adhere to the back of the finished owl circle.
Trimming and Adhering the DSP layers:
The inside DSP piece measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
The top flap DSP measures 3-1/8 by 4-1/4 inches.
To create the diagonal piece of Calypso Coral DSP, I first trimmed the piece to 5-3/8 by 4-1/8 inches.
Then, I added a tick mark at 2 inches from the bottom on the right hand side of the DSP.
Next, I trimmed the DSP diagonally from the top left corner to the tick mark on the right hand side.
Then, I trimmed another piece of the Calypso Coral DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. I punched a 1 inch circle of the inside DSP for the envelope seal.
The Old Olive flap must be adhered first. I just eyeballed it to center the flap. Line up the crease of the flap with the top of the base of the card and adhere using multipurpose liquid glue.
Then, I adhered the inside and diagonal pieces of DSP using multipurpose liquid glue.
The same goes for the Calypso Coral cardstock and DSP on the flap of the card for the front.
Stamping and Coloring:
I stamped all three owls and the flap and inside sentiment in Momento Tuxedo Black.
Use an embossing buddy to clean off the Calypso Coral DSP. Stamp the sentiment using Versamark and cover with black embossing powder. Heat set with a heat tool.
I colored the owls using the Calypso Coral and Crumb Cake blends combos.
The faces and torsos were colored using the ivory blend.
I used the light Old Olive blend for the eyes.
Finally, I used the SU300 from the medium deep natural tone blends for the beaks and feet.
After coloring, I cropped two of the owls using the middle circle from the Stylish Shapes die set. Then, I adhered the middle owl to the Old Olive circle I’d previously cropped.
Stamp the sentiments on the flap and the inside using Momento Tuxedo Black ink.
Adhere the owl tag to the Calypso Coral cardstock Add dimensionals under the tag..
Tie a bow using the Faux Suede Early Espresso ribbon and attach with a glue dot.
Add faux stitching around the inside sentiment panel using a black marker.
Adhere the inside sentiment panel and owls using multipurpose liquid glue.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated fun fold card, envelope, and envelope seal.
NOTE: This card will require extra postage because of all the layers.
March 1, 2023 starts a new online exclusive promotion. The flyer below is a preview of just some of the wonderful products available. There are two returning colors in the set of DSP paper, including Pretty Peacock which has been one of my favorites.
Again, thank you for stopping by my blog today. Please take just another second to leave a comment. Thank you!
Welcome to the newest two-week Cardz 4 Guyz challenge, Our host, Dawn, chose Something Sporty as the theme for #316. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the all the projects from the rest of the design team members.
For a few years, I’ve been making cards for a work colleague’s family birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, etc. His father’s birthday is at the beginning of March, and the only request was to use the colors of the Mets baseball team. Therefore, I used Pacific Point and Calypso Coral to create a beachy scene. We’re in Florida, so the beach is definitely something “sporty”. At least that’s my story for this challenge.
Here’s my double z-fold card:
I added the white panel to the back of the card so there’d be enough room to write a note and sign it.
Measurements:
The Pacific Point base measures 11 by 4-1/4 inches, scored at 2-3/4 and 5-1/2 inches.
Two of the dark DSP (designer series paper) panels measure 2-5/8 by 4-1/8 inches. The third measures 5-3/8 by 4-1/8 inches.
The Calypso Coral DSP strip measures 11 inches by 1-1/2 inches, scored at 2-3/4 and 5-1/2 inches.
The white panel on the back measures 5-3/8 by 4-1/8 inches.
The last cut measures 6 by 2-1/2 inches of the Calypso Coral DSP for the envelope flap.
Assembly:
I used multipurpose liquid glue to attach the Pacific Point DSP panels.
Next, I attached the Calypso Coral DSP. Just make sure that the 5-1/2 inch side to the front fold only. The shorter pieces go on the right side of the card. You only want to adhere the short panel to the inside, right side.
I stamped the pier using Momento Tuxedo Black ink. Then, I colored the piers using Cajun Craze blends. I colored the pelican using a Basic Grey marker. The final coloring was done using the Basic Black marker to outline the rope. Then, I cropped the piece using the die from the Waves die set. I adhered it using dimensionals.
Next, I cropped two of the waves using the same die set. I used white cardstock for the bottom layer and the Calypso Coral DSP for the top layer. After layering the two pieces, I attached them to the Calypso Coral DSP strip.
I used the sentiment from the stamp set on white cardstock then cropped it using a die from the waves set. I added white ribbon to each of the ends, then attached only the left side to the front fold.
Finally, I stamped the wave in Calypso Coral on the white cardstock. Then I stamped the sentiment in Pacific Point.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card and envelope set.
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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!
