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  • Make a Wishby Christina Rannow

    Make a Wish
    by Christina Rannow

    Hello! Christina here to share a quick and easy birthday card featuring the Tall Party Candles craft dies. I’m always in need of more birthday cards, and this design is perfect for mass-producing. This card would work for just about anyone, plus you can customize it by changing up the candle colors. Let’s take a look at how this card came together!

    Like I said, this card is quick and easy. I started by die-cutting the candles from four different shades of blue cardstock. I think shades of pink or even a rainbow of colors would be pretty too. I wanted the flames to be yellow, so I die-cut the candles again, but from yellow cardstock. I snipped the flame pieces off the candles and attached them to the blue candles. 

    Next, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to approximately 3.75 x 5 inches and arranged the candles in the center. Before attaching them to the panel, I lightly blended yellow ink where the candle flames would be so they would have a bit of a glow. Then I attached the candles with glue and stamped a sentiment from the Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings stamp set just underneath them. 

    My final step was to attach the panel to an A2 side-fold card base. I used foam tape so the panel would pop off the card base for a little dimension to the design. And that’s all there is for this quick and easy birthday card. Thank you so much for checking it out!

    57576 Tall Party Candles
    CL8167 Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings
  • Penguin Wishesby Rosemary Dennis

    Penguin Wishes
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a card that could be used for a winter birthday or a friendship card. Let’s look at what I made.

    For my card today I used the Block Print Peaceful Penguin and Superb Penguin dies, as well as the Warm Wishes Dapper Script die set. These dies are from the winter release. I also used my favorite Wavy Hillside dies for the card. I started out by diecutting the pieces of my penguins.

    I die cut the bodies from white, the beaks and second layer from a medium yellow (from the Memory Box Sunset 6×6 pad) and then a gray cardstock from my stash. I used Black Soot distress oxide ink on the yellow second layer and the gray top layer to darken them up, but still have some of the yellow and gray in each penguin. I used Fired Brick distress oxide ink on the beaks.

    I let everything dry before adhering all the pieces with liquid adhesive. While the penguins were drying I die cut the wavy hill from Memory Box white woodgrain cardstock for some texture. A piece of light blue cardstock was die cut and then I did some light ink blending of a blue distress oxide ink around the edges. I don’t know what blue it is because I just used the residual ink on my blending brush for a soft look.

    I added a little bit to the Wavy Hillside, as well. For the penguins I added a little bit of Pumice Stone distress oxide and then used the blue, again, over that. I layered the hillside onto the light blue panel with glue and then added my penguins, also with glue.

    I finished off the card with the sentiment. I die cut the shadow layer from the same light blue cardstock as the background and the word layer from white cardstock. I adhered the words to the shadow layer with liquid adhesive and then adhere the sentiment to my card with liquid adhesive.

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Have a wonderful day!

    57641 Block Print Peaceful Penguin
    57653 Warm Wishes Dapper Script
    57639 Block Print Superb Penguin
    57563 Wavy Hillside

  • Cozy Winter Bear | by Toni M Maddox

    Cozy Winter Bear | by Toni M Maddox

    Are you staying cozy this season, my friends? Toni here and I’m loving the cold weather (from inside by the fire cuddling with my cat, of course). For today’s card, we have a winter scene.

    First, the Pinpoint Contour Plate sponged in blue and spattered with water and Copic Opaque White reminds me of a blustery day.

    On top of that I added a couple of Wavy Hillsides and Block Print Evergreen Trees.

    But, the Block Print Polar Bear, disguised as a brown bear, is all ready for winter dressed warmly in his Block Print Hats and Scarves.

    You know my love of pink so I had to match his winter accessories to the Warm Wishes Dapper Script sentiment.

    Feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of supplies used and to check out my other creations.

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!

    Supplies

    57653 Warm Wishes Dapper Script

    57648 Block Print Evergreen Trees

    57637 Block Print Hats and Scarves

    57638 Block Print Polar Bear

    57563 Wavy Hillside

    57511 Pinpoint Contour Plate

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  • An Autumn Tufted Bird | by Christina Rannow

    An Autumn Tufted Bird | by Christina Rannow

    Hello! Christina here to share an autumn-themed card that I designed by combining an unexpected trio of die sets. I chose the Tufted Bird from the Block Print collection and nestled him in some fall foliage that I created with the Rosebud Arch and Mixed Berry Contour Layers die sets. These very different sets combined beautifully and make for a lovely autumn card. Let’s take a look at how it came together.

    I started by die-cutting the elements for the Tufted Bird from white cardstock. I used a variety of Distress Inks and small blending brushes to ink up the diecut pieces and then assembled them, securing them with glue. 

    Next, I die-cut the elements from the Rosebud Arch and Mixed Berry die sets from more white cardstock. I used the same process for these diecuts as I did for the Tufted Bird. I inked all the pieces with Distress Inks and then assembled the Mixed Berries components. 

    For the background panel, I inked a pale jade color in the center of an A2 card panel with a very light hand and let the edges softly blend out. Then I lightly spattered the panel with the same ink color for a little texture and interest. 

    Lastly, I arranged the foliage and berries on the background panel and added the tufted bird nestled in the center. The final detail was to stamp a simple sentiment from the Sentimental Banners set from Poppy Stamps using a chocolate brown ink.

    Thank you so much for checking out my autumn-themed card that I created by mixing and matching some unexpected die sets. See you again soon!

  • Passion Flower Note Card | by Toni M Maddox

    Passion Flower Note Card | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, friends! I felt liked I needed a little change of pace from nautical cards so worked up this simple floral notecard.

    I sponged the Memory Box Kraft Woodgrain Paper with Catherine Pooler Macchiato ink.

    Next, I cut out the Block Print Passion Fruit Flower and Abundant Branch from Memory Box Powder Blue, Summer Squash and Lavender Bloom cardstocks, sponging CP inks for shading.

    I cut an aperture for the Vintage Everyday Greetings sentiment using the outline die then stamped the sentiment using CP Macchiato.

    Once all the elements were in place, I spattered the card front here and there for added interest.

    Feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of supplies used and to check out my other creations.

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!

    Supplies

    57597 Block Print Passion Fruit Flower

    57575 Abundant Branch

    8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings clear stamp and die set

    SH44006 Leaf Sprout Paper Pack

    SH44011 Powder Blue Paper Pack

    SH44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack

    SH44013 Lavender Bloom Paper Pack

    SH44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

  • Passion Flower Hello | by Rosemary Dennis

    Passion Flower Hello | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today sharing a card that features the beautiful Block Print Passion Fruit Flower die set, as well as the Linear Stripes Stencil. Let’s have a look at what I created.

    For this card I went with cardstock in shades of teal. I used the Memory Box Lagoon cardstock pack, as well as a small amount of green and yellow. I die cut all the flowers from three shades and then mixed and matched to create my flowers.

    I then die cut a panel of white cardstock and used the Linear Stripes stencil along with teal stencil paste to create my background. I can be a little messy with stencil paste so there are little spots where there is extra paste, lol!

    As I waited for the panel to dry I adhered all my flowers together with glue and then determined how I would arrange them on the panel. For the sentiment I used the cute Rainbow Days Lingo Notes stamp set. I stamped the word “hello” in black ink,colored it very simply with one Copic marker in a shade of teal that coordinated with the flowers and then die cut it with the matching die.

    I adhered the panel to a white cardstock base and then arranged the flowers. The flowers were adhered with glue. The sentiment was adhered with thin foam squares.

    Well, that is it for me. I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day.

  • Birthday Fishes | by Rosemary Dennis

    Birthday Fishes | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello, hello! Have you seen the new Birch Press Design release? It is full of absolutely amazing fish themed designs. I have so many ideas rolling around in my head. I’m starting off with a fairly simple design today. Let’s have a look.

    When my package arrived in the mail my niece and her family were on a vacation in Bali. The photos she shared on Instagram got some ideas going and one of them was this card. Along with all the dies there is a really fun stencil set that allows you to create beams of sunlight shining in the ocean. I immediately knew I was going to use the stencils for my card.

    I inked up my panel of cardstock with Tumbled Glass distress oxide ink and then used on of the stencils and Peacock Feathers distress oxide ink to add the sunlight streaming into the water. Once that was done I splatted the panel with water to create little bubbles.

    I then inkblended another panel with Mowed Lawn distress oxide ink, Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey. I die cut the kelp and little fish from that panel using the new Sea Kelp and Mini Fish die set. I added a bit of a darker green distress oxide ink (I don’t remember which one) to the kelp for some color variation.

    The I figured out the arrangement of the kelp and fish. Since this card was going to my great niece who was on vacation in Bali with her parents I found a round Memory Box Tabs birthday sentment and inked it up with some of the green ink. I purposefully chose the sentiment tab with the wavy birthday to mimic the ocean waves. I adhered everything to my panel with glue and then added it to a cardstock base.

    I just love how this turned out. Well, that’s it for me. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

  • Rainbow Heart Hello | by Toni M Maddox

    Rainbow Heart Hello | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, friends! Toni here with the first of two cards using the Linear Stripes stencil.

    For this first card, I used the stencil along with Catherine Pooler inks to color up a white card base. I allowed the inks to blend every few lines to create a rainbow effect.

    I then repositioned the stencil so I could repeat the process, creating a gorgeous gradient. I love the blending of the colors so very much!

    I applied ink in a gradient pattern on the Block Print Garden Heart leaves as well as the Sugar Script Big Hello to blend in a bit with the stripes behind it.

    I used vellum behind as the Block Print Garden Heart base because obviously more rainbow showing the better!

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!

    Supplies

    57589 Block Print Garden Heart

    57201 Big Hello Sugar Script

    42041 Linear Stripes

    SH44009 Pool Party Paper Pack

    SH44019 Golden Wheat Paper Pack

    SH44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack

  • Dot Painted Butterfly | by Toni M Maddox

    Dot Painted Butterfly | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, friends! Toni here with you today. You may recall I said I’d made a second card using the Linear Stripes stencil. Let’s dive right in!

    Once I’d sponged up the card front of my previous card shown below, I noticed I had a LOT of ink left on the stencil. I certainly didn’t want all that inky goodness to go to waste so I spritzed the stencil with a bit of water and used it to smoosh a piece of Strathmore Bristol.

    Once that had dried, leaving me with subtle rainbow lines, I embossed the panel with a textured linen embossing folder. I also cut it out using a deckle edge rectangle die.

    Next I constructed the Block Print Radiant Butterfly using a black glitter cardstock as the base.

    I had recently seen a video about dot painting on canvas and thought I would try it on the butterfly using Art by Marlene neon acrylic paints and a stylus I had from ancient times when you had to emboss by hand (gasp!). Neat!

    I diecut the Sugar Script Big Hugs sentiment from the same black glitter cardstock as the butterfly then topped it with an embossed Vintage Everyday Greeting.

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!

    Supplies

    57600 Block Print Radiant Butterfly

    57138 Big Hugs Sugar Script

    42041 Linear Stripes

    CL8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings

    SH44017 Orange Peel Paper Pack

    SH44008 Deep Turquoise Paper Pack