Monday, January 7, 2019

Video - Winter Cards with Clear Views Transparencies, Dies and Embossing



I love creating cards with Clear Views transparencies and I have been lucky enough to live close to Jill Lemke who makes them. Jill's shop has been closed for some time now, but another local shop is now selling them and will take orders over the phone if you would like to buy any! I have created some winter cards with some of my favorites and the new video showing how easy it is to create gorgeous cards with Clear Views transparencies is here for you to see.



In the video I show how easy it is to make these cards using an old truck in the snow transparency picture and dies from Sugar Pea Designs and Stamplorations. I used Tonic Studios mirror card in both cards as well as favorite snowy embossing folders. I also show how the transparency pictures are made even more beautiful by backing them with specialty papers such as richio and glittery papers.

If you like the transparencies I show and would like to purchase some, simply visit this page on the Let's Create website, chose the ones you like and call them at 715-424-1343 to place your order. The cost of each sheet of 8 transparency pictures is $4.50 and $5.50 with adhesive backing which makes them so much easier to attach. 


Here is the other card I demonstrate how to make in the video here. I CASED this card from one Jill Lemke taught in a class I took at Let's Create, using the same embossing folder and cutting idea she shared. I changed up the die sentiment (Memory Box) and added a snowflake punched with an old punch from Emagination. 

I will be sharing four more winter cards I made with the Clear Views transparencies here on my blog later this week. But to see more of the beauty of transparency sheets and the rest of the winter cards I made, be sure to watch the new video here.

Thanks for visiting my blog and watching the video as well as sharing and subscribing! And thanks, too, for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

Saturday, January 5, 2019

Valentines 4 Kids OR Anything Goes 4 Kids at Send a Smile 4 Kids


It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! Again this year, all challenges at SAS4Kids are Anything Goes 4 Kids! We will often have an alternative theme that you can choose to follow, but are not required to. Create and link any card that is appropriate for a child and your card could be chosen as one of our top three cards and you could join us as a guest dt member on a future challenge. We are also changing to a monthly challenge so new challenges will be posted on the first Saturday of every month and you will have a whole month to make and link your cards.

The theme for this challenge is: Valentines 4 Kids OR Anything Goes 4 Kids. I created a sweet Valentine using hearts patterned cardstock, a stitched heart from Kat Scrappiness and layered “happy” and “day” from Tonic Studios. But the best part is when the card is opened:


The inside pops up to say “Love You” with a darling dragon from Karen Burniston. The pop up and triangle layers were created very easily with a new Squash Fold die set from Crealies.

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 Something New Challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday (the Squash Fold die from Crealies is new to me), and the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land (I used a Karen Burniston and Tonic Studios die.)

 

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Christmas Never Ending Cards Made Easy with Crealies Dies


Have you ever made a never ending card and after all the folding and cutting swore you would never make another? That was me until I found out how easy they are to make with this die set from Crealies. I had so much fun I made 5 never ending cards and show all of them in my newest YouTube video here. It's after Christmas now, but I make holiday cards all year round so I am never in a rush when the season comes around. I made the never ending card above with new Clear Designer Toner Sheets and foils from Therm O Web. It is hard to show the sparkle and movement of the foils with still pictures, but if you watch the video you should be able to see it. Never Ending Cards open 4 times to show 4 different views and each of these were made with the fun Clear Designer Toner Sheets and Gina K Designs Fancy Foils and dies from Quietfire Design (Elizabeth Crafts):






I made this Christmas never ending card with beautiful papers from Graphic 45. Here are a couple more views:



Isn't that fun how the view changes with each fold? I show in the video how easy it is to make these cards and how to change each from scene to scene. I had so much fun I went back to Crealies website and bought some more interactive creative die sets and will share those cards in a video and here soon.

I am entering the first card in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land and the Something New challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. (The Never Ending die set  from Crealies is new.)

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

More Never Ending Cards with Crealies Dies from My Newest Video


After receiving my Never Ending Card die set from Crealies and finding out how simple it is to make these fun interactive cards, I just couldn't stop! I made 5 Never Ending fun fold cards and show them in my newest video here. I also show how easy it is to put them together when you have this great die set from Crealies. (Crealies is in The Netherlands, but the prices and shipping costs were very reasonable and both times I ordered I had my package in just over a week!) Here is the another page of this Never Ending birthday butterfly Card: 



I also made this never ending card using pictures of my niece on a trip to Montana:



(Stamps and die on this page from Quietfire Designs. This is the last page, so I left a place to sign the card.)


To see the other views of these two cards as well as how easy it is to make these cards and how to open each view of the Never Ending Cards, go watch my video here.

Thanks for watching, sharing and subscribing and for your visit today.

Monday, December 31, 2018

Video - Never Ending Cards Made Oh So Easy with Crealies Dies


I remember the first time I made a never ending card from scratch and after all that cutting and scoring only to have the folds not really work, I swore I would never make another. But then I watched this video by Patty's Crafty Spot in which she showed how easy there were to make with dies from Crealies and I just had to order the die set and try it myself. 



This is the card I show how to make in my newest YouTube video here. It is so easy to make never ending cards with this die set! Crealies is in The Netherlands and I was a little nervous about ordering from someone so far away from here, but the price was very reasonable (about $13 American dollars) as was the shipping cost and I received the package in just over a week after ordering. I ordered again and again got great service and awesome dies, so I recommend Crealies very highly.

Here are the other pages in this never ending card:




I used paper from a book of floral cardstock and sentiment dies from Karen Burniston on this birthday version of the never ending card. To see how fun it is to turn the card again and again for new floral images and to see the other Never Ending cards I made, be sure to watch the new video here.

(I do not have an affiliate code for Crealies, but if you visit her website and purchase anything- and she has many many very cool dies there! - please be sure to leave a comment telling them you found their website because of my cards and video. Thanks!) 

Thanks for visiting my blog, watching and sharing my video and for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

Saturday, December 29, 2018

My Favorite Cards 2018 Part 3

As 2018 draws to a close, I went back and visited all my "babies" - the cards I made and blogged this year. I have picked out my three favorites from each month and below the pictures are links to the blog posts and videos if you want any more details or to see how they were made. This is Part 3- scroll down for Parts 1 and 2.


SEPTEMBER 2018 FAVES


OCTOBER 2018 FAVES




NOVEMBER 2018 FAVES



DECEMBER 2018 FAVES

I had fun making and sharing these cards here on my blog and in YouTube videos in 2018 and hope you will stop back in 2019 for more joy of creativity! Happy New Year!

Friday, December 28, 2018

My Favorite Cards 2018 Part 2

As 2018 draws to a close, I went back and visited all my "babies" - the cards I made and blogged this year. I have picked out my three favorites from each month and below the pictures are links to the blog posts and videos if you want any more details or to see how they were made. This is Part 2- scroll down for Part 1 and come back tomorrow for Part 3.


MAY 2018 FAVES



JUNE 2018 FAVES



JULY 2018 FAVES



AUGUST 2018 FAVES

Thanks for visiting! Hope you have a healthy and crafty 2019!