More glittery images...

I shared some cards in this post that were made with images that were created by adhering outline stickers to glitter cardstock and then coloring with markers inside the outlines. I had a couple more of those images that I used for these cards:

I added a panel of DSP to the blue cardbase and then cut a fancy-edged rectangle from a piece of white cardstock. I glued the glittery image to the rectangle and stamped a sentiment below it.

The white panel was popped up with foam squares.

A simple sentiment was stamped on a white panel for the inside.

This image was my favorite and the card was made in the same way as the first one, except it has a top-fold, rather than a side-fold.

If you look closely at this picture, you can see a bit of the glitter.

I stamped two sentiments on the inside of this card.

For the next card, I started with a white cardbase and added a panel of DSP that was 1/4" narrower on each side. I finished the edges of the DSP with gold sticker strips.

The images for the first two cards had been given to me when I volunteered at the thrift store, which meant I hadn't colored them. I was itching to give this technique a try, so I pulled out some white glitter paper and a gold outline sticker of daisies that was in my stash. The glitter paper I used had super fine glitter embedded in it, so it wasn't particularly sparkly, but I thought it might work best for my daisy sticker which was rather old and could have lost some of its stickiness.

After applying the outline sticker, I colored the petals and the centers with alcohol markers. Then I fussy-cut the flowers, using a craft knife to cut out the spaces in the center. Once that was done, I popped them up on a white die-cut circle that I had adhered to my card front.

Lastly, I added a gold sentiment, which was also from a set of stickers.

I heat-embossed a sentiment on the inside and the card was done. 

I didn't like my colored daisies as well as the more colorful images that were given to me, but since these cards were all donated back to the thrift store, I figured there would eventually be a customer who would appreciate my efforts. 

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl

Stack, cut and shuffle masculine cards...

 

I cut a panel from each of four different patterned papers that measured 3 5/8" X 4 7/8". I stacked them and cut them all at once the long way into two pieces that measured 1 1/4" X 4 7/8" and 2 3/8" X 4 7/8".

I cut about 1 1/4" off the bottoms of the narrower pieces and about 2" off the tops of the wider pieces. I honestly didn't measure--I just eyeballed it and cut them all at once Now that each panel was cut into four pieces, I shuffled them so that each card front would have pieces from all four paper patterns.

I glued the patterned pieces to white panels that measured 4" X 5 1/4", keeping them separated by 1/8". Then I glued these panels to my A2 cardfronts.

Finally, I grabbed my arched rectangle dies, a sailboat die set and a "Seas the Day!" sentiment die.

I layered two of the arched rectangles and assembled and glued on the sailboat. Lastly, I added the die-cut sentiment before gluing the entire thing to a cardfront. I didn't pop anything up to keep these easy to mail.

The only embellishment I added was the gold dimensional dots on the sailboat, made with a Viva Decor pen.

The inside sentiments were printed with my computer.

I really love getting four cards made in short order--especially when they're masculine cards. Wish I had a few more layout ideas like this one that are easily made in multiples.

We were supposed to get an inch or so of snow on Wednesday night, but we got 7" instead. It was heavy stuff to shovel, too! Spring can't come soon enough.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl

Thank you cards from pretty paper...

 

This paper had such a big beautiful print, that I couldn't bear to cover it up.  

After adhering it to my card front, I added some gold Nuvo Drops to the stamens of the flowers.

The sentiment was die-cut and assembled, then popped up at the top of my card.

I stamped the sentiment on the inside with dark green ink to finish the card.

This paper is so pretty with its different shades of turquoise scallops, accentuated with thin gold outlines. I added a gold mat to highlight the gold in the design.

I cut the sentiment once from gold metallic cardstock and several more times from white cardstock. I stacked the layers to give it some dimension and glued it to the cardfront.

I had a scrap of gold cardstock left over, so I added it to the inside of the card, along with a stamped sentiment.

These cards both have simple designs, but I think the pretty papers make them special. 

Our snow is nearly gone because of the string of warm days we've had lately. They are predicting more snow later this week, though, so we're not done shoveling yet! I'm just glad my DH still likes to take care of it, because I sure don't.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl

Happy Birthday twice over...

 

I made these very simple birthday cards recently as I was beginning to clean the mess on my desk from making Valentines. I'm easily distracted by a scrap of paper here and a die left laying there. I think to myself, "I'll just quickly turn that into a card...," and two hours later I've made several cards and the desk is still a mess!

This first card came about when I spied a strip of pretty pink, dotted paper that was 12" long and slightly less than 2" wide. I saw that two lengths of it would nicely fill an A2 card front with a little space inbetween them.

I cut the balloon sentiment from pink cardstock and inked the edges. Then I add some thin foam strips to the backside of the letters to pop them up on the card front. 

The point where all the strings come together was glued directly to the card front. I added a faux enamel dot at the very end of the strings with Nuvo Drops.

The stamped sentiment was die-cut from white cardstock with a two-part die that included the frame and the inner sentiment section. I cut it again from pink cardstock and used the pink frame around the white section. 

This is the sentiment I stamped on the inside.

I started with a blue A2 cardbase for this card and added some DSP matted with white cardstock.

I cut the balloon image out of glossy white cardstock and popped it up.

The point where all the strings come together was again glued directly to the cardfront, with a holographic star glued to the very end.

I also added a scattering of those stars around the rest of the cardfront.

This is the sentiment I stamped on the inside of this card.

This balloon die is great to have in my crafting tools for some quick-to-make birthday cards. Popping up the letters adds some nice dimension and makes the cards a bit more special.

We had a wonderful weekend, weather-wise. It truly felt like spring, with temps in the 50s. I know it's going to get cold again with snow in the forecast for this week, but that glimpse of spring has definitely lifted my spirits.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl

You are o-fish-ally awesome...

 

Sometimes you need a Valentine that isn't all hearts and flowers or hugs and kisses. I think eleven-year-old boys, in particular, rarely want a lovey-dovey Valentine, so I made a couple that might suit them.

I started with some DSP that featured an ocean scene with a crab, a starfish and two jellyfish. 

I added the dimensional fish sticker and three bubbles made from Glossy Accents.

I printed the sentiment, cut it out and popped it up with foam tape.

This was another piece of the DSP. It didn't have the sandy bottom. The only other images included on the paper were the three small pink fish.

I added the seaweed sticker and the two larger dimensional fish stickers.

Once again, I had printed the sentiment with my computer, cut it out, and popped it up with foam tape.

I punched a small heart from corrugated cardstock to place above the printed sentiment on the inside of each card.

These cards were both donated to the thrift store, and they sold quickly, which tells me I need to make more non-lovey-dovey Valentines for next year. LOL

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone visiting my blog today. I hope you feel loved by family and friends on Valentine's Day and all year through!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl

A couple of fun Valentines...

 

These cards were definitely fun to make, and they look a lot more complicated than they really are.

Each card has an A2 cardbase. I used one of my lacey-edged rectangle dies to cut a panel for each front. I centered a delicate, interlocking hearts die-cut onto each one before adhering them to the card fronts.

I added some spray adhesive to the backs of the delicate die-cuts to adhere them to the lacey panel. Because the heart outlines are so thin, I still had to add a bit of glue under parts of it. I do that by putting a little puddle of glue on a scrap of cardstock and then sliding that underneath the die-cut wherever a little more glue is needed.

The sentiments were stamped onto strips of white cardstock. I fish-tailed the ends and then matted each one with the same cardstock that had been used for the cardbase. Finally, they were popped up with foam tape onto the center of each card front.

Next, I added some accordion folded DSP to the inside. The DSP was cut to 5 1/4" X 12" and scored on the long side at 3", 4", 5", 6", 7", 8", and 9". 

After making the accordion folds, I adhered the 3" wide righthand section to the right side of the cardbase and the 3" wide lefthand section to the left side of the cardbase, making sure I had a 1/8" border around the sides. When that was done, I stamped a sentiment on a piece of white cardstock that measured 2 3/4" X 5" and centered it on the right hand section of DSP that was glued to the cardbase.

I die-cut some "conversation hearts" and glued a few of them to the folds and one in the center of the left section.

When you close the card for the first time, you may have to press it down firmly with your hand. This helps to adjust the folds slightly so that they fold together neatly inside.

Note: the DSP that I used is printed on just one side and is the weight of copy paper. That way it doesn't make the card too bulky for mailing.

This is a great way to use up some of the light-weight DSP we all seem to collect over time.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl

Valentines for the grands...

I have mailed or hand-delivered Valentines to all our grandkids, so I thought I would share them with you here. For these card designs, I followed Cheryl Dorsey's video tutorial, which you will find here.

These are the cards I made for our five granddaughters.

For this card, I actually used some corrugated cardstock for the heart. I've had it in my stash for a few years and really couldn't decide how to use it. I finally decided to try die-cutting it, thinking if the machine flattened it too much, I could just toss it and use something else.

As you can see, it really didn't flatten it at all! I added a stamped sentiment to finish the front.

I didn't have any "layering" heart dies when I made these cards, so when I did layer the hearts, I ended up having to fussy-cut the smaller ones. I have since ordered and received some layering heart dies!

This is how each card is finished on the inside. As you can see, it has a pop-out feature and the heart is pulled to the inside so that it is a visible part of the layout.

"Happy Valentine's Day" was stamped and a punched heart was glued above it.

These are the cards I made for our five grandsons.

They were made using the same tutorial, but switching out the heart for a couple of circle dies.

The sentiment was printed with my computer, and I added a few hearts that were left over from using other Valentine dies.

Here's a close-up of the layered circles. Thank goodness I didn't have to try to fussy-cut those smaller ones!

The inside was completed in the same way as the others.

These were actually quite quick to make, once I knew the dimensions and the process. The next time I make this card design, I may add some DSP to the panel behind the circles and hearts. It would dress up the inside just a bit more.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl