More Fun Fold Cards with Clear Views Transparencies

I had fun creating fun fold cards with beautiful Clear Views transparencies for my newest video here. Inside staircase cards like this one can be time consuming and difficult to create but not if you start with a pre-scored and cut one from The Paper Cut like I did. I simply stenciled on some swirly snowflakes and added perfect sentiment from Sue Wilson and some gems. Here is a side view of this inside stairstep card: 

Slider cards can also be time consuming and hard to create but once again I used a pre-cut and scored card set from The Paper Cut and created this pull up slider card with another gorgeous Clear Views transparency picture. The awesome stamps are from a set by Honey Bee Stamps and the embossing folder is from Darice. 

To see how easy it is to make fun fold cards with the gorgeous transparency pictures, watch the video here. 

Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy fun crafty New Year!

Rainbow Bridge Cards with Waffle Flower and Tarnished Foil Technique

I recently purchased a stamp and die set from Waffle Flower that is just perfect for sympathy cards when a beloved pet passes over the rainbow bridge. I know that poem and the cards sent to us when we lost our Lucky meant so much. As I show in my newest video here, I created the rainbows on both of my rainbow bridge cards with many colors of StazOn and embossing powders. My cat sympathy card features a hearts embossing folder from Darice. On the inside I stamped a perfect sentiment from the Waffle Flower set and added a pet love die from Kat Scrappiness:

I used the same colors and technique on my puppy Rainbow Bridge card and chose a pawprints embossing folder from Darice. Another perfect sentiment and pawprint heart are on the inside of this card:

I had fun playing with the Tarnished Foil technique again to make the cards I shared in the video and here on my blog this week. It is fun to revisit older techniques and update them with newer products. I hope you give it a try!

I am entering the 2nd card in the Make Your Own Background challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

Winter Fun 4 Kids OR Anything Goes 4 Kids Challenge at SAS4Kids

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: Winter Fun 4 Kids OR Anything Goes 4 Kids. 

I created a Happy Winter card with a hot chocolate mug cut with a Gina Marie Designs die. I layered two rectangles cut with Cutplorations stitched dies on the card front and embossed them with a Darice embossing folder. “Happy winter” is a die from Karen Burniston and the stitched snowflake is from Lawn Fawn. 

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

 

Deep Impressions Week Sympathy and Thankful Cards

I am ending my Deep Impressions week here on my blog with a couple more lovely cards I made and shared in my latest YouTube video here. I die cut a feather out of chipboard using an older Quik Cutz die and melted Stampendous Hunter Green and Shabby Green embossing powder, then added some Fresh Green Crushed Glass Glitter also from Stampendous. The bronze card front was embossed with an embossing folder from Park Lane at Joanns and the sentiment die is by Penny Black. Here is a look at the inside of the sympathy card with a Spellbinders feather and a beautiful sentiment from Sparkle N Sprinkle:

I created three oak leaves (Stampendous die) with various colors of embossing powders and glitter, layered them on a background embossed with an embossing folder from Darice and then sponged with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink. The "thankful" die is by Gina K Designs.

I sure had fun designing with the Deep Impressions embossed pieces I created for my latest YouTube video and hope you enjoyed seeing the cards here and in the  video.  

Embossing Folder Week Continues On My Blog With Three More Embossed Cards

I had so much fun playing with my embossing folders and techniques with them for my newest YouTube video and have three more easy embossed cards to share with you today. In the video I show how to use a diffuser from Sizzix to create an unembossed area to stamp on or highlight an element. I shared some homemade diffusers I made years ago, and I made this card with an oval diffuser. I embossed a copper background with a Tim Holtz embossing folder and the handmade diffuser and added a punched butterfly and "love you" layered die cuts from Honey Bee Stamps cut out of a Velvet Sampler from Elizabeth Crafts I found at Crop Stop. 

It is a little hard to see, but I used a sweet puppy embossing folder from Darice to make this pet sympathy card. I like to use embossing folders on the whole card so the inside is textured too. I stamped the front and inside with some older Raisin Boat and Stampin' up stamps. 

Another fun texture idea you can easily do with embossing folders is to create a quilt with different embossing folders and colors. I used a quilt embossing folder from Darice to emboss three colors of cardstock and cut the squares to 1 1/4 inches. I die cut white and black Lil" Inker "So Happy For You" squares and layered them slightly offset to complete the card. 

To see all these cards and more including many embossing techniques, watch my newest video here.  Thanks for watching, sharing and subscribing and for visiting my blog too.

More Embossing Folder Cards from My Latest YouTube Video

It is so easy to make a gorgeous textured distressed card with embossing folders and I show how to create this card from start to finish in my newest YouTube video here. The technique is how to make leather like textured backgrounds with kraft cardstock, Distress Inks and an embossing folder. On the card above, I used a Sizzix embossing folder, Vintage Photo and Spiced Marmalade Distressed Ink, Spellbinders Feather dies and a stamp from Laurel Burch for Stampendous.

I have always used brown Distress Inks with a touch of orange when doing this technique, but I tried Peacock Feathers, Abandoned Coral with Chipped Sapphire on the crinkles and love how this card turned out. The embossing folder is an older one from Cuttlebug. I finished the card with a pretty sentiment die by Penny Black. 

I have one more fast and easy card using embossing folders to share with you today. I love the look of embossing the whole card with an embossing folder so the insides are embossed too for added interest. I embossed this card with a butterfly swirl embossing folder from Darice which leaves room on the front for stamping and in the inside to write a message. I stamped "thinking of you" with some pretty stamps from Stampendous Big Word Thanks set, and added some stitched butterflies cut with a die from Lil' Inker. 

I am hoping the cards I blog this week and the new video posted here inspire you to pull out your embossing folders and have a play!

Hello Spring Fling Shaped Shaker Cards

One of my favorites of the Sparkle Blend sequin mixes from Doodles Paper Playground is called Spring Fling and is a delightful mix of spring colors and butterflies and flowers. I was inspired by that mix to make these two hello spring shaker cards. I recently found Jillibean shaker cardbases and plastic pouches here at White Rose Crafts and I purchased the flowers and butterflies. I colored the card bases with Nuvo Shimmer Powders (sprinkle on and spritz with water to release the colors) and when they were dry, I embossed with embossing folders from Darice and WeR Memory Keepers. I added the Spring Fling Sparkle Blend sequins in the PVC card shaker shapes and sealed the card base. I layered the finished shaker pieces onto a purple card base and added a hello die cut (from Paper Smooches and Little B.) Here are a couple more pictures showing the shakers all shook up:

The perfect finishing touch to any card is a few shaped and colorful sequins and I added some to both cards from the Spring Fling Sparkle Blend mix. 

Rinea Foiled Paper and Couture Creations Love Card

I found a new foil paper at Creativation (or CHA) this year and created this LOVE card with them and a new large Couture Creations embossing folder called 3 Fold Memories. I die cut LOVE (using a die from MFT) and a pretty patterned foil paper from Rinea.  Their foil papers are light weight and easy to emboss, punch or die cut. I embossed a double sided piece of Rinea foil and punched out the purple and gold hearts at the top of this card. Here is a look at the Rinea foil paper I received as samples in their booth.

The embossing folder I made this card with is very large (you need an A4 sized machine) and creates different embossing patterns on three folds. I attached a strip of embossed Rinea foil paper down the side of the third panel where I will sign and write a message. The hearts embossing folder is from Daricea and the white and gold ribbon is from Gina K Designs.

After the ribbon band is removed, this card will stand up with the LOVE message showing on each beautifully embossed panel. I think it would be perfect for the next time I need a wedding card. 

More YouTube Collaboration Impressions of Tarnished Foil Technique Cards

I was having so much fun playing again with the Impressions of Tarnished Foil Technique for my YouTube collaboration with Melissa Kerman that went live yesterday here, that I made several more cards I am sharing today. Every card made with this technique is unique depending on which embossing folders, StazOn inks and embossing powders used. Here is a link to Melissa Kerman's tutorial YouTube video where she shows how to make the card on the left in this picture: 

The card I make in mine is on the right. For my "Giving Thanks" autumn card above, I started with a Darice Leaves embossing folder. I used green, orange and brown StazOn inks on the aluminum foil, and then added red, gold and green embossing powders. The technique is a combination of dry embossing with embossing folders and heated embossing with embossing powders and a heat gun.  The leaf was a happy salvaged mistake. I was trying to run a foiled leaf through the laminator and it got stuck and wrinkled. But I liked the look and layered it on this card and finished the card with a "Giving Thanks" die from Papertrey Ink. 

Here is another card I made while preparing for this video:

I used similar colors of StazOn and embossing powders and the same embossing folder as the card I show in the video tutorial. On this one, I added a snowman cut with Penny Black's Snowman Joy die, "joy" from Tim Holtz and a snowbank cut with a die from Karen Burniston.

I hope you will check out Melissa's YouTube video here and my YouTube video here and share your comments and consider subscribing to both channels. Thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

#Love Puppy Slider Card with Kat Scrappiness Dies and Stamps

I love to make interactive cards but sometimes the recipient does not know that he or she is to pull or push or slide to make the card move, so when I saw this set of interactive card instructions at Kat Scrappiness I just had to get it. I also fell in love with the Kat Scrappiness Pet Sentiments Brush Script Word and Sentiment Die Set adorable paw print words and featured them on this slider card I made. 

**Edited to add: I finished my first full length video for the Grand Opening of my YouTube Channel and it is how to make this card. So if you prefer a video for detailed instructions, head on over to my YouTube channel here. While you are there, you should check out how you can win a prize valued at almost $200 for my grand opening! Contest open until the end of September 2017.** 

I started with a red card front and cut a slider channel with a die from Lawn Fawn called "Slide on Over", then embossed with a Paw Print embossing folder from Darice. I stamped #For Real on the white cardbase where it would show when the slider is pulled. I designed this card for a special child who loves to use hash tags and couldn't resist a set of stamps from Butterfly Reflections Ink with all sorts of hashtag sentiments. I stamped "Pull Here" on the right side of a 5" x 1/2" piece of red cardstock and attached the bone die cut (from a set from Tonic Studios called Dinner's Up) to create the slider piece.

I die cut the puppy portion only of a die from Tonic Studios called Best Buddies out of black and grey and layered them together. I also die cut the cute Love pawprint die from Kat Scrappiness out of both black and grey and inlaid the grey paw pieces into the black love diecut.

On the back of the completed card front, I created a channel with scrap pieces of a thicker pop dots sheet and raised the sides of the card with pieces as well. When the paper is removed from the top of the sticky pop dots pieces, the sides of the channel is also sticky. Here is a tip to prevent the slider from sticking- apply powder using an EK Success Powder Tool to the insides of the channel pieces and the slider will move easily. This great tool also works well on the sides of shaker cards to prevent the shaker elements from sticking. I attached the completed card front with the slider and then attached the puppy with three small layered pop dots to the slider. When the recipient pulls on the slider where it says "pull here", the puppy slides over and the "For Real" is revealed declaring my love #for real!

On the inside of the card I stamped a hashtag and attached another cute die cut from the Kat Scrappiness set - #Woof -- Too cute! 

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land (I used Lawn Fawn and Tonic Studios dies.) Thanks for helping me #spread the joy of creativity!

For Dads or Special Males at Send a Smile 4 Kids

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is: For Dads or Special Males (From the Kids.) Create and link any card appropriate for a Dad and you could win one of our great prizes.

We have two very generous sponsors for this challenge: Bugaboo is giving their winner 4 digis of their choice! And the winner from Die-Versions will receive a $15 gift certificate! TEAM S.A.S will also be choosing their favorite cards for our top three and the winners will receive a blog badge and an opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge.

My card features a sweet peanut and his Dad from a Bugaboo Stamps digi set called "Nuts About My Dad." I printed them, paper pieced them and cut them out with a circle die from Tonic Studios. I embossed the card front with an embossing folder from Darice and colored the heart with a Nuvo glitter marker.

Double Embossed Love Card

The other members of our monthly stamp club liked the double embossed cards we shared with them so much, they asked for two versions of it for the January shoebox projects. I am doing the aluminum foil version I have shared so much of here this year. I made several cards and this is not the one I chose for my shoebox, but is similar. I streaked the aluminum foil with red, orange and black Staz-on, then applied Versamark ink to the flatter side of a Darice hearts embossing folder. After running the piece through my embossing machine, I dumped on red, pink and gold embossing powders and melted them on the aluminum foil. The last step in the technique is to sponge on black archival ink to tone down the edges and highlight the embossing. I attached the completed piece to a pink A2 card and added a heart ribbon die cut with a Die-Namites die and "Love" die cut with a Dee's Distinctively die.  Here is a close up of the "double embossing": 

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

Snowflake Scene with new Stamps

I recently bought a new set of Christmas stamps from Penny Black mostly because I loved the reindeer in the set. In the center of the cut out snowflake scene is the smaller of the reindeer with trees and a sponged blue sky framed by a Darice snowflake cut out. The stamp at the top and the sentiment are from the same set. On the inside is my favorite stamp from the set and another snowflake from Darice:

I just love this reindeer and will use this set again but probably not until next Christmas. 

Playing with Foil and New Christmas Dies

I am working my way closer to my goal of designing with all my new Christmas dies as I play with my laminator and the different Deco Foils I bought in Madison. I die cut a new Merry Christmas Wish die from Memory Box out of a toner sheet and ran it through my laminator with Rainbow Deco Foil for this colorful Christmas tree. I attached it to an embossed front created with a Darice embossing folder. Very simple card to create, but I love how it turned out. Here's another view of the gorgeous rainbow foil: 

I am entering this card in the Christmas to Die For challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.