Card - Thinking of You - Heart Gate Fold

I saw some dies that made gate-fold cards and I thought it would be fun to make one. Making this card brought back memories of making cards like this when I was little. I cut a strip from an A4 piece of card brief and not having a heart die, I traced a heart onto the cardstock. I cut the heart halfway out on both ends and cut a slit halfway up and down the heart. I covered the half hearts with patterned paper and decorated the front of the card. This card would be pretty for a little girls birthday.

Have a beautiful day!

Theta


*Supplies:

• Lawn Fawn - Hats Off to You
• Hero Arts - Tag Collage AC024
• Sizzix -Phrases 658838; Borders 659200; Carte Postale 660253
• American Crafts Becky Higgins Project Life Dies
• Master Color Card 180 gsm pink - envelope
• Ikea gold card
• ROCO brief card 180 gsm - card base
• SBC Woven Silver Tape
• Kuretake Zig Wink of Luna Gold Brush
• Papercraft Inspirations - Gift Paper Issue 161 February 2017
• Tsukineko - Memento Ink: Lady Bug MD300 and Elderberry MD507; - StazOn Jet Black

Card - Smile for Coffee Friends

I made a set of 6 of these cards to give to friends. I only had 4 gold doilies so for 2 of the cards I painted a white doily, layered a die-cut heart doily over it, and then put the eyelet circle with the coffee element over that. I like the way the cards came out and hope the recipients like them.

Have a lovely day!

Theta



*Supplies:

• Strathmore Bristol Paper
• Spellbinders - Heart Circles
• Lawn Fawn Dies - Love You A Latte
• Sizzix - I Love You & Happy Anniversary 658836
• Echo Park - Eyelet Circle Nesting Die Set
• Al Bayader - 4.5" Round Gold Doilies
• Momenta Cardstock - Songbird 8.5x11"
• Fabriano Avana Cardstock 
• Daiso Banner Washi tape
• Ranger Diamond Stickles
• Tsukineko StazOn - Jet Black & Rich Cocoa
• Rembrandt Water Colors
• Ranger Ink Blending Tool
• Ikea kids shiny gold paper

Glass cup etching

Every now and then the glasses I get from IKEA get chipped or broken and have to be replenished. In our house people leave their cup somewhere and plan on using it again. If several are put in the same place such as the dining table or the counter, the cups get mixed up. To prevent this confusion (and cooties), whenever I get a group of glasses I etch them with my dremel. Initially I looked for etching cream, but they don't sell it here conviently (in other words, I have to make a special trip downtown into amazingly bad gridlocked traffic just to find out the art store is sold out.) The art guy said he had a glass and metal engraver, so I used that (berating myself for leaving my Dremel in Hawaii, not that it would have fit in my luggage...). Eventually I bought a Dremel here and can now happily while away hours etching everything I can get my hands on :) At any rate here is the new crop of glasses:

Have a beautiful day!

Theta