New Goodies from Brass & Bliss and a New Fun Fold

There are many book lovers in my family and so I couldn't resist the Bookshelf Beauty die set and Between the Pages stamp set from Brass & Bliss when I was in their booth at the Novi MI show. I cut a bunch of books and made this anniversary card for my book loving husband. The fold is called Peak Through Diamond Fun Fold and here is how it looks when it is opened up:

Here is another similar card I made for my daughter:

If you follow me you know I love eclipse cards and when I saw Brass & Bliss Circle Stitch Cover Die I thought it would make a unique eclipse die. I cut it out of a sunset scenery paper, raised the stitched circles and glued in the other pieces to make this cool card.

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

What Am I Spraying on Metallic Cardstock?

I never iron with spray starch but after seeing a technique with it, I rushed out to the Dollar Store and bought some. Below is the card front I created with spray starch in my newest video here. 

My favorite cardstock is CutCardStock's Stardream Metallic Cardstock. I used the Fairway Green for the cardbase and the card front started with Onyx Black. 

As I show in the video, I sprayed the black metallic cardstock with spray starch and added Ranger's Perfect Pearls before cutting out the Googly Eyes die cut with a die from Brass & Bliss. For the "Boo" and on the inside of the card I used CutCardStock's 6x6 Halloween Paper Pad.

I also show in the video how to easily make a second piece of the spray starch and Perfect Pearls on black metallic cardstock, and I used that to cut many Halloween dies. It is hard to see in still photos, but I put an acetate interactive spiral pop up in the inside of this card with floating bats and spiders and a ghost. That spiral pop up was created with a die from Creek Bank Creations. You will want to watch the video to see the spiral pop up in motion and how easy this card was to create. Here is another look at the card with the metallic multi-colored cardfront:

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Gorgeous Dies and Papers from My Latest Adventure

I have never been to a huge stamp and scrapbook show before, and was thrilled to attend the show recently in Novi, Michigan with some friends. I saw so many new products and learned so much and now am playing each day with the new treasures I found. 

These cards feature a new die called Clouds-Stained Glass from a company that is new to me - Brass & Bliss. They used to be Rubbernecker Stamps but the owner's son is now the owner and is designing many amazing dies and stamps that they displayed in a booth they shared with The Paper Cut out of Appleton. These cards also feature paper I bought at the show in a kit called Abundance from Club Scrap. I loved the color combinations of the papers in this kit and used them on the cards below as well:

This is the A2 Fan Fold card I learned how to make from Frenchie on her website here and this switched around to teach in my new video this week. 

One thing I love about Club Scrap's card kits is that they include sentiments to use if we choose to, and I did with some of the left over triangles after making the fan fold. Here is an A2 version and a 5x7 version both made with some more of the gorgeous paper and leaves in the Abundance Card Kit:

Fan Folds and Die Cuts Sparkle with Deco Foil!

Deco Foil just released some new Toner Card Fronts and Toner Sentiments perfect for summer celebrations or celebrations anytime of the year! I love the ease of creating cards with Toner Card Fronts because all you need to do is put a piece of foil over them and run them through a MINC or laminator for patterned foil beauty as I show in my newest video here. But if you know me I have to show them on a different card sketch or fun fold and in this case, I showed how to make a reverse A2 Fan Fold. Here is the card I showed step by step how to make:

Both cards have first, second and third generation foiling starting with just one Toner Card Front from the new Rays of Sunshine pack. I learned how to make an A2 Fan Fold card from Frenchie on this blogpost. Here is a card I made with the rays going up as is traditionally done:

The stars and firework circle were created with toner card fronts from the new Star Spangled set from Deco Foil. I saw a card on Pinterest by Linda Delbango with the fans going down but there was no link or template so I created my own and showed how to make it in the new video. 

I paper pieced a rainbow foiled pattern into a Brass and Bliss Clouds- Stained Glass diecut and shared this in the video too. Brass and Bliss is a new company I discovered at the Novi MI show and was amazed at all the awesome dies and stamps there. Later in the week I will show more cards made with this fun die. 

Check out all the new Deco Foil Toner Card Fronts and Foils here on the Therm O Web website.