Oct 2, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, Halloween, Holiday Catalog 2013, Washi Tape |
One more fun card from my Cards that Move class – a Telescoping Card. This idea was not from convention or from Shelli but from Julie Davison.
It’s a Halloween card and this is what it looks like closed. I used the Circle Framelits die set to create it. This is what it looks like open –
Each of the circles rotates to open up. The circles are connected with the silver mini brads. So when I made this card and was prepping for my class I just pulled out regular Very Vanilla envelopes. I never tried to put the card in the envelope and when I was having my morning class – guess what? The largest circle in the die set which is the base of this card is too big! Oops. Well guess what I have that Stampin’ Up! just started selling that came to my rescue????
The Envelope Punch Board!! Yes it did – I pulled it out along with the rest of my Witches Brew Designer Series paper and in just a couple of minutes we had custom made envelopes to fit our telescoping card!! Yipee!
I’m so glad I had that Envelope Punch Board to rescue me! And look how cute the matching envelope is. I measured my card by placing it on my grid paper to see how big I needed my envelope to be. Cut the Designer Paper to the size that it said. Placed it on the punch board at the correct score line – then punch, score, rotate – line it up with the little marker along the score line, then punch, score and rotate. Repeat for the other two sides. Corner round all the points. And then fold it up into an envelope. It just take a few minutes – how great is that!
Here is a closer look at the bottom panel of the card –
Here is a quick list of what I used to create this card:
- Witches Brew Designer Series Paper
- Witches Brew Washi Tape
- Tags 4 You stamp set
- Bracket Label punch
- Circle Framelits die collection
- Gorgeous Grunge stamp set
- Seasonal Sayings stamp set
- Basic Black, Whisper White, Summer Starfruit, Pumpkin Pie card stock
- Basic Black, Summer Starfruit, Pumpkin Pie ink
- silver mini brads
- Summer Starfruit stitched ribbon
- Paper Piercer & Mat
- Envelope Punch Board
- Designer Label punch
Everything is available to order in my online store.
It was a fun card to create. Let me know if you make one.
Sep 24, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, class, Thinlits |
I hope you liked yesterday’s card. Today I have another moving card – featuring the new Label Card Thinlits for the Big Shot. This card is pretty much the sample card that you see in the Stampin’ Up! ad for the new thinlits. I can’t remember for sure if it was shown in Shelli’s presentation at convention.
All the die cut pieces are part of the set – it cuts the card base, the label layer, the hi and the arrow. Plus there are more pieces that I didn’t use on this card.
Two different banners with the score lines to make folding easy. A short arrow, an ampersand, and “I♥u”. So lots of pieces to get creative with.
This is a view of the card when it is “flipped” –
One tip for you – attach the designer paper to the right side of the card before cutting through the Big Shot. That gives you a clean matching cut on the designer paper and you won’t have to try to line up after the fact.
Thanks for checking in today.
I’m heading out with Ryan later to go to the College Fair in our county. He has been working on college applications and I think all the ones he is looking at (except 1) will be at the fair for us to talk to. And maybe he will find some others that he is interested in too. I can’t believe he has grown up – where in the world did the time go – in less than a year he will be off to college.
Sep 23, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, class, Pop 'n Cuts, Washi Tape |
My hands-on stamping class last week was “Cards that Move” – it was a lot of fun. We actually made 4 cards and 1 mini scrapbook. It took much longer than I anticipated and the morning class had to finish quickly because I was late getting Ryan to a doctor appointment – yikes! But we got there only a few minutes late. To speed up my evening class I did a lot of the Big Shot cutting ahead of time. I need to do a better planning job! Everyone really enjoyed the projects.
Most of my projects were “Shelli” projects – she did a presentation at Convention this summer featuring cards that move – so most of the projects were taken from that presentation – with minor changes.
This first card that moves features the Label Pop-‘n-cuts die and the coordinating Deco labels Framelits. Here is the inside:
Here are some notes on how I made it –
- I cut a Daffodil Delight card base – it’s actually a slightly smaller card – the finished size (when it is folded) is 5″ x 4-1/4″. That is so the decorative edge and slits for the Pop ‘n Cuts card base could be trimmed off on the inside layer and the corners rounded instead.
- The front of the card base was embossed with the Chevron Embossing Folder.
- On the front I added Washi Tape from the Gingham Garden collection, a flag that says “hello there” and a little flower.
- Cut Sahara Sand piece for the inside piece – the piece was 4″ wide and 9-1/4″ long and centered on the pop ‘n cuts die to cut the inside piece. Gently fold the cut piece so that the pieces bend into a “table” and then fold flat when the card is closed.
- TIP!! This tip will help you get this pop up card to fold nicely. First be sure the inside piece is “trained” to fold flat. Then put adhesive on ONE side of the inside piece and attach in to the inside of the same side on the card base. Again fold the inside piece flat. Then add adhesive to the second side and fold the card base over it as though you are closing the card. Close the card flat.
- Now open it up and add the decorations to the inside pop up piece. Cut a Deco Label framelit piece out of Whisper White card stock and stamp with the Chevron stamp – I used Tempting Turquoise – and trimmed one edge flat so I could place it up against the inside of the card covering the base.
- For the butterfly I used the Beautiful Butterflies die – the smallest image cut in white and the next smallest Melon Mambo. The white piece has some Washi tape on it. Adhere the butterflies together and tie Baker’s Twine around with a bow at the top.
- Layer on a mini brad – a Daffodil Delight flower, stamped Word Window punch, the butterflies, a flag of designer paper. Add to the center of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Be sure that the butterfly doesn’t interfere with the folding of the card.
It’s a really happy card to send to some one special!
Thanks for stopping by today.
Sep 10, 2013 | Big Shot |
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Sep 9, 2013 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Mini Scrapbook, Stamper's Club |
Prior to attending convention I went to a retreat at my upline’s house in Utah. Wendy and her husband and family are always the best hosts. The girls stamp and craft and Ted cooks and serves us – it is so nice to be pampered this way! Everyone that attends the retreat brings a WOW project to share with everyone. The project that Wendy shared with us was a fun mini scrapbook inside one of our Clear Stamp set cases. I created an alternate version of this project for my stamp clubs in August.
Some of the main products used for this mini scrapbook
- I am Me Designer Series paper
- Around the World stamp set
- Happy Day stamp set
- Square Framelits dies to create Polaroid style photo frames
- Epic Day Washi Tape
I like that the scrapbook is inside the clear case because you can close it up and stick it in your purse or bag and not worry about any of the pages getting messed up.
Thanks for stopping by!
Sep 6, 2013 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Halloween |
I created some Halloween cards this week for my card class with the ladies at KSU. Since the KSU mascot is an owl I knew one of the cards had to feature an owl. And as it happened the color challenge at Create with Connie & Mary this week turned out to be the same colors I used for my card. I’m so excited as it has been a long time since I played along with a challenge!
Here is the Color Challenge –
And a few details about my card –
- Summer Starfruit card base
- A piece of the Witches Brew Designer Series paper
- A piece of Basic Black that has been embossed with the Wood Grain Embossing Folder and the Big Shot
- a 1-3/4″ circle punch of Summer Starfruit – sponged with Summer Starfruit
- the OWL punch – Crumb Cake for the base, Witches Brew paper for the belly, Summer Starfruit and Basic Black for the eyes and the white dots were made with the Chalk marker
- a Very Vanilla banner – stamped with Happy Halloween from Delightful Dozen – I colored in the pumpkin and closed letters with a Summer Starfruit marker – I wanted it to look like a candle glowing behind like a jack-o-lantern.
- tied with a piece of Summer Starfruit ribbon
Everyone at the class loved it. I hope you do too.
Thanks for stopping by – I’ll have some more Washi Tape projects coming up so please come back!
It’s a Halloween card and this is what it looks like closed. I used the Circle Framelits die set to create it. This is what it looks like open –
Each of the circles rotates to open up. The circles are connected with the silver mini brads. So when I made this card and was prepping for my class I just pulled out regular Very Vanilla envelopes. I never tried to put the card in the envelope and when I was having my morning class – guess what? The largest circle in the die set which is the base of this card is too big! Oops. Well guess what I have that Stampin’ Up! just started selling that came to my rescue????
