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 At Seize the Birthday the challenge is:

This Clean and Simple card fits the bill. I used Taylored Expressions stamps and dies and a Sizzix stars embossing folder. Popped up a few balloons with foam tape.

I was also inspired by the Monday CAS challenge at Splitcoaststampers to use a balloon.

Hats Off to the Graduate!

 

Here is a graduation card that was fun to make because I used a new tool to make the card interactive. I recently purchased tiny Nano Spinners, a Dress My Craft Product. They are only 1/8th of an inch round, but that is what makes the graduation cap on this card spin! (Action video linked below.)

I stencilled stars in Distress Inks across the background followed by smaller stars in Nuvo Glimmer Paste. The sentiment and hat are from an ancient Stampin' Up! set called Tassel Time, and included the fun saying stamped inside.

To see the card in action, visit this 8 second YouTube video.

Happy Father's Day!

Today is Father's Day in Canada and we had a lovely day in the great outdoors. This is the card I made for my daughter to give to her Dad. It is an interactive "reveal wheel" card. The background is a scenery stencil design from Claire Brennan stencilled with Distress Oxide Inks, and the car and wheel mechanism are from Lawn Fawn. Each turn of the wheel reveals a change in the car window.

    

Normally the reveal wheel card window is at the top third of a card but I did some engineering to make it sit in the lower third for this one. The inside of the card says:

 

Beach Babes- update!

Here is a fun birthday card using Art Impressions Beach Babes stamps. And UPDATE: It was chosen as a winner in this challenge:

 

I used Copic markers and it is hard to tell, but the glassware and eyeglasses were clear-coated to make them shine. Here is the inside:

I am entering this in the Seize the Birthday Anything Goes category and Splitcoaststampers challenge called Chillin'.

Freshly Made Sketches #735

 

I find card sketches to be super challenging, but in a good way! Sometimes it is good to stretch beyond the norm. When I saw this sketch I immediately thought of a Waffle Flower Stencil I had not used called Postal Collage Envelope Stencil. 

I thought it would be fun to line up the envelopes in this staggered grid.

The stencil is a two-part affair, the flaps are inked first and then the body. I ended up cutting them out by hand as lining them up on a card front was a little tricky. I used Distress Inks.

I am entering it on the FMS blog. 

Flowers for Mom

Happy Mother's Day! We are celebrating in Canada today. I made this peek-a-boo slider card for my mom. From the front you see an inner message of Happy Mother's Day - a wonderful calligraphy stamp by Quietfire Design. I chose to stamp in a warm brown to coordinate with the Stampin' Up! long-retired designer papers.

The front floral is a stamp, stencil and die set by Pinkfresh Studio called Slimline Floral Notes. The spray measures about 8.25 inches but I cut it apart to fit this A2 sized-card. I used various inks to stencil in the shading.

The fun part of this card is that when it is opened, there is a middle panel that slides across and a new sentiment appears in the cirle inside. It's kind of magical!

This is another stamp from Quietfire Design. The peach paper is ribbed so the stamped image was affected a bit.

I learned how to do this card by following the tutorial here: https://youtu.be/fuhTKf5WiYM?si=P0AYvDPruvxfYVIs. Next time I will use a smaller circle like the originator as I see how that might work a little better.

Here is a view of the card from above.

Mom said it is "creative" and "lovely" so I am glad I tried this out. Besides the floral die, I used Spellbinders graduated circles for the apertures. I am entering this in the Die Cut Divas May Challenge for Celebrations.

Sketch Challenge - Modern

As promised in my last post, here is a more modern take on the sketch challenge at the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook Group. The sketch was:

My card this time features skinny strips of patterned Lawn Fawn papers that I cut and glued to get the background.

Rather than a circle, I used an ANCIENT Cuttlebug die, possibly one of the first I bought, with a matching embossing folder for an ornament made from one of the Lawn Fawn papers. I heat embossed the corner sentiment in super fine white, which is a Waltzingmouse Stamp (retired).

Same sketch, two very different cards!