Thankful Interactive Pop-Up Card From Newest Video

It is the time of year to think about making Thanksgiving cards and what we are thankful for. I created this pretty card front with Autumn Elements dies from Karen Burniston, a "thankful" die from Gina K Designs and gems from Gina Marie Designs. As is typical of cards with Karen Burniston dies, the real fun happens when the card is opened:

I love this new Adirondack Chair die and will be using it again for summer cards for sure. But this time I made a fall scene and in my newest video here, I show how easy it is to make this pop up adirondack chair and scene. I found some lovely heavyweight wood grain cardstock at Joanns and that was used for the back layer and the pop up chair. I sponged the chair with distress ink, and added some more Karen Burniston die cuts to finish the inside of this card. Here is another look from a different angle:

For more links and to see how fun and easy it is to make pop up fall cards, be sure to watch here.

**REMINDER: You have until November 7th to participate in the huge Save the Crafty You-Tuber Video Hop and leave comments for chances to win over 100 prizes! You do not need to comment on all the videos for a chance to win. If you missed my new technique video that I posted on Thursday, October 25, 2018 as part of this video hop, you can click this link and watch and maybe win a Stampendous! prize valued at $25! My technique is called Grunge Foil and I have not seen it anywhere before so I think it is original and easy to do. Check it out here and be sure to leave a comment when you do.

Video - Fall Interactive Pop-up Cards with Karen Burniston Dies

I love interactive pop-up cards and in my new video here I share three cards I made for fall with new dies from Karen Burniston. This is my second of three videos in this series, so be sure to check back next week for the last in the series.

I made one last Halloween card before trick or treat this year, and used KB dies on the CAS front along with some striped Halloween dp. But as you must know by now, the fun part of a card made with dies from Karen Burniston is always in the inside of the card. Look what happens when the recipient opens this card: 

I used the House Pivot Die set to create scary houses with spiders and ghosts and bats - too fun! Here is a close up look from the side:

Still pictures do not show how the houses and ghosts and spiders all pop up when the card opens, so you are going to want to watch it here. All the dies are from Karen Burniston and the links to each one is in the description box of my new video. I show how easy it is to create the row of pop up houses in my video as well as two other fall pop up cards, so be sure to watch here.

REMINDER: You have until November 7th to participate in the huge Save the Crafty You-Tuber Video Hop and leave comments for chances to win over 100 prizes! You do not need to comment on all the videos for a chance to win. If you missed my new technique video that I posted on Thursday, October 25, 2018 as part of this video hop, you can click this link and watch and maybe win a Stampendous! prize valued at $25! My technique is called Grunge Foil and I have not seen it anywhere before so I think it is original and easy to do. Check it out here and be sure to leave a comment when you do.

I am entering this card in the Halloween challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

Grunge Foil Technique Feminine Butterfly Card

Today's card shows how the Grunge Foil technique I discovered and shared in this video yesterday is not only for masculine cards.

I am so happy to be participating this week in the Techniques day of the Save the Crafty YouTuber Video Hop, and in my video here you will learn how to create a grunge foiled look on your cards and see many sample cards with this technique. I have discovered an easy way to grunge up your foiled pieces and share that technique with you step by step. Be sure to comment on my video if you are visiting between October 25th and November 7th, 2018 for a chance at my prize (two stamps from Stampendous valued at $25!) as well as 125+ prizes all the video hop! You do not need to comment on every video to win, but the more you comment, the more chances you will have. YOU MUST MENTION USA OR INTERNATIONAL IN YOUR COMMENTS IN ORDER TO BE CHOSEN as some of the prizes including my own will be mailed to USA addresses only. (Comments on this blogpost are appreciated but do not qualify for the prize.)

In this close-up picture, you can see the grunge spots I have created on the Brutus Monroe and Therm O Web Designer Toner Sheet as well as the beautiful Soar die from Quietfire Designs and the lovely layered butterfly die from Birch Press Designs. I cut the top layer of the butterfly and one for the center of the card out of the negative of the grunged card front because it would be shame to waste any of this foiled beauty: 

Want a chance at winning a great prize from Stampendous and to learn a new technique? Of course you do! Visit, watch and comment here, and then click the link there for more YouTube inspiration and many other prize opportunities!

Grunge Foil Technique in the Save the Crafty You-Tuber Video Hop!

I am so happy to be participating today in the Techniques day of the Save the Crafty YouTuber Video Hop, and in my video here you will learn how to create a grunge foiled look on your cards and see many sample cards with this technique. I have discovered an easy way to grunge up your foiled pieces and share that technique with you step by step. Be sure to comment on my video if you are visiting between October 25th and November 7th, 2018 for a chance at my prize (two stamps from Stampendous valued at $25!) as well as 125+ prizes all the video hop! You do not need to comment on every video to win, but the more you comment, the more chances you will have. YOU MUST MENTION USA OR INTERNATIONAL IN YOUR COMMENTS IN ORDER TO BE CHOSEN as some of the prizes including my own will be mailed to USA addresses only. (Comments on this blogpost are appreciated but do not qualify for the prize.)

I have used dies from two of the STCYT sponsors and two of my favorite companies in my card today: Tonic Studios and Karen Burniston. The mirror card on the Tonic Studios classic car is also from Tonic Studios and the secret ingredient used is from Nuvo. I started with a white Designer Toner Sheet from Brutus Monroe and Therm O Web and show how I created the grunge look in the video here. I used the negative of the leftover foil to create the foiled look on the "On Your Day" die (also from Tonic Studios) on the inside of my card: 

I am entering this card in the Celebration challenge at Scrapy Land.

Want to learn a new technique and maybe win a prize? Of course you do! Watch my video here, comment and then click the link there to continue along today's video hop. (Links to all the products used in my cards are in the description box there too.)

Thanks for visiting my blog and for clicking over to my video and hopping along today!

Sneak Peek of a New Technique for Thursday's STCYT Video

I normally post a new YouTube video every Monday but this week I am participating in the Save the Crafty YouTuber video hop and the day Techniques are featured and my video will be live is Thursday, October 25th. 

If you follow me you know I love Deco Foil from Therm O Web and also the new Designer Toner Sheets and foil from Brutus Monroe. I played with those and came up with a new to me technique for this grungy look and show how to do it in my video which will go live Thursday. I have a fantastic prize from Stampendous, one of my other favorite companies and a sponsor of the STCYT video hop, to give away to a lucky commenter on my video, so be sure to stop back then and watch the video!

The card above features a die from Spellbinders called You've Got Game and the card front was cut out with a die from Gina Marie Designs. Here is another card I made with this technique:

I used Brutus Monroe's Coffee Rings Clear Designer Toner Sheet foiled in sparkly red over a sparkly green piece with the negative of a foil featuring my new technique. The Christmas Bottle is a die from Tutti Designs and Merry and Bright from the inside are dies from Stampendous:

Each day this week there will be crafty videos you can watch and lots of prizes to be won in the Save the Craft You-Tuber Video hop and today you can start here.

I am entering this card in the 100th Challenge Celebration at Scrapy Land.

Fall or Holiday Wishes 4 Kids OR Anything Goes 4 Kids at Send a Smile 4 Kids

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This year, all challenges at SAS4Kids are Anything Goes 4 Kids! We will often have an alternative theme that you can choose to follow, but are not required to. Create and link any card that is appropriate for a child and your card could be chosen as one of our top three cards and you could join us as a guest dt member on a future challenge.

The theme for this challenge is: Fall or Holiday Wishes 4 Kids OR Anything Goes 4 Kids.

I created a fall celebration card for a special boy named Evan for this challenge. On the front I used a cute colored digi from Dollar Graphic Depot.  The inside features a frame pull up created with a new die from Karen Burniston. Look what happens when the tab is pulled:

A cute little raccoon pops up to say "love you!" The sentiment was created with a die from Honey Bee Stamps and I also used Karen Burniston’s Woodland Animals, Autumn Elements and Alphabet dies on this card.

Be sure to check out the rest of the cards from TEAM SAS here and we would love it if you entered our challenge.

I am entering this card in the Animal Antics Challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday and the 100th Challenge Celebration at Scrapy Land.

 

Spooktacular Motion Crafts Halloween Animation Limited Edition Bundle Easel Card

I just received the limited edition Motion Crafts Halloween Animated Bundle and I was so excited I made this spooktacular easel card immediately! The card is awesome, but look at what happens when the recipient pulls on the side (you can click on the box on the bottom right to make it bigger and if you click on "YouTube" it will take you to my YouTube channel which is also bigger):

Isn't that fun?!? The ghosts dance, the wings on the bat fly and the spider moves up and down! I am a huge fan of Motion Crafts animated stamps and so I just had to share right away before the limited edition sets are all gone.

I know it is late to purchase a set to make Halloween cards with and maybe you won't get them done for this year. But look what you get in the limited edition package deal here on the website: 

You get the 22 piece stamp set, coordinating die set, 5 animation grids and a package of double sided foam tape strips (which I use all the time and especially love for shaker cards!) And if you shop quick enough, you can get free shipping with a code found here!

I know I will use this set for next year and other Halloweens to come. My card is an easel card that folds down to mail in an A2 envelope. 

The Spooktacular sentiment (cut with a die from Tonic Studios) is attached with pop dots to hold the easel card up. The little white ghosts were cut with a die in the Motion Crafts coordinating die set and the house, bat and spider are stamps in the set too. The recipient will pull on the side panel and watch the spider, ghosts and bat all move. So fun! 

CAS Sympathy Cards with Altenew Wide Washi Tape

 

I recently played with new rolls of the wide washi tape from Altenew and I love how easy it is to make CAS but gorgeous cards with these washi tapes. I have many of the skinny washi tapes but rarely use them on my cards. When I saw the recent release from Altenew including this awesome Watercolor Nebula pattern, I knew I couldn't resist trying them out. Sympathy cards are not fun to make and we all wish we would not need them, but we do. I simply applied the very wide (nearly 7 inches wide by 32+ feet so the roll will make many, many cards) to a 5 1/4" square and die cut the rounded stitched square out of the center with a Die-namics die. (FYI - I did try stamping directly onto the washi tape, but I couldn't read it and it did smear). So I stamped onto another rounded stitched square with an older but favorite stamp from Heather's Stamping Haven. I raised the center up on mounting tape for dimension. I do not waste any of the gorgeous washi tape covered paper and used leftover pieces to die cut the sentiments in the inside of both cards: 

My second sympathy card with an Altenew Watercolor Nebula Wide Washi Tape background features another favorite sentiment from Crackerbox Palace stamps. I die cut the sentiment and the wide washi tape pieces out with Gina Marie Designs Wonky Stitched Rectangle dies. On the inside of this one is a pretty sentiment die from Tonic Studios cut out of Watercolor Nebula washi tape pieces. These cards took just minutes to make but will be treasured by the recipients in their time of loss.

I have been having so much fun designing with my new Altenew wide washi tapes, and I will be sharing more cards and a video soon.

More Alternative Ideas for Cards with the Gina K Designs Wreath Builder Stencils

I recently played with the Gina K Designs Wreath Builder stencil to see if I could come up with some ideas other than the traditional circular wreath and this is one of the cards I share in my latest YouTube video here. I used the stencil in a MISTI and a bunch of smaller stamps to create a background for this Christmas card. I stamped a small ornament 4 times and then repeated with various snowflakes in blues and purples and the result was this fun background. I die cut Christmas out with letter dies from Die-namics, raised the letters on sticky fun foam and placed them back in their spots so the pattern continues through the letters. "Merry" was cut with a die from Stampendous and the snowy border is from Poppy Stamps. Here is another look so you can see the "eclipse" technique dimension on the word Christmas:

My second alternative way to use the Gina K Designs Wreath Builder stencil is something I learned how to do in a class taught by Gina K herself, and I show how to do it in the video here. Without the stencil and the MISTI, it would be nearly impossible to create the uniform pattern you see here, but it is super easy with those tools. I die cut "Happy Winter" from Karen Burniston and popped up a stitched snowflake from Lawn Fawn in the center of my fun winter card. 

Thanks for visiting my blog and for taking the time to watch and subscribe at my YouTube channel. And thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity! 

Video - Alternative Holiday Card Ideas For the Gina K Designs Wreath Builder

 I recently received the Gina K Designs Wreath Builder Stencil and wondered what else I could do with it besides the standard circular wreath cards. I played and designed and came up with 4 cards I am featuring in my latest YouTube video here. I created this "spooky fun" Halloween cards with a set of stamps from Recollections and I show in the video how easy it is to get a uniform stamped pattern with the Wreath Builder Stencil. I also found the cute googly eyed spiders at Michaels. The "Spooktacular!" was cut with a die from Tonic Studios and I used another Tonic die and a ghost from Karen Burniston on the inside: 

My Happy Holidays card was made in the more traditional way using the stencil to stamp the small stamps 8 times each to create a wreath. The stamps are from the new Gina K Designs Holiday Wreath Builder Stamp Set. Instead of putting a sentiment in the middle of the wreath, I made a shaker card with a stitched circle die from Lil' Inker. I filled the shaker with a colorful mix from Studio Katia and the colors of ink I chose match the colors of the shaker mix. The 4 x 4 inch square fits perfectly on an A2 card with room for the perfect die cut sentiment from Tonic Studios. Here is another look at the shaker "all shook up" and the inside of the card: 

The sentiment "Christmas Blessings" was cut with a die from Sue Wilson. To see some more alternative ideas on how you can use the Wreath Builder stamps and stencils, click this link and watch the new video here. Thanks for watching, sharing and subscribing, and thanks, to for helping me share the joy of creativity!

Doodles Paper Playground October Release Blog Hop

I am happy to be participating in the October Doodles Paper Playground Sparkle Blends blog hop featuring the new Sparkle Blends just released and available here at White Rose Crafts. Here is a link to the Doodles Paper Playground where the complete list of hoppers and all the details regarding the blog hop.

Of course there is are prizes to be won by hopping and commenting! For one of two chances to win a full set of all 6 sample packs from this release, please leave comments on each leg of the hop, including one idea of how you would use one of the Sparkle Blends used in that blog post.


My first card features the new Sparkle Blend called Frozen and here is a picture showing all the fun sequins in this mix:

I recently received the new Gina K Designs/Therm O Web "Baby It's Cold Outside" Stamps, Foil-Mates and Dies and created this snowy card with them. On the front, I die cut snowflake openings with the new dies and filled them with the Frozen Sparkle Blend mix. I foiled the front Blizzard GKD/Therm O Web Foil-mate with strips of Sparkling Silver and Brilliant Blue Fancy Foils and IRL it is very sparkly. I also added some stamped and foiled snowflakes and a sentiment to the inside using the Baby It's Cold Outside stamps and dies:

My second card features the new Candy Cane Sparkle Blend from Doodles Paper Playground and more sparkly Therm O Web foil. Here is a look at the card "all shook up":

I foiled a Pinstripes Clear Designer Toner Sheet from Therm O Web with Gina K Designs Sparkly Red Fancy Foil and layered it on a white cardfront. I die cut an oval out of both and replaced the clear striped acetate in the oval before filling the shaker piece with the Candy Cane Sparkle Blend mix. The striped Designer Toner Sheet is clear acetate with stripes of toner, so I covered up the shaker well with an oval frame cut with Lil' Inker stitched oval dies. I layered two shades of green together on the Merry Christmas sentiment from Tonic Studios, and added some red and green gems from Gina Marie Designs. Here is a look at the inside with oval die pieces from the front and a pretty Gina K. Designs stamped sentiment:

The next stop in the blog hop is: Kelli at  https://cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com/2018/10/doodles-paper-playground-blog-hop.html

Thanks for stopping by and for helping me #share the joy of creativity!