Sending Love Your Way - Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge #12

Hello.

It's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge Blog.  And sadly to say, this will also be our last challenge.  The theme for this challenge is Love/Valentine.
Here's my DT card...
 

I am featuring this adorable curly-haired gal called Tilda Sending Love Letters.  She is an older Tilda from Magnolia's Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2011.

This stamp and other Magnolia stamps, both full-size and mini, are available from Magnolia-licious on-line store.  Owner Diana really has the best discounted prices for them.  She gives excellent service and you get to earn 2% in-store credit with every purchase--cool!
And woo-hoo...new to the store are those wonderful Wee Stamps designed by Sylvia Zet--my fave stamps next to Magnolia!!  Check them out HERE.

This card is actually an easel card...

with an added swing-away panel at the bottom to hide a blank space where you can write your personal message.

If you're interested in how to make this type of cards, sometime ago I made a tutorial for a round card instead of an oval one--HERE.

Challenges for this card:
Dutch Magnolia Chickies Challenge #38 - Also decorate the inside of your card
Magnolia-Mania Challenge #63  - Anything Goes with option 'hearts'
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #49 - Pearls and Swirls
Allsorts Challenge Week 193 - Valentine
Totally Gorjuss Challenge 170 - Love!
Stampin' for the Weekend - Something Metal (heart and XOXO)
Winter Wonderland Challenge - Get in Shape
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge - Love
Charisma Cardz Challenge #5 - Love

That's all for me today.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  I appreciate the visit.  Have a wonderful week!


Materials and Tools Used:
DP's: My Mind's Eye Playful Posies paper pad; K&Company TC Cottage Garden paper pad
Dies:  Spellbinders Grand Scalloped Ovals, Classic Ovals and Labels Twenty-Eight; Marianne Design LR0249 
Punches: Martha Stewart Hyrdrangea, Hydrangea 3-in-1 and Daisy Dot edge punch; McGill small Daisy; EK Success Leaf
Miscellaneous: Ranger Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; Making Memories metal Heart and XOXO; pearls and brad from my stash
Colouring Medium:  alcohol-ink based markers--Letraset Promarkers and Pantone Trias

Gift Bag & Tag - Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #82

Hello.
It's time for a new challenge at the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge.  The theme for this fortnight Challenge #82 chosen by DT teammate Nathalie is Gift Bag and Tag.

This is what I've created...

I hope you will come and play along with us in our challenge.  For details on the challenge and how to join us, hop over to the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge Blog.  Also, check out the fabulous creations of my DT teammies for inspirations.

I love this image of Tilda With Love--she's so adorable.  She's part of Magnolia's With Love Collection 2013. 
  

 

I've created a hidden pocket behind the front panel to store the tag.  

For this tag, I've used another cute image from the same With Love Collection 2013 and this one is called Tilda Blowing Hearts.

  

Magnolia stamps are available at Magnolia-licious, Diana on-line store.  Diana has a vast selection of both full size and minis stamps. If you don't see the particular one you are looking for in the store, contact Diana and ask her if she can bring it in for you. 
Have a look also at the selections of cutting dies from Magnolia, Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Marianne Design, Cheery Lynn Designs and Joy! Crafts. Diana offers best discounted prices, gives excellent service and you get to earn 2% in-store credit with every purchase! Sweet!!

 

Challenges I am entering with this project:
No Matter Which Challenges - Challenge #6 Ribbons and Bows
Papertake Weekly Challenges - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine Challenge #72 - Anything Goes
Everybody-Art-Challenge #222 - Hearts
Creative Craft Challenges2 - Challenge #3 Hugs and Kisses
Charisma Cardz Challenge #5 - Love
Dutch Dare Card Challenge DDCC #203 - Be Mine
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #255 - Love Struck!!!

That's all for today.  Thanks for dropping by.  Much appreciate your visit.  Have a wonderful weekend!


Materials and Tools Used:
DP's:  DCWV Berry Street Farmer's Market paper pad
Dies:  Go Kreate XXL Frames Frilly #10 and Medium Frames Rectangular Frilly #10; Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Ovals, Petite Ovals and Mega Ovals; Memory Box Blooming Vine and Fabulous Phlox
Punches:  Punch Bunch small Daisy; Floral Punches Rose Leaf Jumbo and Extra Large Leaf
Miscellaneous:  Rangers Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain and Aged Mahogany; ribbons and pearls from my stash
Colouring medium:  Letraset Promarker and Pantone Tria markers

Template for a 4-Step Card (6" x 6")

Hello.

Just a short posting here to show those who are interested the template that you can use to create a 4-step card, similar to the card I made in my previous posting HERE.


This is the template...

Edited:  Finally figured out how to add a PDF to my blog post...woo-hoo.  Here's the template for downloading:  4-step care (6"x6").

Once you've glued the card-inside to the front-and-back cover, you will have a 1/8” border all the way around.  If you want a thinner border--1/16” is my preferance--just trim off 1/16” on all 4 sides.

Also, the front of your card will be 6-inch square--the same size as the back.  For my card shown above, I had trimmed off a small section so that the card front is shorter than the back. 

That's it!  Have fun with this.  You can make a Christmas card by using the steps to spell out NOEL. 

Nothing but the naked truth...

Hello.

I finally have another card to show you.  I got side-tracked with another project, but finally finished this one.  This is a four-step card.

I saw the vertical step card template at Stempeleinmaleins, HERE, which is for a five-step card. It gave me the idea to make a four-step card to spell out the word LOVE.  I had seen this type of card before but don't remember on which site and also it was for a three-step card.  Anyway, I reworked the template and came up with this card.

Colouring of the images were done with Letraset Promarker and Pantone Tria markers.

The stamps that I have used are both from the latest Magnolia stamp collection With Love Collection 2013.  For the card front, I have Tilda with Love Music.

And for inside the card, I have this cute image of Tilda Hiding Heart.

Both these stamps and other Magnolia stamps--full size and minis--are available from Diana's on-line store, Magnolia-licious. If you don't see the one you are looking for in the store, contact Diana and ask her if she can bring it in for you.
Have a look also at the selections of cutting dies from Magnolia, Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Marianne Design, Cheery Lynn Designs and Joy! Crafts. Diana offers discounted prices, gives excellent service and you get to earn 2% in-store credit with every purchase!

Challenges for this card:
Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge #141 - Carole's Sketch
Sweet Stampin' - Ribbon
Winter Wonderland - It Take Two
Charisma Cardz Challenge #3 - Hearts and Flowers
Crafts and Me Challenge #18 - Your Favorite Embellishments (mine are handmade flowers and pearls)
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations Challenge GGSC145 - Valentines
Inky Chicks Challenge #2 - Becky's Bingo Grid (ribbon, sentiment, flowers)
Totally Gorjuss Challenge 168 - Flowers

That's all for me today.  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is very much appreciated.  Have a wonderful day!


Materials and Tools Used:
Sentiments: all computer generated
DP's: Recollections Floral Garden paper pad; DCVW Nana's Nursery Baby Girl paper pad
Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Seventeen and Posy Patch; Memory Box Honeyblossom Sprig
Punches: Martha Stewart Heart Chain edge punch, Cosmos and Rose Leaf; Floral Punches Rose Leaves Jumbo; McGill Baby Blooms; Fiskars 3-in-1 corner punch Celestial; Michaels Tiny Sun
Miscellaneous: Coluzzle Oval Template; Rangers Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain, pearls and ribbon from my stash
Colouring medium:  Letraset Promarker and Pantone Tria markers

Magnolia-licious Highlites January Blog Hop - "Love" theme

Hello!

It's time for our monthly blog-hop at the Magnolia-licious Highlites Challenge Blog.  The Magnolia-licious DT has a LOVE themed blog hop featuring some of the newest images from Magnolia's latest stamp collection With Love Collection 2013.
You can find more details on how to join in on the fun to WIN at the Magnolia-licious Highlites.

If you are doing the blog hop and  have arrived here from ANGELA's blog then you are on the right track. If not, then you may want to start at the beginning. Here is a list of my DT teammates in blog hop order:

Ruby
Janiel
Angela
Norma (you are here)

Mary

Sharon

Mindy

 Cheryl

Cabio

Patti Jo
Suzanne

This is what I came up with...

The actual project for the challenge is this round gift box (hmm...do you still call it a box when it's round?)  I have filled it with those yummy Mozartkuglen chocolates.

On top of the gift box, I am featuring this adorable image of Bonny Tilda with her cute little tushies...LOL.  Check out the other equally adorable stamps from the With Love Collection 2013 at Magnolia-licious on-line store.

I have also created this shaped easel card to go along with the gift box because it just looked so lonely sitting there just by itself...haa haa.

This image is of Tilda With a Gift For You and she is part of the Turning Leaves Collection 2012.  She's one of my faves as she's so versatile that I can use her for all kinds of occasions.

Magnolia stamps are available from Diana's on-line store, Magnolia-licious. If you don't see the one you are looking for in the store, contact Diana and ask her if she can bring it in for you.
The images from the latter stamp collections have been coloured by the Magnolia-licious DT gals for the store catalogue so you can get an idea of what they can look like.
Have a look also at the selections of cutting dies from Magnolia, Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Marianne Design, Cheery Lynn Designs and Joy! Crafts. Diana offers discounted prices, gives excellent service and you get to earn 2% in-store credit with every purchase. Cool!

Challenges for this project:
Stamp and Create January Challenge - Love
Lovely hAnglar or sweet Magnolia Challenge #61- Ribbon or Lace
Allsorts Challenge Week 190 - Flower Power
Charisma Cardz Challenge #2 - Punch It (use at least 2 punches)
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Stampin' for the Weekend - Something Girlie
ABC Challenge - F for Favorite Tilda Stamps
Bunny Zoe's Crafts January Challenge - Anything Goes

That's all for me.  Now, please continue on your journey and visit the amazing MARY's blog.

Thanks for stopping by.  Your visits are very much appreciated.  Have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiment Stamp:  EK Success Image Tree 'From the Heart'; Just Rite 'For Someone So Special' 

Dies:  Spellbinders Grand Decorative Circles, Petite Ovals and Petite Scalloped Ovals; Crealies Creative Shapes No. 16

Punches:  EK Success medium and small Retro Flowers; Martha Stewart Cosmos; Punch Bunch large Ash Leaf ; McGill Daisy; Michaels tiny daisy

Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Vintage Photo, Colluzzle circle template, lace and pearls from my stash 

Colouring Medium:  alcohol-ink based markers--Letraset Promarker and Pantone Tria

Pop-Up Book Card Tutorial (6" x 6" card)

I made a card a few postings ago that had a pop-up feature in the inside, HERE. 

As I wrote previously, the card was based on Bente's card posted HERE.  She provided a template, but it's in metric and her card measures 14.5cm x 25cm, which converts to 5 1/8" x 6 1/8".  I wanted to make a 6" x 6" card, since that is my preferred size.

I'm not sure what to call this style of card.  Bente called it 'brettekort' (in Norwegian) and Google translated it to 'short board', which doesn't sound like the right translation to me, do you? For want of a better name and based on my first impression that the pop-up looks like a book, let's just call this a 'Pop-Up Book Card'.  (If there's already a name for this or a better suggestion, let me know.) 

Anyway, here's how to make a similar card.

Materials required:
- one 6" x 12" cardstock for the card front (and back)
- one 5 7/8" x 12" cardstock for the card inside (will be trimmed to 5 7/8"x 11 7/8" after scoring)
- designer papers, coloured images, embellishments, etc. to decorate your card as you desired

Here are the templates and if you're good at interpreting templates, you probably won't need to read the rest of this posting.  But some of you may want more step-by-step instructions.

Edited:  I've converted the measurement to centimetres, but sorry I don't have the step-by-step instructions in centimetres.

Printable template:  Pop-Up Book Card (6" x 6") PDF 
Printable template in centimetres:  Pop-Up Book Card (15cm x 15cm) PDF

Instructions:

Step 1 - Card Front and Back
Let's do the card front first as it's very straight forward and you don't really need instructions for it, do you?  Take your 6" x 12" cardstock and score midway at 6".  Fold along scoreline.  Put aside.

Step 2 - Card Inside
Take your 5 7/8" x 12" cardstock and cut along the 1" line from the paper edge, from 2" to 10", as shown.  Do the same on the other side.

Step 3 - Creating Valley-Fold Scorelines
On the 1" strips of paper (top and bottom), score at 4" and 8" from the cutlines to the outer paper edges.  On the middle strip of paper, score between the two cutlines at 2", 6" and 10". 

Step 4 - Creating Mountain-Fold Scorelines
Turn the paper upside down.
On the 1" strips of paper (top and bottom), score at 6" from the cutlines to the outer paper edges. On the middle strip of paper, score between the two cutlines at 2 3/4" and 9 1/4". 

Step 5 - Creating a Thin Border
Cut off a 1/16" strip of paper from each left and right side of your card.

Step 6
Valley-fold and mountain-fold along scorelines

Step 7
Spread open your folded card and apply glue to the underside of your card as shown below.

Step 8
Adhere the card inside to the card front (and back) by positioning it to create an even thin border on all sides.

Step 9
And there you go!

Now you can decorate the card in any way you desired.  Have fun with this!

Sending Warm Thoughts - Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge #11

Hello.  Happy Monday!

Seeing that today's is the 2nd Monday of the month, it's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge Blog--and it's our first one of the year.  The theme for the challenges is:  Snowflakes.  This is the card that I came up with...

I hope you'll be able to play along with us.  To get more details on the challenge, please hop over to the Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge Blog and also have a look at the fabulous card of my DT teammates for inspirations.

This card is full of glitter.  I don't know if you can see that even if you blow up the picture.  I've covered all the white snow and snowflakes with glitter--and in the process covered myself as well..LOL.

I've turned this into an easel card...

To create the snowy winter scene, I've used 3 Magnolia images.  The adorable Tilda with Snow Heart is from the Sweet Christmas Dreams Collection 2011.  The Winter Fence and Winter Forest are both from the Santa Collection 2008.  I've done the colouring using my Letraset Promarker and Pantone Tria markers.

Magnolia stamps are available from Diana's on-line store, Magnolia-licious. If you don't see the one you are looking for in the store, contact Diana and ask her if she can bring it in for you.
Check out the latest stamp collection With Love Collection 2013. The images are oh so cute and they have been coloured by the Magnolia-licious DT gals so you can see what they can look like. Have a look also at the selection of cutting dies from Magnolia, Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Marianne Design, Cheery Lynn Designs and Joy! Crafts. Diana offers discounted prices, gives excellent service and you get to earn 2% in-store credit with every purchase!

Challenges for this card:
Sketch Saturday Week #241 - Sketch
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Gingham
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge #2 - Cold & Frosty!
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge LRSBC34 - Use dies or punches
Divas By Design Challenge #67 - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #251 - Beat the Blues
Tilda's Town Challenge #35 - Let It Snow!
Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #61 - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge Week 189 - Dies or Punches

That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by. I very much appreciate your visit. Have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:
Sentiments:  both are computer-generated
DP's:  Recollections Bold Basics paper pad; Hot Off the Press Mixing Masculine paper pad
Dies:  Memory Box Frostyville Border and Frosty Border; Spellbinders Standard Circles
Punches:  Martha Stewart Large Himalayan Snowflake, Glacial Snowflake, Alpine Snowflake and Aspen punch-around-the-page; EK Success Snowflake
Miscellaneous:  Ranger Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; Coluzzle oval template; pearls and ribbon from my stash
Medium:  alcohol-ink based markers--Letraset Promarkers and Letraset Pantone Trias