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(Started posting on September 25, 2014)
Wishing You Joy
(Inside: Sending love & prayers for a blessed Christmas and a joyous new year)
This card features the cardinal from the “Layered Cardinal Stencil & Die Set” from Creek Bank Creations and some pretty patterned paper.
Gina K Designs Faded Brick, Cranberry Tart, Charcoal Brown, and Black inks were used along with pieces from sheet 3 from the “Christmas Memories 2 Card Kit” pack from Photo Play. The inside sentiment is from the “Christmas Blessings” set by Our Daily Bread. The greeting on the front is actually part of the pattern on the patterned paper.
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BetterPressed Merry Christmas
(Inside: Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday season)
This simple card features the BetterPress “Chic Merry Christmas” press plate from Spellbinders and some 3mm crystals from Stamplistic. The stamped image is pressed into the cotton paper (instead of just sitting on top).
Versa Fine Clair “Rain Forest” ink was stamped/pressed onto watercolor paper, and red cardstock from the Recollections “Essentials” cardstock paper pack was embossed with SU Subtle embossing folder. Both were layered on a Recollections White Dove card base. The inside sentiment is from the “Joyful Wishes” set from Penny Black.
This also could have been foiled with the Glimmer Hot Foil System, and I may try that at some point.
I am still trying to decide if the BetterPress System from Spellbinders is worth the investment (for me). I LOVED this image, but I’d probably love it as much if it were a plain stamp. There are not that many BetterPress plates on the market at the moment. And while the BetterPress plates CAN be foiled with the Glimmer Hot Foil System, Spellbinders DOES NOT recommend using hot foil plates in the BetterPress System which makes the BetterPress System a bit limiting. Hmmm…
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Folk Floral Stem (with two kinds of foiling)
(Inside: happy happy birthday to you)
The floral image on this card was made with the Folk Floral Stem hot foil plate and coordinating layering stencils by Pinkfresh Studio. Gold Glimmer Hot Foil was used along with Gina K Designs Peach Bellini, Tomato Soup, Moonlit Fog, and Fresh Asparagus inks. The foil for the image was applied using the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil system and a die cutting machine.
I wanted a foiled, delicate script greeting that would fit on a 1/4 inch strip (and didn’t have an appropriate plate), so I decided to type my greeting on the computer instead. I used the “Yukikato” font (11 pt) for this card. In order to foil that, a different method was required. First, it needed to be printed with toner (and not ink), so I used a laser printer. This was then foiled with icraft gold decofoil and a minc foiling machine.
Metallic Gold card stock was used for the mats, and the inside sentiment stamp was called “Happy Happy Birthday” by dandelion designs.
For anyone new to foiling, each system uses a different type of foil and application tool and a different technique for applying it. The method using a hot foil plate pushes the foiled image into the surface a bit while the toner/minc method is flatter, but both methods give very similar looking results as far as shine. Here is some introductory information on using either the Glimmer Hot Foil System or the minc. And there are tons more videos out there showing other tips and variations for each.
It’s SO hard to photograph a foiled card as it’s hard to get the light to hit it just right! Here’s a photo of the card with less direct light hitting it…
While not used on this project, there is also a coordinating stamp set and a coordinating die.
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Bitty Ball Pop-Up Dinosaur
Earlier this year, I created bitty ball pop-up animals using add-on die sets designed by Karen Burniston. I then decided I wanted to create a dinosaur, but there was no add-on set for that. Hmmm…
I saw one (and only one!) sample on Pinterest which I really liked and figured I’d just CASE but later realized that it had a stegosaurus-like body and carnivorous (T-Rex) teeth. I loved the plates on its back, but I just couldn’t figure out how to change the mouth and head size/shape to go with that body.
I contacted customer service on Karen Burniston’s site, and asked if they had any suggestions/samples of dinosaurs to share. The one they sent (from their design team) was great, but it was huge and more complicated/realistic than what I was going for. (I wanted it to be similar in style to the three I already made for my other kids.) Honestly, I was half hoping they would design an add-on, but they didn’t take the bait – lol!
After much trial and error, I came up with this guy. (Not quite as impressive as Nicky’s creation, but…) I used the Bitty Ball Pop-Up set and adapted pieces from the alligator in the Animal Add-Ons 4 (#1185) set.
Paper from the “Greens” card stock pack from The Paper Studio was used. I added texture to the body panels with the “Reptile 3-D Texture Fades” embossing folder by Tim Holtz/Sizzix, and inked the edges of the layering pieces (I should have done them all) with Gina K Designs Dark Sage ink. The black circles for the eyes and nose were punched with my Fiskars “Bubbles Border Punch” (retired?)
The card stock I used is white core. I would NOT use this in the future as you can see the white on all the edges and in the cracks of the embossed panels. 😦
If placing in a card, he folds flat for mailing.
As with the others I made, this was just flattened and placed inside the card (not attached) and “jumps out” when the card is opened. The card base has a 1/4 inch gusset to accommodate the extra bulk.
He’s fun to just play with too!! 🙂
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Another Photo Collage Pop-up Card
Several years ago, I made photo collage pop-up cards for my triplets when they turned 21 and decided to make one for my older son for his 30th birthday. Happy Birthday, Eric!!
This fun (A2 sized) card was made with Karen Burniston’s “Photo Collage Pop-up” die set and a bunch of (mini) photos of Eric at various ages.
The hardest (and most fun!) part of making this card was choosing which photos to use – I’ve taken so many over the years!!
I ordered the photos as 4×4 collage sheets (the 3 x 3 pic option) from Walgreens. (HERE is a video showing how to order the collage photos.)
The card front was made with “Cheers to You Dude” two-sided paper from the “Birthday Bash Collection” by PhotoPlay. The “30” was created with dies from Amazon. The greeting is from the “Itty Bitty Birthdays” stamp set from Stampin’ Up (retired?) and was stamped with SU Blackberry Bliss ink. The inside text was computer generated.
HERE is Karen’s video tutorial on how to create the pop-up photo collage.
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I Played With Paper Today! 