A Crazy about You Peek-a-boo Technique Card

Today I played with the "Peek-a-boo Technique.  This is one of the techniques that Terri taught last month.  It's a super easy and quick technique. All you do is cut your decorative paper as a layer (4" x 5-1/4").  We gently folded one of the long sides and gave it a little pinch to find center.  Then you take your paper snips and cut a slit the length of the scissors blade.  For mine, I took my ruler and stylus and scored a line from the bottom corner to the end of the slit.  I repeated it for the other side and then I was able to fold the score lines and get a nice crisp line.  I glued the points down.  If you are using this type of decorative paper, make sure the words are not upside down on the inside.  

Once the glue set (10 seconds later) I decorated the front.  I used the flower from "Crazy about You".  I stamped it in Melon Mambo and I rolled the edges in Cherry Cobbler.  I set it in place using Dimensionals.  Then I punched out some leaves from the build a bird punch.  I took a yellow Sharpie and colored on a pearl and added it to the center of the flower.  

The words are from the "Wetlands" set.  They fit in that opening nicely.  You can create larger openings by making that cut longer.  I have not tried that yet but I have been thinking about it!

This is quick and easy to do! Oh and not to mention a pretty effect!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Daisy Delight, Beautiful Bouquet, Birthday Card, Peek-a-Boo Technique

A while back I wrote up the instructions on how to do this simple "Peek-a-Boo" card technique. I thought this fun new "Daisy Delight" stamp set would be perfect for this technique, and it is!  Though I did have a bit of a problem with the color of the flower.  I thought if I used the new Berry Burst color it would have blended in too much with the Berry Burst decorative paper.  So I decide to use the new Fresh Fig color but it was too dark.  So I got out the Rich Razzleberry and that was a bit dark too but at that point, I was just going to go with it!!  You can find the instructions for this simple technique here.

I figured I would add some leaves to offset the flower a bit and it seemed to work.  I stamped them using Pear Pizzazz ink and fussy cut them out. I was going to stamp off but the green was then too light. So I just stamped the outline first and then the solid part.  I liked it so I cut them out. I did curl the ends a little to give them a bit of dimension.

I set the flower in place using a Dimensional and I used a "Gold Faceted Gem" for the center.

The words are from the "Beautiful Bouquet" set, I stamped them using Rich Razzleberry ink.  And that was it.  Cute, fun and easy!

Thank you SO much for stopping by today,
Wanda

A Blossom Builder and Petite Pairs Peek-a-Boo Technique Card

This is a very fun technique to do, the "Peek-a-Boo" technique.  I was looking at all of the Designer Series Paper I have and found some sheets I have not touched.  I thought this sheet was too busy but when I saw a card done using this technique, I thought I would give it a try.  The original card was done by Marcy.  I could not locate the card on her site but here is the link to her blog "Stamp With March".

I am also providing a link to the instructions to make this fun card.  Click here for the instructions. Oh and it's SO simple to do.  You can make the left side as wide as you want too.  That would give you more room on the right side for larger wording.

Give this technique a try!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda  

Hometown Greetings, Peek-a-boo Technique, Christmas Card, 2017 Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog

There's several card techniques named "Peek-a-boo".  But this is one I have not done before and I thought I would share it with you.  I did change the size of the card stock and the score lines. I didn't like it that the finished card wasn't a regular size card, so I had to work on it a bit to change it.  I often use recycled card stock to practice with until I get the measurements right.  I went through quite a bit of copier paper before I finally got it all right.  You can still follow the You Tube video on how to put it together. You can see that video here.  

I cut two 6-1/4" x 5-1/2" pieces of Whisper White card stock. Next score both sides at 3/4" and 1-1/4", repeat for both pieces.  I used the scalloped die to cut an opening in the front. I moved it up a little so I had room for some wording. You will need a larger size oval (or circle) cut for the center.  Though I didn't really find it necessary to cut any.  My background was white, but if you use colored card stock for the base of your card, you will probably need to cut that inside piece.  

I used the "Hometown Greetings" edglits dies to make this card.  I die cut them using the Dazzling Diamonds glitter paper.  I colored in the trees by using markers.  I just used the side of the marker and pressed it into the paper.  I added some gold foil paper behind each house. Before setting it in place, I traced around the areas that weren't windows and colored them in using a black Sharpe.  Then I glued the gold card stock on.  

You will also need two 1" x 2" strips to attach the images on.  Those strips will be taped to the inside scored area.  You will understand this more when you watch the how-to video.  Once everything is taped in place, then you tape the front piece to the back piece and your card is ready to "move".

This was super fun to make and I wish I were more creative with this, I would make some fun cards! Maybe another time!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

An English Garden Peek a Boo Technique Birthday Card

Today I am going to share with you a card I received in our last Technique Night swap.  This card was made by Julie.  I LOVE the "English Garden" decorative paper and the backside of this paper is very stunning too!

I do not know what set the flower is from.  It looks like it was stamped using white ink and then punched out.  Once punched out it was crumpled up and then straightened out. Another flower was punched out using Soft Sky and crumpled up as well and then layered behind the first one.  I was just looking at the first flower.  It was made using Soft Sky card stock too but stamped using (I'm guessing here) Lost Lagoon.  And then that adorable sparkly rhinestone was added to the center.  

You can find how to do this quick and easy Peek-a-Boo technique here.  

This is such a pretty birthday card!!!  It's one of those I don't want to part with. I have a lot of those.  I need to get a different mindset on those types of cards.  I need to start thinking that I have to use them because hoarding them is preventing me from spreading happiness and joy!  Let's hope that sinks in!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Peek-a-Boo Technique Masculine Bear Hugs Card

This card was from one of Terri's fun Technique Tuesday nights.  This is called the "Peek-a-Boo" technique.

This card was made by Nancy. It was one that I received in the technique swap.  

It's such a fun masculine card. I LOVE the colors.  I don't have that ribbon, I wished I did, it looks like it's a lot of fun to play with.  

This is a very simple technique and I like the way that Nancy placed the bear over the decorative paper opening.  

You can find the instructions for this technique here.  Have fun with it, it's very easy and SO adorable!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Peek-a-Boo Technique Birthday Card

Today I am going to share with you one of the cards I received in the last swap I attended.  This was from the Peek-a-boo Technique.  You can see how to do this technique here. It's a very easy and quick one.  Plus I love that you get to see three colors at one time. You get the base of the card and then the decorative paper along with the back side of that piece of decorative paper.  

The decorative paper used here is from the "Perfectly Artistic" 12" x 12" paper pack that is from the 2016 Sale-a-Bration catalog.  Tanya made this card and made great use of the decorative paper.  I love how she tied it in with the octopus.  Cute, huh?  

This was a fun swap and I got some great card samples using this technique.

Thank you for stopping by today,
Wanda

A Bear Hugs Peek-a-Boo Technique Card

I do not have the "Bear Hugs" stamp set or matching Framelits Dies.  I like bears but I didn't like the way the fur was done on them.  It reminds me of the hair legs on the adults in the "South Park" show.  I look at it and I just can't think bear.  I do like the flowers, heart and fish in the set but I couldn't justify buying the set just for those images.

Anyway, this was a card from one of the swaps at Terri's Technique Tuesdays.  It was made by Shelly. I LOVE the decorative paper, it's from the "Love Blooms" 6" x 6" paper stack.  I LOVE those paper stacks and I hope to see more of them in the new catalog.  

This Peek-a-Boo technique is very fun to do and it's super easy.  You can find the instructions here.  

Have fun making these, they give the front of the card a new refreshing look!

Thank you for visiting today,
Wanda

Snowflake Sentiments, Hearts Come Home, Peek a Boo Flip Card Technique

I spent some time in my workroom trying to find a good Peek a Boo card.  I thought found one and when put it together I could see the edge of the one piece through the window.  Totally NOT acceptable, so I had to search again.  This was the second one I found. The orientation was different than the other card plus this one had 3 pieces while the other one had 2.  But this one, when closed, didn't show that edge.  SO I ran with this one.  

I found the instructions on You Tube.  You can view them here.  They are very easy to follow. There's just one important thing you need to know.  Looking at the top of my card, notice that there isn't as much distance between the top as there is on the side of the circle?  That is where you get in trouble with that paper edge showing. You need to move your punch over just enough or you catch that edge.  The instructions show to turn the piece over, that is where I liked up my punch with the edge and I made my circle.  Other than that, the rest of the card was pretty easy to do.  Well, that part was easy to do but when I made my first one, I had my circle on the side too close and I saw the edge of the card stock. It was me, not the instructions.

After finishing it, I thought it looked pretty cool until I realized that the wording should have been something more Santa like because of his image in the opening.  But it is what it is and it's done!!!  Chalk it up to experience and I know now how to make another one without any issues, right? 

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Bitty Box & Envelope Sizzix Die Weekend Project

I am having a lot of fun with the "Bitty Box & Envelope" die. I haven't used the envelope yet but I'm sure I will once I get through the items I want to make using the box part.

Sticking with the Halloween theme I cut my box out of Pumpkin Pie card stock. Then I stamped on the cute little bat from the "Every Little Bit" set. That set actually has a little bit of everything in it! This bat is SO cute and his proportions were just right for this size box!

Inside the box I wrapped a couple of pumpkin shaped sugar cookies. And no, I didn't bake them. I purchased them and hubby has eaten most of them so I thought I'd grab a couple and see what creative way I could find to package them!

To finish off the box I wrapped it with a piece of 1/4" Black grosgrain ribbon. It was just what the box needed!

This box kind of reminds me of the Peek-a-boo box SplitCoastStampers had a few years back. But the nice thing about this one is I don't have to do any cutting. The Big Kick or Big Shot machine and the die do it all! I just fold on the creases and glued it together (after stamping on it).

With a little supervision, this would be a fun project for the kiddies too!

Thank you ever so much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Watercolor Wings Peek-a-Boo Card Technique

Today I a going to share a card technique that I learned at Terri's last Technique Night.  It's a super easy, quick and fun technique. 

We used the "Watercolor Wings" set.  I don't have this set.  It's on my wish list but I have so many sets that I doubt I would have much time to play with it.

To make this card we took a folded half sheet of Whisper White cardstock.  Then we took a piece of decorative paper that was cut 4" x 5-1/4".  We rolled the paper to find the center of the long side.  We gave it a little pinch to mark it and then we cut it the length of the snips.

Next you fold back the snipped pieces.  When you are done it sort of looks like a collar.  

And then to decorate it we used Dimensionals to the left wing and center of the butterfly.  If you want to add words, you will need to do it before the butterfly is added.

I told you it was quick and easy, didn't I?  And I LOVE the effect!!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda 

Floating Pop-up Card Technique, Falling Flowers, May Flowers Framelits, Birthday Card

Here is a fun card I received in the "Floating Pop-up" technique swap last month.  I had it sitting on my worktable waiting to be added to my blog, but I had so many other things going on that it kept getting pushed back.

This card was made by Julie.  She used Peek-a-Boo Peach for the base of the card.  A folded half-sheet.  Then she added a layer of Flirty Flamingo cut 4" x 5-1/4".   Then she added a piece of the in colors 12" x 12" decorative paper pack.  The polka dots are so darn cute.

Next she die cut a scalloped square of Flirty Flamingo.  On top of that she glued the flower that was die cut from Dazzling Diamonds cardstcok.  The hearts in the corners are actually pieces from inside that die cut flower.  Pretty cool, huh?  

The inside of the card was decorated using the "Falling Flowers" set.

The instructions for this card can be found here.

These are very fun to make and a fun surprise for the one who receives the card!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Peek-A-Boo-Box

These boxes are found on Split Coast Stampers website. There is a file you can download to your computer and print them out as you need them. There is a little margin issue but my printer asked my computer if it wanted to go ahead and print and I clicked yes and it just cut off the one side a little but you just improvise and can figure out where to cut and you're good to go.

By seeing that I have 5 of them on display you can see these are pretty easy and quick to make. The snowflake one holds 2 York Peppermint Patties. The Halloween one has 3 mini Tootsie Rolls in it. The other 3 boxes have bath salts in them. The bath salts are in a small zip baggie. Actually there are 2 small zip baggies with bath salts in them in each box. Aren't they just the cutest little boxes??? These would make fabulous thank you gifts, Hostess gifts, Customer Appreciation gifts. They would also be great for Stamp Camps and Craft Fairs. Again this is an item that there is no limit to your imagination. Put little cookies or a cookie in it (I'd recommend using waxed or parchment paper on the inside when using unwrapped foods).

The link to the pattern can be found here. They were designed by Brenda Quintana. She holds the copyright to them so be sure you don't sell the pattern to anyone! It's not yours to sell. Have fun with these!


Thank you for stopping by,
Wanda

A Love You Sew 2016 Occasions Hostess Set Card

Tonight I am participating in a technique swap. Back in December, at the last technique night we learned this fun "Peek-a-Boo" technique.  It's super easy to do and ever SO cute.  I've seen a several done making the center cut longer so more of the right side is open for larger wording.  I've also seen the left side made smaller leaving the right side over half exposed.  It's the way the corners are folded back that make the technique so fun, adorable and effective.

For my card I used the "Love You Sew" 2016 Occasions Hostess set. I stamped the buttons using Wild Wasabi ink.  I punched them out and then set them in place using Dimensionals.  I stamped the scissors and fussy cut them out.  That part wasn't as fun but when you have a good movie on tv it's okay!!! LOL

I colored the blades of the scissors with the Smoky Slate marker.  I slid one tip behind the fold and taped the scissors in place.  I thought it would give it the look of those scissors cutting the paper back.  I wanted this set because of scissors image.  I thought it was "sew" darn cute!!! LOL

The decorative paper I used is from the "Love Blossoms" 6" x 6" paper stack.  I needed to make 9 cards for this swap and there wasn't enough of each color so I ended up making 3 different ones.  I liked them all, but this one was my favorite.

You can find this fun technique here.  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Flower Shop Punch and English Garden Birthday Card

This is a card I received in our last swap.  It was made by Mary.  She has a great eye for color!

She used the "Flower Shop" punch. I don't think it's called that but it is for now!!!  It's the same punch  you use with the "Flower Shop" set.

We played with the Peek-a-Boo Technique.  It's a very fun and ever SO simple technique.  And look now cool it looks.  I've seen other cards done using this technique and they cut the piece not quite as wide (here it's cut 4" wide x 5-1/4" long).  Cutting it less than 4" gives you more room to stamp words.  I like both ways, each are just as easy.  You can see how to do the technique here.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Guy Greetings, Masculine Birthday Card

While looking at the piles of stuff on my worktable I spied this car from the "Guy Greetings" set.  It was already stamped, die cut and layered.  What was it doing there?  I examined it and found nothing wrong with it, no errors in stamping. It's not off center. It inked clearly. So why it was just sitting there will remain a mystery unless it all comes back to me how it got there!!! And we know that won't happen.  LOL

Even if the card wasn't ready to go, this would be a super simple card to make.  I used the "Peek-a-Boo" technique to do the decorative layer.  You can see how to do that simple technique here.  There's several cards posted there to view.  

The "Guy Greetings" set also had the "Happy Birthday" greetings in it as well. SO, I got out that set and stamped the words using Dapper Denim ink.

That printed layer is from the in color 12" x 12" paper pack.  I need to use it more.  These colors expire soon and the pack was hardly used.  Story of my life when it comes to those paper packs!  But I gotta have them!!!

After doing the technique and stamping the words, I set the car in place using Dimensionals. And that was it.  Super simple and quick!

This would also make a great Father's Day card!!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,

Wanda