Perfect Day Flap Card

Nestabilities, Scor-Pal, SCS - Color Challenge, Special Fold Card, Want2Scrap, Whiff of Joy 19 Responses »
Jan 052012

I created this card at the end of November for a color challenge on Splitcoaststampers. The colors were White, Kraft and Pear Green. Having just received an order with Simple Stories Baby Steps Paper, I knew I wanted to use the green crosshatch patterned paper for it.

 

I started with a 3″ x 12″ strip of Kraft cardstock and scored it at 5 1/2″ and 11″. The corners of the 1″ flap were rounded.  Adirondack Snowcap ink was dragged across the edges of the card front, flap and inside of the card.

A 2 1/2″ x 5″ piece of that cross hatched paper was adhered to a 1/4″ piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock. A 1 1/4″ x 2 1/2″ piece of the same paper pack was adhered over the green layers and the edges of the big layer were stitched. Part of a Paper Doily was adhered to the upper left hand side. Seam Binding was tied around the horizontal layer and topped with a Recollection Flower.

A piece of corrugated cardstock was painted with White Acrylic Paint Dabber , embossed with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder (Stampin’ Up!) and cut embossed with a Classic Heart Nestabilities die. The heart was adhered next to the bow and topped with part of a Finesse Rhinestone Swirl.

A sentiment from Elizabeth Bells’ Accessories and Sentiment collection was stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento ink on a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock, cut and embossed with a Tag Trio die (retired). The inside of the tag was sponged with Antique Linen Distress ink. The tag was tied onto the bow with Linen Thread.

Butterscotch Waxed Ribbon was used to tie a tiny button to a 1/2″ Kraft circle. It was adhered underneath the flap. A bigger button was threaded with Linen thread and adhered on to the flap. I left Linen Thread hanging off the big button so I could use that to tie the flap card shut.

For the inside of the card a 1/2″ x 2 3/4″ strip of patterned paper was stitched to the lower edge of a 2 3/4″ x 4 3/4″ piece of white cardstock. A background stamp from the same set was stamped over the paper strip in Antique Linen. Three baby Bling Rhinestones on the right of the paper strip finish off the inside of the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day.
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Tutorial on SCS - Six-Fold Card

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Jan 042012

Today’s tutorial on Splitcoaststampers is created by Monique Trappeniers. She shows us how to create a Six Fold Card. I used the technique to create a sample for today’s Whiff of Joy Challenge, which is to use Charms or Bling. Since I love Bling, I went with Bling.

I started by stamping Henry with Heart in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. The image was cut and embossed with a Standard Circle Nestabilities and colored with Copic Markers (Henry: E30, E31, E33, E00, E93, E95   Heart: YG21, YG23, YG17   Ground: W3, W5, W7   Sky: B0000, B000). The circle was adhered to a piece of brown cardstock, cut and embossed with a Lacy Circle Nestabilities die. The edges of the image circle were paper pierced.

 

The card base was created out of textured Espresso cardstock and decorated with Echo Park Victoria Garden Patterned Paper. The card base measures 4″ square when folded. I cut a 3 3/4″ square of white cardstock and a 3 1/2″ square of patterned paper. Pieces of a Finesse Rhinestone Swirl were adhered to the top left and bottom right of the card front and brown Organdy ribbon was used to tie the card shut. The image layer was adhered to one part of the card front with dimensionals.

A sentiment from Elisabeth Bell Accessories and Sentiments was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on a piece of Solar White cardstock, cut and embossed with the smallest Petite Oval Nestabilities die.  The center was colored with Copic Marker B0000 and the sentiment was adhered to the lower left of the image circle.

When you open the diagonal panels, you will find two horizontal strips that were also lined with Victoria Gardens paper. You fold those layers down…

to unveil the inside panel of the card. The front horizontal strip has two little gatefold doors that can be unfolded as well.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

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New Year's Eve Blog Candy goes to...

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Jan 032012

Comment #15, which is Penny Wessenauer. Please contact me with your mailing address and I will get the goodies right out to you.

Thank you all for the kind words and for the tutorial suggestions! Sorry I am a bit late picking the winner. I was working on a card yesterday afternoon and completely forgot. Have a wonderful day!
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Fanciful Valentine

Flourishes - Timeless Tuesday, Flourishes, LLC, Nestabilities, Scor-Pal, Want2Scrap 24 Responses »
Jan 032012

Today’s Timeless Tuesday challenge hostess is Mona Pendleton. Her challenge is to create a Trifold card. There are a lot of different tri-fold cards to choose one. I selected the Triangle Trifold.

I created the base out of a 4″ x 12″ piece of white cardstock. A piece of  Neenah Solar White cardstock was cut and embossed with the largest Beaded Square Nestabilities die  and cut diagonally. A 3 3/4″ square of Basic Grey cardstock  and a 3 1/2″ piece of Echo Park Yours Truly patterned paper were cut in half as well and stitched together. The layers were first adhered over the scalloped triangles, then over the card base fronts.

The sold heart from Fanciful Flourishes was stamped in Spun Sugar Distress ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock and cut out. The flourished heart was stamped over the solid one in Fired Brick Distress ink and embossed with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder (Stampin’ Up!). The heart was adhered to another piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with the second largest Beaded Circle Nestabilities die. Pink and Red Baby Bling were adhered to the beaded parts of the circle.

White Organdy ribbon was tied around the card base to keep it shut. The image layers were adhered above one part of the card front with dimensionals after parts of a Finesse Rhinestone Swirl was adhered to the upper right and lower left of the card. A sentiment from Fanciful Flourishes was stamped in London Fog Memento Ink on a piece of cardstock, cut and embossed with a retired tag die. The inside part of the tag was sponged with Spun Sugar before the tag was adhered slightly under the heart.

The inside panel of the card base was decorated to match the outside. I hope you have time participate in the challenge. Like I said, there are lots of different trifold cards out there and they are all not hard. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Check out my fellow Timeless Tuesday Challenge Members for more inspiration:

Cindy Haffner
Heather Jensen
Maki Jones
Mona Pendleton
Silke Ledlow
Tammy Hershberger
and
January Guest Designer Cheryl Lea

Have a wonderful day!
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The Beauty of Bling

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Jan 022012

Today’s Bring Back Beautiful challenge is called The Beauty of Bling. Link up your Bringing Back Beautiful Challenge creations at the Flourishes Blog. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB18. You have until January 31th to enter! As we unveil our challenge for next month, we’ll share our True Beauties – those card makers who wowed us with this challenge! Winners will be featured on the Flourishes Blog and will receive a True Beauty blog button to display proudly on their blog!

For my sample I chose the gorgeous Paperwhites Stamp set. The image was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on  Neenah Solar White cardstock. It was colored with Copic Markers (Y11, Y13, Y18, W00, W2, YG21, YG23, YG17, B0000, B000, B00) and cut and embossed with the largest of the Classic Oval Nestabilities. The oval was adhered to a piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with the largest Beaded Oval Nestabilities die (the Beaded Circle and Oval dies are still some of my favorites).

A strip of Venetian Lace was adhered under a 2 1/4″ x 3 3/4″ piece of October Afternoon Weathervane Paper. The strip was taped to a 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of OA Fly A Kite paper. The layers were stitched to a 1/4″ bigger piece of white cardstock. May Arts White Organdy Ribbon was tied around the horizontal layer before everything was adhered to the card base, a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Kraft cardstock, folded in half. The bow was topped with an October Afternoon button, tied on with silver cord.

Parts of a Finesse Rhinestone Swirl were adhered to the upper right and lower left of the card front before the image layers was placed over it. Rhinestones from a  72 Count Rhinestone pack were added to the Beaded oval layer. A sentiment was stamped on a piece of cardstock that had been cut and embossed with a Fancy Tag die.

Check out what the rest of the design team has created!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have time to participate in the challenge this month! It’s’ easy. Who doesn’t like bling? I definitely have a hard time not making a card with at least some bling on it.

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Life is a Succession of Moments

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Jan 012012

I have one more card to share with you that I created for a December VSN challenge. We were to use a Frosted Image Technique. You stamp an image in a colored in, then stamp over it in white ink and rub to get a frosted look. Well…that didn’t work with Distress ink and Adirondack Snow Cap ink.

I started by stamping images from an old PTI set that I had for a while  (called Life) in Spruced Ice and Scattered Straw Distress Ink. Next I pressed those ink pads in my craft mat and did the same with my Snow cap ink. I rubbed white ink over the colored inks and then smudged that mix over the images.

A sentiment from that set was stamped in Jet Black Archival ink and topped with one tiny Baby Bling Rhinestone. To finish the card off I added a double scored border around the edges with my Scor-Pal.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a Happy, Healthy and Successful 2012.
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Happy New Year

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Dec 312011

I am sorry I have been so quiet lately. We had a friend of my kids come and stay last week and I was also trying to get some work done that I can’t show you yet.

I want to wish you all a Happy New Year! May it be filled with happiness, health and lots of laughter. To thank you for visiting my blog, I thought it would be great to end 2011 with some more blog candy. This time it contains:

To enter in the drawing just leave a comment in the comment section. If you have a request for a tutorial, feel free to leave it there. I am always looking for ideas on what tutorial to create next for Splitcoast.

I will draw a winner Monday afternoon. Have a wonderful day! Stay safe tonight!
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Tutorial on SCS - Double Dutch Fold

Copics, Nestabilities, Scor-Pal, Video Tutorial, Want2Scrap, Whiff of Joy 18 Responses »
Dec 282011

Today’s tutorial on Splitcoast is written by Patty Bombyk. She shows us how to create a unique card fold she calls Double Dutch fold. It’s like a mix of a vertial card and a gatefold.

(Since I thought this tutorial would run last week, I made it a Christmas card. So bear with me and allow me to show you another Holiday card.) For my video tutorial sample I used the adorable Uru and Bird image from Whiff of Joy. The image was stamped with in  Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock, cut out with a Classic Square Nestabilities die and colored with Copic Markers (Hat, Shirt and Bird: R12, R14, R27, R29, E09   Star and dots on Shirt: Y15, Y17, E97   Shoes and Shirt: E55, E57, E59   Leggings and Ribbon: YG13, YG17, YG67, C0, C2   Bird House: E21, E23, E25, E27   Background: BG0000, BG000, BG01). The square was stitched to a slightly smaller square cut and embossed out of  Canyon Brown cardstock before the layers were adhered to a piece of Kraft cardstock, cut and embossed with a Label 15 Nestabilities die.

My card base was created out of Kraft cardstock. The bottom two corners were rounded. MME 12 Days of Christmas patterned paper was used to decorate the panels. A bow out of gold organdy Ribbon was topped with a red button, tied on with iridescent curling Ribbon and adhered to the lower right corner of the image. The image was adhered to the top part of the card with dimensionals.

A sentiment from Whiff of Joy’s Seasonal Greetings. was stamped in Tuxedo Black in on Solar White cardstock and cut and embossed with the smallest Petite Oval Nestabilities die. The embossed center was colored with Copic Marker BG0000, BG000. The sentiment was adhered to the lower right corner of the card front. Rhinestones from the 72 Count Rhinestone pack finish off my card front.

The inside of the card is kept simple as always. A slightly smaller piece of white cardstock, stitched with matching paper from the front and voila….done.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

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Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Penguin Triplets

CAS, Copics, Lawn Fawn, Nestabilities, SCS - Featured Stamper Challenge, Want2Scrap 11 Responses »
Dec 272011

I created this card a while back for a Featured Stamper Challenge at Splitcoaststampers. The featured stamper that day was Tenia Sanders-Nelson. She has an amazing gallery of CAS cards. While those are not easy to make for me, I gave it a whirl. I picked Tenia’s Trick or Treat card and used Winter images from Lawn Fawn’s Cute Critters in the Snow.

I cut and embossed three circles out of Neenah Solar cardstock with Classic Circle Nestabilities dies. The small penguin image was stamped in each center with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and colored with Copic Markers (Y15, Y17, YR15, C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, BG10, BG11). Glitter was added underneath each Penguin.

The card base is a 6″ x 6″ piece of Kraft cardstock folded in half. The card front was embossed with a Snowflake Embossing folder from Sizzix. A 3/4″ x 5 3/4″ piece of Echo Park Walk in the Park was stitched to a 1 1/2″ x 5 3/4″ piece of Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas cardstock, after the bottom corners were rounded. Before the layers were adhered to the card base, May Arts Organdy Ribbon was tied around the paper strips. The ribbon was topped with a Basic Grey Button tied on with May Arts Silver Curling Ribbon.

The images were adhered over the ribbon with dimensionals. Silver Rhinestones and part of a Finesse Rhinestone Swirls finish off the card front.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Most Wonderful Time

Copics, Grand Nestabilities, Nestabilities, Raindrop Echo Design, Want2Scrap, Wee Stamps, Whimsy Stamps 14 Responses »
Dec 252011

Merry Christmas! I hope you have a wonderful time with your family today! My wish for you is health and happiness for the entire next year!

Here is another card that you can find in the new Whimsy Magazine. I love the new Wee Images from Whimsy Stamps. They are just soooo cute and so much fun to color. For this card I used the image called Christmas Bunny. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored with Copic Markers (Bunny: E30, E31, E33, R30, R20, R22   Gifts: Y15, Y17, E97, R05, R08, R29, R39, YG21, YG23, YG17   Glove: BG10, BG11, BG13   Sled: E23, E25, E27). The image was cut and embossed with the largest Classic Circle Nestabilities die.

It was masked, cloud masks were added and the background was airbrushed with B02. To make the clouds look more dimensional, the bottom edges were colored with Copic Marker W00, W0 and W1. The image was stitched to a piece of Crayon Brown Cardstock that had been hand cut into a slightly bigger layer. Stardust Stickles was added the the snow on the ground and some of the snowflake circles in the image.

 

Strips of Echo Parks Holly Jolly Christmas paper were adhered to a 4″ square of the same paper pack. The paper was stitched to a 1/4″ bigger square of Canyon Brown cardstock.  More paper strips from that paper pack were adhered to a 5″ square which was in turn stitched to a 5 1/4″ square of Canyon Brown cardstock. White Organdy Ribbon was tied around the vertical strips before the paper layers were adhered to the card base, yellow Core’dination cardstock, cut and embossed with a Grand Scallop Square Nestabilities die.

A sentiment from the new Winter Notables stamp set was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. The center oval was cut out and colored with Copic Marker B0000 and B000. It was adhered to the upper right of the image. Baby Bling Rhinestones were adhered underneath the sentiment and part of a Rhinestone swirl was adhered to the upper right and lower left of  layers.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day.
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