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3 Panel Scenery Z-fold cards
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I have been attending weekly card classes for a long time, learning lots of techniques and more recently, fun fold cards. Today I'm sharing two cards that I started at one of these classes and finished at home. I use the classes as a reason to dig into my stash of patterned paper and to bring out some old products that I can't part with yet. For both of these cards I started with panels of 6" x 6" patterned paper from the Meandering Meadows pack on White...
Double Front Flap card
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Last night I had the opportunity to to join in with a mystery stamping project with a group of crafters. Everyone used different products from their stash, so it was great to see the variations. I made this fun fold card with a mixture of old and newer products. It is basically a tent fold card using a standard card base, with an extra mini card attached to the front. When the front flap is lifted there is an embossed panel underneath, which covers the...
Hot foiling on cards is fun and easy!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. As soon as I received my order of the new hot foil dies and foil from Stampin’ Up I wanted to try it out to see if it was easy to use so that I could incorporate it into my classes. I also have the SA Papercraft Fair coming up that I want to demonstrate the new system at. So I tried it out with the dies I had ordered, and the 3 different foil colours: gold, silver and light pink. I tried foiling regular cardstock, two-toned cardstock, vellum and basic...
Easy fun fold card to suit any occasion or theme
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I created this card for a make and take at my monthly Aussie Crafters team meeting, showing a simple layout that can be used with any Designer Series Paper and any stamp set(s). It can be stepped up by adding ephemera or die cuts, or extra layers. It appear to be a simple card, but actually it has a front flap that opens like this: I made this card to suit our Australian standard size. Measurements: Night of Navy card base: A5 (14.8cm x 21cm) scored...
Elegant, all occasions cards using Kintsugi Inspirations from Stampin’ Up!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I created these cards for a class featuring stamps, dies, embossing folder and patterned paper from the Kintsugi Inspirations suite of products from Stampin' Up! These products make it easy to create elegant and peaceful birthday, get well, or sympathy cards. For the first card I was inspired by a design made by Susan Campfield, a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in the USA. I adapted the design to suit the standard Australian card size, which is A6, or 14.8cm x...
Autumn themed card ideas
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I created these cards for a class featuring the Autumn Leaves stamps and dies from Stampin' Up! For the first card I was inspired by a design from Brian King who used an older set of leaves and background stamps. I created the background by masking off the top and bottom of my white panel and using a texture stamp with Basic Beige ink multiple times across the exposed areas. It really looks like tree bark in real life. The card base is Cajun Craze, with a...
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