submarine slide out

 

4. Submarine life slide out card

 basecard is thick white 8 1/2 x  5 1/2  scored at 4 1/4 for A2 card

take another cardstock and stamp beauty of the day in old olive 

diecut opening on the front panel and use 1" punch to create a little half circle to pull out the strip in line with the opening

then the sand in cumbcake, 

the crab and fish in calypso coral

and seaweed in lost lagoon.

waves in pool party

- use blending brush or dauber or your color in mechanism of choice to color in the water

stamp submarine in poppy parade and sonar and fan with basic black on a scrap piece of paper and punch out .

the sentiment is stamped in lost lagoon on the base cardstock behind the opening on the front panel

 

You will need a lot of dimensionals - we will put the strip of white cardstock behind the opening to cover and put dimensionals around it so it will easily slide in and out. -put dimensionals around the front panel edge to mount to the base panel.

glue the sonar and the fan to the submarine then mount the submarine on the the white strip to make out the pull out mechanism and reveal.

Lovely Lavendar variations

 2.Painted lavendar card

basecard is thick white cardstock 8/1/2 x 5 1/2 folded in half to create A2 card ( 4 1/4x 5 1/2)

layer of gorgeous grape

layer of white embossed with timber in the above card and Painted textures embossing folder in the card below

label something fancy die for label with sentiment from perrenial postage set

cardstock used Shaded spruce, fesh freesia

inkpads - Shaded spruce, fesh freesia gorgeous grape and orchid oasis

linen thread to tie the bouquet

 

embellish as desired.

Zinnia Easel card and variation

 

 1. Zinnia easel card- on line exclusive

base: take thick white cardstock  8 1/2x 5 1/2  fold into 1/2 into A2 size card 4 1/4x 5 1/2 

emboss the front panel with Zinnia Embossing folder.- score the front panel in half horizontally 

cut a piece of Zinnia DSP paper for the bottom inside panel.

Use every day details die to diecut a circle panel for the front.- adhere the bottom half of the circle onto the bottom half of the front panel as shown.

stamp large Zinnia image on a scrap piece of white cardstock and diecut out and color as shown.- i used Stampin Blends - flirty flamingo melon mambo and berry burst and old olive but whatever color you want to use - the colors are lifted from the DSP colors.

Stamp sentiment on a banner punched with Banners Pick a punch (retiring)

stamp sentiment in Memento Tuxedo black in front and on the banner. mount with dimensionals. 

Here I used the poppy parade cardstock embossed with zinnia folder and a piece of zinnia DSP bordered with a sliver of gold peeking .after I stamped the flowers on the scrap white and coloring it in I used the poppy parade stampin blends to color in the outside- I have a pet peeve about the white border showing- so I usually use white background so it will not show...

Embossing folders add such texture to the background I really love it! More often than not I will add some embossing folder texture instead of leaving it plain.

 

Notes of nature and Lovely and Sweet sets card 

basecard is thick vanilla cardstock folded into A2 size 4 1/4x 5 1/2

emboss old expresso cardstock with time worn type embossing folder.

take vanills cardstock and stamp back ground image in pecan pie 

use pecan pie cardstock diecut with the label die embossed with gold embossing powder after stamping with versamark pad.

stamp the large image on vanilla cardstock and color in as desired.

put a strip of gold glimmer cardstock to add a tiny bit of sparkle.

here I used the Quatrefoil embossing folder and used gold Lunar Paste to highlight the raised parts a bit  and put 2 thin strips of gold glimmer cardstock . 

Notes of nature and Lovely and Sweet sets card 

basecard is thick vanilla cardstock folded into A2 size 4 1/4x 5 1/2

emboss old expresso cardstock with time worn type embossing folder.

take vanills cardstock and stamp back ground image in pecan pie 

use pecan pie cardstock diecut with the label die embossed with gold embossing powder after stamping with versamark pad.

stamp the large image on vanilla cardstock and color in as desired.

Latte Love with French press card-

The basecard thick vanilla cardstock 8/1/2 x 5 1/2 folded in half to create A2 card ( 4 1/4x 5 1/2)

stamp the stain and coffee beans on the early expresso cardstock using early expresso inkpad.

take a piece of 4 1/4x3 inches Calypso coral cardstock layer

Vanilla cardstock 4x 2 3/4 inches . Stamp sentiment in Early Expresso.

Diecut the Coffee Carafe in silver foil, glass part with vellum and coffee part with early expresso.  I tried using acetate and it was really hard to see and the vellum worked better- I also tried putting the coffe part behind the vellum but then it was too muted and putting in the front seemed to convey the idea better.

Diecut  coffee cups in calypso coral, very vanilla ( or green apple works well too ) and Azure Afternoon and the coffee inside with early expresso- (use pecan pie if you want a latte)

use piece of natural polka dot trim to embellish and anchor the cups.

I added the steam with a pen.  I just love the carafe die - so super cute!

Everyday Details popup card

 

 basecard is thick white 8 1/2 x  5 1/2  scored at 4 1/4 for A2 card

Diecut a large circle using the Everday details die. 

emboss the front panel minus the circle using the Layered Florals 3D embossing folder

stamp the sentiment on the inside panel.

 

mechanism is a piece of white cardstock 3 x 1 1/2 inches- scored  3 times every 3/4 inches with the 3 inch side across the top.

fold the mechanism piece in 1/2 and with the open part of the fold on the fold of the card on the inside, place glue on the mechanism panel on the bottom panel closest to the fold of the card.

Tape or glue the top panel of the mechanism closest to the fold to the inside panel - only on the part that will stick to the area between the fold of the card and the circle opening, Do not put adhesive beyond the front opening.

 

Stamp and color in the image from Everyday Details. Fussy cut an extra egg and apply with dimension if you want some dimension.

I put glue on the egg closest to the nest so it will stay put  and dimensionals on the top part so it will pop up- I did not want the eggs to "float")

Tape or glue on the second panel of the mechanism visible through the opening with the card closed. 

align the circle (or whatever diecut you use for this technique) and burnishso it will stick to the tape on the second panel of the mechansim.  

When you open the card the diecut will pop up.

Use stampin' Blends - so saffron, Pool party inkpad using sponge daubers to color in the raised potaion of the embossed front panel as shown to add some interest without detracting from the front panel.

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Ice Cream Swirl card

 Ice Cream Swirl card

base: take white cardstock  8 1/2x 5 1/2  fold into 1/2 into A2 size card 4 1/4x g 1/2 - cut 3/4 inch off the front end.

Emboss the front panel only with Painted Textures embossing folder to create texture in the front of the card

add a sliver of gold glimmer CS on the right front edge.

add a 1 strip of Sunny days DSP (from Sale-a-bration 2024 ) on the inside panel right edge visble from the front.

stamp the ice cream swirl in bubble bath and use bubble bath stampin blend to create shadow of strawberry ice cream (or use water colored pencil or other techniques), Stamp the strawerries on a scrap piece of white cardstock. Color in Strawberries using poppy parade and old olive stampin blend 

diecut the cone using the cone and texture dies 

Use the inkpad to ink up the Thoughtful Moments hybrid embossing folder -place the matching die into place then a piece of white cardstock on top and press to create the die sentiments- ( lots of videos on line on how to do it)  I find a light touch works best -  I tried the brayer but I think using the pad directly on the folder works fine-  Mount with dimensionals..

Free Play Fridays- Spellbinders January 2024

 Free Play Fridays- 

with Spellbinders January 2024 Small die of the month and stamp of the month

Couple of my friends in a stamping group started a circle where each person sends out some supplies and you make something from it and see what each of us made at the next get together - has been so much fun and so interesting how everyone comes up with such different ideas.  So I decided I will post these other company cards I've made on Free Play Fridays

I love how the diecuts pop on the black background

Spring Double flap card

 

basecard is bubble bath cardstock 4 1/4x 5 1/2

Use delightfully eclectic double sided DSP  5 1/4 x 6 scored at 4 inches with 6 inch side across the top

take the old olive panel 4 1/4x 5 1/2 scored at 2 3/4 with 5 1/2 across the top.

front panel is white 2 1/4x4 white cardstock. 

stamp the easter bunny on a post-it note to use as a mask. 

stamp the Easter bunny on the white panel, cover with mask and then stamp the grass elements.

Stamp sentiment from Hooray for Surprises set in memento black.  color in the easter bunny - bubble bath inside the ears - green grass, however you want to color it in.

Easy card using 2 quarter sheet and a piece of DSP - you can get 4 pieces out of a 12x12 DSP so good way to use up your stash- especially the really pretty ones that you want to show both front and back.

Free Play Friday- Persimmon Thank you

 

I have a large collection of Asian Stamps I have collected over many years and in the past, I have not been very fastidious about keeping track of whose company it came from to give credit and many wooden blocks were unmounted to make room so I apologize to whose ever stamp design this is. I love persimmon and I have a persimmon tree which has not been able to fruit in all the years i have had it but I have many friends who have been blessing me with this wonderful fruit whenever it is in season and I wanted to thank them for their generosity.  

One of my patients brought me back a frame with a Korean folk scene inside which was cool but what I really loved was the wrapping paper it came in- like my kids who loved playing in the boxes that the presents came in rather than the presents themselves?

Anyhow someone else gave me a roll of this paper with a bunch of Korean writing on it so I used it as the background for this card to add interest but the print was too large and dark so I put a piece of vellum to soften it up and I liked how it turned out.

Very Vanilla thick cardstock base with a layer of Stampin' Up Calypso Coral- then the layer of the wrapping paper and a vellum on top. Then the center image stamped in a piece of scrap Vanilla with another layer of Calypso Coral. COlor in the persimmon with pumpkin pie and Old olive Stampin' Blends.