Easter Greetings - Fab Friday #183

This Easter themed card is for the sketch challenge with Fab Friday # 183. 

I love the size of the Easter sentiment with the stamp set "Easter Promise" and because of that I made it the focal point of this card.

I die cut it with the layering circle die and matted it with some DSP before adding it to the card front with dimensionals. Then I punched 3 small flowers, sponged and shaped them, applied Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds, and when they were dry I added them around the sentiment. A Leaf sprig was added to each bloom.

The card base is Calypso Coral, layered with Whisper White and then Bird Ballad DSP.  Two small notched strips of card stock, one in Mossy Meadow and one in Calypso Coral were adhered horizontally to the card front and the focal image was adhered over them.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Easter Promise

Inks:  Black Memento, Calypso Coral, Basic Black Marker

Papers:  Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Bird Ballad DSP, Mossy Meadow

Accessories:  Layering Circle dies, Small Bloom punch, Sprig punch, Self Adhesive sequins, Dimensionals, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds.

Country Floral Birthday - The Paper Players #434

I love the Country Floral Embossing Folder, one of the latest SAB offerings.  The 3D images created when using this folder are fantastic.

For this card I wanted to try a different technique using this embossing folder to create a unique background which will be used for the sketch challenge with The Paper Players here

To create the background, Blueberry Bushel ink was applied directly to the Country Floral Embossing Folder, adding a piece of Whisper White card stock into the folder before running it through the Big Shot.

This was trimmed to  4 1/4 by 5 1/2" and added to  Blueberry Bushel top fold card stock base.  At the bottom a 1 1/4" by 5 1/4" trip of Blueberry Bushel striped DSP was added.

The sentiment, die cut using the Well Said framelits was die cut twice, once in Silver Foil, and once in Blueberry Bushel card stock.  After adhering the two together, slightly off setting each other, the sentiment was adhered to a 1 1/4" strip of Whisper White card stock, which was pointed at one end. Three sprigs punched in Silver Foil, and  Silver metallic thread was added to the card front and the sentiment panel was added over these using dimensionals.

The word "wishes" was stamped and placed below the sentiment.

Three butterflies punched with the Duet butterfly punch using Silver Foil were added to the card front - two on the sentiment panel and one at the upper right.  Two rhinestones were added to each butterfly.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Well Said

Ink:Blueberry Bushel

Papers:  Blueberry Bushel, Whisper White, Blueberry Bushel DSP, Silver Foil

Accessories:  Country Floral Embossing Folder, Well Said Framelits, Spring Punch, Silver Thread, Duet Butterfly Punch

Double Pocket Card - a Tutorial

This is the card I promised you in my last post - a card using the squirrel from the Peaceful Place stamp set on.  My plan originally was to make a tag card, but along the way my card morphed into something totally different.

Instead of a tag card I made a double pocket card, a pocket for each of 2 tags .  I blame a conversation I had with my friend for this transformation.

 A tutorial to make  a double pocket card, is included in this post.

Below is the final card:

Note:

• Start with an 8 1/2 by 11" piece of double sided DSP.  Place the side you want to be on the front of the card facing up.
• Score each fold as you make it.

Here's how to make the double pocket card:

1,  Fold an 8 1/2 by 11 piece of double sided DSP (in this case "Share What You Love") in half vertically and open.  Then fold it horizontally and open.

2.  With scissors, cut on the left horizontal line to the center fold line.  I inserted the bone folder in the cut to visualize it better.

3.  Fold right bottom corner to the center.

4. Fold top left corner down approximately 2 3/4"

5. Fold top left quarter on the top of the top right quarter.

6.  Fold left bottom quarter underneath the bottom of the bottom right quarter.

7.  Fold bottom right corner up to meet middle horizontal fold.

8.  Fold bottom quarter onto the top quarter to finish the card.

Close all loose edges with tombo glue or double sided tape.

I punched three holes in the left upper side with the crop-o-dile, inserted a 1/4" Rich Razzelberry velvet ribbon through them and tied them in a knot.  Conversely eyelets or brads can be inserted through these holes.

Two tags were made to inset into the pockets and an embellishment was made for the front.

Embellishment:

The squirrel was stamped with Black Memento ink on Whisper White card stock and coloured with Watercolor pencils and a blender pen. I used Stampin Blends to touch up the colours.  The image was die cut with the layering circle framelits, adhering the image circle to the slightly larger Mossy Meadow scallop circle with dimensionals.  This in turn was adhered to the larger Berry Burst scallop circle and the unit was adhered to the card front.  Two leaves were punched with Berry Burst card stock and added above and below the image piece.

Tags:

Both tags start with 2 by 4" Whisper White card stock and the top punched with the scallop topper tag punch.  Chevron Old Olive ribbon is inserted through the tag aperture and tied with Old Olive linen thread (new in Occasions catalogue)

On the bottom I added a 2 by 1" piece of matching DSP with a 1/8" strip of Berry Burst card stock n the top edge.

Tag 1:

The entire front of the tag is stamped randomly with the Leaf stamp using Mossy Meadow ink.
On a separate piece of Whisper White card stock, using a Berry Burst marker,  I highlighted the sentiment "Thinking of You" from the larger sentiment. After trimming it so it would fit on the tag, I matted it the Berry Burst card stock and adhered it to the tag.

Tag 2:

This time I used a Mossy Meadow marker to highlight the images of the trees from the larger stamp  and stamping it onto the tag.  

I adhered a Mossy Meadow sprig punched with the Sprig Punch on the tag top.

Insert each tag into a pocket of the card.

Birds on a Wire Birthday - a partial case

When my husband and I were first married we had a parakeet for a pet - a bright yellow one.  He was our pet and we were very fond of him - and he knew it.
He learned to open his cage, walk along the door and flip upside down and occasionally fly around the room.
When my daughter arrived he became jealous and when he opened the cage he flew out of the open back door - something he had never done.
We never saw him again.

When I saw these birds on a wire on the Graceful Vellum paper on Pg. 188 of the Annual catalogue , it brought me back to this time. The card was partially cased from a card I saw on Pinterest.

After colouring the birds using the new blends, I reduced the size of the vellum to 3 1/2 by 4 1/2 and adhered it to Whisper White card stock of the same size.  The Sizzix adhesive sheets are perfect for adhering vellum.  Just remove the top cover, stick the vellum over the sticky surface press down and whalla  you can now adhere the vellum to the card stock. This was matted to Basic Black and then Granny Apple Green using dimensionals.  Finally these layers were added to a Basic Black card base.

I added some branches at both upper corners that were punched in Granny Apple Green using the new sprig punch (Pg. 29 Holiday catalogue)

The sentiment is from the coordinating stamp set "Painted Glass".  It is stamped on Whisper White, matted first with Granny Apply Green and then Basic Black.  Dimensionals were used on the bottom only, and tombo on the upper sentiment.

After all these years I still miss that bird.

Supplies Used: 

Stamp:  Painted Glass

Inks:  Black Memento, Blends

Papers:  Graceful Vellum, Whisper White, Basic Black, Granny Apple Green

Accessories:  Sprig punch, Sizzix adhesive sheets, Dimensionals