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A card-making blog featuring cards made with traditional stamps, digital stamps, metal dies and SVG cut files.
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Song of Solomon Pop-up Squares Card
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Hero Arts Front Z Flap Graduation Card
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Graduation Cap Card
Challenges I'm entering:
Play along in our SYD Challenge - May 2023 - Gerda Steiner Designs, LLC (gsd-stamps.com): ATG with a Gerda Steiner stamp (ends at the end of the month)
Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #58 (secretstamper.com): ATG with a fun fold card (Debbie, it looks like we were both thinking of graduation cards this time!) (ends June 9)
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/2023/05/challenge-295-anything-goes.html?m=1: ATG C10
Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (2/2; ends June 12)
Gem of A Craft Challenge (pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com): ATG (1/3; ends June 9)
Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (2/2; ends June 9)
Crafty Catz (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com): ATG with optional twist to add flowers (1/3; ends June 1)
Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; 1/10 for the challenge; ends June 7)
https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: add a sentiment (2/5; ends May 1)
You're The Tops Slimline Stepper Graduation Card
A young woman I once taught my first year as a Bible Study Fellowship Children's Leader is now graduating from high school, and I wanted to make her a very special card. I taught her starting when she was in first grade and then had her in several other BSF School Program classes as the years went on. Now she's grown into a young lady who is beautiful on the inside and the outside and who radiates Jesus' love to everyone around her.
For the card base, I used a cut file I purchased in the Silhouette Design Store and modified it slightly so that I had an extra base for the back of the card on which to do a print and cut of the graduate's life verse that she had printed on her graduation party invitations. Hebrews 10:23 is such a wonderful verse at any stage of life: Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. I added a blue mat behind the verse since her school colors are navy blue and white. It's hard to tell in the photo, but the card base is navy blue. Then I used black for the graduation caps and the "You're the tops" sentiment. I adhered all the various layers to the different sections of the card and used foam tape to add dimension to the 4 caps that stand out from the graduation cap border toward the front of the card.
Challenges I'm entering:
Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #58 (secretstamper.com): ATG with a fun fold card (Debbie, it looks like we were both thinking of graduation cards this time!) (ends June 9)
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/2023/05/challenge-295-anything-goes.html?m=1: ATG C10
https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Sun, Moon, and Stars (I have a star banner) (1/5; ends June 5)
Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (1/2; ends June 12)
Gem of A Craft Challenge (pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com): ATG (2/3; ends June 9)
Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (1/2; ends June 9)
Crafty Catz (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com): ATG with optional twist to add flowers (2/3; ends June 1)
Word Art Wednesday: ATG (2/5 for the week; 2/10 for the challenge; ends June 7)
https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: add a sentiment (1/5; ends May 1)
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Tulip Double Bendy Engagement Card
This card was created for a very special occasion: my daughter's engagement! Her boyfriend invited my husband and me to Florida to be there the day he proposed (they were there on vacation), and so I set about making a special card to bring with me to give her the night of the proposal. I guess you can tell I was confident she would say yes😄! She did, and we had a wonderful weekend celebrating together!
This card design comes from Lisa Curcio's measurements and instructions found here: How to Make a 3D Fun Fold Window Card That Bends! - Lisa's Stamp Studio (lisasstampstudio.com). I modified the card a little but kept the base the same as Lisa's instructions. I chose some pretty floral card stock to decorate the base and set about cutting all the pieces for the base. Then I cut the "bendy" pieces for the front and back and die cut a window out of them. I trimmed the inner die cut from the piece that came out when I made the windows, and I stamped tulips from Hero Arts Florals Tulips stamp set onto the die cuts and colored them with Ohuhu Honolulu alcohol markers. I stamped "Congratulations" from the Hero Arts Florals Magnolia set and then stamped "on your engagement" from Hero Arts Congrats stamp and die set. I used the "Congrats" die from that same set to make a gold die cut for the back side of the card. I added a yellow gauze bow to the top of the front side of the card. Then I added some pale gold Nuvo dots to the panel with the tulip on the back of the card, added the "Love never fails" sentiment, and finished it off with a gold die cut butterfly.
Meow-ch! Get Well Card
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Have a Slothsome Birthday Card
Isaiah 43:2 Nautical Card
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Psalm 121 Mystery Monday Stamping Card
I've been following Sharon Armstrong's Mystery Monday stamping for a couple months now, and I really enjoy looking at the cards participants post in her FB group each week, but until last night, I had never participated myself. I kept meaning to do it and then not having my supplies ready on Monday night. The way it works is that Sharon gives "clues" each week in an email on Sunday so participants can cut the pieces needed for the mystery card and gather any supplies for assembling the card. Then on Monday night at 8 pm EST, she reveals the rest of the clues so participants can make a card together using all the papers and supplies listed on the first clue.
I chose my card stock and pattern papers and cut them according to the measurements given in Sharon's Sunday's email and then followed the clues during the Mystery Monday Youtube live last night. I wanted to make a card for a friend dealing with chronic pain from rheumatoid arthritis, so I chose a pretty floral theme and fitting sentiments. While I did follow Sharon's instructions for the card front, I wound up cutting the A2 card base in half and adhering it to a larger piece of patterned paper and then adhering all those layers to a 5X7 card base. That allowed me to bring in a few more layers and have room for the large magnolia flower I stamped and embossed with gold embossing powder and then colored with my Ohuhu Honolu markers. The magnolia stamp and the "Wishing you well" sentiment are from the Hero Arts Florals Magnolia stamp set. There is a matching die to die cut the magnolia flower, but since I don't have that, I just fussy cut the flower. I adhered it to the card with foam tape. Then I added some pale gold Nuvo drops on the sentiment panel. The panel behind the floral pattern papers was embossed to add a bit more texture and dimension.
For the inside of the card, I stenciled a Papertrey Ink floral pattern onto some white card stock using yellow ink and then stenciled a Crafter's Companion mini stencil using pink ink to the center of the panel. I really like the depth of the double stenciling. Then I stamped Verve's word art of Psalm 121:1-2: "I lift my eyes to the hills--where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord." What a good reminder in challenging times to look to the Lord for help! He truly is our source of help and comfort.
I die cut the center section with the scripture verse and then popped that part up on foam tape while using Art Glitter glue to adhere the frame around it. The die I used has stitching both inside and outside the cut line, so I thought that extra detail would work well here. To finish off the inside, I die cut two butterflies using Spellbinders dies and added some pearls to them.
613 Avenue Create (avenue613.blogspot.com): ATG with optional twist "Say it with flowers" (3/3; ends at the end of the month)