Space Penny Slider Card

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Penny Slider Card using new products from Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott. Sam's latest release was called Worth Every Penny and included dies to make various different Penny Slider Cards. There are also a number of different stamp/die sets of different themes,  the one I used for my card is a space themed set called Up Above.

I also pulled out an older Made To Surprise die set, the 6 x 6 Terrific Towers die set to use as the base of my card. 

I didn't take a video of this card in action, sorry. But you call tell by the two photos above how the images move and turn etc.

I used a Trinity Stamps Stencil called Crater Layers to create the planet surface for the alien to be standing on.

Here is another view of the front of the card. I added a sentiment included in the stamp set to the lower left hand side of the card.

Here is a look at the card when it is sitting on the desk, it does fold flat for mailing and would fit in a 6 x 6 envelope.

And finally the back of the card. I added a white panel and added a few more of the images, along with a sentiment. There is plenty of room to add a personal message.

The Owl and The Pussycat

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

For those who know me, you know how much I love owls. So when I saw this Owl and the Pussycat stamp set from Pink Ink Designs I just had to purchase it. I have had it for a while now, and finally got some time to play with it.

To create my card I created a Terrific Tower Card using Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott's 6 x 6 Terrific Tower Card die set.

Here is a side view to show the folds of the card.

Here is another view of the card, this time when it is lying on the desk. Hopefully you can see the side panels a little better.

On the back of the card, I added another of the large panels I used on the front. I added the sentiment, moon and stars which are also included in the stamp set.

Glitz and Glam

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a fun card I created using the new Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Glitz and Glam Collection which was released in May. 

I wanted to use something I hadn't seen anyone else do with this collection so far, so I pulled out my Terrific Towers 5 x 7 Landscape die set to create my card. The make up bag fits perfectly on the rectangle panel that is in the centre of the card.

I die cut the Terrific Tower card base from white cardstock and then used holographic card stock for the middle layer. I used one of the patterned papers from the Glitz and Glam paper pack, the solid colour card is from the Creative Craft Products Glitz and Glam Colour Match Paper Pack.

To decorate the card I used images from the Glitz and Glam Ephemera Pack included in the collection. The "Happy Birthday" at the bottom of the card is from the Glitz and Glam Patterned Paper Pack.

Here is another view of the card, this time when it is lying on the desk. Hopefully you can see the side panels a little better.

For the back of the card, I decorated the panels using the same paper pad I used on the front. The large sentiment topper is also from that paper pad. The "Birthday Wishes" sentiment is from the Foiled Sentiments A5 Sticker Sheet pack also included in this collection.

Have A Cracking Bird-Day

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Apparently today (5th January) is National Bird Day. So seeing I have been wanting to play with this fun honeycomb parrot die set for some time now, I decided to pull it out and use it for today's card. This die set is part of the Creative Craft Products Honeycomb die sets.

You have the option to create the parrot with or without the honeycomb wing, as you can see I added it to mine. I did use hook and loop under the wing, so if I wished I could flatten the wing for mailing purposes.

For the card I decided to create a Tower card using the Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's 5 x 7 Terrific Tower Card die set.

I used blue glitter card for the matting layers on all the sections of the card.

The Bird-Day sentiment is from the Bird Sentiments stamp set also from Creative Craft Products.

Here is another view of the card, this time when it is lying on the desk. Hopefully you can see the side panels a little better.

For the back of my card, I added a white panel so I could add a sentiment and have a place to add a hand written greeting. As I used a parrot on the front of my card, I searched my stash for a bird or parrot themed sentiment. I found one in a Your Next Stamp stamp set called Parrot-ise Stamp set, so I used on of the fun sentiments from the set as well as adding one of the parrots.

Ho Ho Ho

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another Christmas card I created using the Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott Card Kit included in the Papercraft Essentials #217 Magazine. I am still waiting for my kit to arrive, but while I am waiting I decided to get the digital version of the magazine which comes with download of the papers and images, so that I was able to get some cards made before this Christmas.

Earlier in the year, Sam shared a card she had made where she combined one of her Terrific Tower cards with the pull tab mechanism from the Everyday Pop Up die set. As I was looking for something different to do with the kit, I decided to combine the two for my card.  It is good to be able to use both of these dies in a different way for a different look.

I used the 6 x 6 Tower Card die set for the base of my card. I used one of the papers in the card kit for the layers of my card.

When you "pull" the tab, it reveals Santa who is either going down or up the chimney. I used the Push Me Pull Me Stamp set to add the word "pull" to the pull tab.

As the centre panel is narrower than a normal card, I trimmed the sides of the chimney, and the top of the chimney down. I also printed out a slightly smaller snow image to put on the top of the chimney ... the advantage of having the digital set.

I used the "Ho" from the Christmas Fun Sentiment set, to add the 

Ho Ho Ho to each of the speech bubbles and then adhered them towards the top of the card. I guess Santa can be saying it when he is in the chimney.

As well as adding Santa inside the chimney, I added Rudolph, Santa's Sack and a present to the front of the chimney.

And finally the back of the card. I added a white panel to the centre, to add a sentiment and a place to write a personal greeting. I also added more images from the Card Kit. The sentiment is also from the Card Kit.

Other Supplies:

Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott Pop-up Card Kit - Papercraft Essentials #217

Everyday Pop-ups Die Set - Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott

Bonjour

 

Bonjour Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. As challenge hostess for the month, I continue to issue the challenges.

Apparently today is Eiffel Tower Day - create a card with a French theme, bonus points if you include the Eiffel Tower. 

For my card today, I pulled out a couple of Paris/Eiffel Tower themed stamps and dies. For the girl and poodle, I used stamps from La-La Land Crafts Marci in Paris stamp set, this was previously the April 2019 club kit which I was lucky to purchase back then.

The Eiffel Tower in the background uses Karen Burniston's Eiffel Tower Pop Stand die from her Pop-It-Ups collection when she was designing for Elizabeth Craft Designs. I die cut the Eiffel Tower from Shimmer Sheetz, I found this one already die cut in my die set and as the color worked I made use of it.

I created a Terrific Tower Card using the 6" x 6" Terrific Tower die set from Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott. 

For the "Bonjour" sentiment I used a stamp from the Marci in Paris stamp set and a speech bubble from Whimsy Stamps Comic Speech Bubbles die set.

Here is another view of the card, this time when it is lying on the desk. Hopefully you can see the side panels a little better.

On the back of the card, I added another of the large panels I used on the front. I added Picket Fence Studios HB2U die set for the sentiment.

To keep with the Paris/Eiffel Tower theme, I added the Eiffel Tower from La-La Land Crafts Paris Die 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

Other Supplies: 

Eiffel Tower Pop Stand Die Set - Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs (discontinued)

Pink Butterflies Happy Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog.  As challenge hostess for the month, I continue to issue the challenges.

Did you know that the 14th March is Learn About Butterflies Day. So for our challenge this week we need to include at least one butterfly on our cards.

As one of the Terrific Towers Die sets I received for Christmas included a Butterfly Edge die which I hadn't used yet, I decided to pull that out to make my card this week.

This card uses the Made To Surprise 6" x 6" Terrific Towers Die Set along with the 6" x 6" Excellent Edges die set. As you can see I created a pink monochromatic card.

I die cut the card base from pink cardstock and then pink glitter cardstock for all the butterflies and layers for the card. After adding all the butterflies to the card, I added Pink Glitter Dot Peel Off Stickers to the centres of the body.

I used the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from the Made To Surprise A5 Stamp Set Sentiments which I stamped onto the white panel using the new Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide ink.

Here is another view of the card, this time when it is lying on the desk. Hopefully you can see the side panels a little better.

On the back of the card I added another of the large panels that I used on the front of the card. I added another sentiment this time for the Sentiments 2 stamp set. I also added the pink glitter layers to the base card and a couple of butterflies.

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

Manila Habib