Altenew Year In Review Challenge 2019 Floral Foiled Friendship Card

Altenew has a new challenge this month to pick one of the inspiration photos above and create a card using the colors or flowers. I was inspired to pull out a sadly neglected Altenew Doodled Lace Cover Die and create this card: 

I chose the gold and pinks from the July 2019 inspiration photo for the colors of the Deco Foiled flowers on my card. Deco Foil Summer Rainbow is a pretty combination of gold and pink but as usual with foil, is much prettier in real life than in a photo. I die cut the Altenew Doodled Lace Cover Die and the Friends die from Tutti Designs out of a Deco Foil Toner Sheet from Therm O Web and ran it through my MINC with the Summer Rainbow Deco Foil. I cut a little off the cover die and attached it on a top folding white card base.

I am entering this in the Altenew Year In Review Challenge. 

Pear Blossom EZ Lights on A Special Card for My Teenage Grandson

I am blessed with two grandsons I adore and one of them is teenager now. It is sometimes hard to make cards for teens but they all love their video games and phones, right? In my newest video here, I show how to make a special light up card using EZ Lights from Pear Blossom Press. Just look at what happens when the "push here" button is pushed:

The phone and game console light up! How cool is that? I used stamps from Paper Smooches, Clearly Besotted, Lawn Fawn and Heffy Doodle on this card. I continued the gamer theme on the inside with a Spellbinders die:

I had so much fun designing with the EZ Lights and am told this week they should be back in stock and are 15% off with the coupon code BACKINSTOCK for one week. I am sure you know some special kids of all ages who would love to receive a card that lights up, and believe me the name EZ LIGHTS is perfect as they are so easy to install. Watch my video here and I hope that inspires you to give light up cards a try.

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

Video - EZ Lights For Special Light Up Cards

Have you ever tried to make a light up card with electrical tape and parts that can't touch and it was so complicated you gave up? That was me until I discovered EZ Lights from Pear Blossom Press that are so easy to put on a card even I can do it! I show how to do it and several special light up cards in my newest video here. I first found these lights in videos that were part of a Karen Burniston and Pear Blossom Press collaboration and it was such a huge hit, the EZ Lights were sold out. I am told by PBP that the lights should be back in stock this week, and that you can save 15% by using the code BACKINSTOCK which is good for a week.

This is the Pear Blossom Press EZ Light looks like:

They can be purchased in several sized packages and as I show in the video, are very simple to install in your cards. 

It was my grandson's birthday this last week and I made this special card for him. He loves trucks and I cut three trucks with a Spellbinders die set and added a computer generated sentiment. It is cute but wait until he pushes the "Push Here" button:

It is really hard to show the lights in a photo so you will want to watch the video here, but all three of the windows in the trucks light up! The EZ Lights from Pear Blossom Press are pre-wired all-in-one unites with three lights each and batteries are included. You could choose to use three lights or two or put all three lights together under one opening to make a really special card for a kid of any age! 

I had so much fun playing with the EZ Lights from Pear Blossom Press! I can picture them on cards with Christmas trees or stars or a birthday cake! To see how easy they are to make special light up cards, watch my new video here. Thanks for your visit here and for your support of my YouTube channel. 

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

Large Gift Tags or Tag Cards For Birthdays From My Newest Video

 As I share in my newest video here, tags can be used on gifts or for cards, with or without gift cards and they are not just for Christmas. They also can be feminine or masculine depending on the stencils and dies used to create them. I love butterflies and rainbows and used a Memory Box butterfly stencil and my favorite Rainbow Shattered Deco Foil to create this birthday tag for a special female. The layered butterfly is from Birch Press Designs, the tag die is from Crealies and the sentiment die is from Tonic Studios. On the back I die cut Happy Birthday from Tonic Studios into a pocket created with a Gina Marie Designs Wonky Rectangle die. I can choose to use the pocket for a gift card or just to sign the card. These size tag cards fit perfectly into a legal sized envelope.

This masculine tag card is the smallest of the tag card I made and I used an Elizabeth Crafts tag die for the decorative top. The stencil used for the background is called Dragonfly Harmony from The Crafter's Workshop. The dragonfly die is from Sue Wilson and the sentiment dies are from Crealies. On the back I attached a label to sign my name cut with a die from Karen Burniston. 

We all need gift tags and cards for all occasions throughout the year, and I am hoping all the tags and tag cards I shared in the new video inspire you to try some tags with your dies and stencils.

I am entering the first tag in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

Large Gift Tags or Tag Cards For Any Season or Reason

As I show in my newest video, tags and tag cards can  be made for any season or reason and the new Watercolor Woodland Sprigs wide washi tape from Memory Box is perfect for tags and tag cards! It looks totally different depending on what color of cardstock you attach it to. I made this birthday tag card with the Memory Box washi tape and dies from Crealies (tag), Karen Burniston (sentiment) and Sheena Douglas (the leafy swirl.) I used stencils on all the tags I made for the video, and on the back of this birthday tag card, I feature stencils from Altenew and The Crafters Workshop. 

This masculine tag card for Dad was created with a large tag die from Crealies, an alphabet die from Karen Burniston and pinecone and branch dies from Tonic Studios. On the  back I decorated my pocket with a pretty stencil from Gina Marie Designs and a "for you" die from Impression Obsession. 

I have been playing with foils through stencils on the Memory Box washi tape and love the look of the sheen created when the MINC slighly melts the washi tape grabbing gold foil in unexpected places. The stencil I used on the front and back is from The Crafter's Workshop and I again used a Crealies die to cut the stitched tag shape. Of course the foil and transfer gel used are from Deco Foil and Therm O Web. 

This tag could be used for Christmas or anytime and for a special guy or girl. It can be a card or a tag on a present and I show that versatility in my video here.

Video - Gift Tags or Tag Cards For Any Season With Stencils and Dies

It is the time of year when we need gift tags and this year I decided to make larger gift tags that can be used on a present or as a card. I made some for Christmas but also for birthdays and other occasions, and you can see all of the tags in my newest video here. All of the tags I made feature stencils and dies as those are my current favorites for making cards and tags. 

This is the gift tag I show how to make in the video. It features new Sizzix Wreath and Snowflake and Circle Words-Christmas dies and Dimensional Domes also from Sizzix for a cute shaker. The tag was die cut with a large stitched tag die from Crealies and the sentiment die is from Sue Wilson. The stencil is a favorite with swirly snowflakes but I don't know where I got it. On the back I added another new Sizzix ornament diecut and created a pocket for a gift card with a Gina Marie Designs Wonky Rectangle die.

The large tags for gifts or cards do not have to be for Christmas. I love the new layered Classic Pine Stencils from Altenew and they could be used for Christmas or any occasion. This large tag was created with an Elizabeth Crafts tag die, the layered stencils and a round sentiment die from Impression Obsession. On the back I again created a pocket with a little stenciling and my favorite stitched rectangle die. I can choose to use the pocket for a gift card or cash or simply sign the card on it.

Of course tags can be any shape and I created these circle tags with more new Christmas dies from Lisa Horton of Creative Expressions, stitched circle dies from Lil' Inker and the gorgeous Tim Holtz Sizzix Flurry 2 Snowflake die. The stencils on the front and back of this tag are from A Colorful Life Designs. 

To see many more large tags or tag cards made with stencils and dies, please watch the new video here. Thanks for your visit here and for your support of my YouTube channel.  

One More DIY Purse and Gift Card Wallet and Templates

Have you watched my video that is part of the DIY Gift Ideas Giveaway Hop that started this week? If you have and left a comment following the instructions in the video, you could win the purse and gift card wallet with a gift card from me! If not, you will want to click the link and watch to maybe win, then  hop along to maybe win each handmade Christmas gift shown in the other videos! You have until November 28th to comment for a chance to win! 

I had so much fun making the purses and gift card wallets, I made 5 of them and this one was made with pretty napkins attached to cardstock with my MINC. I was inspired by a video here to make the purses, but changed the sizes up to fit my embossing folders. I show how to make the purses in the video, and also show the templates, but am including pictures here so you can pin if you wish. Click on the pictures to make them bigger if needed.

I hope you are inspired to make some handmade gifts by the ideas in my video and the others on the hop. Thanks for watching, subscribing and sharing, and thanks, too, for helping me #share the joy of creativity!