Rebus - Songs by the Seekers

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's time to share another rebus puzzle swap with you. This month the theme is Songs by the Seekers

If you would like to solve my rebus puzzle, why not post a comment on my blog post with your answers. I will let you know what the correct answers are next time I post a rebus card here.

How did you go solving my August Rebus which was "Books written by Stephen King."

 Here are the correct answers so you can check how you did.

1. The Dead Zone
2. Insomnia
3. Cell
4. Firestarter
5. The Green Mile
6. Sleeping Beauties
7. Under The Dome
8. The Dark Tower
9. Needful Things

You can find all my past Rebus Cards here.

Birthday Wishes

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I have a quick birthday card I created using one of the Crafter's Companion Edge'able Words dies. 

I positioned the birthday edge'ables die on the centre of the front of my card and ran that through my die cutting machine. I then trimmed off the top portion of the card.

I added patterned paper to the inside and the lower portion of the front of the card.

The "wishes" is also from the edge'ables die set.

To decorate the front of the card I added a flower & flourish using two older die sets from MFT Stamps.

I added a birthday sentiment from the August La-La Land Crafts Kit which I positioned to the lower portion of the inside of my card so it can't be seen when the card is closed.

Supplies:

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Sending Beer Hugs

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. As challenge hostess for the month, I finish off the month with one last challenge.

Apparently today is Drink Beer Day. So for our challenge today include some form of drink on your card .... Beer, Wine, Martinis, Margaritas, Lemonade, Tea or Coffee it's all up to you

It was a toss up for me whether to use one of the wine themed stamps with interactive dies I had purchased recently or use a beer themed stamp set. As you can see in the end I opted for a beer theme seeing it was Drink Beer Day.

Even though Father's Day was earlier in the month here in Australia, I need to build up my stash so I have a few to give to the kids at Christmas so they can use next year.

The beer mugs were created using The Ton's Beer stamp set with coordinating die. This is a layering stamp which I stamped 4 times to create this card.

I created a pop-up card using the pop-up die from Karen Burniston's Explosion Pop-up die set. I die cut one pop-up panel to the left of the centre of the card and then placed the die to the right of the centre point of the card so I had two pop-up panels sitting side by side.

For the sending beer hugs sentiment on the oval, I combined "sending bear hugs" from Waffle Flowers Be Him Sentiments stamp set and "craft beer" from The Ton's Beer stamp set.

Along the top and bottom edges of the card I used one of the borders from the Stitched Hillside Borders.

For the front of the card, I replicated some of the elements I used on the inside of the card. 

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Amy Ottmers

Karen Ostergard

Kathleen Adams

Maryann Einam

Rebecca Ednie

Tracey Farr

Nicky Foden

Supplies:

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Welcome Baby Pop Out Card

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another card using one of the new Divinity Designs products from the September Release.

I have created a Pop Out Card using the new Pop Out Card with Layers die set ... I think this is my favorite from this release because of course I love Interactive cards which this is.

As you can see this time I decided to create a baby card.

I die cut the back and front base card panels from white cardstock and then die cut all the decorative layers using papers from Divinity Designs Shabby Pastels Paper Pad.

I added the "welcome baby" and baby bottles which are both from the Baby Blessings die set.

The sentiment is layered using the Ovals and Scalloped Ovals die sets.

For this card I decided to pull out the Belly Band die set also from Divinity Designs. This makes it so easy to keep the card closed so you don't ruin any surprises until you are ready.

The Onesie is also from the Baby Blessings die set and again was layered using the Ovals & Scalloped Ovals die sets.

Supplies:

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Dream Like There's No Tomorrow

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. As challenge hostess for the month, I finish off the month with one last challenge.

Apparently the 25th September was World Dream Day. So for our challenge this week create a card with someone/something sleeping/dreaming.

Recently Craftin' Desert Divas announced that they were closing their store and were selling their products for 65% off. Of course I had to check out what was on offer. While looking I came across this cute stamp set called "Twinkle Twinkle" which was perfect for this challenge, so I added this to my cart.

I created a Gatefold Shutter Card using MFT Stamps Shutter Card Components die-namics.  You can see a quick video of my card in action above.



I added one of the images and sentiment from the stamp set to the front of my card.



Here is my card when it is partially opened.

You can see the centre image starting to be revealed as the card opens in the photo above. I used the image of the baby sleeping on the shutter portion of the card. I added the ZZZ to an oval above the image to be a thought bubble. I stamped the "Dream" sentiment to the bottom of the card.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

Anne Harmon

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Vicky Gould

Kelly McKown-Santi

Supplies:

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Twinkle Twinkle Clear Stamp Set - Craftin' Desert Divas (discontinued)

Foiled Merry Christmas Banner Gift Tags

Last week I shared a Christmas card I created using Spellbinders Merry Christmas Glimmer Hot Foil Plate. While I had my Go Press & Foil Machine out and hot with the hot foil stamp on it, I decided to create a few quick Christmas Gift Tags.

After adding the foiled Merry Christmas Banner to my red cardstock, I die cut it using a circle from Hero Arts Infinity Circles die set. The die cuts off a little bit of the banner but not enough to matter, and I needed that size to fit onto the circle gift tag which I think is an older MFT Stamp set.

I punched a hole at the top of the tag and threaded through red/gold ribbon.

On the back of the tag, I added the To/From which is a die cut from Papertrey Ink's Holiday Tag Along kit I purchased a few years ago. The to/from are on a circle but it was easy enough to trim out just the words.

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. For the benefit of my Australia readers, I have started to include some links to Australian stores when available. Please note I only use and share products I love.

Holiday Tag Along Kit - Papertrey Ink

Snowflake Season's Greetings

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Christmas themed Z Fold Card I created using products from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

This is a fairly simple Z Fold card where you score and fold the front of the card in half and create a mountain fold from the score line. 

For my card today I decorated it using the new Snowflakes die set. This die set includes 3 large snowflakes which are gorgeous. I decided to use the larger of the snowflakes for this card which also has a smaller snowflake in the centre of it for some extra dimension.

I die cut the snowflake using Soft Finish Cardstock that had Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape on the front and then covered the adhesive with Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter. I added Glitter Dots Peel Off Stickers to each tip of the snowflake.

I added a sentiment to the lower left hand side of my card.

I added a sentiment to the centre of the inside of the card which is layered using the Dashing Circles and Fitted Circles die sets.

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. For the benefit of my Australia readers, I have started to include some links to Australian stores when available. Please note I only use and share products I love.

 

Divinity Designs September Color Challenge

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a card I created for Divinity Designs Color Combo Design Team Challenge. This month the colours to be used are  from the Christmas Collection 2018:  Red, Green, Light Pink.  For more inspiration from the Divinity Designs Design Team visit the Divinity Design blog.

I created another Pop Out Card using the new Pop Out Card with Layers die set. I have been having lots of fun making this new style of card. I have created another coffee themed card but this time with a little Christmas feel. 

For the inside of the card I added a sentiment from the Perk Up Stamp/Die Duos, I thought the "good cheer" part of the sentiment could work well for Christmas.

I added snowflakes to the triangle panels and around the sentiment using the snowflake from the Cocoa & Coffee Stamp/Die Duos.

Here is another view of my card, so you can see the multi layers and folds on this card.

For the front of the card I created a coffee mug with a snowflake ... this also says Christmas to me (although I am not sure why seeing it is summer where I live at Christmas LOL!). 

For this card I decided to try adding ribbon under the layers on the left side and back of the card so I could tie the card closed.

Don't forget to check out the Divinity Designs Blog, so you can see what the other Design Team members created for this challenge.

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Supplies:

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I Run on Coffee and Chaos

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another coffee themed card I created using stamps and dies from Divinity Designs. 

This card was created as part of a collaboration blog hop between Divinity Designs and Coffee Loving Cardmakers. 

I created a Z Fold card using the Z Fold Card with Layers die set.  I used the layering dies from the set to die cut papers from the Latte Love Paper Collection for each of the panels.

On the far left panel (the front when the card is closed) I used one of the "Coffee" dies and two of the stamp sentiments from the Perk Up Stamp/Die Duo set. I die cut the stamped sentiments using the Sentiment Stripes die set.

For the centre panel I die cut the mugs using the Cocoa & Coffee Stamp/Die Duo set. 

The two sentiments on the centre and right panels are from the But First Coffee stamp set. The sentiment on the right was stamped and layered using the Ovals and Scalloped Ovals die sets.

On the back side of the card I repeated the coffee mugs on the centre panel and added another sentiment.

On the back of the front panel I added the Coffee Heartbeat die.

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. For the benefit of my Australia readers, I have started to include some links to Australian stores when available. Please note I only use and share products I love.

Not A Creature Was Stirring ....

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. As challenge hostess for the month, I continue to issue the challenges.

Being the third Saturday of the month, it's time for a sketch challenge.

Simon Says Stamp recently had a steals and deals sale on some Christmas stamps and dies and the prices were so good a few ended up in my cart. For my card today I am using the Hero Arts Christmas Mice stamp set which I picked up in the sale.

I added three of the cute little mice and one of the sentiments from the stamp sets on the squares on the front of the card.

For the inside of the card I created a pop-up card using Karen Burniston's Katherine Label Pop-up die set. I added the other mouse and sentiment to the label.

I used Crafter's Companion Merry Edge'ables die set to add the "Merry" along the edge of the patterned paper. I also added the word "Christmas" which is from a Simon Says Stamp stamp set.

Here is another view of the inside of the card so you can see the pop up portion of the card a little better.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Amy Ottmers

Karen Ostergard

Kathleen Adams

Maryann Einam

Rebecca Ednie

Tracey Farr

Nicky Foden

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. For the benefit of my Australia readers, I have started to include some links to Australian stores when available. Please note I only use and share products I love.