Cello There

 

Cello there everyone!

Today I am sharing a Pinwheel Tower Card using a die set from Creative Craft Products new Fancy Folds Collection. This die set is the Pinwheel Card die which makes a 5 inch x 7 inch pinwheel card.

For my card today, I have made a music themed thank you card for my grandchildren's music teacher. She teaches one the cello and the other the violin so this card can be given to her from both of them. They won't need this card until December, but I like to made the cards when the inspiration hits and when I was looking through the stamps/dies on my desk to see what would work for this card that large cello would ... so I went with it.

All the musical instruments, the music paper and music sentiment stamps are all from Paper Discovery's Lost In Music Collection, I picked a few of these sets up last year when Craft Stash were having their 40% sales.

The music border is an older die from my stash by CC Designs. The music note dies around the card are from MFT Stash and also is an older set.

I used the "Thanks, Teacher Line Border" die on the left panel of this side of the pinwheel card. I added the stamped violin and music notes to the white panel on the right hand side which is also from the Music Play On Sentiment stamp set from Paper Discovery.

I added a teacher sentiment to the centre of this panel using sentiments from a Heffy Doodle and a Sunny Studio Stamps stamp sets.

For this last side of the pinwheel card, I added another of the music borders to the left panel. On the main panel I added two violin's as well as the "#1 teacher" sentiment using older die sets.

The card folds flat to fit into a 5 x 7 envelope.

Other Supplies:

• Music Border Die - CC Designs (discontinued)
• Music Notes Die-namics - MFT Stamps (discontinued)
• Teacher Word Die - Heffy Doodles

 

Awesome Birthday

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Lois Bak, our challenge hostess for the month continues to issue the challenges.

Apparently Tomorrow (10th September) is Swap Ideas Day. For today’s challenge, find a card you have seen using a new technique to you, or a new color combination, or anything you’ve never done before and make a card. Be sure to credit the person whose idea you have used. 

Pinwheel Tower Cards have become very popular in the past few months, I had pretty much ignored them. But I recently made a Pinwheel Tower Card for a challenge. While I was searching for instructions etc, I discovered Sam Calcott's from Mixed Up Crafts Hexagonal Tower Pinwheel Card which uses border dies from her Terrific Towers die set. You can see her card with instructions here.

As I own those dies I decided to create a similar card, using different borders included in the die set. The dies are from the Made To Surprise 5" x 7" Portrait Excellent Edges die set. I used partial die cutting to die cut the balloon border on each of the 6 panels. I then used the individual balloon dies also included in the die set to die cut the balloons in rainbow colors. 

I added the sentiment by stamping the "Awesome" from the Made To Surprise A5 Sentiments #2 stamp set onto each panel using Catherine Pooler Designs Orange Peel ink. The "Have An" & "Birthday" are from Honey Bee Stamps Happiness Stamp set.

I also added a thin strip of card in rainbow colors, along the right edge of each panel.

The card folds flat and will fit in an envelope that measures 6 inches x 7 1/2 inches.

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

Kelly McKown-Santi

You're Top Dog

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.

Today is Dog Day! For our challenge today, include an image of a dog on your card.

Recently I have seen a lot of Pinwheel Tower Cards around the internet, so I decided to give it a try. It's hard to tell by the photo above, my card measures 4 1/4 inches high and when flattened is 5 1/2 inches so will fit into a normal sized envelope.

To decorate the front of my card, I used Art Impressions Dog Mouthful stamp set for the dog and sentiment on the side panel. The Bark is from Lawn Fawn's Critter Chatter stamp set, which is die cut using one of the speech bubbles from the Comic Speech Bubbles die set from Whimsy Stamps.

For the next section of my card, I used three of the sentiments from Lawn Fawn's Critter Chatter stamp set which I layered using oval dies. 

The "woof" and bones are from Whimsy Stamps Puppy Paws die set. 

Next up I stamped another sentiment which is from the Art Impressions stamp set I used for the front of my card. I used a larger oval for this section, so that there is a space for a hand written greeting.

I added the dog bowl which is from Whimsy Stamps Slimline Dog Bone die set.

I stamped a few of the sentiments from the Critter Chatter stamp set onto one of the die cut bones for the side panel.

For the last section, I used an older Rubbernecker Stamps sentiment. I added a couple of die cut paws from an older MFT Stamps die set.

I layered the "Pawtay" die cut sentiment onto a bone for the side panel. Both these dies are from the Whimsy Stamps Puppy Paws die set.

Here is a look at my card when it is flattened ready to be placed in an envelope. Mine is a tiny bit bulky, but I think it will still work for normal postage.

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

Kelly McKown-Santi

Other Supplies:

Dog Mouthful Stamp Set - Art Impressions (discontinued)

"Paws"itivity - Rubbernecker (discontinued)

Pets Woof 6 x 6 Patterned Paper - Whimsy Stamps (discontinued)