A Shaker Balloon Card - another catalogue sneak peak

This shaker card is more of a traditional one in that it uses window sheets.

It is non traditional in that the entire image, from the hostess stamp set "Hand Delivered" is fussy cut and the shaker element is part of a bunch of balloons.

The image was stamped on a 2 1/2 by 5" piece of Whisper White card stock. Before coloring the balloons with watercolor pencils and an aqua painter, I punched a  1 1/4" circle in the lower middle balloon. This I covered on the inside with  some window sheet.

This stamp set has various options for different skirts, so I chose the stripes and used a Rich Razzelberry water color pencil to fill in just the stripes.

The entire image was fussy cut and adhered with foam tape to a 4 by 2 1/4" piece of Whisper White card stock matted with Rich Razzelberry card stock.  I used the retired "Sprinkle Embellishments" for the shaker elements.

The base card is Rich Razzelberry card stock layered with Whisper White followed by a 2 by 5 1/4" striped piece of Perfect Picture Party DSP.  Over the seam I adhered some 3/8" mini chevron Bermuda Bay ribbon.

The focal image was added to the card front slightly off center.  On the right side some Bermuda Bay enamel dots were added.

I die cut the sentiment using the retired "Bitty Banners Framelits"  and added it just handing under the balloons.

As a final touch some 3D enamel lacquer was added to the balloons to give them that shiny appearance.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Hand Delivered

Inks:  Black Memento, Watercolor pencils

Papers:  Rich Razzelberry, Whisper White, Perfect Picture Party DSP

Accessories:  ! 1/4" circle punch, Window Sheet, Sprinkles embellishments, foam tape, Bitty Banners Framelits, 3D lacquer, Bermuda Bay enamel dots, 3/8" mini chevron Bermuda Bay ribbon, blender pen

Ornamental Pine and 3 Ornaments

 Today there are 2 cards for  Day 5 of the 12 Days of Christmas.  Again the Ornamental Pine stamp set is used but I feature 3 ornaments, all of which are different colours.  The stamp-a-ma-jig is used to accurately place the hangers on the ornaments.

After stamping 2 pine branches, 3 ornaments were stamped at various levels, with the hangers stamped using a stamp-a-ma-jig for proper placement.
A 1/8" silver taffeta ribbon and a silver glimmer star was attached to each ornament.

Stamp: Ornamental Pine, Good Greetings
Inks: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Pacific Point, Rich Razzelberry
Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Old Olive, Silver Glimmer
Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, White satin ribbon, 1/8" Old Olive taffeta ribbon, 1/8" silver taffeta ribbon, small star punch, Bitty Banner framelit.

Halloween Stepper Box (aka Fantasy Box)

This box is easy to make and really has a wow factor when sold at a craft show or given as a gift.  I have made many of these boxes so I could probably make them in my sleep.  But for those of you who have never made one, and would like to, here is a link to a tutorial  
The tutorial indicates to cut the paper for the cover at 6 by 6".  That's too small.  Cut it at 7 by 7"

Last night I made a box for Christmas, and one for Halloween.  This is the box for Halloween.  The box is not only fun to make, but fun to decorate.

This is a close up of the decoration on the lid of the box.

The inside of the box reveals a tier of 4 decorated boxes.  The images were cut from the designer paper and adhered to the inside.  The sentiment on the front of the boxes is from a retired Halloween stamp set and so are the googly eyes.

Stamps: Fall Fest, Googly Ghouls (retired)
Inks: Tangerine Tango, Basic Black
Papers: Motley Monsters DSP, Whisper White, Tangerine Tango
Accessories: Fall Fest framelits, 3/4" circle punch, 1" circle punch, Scoring plate, Bitty Banners framelit, Googly eyes (retired), orange stampin glitter, glue gun.

Butterfly Thank you - Double Embossing 2

This is the second card I made yesterday using the double embossing technique - this time using 2 different embossing folders.  Since I could not find  a tutorial for this method I will provide a step by step explanation.

The two embossing folders I used were the Fancy Fan Folder and the Oval from the Designer Frames set of 2.
1.  Cut 3 pieces of the cardboard ( from the DSP pack) - approximately  4.25 by 5.5 inches.
2.  After deciding where I wanted the oval on my card, I used the Ovals framelits to cut an oval out of each piece of card board.  To make sure the ovals are in the same spot on each piece of cardboard, I marked the oval on the 2nd and 3rd piece with a pencil before cutting out the ovals.
3.  Adhere the 3 pieces together.
4.  Attach this with a temporary adhesive to the top of the Fancy Fan embossing folder.
5.  Place cardstock inside the embossing folder, and run through the Big Shot on the multipurpose platform- with all tabs closed and only one cutting plate.  This results in an embossed piece of cardstock with an unembossed oval.
6. Attach the 3 die cut ovals together and attach to the back of the Oval designer embossing folder.
7.  Place the oval embossing folder over the area that is blank
8.  Place on top of the multipurpose platform and with all tabs closed run it through the Big Shot.
This gives you the second embossed area in the middle of the fancy fan embossed area.

Stamps: Backyard Basics, Itty Bitty Banners
Inks: Black Stazon, SU markers (Calypso Coral, Midnight Muse)
Papers: Vellum, Whisper White, Midnight Muse, cardboard from DSP
Accessories: Backyard Basics framelits, Itty Bitty Banner framelits, Fancy Fan embossing folder, Oval designer folder, gold Baker's twine.

The butterfly is made by stamping a butterfly from the Backyard Basics stamp set onto Vellum using Black Stazon ink, then colouring on the wrong side using markers.  The image was then die cut using the coordinating framelit.

Thanksgiving Thank you - Paper Pal Arts #141

Although it is still August, the feel of fall is in the air.  Thanksgiving will be upon us before we know it.  So, I'm getting a head start...
To make this card, I used the sketch challenge with Paper Pal Arts here

 

Technique:

Image:  The Rock and Roll technique was used using the colors More Mustard and Cajun Craze. It was then cut out and the edges sponged with Cajun Craze. A second image was stamped with Cajun Craze and the middle flower was cut out, the edges of which were sponged and then it was attached to the center of the image with a dimensional.  A rhinestone in the center completed the image.

Background for Image:  The edges of the Very Vanilla panel were stamped a smaller image from the stamp set using Old Olive ink.  The entire panel was then embossed with the Square lattice folder.

The completed image was attached to the prepared panel with dimensionals.

Sentiment: After stamping with Cajun Craze ink the image was die cut with Bitty Banners framelit, the edges sponged,and attached to the image under the cut out flower.

Stamps: Day of Gratitude, Itty Bitty Banners

Inks: More Mustard, Cajun Craze

Papers: Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Retired SU designer paper

Accessories: Bitty Banners framelit, Square lattice folder, dimensionals, rhinestone