49 and Market Evergreen Seasons Laser Cuts and Penny Black Images

I love 49 and Market rub-on transfers and have created many cards with them. I hadn't played with 49 and Market's Laser Cut Elements until I received them as part of the 49 and Market Evergreen Season Bundle and now I can't wait to find some more! They are delicate gorgeous laser cut images and I had so much fun creating cards and tags with them. I combined them with Penny Black Masterpieces Made Simple Christmastime images to make all the cards and tags I share here. The cardinal image inside the chipboard frame is from Penny Black. I added all the greens, the sentiment and floral images to decorate this card. The inside sentiments are also from the Evergreen Seasons Bundle. 

I framed this lovely Penny Black image with a chipboard frame and added some trees, a Christmas pickup, a sentiment and a lantern all from 49 and Market. 

Here is another pair of cards I made and decorated with 49 and Market's Evergreen Season Mini Laser Cut Elements. This Penny Black cardinal image is framed with a Penny Black snowflake frame and decorated with more Evergreen Season Laser Cut Elements. The inside sentiment is another from the cardstock in the Evergreen Seasons Bundle. Here is one more card I made with a Penny Black image and more laser cut elements from 49 and Market:

I also added Evergreen Seasons rub-on transfers to the center of this card:

I also made some tags by cutting the Penny Black Masterpieces Made Simple Christmastime images with a Crealies tag die and then added dimensional laser cut elements:

I also made a bunch of gorgeous Christmas cards and postcards with many of the rub-ons in the 49 and Market bundle and will be sharing those in a video and here on the blog soon. 

More Inky Embossed Beauties from my Newest Video

I love this card I shared in my newest video here featuring the black out technique and a 3D embossing folder and die set from Memory Box called Anemone Bunches. If you haven't tried the black out technique yet, it is all over internet land and is easy to do. Simply add bright inks to the images on the  DEBOSSED side, then swipe with black ink to fill the flat areas and add a bit of highlighting to the images. I finished this card by spattering on white paint. I also created the following card with that technique and embossed white and colored lilacs made with a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder.

Here are a couple more cards I share in the new video where I simply added ink directly to the embossed backgrounds:

The card on the left features an Eyelet embossing folder from Stampin up and a fun sentiment die from Picket Fence Studios. On the card on the right, I swiped gold ink on a background created with a new Penny Black script embossing folder called Noted, and then added a stamped and die cut flower from 49 and Market and Sizzix.

Inking Images Created with Embossing Folders

I love creating backgrounds with embossing folders but find them a bit boring if they are all one color. In my new video here, I share many cards and many ways to add ink to embossed images taking them from average to awesome.

This is the card I show step by step how to create with a Simon Says Stamp lilacs embossing folder. I was inspired by a card and video by Caly Person to add light purple, dark purple and blue inks to the embossed lilacs in the foreground. 

The background started out as embossed black lilacs but I swiped on Lisa Horton's Interference Cloud 9 Peacock Tails and then added a little copper highlights with Stardust Metallic pigments from Stamperia. I also used those two products on this card which was embossed with a script embossing folder from Penny Black called Noted. 

Here is another card I share in the new video showing the two colors you get by swiping Lisa Horton's Peacock Tails Interference ink over both white and black embossing:

The embossing folder is a new one from Stampin Up and the layered sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.

To see many more inky embossed cards and how I made the lilacs card, watch the new video here.

I hope you have a great inky week to come!

Fabulous Foiling (or not) with Flutter Flys

I fell in love with a card by Carol Hintermeier made with Picket Fence Studios Flutter Fly Toner Card Fronts and Layering Fauna Butterfly die so of course had to purchase both. I had a play with them for my newest video here and share 9 different cards. The toner sheets with different butterfly patterns can be foiled and most of my cards are, but this is one of the cards where the background was not foiled. I brushed on blue ink on the card front and pink and yellow on the die cut butterfly. 

After foiling the toner sheet with a rainbow foil I simply used some dies to make easy lovely cards. This one features strips created with Taylored Expressions Easy Strips dies. The sentiment die on both the above cards is from a set from Hunkydory. The card below has a sentiment die from Penny Black:

One more card shows simply a Picket Fence Studio Fabulous Foiled toner butterfly sheet with Twinkling Pink foil from Gina K Designs and an inked embossed card front:

Never Know What is Going to Pop Up From Karen Burniston!

I have been a fan of Karen Burniston and her pop up dies for years and in my newest video here I share many cards made with the newest release. My favorite of the new dies are the Tea and Coffee Pop-Up and Borders die sets, and here is one of the cards I made with them:

The teapots and cups are from the new Tea and Coffee Borders set and the Hugs border die is from Penny Black. Look at what pops up when the card is opened:

The steam and tea bag move on an arm as the card is opened! Here is the coffee cup version I made in the video to show you step by step how easy these are to make:

The coffee cup sentiment die is from Tutti Designs and the large Thinking of You die is from Papertrey Ink. Of course the best way to see the details and movement on these cards is to watch the full video, but here is a mini video showing these two cards:

(If you are a subscriber and reading this in your email, the mini videos do not show up with my subscription service, so just click on the title and go to the actual blogpost itself.)

I am entering the first card in the Add a Sentiment challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. 

3D Embossing Folders With Dies from Lisa Horton

I recently purchased a couple 3D embossing folders with matching dies from Lisa Horton and made this card with the Trailing Hawaiian Flowers set for my newest video here. I simply brushed on some color and raised it to attach to a pretty wood green background. The "hugs" die set is from Penny Black. 

This card was made with Lisa Horton's Torn Aperture 3D embossing folder and matching die. I sponged on ink around the opening and attached a Dreamcatcher die from Frantic Stamper. The scripty sentiment die is from Crafter's Companion. 

Flower Fun Folds With Dies From My Favorite Companies

Sunflowers and blue bonnets are two of my favorite flowers, and they are so cheerful on this fence fun fold card made with a new die set from Karen Burniston and featured in my newest video here. Just look what happens when this card is opened:

It stands up with three rectangle accordion folds for a cheerful display in the recipient's home! The Fence Add-Ons die works with Karen Burniston's Landscape Rectangle Accordion die to easily create this fantastic card. The grass and crosshatch rectangle dies are also from Karen Burniston and the sunflower dies are from Penny Black. 

Another favorite company where I get very reasonably priced dies from is Hot off the Press at Paper Wishes and when I saw the video and cards they made with this die set, I didn't even try to resist it! It is called Paper Artist Inside/Out Flowers and here is another picture of this pop out flower card:

I am entering the first card in the Anything Goes challenge at the Karen Burniston Pop Up Peeps Facebook page. 

Alcohol Ink, Foil and Edger Dies

I love this new Love Edger die set from Penny Black and decided to play with my sadly neglected alcohol inks and foil for this card. I simply punched a butterfly to finish this simple card but it is a beauty! Here is another card I made with those supplies and a favorite butterfly edger die:

I am entering the first card in the Fun With Dies challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

Design with Christmas Dies Into the New Year!

I am done with Christmas cards, decorating and shopping for this year but have a bunch of Christmas dies and embossing folders I haven't played with yet. There is no law that says we can't make cards well into the New Year with our Christmas dies, right?  I share many such cards and a new fun fold in my newest video here. 

I learned how to make an A2 Bridge Card with a Window from Frenchie in her tutorial here. I used my new Frosty Corners and Small Stripes Ribbon Maker from The Greetery along with a sentiment die from Sue Wilson on this A2 Bridge Card with a Window. Here is a look at the back of this bridge card where I will sign and write a message:

I really wanted to use a larger Snowflake Frame Backdrop Die from Kat Scrappiness on a Bridge card with a Window, so I adjusted the size to accommodate that die as I show in the new video:

Inside the pretty snowflake frame is a Clear Views Transparency from The Mark - It Place I purchased at Let's Create in Wisconsin Rapids. In the new video I show how to make another size of this fun fold step by step illustrating how we can adjust fun folds to accommodate the dies we want to use. 

The beautiful Clear Views Transparency snowy scene is framed by Penny Black's Snowflake Frame and I added patterned mirror card strips and a snowflake also from Penny Black. Here is a look at the back of this Bridge Card with a Window I show how to make in the new video:

The stenciled "Birthday Wishes" was made with a layered Brushed Sentiments stencil and matching die set from Pinkfresh Studios. Here is another version of this size of bridge card with a window that I made with the same products:

Of course all of these cards could be Christmas cards with the right sentiments but I wanted to show how to use Christmas dies in to the new year and needed some special thank you and birthday cards. 

I hope my cards encourage you to watch the new video and give some of the ideas and products a try. 

Wishing you all a healthy and joyful New Year!

More Quick, Easy and Beautiful Holiday Cards From My Newest Video

These two cards were made in minutes with a Simon Says Stamp 3D embossing folder with matching snowflake die, Penny Black's Masterpieces Made Simples card fronts and a pretty sentiment die from Sue Wilson and Creative Expressions. I also used that embossing folder and die on these three cards:

The card fronts are all made with foiled patterned cardstock I found at Paper Wishes.  All the cards I show in my newest video were made in just one afternoon but I will be proud to mail them out to family and friends. My favorites of the cards I made were done with Taylored Expressions Create in Quads Snowflake stencil and here are those cards:

On all of these cards I simply layered the snowflake stenciled card front onto an A2 card and added a die cut sentiment and gems from Gina Marie Designs. In the new video I show how easy these layered stencils are to make 4 card fronts and then make 4 more easy but beautiful cards for my stash.