Butterfly Wreath

This is the season for birthdays in my extended family, so I made another birthday card. 

For this card, my supplies are from Gina K. Designs.

I used the Wreath Builder template with the Bitty Botanicals Mini stamp set, and inked the images with Jelly Bean Green, Bubblegum Pink, and Ocean Mist ink. I added this to a Jelly Bean Green layer and attached it to a white card base.

The sentiment is from the Star Flower stamp set, stamped with Jelly Bean Green ink, and added to a Jelly Bean Green layer before being attached to the middle of the wreath.

I am looking forward to having real butterflies in the garden!

Rainbow Birthday

I have a colourful rainbow card today. I am entering it in the Penguin Palace Challenge #22 - Anything Goes.

One of the stencils in the Penguin Palace Sacred Lotus Stencils 360° set gives this lovely pattern. I inked it up with a rainbow of Gina K. Designs inks (Passionate Pink, Cherry Red, Tangerine Twist, Wild Dandelion, Grass Green, Turquoise Sea, Blue Denim, Dark Orchid).

The penguin is from the Penguin Agenda stamp set, and I finished it off with the sentiment, from the An Amazing Friend stamp set.

   

98th Birthday Card

Today, I have a card for a friend who is turning 98 this week!

All of my supplies are from Gina K. Designs, except the gold foil cardstock.

I started by blending Lucky Clover ink through the Thick Brush stencil to make a light background. On a separate piece of white cardstock, I blended Lucky Clover, Powder Blue, and Medium Orchid ink. I then cut out the back part of the Floral banner dies from this, and cut the detailed part of the die from gold foil cardstock. I glued these two pieces together with some Connect Glue and attached them to the front panel.

The butterfly is from the Butterfly Kisses Stamp 'n Foil set. It was stamped with Powder Blue ink, foiled with Brilliant Blue Fancy Foil, and cut out with the coordinating die.

For the sentiment, I used the So Many Sentiments stamp set and Obsidian Amalgam ink.

I added the front panel to a gold foil layer and then onto a white card base.

I hope that I am as healthy and active as my friend when I am 98!

 

Sympathy Card

I needed a sympathy card for a friend, and thought I would make a wreath card to enter in the Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge.

The Gina K. Designs (GKD) Wreath Builder template makes it so easy to create a wreath. You can use any small stamps you have, so for this card I used the GKD Embroidered Flowers stamp set, by Melanie Muenchinger. I used GKD Fresh Asparagus, Sweet Corn, and Medium Lilac ink.

The sentiment came from the GKD Natural Silhouettes stamp set, and was stamped with Fresh Asparagus ink. 

I added a strip of Fresh Asparagus cardstock above the sentiment before adding the front panel to a  Fresh Asparagus layer, and then to a white card base.

February Scor-Pal

 

It's time for the first Scor-Pal post of 2023! This month, I made a Tri-fold Shutter Valentine's Day card.

When you open it, it looks like this:

To make this card, you will need:

Scor-Pal

Scor-Tape

The Stacker

Cardstock - 5 1/2" x 10 1/2"

Patterned paper to decorate

With the 10 1/2" side of the cardstock on top, score at 1 3/4", 3 1/2", 7" and 8 3/4". Turn the cardstock 90 degrees, and cut 1 1/2" from each edge, just between the score lines.

Fold along the score lines to make the following shape:

Then, you can decorate it. I couldn't find any patterned paper in my stash that I liked for this card, so I made my own. I picked out heart shapes from about 10 different stamp sets, and stamped them with 4 ink colours. The solid pieces are from the DCWV The Shimmer Stack, and the sentiment is from the Gina K. Designs Sketched Wreath Builder.

Coloured Pencil Resist

The Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix challenge has moved to Facebook (Gina K Designs & Stamp TV Friends), and this month the challenge is Coloured Pencil Resist.

The coloured pencil resist technique is similar to the emboss resist technique. After I stamped the image, I used a white coloured pencil to colour in parts of the flower and leaves. Then I blended the ink over the image, and wiped the ink off the coloured pencil areas.  The coloured pencil resists the ink and stays mainly white.

I cut out the image with an oval die, and cut a slightly larger white oval for the layer. I blended ink over the edges so that it matched the ink on the image. 

The embossed background was attached to a black layer and then added to a white card base. After the ovals were attached, I added the sentiment.

I used the following products:

Gina K. Designs: The Best Flowers, So Many Sentiments stamp sets

                             Wild Lilac, Grass Green ink

                             Obsidian Amalgam ink
Hero Arts Infinity Oval dies
Embossing folder
White coloured pencil

Lotus Shaker card

Today, I have a card for the Penguin Palace Challenge #21 - Interactive. 

I chose to do a shaker card.

I used the Penguin Palace Sacred Lotus Stencils 360° for my image. I decided to cut the image in half and make a mini slimline card. I die cut a circle off the edge and used the cut off piece as the background for the shaker portion. I used a small bag to hold my shaker bits, so they wouldn't escape!

The sentiment is from the Penguin Palace An Amazing Friend stamp set.

Snowflake Blizzard

My last card of 2022 is for the Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge - Let it Snow. It's hard to believe that we are at the end of another year!

I stamped the snowflakes, from the Gina K. Designs Sparkling Snowflake and Seasonal Sentiments stamp sets, with VersaMark ink, and heat embossed them with white embossing powder. Then I blended Gina K. ink over the background, using Blue Raspberry, Medium Lilac, and Medium Orchid. I received the new Lilac and Orchid sets of ink for Christmas, and this was the first time I tried them. I love the Medium Orchid colour - it's so pretty and vibrant! I adhered the front panel to a black panel, and then onto a white card base.

For the sentiment, which came from the Sparkling Snowflake set, I heat embossed it on a piece of black cardstock, and then cut it out with a die from Gina's Master Layouts 3. It was a square die, but I cut it twice, lining up the stitches on the side, to make it a rectangle. I attached this to the card with some foam tape.

I wish everyone a happy and healthy 2023!

Snowflakes

 I created a card for the Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix challenge - Let it Snow.

I blended Gina K. Designs (GKD) Blue Lagoon, Blue Raspberry and Blue Denim ink on a piece of white cardstock. Once that was completely dry, I stamped the snowflakes, from the GKD Sparkling Snowflake stamp set, with VersaMark ink and heat embossed them with white embossing powder.

I used the coordinating dies to cut out the tops of the snowflakes, and used a craft knife to cut a straight line in between the snowflakes. 

I stamped and embossed the sentiment, from the GKD Playful Penguins stamp set, and attached the panel to a small white card base, letting the tops of the snowflakes poke above the card base.

December Scor-Pal More Than One Score Challenge

Here we are at the last Scor-Pal More Than One Score challenge for 2022! 

Each month will now have an "Anything Goes" theme and you will have a month to create and enter your projects. You will need to make "More Than One Score" and tell us where you used the Scor-Pal on your project. So a single fold card won't count but an Easel, Gatefold, Stair Step, etc will :) Also we love to see your "Anything But a Card" projects, just as long as you make "More Than One Score".

Here is my project for this month.

I was watching a YouTube video by The Bearded Housewife, who works with a lot of Cricut files. I don't have a Cricut, but I have a Silhouette Cameo, which uses the same type of files. This card was in his library and looked so pretty that I had to try it.

To make this card you will need:

The cut file - https://thebeardedhousewife.com/how-to-make-a-christmas-concertina-card/  Go to this             page, and sign up for his newsletter. You will receive a code to get into his library.

Electronic cutting machine (Silhouette, Cricut, Scan N Cut)

White cardstock

Blue cardstock (I used navy)

Scor-Pal

Scor-Tape

The Stacker

When you go to the website above, he gives a detailed tutorial on how to make the card. I'll give a shortened version.

I uploaded the cut file into Silhouette Studio and separated the layers. I took out the fold lines, as I used my Scor-Pal for scoring. I cut out each layer, and scored the fold lines. I ended up with these pieces.

I taped the two front layers together.

Then, I attached the background layers together, and added them to the base layer.

For the envelope, I attached the blue triangular piece to the flap with the cutouts and added tape to make the envelope.

I think this makes a lovely card for a special person! 

I hope you can join the challenge. You have until the end of the month, and you could win a gift certificate to the Scor-Pal store.