Fun Folds and Interlace Snowflakes That Are Not Snowflakes!

I live in central Wisconsin and am already tired of snow this year! I am done with my Christmas cards, but I couldn't resist the Hunkydory Moonstone Interlace Snowflake die set I found at Paper Wishes. I challenged myself to make fun fold cards that do not look like snowflakes with the die set for my newest video here.

Another Hunkydory product I love at Paper Wishes is the foiled patterned acetate and I have several sets of it which I use all the time instead of plain acetate. This is the fun fold acetate card I make in the new video step by step. I used some pretty two sided light weight patterned paper from Stampin' Up to make the interlace snowflake or medallion and also on the strips on the top and bottom. I made this a Love card and here is a look at the inside of this card:

The inside sentiment is an older one from Quietfire Design and the wonky square die is from Crealies. 

Here is another card I made with that same floating foiled acetate from Hunkydory, some elegant patterned paper from Tonic Studios and of course the Interlace Snowflake that is not a snowflake. 

I just received some gorgeous two sided wood grain paper from Paper Wishes and made this square z-fold card with it. I love how this card turned out! I added a wonky stitched circle from Crealies with a perfect sentiment wish from Sue Wilson and Creative Expression. Here is a peak at this card from the side opened: 

I had great fun stretching the use of the Interlace Snowflake die for these non-snowflake cards and hope my video and cards inspire you to give some of the ideas and products a try!

Christmas Tags and Countdown Gifts

I love to make tags both to use and to give as gifts to others and could not resist this die set from The Greetery that makes these pretty circular gift tags so easily. I attached the To From tag to circles cut out with the circle crosshatch die from Karen Burniston.

I am a Grandma who loves to make handmade gifts to make my grandsons happy and found an Advent Calendar Countdown die set from Simply Made Crafts to make these this year. Each day has a little box where I tucked some candy or cash in for a fun surprise each day leading up to Christmas. The die set to make the matching bag is no longer available so I searched Pinterest and adjusted one I found to work for 12 days on each side. Here are pictures of my grandsons with their daily gift:

More Cards with More Ways to Add Amazing Color to 3D Embossed Images

I just couldn't resist this new embossing folder and die cut combo from Simon Says Stamp which is perfect for Christmas and winter cards. I colored the birdhouse (cut and embossed with a dark brown cardstock originally) with Prima's Aged Brass Metallique Wax and added sparkle and texture to the snow with Nuvo's Fresh Snowfall Glitter Accents. I normally use my fingers to add the Metallique Waxes as I show in the new video, but the pine needles and cones were too small so I used a very small sponge tool with more Aged Brass and Mint Sparkle Metallique Waxes. The little cardinal die is from IO. The die cut sentiment from Dies...to Die For finishes on the inside of the card with stitched interest added by a rectangle die from Kat Scrappiness:

I was enabled by a card I saw by Stamp Owl to rush out and buy the Easy Fold Diamond Fold die cut set from Creative Craft Products and I made a double version of this card in the new video. I used three different ways to add gorgeous color to the 3D Crafter's Companion Flourishing Holly Corner embossed image and added my favorite Christmas wishes die cut from Penny Black to the inside.

Most of the time the Metallique Waxes look best over dark cardstock and I tried the White Pearl on both of these cards made with Tim Holtz's Sizzix Roses 3D embossing folder, but I didn't like the look.  So I added the Blue Lagoon and Aged Brass over the White Pearl and like the roses much better. The 4th way to add color to embossed images in my new video is Nuvo's Glacier Paste which is on the embossed butterfly (from Pink and Main.) I have found that all the glitter pastes from every company I have bought all dried up after time no matter what I did to try to prevent that. But my Nuvo Glacier Paste is as soft and creamy as ever, and is a pretty way to add sparkle to any color of embossed images. 

Be sure to check out the new video to see all the embossed cards with 4 different ways to add sparkle and color. I hope you give some of the ideas and products a try, and then send some joy out into your world!

4 Ways To Add Gorgeous Color to 3D Embossing

I love my 3D embossing folders and also love discovering new products for my cardmaking and in my newest video I share many cards made with Metallique Wax from the Prima Finnabair Collection. In a make and take at the Picture This stamp shop in Eau Claire I visited recently during the fall shop hop I made this card front:

I have tried several kinds of waxes but in my opinion the Metallique Waxes from Prima are the creamiest and easiest to work with as I show in the new video. 

This is one of my favorites of the cards I made for the new video with the Metallique Waxes. The 3D Typewriter embossing folder is from Tim Holtz and Sizzix and I added Blue Lagoon and Aged Brass Metallique Wax to the embossed card front. I also added Aged Brass to the butterfly (from Tim Holtz and Idea-ology) and finished with a perfect sentiment die from Cutplorations.

This is the fun fold card I show how to make step by step in the new video. Finding the new Metallique Waxes reminded me to check my stash and pull out products I already own to add color and sparkle to my 3D embossed images. In the video I share 4 ways to do just that. This card features not only the Mint Sparkle Metallique Wax but also Apple Fizz Lustre Polish from Cosmic Shimmer and Nuvo Winter Cranberry Glitter Accents on the beautiful Flourishing Holly Corner 3D embossing folder from Crafter's Companion. The fun fold was created with a new die from Creative Craft Products Easy Folds that makes a 5 x 7 Diamond Fold card. I saw a beautiful card by Stamp Owl using this die set and had to use her link to buy it immediately. She learned this way to use the die set to make a double diamond from Sam of Mixed Up Crafts. Here is a look at the inside when two of the main die pieces are attached to a 5 x 7 piece folded in half:

The unique shape and layers are so much easier to make using a die set that cuts them perfectly. I added some die cut sentiments (JOY from Gina Marie Designs, stitched oval from Kat Scrappiness, "Christmas Wishes" from Sue Wilson and Creative Expressions and "Peace" from Quietfire Design) on the layers of the inside of this card. 

 

I had great fun making these cards with gorgeous color added to 3D embossed images and hope you will watch the video to see these and many more cards, then give some of the ideas and products a try!

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

Winter Fun 4 Kids at Send a Smile 4 Kids

It’s the first Saturday of a new month and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! The theme for this challenge is Winter Cards 4 Kids, but you can choose to participate in our challenge with any card appropriate for a child.

I stenciled a snowflake using a layered stencil from Taylored Expressions onto an embossed snowflake background and layered another die cut snowflake on top to make this snowy card. I added some gems from Gina Marie Designs to complete the card.

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 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.

Last Minute Holiday Cards Quick and Beautiful!

Do you need some last minute Christmas cards you can make in a hurry and be proud to send out to family and friends? I made a dozen beautiful cards in just one afternoon with crafty favorites such as layered stencils, patterned mirror card. 3D embossing folders, and of course dies and I show all of them in my newest video here. 

These three cards were made in just minutes with patterned mirror card and Easy 3D Toppers I found at Paper Wishes. The layered Merry Christmas die is a favorite from Karen Burniston. Look what I added to the inside of the square card in just minutes with a new die from LeCrea Design:

In the new video I show how easy it is to make 4 colorful card fronts using Taylored Expressions Create In Quads Snowflake layering stencils and then how to quickly make them into 4 cards. Here are the first card I made: 

This card took just seconds to layer the snowflake stenciled card front on a teal layer and add a Easy 3D Gnome Topper from Hearty Crafts. On the inside I edited a Tonic Studios die to say: From Our Gnome to Yours.

I learned this easy fast fun fold from Frenchie here on her blog and cut one of the snowflake quads to layer in the front pieces to make this card. The sentiment inside is from Cutplorations and I added some more Gina Marie Designs gems to this card. I cut the last quad into a Christmas tag with a Crealies tag die that can be used as a card or on a present:

I have many more cards in the video that can be made in just minutes so be sure to watch the new video here. I will probably end up with more Christmas cards than I need, but that is OK because I will send them out to others who would love to receive some Christmas joy in the mail. We can find names and addresses on The Angel Card Project or on Because Kindness facebook groups. On both of these Faceook groups, names and requests for cards are posted all year round but especially during the holidays.