Oval Slatted Birthday Card

Hello everyone and welcome back.  While cleaning up some craft supplies, I found this pretty paper from Marianne Designs called Country Flowers.

After rummaging through my dies, I thought this Slatted & Eclipse Oval die from Divinity Designs would work well and so I went to work.

I never get tired of this slatted look.  It's so subtle but makes a pretty paper really stand out. 

I normally cut out the slatted shape 3 times using thick cardstock.  Then I adhere each layer to each other using liquid glue.  I find that these 3 layers plus the pretty paper layer gives it enough height without adding too much bulk.  This is especially important when you mail cards overseas. Anything thicker than 1/4" requires additional postage.

On the inside, I used the following products:

Stampabilities - Elegant Happy Birthday

VersaFine Clair Inks - Shady Lane

eK punches - photo corners

And that was a quick and easy birthday card done. It doesn't show on the pic, but I did add a couple of small lilac butterflies to the inside just to add a little more interest and to match the front of the card.  

See you again soon.

Hugs,

 

Circle Slatted Card

Hello everyone.  I made this birthday card for my son's girlfriend. I love playing with these slatted & eclipse dies from Divinity Designs. For this card, I used the Circle one.  I think that it's such a lovely way to use up your pretty papers.

Because I wanted to have both birds as part of the slatted image, the circle had to be placed a little higher up on the card, leaving a bit of empty space at the bottom.  In order to fill up this extra space, I used the Celebrate die, from Karen Burniston, and cut it out of both fuchsia and silver cardstocks so I could make a slight shadow on the word.

The image is from a sheet from Marianne Designs called Country Flowers.

It is a 6 x 6 inch square image.  I cut it to 5" x 5" so it would fit on this 5.5" square card.

The silver mat is 5.25" x 5.25".

I used the Kat Scrappiness - Happy Birthday w/Shadow die and the Pin Numbers die from Marianne Design to create the elements on the inside.  I finished it off by cutting a few photo corners using a very old eK punch.

That is all for today folks.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  I'll see you again soon.

Hugs,

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ Snowflakes

   Happy New Year crafting friends! 

Welcome to a brand new year of Christmas crafting at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Our challenge this month is Snowflakes.

Since my family is still here, visiting for the holidays from overseas, I needed to make a quick and easy card.  At times like these, I tend to pull out my Hunkydory card kits and that is exactly what I did today.  Not exactly a whole kit, but I used one of their little books of images, this one with various scenes with snow.

I used an image from the Little Book of Frosty and Friends and cut it to a square. Then I used a sheet of Petite Plaids and used that to create one of the mats on my card. I thought it match the snowman's jacket perfectly.⛄ I matted the image and the plaid paper onto gold glossy cardstock and then adhered all the layers to a white card base.  To add that little something special, I added a few snowflake sprinkles from Kat Scrappiness.

On the inside I just used a few left over pieces to create a little border for my stamp.

Crafty Materials used to make this card:

Hunkydory's Little Book of  Frosty & Friends

Divity Designs Petite Plaids Paper Pad

Marianne Design Gold Cardstock

Kat Scrappiness White Snowflakes Sprinkles

Paper Inspirations - Christmas Peace Sentiment Stamp

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

Recollections 5.5" x 5.5" White Card & Envelope

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project, that falls within our challenge theme, and come play along with us.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Wishing you all the very best for 2024!

 May it be blessed with all that makes you smile!

The Paper Shelter ~ 2023 Summer Break Challenge

   Hello friends! Welcome to our 2023 Summer Break Challenge at the The Paper Shelter. 

We have lots of inspiration for you today as both Team A and Team B are participating in this challenge.

   Our theme for this challenge is

~ Anything Goes ~

With it being Summer and me heading off to visit my family overseas and hopefully enjoying a few weeks on the beach, I came up with this card.  

When I saw this cute digi set, called Swimming with Friends, I knew that I wanted to make it move somehow.  Then I remembered a die set I purchase a few of years ago and thought it perfect 😀

When you pull the side tabs out, the dolphin moves to outwards too.

When you push the side tabs inwards, the dolphin moves towards the center of the card.  Here is a lil video that shows you how it works.  Sorry about the glare from the acetate.  Hubby helped while I filmed 😀

A close up of the inner center panel.

I uploaded the digi set to the Silhouette and then used it to print the images onto photo paper and cut them out.   I cut out a couple of each one.  This is the cute little fish.  I added a very thin mat to each image to make them pop.

I die cut the little strips from the same paper and placed one on each lil panel on both sides.

I also added seaweed and a few sequins, as bubbles, for a little added interest.

I computer generated the birthday greeting and added the cut octopus.  Not sure that it looks like he is holding the sign.  I think it looks more like he is taking a nap resting up against the sign. 😀

On the back I adhered my personal message panel.  I added a few sea plants and two of the cute little fish.

This 6" x 6" card, when closed, and fits snugly into a 6.25" x 6.25" envelope.

A quick and easy card, it is not, but since I made it with my grandson in mind, it was well worth all the time put into it.  My little guy loved it!  This is also the reason why I decided not to use the beautiful background that is included in this digi set  (see pic below)  It has beautiful shades of purple but my grandson's favourite colour is "ocean" colour 😀, so I decided to go with the teals instead.

Materials used to make this card:

The Paper Shelter - Swimming with Friends Digi set

Made to Surprise - 6"x 6" Terrific Towers

Creative Expressions - Aquatic Plants

Marianne Design - Wood Sign Post, Tropical Fish

Cottage Cutz - Under the Sea

Our Summer Break Challenge runs for 4 weeks but there is still a chance to win a prize.  The Paper Shelter offers a $30 gift certifcate for one lucky winner.  In order to get this prize, you must use a product from The Paper Shelter.  However, if you have not used a product from The Paper Shelter, you still stand a chance of winning 3 digis of your choice. 

 I will be back on the 30th of August with our challenge #565.  Until then take care, stay safe and enjoy your Summer.

Crafty hugs,

Fairy Stamper ~ Fairy Pedestals

   Hello friends and welcome to my Fairy Stamper Friday share!

You know when you sometimes look at a crafty die or stamp and an idea jumps into your head and then you just have to buy it, because after all you got the greatest idea ever!!! :-)

Well, this was one of those times.  I saw this beautiful 3D embossing folder and die combo and immediately thought of how beautifully it would go with my fairies. So as soon as I got it, I went to work ...

... and here is the result.  Of course, in my head it looked a lot better, but I'm happy with the way it came out anyway.  I think this fairy looks beautiful perched on this mushroom. I stamped a couple of the mini dragonflies to keep Bryla company.  I used Fairy Hugs glitter to add a little sparkle to all the wings.

  On the inside, I stamped the greeting, another couple of dragonflies and a little mushroom.  And that was that.

Now for the list of supplies, each linked to the Fairy Stamper store, for your convenience.

Fairy Hugs stamps ~ Bryla, Mini Dragonflies, My Fairy

Craft Consortium ~ Woodland Animals

Fairy Hugs Glitter ~ Ocean, Translucent Pearl

The Craft Consortium stamp set was purchased during an European Stamps sales event that Fairy Stamper holds every so often.  During these special order events, you find stamps from many European companies such as Nellie's Choice, Craft Consortium, Marianne Designs, Frog's Whiskers, Hefty Doodle, and a variety of others. The best way to know about these events is to subscribe to the Fairy Stamper newsletter HERE. 😀

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you will come play along with us. Our challenges go live on the first Thursday of each month on our Facebook group.   All you have to do is to create a project using your stamps, and upload the pic to our challenge album.  There is a prize drawn for one lucky crafter, at the end of every challenge. 😀

Till next time,

crafty hugs!

 

Love you Smore :-)

 I have another cute Valentine card to share with you today.

Since, my son was little, we always had the "I love your more" thing going.

He's an adult now, but when I saw this design file in the Silhouette store, I just couldn't resist :-)

Hehehe, love Mr Squirrel toasting marshmallows!

List of supplies:

Card design - Silhouette 

Pattern Paper - Silhouette

Squirrel toasting marshmallows - Cottage Cutz 

Card stock - GinaK.

Sentiment was computer generated.

Hope you enjoyed my card.  I have one last Valentine card to share with you tomorrow.

Till then, stay safe and well.

Still sharing Valentine cards :-)

 I know ... we're in March! But believe it or not, cards that I put in the mail at the end of January so that they would arrive overseas by the 14th, are only arriving now.

So without further complaints, here is a shaker card I made.

For this 5.5" x 5.5" card, I used the following supplies:

Divinity Designs - Patterned papers

Elizabeth Craft Designs - Entwined Hearts

Shaker elements - my stash

Gems - my stash

I still have another couple of Valentine cards to share with you, so I'll see you tomorrow.

Till then,

stay safe and well.

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #216 ~ Add a Heart!

   Hello crafting friends and welcome back to another fun challenge starting

 today at Crafty Gals Corner! 

Challenge # 216 ~ Add a Heart!

Our wonderful sponsors for this challenge are ...

(listed in alphabetical order)

Cute as a Button

Prize ~ 2 Digital Images

Stamper's Delights

Prize ~ 3 Single Digital Images

I created this cute easel card using the  Penguin Digi #00012 from Cute as a Button.

I used a design file from the Silhouette store and resized to fit my image.

This card measures 6.5" by 5" and fits into a regular A7 envelope.

The cardstock is all from GinaK, the patterned paper is from Divinity Designs, and the sentiment was computer generated.  I used Copic markers to colour in the image.

As a finishing touch, I added glassy accents to all the hearts. The look very pretty with the shiny dimension :-)

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you liked my card, and feel inspired to get crafty and come play along with us. You have until 12:00 pm, CST, on 9 March 2021, to link your project to our challenge.

Stay safe and healthy!

Hugs,

Valentine Star Easel Card

Hello crafting friends and welcome back to my blog.  I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine weekend.  It's my turn to share a DT project on the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog,  so I'd like to share the fun Valentine card I made for my hubby.

Isn't it cute?

Here is a side view.

This is the back of the card and where you can stamp your greeting and write your personal message.

This card comes apart and folds flat for mailing. My card base was 5" x 6" and as you can see it fits in an A9 envelope which does not require extra postage to send it within the US or to send it overseas.

Now for a quick description:

I don't have a pictorial for you, but I do have the link to the tutorial video I followed.  Sam is great with her easy to follow instructions.  You can find the link here --> Star Easel Card.

I cut all the pieces of the card base, mirror card stock and patterned paper.  I used Memento Lady Bug ink to shade in all the edges of the patterned paper to give it a little more definition.  Then I cut a scalloped circle and a regular circle and adhered them together to make the background mat for cupid.  Lastly, I cut the cupid in red card stock and adhered it to the mat. I used foam dots to stick it down on the "star" part of the card.  I think this is such a fun card to make and it doesn't take long at all.  And best of all, you can practically do it in any size you like.  I prefer the rectangle shapes as I feel the "star" is more defined, but you can make them as square cards too!  This explanation is also on the tutorial video I linked to above.

As always, here is a list of the materials I used, 

each linked to the Dies R Us store, for your convenience.

Scalloped Circle die - Spellbinders

Circle die - Spellbinders

Cupid - Yvonne Creations

Memento Ink - Lady Bug

 Foam dots

 FineLine Bottle Applicator

Please note that you can use any scalloped circle/regular circle combination, so if Dies R Us are out of the Spellbinders dies, you can use Lawn Fawn, Impression Obsession, or Elizabeth Craft Designs, just to name a few that will work and are currently in stock at the store. Similarly, you can enter "Cupid" in the store's search bar, and there will be many other options to replace the cupid I used, which is currently out of stock.

I'd like to remind you  that our sister store is now opened.  Didi Crafts has warehouses located in the USA and Canada, and although it carries some of the same products as Dies R Us, you will also be able to purchase a huge variety of crafty supplies for a variety of crafts.  Having this sister store means that our Canadian crafting friends won't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees.  Isn't that great?!  Go take a peek and be pleasantly surprised!

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope that I was able to inspired you to use your dies, create a project, and come play along with us at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog for your chance to win a gift voucher to the Dies R Us Store.  A new challenge begins on the 1st and 15th of each month.  Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Pinterest too.

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I will be sharing a few more Valentine cards I made in the next few days. These are cards I made for my family and now that they all received their cards, I will be able to share them with you :-)

Till next time,