Spread Your Wings Brusho Card

I haven't posted a card with B/B/CB recently (Brushos/Bisters/ColorBurst) and I should really add MN to that acronym (for my recent favorite of the watercolor powders, Magenta Nuance.) They are all put away as I concentrate on creating cards with all my dies. But I do love a subtle background created by simply sprinkling my favorite crystals on watercolor paper and spritzing. In this case, I used Brusho Coloured Crystals lightly and spritzed with water. When dry, I simply stamped two lovely stamps from Dina Wakley with a black ink and added a punched bird. I layered the card front on black and then onto a yellow cardbase. CAS but very lovely and perfect for an encouragement card for a female friend.

I am entering this card in the "Use a Stamp" Anything Goes challenge at Craft Stamper Magazine and the Anything Goes challenge at Art By Miran.

CAS Flowers with Dies

I find myself buying and designing cards with mostly dies nowadays. I just love the look of a CAS (clean and simple) card with gorgeous dies on it. I could not resist the roses background die from Simply Defined with the center left blank for the perfect sentiment. In this case, I used a beautiful new die from Dee's Distinctively. This card will go in my stash for the next time a friend or relative is ill or facing surgery or needs to know they are in my thoughts.

I am entering this card in the Flowers challenges at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge and at Deep Ocean Challenge.

Crackerbox Palace Graduation Thank You Card

It's Crackerbox Palace Friday and today I am sharing a graduation thank you card I made for my sister and nephew with Crackerbox Palace stamps. In fact I made 50 of them! Thank goodness for my MISTI! After I did all the cutting and die cutting, I lined up the three graduation stamps from Crackerbox Palace and stamped each of the 50 card fronts easily and quickly. I used my nephew’s school colors and dies from Tim Holtz and My Creative Time. Loving the great graduation stamps from CBP that can be found here on the website!

Tonic Studios Fairy Tale Pocket Card

It's my turn to post a project on Blog Tonic USA and here, and I am sharing a Fairy Tale Pocket Card I created using many of the new Reflections fairy dies and Illustrated Paper Pack sentiments, plus a few other new favorite dies. Because there are so many lovely dies in the Reflections Range, I thought a pocket card with its many folds was a perfect project to show them on. I recently purchased a very large scoring board and included in the packaging was a CD with instructions to some projects including a pocket card that required 12 x 18 cardstock to make. Of course, I cannot share those instructions here, but I did find a tutorial here on line that shows how to make a similar project using paper about 8 ½ by 11 inches. The picture above shows the pocket card closed. On the front I attached a “fairy tale wish” from the Fairy Wishes Illustrated Paper Pack. The pocket card is held closed with a ribbon attached from the front and back. I added some Sherbert Shimmer Glitter Drops in the corners and on the pink hearts.

This paper pack has 3 each of the fairy pictures and three different sentiments all beautifully colored ready to be cut out and used on your projects. I used the outline die of each fairy to cut out each of them as shown here: 

I die cut the Have a Beautiful Day sentiment and flowers from the Sew Pretty Circle Frame of the same name for the first page of the pocket card as you open it up. When the pocket card is completely open you see three more of the beautifully colored fairies from the Fairy Wishes Illustrated Paper Pack which were die cut with their matching outline dies. I added a candy treat in the center pocket with the “Cherish the Moment” from the Sew Pretty die of that name, but of course you could put a personal note or gift card in that or any of the pockets. The sentiments in the 1^st and 3^rd pockets slide out and were die cut with the Sew Pretty Pinhole Square Layering Die and the rectangle frame from Cherish the Moment Sew Pretty Set.

As you can see, all the squares of this fun pocket card were easy to fill when you have gorgeous dies and pictures like those in the Tonic Studios Fairy Wishes Reflections and Sew Pretty sets shared here today!

Tonic Studios and Nuvo Products Used: Fairy Wishes Illustrated Paper Pack, Reflections Dies: Cerys, Camellia, Bella, Ocean, Grace, Aurora; Have a Beautiful Day Circle Sew Pretty Frame Die, Cherish The Moment Sew Pretty Die, Sew Pretty Pinhole Square Layering Die, Nuvo Sherbert Shimmer and Blue Lagoon Glitter Drops, Tonic Tangerine Die Machine, Tonic Funky Glue Pen, Tonic Advantage V Blade Trimmer; Other: large scoring board, ribbon, corner punch

2016 School Color Graduation Card

I designed this card for my sister to give to the many friends of her son who are graduating this year from Durand High School (school colors purple and gold.) The flap fold card base was die cut with a die from Stampin' up. I embossed the card base with an embossing folder from Cuttlebug. There is a gold circle on the front and back of the flap (to add a personal message.) The "Hat's Off to You" sentiment is from Crackerbox Palace and the 2016 is a Memory Box die.

I am entering this card in the Embossing challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and the Anything Goes challenge at TTCRD. 

Nesting Frames Hugs Cards with Die-Versions Dies

Hope you are having a great day! It's my turn to post a card on Die-Version's blog and mine, and I am sharing this Nesting Frames Hugs card featuring Die-Version’s new Nesting Frames and Curly Word Hugs found here on the Die-Version’s New Release Page.  I die cut and layered purple and gold Nesting Frames to create the fun centerpiece of this card. I started with a purple piece of cardstock cut 5 ½” x 4 ¼”, then layered on a white piece embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder. I cut a strip of gold cardstock and attached it behind the white layer. I scored a fold at the top and then attached the Nesting Frames to it. I die cut and attached Hugs using one of the new Curly Words dies. I added another gold Nesting Frame to write a personal message on under the front flap. Here is a picture of the card with the front flap raised:

**Remember you can get a 15% discount on any of Die-Version’s great dies by simply using my discount code karen15 when you check out at the Die-Versions website.**

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at 613 Avenue Create and the Emboss It challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

Tonic Studios Filigree Flourish Wedding Card

 It's my turn to post a project on Blog Tonic USA and here, and  I am sharing a wedding center stair step card made with Tonic Studio’s new Filigree Flourish and other dies. It was really hard to pick a favorite out of the gorgeous flourishes in this new set! I know I will use all of them as a perfect addition to any type of card. For this card, I chose the beautiful rose flourish and die cut it out of Tonic Studio’s red mirror card from the Christmas Gloss Mirror Card pack. I die cut the romantic couple from Tonic’s First Dance Silhouette Scene out of the silver mirror card from the same set. I also die cut two extra roses out of silver and the “Cherish the Moment” sentiment out of the red. I created a center step stair card to feature these beautiful dies on following the template in this tutorial I found on line. I altered the dimensions of the side steps to 1 ½” wide which was a better fit for the rose filigree die cuts.  This card stands up to be displayed by the bridal couple and folds flat to be mailed.

Tonic Studios and Nuvo Products Used:  Filigree Flourish Die Set, Cherish The Moment Sew Pretty Die, Silhouette Scene First Dance Die, Tonic Christmas Gloss Mirror Card Pack, Tonic Tangerine Die Machine, Tonic Funky Glue Pen, Tonic Advantage V Blade Trimmer; Other: score board