Showing posts with label shaped card. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shaped card. Show all posts

Jul 29, 2023

No Squares Allowed

Hello everyone, it's time already for a new theme at Allsorts challenge and Lorraine's turn to host. She would like to see "Anything but square" for her theme but it is an optional theme so all of your new creations are welcome and will be entered into the prize drawing! By the way the next two challenges will run for two weeks to cover some of the busy summer season so there is plenty of time for everyone to join in!

When I was working on this card I thought the optional theme was "shaped cards" so I made a Teepee shaped card, it still is "anything but a square" but I might have gone an easier route had I known the correct theme :) However I'm happy I tried this card fold to step out of my comfort zone a bit, as it's super easy to do and I love how it turned out. 


The stamp above is Penny Black's Poppy Field, I used it a few weeks ago but found this image already colored in my box of extras and decided it would make a cute card front for this teepee card. 

Sharing several pictures in today's post to show each side.

The patterned paper is from my stash. Border die cut and butterflies are also from my box of extras. Sentiments are from Penny Black (the large sentiment below) and Stampers Anonymous (small sentiment above). 

The teepee card folds completely flat so it can be mailed. A small velcro dot is used for standing it up, so it opens and closes easily. The only issue I saw was that the corners it's standing on are bending easily, maybe they need some sort of re-inforcement, but I haven't thought of anything yet. 


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You can find the tutorial for this card shape HERE. As mentioned it's super easy to do. 


Below is a photo of the prizes for this fortnight (since there are only 2 challenges ending in August (including this one) we will have a separate prize bundle for each fortnight. This fortnight it's a wonderful Christmas bundle from Craft Stash, it will be split between 3 winners which will be announed at the end of August. 



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I plan on linking up with Penny Black Saturday challenge.



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Sep 3, 2021

Center Step Card for Double Trouble Challenge

Hello and welcome!

Double Trouble challenge has a new Crazy Cousin! Me! I was invited to join the challenge as a guest designer (a.k.a Crazy Cousin) for the month of September. And today I'm showing you my first card. I will be back with a second card later this month for the second September theme at Double Trouble!


For those of you new to the Double Trouble challenge, here's how it works: 


  • Thing one (Trouble Maker) will give you the  main (required) theme which this time is "Make a Fun Fold Card". 
  • Thing Three (Twisted Sister) will give you a twist, which is optional. This time it's "Stamped Image and a Playdoh Color from the Playdoh Mascot above." (purple, red, green, blue, orange, and/or yellow)
  • Thing 2 (Double Dare) where you may link up your card with Creative Creases challenge if you made a fun fold card with a stamped image (optional). 

Hope you'll join in the fun and don't forget to link up with Thing 2 (Creative Creases Challenge) too if you've made a fun fold card!


I made a Center Step card for my fun fold card. It's been a while since I've done one of these, but they are actually easy to make! I've included a link to this tutorial further down in the post.

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The cute image is one of my newer Penny Black stamps, called Flying By. Stamped with Memento Tuxedo ink and colored with Copic markers. Thing 3 wants to see at least one Playdoh color on the image, I chose yellow and green.

The cloud die cuts were done with an old Memory Box die set. This set is probably long retired but there are plenty of cloud dies available.


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I decorated my folded card with papers from my stash. These are all by Stampin'  Up, but I'm thinking at least 10 years old.   



I stamped just the flower from the image two more times, colored and fussy cut to add to the card. The "hills" on the bottom of the card were done with an old die set from Whimsy stamps. This die set is similar. And if you look closely you can see some sparkles on the flowers. I once again used Hero Arts iridescent ink that came in the October 2018 My Monthly Hero kit. (No longer available).  

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You can find the detailed instruction on how to make a Center Step card fold HERE. 


If you want more ideas for some other Fun Fold cards, check out these links:

10-15 Minute Tutorials for Easy Fun Fold Cards
Checkout this Fun Fold with Belly Band - Connie Stewart 
Side Fun Fold Card - Mary Deatherage 
Crossover Pointy Card or Diamond Point 


Thanks so much for visiting!


I'm linking my card up here:
Make My Monday - Fun Folds // Crafty Gals Corner - Summer Fun // Double D Challenges - Anything with a Tail // Little Red Wagon - For Kids // Simon Says Stamp - Stamp It // The Paper Funday - AG // Crafty Sentiment Designs - AG // Ike's World - AG // 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Critters // 2 Sisters On The Blog - Children's Cards // Clever Dexter Challenge - Glitter // Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Patterned Papers // Let's Craft & Create Challenge - Dots and/or Stripes // Get Creative Challenges - AG // Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Glimmer and Sparkle // Use Your Stuff - AG // A Gem of a Challenge - AG // Penny Black Saturday Challenge - PB Stamps
 Always Anything Goes & Link Parties





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Apr 7, 2021

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - April Challenge; and a Double Easel Card using Stampin Up "A Touch of Ink"

Hello and welcome to the April Crafty Wednesday challenge right here on my blog! I'm so glad you decided to stop by and hope you'll join in too and share all your crafty makes! As always I will select my top 3 picks and share them at the bottom of the post. You can see last month's Top Picks at the end of this post! There were some gorgeous entries so be sure to check them out! 


This Month's Theme

For the month of April I selected the fun theme of................


Something Beginning with "B".


So many options here....blossoms, bugs, bees, butterflies, blue, bunny, brocade, banner, bow, brown and many more ....I can not wait to see what "b"s you are incuding on your card!


As usual now, the theme is optional so feel free to link up anything else too and all entries will be considered for my top picks! 


My April Creation


I recently received a beautiful double easel card from Debbie of Secrets to Stamping who is soooo very creative, and I fell in love with the style of the card, so I decided to make a double easel card as well. While I've made  2 or 3 easel cards before, this was my first time making a double easel card and I used Debbie's card as a reference. 


You basically have a regular folded card base (whatever size you choose), then score one of the halves down the middle using a scoring tool. Decorate a card front using a separate piece of card stock, which you will then attach to the bottom part of the folded half. (I've included several photos so you can see what I mean.) On this card I added a mini easel just the way Debbie did because I thought that was such a cute "wow" factor!

The stamp set I used here is one of Stampin Up's recent "Sale-a Bration" set (A Touch of Ink) which I also received from Debbie.

I've mentioned this last month already, but if you haven't heard yet, she is hosting a new challenge on her blog where it's all about Fancy Folds. You can check it out HERE.

I used Distress inks and Versafine Onyx ink for stamping. The music notes background was done using an old Hero Arts stamp (mine is old - alternative option) and I inked the edges with distress ink as well.



The "floral" sentiment is from the Penny Black Set Blooming Sentiments, partly stamped with Versafine Onyx ink and partly heat embossed using ultra fine white embossing powder and Versamark ink on black card stock. The striped paper is actually striped vellum.


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I thought this fancy fold card would make a nice Mother's Day card so I added a Mother's Day sentiment (old from Whimsy Stamps) to the mini easel. This sentiment I cut out using a retired slider die also from Whimsy, and I tied some white silk ribbon (option) around it. 

In the photo below you can see the mini easel also opened. I added a prima flower with a small white brad to the inside of the small easel card. 



To decorate the inside of the card I used the same stamps and inks but stamped off twice for a more subtle background to allow for a handwritten message. Then I used an old wood mounted Penny Black flower border stamp on the inside of the fold - see below.


And finally, a side view is below. 



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Last Month's Top Picks


I will continue to add my favorites to the dedicated Pinterest board, but going forward I will once again showcase the top pick's creations with links to their individual blogs, which will be removed at the start of each new month's challenge to remain in compliance with GDPR.

Choosing favorites is never easy but something that needs to be done and here are my top picks in the order of entry.


No. 49 Kuni

No. 54 Jose

No. 56 Carole J.




Congratulations! Your top pick logo is below. Feel free to post it to your own blogs if you like to!




To play along this month simply use the linky tool below.
Thanks so much for stopping by!!



A few things to remember:

  • You may follow the theme or anything crafty goes.
  • Backlinking is allowed.
  • You may combine with any other challenges.
  • You may use any brand of stamps/digis/products (no company restriction).
  • No more than 3 entries per person please - no worries if you end up with more.
  • Please do include a link back here to my blog in your blog post.

Note: Top picks will be selected from the entries shared with the linky tool. The top pick's creations will be displayed the following month along with their blog links until the start of a new challenge. If you do not want to be featured, please do not use the linky tool.



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Mar 6, 2021

Yellow, Gray and White Gate Fold Card with Honeycombs, Bee and Flower

Hello and welcome! 

It's Saturday again and that means it's time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge. It's Lynn's week to host and she selected the theme of "Use Yellow".  


This year's Pantone Color Swatch is Yellow and Gray, and I always love those two colors together, so that's what I went with for today's card. But I went a little bit overboard with shading and my yellow is a little bit darker than I intended it to be...


My Yellow, Gray and White Gate Fold Card 



I so rarely make multi fold cards, but there is a new challenge linkup in town  blogland called Creative Creases where the theme is always "more than one score", so any type of fun fold, and I thought it would be fun to step outside the box for a change and join in! 




The design inside the card was inspired by this week's MFT sketch challenge.


For my card I combined and "oldie but goodie" stamp set from Stampin Up called Butterfly Basics with the January Hero Arts stamp kit. 

The honeycomb background rectangle and sentiment are part of the SU set and the flower and bee are from the Hero Arts kit. Both are no longer directly available, but could possibly be found on eBay or Etsy. 

PS: If you're interested in future Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kits, you can go to this link to read all about it and how to subscribe.



This is probably the easiest multi fold card to make, but in case anyone is interested, I’m sharing how I made this in the steps below.
  1. I started with a piece of white card stock measuring 8.5 x 5.5 inches.
  2. I scored at 2 1/8" on both sides of the long end using my scoring board.
  3. I folded the scored panels back (to get them out of the way), then used a Stripes Stencil and Mustard Seed distress ink to add some stripes to the inside of the card, but not the flaps.
  4. Opened the flaps and then used the Oscillations stencil with Mustard Seed ink. Tip: I always use masking tape to tape down the stencil or it will move.
  5. Next I prepared my image panel on white card stock which measures approx. 3.5 x 5.5 inches. 
  6. I adhered this onto gray card stock then onto the inside of the gate folded card. 
  7. I closed up the card, then I wrapped a long strip of gray card stock around the card, scored it where I wanted it folded and then trimmed off the extra making sure there is enough left for an overlap. I added a glue dot to hold the ends of the band together then added the flower from the Hero Arts stamp kit. 
  8. I completed the card by brushing clear Wink of Stella glitter over the bee's wings and added some  stardust stickles glitter glue to the flower.

Images and sentiment were stamped using Memento Tuxedo ink and colored with Copic markers. The stamp kit includes matching dies and I used them to die cut the flower and bee.


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When the card is closed, the band slides over it to keep it closed. I think the band could also make a great bookmark :)


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Thanks so much for stopping by!!


I'm linking here:
Creative Creases - More than one fold
Addicted to Stamps and More - Dies or Stencils (I used both) 
A blog named Hero - Floral 
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes 

 




 

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Jul 22, 2017

Allsorts 425 - Fancy Folds

Happy Saturday! This week it's Helene's turn to host the challenge at Allsorts and she would like to see "Fancy Folds". I decided to make  a "Joy Fold" card.
This card was really easy to make .... the base is 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 scored at 3 inches. The little card inside is 3x6 inches, scored at 3 inches. I cut designer paper to fit the card, adhered to the base and little flap, then adhered the little card in the middle of the card base. 

The image is a Mo Manning clear stamp by Stampavie, stamped onto xpress it card and colored with copics. I stamped "I miss you" on the front of the card (tiny stamp from Penny Black's Snippet set) and inside I stamped "Thinking of you and wishing you happiness  (from an older set by Whimsy Stamps.)

This is how the card opens up:

I added some striped twine to the little card and stamped flowers inside.  


Hope you come join us this week for a chance to win a fun ribbon prize package by Crafty Ribbons. 


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Dec 16, 2015

Whimsy Stamps - 12 Days of Christmas - Day 4


Happy Wednesday!! 
Did you hear yet?? We're having a "12 Days of Christmas" Celebration over at Whimsy Stamps with new Holiday projects from the Design Team and fun prizes to win too.



 


Every day from 13th December to 24th December, a member or members of the design team will be sharing a brand new Whimsy holiday creation on the Whimsy blog.  Included in these daily posts will be a LETTER.  Visit the blog every day, make a note of each letter and keep them safe.  Once you have collected all 12 letters, you should be able to unscramble them and make a special 3 word phrase.  Email your guess to whimsystampscontests@gmail.com by 31st December 2015, and if you've guessed correctly, you will be entered into the draw to win a fantastic GRAND PRIZE! 


But that's not all!  We will also be running some fun SPOT PRIZES throughout the entire event.  The prizes could be hidden here on the Whimsy blog or on our design team members blogs, or even on some of the Whimsy artists blogs, so be sure to leave a comment here and on the other blog posts each day to be in with a chance to win!


Today it's my turn along with the very talented Vicki to post our creations to the Whimsy blog, and this is what I created. 

  I won't bore you with details how I made it, I simply followed this tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers. Then attached an easel style card to the top. 


The beautiful Snowflake Fairy Princess stamp is one of Crissy Armstrong designs for Whimsy Stamps. Snowflake sentiment is from the set Winter Letter Seals. I covered my drawer with designer paper by Bo Bunny and used some snowflakes to embellish. The hardware I used on the front is from an old SU kit.
  

Above is a closeup of the beautiful stamp. I used mainly copics for coloring, but added some shading on her hair with a Faber Castell polychromos pencil. 


 This little "drawer box card" is perfect for a little gift like jewelry or you can put $$ or a gift card inside. 


You can find the Whimsy products I used here:
Snowflake Fairy Princess
Winter Letter Seals
Snowflake border die 


Today is also the start of the new Whimsy Stamps challenge, and the theme is "Snowflakes". So if you're up for a challenge why not join us for another chance at a Whimsy prize? 

I am entering my box card to the following challenges:


 2 Crafty Girls -Anything Goes 
Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas- Christmas
Crafty Cardmakers - Snow
Our Crafty Corner - Anything Goes/Winter
A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes with a Winter or Christmas Theme (Week 1)
Creative Card Crew- Holiday Season (week 2)
Shopping Our Stash - Let It Snow
Sweet Stamps -  Anything Goes
 Unicorn Challenge - Winter Time
 
 
 Thanks so much for visiting! Hope you're enjoying our "12 Days of Christmas" event. If you missed the first 3 days of posts, just head on over to the Whimsy blog to see what the designers made and to collect your first 3 letters.





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