A Happy Home Birthday Card

Today I thought I should play with the "Happy Home" stamp set and "Hearth and Home" Framelits. I got the Framelits at Christmas time and had fun with the set that accompanied it. In the new 2016 Occasions catalog the "Happy Home" set came out.  There's some fun images to play with in it.  I've just had too many things to play with lately and I am getting through all the fun sets.  I think I have one or two more to open and play with and then I can pick my favorites and play with them until I wear them out or until you get sick of seeing samples!!! NEVER!!!  LOL

I found this fun card on Pinterest.  It was made by Amy.  You can see her card here. I used some decorative papers from the 6" x 6" "Love Blossoms" paper stack.  I LOVE those little stacks.  I know, I say it every time I use a paper from it.  But it's SO true!  They're such a good value for the money!!  I have yet to use a pack up.  I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing.  Sometimes I think it's bad because that meant I used up my favorite papers.  But yet it's good that I did use them up!  I am a paper hoarder, so it's difficult to use them all up.  And as I look at the packs of retired paper, I tend to lean towards it being a good thing to use them up!

Anyway, let's talk about this fun card.  It was super easy to make.  I guessed at the size of the decorative paper band.  Mine measured 1-1/2" x 3".  I die cut the window.  Then I stamped and colored the image.  I cut the image a bit smaller than the window so I wouldn't have any ugly edges showing.  I glued the window to the stamped image piece.  I set the window in place on top of the layers using Dimensionals.  

The greeting is from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set.  That set has been around for a while and I have a feeling that it will be retiring along with the "Word Window" punch.  I hope not.  That word set has greetings covering about every occasion throughout the year!  

This was a fun and quick card to make.  Blender pens are easy to work with and make coloring go quickly!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Botanical Builder World of Dreams and Petite Pairs Birthday Card

This was a very fun card to make.  I LOVE that Watermelon Wonder color.  I think it looks so festive and cheery!  

Instead of using the leaf dies that comes with the "Botanical Builder" Thinlits, I used the leaves from the "World of Dreams" set.  I stamped them using Mossy Meadow.  Then I set the flower in place using Dimensionals.  I added a pearl to the center of the flower and if you look hard enough you can see the light glitter from the "Wink of Stella" I put a lot of it on the flower, from the edges to the center but you have to catch the light just right to see it. Maybe if you click on the photo you can see it better.  

The words are from the "Petite Pairs" set.  Once I got the top layer assembled I taped it to the Watermelon Wonder card stock. Then I used Dimensionals to affix the whole piece in place on top of the folded half sheet of Whisper White card stock with a 2" x 5-1/2" piece of Watermelon Wonder decorative paper.

And that was it.  It's a very simple card to make.  I had fun making it and I do like how it turned out!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Bloomin' Love and Bloomin' Heart Wedding Card

I found this pretty card at Stampin' with Marcy.  I only changed a couple of things.  I didn't have the heart folder that Marcy used and I didn't and the  XOXO at the bottom right corner.  I wanted to make it into a wedding card but there were no wedding words in the set, so I just left it without words.  Now it's a wedding card!

It's a very simple and quick card to make too.  The base is Crumb Cake. My Crumb Cake is a little bit different color than the newest package of it I have.  My papers are still from the old Craft card stock.  I got it way back when there were 48 sheets per pack. That was such a good value.  Anyway, I have about 10 sheets left and then I open up the current Crumb Cake paper.  

The next layer is Pink Pirouette, and then another layer of Crumb Cake.

I used the "Decorative Dots" background folder on the Crumb Cake.

The decorative paper is from the "Love Blossoms" little 6" x 6" paper stack.  Now those are a great value!  It was cut to 1-3/4" x 4" and then a Pirouette Pink layer 1/8" larger was added.

The heart was stamped using Crumb Cake ink on a 2-1/2" x 2-1/4" piece of Whisper White card stock. Then it was set on a layer of Crumb Cake card stock and that was set on a layer of Pink Pirouette card stock.  Those layers were set in place using Dimensionals.  I cut 3 hearts out using the "Bloomin' Heart" Framelit.  I used Wink of Stella on the flowers but the glittery shine didn't show up in the photo. It is really pretty on it!  And that was it!

Pretty, isn't it?  See why Marcy's card caught my eye!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Father's Day Card Using Shirt Fold Technique

I Googled "Origami Shirt Folding" to find an easy shirt to make.  Some had ties with them and some even folded into a shirt with a tie when you were done. I wanted to find a quick and easy shirt fold and I did!  There were 7 steps to this card. I didn't save the site I found this on but on the bottom of the photo that I printed out there's place to go.   origami-resource-center.com  There's 9 squares and they used light blue paper.  I hope that helps you find it.  You can always go to YouTube too.  There's lots of tutorials on there to show you how to fold the shirt.

For my card I used Mint Macaron for the base of the card. The shirt was made using the "It's My Party" 12" x 12" paper pack.  I used the 1/4" circle punch to make the buttons.  I thought pearls or rhinestones would be a bit too blingy for a masculine shirt!!  

Isn't this fun? I can't wait to make more!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Botanical Blossoms Balloon Celebration Birthday Card

Katie will be taking her set home with her so I thought I would surf the net and found a fun card to make. The original was made by Tracy May and you can see her card here.  She used some silver glitter paper stars on her card and I think I may add some to mine too. I do like how it looks. 

I did changed it a little. I used the flower background image from the "Botanical Blossoms" set and stamped it using Watermelon Wonder ink.  And I also used the "Falling Snow" embossing folder. The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Watermelon Wonder card stock. I do like how it turned out but I really think I'm going to go ahead and add the stars!!!

This was a super easy card to make too!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Botanical Builder and Balloon Celebration Birthday Card

Today I challenged myself to use some paper from the "Love Blossom" decorative paper stack.  It has lots of pinks in it for Valentine's Day cards.  Well, Valentine's Day is over and I am one that will set things like that aside.  Now I know there's papers in there that I could use without making a Valentine's Day card.  And I suppose some of those heart papers could be used for Mother's Day cards.  

SO today I took this rosebud paper and added it to the bottom of the folded half sheet of Whisper White card stock.  Now you can really use up your decorative paper putting that much on a card, can't you?  LOL

I once again dug in my stash of pre-cut flowers and flower pieces and this is what I came up with.  

The words are from the "Balloon Celebration" set.  It is my friend Katie's set. I think if I owned it I would probably use the words more than anything,  The balloon images are fun but the punch is nicer!  Anyway, we'll talk about that some other time when I make a balloon card.

This card was easy to make and I actually like the looks of it, even with the "Valentine's Day" paper!!! LOL

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Botanical Garden and Balloon Celebration Birthday Card

Today's card is a bright and cheery card!!  It's got a very celebratory festive look to it.  I was looking through my "Cherry on Top" decorative paper stack and saw a piece of this dotted heart paper.  I was going to use the whole piece but decided to cut it up into trips and lay it out on top of the Daffodil Delight piece.  I took another piece from that pack (which was actually a scrap piece) and laid it across the dotted strips.  I had a flower cut out in my stash and added it to the front.  I dug deeper in my die cut stash and found more lower components!  YAY me!!!  When I cut out flowers for a card, I add pieces of card stock and cut out other flower. Why not? You're cranking the machine, you might as well fill up the plate!  Then when you want to make a card or need to make one in a hurry, you have pieces already cut out and ready to go.  

The base of my card is Tempting Turquoise, and so is the flower.  The center of the flower is Watermelon Wonder and Daffodil Delight.  I added a pearl to the center and viola, it was done!!

The words are from the "Balloon Celebration" set.  I liked how they looked with this layout!  And tha twas it.  Pretty easy and very colorful.  When I look at it, it creates a happy feeling for me!!  Bright and cheery!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,

Wanda

A Rose Wonder and Rose Garden Wedding Card

Today I thought I would play with the "Rose Wonder" set and the matching "Rose Garden" Thinlits dies.  This is one set I am not all that thrilled with as I am with some of the other ones.  Perhaps that is why I have not played with it much.  

I used the thinlit dies and cut the flowers out using Basic Black card stock.  I cut my top layer of Whisper White card stock at 4" x 5-1/4".  I added a 3/8" x 5-1/4" strip of the silver glitter paper.  The reason I cut it that width was because it was from a piece that had lots of punched items from it and there was just that was what was available, so I used it!  You can make that strip any size you like.  I used glue to set it in place.  The new tear away tape would probably work well too, but I don't have any yet.

I then glued the flowers in place, along with the leaves.  I did trim the leaves after I glued them in place.  The flowers were set in pretty much riding along the edges of the card stock.

The words are from the "Rose Wonder" set. I stamped them and then punched then out with the large oval punch.  I punched out a scalloped piece of the silver glitter paper and glued the words to it.  I set that in place on the card using Dimensionals.  And that was it.  A SUPER easy wedding card!

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 Perfect Pairings and Gorgeous Grunge Birthday Card

While looking at the piles of stuff in my workroom for some inspiration, my eyes spotted the Washi tape.  Another item I don't use often enough.

What to do with it?  I added a border of two strips on the left side of a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Whisper White card stock.  I used the Happy Birthday from the "Perfect Parings" word set. Under the words I used two more strips of Washi tape.  The tape I used is from the "Cherry on Top" spools.   

Before I added the horizontal pieces of tape, I stamped the splatters using the "Gorgeous Grunge" set and Watermelon Wonder ink.  I punched out a Bermuda Bay balloon and tied a piece of Baker's Twine to it.  I took my chalk marker and added a little curved line at the top left to give the balloon some dimension.  I also set it in place using Dimensionals.

I put Dimensionals on the back of the Whisper White piece and set it on top of a folded half sheet of Bermuda Bay card stock.

This was a very quick and simple card to make.  I am really liking the fun colors in this card!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Balloon Celebration Birthday Card

Today I thought I would take advantage of using this set. My friend Katie left her stamp set here for me to play with. I've been busy playing with other stamps, I totally forgot I had the set.  I was looking at it and thinking of what to make.  I did struggle with this set.  I surfed the net and struggled there too. 

So after doing some stamping and punching and laying out some pieces out I ended up with this card. I am not thrilled with it.

The base of my card is a folded half sheet of Mint Macaron. The next layer is a piece of "Birthday Bouquet" decorative paper.  Then I textured a piece of Blushing Bride card stock with the "Falling Snow" folder.  And I used the "Wetlands" set for the words.  

I can't really say this was fun to make, it was a struggle.  

Thank you for stopping by today,

Wanda

A Rose Wonder Birthday Card

While surfing through the net, looking for something in the "Rose Wonder" area, I ran across a card I thought I would like to make.  I usually look for inspiration but there are times when it ends up being copied instead!  I did change a couple things on the card but if you compare, they are extremely close. 

I found the original card made by Teneale at Teneale Williams . com. You can see her card here. 

The base of the card is a folded half sheet of Basic Black card stock.  The next layer is Crumb Cake cut 4" x 5-1/4".  The Whisper White piece is cut 3-1/8" x 3-5/8", and the decorative paper piece is cut 3" x 3-1/2".  

I used the "Rose Garden" Thinlits for the rose and the leaf.  

I added my words in the open area at the bottom.

This was a fun card to make. I do like that rose!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda   

A Going Global and Going Places Masculine Card

What a fun card this was to make.  I remember as a kid always looking for the Big Dipper in the sky. I learned many of the constellations but the Big Dipper always seemed to be my favorite.  When I saw this "Going Global" set, I just knew I wanted to stamp the Big Dipper image first, and I did!!!

I wasn't sure what words I was going to do on the front.  I was going to use the Happy Birthday from the "Wetlands" set but I decided to go with these words from the set.  

The decorative paper came from the "Going Places" set.  The set and the papers aren't all about outer space. It's about going places.  There's maps, a compass and a lot of fun papers to go along with them. There's a fun paper in there that is begging me to pair it with "The Open Sea."  I may have to give that a try in a day or two.  I have a couple of other things lined up first.  Plus I'm still working on my swap cards.  I do a little a day because they are very involved and I don't want to get burned out making them.

This was a fun card to make and I love how this background paper went so well with the Big Dipper image.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Have a Cup Magic Window Technique Card 2016 Occasions Catalog

Today I'm going to share a fun technique with you. We made this card at Terri's Technique Tuesday class. This card was created using the "Have a Cup" set from the 2016 Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalog.  I do not have this set and I'm not sure if I'm going to purchase it or not.  I have so many sets to play with and some I have not touched yet.  

For this card we stamped the focal image and added a piece of decorative paper to the left side of the front of the gate folded card.

Then we proceeded to make the inside.

I have instructions here for one I made a while back.  I thought I had taken a photo of it, but I guess I didn't.  Or if I did, it's so lost in all of the photos of my camera.  I'll have to do some searching one of these days.

Anyway, here is the measurements I used to make my card.  You can change the measurements of the side pieces and the size of the opening you make, to fit your card. 

Card base 11" x 4-1/4"

2 Outside panels 2-1/2" x 4"

2 Inside panels 2-1/2" x 4"

Center panel and decorative layer on center panel 5-1/4" x 4"

2-3/8" circle saved from cutting inside panel

Two 4-1/4" x 3" for mechanism

Cardstock scraps for punching flowers

When gluing the mechanism pieces to the inside of the panels (along the fold line) you need to do them both at the same time so you can slide the glued ends to line up evenly on the top and bottom or the aperture will be off. Glue must be used to add the words so it can be moved around to center it.

You can find a simplified version of this card here on YouTube.  The instructions above are for a more embellished card.  Keeping them simple works well too.  The card pictured here was done using the new 3 size Ribbon punch.  That simplified the opening a lot.  For mine I had to measure and cut and then duplicate that for the second half.  On the card pictured we just punched both pieces.  The YouTube video is easy to follow and I think you should be able to make one like pictured here.  I will try to find the original card I made.

These are a fun and very unique card.  I am working on another one for next months swap.  There's a lot of cutting of pieces on the one I'm making. It's not so bad if you're making just one, but it's a swap so I am making more than one.  I think I'm done cutting the pieces now and it's just a matter of stamping and assembling.  I'll share it with you when I'm done, or when it's swap time!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda