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 

Amazing Pop Up Box With New and Old Toner Foiling

The first time I ever saw foiling magic was when I watched Gina K show how to use her Foil-Mates and toner foil in a Therm O Web booth at a stamp show. I fell in love and purchased many of them. All of Gina’s Foil-Mates have just been re-released and I now own all of them again. In my new video, I share how to use new and old techniques and foiling products with them, and then share an amazing pop up idea you will want to try! Here is the card I made step by step in my new video:

I created the gorgeous foiled pieces with  the new/old Bountiful Flourish Foil-Mates from Gina K Designs and Therm O Web and an ombre colored Picket Fence Studios Fabulous Foiling Toner Cardstock. Guess what happens when the top part is twisted in the direction of the arrow? 

Very hard to show with still photos, but the box pops up! You will want to watch the full video to see all the foiling magic and how to make this box, but here is a mini video with several more cards I made with the same amazing pop up box idea:

(If you can't see the mini video, click on the title and go to the actual blogpost.)

I learned how to make this pop up box from the Vintage Journal on Tiktok. Here are some still pictures of the other two cards I made with pop up boxes:

As I explain in the new video, I show new products now available to make foiling with the re-release of Gina K's Foil-Mates even more fun. The first card above features Brutus Monroe's Magical Shattered Glass Foil which is see through and adds amazing foiled highlights to Pinkfresh Studios Fabulous Foiling Toner Cardstocks. The toner cardstocks are in many different colors rather than the usual white and black choices. The Christmas version was made with the new/old Holiday Flora Foil-Mates and red and silver foil. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs,

Karen

Spellbinders Country Rocking Chair Double Accordion Gatefold

The new Country Christmas Collection by Annie Williams at Spellbinders is full of comfort and warmth, and the Christmas Rocking Chair is featured on this card I made. I wanted to try making a Double Accordion Gatefold card but the template I had from Stamp With Tami made an A2 card. I adjusted the template to make a 5x7 so the front fold over piece was large enough for the rocking chair. Here is what happens when the card is opened:

The gatefold sides open up to reveal the folded card base center. Here is a closer look at the tree and Santa boots die cut I added to the pretty 49 and Market cardstock:

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, 

Karen 

Arch Pop Up Cards Sure to Amaze and Delight!

Can you imagine opening up a card and seeing this lovely arch full of butterflies and balloons pop up? I created this card with the brand new Arch Pop-up Die set from Karen Burniston. The gorgeous cardstock and sentiments are from the Reef Card Kit at Club Scrap. Here is the front of the card with more paper and sentiments from that kit:

This card would be perfect for the 4th of July or any celebration using Karen's Fireworks Die Set and sentiment die. And just look at what pops up when the card is opened:

To see all the new dies in this release, just click this link.