We were away on a 5 week cross Canada camping trip and in the weeks leading up to it we were trying to fit in visits with family and friends, appointments as well as outfitting our new trailer. We haven't been camping in 20 years! I ended up getting behind in my nursing home donation cards, so I wanted to make several batches so I could catch up. Here is one of those batches...
I had one sheet of this balloon patterned paper (12 x 12") so cut it up and ended up with these nine birthday cards. I'll likely donate 5 in August and the remaining 4 will go into the September bin as I don't like to have too many similar cards in a single month.
For the A2 sized cards, I did two of each design. I haven't used that cute balloon from Your Next Stamp in a long time and had forgotten what a perfect size it is. The bow and string were penned with a black marker. Before I die cut the balloons, I sprinkled white card stock with some water colour pigments and spritzed them with water. When the sheet was dry I cut the balloons.
I used up the whole sheet of patterned paper, getting eight A2 sized cards and one Slimline.
Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally.
Card Tally for 2023 January - 53 cards February - 56 cards
March - 55 cards
April - 32 cards
May - 43 cards
June - 34 cards
July so far - 45 cards
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Supplies Used:
Patterned paper - the Color of Memories, American Crafts
Big Balloons - Your Next Stamp
Black marker
Lindy's Magical Shakers - there are lots of these water colour powder pigments available from your local stamping/scrapbook store or online. I've had these for years, since a little goes a LONG way.
Hello my crafty friends. Today I'm sharing a card duo combining a new die set with older stamps for this fun shaped card duo.
I enjoy making shaped cards, and when I saw this new Birthday Cake die from Honey Bee (linked below) I could immediately see it's versatility. It fits in a standard A2 envelope, is quick and easy to make and I think it would even make cute Gift Card Holders! There is a coordinating stamp set as well, but since I had the older MFT sentiment stamp sets that refer to cake I opted not to get the Honey Bee one. Yet. 😉
For the first card, I cut the inner cake rectangles (which is a single die - YAY!) from some alcohol inked looking paper, inked the edges then stamped each layer with Happy Birthday. I added tiny pink glittery stickers on the icing portion and then some of the larger ones onto the stamped oval.
Here is a peek at the inside of the first card ...
For the second card, I used a dot stamp from Taylored Expressions (from their Sweet Scoop stamp/stencil set) on the icing, and cut the cake portion from a background I made a couple of years ago using Colorbursts spritzed with water.
Below is the inside of the second card. I'm so happy that these older stamp sets will get lots of use again, and look forward to making more of these cards. They will be fun for my nursing home donation cards as well, as they stand nicely for display.
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Additional Supplies: Circle stickers - Stampendous (old, from my stash) Patterned paper - Guilded Ink, Recollections White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca) Grey alcohol marker Get your Cake On - MFT Stamps (retired) Big Birthday Sentiments - MFT Stamps (retired) Sweet Scoops stamp/stencil duo - Taylored Expressions Colorbursts, Magical Shakers etc (water colour powders)
Hello! The newest Fun Friday Challenge #168 at Your Next Stamp is a Birthday Theme. I made a water coloured pop up card using many items from the new release and the details on how you can enter to win a prize are further down my post. Since this is a pop up card, it also qualifies for Fun Fold Friday here on my blog. 😊
I have always loved the random colour you get from pigment sprinkles spritzed with water. The first time I saw them I was HOOKED and that is what I used to colour the white heat embossed background panel.
Inside, I created a Pop Up and will link my simple Box Pop Up tutorial below as well as in my YouTube description.
#1 – Would you like the chance to win a YNS stamp set? Leave a comment on the Your Next Stamp Blog by September 22, 2021 at midnight EST to be entered in the random drawing. Want more entries in the drawing? Leave comments on YNS’ IG and FB pages too!
#2 – Would you like the chance to win a YNS store e-gift card? Play along with the challenge! Link up your creation at the bottom of the post on the YNS BLOG by September 30th, 2021 at midnight EST to be entered in the random drawing to win a $15.00 YNS gift certificate. If your creation contains YNS products and you are the random winner then you receive an extra $5.00.
This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!
Supplies I'm unable to link: Brusho,Color Bursts, Lindy's Stamp Gang, (pigment powders) Sparkle embossing powder - Stamp A Mania
Hello! Today I'm sharing my weekly Design Team post for Crafty Meraki and I used two items from the new release called Meraki Cheer. The Radiance Stamp set has been featured several times by the Design Team with amazing colouring. I know not everyone enjoys or is able to do detailed colouring so I wanted to show you a different way to add colour to pretty stamped images. After white heat embossing the floral image off the bottom edge of my white panel, I sprinkled it with water colour sprinkles and spritzed it with water. When it was dry I adhered it to my yellow Slimline card base.
I did move some of the colour around with a water brush, as you get a completely random look with these sprinkles (think Color Bursts, Brusho as brand names) and sometimes there are 'bare' spots. You never get the same look twice with these sprinkles.
I adore the Word dies with Shadows from Crafty Meraki ... so many options with a single die set! Here I chose to use the inner script and outline, but didn't add the shadow die as well. The outline was cut from gold foil card stock.
Inside I cut two white panels, and added pigment sprinkles to the largest one and spritzed it with water. When dry there were layered and adhered inside the card for room to write a note.
One more look ...
"Crafty Meraki is a tribe of women who are all creators but more importantly, love helping others in any way we can!
Meraki (may-rah-kee) a verb, or adverb, a Modern Greek word, derived from the Turkish “Merak” (Labor of love, to do something with pleasure), is applied to tasks, usually, creative or artistic tasks, but can be applied to any task at all. Meraki means to do something with passion, with absolute devotion, with undivided attention.
Crafty Meraki was born out of a vision to help creators do what they love doing the most- to create!"
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Additional Supplies: Card stocks - stash Pigment Sprinkles (Stampin' Up) Shimmer Spray Gold foil card stock - Stampin' Up Copic markers Bling - gems from a Diamond Painting Kit Card size - 8.5 x 3.5", fits in a #9 or #10 Business Envelope
Hello! I'm sharing my weekly Crafty Meraki Design Team Post and today I used the Floral Hugs stamp and created a 'Faker Shaker'. I started with water colour paper and white heat embossed the Floral Hugs onto a Mini Slimline sized panel. Then I sprinkled Pigment Sprinkles on top and spritzed the panel with water. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the look of these pigment sprinkles (or Brusho or Color Burst etc). In some areas the colour had to be spread around with a brush, and I used Water Colour Markers and a water brush to pain in the HUGS so it would stand out.
Once the panel was dry, I trimmed the water colour panel to 5-1/2 x 3-1/4", matted it on white card stock and added it inside a cello bag. If you would like a tutorial on creating a 'Faker Shaker', you can click HERE to see my earlier YouTube video.
I kept the filler simple and fairly flat as I worry that faceted gems might tear through the cello bag as the card goes through the mail.
"Crafty Meraki is a tribe of women who are all creators but more importantly, love helping others in any way we can!
Meraki (may-rah-kee) a verb, or adverb, a Modern Greek word, derived from the Turkish “Merak” (Labor of love, to do something with pleasure), is applied to tasks, usually, creative or artistic tasks, but can be applied to any task at all. Meraki means to do something with passion, with absolute devotion, with undivided attention.
Crafty Meraki was born out of a vision to help creators do what they love doing the most- to create!"
Supplies: Floral Hugs - Crafty Meraki White embossing powder Mini MISTI - My Sweet Petunia Water colour card stock water brush Jane Davenport Watercolor Markers Shimmer Spray Pigment Sprinkles - Stampin' Up Clear cello bag Card stocks - stash Coarse Glitter - Recollections Filler - Mommy Panda Supplies (Etsy) Black sharpie Ribbon - Stampin' Up Card size - 6 x 3.5", fits in a #8 envelope
Today I'm sharing a different way to use the new Rocket Pop-Up die set. I made a flat card, but it's still interactive because the rocket spins and travels around the circle track!
To make the spinner track, first I adhered a piece of the Galaxy wide washi tape to a panel of white card stock, and cut that out with the largest Crosshatch Rectangle. Then I die cut a Crosshatch Circle from that rectangle. I added foam tape to the rectangle, being careful to leave room for a penny to slide easily inside the circle. There is a scant 1/8" width of foam tape on the outer edge of the rectangle by the circle. This was adhered to the front of a deep blue folded A2 card.
I nestled the Crosshatch Circle back into the opening, adhering it directly to the blue card, which gave me a seamless galaxy background with a crosshatch detail on the track. Then I die cut a smaller circle from a Colorburst/Magical Shaker background from my stash and added foam tape leaving 1/4" free around the outer edge. That allows a penny to slide around the track easily. I like to add at least one penny to my sliders as the weight allows the item to slide easier. We don't have pennies anymore in Canada so whenever I visit the US I make sure to save a few for my slider cards. The circle was centred on the Crosshatch Circle and adhered.
I added a small piece of acetate under the window - I like the shine this gives when the card catches the light. I outlined the blue pearl rocket with a silver Sharpie marker for an additional detail.
Here is a peek at the inside ...
I will include a short YouTube video so you can see how the rocket spins and rocks around the track. So fun and a different way to use the dies. Our dies are an investment and I love sharing different ways to use them!
Supplies
Washi tape - Altenew
1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston
1057 Circles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston
Slider Disk - MFT Stamps
Penny (a coin)
1105 Rocket Pop-Up - Karen Burniston, shipping mid July 2019
Blue, black and white card stocks
Silver foil card stock
Acetate scrap
Scraps of Colour Burst panel
Color Bursts & Magical Shakers
Silver Sharpie
Black Sharpie
1104 Triple Flip (Fishtail banner and postage rectangle) - Karen Burniston, shipping mid July 2019
The Design Team can start to share Sneak Peeks of Karen Burnitson' new release, so that is what I used for my card today. There are such FUN dies in this release!!
I kept the front nice and simple, because the fun is on the inside. There is a great new die set that says "Enjoy the Ride", but this astronaut from the new Space Charms looked like he was waving so I chose the new 'Howdy' instead. Oh, these Space Charms are going to get a good work out for sure - they are so fun! I simply snipped off the hanging hole to make them card elements, but as charms they will be really cute too. I added the astronaut to the card front with a paper spring for even more fun.
Below you can see the card as it is opening and you get your first peek at the Rocket Pop-Up!!
Ta Da!!! The rocket ship lifts and hovers above the moonscape when the card is opened. I am absolutely crazy about this die set and have LOTS of ideas for it. When I went to make my card, I decided to open my wide 'Galaxy' Washi Tape for it. I've had this tape for months and have yet to use it. Well let me tell you, as pretty as it is, it is really hard to get anything to STICK to it. I finally had to resort to red-liner tape because wet glue was just popping off like the stuff was made of silicone. So ... just a heads up. I will use it for some of my other Rocket ideas, but as backgrounds and not where I have to attach something to it securely as you do with a Pop-Up mechanism. NOTE: I wonder if maybe I wasn't leaving the glue to set long enough on the slick surface of the mechanism. While the tapes lifted off easily, everything is nice and secure now.
I was wondering what I could die cut the moonscape etc from, when I remembered I have several sheets done with Color Burst/Magical Shakers. I pulled one out that I hadn't been keen on but it worked perfectly! I cut the spaceship, stars, moonscape, flames, Howdy, astronaut visor etc all from the one sheet.
It's hard to see in the photo, but I put a small piece of acetate behind the window so it reflects the light when you open the card.
As Karen B. did on her packaging, I added one of the little martian charms into the spaceship charm - snipping the hanging holes off of both. Again - hard to see in the photo but the wide piece of the spaceship is actually silver foiled card stock like on the rocket 'wings'. In the photo below it looks like white!
Finally, here is another view so you can get a look look at the Pop-Up. Have I said how much I like this new Rocket Pop-Up??
I thought you might like to see the Color Burst/Magical Shaker card stock I did my die cutting from. The sheet is 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" (half of a letter sized sheet) and honestly, it was a hot mess on it's own. But I knew I could die cut SOMETHING from the sections I liked so I kept it with the ones I did like.
I have also added a video for you so you can see the pop-up dimension a little better.
Supplies: 1005 Rocket Pop-Up - Karen Burniston - shipping mid July 2019 Blue, white and black card stocks 1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston Galaxy Washi Tape - Altenew Blue Stardream card stock Color Bursts and Magical Shakers Silver foil card stock Transparency scrap Nuvo Glitter Pen 1009 Space Charms - Karen Burniston - shipping mid July 2019 Crayola marker 1100 Howdy - Karen Burniston - shipping mid July 2019 Silver Sharpie marker Sakura black glaze pen Sakura white gel pen Mission Control stamp and stars - Space Explorer, MFT Stamps 1089 Rockin Rectangle Pop-Up (rectangle die) - Karen Burniston
I decided to pull out this Ice Cream Cone die set by Joset at Elizabeth Craft Designs for my card share today.
I also grabbed one of my Color Burst/Magical Shaker pieces that I did awhile ago and cut several of the ice cream scoops from that. There wasn't enough to do all four ice cream cones the same, so ...
... two of them have a chocolate scoop on top!
The inside of each card is the same.
The cards will be donated to my Mom's nursing home and I think the residents will enjoy them.
Supplies: Patterned paper - Pink and Main Stitched Rectangle dies - Your Next Stamp Ice Cream Cone die set - Elizabeth Craft Designs Kraft, white, brown, red and orange card stocks Color Burst and Magical Shakers Sakura white gel pen Sakura sparkle gel pen Oval dies - Hero Arts Stitched Fishtail Banner die - Your Next Stamp Stamp on the card fronts - Twice the Wishes, MFT Stamps MISTI - My Sweet Petunia Stamps inside - Avery Elle Nuvo Crystal Drops
I have had this die for over a year, and it was fun to pull it out again and make some cards to donate to my Mom's nursing home. If you follow my blog, you will know that I'm now making 20 - 25 birthday cards each month for the residents there.
To start my first six cards, I cut the Happy Birthday Centerpiece die once from each of the colours, and twice from black. Then it was just a matter of inlaying all the bits and pieces back into their openings, alternating colours!
Some of the panels were raised up with foam tape, and others were adhered right to the card front. It was a little fiddly, but a very relaxing way to spend a couple of evenings. Tip: After die cutting each panel, I held it over a piece of white paper and made sure all the little bits fell onto their sheets. That made it much easier to choose my colours and find all the pieces I wanted to inlay. I had one sheet with the coral pieces, one for the green etc etc.
I'm really happy at how cheerful these cards turned out!
All of the cards are the same inside, and I coloured the heart to match each card. Love using my MISTI for multiple cards as I'm guaranteed to get perfectly placed, perfectly stamped images on every single card.
I made these final two cards as I wanted to see if I could use the die for cards that went a little quicker but still had lots of impact. Worked out like a charm, but I have to say it was very hard for me to put the leftover bits into recycling!
I have a stash of water coloured panels done using Colorburst and Magical Shakers, so used two of those for these two cards.
Supplies: Happy Birthday Centrepiece die - MFT Stamps White, coral, turquoise, green and black card stocks Stickles Blueprints #13 (stitched rectangle) - MFT Stamps MISTI - My Sweet Petunia Stamp inside - MFT Stamps Stitched rectangle die - Elizabeth Craft Designs Fine point markers
Since it's getting closer to Halloween, I thought I'd make another Halloween card. This time I used the Victorian themed stickers that I received from Violette Stickers. I also pulled out one of my background panels done months ago using Colorburst and Magical Shakers since the colours were perfect for the theme.
Inside I used Karen Burniston's Cupcake Pop-Up to animate the decorated crosshatch circle and fishtail banner. I also wanted a decorative edge on my card, so used the stitched scalloped border die from the Tropical Scenes. That one gets quite a work out in my craft room!
Below is a side view so you can see the pop-up a little better ...
The addition of a couple of black sequins break up the flatness of the black, and I added the die cut BOO to a stitched fishtail banner.
The ghosts were die cut from vellum and trapped under the Happy Halloween oval. That way you don't see any adhesive showing through the vellum, and they are 'light and floaty' looking. I went over the bat with a black glaze pen for some additional shine.
Supplies:
1008 Cupcake Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
Stickers - Violette Stickers
White and black card stocks
Colorburst - Ken Oliver Magical Shakers - Lindy's Stamp Gang
1038 Tropical Scene (stitched scalloped border) - Karen Burniston
