Dragon Birthday Card

 Hello everyone and welcome back.  Today I'd like to share the card I made for my daughter for her 35th birthday.  She is reading a series of books that are all about dragons.  Apparently a very popular series, except that I have no clue what it's called 😀  Anyway with that in mind, I went looking thru my crafty supplies and you can imagine how happy I was when I found this Hunkydory set of toppers called A Touch of Magic.  I also have the matching paper pad called A Touch of Magic - Brilliant Backgrounds.

Next it was time to go find a fold that would make this dragon fly.  My go to place for fancy fold cards is always Sam Calcott from Mixed Up Crafts.  I decided to use her Gatefold Hammock card.  You can go HERE for the tutorial.

I used two narrow pieces of acetate to make my dragon fly.  I think that it gives it such a cool effect 😏

Here is a close up of the dragon topper and the gorgeous background.  These colours are gorgeous. I just wasn't able to capture them properly.  I really do need to take a photography course!

I used bits and bobs from the toppers to add that little something extra to the inside of the card.

This card turned out to be rather large as I wanted to use as much of the background paper as I could.  So in the end it measures 8" x 5.5".  It is rather bulky but fits perfectly in an A9 envelope.

That's all for today. Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you've enjoyed my card as much as I enjoyed making it!   Oh yes, my daughter loved her card! 😀

Crafty hugs,

The Paper Shelter #617 ~ The Little Ones

    Hello crafting friends and welcome to this week's challenge

at the The Paper Shelter. 

Team A - our challenge this week is 

~ The Little Ones ~

(make something for a child)

Using the Frosty Fun digi, I made this Double Block Step Card.

(For tutorial, please click on the link above.)

I print and cut the little guy a couple of times, on photo paper, and the adhered the two layers to each other using foam square.  I also print and cut the background that comes in this digi set and used it to cut out the background small squares.

Here is a close up of this mischievous little guy.  You can just see it on his face.  This is my grandson to a T, so this card is definitely for him for Christmas 😀

I traced the snowbank and print and cut it. I adhered it to the top adding an extra layer of dimension.

I used very small pom-poms as snow balls to add a little more dimension.

 I stamped my sentiment using Versafine Onyx Black ink.  Here is a list of the additional items I used to make this card.

Double Block Step Card - Mixed Up Craft

Dear Santa Stamp Set - Avery Elle

Text Banners - Marianne Design

Silver Mirror Cardstock - Hunkydory

Navy Cardstock - Bazzill

I love shaped cards and this is one that is always fun.  The big plus is that it folds flat making it easy to mail.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Before I leave, I would like to invite you to come play along with us.  Remember that The Paper Shelter has fabulous prizes up for grabs. Check out the details below ...

I do hope you will come join the fun and share your projects with us.

You'll find our challenge blog HERE.

Crafty hugs,

Happy Halloween

 👻Happy Halloween everyone! 👻

May your day be filled with fun and chocolates.

Yes, chocolates, I'm not much into candy, but chocolates ... well let's just say that you can wake me up anytime for chocolates 😀

So with this in mind, I made these cute Broom Treat Boxes to put on our table at each place setting.

I think they came out very cute, but it was not a quick and simple project, at least not for me.

I got their design from Sam Calcott at Mixed Up Crafters.  She makes it look so easy, but it took me several hours to put all 8 together.  You know me, I like the quick and simple, mostly because I actually don't have a lot of time for crafting, but I do love it so I "make time" for it by stealing it away from something else I probably should have been doing instead, like sleeping ...

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Inside, I placed four of these ghoulish chocolates.  These boxes close up extremely well.  There was no need to put tape on the bottom to keep the flap closed.

I hope you enjoyed my treat boxes.

I wish you all a SPOOK-tacular Halloween!