Category: Nora Noll

  • A Block Print Birthday Card by Nora Noll

    A Block Print Birthday Card
    by Nora Noll

    Hello Crafty Friends!! Nora here on the blog with a block print card inspired by Pinterest.

    I don’t know about you but I love to browse Pinterest when I need some creative inspiration. One topic I love to flip through is patterns. I often am inspired by the colors or the fun way that botanicals are used in various impressions. I wanted to use the Fall Leaves (57698) dies to make a Birthday Card. The colors and block design in the card I created for today’s post is inspired by one of those patterns.

    I started off using the Fall Leaves dies to cut leaves from various colors of cardstock scraps. Some of the leaves I cut from two different colors of paper. I then cut one of the leaves apart and adhered it on top of another.

    Next I cut pieces into blocks using the same colors of cardstock that I cut the leaves from. I paired each block with a specific leaf, making sure that it fit on top. On some of the blocks, I added paper strips and others I just left plain.

    I adhered my leaves over the squares. I then took some time to arrange the blocks so that they were pleasing to my eye. I think this was what took the longest out of all my steps.

    I glued the blocks to a white piece of 4” by 5 ¼” piece of white cardstock. I then adhered the card front to an A2, top folding, navy card base.

    To complete my card, I used the Elegant Birthday Sentiment (8166) clear stamps to stamp one of the sentiments in navy blue underneath the leaves arrangement. I had fun using the Fall Leaves in such an unusual way. 

    I hope that my card inspires you to look at the dies you have and use them in a different way. I want to thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!

    8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments clear stamp and die set
    57698 Fall Leaves
  • Block Print Round Mushrooms Card by Nora Noll

    Block Print Round Mushrooms Card
    by Nora Noll

    Hello Crafty Friends!! Nora, from A Creative Touch here with you today sharing a fun card using the Birch Press Design Block Print Round Mushrooms, Big Hello Vintage Sentiment and the Loop Stitch Frames.

    I started off my card by dragging a Distress Ink across a panel of white cardstock vertically and horizontally. The panel was just a touch smaller than A2 size. The panel was then adhered to an A2 top folding white card base.

    Next I die cut a Loop Stitch Frame (57688) from white cardstock. I adhered this over the inked card front.

    I set the card aside and cut the bottom of my mushrooms using the Block Print Mushrooms (57610) die out of cream cardstock. I cut the tops of my mushrooms from three different ranges of red cardstock.

    I then used some Distress Ink to shade in both the top and bottom of the mushrooms. I added some white gel pen on each of the three mushroom caps.

    I adhered all three of the mushrooms over the top of the Loop Stitch Frame. I use foam adhesive to adhere two of the mushroom caps and glue to adhere the third.

    To finish my card, I used foam adhesive to adhere Big Hello Vintage Sentiment (57549) that I die cut from black and a dark red cardstock. I added some little gel print doodles to my sentiment to give it some pizzazz.

    I love how this came out. Mushrooms are so in right now and this simple design was really fun to use. 

    Thank you for stopping by.

    57610 Block Print Round Mushrooms
    57549 Big Hello Vintage Sentiment
    57688 Loop Stitch Frames
  • Birthday Greetings by Nora Noll

    Birthday Greetings
    by Nora Noll

    Can you ever have too many Birthday cards in your supply? Nora here on the Blog with a simple Birthday card using some of products from recent releases.

    I started off by using the Ornamental Branch die to cut two branches out of white cardstock. I then did some ink blending to color the boughs green. I glued the branches to the top left and the bottom right of an A2, top folding white card base.

    Next I cut the Block Print Sleek Bird out of white cardstock and used Copic markers to color the bird in. I glued the bird together and adhered it to the top left of the card.

    I stamped the Elegant Birthday Sentiment in brown ink and cut it with the matching die. I used the same sentiment die and cut three more out of white cardstock. I adhered all four of the sentiment pieces together and then glued it to my card front.

    My last step was to adhere some jewels randomly across the card front. This card was easy enough to create a few to have in your stash!

    I hope that this card inspires you to create your own Birthday cards. Thank you for stopping by. Have a fabulous day.

    8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments clear stamp and die set
    57696 Block Print Sleek Bird
    57601 Ornamental Branch
  • A Bokeh Hello by Nora Noll

    A Bokeh Hello
    by Nora Noll

    Hello friends!! Nora here on the blog today with my first card as a Design Team Member!! I used the Bokeh Stencil Set (42048) with the Ornamental Branch die (57601), the Big Hello Vintage Sentiment die (57549) and the Loop Stitch Frames (57688) to create a simple card.

    I started off my card by ink blending aqua ink on a 4” by 3” piece of white cardstock. I then adhered the paper to an A2 sized white card base.

    Next I created a frame out of white cardstock using two of the Loop Stitch dies. I adhered the frame over the top of the aqua on the card front.

    I used the Ornamental Branch and cut a bough out of white cardstock. I adhered the branch over the left side of the Loop Frame.

    I had so much fun using the Bokeh Stencil Set to stencil a small piece of white cardstock. I actually used the stencil by lifting it up and moving it over and over to get the circles where I wanted them to go.

    I used the Big Hello Vintage Sentiment outline die to cut the “hello” out of the stenciled paper. I used the solid sentiment die to cut four, white sentiment bases. I adhered the bases together and then glued the bokeh hello over the top.

    I added my sentiment to the front of the card and finished it up by adhering some ombre pearls randomly across the card front.

    This was a fun card to make. I have never used a stencil to create paper for a die cut sentiment and I will be using this technique again in the future. I think it has a big impact for any card front.

    I hope that my card has inspired you to try this fun technique. I thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day.

    42048 Bokeh Stencil Set
    57688 Loop Stitch Frames
    57601 Ornamental Branch
    57549 Big Hello Vintage Sentiment