Easter or Spring Cards 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! Again 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. We are also continuing as a monthly challenge so new challenges will be posted on the first Saturday of every month and you will have a whole month to make and link your cards.

The theme for this challenge is: Easter or Spring Cards 4 Kids OR Anything Goes 4 Kids.  It may be winter, but now is the is the time to make and send in Easter and Spring Cards to our volunteers. But always please check the “Current Needs” page before sending in cards to see which volunteer needs what for their hospitals and kids.

I created my fuzzy sweet upside down Spring bunny using a die from Lil’ Inker and flower soft. Remember flower soft? I decided to play with it recently for a video about updating older products with new crafty supplies. Two sided tape sheets like those from Sookwang make adding flower soft so much easier than gluing it on as we did years ago. The bow is from a Karen Burniston set and the sentiment is from Lil’ Inker.

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 Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

More Textured Napkins and Diecuts Cards

I had so much fun making gorgeous die cut elements with napkins and Nuvo Aqua Flow pens for my latest video and on these cards I combined them with new stamps and stencils to make the cards I am sharing today. I made the desert scene card with a new stamp from Penny Black called Desert Dream for a sister and brother-in-law who winter in Arizona. The cactus was made with the napkin technique I show in the video here, and I added a favorite sentiment die cut from Sue Wilson.

This card features dies from Bright Rosa, Poppy Stamps and Lil' Inker Designs, a pretty background stencil from Bright Rosa and a sentiment strip from Taylored Expressions. I added the gold shimmer to all the napkin layered die cuts with my Nuvo Gold Midas Aqua Shimmer Pen and that gold shimmer is even more beautiful in real life.

My last card features  a new Hero Arts wood frame cut out of gold, a Gina K Designs stenciled background and layered napkin flowers (Poppy Stamps die), and a dragonfly and leafy sprig (created with Penny Black dies.) 

Thanks for your visit today and your support of my YouTube channel too. To see how to take simple napkins and turn them into colored textured and glittery additions to your cardmaking, watch the new video here (or bookmark it for a less busy week.)

Napkins, Cardboard Boxes and Masking Tape Create Gorgeous Textured Cards!

Can you guess how I made all the die cuts on this card? Layered napkins, Nuvo Aqua Flows and Aqua Shimmer and dies as I show in my newest video here. I used slightly patterned napkins for a little more interest and colored with Aqua Flow pens from Tonic Studios then added gorgeous gold shimmer with my favorite Midas Touch Aqua Shimmer Pen from Tonic Studios. The beautiful fern die and fern shaped side were created with dies from Bright Rosa by Paula Pascual and the sentiment die is another favorite from Sue Wilson. The dragonflies and butterfly dies are from Penny Black and Lil' Inker Designs.

The background in this masculine card was created with torn strips of masking tape sponged with brown ink. The dragonfly (Die-Versions) and the textured die cut on the left side (Paper Roses) were made with corrugated torn cardboard pieces that were stenciled and then die cut out. "You Da Best" is a fun die cut from Simon Says Stamp.

And I made this masculine card simply by tearing and sponging ink onto cardboard box pieces and adding some silhouette die cuts from Sizzix. The little bit of a pattern in the background was created with a stencil. I had so much fun playing with these common household items and show these and many more cards in my newest video here.

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas Eve!

More Simple Shaped Superb Stenciled Card From My Latest Video

 In my newest video I show how easy it is to create simple but superb cards with simple stencil shapes many of which we can create ourselves out of acetate and simple shaped dies such as this oval. After brushing on ink a little darker around the edges and then lighter towards the middle with my Taylored Expressions Blender Brushes, I added some more stenciling with the Faded Petals Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs. The flower silhouette stamp and the sentiment stamp are from Gina K Designs. 

I combined a simple shape handmade square stencil with the Tap Dance Stencil from Simon Says Stamp in two different shades of coral ink for the background on this fun card. Then I over stamped with the Chicago scenery stamp and sentiment from Brutus Monroe. 

I had so much fun creating simple stencil shaped cards I made a bunch and show them all in the video. The Marvelous Masks from A Colorful Life Designs have both the positive and negative versions of each shape, so I used the heart shaped stencil to mask the heart world stamp from Lil' Inker Designs and brushed on blue ink to a blue marbled cardstock on this card front. Then I stamped the perfect sentiment also from Lil' Inker Designs. 

Stop back Friday December 20th for more simple superb stenciled cards and the announcement of my THREE lucky winners from my Seasons of Giving giveaways on YouTube, Instagram and here on my blog. You still have another day to enter simply by commenting on any or all of them. See the rules and how to enter here on my YouTube channel.

Video - Ferris Wheel Cards For Christmas and Birthday Wishes

My favorite new fun fold interactive card is the Ferris Wheel card that I learned how to make from Sam of Mixed Up Crafts, and in this week's video here I am sharing two more versions I made for different occasions. To see the original tutorial, click this link. 

I added a floral shaker to the center of this birthday ferris wheel card and when the ferris wheel is turned, the shaker elements move inside the shaker piece from Jillibean. 

I am loving the new Mystical Leaves Sprinkles from Kat Scrappiness and I glued a few of those on the top and around the shaker piece in addition to the ones in the center with a sequin mix. The stitched flowers are from Poppy Stamps and the stitched butterfly dies are from Lil' Inker Designs. The circular Happy Birthday die is from My Favorite Things. The die I used to cut the acetate circle large enough is no longer available, but I recommend the huge selection of XXL dies in many shapes and styles at Crealies here. Here is a look at the card down and the shaker pieces "all shook up":

I love how this card turned out and share several more Ferris Wheel cards and how easy they are to make in my new video here.  Thanks for your visit here today and for watching, sharing and subscribing to my YouTube channel. To see my fall version and maybe win a great prize, be sure to watch this video which is part of a huge video hop. You have until September 30, 2019 to comment for a chance to win.

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

Video - Kitchen Sink Stamps Multi-Step Layered Trees For All Seasons

I love the beauty of trees in every season and Multi-Step Layered Stamps from Kitchen Sink Stamps make sharing their beauty so easy even for coloring challenged card makers like me! In my newest video I am sharing cards for all 4 seasons made with Kitchen Sink Stamps. 

This is the card I make in the video and it features KSS Multi-Step Snow Pine Trees stamp set and Nuvo Fresh Snowfall Glitter Accents. It is an Inside Shadow Box card I learned how to make from the brilliant Jennifer McGuire here.

In the video, I show how easy it is to stamp those realistic looking snowy pine trees and also the rolling hills snow both with stamps from Kitchen Sink Stamps. The Santa and Sleigh die is from Impression Obsession, the sentiment from Sue Wilson and Creative Expressions and the stitched oval from Lil' Inker. 

My fall tree card features the spooky tree multi-step stamp from Kitchen Sink Stamps' Owl and Autumn Moon stamp set and I made a tri-fold Halloween card. The moon was stamped with two shades of grey ink and the leaves with orange and red. The sentiment dies are from Tonic Studios. Here are a couple more views of this tri-fold card: 

I am featuring projects made with Kitchen Sink Stamps Multi-Step layering stamps all week on my blog here and also on my YouTube channel. Thanks for your visit here today, and for watching, sharing and subscribing at my YouTube channel here. And thanks, too, for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

I am entering the first card in the Stamp It challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

Video - Easy and Elegant Christmas Cards with Clear Views Christmas in July Video Hop

Do you know what is 5 months from today? Christmas! I am so happy to be joining some crafty friends for a Christmas in July Video Hop and if you hop along, you can get ideas for your Christmas cards and maybe win some fantastic prizes! If you are the lucky commenter on my video here, you could win three Christmas dies from Tonic Studios and the card I create in the video! (USA mailing addresses only.)

In my video I am sharing how easy it is to use Clear Views Transparencies and favorite dies to make easy and elegant Christmas cards. I purchase my Clear Views Transparencies at Let's Create and if you wish they will also add sticky back paper so the clear views picture is super easy to attach to glittery or other paper. If you click on the link, choose the Clear Views you want and then call the shop at 715-424-1343 to complete your purchase. I show how to make this card in the video so click this link to watch and be sure to comment for a chance to win. Here is a picture of old St. Nick close up with his sparkly background: 

The ornament die is from Quietfire Designs and Merry Christmas is a die from Tonic Studios. Here is another card I share in the video: 

As I show in the video it is so easy to put a pretty Clear Views Transparencies on a glitter card, frame it with a die cut and add a sentiment. Here is another example doing just that:

The sentiment dies are from Tim Holtz and Creative Expressions and the frames are from Lil' Inker Designs, Memory Box and Gina Marie Designs. To see all these cards and how they were made, watch the Christmas In July Video Hop video here and be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win my prize. Then hop on the video hop for more inspiration and prizes!

More Tarnished Foil Beauties from My Newest Video

Now that I have many more color options for the foil as well as for the StazOn and embossing powders, I have found I love the look of Tarnished Foil even more. I share all those options and many cards in my newest video here. I created the background on this masculine card with gold foil from Tonic Studios, a SU trees embossing folder and greens and browns in the StazOn and embossing powders. The deer die is from Tim Holtz and the frames were created with dies from Lil' Inker Designs.

I embossed both the gold foil and the green cardbase on this card with a Sue Wilson embossing folder and the sentiment die is also from Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions. I streaked the gold foil with orange, green and brown StazOns and the embossing powders were gold and green as well. I added some sticker gems to highlight the embossing. 

It is difficult to photograph the tarnished foil pieces to show the sparkle and beauty of the colors and textures. This card was created with an embossing folder I got once with a stamping magazine and I used blues and black in the StazOn and embossing powders. The frame and sentiment dies are from Karen Burniston and the shells were created with an Impression Obsession die set. 

I am hoping these cards inspire you to watch the video here and try some tarnished foil with the colors and foils you own. Remember if you do not have colored foil paper, you can use heavyweight aluminum foil as I show in this older video here.

Christmas in July 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! Again 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. We are also changing to a monthly challenge so new challenges will be posted on the first Saturday of every month and you will have a whole month to make and link your cards.

The theme for this challenge is: Christmas in July 4 Kids OR Anything Goes 4 Kids.  It is never too early to start thinking about making holiday cards for our kids so that every child gets one and gets to pick some for relatives and friends they are missing on the holiday.

I made this Christmas card with a framed picture of Santa using a Clear Views Transparency and an oval stitched die from Lil’ Inker Designs. The sentiment was created with a die from Tonic Studios and I added some gems from Gina Marie Designs. 

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

 

Video - How to Turn Your Photos Into Lovely Handmade Cards

My sister and niece took some gorgeous pictures during a trip to Montana and I have made those pictures into a collection of cards as a gift for them. My newest video here  shows all the cards and how I made a couple of my favorites. Most of the cards were made with dies and I show how to make this shaker card in the video:

Isn't that scene in the background of this shaker card gorgeous? I created the shaker frame with stitched rectangle dies from Lil' Inker and the birds were cut with an IO die. Here is a picture of this card "all shook up" and another shaker card I made with a beautiful waterfall picture:

I made many picture cards because I wanted to use everyone of the lovely pictures they shared, so I will be blogging them all week. Here is another of my favorites featuring dies from Kat Scrappiness and Karen Burniston:

To make this card I needed two duplicate pictures and the top layer was cut with a Kat Scrappiness stitched frame and raised when attached over the bottom photo. 

Be sure to watch the video here for lots more ideas and come back each day this week as I blog the rest of the photo cards.

Easter or Spring Cards 4 Kids OR Anything Goes 4 Kids at Send a Smile 4 Kids

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge here at Send a Smile 4 Kids! Again 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. We are also changing to a monthly challenge so new challenges will be posted on the first Saturday of every month and you will have a whole month to make and link your cards.

The theme for this challenge is: Easter or Spring Cards 4 Kids OR Anything Goes 4 Kids.

I can’t wait for Spring!! Temperatures above zero would be so nice for a change! I created a bright cheerful spring card for this challenge using new dies from Lil’ Inker (the bunny and “Spring”) and a floral background die from Gina Marie Designs. The upside down bunny idea was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest using this same Lil’ Inker die.

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 Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

 

Mitten Shaker Card and Ornaments with Birch Press Designs Dies

In my newest video, I showed how I made tags with the mitten shaker die set from Lil' Inker Designs. But of course you can also use the super cute mitten shaker die set to make a super cute card as I have done here. I die cut the mitten out of the center of a mittens designer paper piece and out of a plaid dp piece and you can see the stitching on the inside of the mitten piece and the outside as well which I love! I stamped the sentiment (from Gina K Designs) on a green piece behind the opening and attached acetate to the shaker front. I  created a well with my favorite thin foam strips from Motions Crafts and dumped in some sequins and glass beads. The cute stitched mitten cuff was created with two dies from this same set of dies from Lil' Inker Designs. Happy Holidays is a die from Tonic Studios. Here is a look at the card all shook up and some ornaments I made too:

I am a self confessed die cut addict and used two layered die sets from Birch Press Designs to make these ornaments for a couple dear friends for Christmas. Here are some more photos: 

On both the ornaments I used several shades of Tonic Studios mirror card and layers A, B and C of Birch Press Designs Radiant Ornament and Issa Snowflake Die Sets. I love these layered die sets from Birch Press Designs and have so many of them on my wish list. The Best Friends on the back is a die from Tonic Studios.

Christmas is almost here and I want to take this opportunity to wish you and yours a blessed season no matter which holidays you celebrate. I hope you come back to visit in the new year as I continue to share the joy of creativity here on my blog and at my YouTube channel.

I am entering the card above in the Party Time celebration at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. Christmas is party time, right? And in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land (Tonic Studios.)