Shower Cards

Hello, I hope you're having a great day.
Today I'm showing you some handmade cards that

Kelsie got for her shower.
She and Brad really appreciate when things are

handmade and I always love to see what others make.

This card was made by Brad's Mom.

I love the color combination.

Such a pretty card.

Love that she added this butterfly on the inside.

This card was made by my friend Judy.

She always does a beautiful job on her cards.

Color coordinating the inside of the card and

a lovely sentiment really finish this card off nicely.

Isn't this a lovely card?  So pretty and delicate looking.

Adding a little pocket inside is perfect for giving a 

gift card.  Love this idea.

I'm always impressed with the cards that others make.

So different than my own style, but I love them all.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you 

have been inspired in some way and will come again soon.

Until then,
create a card for someone you love.

Cute Little Pocket Tutorial

Hello everyone!

I haven't done a tutorial in ages and thought this was 

such an easy little project that it would be one 

that everyone can make.

These cute little pockets are easy and quick to make.

You can use them to hold a note for hidden journaling,

to hold a tag or a picture, or maybe a piece of memorabilia

on a scrapbook page.  They are also great to use on cards

for a gift card or a little note or even a tag on a gift.

Use them in any way you can think of.

The larger one measures 

2.5"x3.75"  the smaller one is 1.25"x2.25"

You can start with any sized piece of paper or

card stock, as long as it is square.  This one is

5.25' square.

Fold square corner to corner and crease.

Then fold the opposite way and only put a small crease

in the center to show where the center of the 

square is.

I have marked the center here to show where it is.

For mine I measured 1.25" from the center on each side

along the crease and marked it with a pencil.

Now fold corner over to meet the pencil mark on the 

opposite side.

Fold both sides over in this manner.

If the corner is extending over the edge fold,

I snip it off, both inside and outside.

Now fold it along the crease and you have a cute

little pocket.

I glued my pocket backs together from top to bottom,

but if you'd like a little slide through area, you can

just glue them together at the peak area only.

This is a piece of paper I had in my handmade background

stash. I wish you could see the shine this has,

it's really beautiful in real life, but doesn't show

the shine in the photo.

I didn't like the back of the paper, as it was white and

a mess with random ink spots.
I took another scrap piece and glued it to the inside of the

pocket to cover the messy area.

Here are a few of the pockets I made in various sizes.

This is a larger pocket that I made with a piece that

was approximately 12"x12".

Again the back of the piece was a mess, so 
I cut off the top peaked part of the back and 

glued it inside the pocket.

Here you can see where I cut it off and then

glued the bottom to the back of the pocket.

I had 2 small pieces of background paper in my

stash that I made with shaving cream and alcohol inks.

I loved how they worked together, so I glued the 2 pieces back

to back to make this little pocket.

It turned out really cute, 

but.......

since it was 2 pieces glued together, they were a bit thick

and didn't fold well and split at the bottom.

I did score them first, but they still split.

So, just be aware that this can happen.

If you want the inside and outside looking

pretty, this may work with paper rather than card stock,

or you can use double sided paper or card stock

or use the method I used above.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have learned something new today

and maybe will give these little pockets a try.

Until next time,

make someone smile.

 

Multi gift card holder

Hello everyone!

I hope your Christmas shopping is done or going well.

As of this writing, I still have a bit to do

and one thing is to buy the gift cards for this 

little holder.

Every year we give my Aunt Marilyn, who is 93 yrs old,

gift cards.  I get several cards for restaurants like 

Subway and Wendy's for her.

She loves it and every year I come up with another 

gift card holder for her.

In the past I have done this one and this one

and this one and this one

and this year I made the one below.

I got the idea from Kristina Werner's blog

in her post for 

Day 5 of her Holiday Card Series

I made 2 of the double card holders and adhered them

to each other.

I then cut a cover for them and adhered the inside with

ATG tape.

I made a small "cover" for the edges of the 

part where they were taped together, just

to give a more finished look.

I threaded a piece of craft twine through a button,

used foam tape to adhere the button to the front of the 

card holder and wrapped the twine around the

card holder and then around under the button to hold

it closed.

I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.

Now I just have to get the cards for it and get it 

sent out to her with her other gifts.

Sure wish I could be there when she opens it.

I know she'll like the gift and she always 

appreciates the time I take to make a unique

card holder for her.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Not long until it will be Christmas,

my favorite holiday!

See you again soon.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

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Now that all the particulars are out of the way,

on to my projects.

I have 2 projects to share with you.

The first is a gift card holder/birthday card.

Since I don't have the equipment for a video,

this post is very heavy on pictures.

But hopefully you'll find it worth your time.

Starting with a piece of red card stock  11" x 4 1/4"

score along the long side at 2", 7 1/4" and 7 3/8"

The insert piece is white card stock cut to 6 1/2" x 3 3/4"

score along the long side at 1 3/4" and 6"

Burnish all the score lines.

(If you click on the picture,you can see that there are

actually 2 folds very close together.)

Using an We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

punch a notch 1" from each side on the smaller flap.

Use Washi Tape along the bottom of the small flap,

close to the fold.

The tape should go all the way around the card.

This is not only decorative, but it holds the flap closed.

I used 2 pieces of Washi Tape on my card I think it

gives it a bit more security and also looks more finished.

Place strong adhesive along the small flap of the 

insert piece of card stock.

I used Score Tape, but use whatever works for you.

Line up the edge of the insert right along the 7 3/8" fold.

Use Glue Dots at the corners of the flap that makes

the pocket.  This will make a pocket for the gift card.

The insert can now be slid into the pocket,

the card front will stay closed when 

tucked behind the center flap of the pocket.

To decorate the front of my card,

I cut 4 Happy Birthday sentiments with my 

Silhouette Cameo out of white card stock.

I ran them through my Xyron sticker machine

and layered them on top of one another.

I then coated them with VersaMark ink ,

covered them with silver embossing powder

and heat set them.

The Happy Birthday was adhered directly to the front

of the card.  I also cut some stars and

embossed them, they were adhered with foam tape.

On the inside of the card, I stamped

"Celebrate" which is from a very old

Scrappy Cat  stamp set.

You can see, when you open the card,

the pocket with the gift card pulls out.

Here is a side shot showing how the 

gift card goes down into the pocket.

I think my son will like this card,

I made it for him, we'll be celebrating his

birthday on Sunday.

Now for my 2nd project.

Did you know that you could stamp and use

Distress Crayons on canvas.

This is my first time doing this and I know

I'll be doing more of this technique.

This canvas is very small, only 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

First it needs to be prepped with Gesso.

The Distress Crayons blend out much better

when it has the base of Gesso.

I used a sponge paint brush,

but you can use whatever is available to apply

the Gesso, or whatever base you might like best.

Since this canvas is mounted on a wood frame,

I had to fill in the back with pieces of cardboard.

This gives a firm surface to stamp onto.

I used my Mini MISTI

to stamp one of the birds from 

Mini Bird Crazy set

onto the canvas with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

It did take a couple stampings since it was onto canvas.

(The set I have is not this same set, it is one that

I found that has 3 birds, 3 matching dies, a few 

word stamps and an embossing folder.

The set is called Bird Talk.)

I used the Distress Crayons and laid down a little

color around the sides of the bird.

Using my water brush I blended out the crayon.

This is what it blends out to with a little bit of water.

I then added another color and blended that out.

I dried the crayon between layers and continued to 

add color until I was satisfied with how the bird looked.

These are the colors I used for the project.

As you can see I colored some "dirt" under my bird

and "sky" on the rest of the canvas.

The sentiment are words from the 

Bird Talk set.

I did use the fine tip of a black Prismacolor Marker 

to go over the lines of the bird,

as the crayons did dull it a bit.

I'm very happy with how my little painting

turned out, especially for a first time effort.

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inspired in some way.

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