Stacked with Love

I am participating in a Valentine's Card Swap, and thought I'd share the card I made. I really wanted to emboss the hearts or the red strip, but I could not find my multipurpose platform anywhere. It is probably hiding somewhere in my disaster strewn craft room! 

I used the dryer sheet method to cut out the love.  I took one dryer sheet and folded into 3 layers. Then set up my sandwich as follows: magnetic platform, cutting pad, dryer sheet, paper, "love" Thinlit, cutting pad. Then run it through. The "love" stuck to the dryer sheet, while everything else peeled away easily. Then I just peeled off the love. I didn't have to fiddle with wax paper, poking the holes out, etc. I don't know who developed this method, but it is amazing.

These are the supplies I used to make this:

Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101910] $7.95	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482] $6.95	Stacked With Love Designer Series Paper Stack [137779] $6.95	Expressions Thinlits Dies [132171] $24.95
Full Heart Punch [119883] $16.95	Silver Glimmer Paper [135314] $4.95	Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246] $4.95	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $3.95

Owl Card

I mentor a new teacher at my school, and she just celebrated her birthday this past week. She is really into owls, and I seen this design on Pinterest from addINKtive designs a couple of months ago. I just love the way it turned out. Once I had all the supplies together, it only took me about 20 minutes to put the whole thing together. Click the link below to get the recipe to make this adorable card. 

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Product List

• Baked Brown Sugar Classic Stampin' Pad
• Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen
• Baked Brown Sugar 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
• Basic Black 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
• Retro Fresh Designer Series Paper
• Very Vanilla 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Stamping Sponges
• Sticky Strip
• 1 Inch Circle Punch
• 1-1/4 Inch Circle Punch
• 1-3/4 Inch Scallop Circle Punch
• 2-1/2 Inch Circle Punch
• 3/4 Inch Circle Punch
• Full Heart Punch
• Small Heart Punch
• Top Note Stampin' Up! Bigz Die

Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com

Retro Fresh Perpetual Calendar

Project Recipe:

tams# 465

Product List

• Baked Brown Sugar 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131296]
• Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131197]
• Daffodil Delight 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [119683]
• Retro Fresh Designer Series Paper [132993]
• Paper Snips [103579]
• Simply Scored [122334]
• Sticky Strip [104294]
• Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive [110755]
• Decorative Label Punch [120907]
• On Film Framelits Dies [132969]

For the cubes: 

1.    With the 8" side across the top of the scoreboard, score 2 sheets of the Baked Brown Sugar at 1/2", 3", 5.5", and 8". Then turn the paper so that the long edge is on the top of the scoreboard and score at 1/2",3", 5.5", 8", and 10-1/2".

2.     Referring to the Box template, carefully trim off the grayed out areas. Note that the solid lines represent cut lines and the dotted lines represent score lines. Then add Sticky Strip tape to the back sides of the tabs, and assemble.

3.    The cube mats are 2-1/4" squares.
To mat the numbers, I used the Decorative Label Punch and cut out 12 labels from Daffodil Delight, and another 12 out of Bermuda Bay. I cut the Bermuda Bay in half to make a mat for the Daffodil Delight.
I had to use my cricut to cut the numbers. The first block has numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and the second block has numbers 0, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8.

For Base 1: 

4.    Cut the 3rd piece of Baked Brown Sugar into a 5 -3/5' by 11". With the 11" side across the top of the scoreboard, score at 1/2", 2-1/2", 3-1/8", and 5-7/8".
Add sticky strip to the 1/2" flap. Fold the flap backwards and adhere the edge of the 1/2" flap to the edge of the 5-7/8" score line.

For Base 2:

5.    Take the remaining piece (2-5/8" x 11") of Baked Brown Sugar, and with the long edge along the top of the scoreboard, Score at 2-3/4" and 8-1/4".
Then turn the paper so the short edge is along the top of the scoreboard, and score at 1/2".  Next cut off the top half of each end section, cutting from the top inside corner to the bottom outside. See the Base 2 template for further detail. Add sticky strip to the 1/2" tabs and adhere to the bottom of Base 1.

Embellishments:

6.    Cut six pieces (2" x 2-3/8") of Daffodil Delight. These will be used for the months. (one month per side) Use whatever you have to put the months on. I know I have some rub-ons somewhere, but in this case I used photopolymer alphabet stamps with Baked Brown Sugar ink. These pieces can be stored under the blocks.

7.    I used the On Film Framelits to embellish this calendar. The goal is to eventually place a picture of me and my husband in one of the filmstrips. The other filmstrip is for changing the Month. I used 1/8th inch score tape on three of the outer edges of the horizontal film strip. This allows me to swap out the months.

Box Card

After watching a video by Tanya Bell, I decided to give the Box Card a try.

Products Used:
Cardstock for base is Crisp Cantaloupe  (131298; $6.95)
Designer Series Paper is Sweet Sorbet in the upcoming Sale-A-Bration starting on Jan. 28th.
Stamp Set is Secret Garden (131940; $25.95 or 129144; $18.95)
Secret Garden Framelits (129372; $24.95)
Inks: Summer Starfruit (126991; $5.95),
            Crisp Cantaloupe (131176; $5.95),
            Pool Party (126982; $5.95)

Front View

Top View

My husband was so impressed that he asked me to make him one involving music. My creative juices are flowing now! Stay tuned for the Music Box card! ;-)

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Gated Fancy Fold Card

This card uses my favorite bundle, Festive Flurries, from the new Holiday Catalog. The magnetic Platform came in handy for making both the gate and the snowflakes.

Card base is Coastal Cabana (131297, $6.95) cut to 11" x 4-1/2"
Score the card base at 2-3/4" and 8-1/4"

The decorative sides are Winter Frost DSP (132341, $12.95)  2-1/2" x 4" 

The gate is made using the Framelits Labels Collection (125598, $26.95)

The snowflakes are made using the Festive Flurries Stamps & Framelits. You save 15% by buying the Bundle (W-133284, $54.95 or C-133285, $46.95)

The greeting is from Petite Pairs (W-128706, $28.95) or (C-122497, $20.95). 

Ink is Costal Cabana (121175, $5.95) and Bermuda Bay (131171, $5.95)

I used the Frosted Finishes Embellishments (132150, $6.95) on the Snowflake in the front. They come 12 to a pack. I also dabbed some Dazzling Details (124117, $2.50) on the tips of the snowflakes. 

Sunburst

After going to a card class hosted by my creative upline, I came home and still had the itch for crafting. I made two cards. The first card uses the Star-burst or Sunburst technique. I had been wanting to try this technique for some time.

To make this card you need:

• 4 pieces of Designer Series Paper (DSP) that measure 1-1/2" x 4"
• 1" x 5" piece of DSP 
• 3-1/2" x 4-1/2" Scrap of Paper
• 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Cardstock 
• 3/4" x 5-1/4" piece of Cardstock
• Glue Stick (104045, $3.95)

1. Cut each of 4 pieces of DSP diagonally (top left corner to bottom right corner). This Creates the rays. 
2. Use the Glue Stick to cover one side of the Scrap piece of paper.
3. Place two different triangles on the middle of the Scrap Paper so that straight edges are butted up against each other, and the tips over hang just a tad. 
4. Continue adding the triangles to the scrap piece of paper until it is completely covered. It will look really messy as some rays will become shorter or longer depending on how you line them up. 
5. To trim down the rays, first cut the bottom so that  you have a straight edge to work. Next, cut one of the short sides. Now you need to pay attention to the measurements. The rays on this card were cut down to 2-1/2" x 5".
6. Punch the Scalloped Circle out of the middle of the large piece of cardstock. 
7. Now, assemble the card based on the picture. 

Here are the products that I used to make my card:

Paper: Modern Medley (126926, $10.95)

           Basic Black (121045, $6.95)
           Very Vanilla (100730, $8.50)
Punches: 1-3/4" Scallop Circle (119854, $16.95)
              1-1/4" Circle (119861, $15.95)
Stamp: Petite Pairs (wood 128706, $28.95; clear 122497, $20.95)
Ink: Basic Black (126980, $5.95)

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