Gift of Love, Spinner Card

Today I'm going to share with you a card I received in a swap last month.  This is a "Spinner"card using the "Sliding Star" Framelits and the "Gift of Love" stamp set.

This card was made by Tawna. The "Gift of Love" is a Hostess set.  It's a fun set and is also a two step stamping set.  No coloring involved at all, just ink up the images and stamp!!!  Super quick!!!

Click here for tips on how to use the "Sliding Star" Framelits set.  You will be brought to a card I made back in July.  These spinner cards are so much easier to make with the Framelits set!!!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Petite Pairs and Botanical Builders Birthday Card

I'm still loving the "Botanical Builders" Framelit dies.  I play with them more than I do the coordinating stamp set.  Personally I think I could have done without the stamp set, I rarely use it. I suppose, since I do own it, I should challenge myself to use it more.  

For today's card I had some scraps from the "Love Blossoms" 6" x 6" decorative paper stack. I SO love those stacks.  I measured my pieces and then cut the Real Red layers accordingly.

I made the flower using Blushing Bride card stock. The center of the flower is Real Red with a "White Perfect Accents" dot in the middle.  Those dots are so fun to play with and you can color them with a Sharpie marker.  

The words are from the "Petite Pairs" set.  I punched them out using the oval punch and the oval scalloped punch.  

The squares were taped together and then set in place using Dimensionals.  The words and the flower were set in place using Dimensionals as well.  I sure do go through a lot of Dimensionals!!!  

It was a fun card to make and it's always nice to use up those small pieces of decorative papers.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Timeless Textures Botanical Builders and Rose Wonder Birthday Card

Today I was surfing the net for a fun card to make using the "Timeless Textures" set. I saw one a while back which impelled me to buy the set but I didn't save the image, so I had to go surfing.  This little gem by Kelly from "My Papercraft Journey" caught my eye and I thought I'd give it a try. It looked simple enough to get my feet wet with this set.  It has an elegant look to it that I often like to see in cards.

To make this card I used Tip Top Taupe for the base of the card. Than a trimmed quarter sheet of Mint Macaron.  On top of that is the Whisper White. 

On the Whisper White layer I stamped the dotted bar image first.  Then the leafy looking one, both using Mint Macaron ink.  

The words I used are from the "Rose Wonder" set.  I don't know what set teh words that Kelly used are from, she didn't list it and I didn't have it.  

The flower was made using the "Botanical Builders" Framelits. I set it in place using a Dimensional. A glue dot holds the center piece of the flower in place and I added a pearl to mine.

This card went together very quickly and even though it's not the same as Kelly's card, I do like how it turned out.  This card could be used for a number of occasions other than birthdays, like sympathy, thinking of you, friendship, and Mother's Day.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,

Wanda

A Z-Fold Swinging Technique Guy Greetings Masculine Birthday Card

Today I finished up the cards for Terri's Tuesday Technique group.  Last month she showed everyone how to do this technique and this month we share our version in a swap.  I am very sad that I am unable to attend but I am happy that I was able to get my cards done for the swap.  

These are not as difficult to make as much as you think they are.  I made one a while back and you can find that card along with the instructions here.  

For this card I used the "Guy Greetings" set and the "Going Places" Decorative Paper Stack from the 2016 Occasions Catalog.  

Google this technique on the net.  I've seen a lot of fun cards made using it.  Some even added some pop up images to the inside part of the band.  It's all about having fun with the cards!!

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 Tower or Box Technique Birthday Card

Today I have a very fun technique for you.  It goes by two different names, a Tower Card or a Box Card. 

It's not as difficult as it looks either.  Not only does it have two names, but there are two methods of making this card. Back in April I had made one of these cards.  Mine was called the Tower Card Technique.  You can see my card here. It is done a little differently than the one I'm going to talk about here.   Both are nice and both are easy to do. Though the one I did back in April has more pieces to it. It's all in how much you want to embellish it!

I did this form of the technique at Terri's Technique Tuesday. For this card, you cut your card stock 5-1/2 x 8-1/2".  Then you score it in three places.  I score the center first, that is at 4-1/4"  Then you need to score the other two sides in half at 2-1/8" each.  Now you fold the center in half like you normally fold a card.  Open it up and take the edges and fold them to the center.  Take a 4" x 4" piece of Designer Paper and tape it on over the "closed" card.  You want those raw edges to be in the middle of the card and the Decorative Paper is going to cover them.  Then we stamped the words on and punched out a 2-1/2" circle.  Card stock was textured and the balloons were punched out.  We tied Baker's Twine around the ends of the balloons.  Terri also showed us another fun thing.  We took the back of our scissors (not the blade), the scissors were closed.  And you pull the ribbon across it with your thumb like you would do for curling ribbon and the twine curled just enough to be cute!!!  What a clever idea!!  I LOVED it!

You can add white card stock or more decorative paper to the back and write you sentiment there.  It's a lot of fun and SUPER easy.

Thank you SO much for visiting 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

A Guy Greetings Z-fold Technique Father's Day Card

With time flying by so quickly, I thought I would start making some Father's Day cards.  I find them super easy to come up with when you use the "Guy Greetings" set.  There's lots of images in there to play with. And lots of words too!  Grandpa, uncle, brother and husband too!!!  See, I told you there are lots, plus other words to use on top and inside the card. 

For my card I used the "Z-fold" technique. It's an easy and fun technique fold.  Cut your card stock 4-1/4" x 11".  Score and fold at 5-1/2" and then score and fold the front of the card at 2-3/4".  Fold the card as shown in the photo.  It's easy to do.  Just fold the card in half like you normally would.  Then take the edge of the front of the card and fold it towards the center fold.  

I used the "Going Places" paper stack for my decorative papers.  I cut the inside piece 4" x 5-1/4" and the front piece 2-1/2" x 4".

I stamped my car and punched it out with the 2-1/2" circle punch and then I used the 2-3/4" circle Framelit.  Now the tricky part, well, maybe not so tricky as much as paying attention!  Make sure you only tape the part of the circle that will be stuck to the front panel.  The first time I made one of these, I had taped the image onto the circle and then I turned it over and taped the back of that whole circle! My card was stuck shut!!! LOL  You've been informed ahead of time!!!

This is a fun fold technique to do and it also makes a SUPER quick and fun card!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Z- Fold Swinging Technique Band Masculine Birthday Card

A while back I made a fun card using this "Swinging Band" technique.  It's so easy to do and gives the card a new refreshing and fun look.

This is the card we made at Terri's fun Technique Tuesday night class.  You can see my card here. The instructions for this technique can also be found there.

It's quick, easy and fun!  Give it a try.

Thank you for visiting today,
Wanda

A Birthday Bouquet and Rose Wonder Birthday Card

WOW, what a fun and simple card this was to make.  Plus it was quick.

I found this card at Stampin With Marcy.  I thought it was such a pretty card that I had to make one.  I didn't have the wording that Marcy used, and I didn't need one with the wording she used, so I changed it to a birthday card.

I SO love this "Birthday Bouquet" decorative paper.  It's soft and sweet looking.  It just makes me feel calm and happy looking at it.  

The words are from the "Rose Wonder" set.  I need to get use to using that Happy Birthday because my favorite from the "Wetlands" is retiring.  Not that I can't use it but I try to stick to current product in my posts.  Though I have been known to use retired things now and then just because I didn't own anything else that would work!

This was a super fun card to make and one of my favorite things, it was super quick.  Though I am getting in the mood for one of my favorite "many layers" cards.  I haven't done one in a while and I have some sets I think I could have fun playing with using lots of layers!! So stay tuned!!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Rose Wonder and Rose Garden Sympathy Card

I saw this elegant looking sympathy card on Pinterest using the "Rose Garden" Thinlits and the "Rose Wonder" stamp set. I found the original card here.  I didn't add the ribbon.  For two reasons, one I didn't have that ribbon and two it cost more to mail a card when there is a ribbon knot on it.  I tried to keep this card as clean and simple as possible.  And in doing that it made it super easy to make too.

I use my Xyron machine to put a sticky back on my cut outs. You just out your card stock in the front of the machine, crank the handle and the card stock comes out the back with a layer of double sided sticky attached to it. The back side had a protective layer so you can remove it when you are ready to set your image in place.  Before I bought that machine, I use to spray the pieces with some 3M spray glue.  And before that I used white glue and a toothpick.  I find the Xyron a much easier and quicker way to go.  I don't use it often so I don't complain about how often I run out of the sticky stuff.  I think it goes a long way. I do make sure my paper is as wide as the machine allows. And I keep the scraps because I can always cut more images out when I need them.

The words here are from the "Rose Wonder" set.  I stamped them using black Memento ink. I fussy cut the frame and I set it in place using Dimensionals.

It is very elegant looking.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Botanical Builders Box Pleat Technique Mother's Day Card

Today I am going to share with you one of the cards I received in the latest swap.  This technique is the Box Pleat.  You can see the card I had made using that technique here and there's a link to the easy instructions.  

This card was made by Nancy.  I love how she used the pleats on both sides of the card.

Here's a tip if you are planning on making a number of these cards.  Score your big sheet of decorative paper first and then cut the strips.  It will save you a lot of time.  Oh and if you are thinking of buying something from Stampin' Up!, I highly recommend the "Botanical Builders" framelits.  I have gotten a lot of miles out of those!  I still like them and will be using them for a long time to come.  And here's a tip when cutting out a flower.  Use scrap pieces or cut your card stock to fit the item. Then load up your Sizzix plate with other flowers and parts so you get a bunch of extra pieces to have on hand.  Why not run more than one or two things through at a time.  Now when you need a quick card you will have the pieces or most of them!  It saves a lot of time.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Rose Wonder and Botanical Blossoms Birthday Card

Hello!  Glad to have you back.  Today I want to share a fun and super easy card with you.  I found a card made by LeAnne Pugliese at Wee Inklings.  I'm sorry but I can't find her exact card.  Mine is very similar to hers.  Where I have the flower, she had a layered stamped bird and I used different words than she did.  But the layout is the same.  It was the layout that really got my attention.  

To make this card I took a half sheet of Whisper White card stock that was cut at 4-1/4" x 11".  I folded it in half.  Then I took a piece of the "Love Blooms" decorative paper from the 2016 Occasions catalog.  I set it across the bottom left corner and taped it in place. I trimmed any excess with a scissors. Then I took a strip of another design in that same pack and I made sure I had a factory cut edge and I kind of cut the rest of the piece at an angle.  I taped it in place and I had to trim up the three edges.  And that was it.  Now it was ready to embellish and stamp.  First I stamped.  I wasn't going to waste my time with the embellishment if I messed up on the words.  One thing I often do in cases like this is, I will use removable tape on the decorative paper, just in case I mess up. Yup, I've been known to really mess up a card!!!  I don't share everything with you on here!!!  Those types you would end up rolling your eyes at me. So I spare you from getting your eyes lodged in the back of your head!  LOL

Once I got the words on I took out the "Botanical Builders" framelits and cut my pieces.  I used Whisper White, Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzazz.  I used a Candy Dot in the center of the flower.  I set the flower in place using a Dimensional.  And that was it.  Easy Peasy and super quick!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Blossom Builder Thinking of You Card

I found a fun card made by Tina at Stampin' Studio.  I did change the colors and the orientation of the flower and words but the concept is the same.

I like the layout of her card, so I put it in one of my many Pinterest folders to save for another day.  Well, today is that day! 

The base of my card is a folded half sheet of Poop Party.  I used a tiny strip of decorative paper from the "Botanical Gardens" paper pack.  I used the 3 Way punch to make a nice ribbon end look.  I used the 2-1/2" circle punch and a 2" circle punch for the circle frame. I punched it out of Crushed Curry.  The flower was cut using Cajun Craze.  And for the flower center I used some scrap Crushed Curry and Daffodil Delight.  A Pool Party Candy Dot was added to the very center.  I set the flower on the ring with the leaf behind it using a Dimensiona.  To make sure the leaf is in the right stop, I set the leaf on the Dimensional and then I decide where I'm going to set the Dimensional on the back of the flower. That way I don't need to use any additional tape for the leaf. It can be difficult to attach something that thin without making a tape mess.  

The words are from the "Sheltering Tree" set.  I an in dire need of some new word sets.  I hope there are some fun ones in the new upcoming 2016-2017 Catalog.

This was a quick and fun card to make.  I love the business of it yet it has a simplistic look to it.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Botanical Builder & English Garden Lip Balm Holder Weekend Project

Today I wanted to play with something more 3-D than just a card. I had opened up one of the drawers in my workroom and I saw a tube of lip balm.  I had not made a lip balm holder in a long time and there's been so many stamp sets that have come and gone since then that would have been great for this project.  

The pattern is a very simple one and I had found it on Split Coast Stampers.  Here's a little tip for you though.  Not all lip balms are the same height or roundness.  You will need to adjust the top and bottom four cuts so you can add your lip balm.  I would cut and score a piece of copier paper and practice with that before I cut my decorative paper.  

I used the "English Garden" decorative paper here. I embellished it with a flower from the "Botanical Builders" framelit dies.  In the center I added a Daffodil Delight candy dot.  Those are retiring and I have a lot of them to use up! I'm such a hoarder.

Now before I assembled the front, I layered my decorative paper on a piece of Mossy Meadow card stock.  I took some ribbon (mine is retired but I need to start using things up around here) and I taped it to the front center of the holder. Then I glued the layers in place.  You really do need to use glue here because tape just won't hold.  Unless you use some really strong tape.  I prefer the glue because I know that once it dries it's going to hold.  I did set a punch on top of it while the glue was setting up and while I was working on the flower and leaf.  

The reason this lip balm is white is because it is designed for you to add your information on it.  Print it out on a label and wrap it around the lip balm.  Now when you give these to your customers or potential customers they will have your info.  Business cards get lost, misplaces or tossed, but most people hang on to their lip balms!!  LOL

Here is another tip for you if you are planning on making a lot of these.  Print out the pattern from Split Coast Stampers.  Cut it out and use it as a template.  Make sure you mark your top and bottom lines so your holder is custom made for your lip balms.  Those top and bottom lines are what keep the lip balm from falling out of the holder.

These are very fun and really quick to make (and a template would speed up the process!).  Click here to see the Valentine's Day one I made. I made a Halloween one that included a little mirror tile on the inside!  I can't find the link to that, sorry.  I buy my bulk lip balms here.  Have fun making these!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Happy Birthday Everyone and Blossom Builder Birthday Card

The "Happy Birthday, Everyone" set will be retiring at the end of May.  It was a fun Hostess set to play with. I LOVE the large wording.  It covers a lot of real estate and allows you to use some smaller embellishments.  

Here I used the flowers from the "Blossom Builder" to give the card a splash of color and dimension.  It worked out well!  

The decorative paper is also retiring, as all packets of decorative paper do at the end of the catalog season.  I often wish some would carry over but it's always fun to play with new stuff!

This was a very fun card to make.  I had a stash of cut flowers so it was even super quick as well! And even if I would have had to do the flowers, it still would have been a quick card.   

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda 

Botanical Builders and Box Pleats Technique Card

Tonight is Terri's Technique Night and this is the card I made for the swap.  

I used the Botanical Builders for the flower and leaf.  I set it in place with a Dimensional and added a pearl in the middle.

I used the "Love Blossom" 6" x 6" decorative paper stack. There's lots of paper in that pack and I was glad I was able to use some of it for this card.  To make this technique you need an 11" strip so I just scored the 6" decorative papers and taped two together just at the right spot so you can't see it was added!!!  Now I had a long enough pleat for the card.  

I tried out this technique earlier this year.  You can see that card here.  You will find the link to the instructions there as well.  

For this card I used Blushing Bride for the top layer.  The base of the card is Whisper White.  Next I cut a paper doily in half and set it in place.  Then I made the pleats and set them just a hair on top of the doily.  I added a 1/2" strip of Garden Green card stock.  I added the flower using a Dimensional.  It was pretty simple to make and I was surprised at how quick all of these went together. 

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Botanical Builder and Rose Wonder Wedding Card with Corner Fold Technique

I was not cleaning off my worktable, I just moved some stuff and found these pieces cut out in gold just sitting there.  I must have had something in mind for them.  So I thought I would take them and whip up a quick wedding card with them.  

I used the Decorative paper from the Neutrals 12" x 12" pack for the background.  The square piece is a piece of Basic Gray card stock and the base of the card is Basic Black. I added a piece of Whisper White to the inside to so I could stamp some words and write on it.

The words are from the "Rose Wonder" set. I used Basic Gray ink.  I punched it out with the large oval punch.  I then punched out two pieces of Basic Gray and layered them behind the word piece.  It would be nice to have a scalloped oval punch to go with this one!

The Corner Flip technique is very fun and easy to do.  I like it because once you make the flip part you can use smaller images for that space.  Here I added the gold flower and leaf.  I was glad I was able to use them up before they either got ruined or retired!!!  You can find the instructions for the Corner Flip technique here.  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Elmo Pyramid Pals Gift or Candy Box Party Favor

Today I would like to share with you one of the fun "Playful Pals" Pyramid Pal Thinlit's die box I made.  

As you can see it's Elmo!!!  I thought it would be fun to make him into a party favor.  It can also be used as a gift box (without the window if you want to keep what's inside a secret).  Before I put the box together, I punched a hole and added a piece of window sheet to the inside.  Now I had a cute viewing window.  I added some red mini M&M's in a piece of cling wrap and tied it shut.  Don't make it too big or it won't fit inside and then the back won't close either.  

Here is how it's made:

I made my red pyramid (leaving the back open for candies or gifts) and then I punched out some circled for the eyes, nose and mouth. It was super simple to make.  I did stamp some curly "fur" on the outside using Real Red ink before I put the box together.

Yup, as simple as that.  He was SO quick and easy to make.  And REALLY fun too!!  They don't take much card stock and you can use scraps for the details.  And he would be a great addition to a kids party!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Guy Greetings and Wetlands Masculine Birthday Card

Sometimes I have to laugh at myself when I'm putting my cards together.  I wanted to use some of the decorative paper from the 12" x 12" "It's My Party" paper stack but I wanted it to be as masculine as possible.  So I found this one.  The beige colored piece is the backside of the balloons.  

I had a car already stamped and thought I would use it.  As I was starting to put the card together, I realized the car was stamped on Very Vanilla.  So I got out a piece of scrap Whisper White and stamped a car in black.  I cut it out and then cut a layer of Mint Macaron.  Next I stamped the words "Happy Father's Day" and layered them.  I added the Dimensionals and was just about to set it in place and realized that balloons and Father's Day don't seem to go together so well.  It's a birthday card with all of those balloons on it.  So I stuck the words to the package of Dimensionals so I can hopefully remove it later and use it on another future card. And after I typed that I checked the packaging and the word layer was kind of stuck so I had to rethink it.  I noticed that my glue dots were sitting there with a strip of the paper hanging on it so I tore off pieces to protect the Dimensionals.  Now I can move on!!!  I stamped the "Birthday Greetings" from the "Wetlands" set and punched out a Mint Macaron scalloped oval. I taped the two together and added Dimensionals to the back.  I set it in place on the card.  It looks a little bare because the Father's Day words were wider and longer and would have looked nicer there.  But it is what it is!  I wish Stampin' Up! would come out with a masculine paper stack every year.  I like having masculine paper to play with.

This was a very quick and easy card to make.  I want to try this layout again and use the Father's Day piece I have ready to go!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda