Thursday, March 7, 2024

Hummingbird Lattice card

 I like using every scrap I have left over after making a card/ project and use them to create a new project. The following is an example of this. 


 


For this 5 by 7” card, an oval was die cut in the center of the card front.  Actually I die cut 2 pieces of card stock at the same time. The second piece will be used to cover  up the work on the inside.

Some adhesive was added around the oval die cut on the inside. The strips of Basic White cardstock, which had previously be cut to a uniform size, were added one at a time to form the above lattice. When done the extra length was trimmed off.

I then added some Meandering Meadow DSP over the lattice after which I adhered the second die cut piece of card stock. This second one hides the glued ends etc.

The flowers and hummingbird, from      were added to the top and bottom corner using dimensionals. Each image was colored with Stampin' blends and die cut with the coordinating dies. 

A sentiment will be added when I need the card for a specific occasion.

Supplies used:

Stamp: Thoughtful Expressions

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends (hummingbird:  Melon Mambo, Parakeet Party, Tahitian Tide, Granny Apple Green  Flowers: Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Mossy Meadow)

Papers:  Basic White,  Meandering Meadow DSP, Old Olive 

Accessories:  Oval dies , Thoughtful Expressions dies, Dimensionals, 

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Double Pillar Floral Display Birthday /Anniversary Card for Creative Folds #76

 This double pillar display card (6 by 6")was made specifically to celebrate the 3rd anniversary for the Creative Folds blog /challenge.  I had made a card earlier for challenge #76 but it was not made with the anniversary in mind.  So I wanted to make a card specifically for the occasion. However, I made it a birthday card.

To make the card I used a tutorial by Mixed Up Craft 



Note:  the flowers in the card are left over from previous projects.  I wanted to make my own flowers but I am having trigger finger and other issues in both hands that prevent me from doing fine work.

To protect the fIowers a piece of window sheet (thus the glare in the picture) was adhered over the card front. I also added the display to a 6 by 6" card base at the back. This allows the card to stand up as well although it will stand out without the extra card base.

On the front of the pillars I added some Pansy DSP (retired) matted with gold foil.




The  card does not fold flat for mailing so I made a box for the card.  It could be mailed, but it would be better to hand deliver this one.

Happy Anniversary (birthday) Creative Folds.





Sunday, February 25, 2024

Just for You - a Slim Line card for TSOT #641

 When I saw the sketch challenge at TSOT, I knew I was going to make a slim line card, and I also knew that I wanted to use the faux ribbon technique on the panel on the card front.



I wanted to make a St. Patrick's Day card, but it just wouldn't go together for me, so I abandoned those attempts and created the current card using the "Cheerful Daisies" bundle.

But the idea of using the faux ribbon technique for the panel persisted in my mind. I had some  "Fresh as a Daisy" DSP left over, so I cut a couple of small strips of two of the patterns.  These I adhered to a piece of Basic White cardstock 1 1/2 by 8" which I had penciled marks every 1/2", starting with the solid coloured one. See picture below. Does it not look like a ribbon rolling down the paper?



The finished panel was added to a piece of Basic White card stock embossed with a slimline embossing folder that has dots on it. I love adding texture to my cards. This embossed piece was added to the Garden Green card base.

At the bottom left I added some Daisy flowers which I assembled after die cutting them using the dies that coordinate with the stamp set.




The sentiment is from "Celebrating You" and the embellishments are from the Holiday Rhinestone collection.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Cheerful Daisies, Celebrating You
Inks:  Crushed Curry, Garden Green
Papers: Garden Green, Basic White, Fresh as a Daisy DSP (retired), Daffodil Delight     
Accessories:  Slimline embossing folder (dots), Holiday rhinestone collection, Dimensionals                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Friday, February 23, 2024

Easter Egg Card made with a Napkin

 Sometimes one finds a good buy in the Dollar store.  I was shopping there yesterday and picked up two different Easter napkins - an Egg shaped one, and a bunny (head) one. Of course I purchased one of each with the intention of making them into cards.

I used the Egg napkin first.



The card is 6 1/4 by 4 3/4


Napkin and Egg Shaped card together.

I added the napkin to an 8 1/2 by 11" piece of Basic White cardstock that I had prepared with Mod Podge. Once the Mod Podge was dry I ironed the napkin adhering it to the cardstock.  I also ironed on the strip of flowers from a second napkin and ironed them to the card stock.  These flowers were then fussy cut, sponged and added to the flowers on the Egg shaped card. After they were adhered to the card front, I added Crystal Effects to each flower and sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds on them.  Some Lilac pearl was added to the centers.

I sponged the edges of the Egg Shaped card with Gorgeous Grape ink.

The sentiment is from a retired stamp set "Easter Promise"

The Bunny is from "Easter Bunny"

The sentiment and the Bunny are both added to the card front using dimensionals.

On the inside, I die cut a fancy oval die (?name) and added an Easter sticker of 2 bunnies.
The sentiment on the inside is from "Springtime Joy"



Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Easter Promise, Easter Bunny, Springtime Joy
Inks;  Gorgeous Grape, Black Memento, Crushed Curry, Smokey Slate Stampin Blend
Papers:  Basic White, Egg shaped napkin, Highland Heather
Accessories: Bunny Die, Lilac Pearl pen, Fancy oval die, dimensionals. Crystal effects, Dazzling diamonds.


Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Happy Easter - Double Trouble Paper Crafting#160 & Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #75

 This card was made for the challenge with Double Trouble Paper Crafting #160 who is partnering with Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #75

I had so much fun making this card that I made another card with the same fold, only this card featured squirrels (I figured they leaped and jumped from tree to tree and they are getting active now).  See card at end of this post.





Easter is approaching very quickly. Good Friday is March 29 this year, less than 6 weeks away, So I featured creature that did all of the required activity for the challenge the creature I that “hops, skip and leaps - the Easter bunny. I actually made the rabbit hop by attaching it to the card front using a wobble.

I also made a fun fold for this card, using  a tutorial  by Mixed Up Crafts. I had never made this card fold before. It's called a Side Panel Pillar Card. 

My sample was made using 80 lb cardstock but the card was a bit wobbly and did not stand up alone very well, so the final card  was made using 100 lb cardstock.

The Basic White card stock base of this A4 card fold is  9 by 7" scored at 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the 9 “ side. This was rolled up to form a pillar on the left side.



After the pillar was formed  Fresh Freesia DSP, matted with with Starry Sky cardstock was added to the base as well as both ends of the pillar.
The focal image piece is a 5 1/2 square piece of Basic White card stock scored at  1/2 and 1 1/2” on one of the sides. This piece was added to the pillar at one end and the base at the other ( like a pop up mechanism). The scene I created was matted with Starry Sky card stock and then adhered to this piece.


Focal Image:

Background: I used blender brushes to add Balmy Blue and Boho Blue inks to create the sky, and Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive for the ground.

I used a punch to punch out a strip of grass which I added to the bottom.

Images:  All images were stamped and coloured with Stamp'n Blends and fussy cut.  They were placed in the scene shown in the picture.

The rabbit was placed in a wobble allowing it to hop and wobble.

I added a piece of Basic White cardstock on the back for messages.


Products Used:

Stamp:  Easter Bunny

Inks:  Black Memento Stampin' Blends (Smoky Slate, Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight,) Starry Sky Balmy Blue Boho Blue, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz

Papers: Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Starry Sky, Old Olive, Fresh Freesia DSP

Accessories:  Easter Bunny dies, Wobble, Wave rhinestones, Dimensionals, Glitter, Crystal Effects






Sunday, February 18, 2024

Valentine Project wins at Creative Creases Challenge #75

 The Valentine Day project, Camellia flowers in a heart vase, was selected as one of the top 2 winners of "Anything Goes with a Fun Fold" here

Below is a picture of the project and below that a link to the original post.



https://craftymariasstampingworld.blogspot.com/2024/02/valentine-floral-arrangement-and-vase.html


Sunflowers in a Globe- Beautiful Blossoms Challenge # 14

 This is my second submission to the floral challenge at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - Anything goes with Optional Mood Board #14  

Anyone who knows me knows that I love flowers - real flowers, paper flowers, and flowers on cards.  I am particularly fond of making 3D flowers.

When I saw the Anything goes floral challenge I knew I had to make some flowers and put them in a globe.  I got the globes for birthday last year and have not done anything with them because I couldn't think of anything to place in them.

Until now.

Last year, at Maker Mania 8 we all received a stamp set featuring Sunflowers, and came with a coordinating set of dies.  I used the dies to create the three sunflowers which I then added to one of the globes.



I cut a piece of the coordinating DSP to fit into the globe, trimming the top to fit into the curve.  Two of the Sunflowers with leaves were added to the front.  The butterfly was one of the embellishments we received with the event.

I used the three small leaf punches to punch leaves from some similar coloured DSP and I scattered them on the bottom of the globe. I also added some petals that appeared to fall off the sunflower.




On the other side, I gold embossed  a sentiment "Stand tall and keep your face to the Sunshine", matted it with gold foil and added it to the DSP  above the 3rd Sunflower. I had 3 gold foil hearts left over from another project .  They just seemed to fit well beside and above the sunflower.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Sunflower by Sizzix

Inks:  Versa Mark

Papers:  Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow, Gold Foil, DSP (retired)

Accessories:  Dome, Small leaf punches, Coordinating Sunflower dies, Dimensionals., Butterfly (3D) embellishment, Gold embossing powder

Thursday, February 15, 2024

A Valensctrap card-Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #564

 I called the card a Valenscrap card because I made it using scraps of retired Valentine’s Day DSP. The card was made using the sketch Here





I cut  4 strips of retired DSP (Valentine) about 1 by 5” and embossed each of them with an embossing folder. I used the three Basic ones from Stampin Up as well as the Parisian Swirl EF. Before I adhered them to a piece of Gold foil cardstock, I sponged the edges of each of the strips with Basic Gray ink.



The foil with the strips adhered to it was adhered to a Basic Black cardstock base.


In the center of an embossed white card stock piece I added 3 hearts that were of different sizes that I die cut from the left over scraps of DSP. They were adhered using dimensionals.   This white piece was matted with gold foil and then added to a Basic Black rectangle

Below the sentiment, from “Gumball Greetings” was embossed with white embossing powder

This focal image was added to the card front using dimensionals.

To finish the card I added some Gilded gems randomly on the focal piece.


Supplies Used:

Stamp: Gumball Greetings

Ink: Versa Mark

Papers: Basic Black. Basic White, Valentine DSP retired, gold foil

Accessories, Embossing folders (hearts, Basic (dots & texture) Parisian Swirl ,  Gumball Greeting dies. Dimensionals



Sunday, February 11, 2024

Valentine floral arrangement and vase - Beautiful Blossoms challenge #13 & creative creases#75

 I made these 3D Camellia flowers and made a heart shaped vase to put them in I am submitting the project to the following: 

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - Anything Floral Goes with Optional Mood Board #13 









Each flower is about 3 1/2 "wide and 1 1/2" deep.

It is a 3D project the parts of which were cut with my Scan n cut. However, I did put the pieces together and shaped and formed the flowers. The finished project is 6 by 9”

The flowers are made using Melon Mambo card stock, with Daffodil Delight used for the stamens.  The leaves are made using Old Olive  and Garden Green card stock.

I will also submitting this project to Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #75





Saturday, February 10, 2024

You’re in my thoughts- Hand Stamped Sentiments #431

 This card turned out very different from what I visualized when 1 saw the sketch at HSS#431. I used a left over piece of DSP from an event last October. It had butterflies on it which I fussy cut for this card. The butterflies therefore dictated the colour scheme for the card  






The Misty Moonlight card base was layered with a metallic paper that had elements of gold/copper on a Pecan Pie background. Adhered to that was a layer of Basic White which I embossed using a Cane 3D embossing folder.  I coudn't resist adding some gold foil to this piece. I used the gold foil and a brighter metallic paper because the DSP I used was rather subdued in colour and tone.

Three strips of the DSP (3/8" by 5 1/8") embossed with a polka dot embossing folder and sponged with Pecan Pie ink, were added to the left on the embossed Basic White piece.

A 3 by 3/4" strip of foil notched at one end was added across the strips of DSP with dimensionals.  The sentiment (from Encircled in Friendship) was added on  this strip.

After being fussy cut from the DSP, the edges of the three butterflies were sponged with Pecan Pie ink and then silver Nuvo glitter was added to various parts of the bodies.  This had the extra advantage of making the butterflies more sturdy.  Each was added to the card front above the notched foil strip using a dimensional.  See pictures below.



To finish the card, I added 3 Gilded Gems to the upper right of the card front.


Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Encircled in Friendship
Inks:  Pecan Pie
Papers:  Misty Moonlight, Basic White, Foil, DSP from a previous project
Accessories:  Polka dot embossing folder, Cane 3D embossing folder, Gold Guild flakes, Nuvo glitter drops (Silver crystals, Gilded Gems



Friday, February 9, 2024

Love is in the Air - Double Trouble Paper craft Challenges #159

This challenge also partners with the Color Dare Challenge #586 And if I meet the requirements in the first and second parts I can post here

The first part of the challenge is to create a project for the special person in my life inspired by the song "Love is in the Air" by John Paul Young.

"Love Is In The AirEverywhere I look around (I look around...)Love Is In The AirEvery sight and every sound (and every sound...)
And I don't know if I'm being foolishDon't know if I'm being wiseBut it's something that I must believe inAnd it's there when I look in your eyes (your eyes...)"
And one of the ways to express love is a gift of flowers accompanied by a card.  I'm a gardener, but February is not a month where I can gather flowers from my garden.  So, I resort to making flowers from paper. That is what I did in this case.
I purchased a SVG pattern from The Dreaming Tree for my Scan n Cut machine, and made these Camelia flowers in a Valentine vase. This item is 9 inches tall and 6 inches wide. I tried to use the colours of the color dare challenge: (Red, pink, yellow, and white for the 3D item and Red, White,) In addition I made a card, using red, white and blue)





The vase is heart shaped, and in the center of the white center heart is another symbol of Love,  Three Camilia flowers are inserted in the vase, and emerging from all directions are tiny red glimmer hearts on very fine wire. There are pearls in the centre of each red glimmer heart.


In the center of the flowers are stamens of Daffodil Delight.




Above is a better close up of the flowers.



The card that accompany the gift shows a hedgehog carried along by a flotilla of heart shaped balloons.
The background was created using blender brushes and Balmy Blue and Boho blue inks. The Balloons are coloured a Real Red with some glitter added to them.
The sky is matted with Basic White and both layers are added to a Basic Black card base.  Some glitter is added to the balloons. I used the colours of the color challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #586 although they are not the exact match.



The image is added to the card front using dimensionals.

The birds are from "On the Horizon"

I did not have a suitable sentiment so I created one on the computer and added it to the card front.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Flight LOVE by Penny Black, On the Horizon
Inks:  Versa Mark, Stampin Blends (Real Red, Bubble Bath), Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight, Basic Gray
Papers: Basic Black, Basic White, Red Glimmer, Pink , Daffodil Delight, White glitter
Accessories:  Sweetheart dies, Nuvo silver glitter drops, Dimensionals, Blender Brushes, Camellia vase and flowers SVG




Thursday, February 8, 2024

Love birds - TSOT #640

 This card was made using the sketch challenge with TSOT #640.  I made a few alterations in the sketch using two die cut birds holding a heart as the focal image.



The base of this 5 by 5" square card is Sweet Sugarplum card stock (retired). It is matted with Basic White followed by Flight & Airy DSP. I love this paper as the soft colours of the birds and blooms are romantic.
The circle in the middle of the DSP was made using a 3 3/4" circle die.  I added a piece of Vellum cardstock (with polka dots) behind the circle.  
A strip of cardstock embossed with the Woodgrain embossing folder was added across the lower end of the circle with dimensionals.
Two birds cut from the DSP were added to the right side of the embossed strip side by side, holding on to a red glitter die cut heart between then,  Three smaller hearts emerge from above the hearts.
A die cut word "love" was added to the center of the circle.

Supplies Used:
Papers:  Sweet Sugarplum, Basic White, Vellum, Flight & Airy DSP, Red Glimmer
Accessories:  Circle dies, Sweet heart dies, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Dimensionals.