Taco Fiesta four panel popup

this card ideas is from Dawn's stamping thoughts- love the pop up and I had to case it.

the base card is 4 1/2 x 11 cardstock scored in half fold to the left.

use strips of 

celebrate eveything DSP 

Basic borders die to make the zigzag border with pacific point 

cardstock strips of crushed curry, granny apple green, pumpkin pie

to color in - need same colors and a red for all the different panels you want to color in. Stamp the pinata on a scrap piece of white and border with pumpkin pie 

stamp the sentiment on a 1/2 inch strip of white and add with dimensionals.

mechanism is a strip 11 inches wide by 2 inches scored at 2 1/4, 5 1/2, and 8 1/4. fold it into a W and glue down the far left and far right panel onto the base card as shown. Glue one side down with the panels folded and then glue the other side down and close the card to make sure it fits. 

you will need four- 2 1/4 inch square solid color cardstock for the accent squares for each of the 4 panels 

 you need four 2 inch square white pieces for the inside of the accent squares as shown below

stamp 4 different images onto each of the 4 2 inch squares and color in.

I cut  the chips and placed them around the guacamole and cut the bottom of the chip in a round pattern so it looks like it is stuck in the guacamole.

this is another case but I put it on the backgraound of the sweet citrus embossing folder to simulate the limes and I love it - just a little extra card I made with the set this month playing around

enjoy!

 

 

Easter Bunny Corner explosion card

February Stampin' wtih Lynda was all about explosion cards- they are so much fun.

Depending on how you fold it you can have the explosion on the right side, left side top of the portrait card or a landscape shape card as this one was.

use thinner white cardstock or designer paper for the explosion base so it folds easier.   I wanted the card to be A2 size so this is what it needs: 

card base is 8 1/4 x 7 scored at 2 3/4 along each side 

make a mark at 5 1/2 inch on each side to make a diagonal  (it's 2 3/4 " further in )  as shown above.  you can use this format for any size card. 

 I used the Dandy designs DSP for the inside panel and the outside panels.

I stamped the bunny and bunch of other images on a scrap - punched out the bunny and fussy cut the other items  to decorate- including the carrot for the inside. 

Use the Blender brush and ink for sky- balmy blue or pool party would be good.

stamp the grass on the left upper panel ; granny apple green was used for the grass. 

stampin blends I used to color : pale papaya, calypso coral, fresh freesia, granny apple green, petal pink

stamp the sentiment on panels diecut from rectangle stitched dies.

the square s on the right were 2 1/2 inch squares. 

 

 

Petal Park Faux side and center step card.

The side step and center step cards are fun to make but cutting the center line or trhe sides and putting score lines all different was really confusing to a lot of people including me- so I just love this fun fold that requires none of the center cutting.  

For this cardbase you need a 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" cardstock- basically a half sheet- hwere it was mango melody

-score along the 8 1/2 inch side at 3, 6 and 7 1/4".   Fold to create 2 mountains as shown.  

Cut another piece of matching cardstock 6 x 2 7/8 but you can make it wider if you want and score along the 6 inch side at 4 1/4. 

I put a layer of Dandy Design DSP on the middle panel as shown

 5 1/4 x  2 3/4. 

stamp the leaves on t piece of white cardstock 4 x 2 3/4 (here with another strip of DSP on the bottom_ but you can make it 4 1/8x 2 3/4 if you want it to cover the whole front.  

stamp the flowers on a sheet of scrap paper and punch it out and mount using dimensionals- I stamped it using Calypso coral and mango melody for the solid part

Stamp the sentiment on a scrap piece of piece 

if youwant to mount it in the center it looks like this.

You just tape it in the front panel and on the back panel as shown and you can put it anywhere on the card- left middle or on the far right. 

I punched extra flowers to put them on each side of the sentiment and the sentiment was mounted on diecut oval and scalloped oval dies.  Set some pearl jewesl in the center of the flowers to add some dimension.  So easy!  
  

Thanks a Bunch

 

Is this not a super cute card?  When I saw this carrot set in Sale-a-bration it was on my first order- I just LOOOVE it- carrots in 3 different sizes-  I am sure you can tell I am also in love with this cane weave embossing folder since I am using it for absolutely everything!  Basecard is whisper white with a layer of another white embossed with the Cane Weave embossing folder.  Add 2 strips of Celebrate everything DSP (back of it has halloween images but the yellow stripes are so spring!) with the green DSP from Dandy Designer DSP from Sale-a-bration.  

I stamped a bunch of carrots on a scrap piece of whisper white using so Saffron- stamped the accent then stamped the solid image after to layer it easily and although it is the same color it just works adding a subtle accent.  the reddish carrots are suing the poppy Parade.  The orange ones used Pumpkin pie with cajun craze as accent.  I don't have it here but Rich Razzleberry works for purple carrots too.

The leaves are using the Pear Pizazz for the solid leaves and the parsley like leaves are using Old Olive. It is not that difficult to cut out because the leave are big. layer them as shown.  Diceut the circle fom Stalish Shapes die and stamp the sentiment from the set in Old Olive.  Mount the carrots and the circle with dimensionals and add some fine sparkle adhesive gems and such a cute card!

Enjoy.

Dainty Flowers DSP

I have to say this is my all time favorite Sale-a-bration freebie EVER!  The paper is forgeous and I love the oval wreath sheets and the full size flower fields paper that you can cut into 6 images and make perfect layering for an A2 card.  geneous I tell you.

I had enough to give everyone in my class a piece of this to make the card.  The basecard is whisper white thick embossed with the new Cane Weave 3D embossing folder- totally Gorgeous! Add a layer of Fresh Freesia (taking the cue from the colors in the paper- totally easy) - then cut the piece of DSP into shape you want.  Here I was sending a birthday card to my mom so I used the sentiment from the old stampset In Bloom once of my all time favorite sets (retired) - would you believe with all the cards I make every year I still forget to send a card to my mom?  shame on me- but I did make it this year- she sent a picture of this card to the family showing that I sent her a card!)  but for class I used the Thinking of You from Season of Chic stamped on the diecut from the label die from Nature's print set.  Butr use whatever sentiment that works for you.

The paper is so gorgeous you need almost nothing else. The Cane Weave 3D die is absolutely beautiful.  Pop up the sentiment using the dimensionals.  Add some sparkle here and there with crystal jewels and a stunning card.....

 

Country Bouquest Valentine variation

 variation on the card we made in class using the heart frame from the Framedd florets die.

the basecard is real red. diecut the heart frame from the Framed Florets die set using whisper white cardstock. stamp the heart image from Country Bouquet in real red and mint macaron and handcut and mount on the white cardstock with heart frame diecut. Stamp the small hearts using mint macaron and flirty flamingo and punch out.  Stamp the sentiment with versamark on real red cardstock and emboss using white embossing powder. 

mount on card using dimensionals as shown.

Country Bouquet Valentine

 this is the card we made for my January Stampin' with Lynda class. 

basecard is real red with a layer of whisper white embossed with Time worn type embossing folder. Tie the Real Red stitched ribbon around the white cardstock piece as shown.

Diecut a layer of Mint macaron using using stylish Shaped die.  the little white banner is from the same set.  add a layer of DSP  on top.

stamp the heart image using the Real Red and Mint macaron ink and handcut.  stamp the 2 little hearts in Flirty flamingo and Mint macaron and punch out using coordinated punch.  Diecut the banner and stamp the sentiment in red.

Inside the card is a white liner cardstock that says happy Valentine's day in real red.  Enjoy!

Happy New Year

Time got away from me and all my plans to get my Christmas cards out before Christmas did not come to fruition- I got many out but then Christmas was over and I still had a bunch of cards I had to make to get out so I decided to convert them into New Year's cards so it would be appropriate for the timing. 

see the December 25th post for details on the base popup and the building dies.  

Happy New Year sentiment from Brightest Glow stampset

The fireworks are from MFT stamps fireworks set except for the one that pops out over the top which is from Stampin' Up's July Fourth set retired many moons ago that I still kept - embossed with detail white embossing powder and the with gold embossing powder.

The snowman was from the stampin Up Hearts come home stampset and die (retired) and I colored his hat and eyes and buttons with basic black marker and flirty flamingo for the nose- the Many Marvelous Markers are water based and have a brush o one side and such a fine tip on the other side that it worked beautifully for the detail work that this snowman needed.

The houses and buildings are exactly the same as my Christmas card.

Shout out for the Snowfall Accents Puffy paint from Stampin' Up to add snow accents to the buildings and to the card- I bought so many bottles and they were on sale to boot- hopefully theywill bring it back for the next year holiday season - but ended up using only one bottle for all of my 100 cards which is amazing!

I did sprinkle on the  Stampin Up dazzling diamonds glitter (retired) after I applied the Snowfall accents before I heated it up and it made it hard and dry and it was fantastically 

beautiful-  so this is a technique I will certainly use in the future for Winter cards to come.  Happy New Year everybody!

 

A Gift from Alejandra

 I just wanted to share a gift I got from my nurse Alejandra- She rocks as my nurse and she told me she was "into crafting" but I was not sure what she was into and she made me this for my birthday/Christmas gift and I just Love It so I wanted to share it with you. 

I noted that I love the mauve/lavender/blue purples and this is what she made for me and it sill be on my wall in my office ...

25 Days of Christmas- Merry Christmas

 

Merry Christmas!  This is my Christmas card from this year.  My nurse Mary Lou had given me birthday cards with this mechanism in the past and I even took one apart to try to reproduce it but Lawn Fawn came out with a metal die A2 version which just made it so convenient to make all the cards I needed.

Base of card is thick white cardstock because I wanted it to be really sturdy . Diecut all the pieces- you need 2 base pieces to make the front and back piece and 2 of the T pieces for the popups to be glued to. I bought the extra piece to make the backdrop which I diecut in Dapper Denim cardstock (retired stampin' Up). 

The sentiment is from Peaceful Deer stamped in real Red and Tuxedo Black memento inks

The Moon was punched using the 1 3/8 inch circle punch from stampin' Up and stamped using the background stamp from Perched in a Tree using Smoky Slate to create some texture of the moon. 

The santa and reindeer was diecut using a coverplate die that had santa and reindeer on the top of the plate and I just diecut this part- not sure who makes it- I took it out of the packet and I can't remember which company  (My apologies)  mounted with dimensionals

I chose Dapper denim as the background color as when I tired Night of navy my DH complained it was hard to tell what was flyin across the sky - 

I used Stampendous chunky white embossing powder- you have to heat it from below to make the starry sky - I used the Glimmer Heat foil system as a heating base for it which was perfect.

The house and trees  diecuts are bring home the holidays set from PTI. - hardest part was taking out all the chads from the windows....  

The little snowman and the tree to his right is an old Stampin Up Village die that I cutand colored with black pen and flamingo marker fine tip for the nose .

I used the Snowfall Accents puff paint to make the snow- but sprinkled the dazzling diamonds glitter right after I applied the puff paint and heat set it and it makes it like candy coating hard which I really like- and not as puffy and bubbly -  I bought a bunch of these thinking I would use it for all my cards and even though I made almost a 100 cards I barely used up one bottle - they were on sale so i bought a bunch - I will now have enough for the next 10 years I think of puffy snow to use.  Put a strip on the side to add a little glittery accent.