handmade cards

SU No Bones About It

August 6, 2015

I am sure you have seen the cool Corner Fold or Corner Flip Fold cards out there…so many people have created beautiful cards using this technique. I set out to find out “who” originally made it but that was a chore…so credit goes to all the wonderful crafters- and there are a slew of them- who inspired me to make one. When perusing around the internet, I saw a lot of gorgeous floral cards and very few masculine or children’s card so I challenged myself to make one.

I wanted to share this card with the gang over at Stamp Ink Paper

for their Designer’s Choice Challenge # 8.

I used the SU No Bones About It stamp set with all of the 2014-16 In Colors- Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon, and Tangelo Twist with Crumb Cake as my card base grunged up with the SU Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.
I doubled up on the Little Letters Thinlits RAWR to give a little extra texture…

I made a template to keep to remind me how to make this simple card.
Now, if it gets lost in the rubble…it will be on my blog:)

Score your 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ cardstock into portrait style at 4 1/4″ on the 8 1/2″ side.

Place the Stampin’ Trimmer upside down with the sliding ruler on the left and the 1″ mark closest to you.
Open the card and slide the front of the card in Portrait position (like if the card was closed but it is actually opened so you don’t cut through the back) over to the right side and line up with the 3″ mark on the Stampin’ Trimmer.
Place the trimmer blade at the 2 1/2″ mark on the sliding ruler and cut upward to the 4 7/8″ mark.

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Now turn your card a quarter to the right so it is in the landscape position (again, like if it was closed but actually it is open so you don’t cut through two layers) and slide the right side over to the 3″ mark again.
This time, place your trimmer blade on the 3″ mark and cut downward to the 5/8″ mark. (You will see that the 3″ mark lines up at the corner with the lower point of the cut you made previously ).
Now you just push through the cut corner from the front and it will flip over.
I found to keep the fold straight on the front, it was helpful to line up the flipped edge part with the fold line as a reference point. I then used my bone folder to press that part down near the fold first and then the lower one on the right side of the front of the card. Using a bone folder really finishes the folds nicely.
The white stamped panel on the flip fold is a 2 1/2″ square. The Blackberry Bliss border is a 2 3/4″ square.
The inside white panel is 3 3/4″ x 5″ bordered by a Blackberry Bliss panel cut to 4″ x 5 1/4″.

Ever see a stamp set and wonder…hmmm, will I use this?
That is what I thought about the SU No Bones About It set. Now, I can see a bunch of possibilities with it! Look at all the images you get- and you can put the skeleton inside the dinosaur images with ease because it is a photopolymer stamp set!

Can’t you just see this as a Valentine’s Day card with pink and red dinosaurs with the sentiment
“No Bones About It…You’re Great!”

I feel a card coming on…

Thanks for stopping by, friends…

8/10/15 Justin, thank you for picking my card as a winner this round!

SU Remarkable You

July 30, 2015

I am a CAS gal- well, when it comes to stamping, I am pretty much CAS. So, I am smitten with the new SU Remarkable You Calla Lily and Water Lily images. I did research on Calla Lillies to see the colors and was surprised to see a variety of hues. From this quick research, I did notice that the spadix of the Calla Lily in all of the different colors is yellow. I can remember making my homeschooled kids memorize all the parts of flowers for science class- happy memories:)

However, I love how all colors can be used in the magical world of stamping- purple elephants, green giraffes, and even a pumpkin pie spadix in one of my cally lilies:)

The Stampin’ Up Only Challenges # 127 asked to share our favorite new stamp set.

As always, whatever I am working with ultimately is my favorite stamp-du-jour! Here is my card using the SU Remarkable You stamp set with a Pear Pizzazz card base and ink and accents of Daffodil Delight. With a bold image like this, it is was hard to embellish my card but I think the simple black and white baker’s twine worked well with the retired Daffodil Delight button.

I also used my NEW Archival Basic Black felt ink pad that SU blessed me with at Convention last week- oh my my- it is wonderful- crisp, clean, and REALLY BLACK!! It will be in the new Holiday catalog coming out Sept. 1. Yipee!

A little something on the inside, too…

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SU Bountiful Border/Tin of Cards Notecard File Box #3

July 27, 2015

I hope you enjoyed the last two cards HERE…

and now here are the other two card designs that filled the Notecard File Box.

Both of these cards are designed in the portrait position using two more sentiments from the SU Tin of Cards and flowers/leaves from the SU Bountiful Borders stamp sets. Both cards showcase Crushed Curry and Cucumber Crush inks and paper.

To Make these Notecards:

Cut card bases 6 ¾” x 4 7/8 and score at 3 3/8”

Front White panels are 3 1/8” x 4 5/8”

DSP is cut to 1/2” x 4 5/8 (A Happy Hello) or 1/2″ x 3 1/8″ (Thank You)

Basic Black border is 3/4” x 4 5/8” (A Happy Hello) or 3/4″ x 3 1/8″ (Thank You)

Inside of cards is 4 5/8” x 3 1/8” Whisper White Cardstock.

Scatter 3 White Perfect Accents on each card as desired

Hope you have some time to try making one of these File Boxes for yourself or a sweet gift for someone- everyone needs cards! Remember, you can fit more than 8 cards and envelopes in this Notecard File Box- play around with how many you can include!

Send me a pic if you make one- I love when you do that, friends:)

I am posting one more time to the

Can You Case It # 79 Challenge since they all go together.

Thanks for buzzing by…

SU Bountiful Border/Tin of Cards Notecard File Box #2

July 25, 2016

I hope you saw my Notecard File Box in my last post…

For our Product Class last week, the girls took home either the SU Tin of Cards or the SU Bountiful Border stamp set after making the file box and eight mailable notecards with envelopes- two each of four designs. All four cards have the stripe patterned DSP from the new SU Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack and three scattered White Perfect Accents– super cute embellishments .

Both of these cards are in the landscape position. The first one uses a sentiment from the SU Tin of Cards and a flower/leaves from the Bountiful Border with a Watermelon Wonder and Cucumber Crush palette.

This next card uses the star and another sentiment from the SU Tin of Cards. The green dots come from the SU Bountiful Border stamp set. The color palette is Pacific Point, Crushed Curry, Watermelon Wonder, and Cucumber Crush.

To Make these Notecards:

Cut card bases 6 ¾” x 4 7/8 and score at 3 3/8”

Front White panels are 3 1/8” x 4 5/8”

DSP is cut to 1/2” x 4 5/8 (Happy Birthday) or 1/2″ x 3 1/8″ (Congrats)

Basic Black border is 3/4” x 4 5/8” (Happy Birthday) or 3/4″ x 3 1/8″ (Congrats)

To make Banner Pennant:

Cut together the above 1/2″ x 3 1/8″ DSP with its black border in Triple Banner Punch

and trim to fit on the Congrats card.

Inside of cards is 4 5/8” x 3 1/8” Whisper White Cardstock.

Scatter 3 White Perfect Accents on each card as desired.

Buzz by later this week to see the other two cards…

I wanted to share it again at Can You Case It # 79 since it goes with the last post…

SU Wild About Flowers

July 20, 2015

“FRAME” is the buzzword at The Paper Players #254 this week so I decided to show you a technique I learned from my upline Linda Heller last month at our demo meeting. It involves the simple act of Watercoloring on cardstock after using the SU Brick Wall embossing folder. Linda showed us how to use our aquapainters to watercolor the bricks with Cajun Craze ink- oh, it is sooooo cool!

She made an awesome card with the new Lots of Labels framelits and an amazing color combo of Mossy Meadow, Tip Top Taupe, Soft Sky, and Cajun Craze ink. I have seen more than a few creative cards on Pinterest using the Brick Wall embossed panel with these framelits used to create an opening- they are wonderful used together!

Linda used a stamp set I did not have so I pulled out another one…
*proof to my family that I do not have EVERYTHING Stampin’ Up has in the catalog…LOL.

I picked the SU Wild About Flowers stamp set to stamp a CAS image. I initially added the Mossy Meadow FRAME around the opening of the Brick Wall to set off the opening but then noticed how the frame really showcased not only the opening but also the beautiful Soft Sky cardstock, the watercolored brick panel, and the flower image all at the same time:)

All you do to create a frame is put one framelit inside the other one when running it through the Big Shot. The Magnetic Platform comes in handy but if you do not have one- just make sure to secure the framelits as they go through the machine.

I tucked a sentiment from the SU Garden in Bloom stamp set inside the frame on the front of the card and finished off the inside with another sentiment in the stamp set.

See how neat the watercolor is…as you are “painting” it doesn’t look that great, and then it dries and the oohs and aahs start! I like it because you don’t have to be perfect on it, every card my girls did at class looked different and every card was awesome!

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