Let's Celebrate

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

According to the Days of the Year website today (14th February) is National Ferris Wheel Day, apparently the first Ferris Wheel was invented by George Washington Gale Ferris in 1893.

As I have the Ferris Wheel die set from Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Fun at the Fair Collection, it was a good excuse to play with it and make a card using it. I had ordered this die. along with a few other things back in September, but my parcel went missing so I had to reorder it. That parcel seemed to take longer than normal too, but it finally turned up the week before Christmas.

The wheel of the ferris wheel actually rotates.

There is an animal stamp set available that fits into the baskets, but I decided to pull out a few Sunny Studio Stamp sets to add kids to my ferris wheel instead. The sets I used are listed in the supply list.

The sentiment in the centre of the ferris wheel is from the Fun At The Fair stamp set.

Here is a look at the back of my ferris wheel card. I added a stamped sentiment using a sentiment from Avery Elle's Peek A Boo Fair stamp set. 

The Tickets are also included in the Fun At The Fair stamp set.

Other Supplies:

Peek A Boo Fair Stamp Set - Avery Elle (retired)

Swimming By

Hi Crafty Friends,

To all my Aussie readers, Happy Australia Day.

It's summer down here in Australia, so in honour of Australia Day,, I decided to create a card with a summer theme.

To create my card I created a Centre Step Card using Creative Craft Products High Centre Stepper Card die set which is available from Craft Stash. This and a number of other stepper card die sets were on special last year during their Black Friday sale and as the prices were really good a few landed in my cart! This one is different to others I already have in that the finished size measures 8 inches wide by 5 3/4 inches high.

As I wanted to create a pool scene I decorated the white card base using blue patterned paper on the top portion of the card. I then used green patterned paper and a hill border die from Honey Bee Stamps Horizon Slimline Borders die set. I also added the fence from the same die set to the top portion of the grass area.

I used the Swimming Pool die and Kiddie Pool Stamp set from Sunny Studio Stamps to create my swimming pool scene.

For the palm trees I used Lawn Fawn's Tropical Backdrop die set.

I die cut a yellow circle for the sun which I added to the top right hand corner of the centre step portion of the card.

For the sentiment I used Whimsy Stamps' Fintastic stamp set.

The beach ball is from a Lawn Fawn stamp set.

For the inside of my card I used the rectangle dies included in the High Centre Stepper Card die set.

The sentiment here is from MFT Stamps BB Sunshine and Friendship stamp set. 

To finish off the card I added two more of the images from the Kiddie Pool stamp set.

Pencil Teacher Flip Card

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Wow where does time go!!! It's already mid September and it is only a few months until my grandkids finish school for the year and I still have teacher thank you cards to get made. For todays card I pulled out my Creative Craft Products Circle Perfect Flips die set to create a teacher themed flip card ... yay one more done!

Last year after purchasing the Sunny Studio Stamps Color My World Stamp/Die set, I had a session where I stamped out heaps of all the different images ... pencils, crayons, paintbrushes etc. Fortunately I only made one card using the set last year so I had heaps of images leftover ...  which made this card quick to make. As you can see I used the pencils from the stamp set for this card.

For the centre circle I used an older Papertrey Ink die set for the "#1" and a Hefty Doodle Teacher die for the word.

When you pull the card open it reveals the back of the circle with another sentiment. This time I used sentiments from Heffy Doodles "Teach Me Words" stamp set, this is my go to set when I am creating teacher cards.

Sweet Thing

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 July is National Ice Cream Month. Easy challenge – include some ice cream on your card.

Earlier in the week, I shared a birthday card that was a Faceted Vertical Diamond Easel Card. I enjoyed making the card so much that I decided to make another for the challenge this week. If you are interested in learning how to make this style of card be sure to check out Sam Calcott's video tutorial found here.

For my ice cream I used Sunny Studio Stamps Two Scoops stamp set. This is a layering stamp set, having two layers for the cone and three layers for the ice cream.

I added the two ice cream cones to the centre of the faceted Diamond shape in the centre of the card, layering them onto circles. I also added the "sweet" sentiment die cut which is part of a sentiment die from Karen Burniston. I die cut the sentiment twice from brown and twice from pink, layering the colours together and then offsetting the pink over the brown. I also added some Glossy Accents over the sentiment. 

The pink panel on the right hand side of the card, is the stopper to keep the card in it's easel position. I added a birthday sentiment to the panel using one of the sentiments from the Sunny Studio Stamps stamp set. I also added three enamel dots to the top right corner of the card.

Here is a look at my card, when it is closed ready to be placed in an envelope.

For the inside of my card I added the "ice cream" sentiment which is another of the sentiments included in the Sunny Studio Stamps Two Scoops stamp set. The "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from MFT Stamps Bitty Birthday Wishes stamp set.

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

Teacher Accordion

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Teacher thank you card I created recently, I figured it was time to make a start on the thank you cards I make each year for my grandchildren's teachers. School isn't out until December, so I have heaps of time.

For my card today I created an accordion card using Karen Burniston's new Landscape Rectangle Accordion die set. I also used the new Short Rectangles - Crosshatch die set to die cut the striped paper and also the centre rectangles.

I like to purchase one or two new teacher themed stamps or dies each year. Clearly Besotted recently released a number of super cute school themed stamp sets, which were perfect and will get lots of use in the future. For my card today I used their Stationery Plushies stamp set, I added the larger image to the left page of my card which contains the pencil holder, book, plant and lamp.

I added a number of the smaller images to my last page.

For the sentiment in the centre page I added the "teacher" die cut and stamped "Thank You" using Honey Bee Stamps Special Teacher stamp and coordinating die set.

My card was going to be just a two page accordion, however as I wanted to add both sets of images and a sentiment I decided on a three page card. I don't normally decorate the back pages of an accordion card, but again I wanted to add one more sentiment (which ended up being two) and a blank page for a personal greeting to the teacher. Fortunately I had plenty of the striped paper so I decided to go for it.

The sentiments on the back use sentiments from a Sunny Studio Stamps stamp set, I added some more of the cute plushies to two of the panels.

Here is a look at my card when it is closed ready to be placed in an envelope.

To The Best Teacher

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Rebecca Ednie, our challenge hostess for the month continues to issue the challenges.

Being the third Saturday of the month it is time for a sketch challenge.

As you can see I created a Slimline Card, the Studio Katia Dotted Slimline Set 1 die set was perfect for this challenge. I love that long oval die. 

I looked through my stash and found this older Gorjuss stamp set called New Heights which I thought would make a good teacher thank you card. I need to work on getting a few more teacher cards done before the end of the year.

I used rainbow colors to color in the image and used some crayon paper from Doodlebug Designs for the background.

The sentiment is from Sunny Studio Stamps Teacher Appreciation stamp set.

For the inside of the card I used Karen Burniston's Katherine Label Pop-up die set to create a double pop up card. For the sentiments I used more stamps from the Teacher Appreciation stamp set from Sunny Studio Stamps.

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

Maryann Einam

Rebecca Ednie

Nicky Foden

Lois Bak

Other Supplies:

Gorjuss New Heights Stamp Set - Do Crafts

Rainbow Crayons Teacher Card

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

t’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Rebecca Ednie our challenge hostess for the month, continues to issue the challenges.

For our challenge this week, Rebecca has asked us to make an encouragement card for a kid going back to school. 

Here in Australia, the kids aren't going back to school they are almost 3/4 the way into their school year. So rather than make an encouragement card for a kid, I decided to make a Teacher thank you card. I need to make a number of these before the end of the year for my grandchildren to give to their teachers. This card could be used for either a kid or teacher ... just change the sentiments I used.

To create my card I started by stamping out the crayons from Sunny Studio Stamps Color My World Stamp and coordinating die set. The crayon requires a number of layers using a number of shades of the same color. While I was making the crayons, I also stamped pencils and paint brushes at the same time. So I am sure you will see cards made with those in the future too. The crayons aren't perfect, but I think they will pass.

I have created a Slimline Shaker Card using Trinity Stamps Slimline Star Trio die. I stencils a panel of white cardstock using Picket Fence Studios Slimline Dashes Stencil using inks in rainbow colors to match the crayons. I then die cut this panel using the Slimline Star Trio die.

I covered the star openings with acetate and then added chunky glitter to each of the stars before adhering to a top folding Slimline card.

I added the crayons to the top of the star openings and also added two sentiments which are from Sunny Studio Stamps Teacher Appreciation Stamp set.

For the inside of the card I created another panel using the Picket Fence Studios Slimline Dashes Stencil. The panel was cut in half and adhered to each edge of the inside of my card.

I created a pop-up card using pop up dies from Karen Burniston. The sentiment panel uses the Katherine Label Pop-up die set to which I added the sentiment using stamps from the Sunny Studio Stamps Teacher Appreciation stamp set. The crayons on either side of the sentiment are popped up using the pop up die from the Street Lantern Pop-up die set, this is a  new die just released earlier this week and I know I will be using the pop-up die a lot in the future.

Here is another view of the inside of my card, so you can see the pop-up elements of my 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

Maryann Einam

Rebecca Ednie

Nicky Foden

Lois Bak

Sweetest Birthday Ever

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Being a brand new month, it's time to introduce our new challenge hostess which is Lois Bak. 

According to that wacky holiday chart, July is National Ice Cream Month and July 1st is Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day. My challenge to you is to include some ice cream on your card. 

Who doesn't love ice cream! For my card today I pulled out Colorado Craft Company's Sweetest Birthday Cone stamp set. The ice cream is around 7 inches high, so this is perfect to use with a Slimline card.

I wanted a colorful background, so I used Pinkfresh Studio's Slimline Layered Starburst Stencil. This stencil set consists of three stencils to create a starburst effect. I created a rainbow pattern using ink pads from Catherine Pooler Designs, you can see the colors I used in the supply list below.

I used a Slimline Stitched Rectangle die from Picket Fence Studios' Slimline Nested Rectangles die set.  

The sentiment above the ice cream is also from the Sweetest Birthday Cone stamp set. I trimmed the stem of the cherry slightly, so that it wouldn't cover the sentiment.

I created a second starburst stencil background using the same colors as I used on the front of the card. I trimmed the background panel into two strips that slightly smaller than 1 1/2 inches wide to adhered to both edges of the card.

I created a pop-up card using Katherine Burniston's Katherine Label Pop-up die set. 

The top sentiment is from Spellbinders Essential Sentiments stamp set.

The smaller ice creams and second sentiment are both from Sunny Studio Stamps Two Scoops stamp set.

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

 

Peekaboo Giraffes

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Slimline card I created recently.

To create my card I used Whimsy Stamps Giraffes Peeking stamp set. For the green slimline panel I used Whimsy Stamps Slimline Swiss Dots die set. I die cut the panel from green cardstock and then used Trinity Stamps Slimline Leafy Background Stamp set to stamp the background onto the panel using Forest Moss Distress ink.

I created another panel the same size as the green panel from white cardstock and then applies Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink over the areas where the openings are.

I layered the card to a black slimline card base that measures 8.75inches x 3.75 inches.

I added the three giraffes to the large circle openings and then added the sentiments which are also included in the stamp set.

For the inside of the card I die cut a Slimline pennant from white cardstock using Sunny Studio Stamps Slimline Pennants die set.

I stamped one of the giraffes and a sentiment to the white pennant.