Christmas Bells are Ringing

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thanks for visiting my blog today. I have a Christmas themed 5 x 7 card to share with you all, using an Intri'lace die from Crafter's Companion.

I have made a few cards in the past year or so, using dies from this collection and I love them. So when I found this one for sale at a really good price last year I snapped it up.

I used the Festive Bells die to die cut the front of a white side folding 5 x 7 card. I die cut the image once more from gold glitter cardstock and cut out the bells and adhered them over the white bells.

For the sentiment, I used my computer to create the sentiment "Christmas bells are ringing".

For the inside of the card, I added a red watercolour patterned paper panel and layered it to a gold card. I then added another sentiment, which I put on the same angle as the sentiment on the front, so it wouldn't be seen when the card is closed.

Butterflies & Flowers

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I have birthday card to share with you.

My card uses Crafter's Companion's Curved Border Edge'ables - Ditsy Butterflies die set. This die is designed to cut through two layers of cardstock, which is what I have done for this card. I placed the border die along the right edge of my card and die cut the two together. 

On the left side of the card I added a panel of patterned paper. 

I added the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from Waffle Flower Crafts which is hot foiled using black foil.

I added a butterfly to the card, using Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Butterflies Galore stamp/die set.

For the inside of the card I added a sentiment using Creative Craft Products Perfect Sentiments stamp set. 

Dog Coffee Mug

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a dog & coffee themed card that I made recently. This card uses Trinity Stamps Bear Mug die set for the mug shape and the Cat & Dog Mug Add-on die set to decorate the mug and turn it into a dog mug.

To decorate the edge on the right side of my card, I used Crafter's Companions Dainty Daisies Border Edgeables die set.

The birthday sentiment is one from a Creative Craft Products stamp set.

For the inside of the card, I added a sentiment using stamps from Lawn Fawn's Critter Chatter stamp set.

Blue Floral Mother's Day

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Mother's Day was last month, but I didn't get around to making any Mother's Day cards to share on my blog as I didn't need them for Mother's Day. However I did realise that I needed to make some to add to my two daughter's card packs I give to them at the end of the year, so today I am sharing one I have made for that purpose.

As you can see I have created a Z Fold Card and I used one of Crafter's Companion's Ribbon Threading die sets to decorate the left and right sides of my card. For this card I used the Alluring Aztec Ribbon Threading die set.

To decorate my card I used pattern paper from the Frida Kahlo Paper Pack from Creative Craft Products. I hand cut one of the flowers from the patterned paper to use to embellish the oval panel on the front of the card.

I used oval dies from Creative Craft Products for all the oval layers of this card. For the Mother's Day sentiment, I used an older stamp set from Honey Bee Stamps ... Best Parents.

Here is a look at the back of my card. I decorated each of the panels on the back as I did the front. For the sentiment on the back of the card I used a sentiment from Card Making Magic.

Have A Beautiful Day

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thanks for visiting my blog, today I am sharing an Offset Gatefold card I created recently using dies from Crafter's Companion.

I created a 5 x 7 inch Offset Gatefold card using Crafter's Companion's Vintage Ticket Layering Edge Gatefold die set. To create this I started with a 14 inches x 5 inches piece of white cardstock and then scored at 5 inches and 12 inches. 

To decorate my card I used My Creative Life's All Dressed Up die set along with the Beautiful Sentiments and Fabulous Sentiments stamp sets.

Here is a look at the inside of my card, The "Birthday Wishes" sentiment can be seen when the card is closed. The other sentiment is only revealed when the card is opened.

Every Day is a Fairytale

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a fairytale themed Pop-up Card using dies from Creative Crafter Products & Crafter's Companion.

For the pop-up portion of the card, I used Creative Craft Products' Inside Out Sentiments Best Wishes Card die set. I die cut the pop-up from dark pink cardstock, the photo shows it a lot darker than it actually is.

To decorate the card I used dies from the Crafter's Companion's Once Upon A Time Collection and Zig Zag Scene Builders Collection. The castle is from the Once Upon A Time set from the Zig Zag Collection and the other stamps/dies are from the Once Upon A Time Collection.

The patterned paper is a digital paper from Made To Surprise. 

For the two stamped sentiments I used oval dies from Crafter's Companion.

For the front of the card, I used two more die sets from the Once Upon A Time Collection from Crafter's Companion. I used the Ovals and Filigree Ovals die sets from Creative Craft Products.

Roaring Twenties Accordion

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another card using a few of the stamps and papers from Crafter's Companion's Roaring Twenties Collection. This time around I have created an Accordion Stepper Card.

 Creative Craft Products have two Accordion Stepper Card die sets one slightly bigger than the other. Back in January I shared an Accordion Stepper Card that measured 6 inches square when closed, that's the smaller of the two. Today I am sharing the larger version which measures slightly over 6 3/4 inches square when folded and will fit into a 7 inch square envelope. I like both sizes depending on the images you are using at the time.

For this card I used Crafter's Companion's All That Jazz; Raise a Glass and Shine Like The Stars stamp sets along with their Roaring Twenties 12 x 12 paper pad. I am really loving these products.

I added the larger square panels to the back of the card, one that I stamped a sentiment on, using one of the sentiment stamps from the Shine Like The Stars stamp set. . 

I added a second panel which I left blank, other than the glasses, so there is a place to write a personal greeting.

 

All That Jazz

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I have another "Roaring Twenties" themed card to share with you using stamps and dies from Crafter's Companion and dies from Creative Craft Products.

The base of my card uses one of the new die sets from Creative Craft Products Fancy Folds Collection, this one is the A6 Window Card die set. This card folds down to a card that measures 4 1/4 inches x 6 inches.

To decorate my card I used Crafter's Companion's Showgirl die set. I die cut this image from both gold mirror and black cardstock, offsetting the black behind the gold slightly to create a shadow. I turned this into a shaker card before adding it to the centre of the card.

I used the "All That Jazz" sentiment from Crafter's Companion's All That Jazz stamp set. I die cut the sentiment using the label dies included in the A6 Window Card die set. The label was a little longer than the sentiment, so after die cutting the label once, I then repositioned the label so it was closer to the other side of the words and die cut again.

I added a few gold metallic pearls to the card.

Here you can see the card when it is folded ready to be placed in an envelope.

Here is a look at the back of my card, as I have the 12 x 12 Roaring Twenties Paper Pad, I decided to decorate the panels on the back of the card. 

I added a birthday sentiment using the Shine Like The Stars stamp set.

Roaring Good Time

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

It was my birthday last month and of course being an avid card maker, I had to get something card making related as a present. I was lucky enough to get Crafter's Companions Roaring Twenties Collection from my husband. Of course I had to make a card using some of the products from the collection.

For my first card using this collection, I created a Z Fold Card.

On the front of the card I added the diamond panel which is a Waffle Flower Crafts Radiating Diamond Frame die. I die cut the frame from gold mirror cardstock and then layered it onto burgundy cardstock and trimmed around the edge. I then used the Charleston Couple die which I die cut from black and gold cardstock, layering the black over the gold offsetting slightly.

On the right side of the card I added the scallop border using the Shell Scallop Die set. I die cut the border directly onto the right edge of the card. I then die cut two more borders, one from gold mirror card and another from burgundy cardstock. I layered the burgundy border directly to the back of the gold mirror border. I then adhered the gold mirror border behind the one on the card off setting slightly. Adding the burgundy border behind the gold one, gave a nice finish to the back of the card.

For the sentiment, I used the Like A Stars stamp set that coordinating with the collection. I die cut the sentiment using Pinkfresh Studio's Nested Diamonds Die Set.

To finish off the front of the card I added some gold metallic pearls randomly around the card.

I added a panel to the back of the card, for a place to add another stamp sentiment and a somewhere to write a personal greeting. You can see how the border on the left matches with the rest of the card rather than seeing white from the back of the gold mirror cardstock.

Floral Swirls Birthday

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

  Today I am sharing a birthday themed Z Fold Card using dies from Crafter's Companion and Creative Craft Products.

To create my card I used Crafter's Companion's Decorative Gatefold - Floral Swirls die set. This die set comes with two edger dies which can be used to create a gatefold card, but as you can see on the photo above they can also be used to create beautiful edges to your card. The two edger dies both have a different design, giving you more options. I used the floral design to create the border on both edges of my card.

The "Happy Birthday" was created using Creative Craft Product's Modern Sentiments die set.

I added white gems to the centre of each of the flowers that are on the edge border using Pink Fresh Studio's Glacier Jewels.

The card folds flat and measures approximately 6 inches square when folded.

I added a panel to the back of the card, for a place to add a sentiment and a personal greeting. The sentiment is from a Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott.