Pumpkins

Hello crafters and welcome to fall. I have a quick card to show you using a digital image from Power Poppy called Painting Pumpkins.

I printed the image on Copic X-Press it cardstock and colored it with copics. I then cut it out with a tag die. The patterned paper is from a Halloween pack I picked up several years ago – I think at Hobby Lobby.

I also made a card using the same stamped tag with a clean and simple background:

In this card, I just adhered the tag to a white base cad. I don’t know if you can tell but on the base I used a scor-pal and made a series of vertical scores on the front, just to give it a little texture.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sunflower

Hello stampers – I hope the summer is going well wherever you are.

Today I have a clean and simple card to show you.

The sunflower image is from Power Poppy and was colored with copics.  The sentiment is from Papertrey.

I used a stitched die to create the frame, and choose cardstock in brown and orange/yellow tones to coordinate with the colors of the flower.

Just a simple sheer polka dot ribbon was used to embellish the card.  I love the clean and simple look!

Thanks for stopping by today!

St. Patrick’s Day!

Hello stampers and Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you!  Here is my card to celebrate the day.

I only have one St. Patrick’s Day stamp set so I bring it out each year.  These stamps are from Power Poppy.

I colored the clover bunch with copic markers.  I did a video tutorial on the coloring and that video is linked below.

Once the coloring was done I used Spellbinders dies to cut out the front of the card to create the frame.  The front was also embossed using a cuttlebug embossing folder.  Small pearls were used around the frame – they were white but I colored them to match using a copic marker.

Thanks for stopping by – here is the video link for the coloring tutorial.

 

Wild For Watermelon

Hello stampers and happy summertime to all of you!  I have a fun summery card for you today..

It’s wild for watermelon!

I love watermelon – there is just nothing better on a hot summer day than a piece of  sweet and messy watermelon.

This card uses an old stamp set that is no longer available.  Drawn by Marcella Hawley for Flourishes years ago.

I stamped it with Memento ink and colored it with copic markers – shades of YG and RV.

The green embossed paper is from a pad I purchased at Michaels.  The angled and scalloped edge dies are from MFT I believe.

I hope you are keeping cool this summer!  Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Pinspired – Inspiration from the Scor-Pal Pinterest Board

Each month one of the members of the Scor-Pal design team looks back at Scor-Pal’s Pinterest page and recreates a project, using their own design.  This month it is my turn.  Looking through the Pinterest page, I found this lovely Z-fold Christmas card made by Lois Bak.

The design is simple yet elegant and can be used for any occasion.  I decided to go with a summer fruit theme and created this strawberry card.

Start with cardstock measuring 4.25 x 11.  On the long side score at 5.5 and 8.25

Fold and burnish on the score lines so they make a Z shape.

Attached decorative or stamped paper to the panels as shown.

Attach the focal panel to the front.

The Scor-Pal can be found HERE.

Scor-Tape can be found HERE.

The stamp is from I Brake For Stamps and was colored with copics. The diamond pattern stamp is from Papertrey and was stamped with Memento ink.

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you find inspiration to make your own project!

 

Floral Gift Bag – Scor-Pal challenge

 

Hello fellow crafters and welcome to another Scor-Pal Challenge!  Each month the Scor-Pal site hosts a “more than one score” with a theme.  This months theme is Floral Fantasy, so you would make a card or project using more than one score with a floral theme.  Details and design team inspiration can be found on the Scor-Pal blog here.

My project for the challenge is a Floral Gift bag.  Using patterned paper, stamp, ribbon, pearls, an oval die and of course my Scor-pal and Scor-tape I was able to put this pretty gift bag together quickly.  I have a video tutorial below, but here are the dimensions to get you started:

Paper size:  12 x 7

Scoring instructions:  On the short side, score at 1.75″

On the long side score at:  1.75, 5.75, 7.5 and 11.5.

The stamp is an old one from Technique Tuesday Green House Society called Thanks A Bunch.  It is no longer available. It was colored with copic markers and cut with a stitched oval die.

Here is the video

 

Thanks so mluch for stopping by today!

Shamrock coloring

Hello stampers, I am back today with a quick video on how I colored the shamrock image from my previous post.

Here is the link.. I hope you will watch and consider subscribing to my channel.  Have a great day today

Got Eggs? Easter/Spring card

Hello crafters!  I know,  Easter is not until the end of April, but it is not to early to start thinking about spring flowers, bunnies, and pretty eggs!

The card is made with an old stamp set.  I love the images in it and would not part with it when I was doing a major destash.

I stamped the image in Memento ink and colored it with copics.  I used spellbinders dies for the circles and a cuttlebug embossing folder for the base card.

I have a video tutorial for the copic coloring. I hope you will watch and subscribe to my channel!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Christmas in July cont

I have another Christmas project video to share with you.  I’ve made a very easy gift card holder using the WRMK Gift Box Punch Board, along with a coordinating envelope using the WRMK 123 Board.

 

Here is a video showing the steps.  Thanks for watching!

 

Christmas in July cont…..

Hello fellow crafters and welcome once again to Christmas in July.  This time I am sharing a tag made for a swap I am in – our task was to create a “neverending flip tag with a Christmas theme”

Here is the tag all folded up and ready for mailing.  The base tag is very easy – here are the dimensions:

Cut paper to 6″ by 10.5″ and score at 3.5″ and 7″. Trim the top corners to make a tag shape.

The “neverending” feature is how you fold the tag – sort of the start of an accordion fold.  Here is a very short video of how it looks when you open and flip through it.

 

How you decorate it is up to you!  I used a few stamped images (from Power Poppy, Papertrey and Flourishes) as well as some die cut tags, a die cut ornament (Spellbinders) and included some bakers twine.  The stamped images were colored with copics and I added some sparkle with a stardust gel pen.

Here is what the tag looks like open – both sides are decorated.

 

I created a band out of vellum and added a snowflake (Martha Stewart punch) to hold it all together, although that is not really necessary.

 

Thanks for stopping by today!