Orchid Birthday - Paper Craft Crew Challenges #284

I love making flowers and the Orchid is an example.  I used this flower in the challenge with Paper Craft Crew Challenge here  in conjunction with the Springtime Foil DSP ( I love that paper).

I used the Stamparatus to stamp the orchid pieces, using a template I made by die cutting all the flower pieces.  The images were stamped  with Berry Burst ink directly onto the flower pieces by placing each piece in the corresponding die cut in the template.

The orchids pieces were made into two complete flowers and set aside.  Two leaves were punched with the Leaf punch and formed with a stylus and also set aside.

The card base is Berry Burst card stock, layered with Whisper White and then Silver Foil. A 2" piece of striped Springtime foil DSP was adhered to the lower foil, and a silver trim was added over the seam.

The Springtime DSP was also used to make a banner on the right side. Then a top angled tag with a copper  trim  bow added to the top was adhered over the banner.  The sentiment, from "Special Celebrations" was stamped on the bottom of this tag.

Now I adhered the Orchids - the smaller one at the bottom.  The leaves were added to the larger Orchid on either side.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Climbing Orchid, Special Celebration
Inks:  Berry Burst, Black Memento, Daffodil Delight
Papers:  Whisper White, Silver Foil, Springs=time Foil DSP, Garden Green
Accessories:  1/8" copper trim, 3/8" natural silver trim, Angle top tag punch, Orchid builder framelits, Stamparatus Leaf Punch

Happy Birthday with Naturally Eclectic DSP - Craft Project Central #73

I'm hoping to get a free month's subscription to Craft Project Central.  If I'm lucky enough this card will be randomly selected to be one of the winners and I get to select one month of my choice of the projects at this site.  Keep your fingers crossed for me.

This month's card challenge here is "Creating Pretty Cards #73" and it's a sketch challenge.

On a Whisper White card top folding card base layered with Night of Midnight card stock, I layered various sizes and patterns of the Naturally Eclectic DSP.  These pieces were layered so that there was 1/8" between each piece, allowing the Night of Navy to peek through.

The sentiment, from "Special Celebrations" was stamped with Tranquil Tide ink onto Whisper White card stock, die cut with the layering oval framelits, and matted with a Scallop oval die cut in Tranquil Tide.  These two ovals were adhered together and then added to the card front with dimensionals.

1/4" Island Ink ombre ribbon tied into a bow was added to the left side of the image piece using a glue dot.

No card is complete without bling, so 3 glimmer enamel dots were placed under the sentiment.ratio

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Special Celebration

Inks:  Tranquil Tide

Papers:  Night of Midnight, Whisper White, Naturally Eclectic DSP, Tranquil Tide

Accessories:  Layering Oval Framelits, 1/4" Island Indigo ombre ribbon, Glimmer Enamel Dots, Dimensionals, glue dot.

Daisy against a Brick Wall - a case

I haven't posted for a couple of days as I have been getting ready for a craft show on the weekend.  As well I have had a number of out of town appointments. No excuses, just facts, facts which have kept me away from the craft table.

Tonight I finished packing, so I finally made a card - a card similar to one I saw on Pinterest, made by Jackie Bultje.  I had some stamped and punched Daisies left over from another project so this was a perfect opportunity to use them.

What I found really neat about this card was the background, so I unabashedly cased that.  The rest of the card is mine.

Here's how the background was done.

After embossing some Crumb Cake card stock with the Brick embossing folder I  stamped it with the Watercolor Wash background stamp and Cherry Cobbler ink.  I just love the effect, making the brick look distressed

Two left over  Daisies were previously stamped with Wisteria Wonder, and punched with the Daisy punch.  Now they were cut in half, and  reassembled to form what looks like half a Daisy. Each petal was gently curled under using a bone folder.

The center of each Daisy was stamped with Crumb Cake ink followed by Soft Suede.  After punching with a  1/2" circle punch they were added to the centers of each Daisy with a dimensional. A dimensional was also used to attach the flowers to the card front.

The stem was hand cut as were the leaves. These Old Olive structures were sponged with Old Olive ink.  The centers of the leaves were scored with a stylus, folded and unfolded and finally sponged.

I added some Burlap ribbon near the bottom and attached the sentiment punched with the Pretty Label punch straddling this ribbon.

No card is complete without glitter.  So gold faceted gems were added to the flower centers, along the upper right edge and on the sentiment punchie.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Daisy Delight, ,Watercolor Wash background, Special Celebration
Inks:  Black Memento, Wisteria Wonder, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Papers:  Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Old Olive
Accessories:  Brick Embossing folder, Daisy Punch, Pretty Label punch, 1/2" circle punch, 5/8" Burlap ribbon, Gold faceted gems, dimensionals.

An Awesome 'fishy' Pop Up

I have been on the hunt for pop up cards, and saw this one on Pinterest, made by several different authors in different ways.  So I made my own version.
I just love this card because of the surprise factor.  Open the card, and a fish's mouth pops open with a message inside.

The card front shows images from "Seaside Shores".  The Pacific Point side fold card is layered first with Whisper White, then Calypso Coral DSP, and finally by the art piece.  Before adhering the stamped and cut out images on the art piece it was embossed with the Seaside embossing folder.

Prepare to be surprised when the you open the card.

In the center a big fish opens it's mouth! Once you get over the surprise, you will see that there is a "Happy Birthday" message inside the open mouth.

How did I do that?

A piece of Soft Sky card stock was cut 1/4" smaller that the base card. i.e. 4 by 8 1/4" and folded in half.  The pop up is created on the fold.

Make a faint pencil line 1" from top on this fold.  Measure 1 3/4" down from that and make a horizontal slit 1"  on the fold.  Score from the ends of the slit diagonally to the 1" pencil mark.  Pop out the scored area, close card, and burnish the area well.

For the bottom of the mouth, repeat the above, first measuring 1 3/4" down from horizontal slit.

Calypso Coral DSP was used to decorate the top and bottom of the mouth.  Two 3 by 2" piece of DSP were cut into a triangle by trimming them from a 1" mark (on the 2" side) to both lower corners.  Fold in half and adhere one to the top make another to the bottom. I used the retired Owl Builder punch to make the eyes.

The tail was die cut using the Sweet & Sassy framelit; the fins punched with a flower punch and cut in half.  A scallop circle punch could also be used. A solid, coordinating color was used.

How did I get the sentiment inside the mouth?  I piece of Whisper White card stock was placed behind the mouth and a small pencil mark was used to mark the center.  The sentiment was stamped centered on that.  This piece of Whisper White folded in half and adhered to both sides of the mouth.

The lower edge of this inner piece was stamped with sea weed.  A few clams and an anchor were also added.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Seaside Shores, Special Celebration
Inks:  Black Memento, Pacific Point, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake
Papers:  Pacific Point, Whisper White, Soft Sky, Calypso Coral, Calypso Coral DSP
Accessories:  Seaside embossing folder, Sweet & Sassy framelits, Flower punch (retired)