Pop Up Box Card

It's taken me several days to complete this project - not because its difficult, but because I kept running out of time and energy.
I've seen several of these pop up box cards on Pinterest, so finally looked up the tutorial on Splitcoast stampers here and started making one.
Here's my final product:

The box portion is made out of Tangerine Tango cardstock and lined with Venetial Romance designer paper.  The box itself was quite easy to make.
I used the Secret garden stamp set and framelits to complete the inside of the box, and finished by cutting out a butterfly from Papillion Potpourri, attaching it to a strip of window sheet, and placing it in the middle of the garden. 
For the front flap I used the Starburst stamp set and framelit; the sides Party Hearty (retired).

 The top view of the pop up box card.

The box closes and fits into an envelope for mailing.

The back of the box has a Whisper White panel upon which a message can be written.




Stamps:Secret Garden, Starburst, Party Hearty
Inks: Black Stazon, Tangerine Tango, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo) SU markers (Daffodil Delight, Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo)
Papers: Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Island Indigo, Venetial Romance DSP
Accessories: Dazzling diamonds, Island Indigo ruffled ribbon, 1 3/4" circle punch, Scallop circle framelit, 1 3/4" circle punch, Secret garden framelit, Starburst framelit, dimensionals

Trifold Mini Photo album

I made this mini photo album for my craft sale this weekend.

Here the album is closed and is held that way by a bellyband decorated by flowers from the Secret Garden stamp set and die cut with the coordinating framelits.  The DSP used here and throughout the album is Gingham garden.

Here the bellyband is removed. 

This is what it looks like when the album is first opened up.

The trifold album is now fully opened up.  The cardstock I used was Island Indigo and Primrose Petals.
Note that 2 fold open one way and the third fold opens the other way.
Photographs can be adhered to the Whisper White surface as well as on the DSP layer.  This allows a potential of 9 photos to be placed in this album, which makes it a perfect thank you gift, a teacher gift etc.

A Bouquet of Flowers for Mother - Sunny Challenges & Creations

I don't know what the weather has been like in Australia, but here in Canada we had a winter storm - yes a winter storm in Spring time.  Starting on Thursday, we had had rain, freezing rain, ice pellets and snow.  I hope this is the last of it, because if Mother Nature can't make up her mind, how can we. 
This week the challenge is to make a Mother's Day card or a card for a female using the sketch provided. Despite the lack of flowers I thought I would make a Bouquet of flowers for mother.

This A2 card has a base of Primrose Petals card stock, layered with Whisper White, and then a layer of Birds of a Feather DSP.

 The focal image consists of a 2 1/2" circle of Whisper White matted with a Primrose Petals scalloped circle die cut with the Scallop circles die #2.  Using a template and the mat pack and paper piercer, the Whisper White circle was paper pierced all the way around.  The two circles were attached together.

The flowers and leaves are from the Secret Garden stamp set.  Each of the flowers, one in Elegant Eggplant, one in Summer Starfruit, and one in Pool Party, were first stamped in Versa Mark, and then in the colours mentioned.  Clear embossing powder was applied to each flower and heat embossed.  All except for the Pool Party one, where I used Pool Party embossing powder, and the leaf stem, where I used Wild Wabasi embossing powder.  The flowers and leaves were die cut using the Secret garden framelits.  The Elegant Eggplant flower was further coloured using a Melon Mambo ink pad and an Aqua painter.  These elements were arranged around the circle and adhered using either adhesive or dimensionals. An additional Vanilla rose fabric flower was coloured with a Melon Mambo marker and adhered using a glue dot.
A butterfly was punched out of the Birds of a Feather DSP and the edges sponged using Tempting Turquoise ink.

The sentiment is from the Messages for Mom stamp set (retired).  It was stamped with Black Stazon, and the words cut apart and adhered to a 1 3/8" circle matted with a 1 3/4" scalloped circle of Primrose Petals.  A smaller butterfly was adhered to the sentiment circle.

A white organza ribbon and bow was attached to the bottom of the card.

Here's a list of the materials/supplies used:

Stamps: Secret Garden, Messages for mom
Inks: Black Stazon, Elegant Eggplant, Summer Starfruit, Versa Mark, Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo ink and marker
Papers: Primrose Petals, Whisper White, Birds of a Feather DSP
Accessories: 2 1/2" circle punch, Scallop circle die #2, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 3/4" scallop circle punch, Secret Garden framelit, Large butterfly punch, small butterfly punch, rhinestones, 5/8" white organza ribbon, dimensionals 5/8" vanilla flower

Secret Garden - Just Because - Freshly Made Sketch Challenge #73

I am so anxious to get out in my garden, but there's a whole lot of winter to get through yet.  Tomorrow its supposed to snow again!!!  The mild weather we have experienced over the last couple of days is just Mother Nature's way of either fooling us or giving us a taste of things to come. Just because the weather has been mild doesn't mean spring is around the corner; Just because the days are getting longer doesn't mean summer is coming any faster; Just because.........
I made this card for the Freshly Made Sketch challenge here and the card looks so summery it made me a bit nostalgic and the sentiment is quite fitting - Just Because!

 

The size of the card if 5 by 10, scored at 5 to make a 5 by 5" card

Stamps: Secret Garden, Vintage Verses(SAB)

Inks: Versa Mark, SU Markers (Melon Mambo, Rich Razzelberry, Daffodil Delight), Black Stazon

Papers:  Summer Starfruit, White Doilie, Whisper White, Sycamore Street DSP (SAB)

Accessories: Secret Garden framelits, 1 3/4" circle punch, 1/4" Tangerine Tango ribbon (SAB), Accessority folder, large rhinestones, dimensionals, Pool Party embossing powder, Tangerine Tango embossing powder, Wild Wasabi embossing powder

Secret Garden Happy Birthday - Unscripted Sketches 195

The temperatures were a bit milder today.  At least you could go outside without your skin tingling and your toes freezing!  I stayed inside though as I was feeling under the weather.
A friend stopped by to see me and we started talking about making backgrounds for cards, and that inspired me to make the background for the card challenge with Unscripted Sketches here
To make the card, I turned the sketch on its side.
Here is the card:

 

The background was made by applying watercolor wonder crayons onto watercolor paper.  The colors chosen were random as was the method of application.  When the paper was covered with color, it was spritzed with water and the colours allowed to run together.  Because I was impatient, I dried the paper with the embossing tool.  Then I selected a part of the paper that best blended with the colors of the flowers I had colored and embossed it with the honeycomb folder.

For some reason I didn't want to make circles for this sketch, so I chose to do flowers.

Flowers:  All the flowers were embossed with Early Espresso embossing powder onto Whisper White card stock.

Flower 1 (blue) : Two flowers were stamped with versa mark & embossed.  They were then colored with watercolor crayons and an aqua painter in 2 shades of blue. One of the flowers was die cut using the secret garden framelit. The middle of the second flower was cut out and attached to the die cut flower with dimensionals. It was attached to the background using tombo glue.

Flower 2 (yellow/orange) Three flowers were stamped with versa mark ink and embossed.  The outer layer was colored with Daffodil delight crayon and an aqua painter; the second painted Pumpkin pie; the inner layer Tangerine Tango. One flower was die cut using the framelit; the second and third layers were hand cut, each layer being attached to each other with dimensionals. It was attached above the blue flower with tombo glue.

Flower 3 (Rich Razzelberry/melon mambo) Only 1 flower was stamped, colored and die cut with the framelit. It was attached partially on top of the yellow/orange and blue flower and on top of the leaves.

The leaves were die cut using Old Olive card stock.  After die cutting the edges were sponged with Always Artichoke ink.

Stamps:  Secret Garden, Wacky Wishes

Inks: Versa Mark, Pacific Point, Watercolor crayons (Brights Collection) for the background and the flowers, Always Artichoke

Papers: Old Olive, Whisper White, Watercolor paper

Accessories: Secret Garden framelit, Aqua Painter, Decorative Label punch, Large rhinestones, Dazzling details, Honeycomb folder, Small rhinestones, dimensionals

Secret Garden birthday - Freshly Made Sketches #67

My younger sister is having a birthday in the next couple of weeks, and I'm working ahead to get her card done.  She loves flowers but she did not inherit our father's  green thumb. All plants usually don't do well under her care. The flowers I made for this card will hopefully thrive as long as she doesn't try to water them - LOL.  Hope she likes the card.
I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches here to make the card.

 

Stamps:  Secret Garden, Sassy Salutations

Inks: Black Stazon, Versa Mark, SU markers (Baja Breeze, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight)

Papers: Marina Mist, Very Vanilla, Parker's Patterns DSP

Accessories: Secret Garden framelits, Fancy Fan folder, 1/4" Tangerine Tango satin ribbon, Black embossing powder, Tangerine Tango embossing powder, Wild Wasabi embossing folder, Scallop border pumch, Aqu painter, dimensionals

Secret Garden - a Case from the Spring Catalogue

Happy Christmas Eve everyone!  Hope this season finds you happy and healthy.

What a treat not to have to cut out flowers and leaves. The Secret Garden stamp set and coordinating secret garden framelits easily cuts the stamped flowers and leaves.

I cased this card from page 17 of the spring catalogue.  The only change I made was the designer paper - plus I put sponged some crumb cake ink on the woodgrain folder.

You'll have to excuse me if my notes are a bit short today.  I just cancelled Christmas dinner because both my son and I are down with the flu

Stamps: Secret Garden, Sassy Salutations
Inks: Primrose Petals, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Versa Mark
Papers: Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Natural Ivory, Sycamore Street DSP, Gumball Green
Accessories: Woodgrain folder, Ovals framelit, Secret Garden framelits, dimensionals, pearls, clear embossing powder