Rainbows, Sunshine and Surprises with CutCardStock Papers

Everyone loves rainbows, sunshine and surprises, right? I am combining all three of those on this card I have created for the CutCardStock blog with papers and cardstock from them.

Can you imagine the delight when this card is opened and the rainbow pops up? I made the rainbow with the Rainbow Add-on and the Arch Pop-up Die Sets from the newest release at Karen Burniston. The sentiments are also from the new release and I added gems from Gina Marie Designs to the inside and the front of the card. 

I added texture to the ombre yellow cardstock with a die from Memory Box. If you would like to read a tutorial step by step on how this card was made, visit the CutCardStock blog here and look for my blogpost. You can also find many card ideas and unique ways to create with CutCardStock products there. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, 

Karen 

Sealife Stained Glass Cards

There is a new release from Hot off the Press at Paper Wishes called Sealife Stained Glass  and it is perfect for the eclipse cards I have been making lately. This one was made with a checkerboard die I purchased from Eileen Walters on Etsy. The Sealife Stained Glass 12 x 12 papers also include many sentiment pieces I used on all of these cards. 

In the collection of Sealife Stained Glass is a set of dies and I cut out a sea weed and whale with it and some more of the patterned paper. The background was embossed with a new 3D embossing folder from Spellbinders. I cut a couple more sea creatures and seaweeds out of the paper pack and the sentiment and card front were made with more this perfect paper:

I used the checkerboard die on this card too, and the perfect sentiment on the front and inside. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen

Circle and Square Slatted Dies Make Gorgeous Eclipse Cards Too!

I recently purchased the 12 x 12 Sealife Stained Glass Cardstock from Hot Off The Press at Paper Wishes and found the stained class images perfect for the eclipse cards I made for my new video here. I started with two identical pieces of the stained glass sealife with a dolphin as the focal point. I cut one with the one of the sizes of Slatted Circles in a set from Craft Addiction UK and raised it with foam adhesive strips around the edge. Then I attach it so the pattern flows from the background through the raised image. I made this one into an easel card and a sentiment from that same paper pack holds up the easel top. 

Here is a totally different way to use the Slatted Circle Die Set with patterned paper. I made it an ornament. The sentiment on this card is from Karen Burniston.

I turned one of the square slatted dies to cut a diamond before raising the top piece over an identical piece so you can see the pretty seahorse on both. The embossed background was created with a new 3D embossing folder from Spellbinders. 

I had so much fun creating these eclipse cards with new slatted shape dies I ordered from Clipper Street.com from Canada here. I will be playing again soon and then will share more ways to use these innovative dies. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen

Slatted Eclipse Beauty In So Many Shapes and Sizes!

I have been fascinated by the eclipse look where the pattern flows from the back to the front of a raised image or letters for years. With the new slatted dies in so many shapes and sizes, eclipse can be done in more unique and beautiful ways as I show in my new video here. 

I recently discovered many new shapes and sizes of slatted dies from Craft Addiction UK and share many cards made with them in my video. I made the card above step by step in the video sharing 3 different ways to raised the objects for the eclipsed look. All three are easy to do with no need to try to cut strips to raise the slats. Here is another card I made with the Slatted Butterflies Die Set, a cute Tag Collection die also from Craft Addiction UK and different patterned paper:

There are many shapes and sizes in the Slatted Die Collection and I found mine at the North American Distributor for Craft Addiction UK which is Clipper Street.com out of Canada. The prices of these dies are so reasonable as are their shipping costs, and I got my dies in just days after they were shipped.

In addition to traditional shapes like circles and squares. Craft Addiction UK has slatted butterflies, hearts and stars which are my favorites. The love die on the card above is from Gina K Designs.

As I show in the video, all you need to created similar cards to these is two piece of identical patterned paper and the slatted dies. This time I used the Slatted Star shape. Each die set has many different sizes to choose from and each one has 3 dies - the outside die ,the stitched outline and the slatted piece. You can choose to use 1,2 or 3 of the dies. There are so many ways to use them, I barely scratched the surface. I will be playing and sharing more soon. The sentiment on this card is from Karen Burniston. 

Be sure to check back here later in the week when I share many more cards I made with more shapes from the Slatted Die Collection from Craft Addiction UK. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Christmas in July with Country Christmas Layered Die Cuts and CutCardStock

Do you start your Christmas cards early? Perhaps during all the hype over Christmas in July? I make Christmas cards all year round for my stash. I received two Christmas in July presents I am sharing on my cards today. I was asked to join the CutCardStock Design team and received a big box of cardstock!  And Spellbinders sent me some of the gorgeous new Country Christmas release by Annie Williams. 

I am sure you agree you can never have enough cardstock, right? And so you will want to check out the CutCardStock website for quality white and colored cardstock of all kinds at great prices. I decided to feature their Neenah Classic Solar Crest cardstock, black linen and and scenes from their Winter Wonderland Prints on my bridge card. 

I love layered die cuts like the Country Horse Drawn Wagon from Annie Williams but sometimes I don't have the time to cut all the pieces out in different colors. I decided to make my die cut images silhouettes and love the look. 

If you would like a detailed tutorial on how I made this card (and get much more inspiration there too!), visit the CutCardStock blog here.

I had so much fun creating the bridge card with silhouettes above, I created a second card. This one features Spellbinders Country Snowman with his friends, blue linen cardstock and another beautiful print from the Winter Wonderland pad both from CutCardStock.  

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, 

Karen 

Waffle Flower's Sneak Peak Hibiscus Cluster Stencils and Dies

When you join the Waffle Flower Sneak Peak Club, each month you will receive stencils, dies and sentiment strips that will be released the next month for everyone else to purchase. Not only did we receive the gorgeous Hibiscus Cluster Die Set and layering stencils to easily color them, we also received sample card and color inspiration which I used to make this card. We also have access to exclusive Facebook inspiration which also inspired me to go so bold in my color choices for this card. I loved it so much I repeated the color choices in this card:

The sentiment strips included make it so easy to add sentiments to our cards. Here is one I did in shades of purple:

It is so easy to make gorgeous cards with this set! You can join the Sneak Peak Club anytime or wait until early August to purchase these dies along with the rest of this release.

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

More Foiling Magic From Therm O Web, Gina K and Picket Fence Studios

I made this card with Beautiful Flourish Foil-Mates from Gina K and Therm O Web for the first pass through the Mini Minc and then attached the remaining foil to a Picket Fence Studios Fabulous Foiling Toner Cardstock in yellow and oranges. This card is a Double Interlocking Gatefold Panel card I learned how to make from Dawn Griffith and it opens like this:

The colored toner cardstocks mean we aren't limited to white and black on the 2nd generation foiling. Both of the next two cards feature the Harvest Texture Foil-Mates and colored toner cardstock from Picket Fence Studios:

One more new product I feature in my new video this week (plus how to make an amazing pop up box card), is see through foils like Brutus Monroe Magical Shattered foil which works amazing on Fabulous Foiling Toner Cardstocks like this one called Birthday Bash:

The dies and stamps on this Epic card are from the new release at Karen Burniston. 

I had so much fun playing with the new/old Foil-Mates just re-released by Therm O Web and other newer foiling products now available for toner foiling magic. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen