Peace, Love and Joy Foiled Beauty

I fell in love with this card on my friend Verna's blog and knew I would be casing it when I had time to play- and I finally did! I just loved the look of the Amber Watercolor Deco Foil on the green cardstock using Tim Holtz's Festive Stencil! How do you do that, you ask? Just use temporary tape to hold the stencil and cardstock in place and apply Therm O Web's Transfer Gel through the stencil with a palette knife. It goes on white and needs to dry until it is clear. Then lay a piece of Deco Foil over the dried piece and run it through a hot laminator. Isn't that background gorgeous? I attached it to a top folding cream colored card with a gold strip of sequin tape. 

I have a thing about adding a sentiment to the front of a card- I pretty much HAVE to in my world. But sometimes the background is too busy to stamp on or put a die cut sentiment on. So an easy solve to that problem is to use vellum. I die cut a stitched circle  of vellum (Lil' Inker die) and then attached the beautiful "Peace, Love & Joy" die cut from Penny Black so it stands out but does not totally cover up the lovely background.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. Thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

YouTube Monday- Stamping with Tim Holtz Stamp Platform on Die-Cut Words and Backgrounds

I am starting to love Mondays way more than I used to, because I am so excited to share a new YouTube video each and every Monday! I hope that makes Mondays better for you too! In this video you can watch how these beautiful Prayers cards are made using the Tim Holtz Tonic Studios Stamp Platform. The link to the new video is here:  https://youtu.be/w3IpcLHOpGs

Next week I am posting a new monthly stamp class (with three cards featuring Uchi's Design animated stamps and dies!), so you have one more week to become a subscriber AND leave a comment on this video to earn a chance at winning the three cards I made last month in the class video! Here is a picture to remind you what cards you can win: 

That comment and subscription will also qualify you for a chance at winning the grand opening grand prize! So what are you waiting for? 

I will be back tomorrow, Thursday and Friday with new cards to share. Until then, thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

Cute Fall or Halloween Cards 4 Kids 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: Cute Fall or Halloween 4 Kids! Create and link any cute Fall or Halloween card appropriate for a child and you could win one of our great prizes. 

We have two very generous sponsors for this challenge: Bugaboo is giving their winner four 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 the Happy Halloween Cat digi stamp from Bugaboo. I printed it on a yellow square of cardstock, added a line of embossed boogie eyes (Darice embossing folder) and punched a jack-o-lantern smile with a Fiskars punch.

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

 

Rainbow Brushos Thinking of You Card

Recently I hosted a play date at my house where we played with my Brusho Coloured Crystals again. I hadn't pulled out any of my watercolor powders for awhile and it was fun to get messy with them again. I created a rainbow background with ROY G BIV colors of Brushos and it was sitting in a pile in my craft room when I decided to play with a new die from Tim Holtz and Sizzix called Paper Cut Bird. I simply cut it out of white cardstock, attached it to the rainbow background and the card was almost complete. I have been in need of "Thinking of You" cards recently so I added that sentiment from Tonic Studios on a strip of vellum so it stands out from the busy background.

I am sharing this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday and at Scrapy Land.

Thanks for helping me #spread the joy of creativity!

Spooktacular New Fun Fold

I love love love finding new fun folds! I saw a video and a blogpost explaining how to make this bridge card here and knew I had to try it right away. Sandi made hers with matching Christmas dies in the front and the back, but I wanted to include some new Halloween dies from Tonic Studios and Karen Burniston and this is what I came up with. Here are some more looks so you can see this fun fold: 

I started with an orange cardbase scored and folded following the directions on the video. I attached Tonic Studio's Haunted House in the back of the card. I cut four strips of some Halloween dp I had in my stash for the 4 side panels. I die cut a ghost, a bat and a spooky tree from Karen Burniston's Halloween Elements and Halloween Scene die sets and attached them on the sides as shown. I punched a Halloween fence using an old punch from Martha Stewart, leaving an inch along the bottom for the bridge. I attached a yellow Spooktacular die cut (from Tonic Studios) and another ghost to complete the card. If the die cuts do not stick out (and mine do), this card will fit into an A2 envelope and lay flat as shown here:

I am sharing this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday and at Scrapy Land.

So fun to play with new fun folds! Thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

YouTube Monday - Special Holiday Edition of Enabler Alert!

It's Monday so it must be time for a new YouTube video over on my YouTube channel! On this new special edition of my Enabler Alert series, I am sharing all the new Christmas and Halloween dies in the latest release by Karen Burniston, all the Halloween dies in the latest release by Tonic Studios, and a look at the Tim Holtz Tonic Studios Stamp Platform. Be prepared to be amazed - so many awesome dies in these two releases and the Tim Holtz Tonic Stamp Platform is awesome!

Here is a direct link to see the new products in this Enabler Alert video: https://youtu.be/1a0b8mahO84

Are you a subscriber yet? And have you left a comment on one or more of the videos I have made in the last three weeks? If so, you are qualified for the grand prize drawing to be held the end of September. You get one chance per comment (one per video) IF you are a subscriber. I appreciate comments and followers here on my blog, but really need the subscribers and comments on my YouTube channel if I am to succeed there. 

Thanks for helping me #spread the joy of creativity!

Handmade Hugs Card with NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff)

I finally got a chance to play with my pile of NBUS (never before used schtuff) on the bed in my craft room and this handmade hugs card is the result. I saw a few cards made with the marbled background stamp from Stampin' Up and knew I had to get it. The different tones of blue and white are created with the stamp and only one color of ink- so pretty! I die cut the top and bottom pieces out with Jaded Blossom's Card Layer Die Set Two and then cut the hugs die cut (from Lawn Fawn) out of the bottom one. I also die cut a "hugs" out of white fun foam, glued the two together and then attached it back in the spot I die cut it from. The sentiment and the hearts in the center strip are from a new set called Cuddles and Hugs from Concord and 9th. Here is a peak at the center of the card where I attached another strip of that lovely marbled paper:

I figure every time I send a card I made to someone, it is a handmade hug, so I love the sentiment on this card!

Thanks for helping me #share the joy of creativity!