Card - Enjoy the Little Things

I had lots of green butterfly wings sitting on my desk and I thought they would be pretty in a wreath around the Anna Griffin Medallion. The medallion came with my mini minc foiling machine and after foiling the piece I colored it with alcohol markers. I die-cut a leaf shape and used it as a stencil then put the butterfly wings and antenna on top. Then I layered some leaves on top. I used foam tape under the medallion and stamped my sentiment on some acetate I had cut out with a scalloped edge die. Lastly I glued down three purple dots I made from beads.

Have a great day!

Theta

*Supplies -

• Strathmore Bristol paper
• ROCO Card Brief
• Sizzix 
• Thinlets Tim Holtz Garden Greens 661206 - Used as a stencil
• Framelets circles, scallop 657552
• Tsukineko 
• Momento Ink:
• MD-701 Cottage Ivy
• MD-707 Bamboo Leaves
• StazOn Ink:
• SZ31 Jet Black
• Winsor & Newton Brushmarkers
• Minc Machine & Anna Griffin shapes
• Penny Black Swirling Wings 51-137
• Kaisercraft Watercolour Friends DD913

Card - So Grateful Friend

Here is another friendship card I will be giving out. On this card I used the flowers and stems I had been experimenting with using the Kaisercraft Watercolor Friends stamp and die set. This set is a layering stamp set with 3 stamps for the flower and 2 for the leaves. The idea is to use one color, often the lightest, for the base shape and subsequently darker colors for the next layers. I used a lighter color for the base, darker for the petal definition, and instead of black or dark brown a metallic yellow. I ended up stamping the yellow 2 to 3 times to get the coverage I wanted. These stamps are pretty easy to line up and I like that the flower doesn't have a uniform shape as this makes it much easier to line the die up correctly.

Have a wonderful friend filled day!

Theta

*Supplies:

• Lawn Fawn - Grassy Hillside Borders
• Kaisercraft - Watercolour Friends, DD913
• Tsukkineko Momento Ink - 
• MD-607 Nautical Blue
• MD-301 Rhubarb Stalk
• MD-300 Lady Bug
• MD-701 Cottage Ivy
• MD-707 Bamboo Leaves
• BD-11 Sunflower Yellow
• StazOn Jet Black
• Sakura Gelly Roll - Stardust
• Sikorea Jelly Gel metallic - green, blue, and gold
• Letraset Promarker - Black
• Colorbok Paper Pad Delilah 12x12
• Strathmore Bristol Paper
• ROCO Card Brief
• Ranger Blender Tool - Round

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 - Box Garden

Pop-up Box Card

I decided to try my hand at a pop-up box card. Many of the cards of this style I have seen have an equal amount of box top and bottom. I wanted more space on the top to decorate, so I made my card base with a short box bottom and a tall box top. This meant that the flaps angle out nicely from the box and there was plenty space to decorate the top. I thought it would be fun to put a garden in the box and have insects and things pop up and out. For instance, the dragonfly is on a piece of acetate so it looks like it's suspended above the garden. I had fun making this card and probably filled it too full... Oh well, perhaps it is overgrown because currently we are living in a desert and it is usually pretty hot and brown.

Have a beautiful day!

Theta


*Supplies:

• Lawn Fawn - Gleeful Gardens & Grassy Border
• Sizzix - Tim Holtz Garden Greens Thinlets 661206; Hampton Arts Hello Spring 659094
• Hero Arts - Mason Jar Bugs
• LDRS - Postage Stamps 2523
• Momenta - Tree Die 23138R5
• Inkadinkadoo - Refresh Collection Mini Tree
• Kuretake - Zig Wink of Luna Gold
• Sikorea - Jelly-Gel Purple
• ROCO - Brief Card Colored
• Derwent - Inktense Blocks 24 pcs.
• Tsukineko - StazOn Jet Black

Happy Birthday Interactive Card

Every one I sent/gave this happy birthday card to has received theirs, so I decided to post it even though I may make some more. Getting the pictures lined up in order has been a challenge and I am not sure if they will stay in the proper order...

Card front: The recipient's name goes in the rectangular space

First page: quote and card slipped behind ribbon

Internal card open

Second page and a half page on the right. On the left, the two envelope flap lifts up. More quotes.

Open envelopes reveal goodies like this Happy Birthday banner. The big envelope contains notes.

Half page turned. Quotes and a packet of confetti.

Third page: quotes and things to wear, a pin and a crown

Fun things to wear :)

Have a great day!

Theta

Materials:

Paper: Recollections - Michaels; Cardstock - Fabriano; Orange - Leeno; Light blue and White - ROCO
Elements: myplannerenvy.com; Bring on the Cake Journalers - katehadfielddesigns.com; Project life Cards - onevelvetmorning; Lunchbox notes - ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com; Birthday Wishes Freebie 1 - Kath K Designs; Label - blog.worldlabel.com; tickets - sgtstamper; Happy & Bright Birthday Tags - iheartrosemarywatson.blogspot.com; motivational planner stickers - beautyholicsanonymous.com/2015/08/free-download-motivational-printable-stickers-planner/
Gems: SBC and China
Stickers: Twin Seven, Modern, SBC; Gold Notarial - MACO
Pens: Silver and blue - Jelly-Gel, Sikorea; White - Gelly Roll, Sakura; Black - Micron; Letraset Promarker
Pop-up crown - littlegreenbox.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/a-royal-crown-pop-up-card/
Cover Label, pieced - Dove
Ribbon: Blue Satin - Moonflower, China; Blue Sparkle - Momotara
Glue: Glue stick and Power contact adhesive (I found out I have a sneezing, runny nose allergy to UHU contact adhesive that overcomes Claritin and Benadryl, so I have to use it infrequently and sparingly now that I know)  - UHU; 2-way clear glue - Scotch
Envelope patterns: mine :)
Ink: all ink - Memento, Tsukineko
Stamps: Happy Birthday - Fiskars; Star - Classic Wood Stamp Set, China
Binding: CombBind, GBC
Front Closure:
Bead: Old World Beads - The Beadery
Elastic: Red and White and Blue and White - UI LI, China

Please forgive me and notify me if I've missed anything or if you have any questions...

Paper purse

I made these purses last month and I think I'll send them out in some spring Happy Mail.

Purse Template: Fun-Stuff-to-Do.com
Leaves: Crafticious
Flowers: melstampz
Butterflies: stampomania
White and colored paper: ROCO
Cream Cardstock: SBC
Ribbon: China
Ink: Tsukineko
Crystals: Say it in Crystals, China

They turned out really cute. I printed out butterflies in different colors for each purse. I wonder what I'll put in them... hmmm, that will be a surprise.

Have a great day!

Theta

One Card 3 versions

Yesterday I made these cards from a card design I saw in Stamptington & Company's magazine Take Ten or Stamper's Sampler. I can't seem to find the card I took the design from which is a bit of a bummer, because I really like the way my cards turned out and I'd like to give my source credit. I also stamped the animal inside the card.

One of the twelve cards is already in an envelope ready to give my neighbor. During Eid they brought over some mutton for us. It was a mixed bag of ribs and backbone. I ended up cooking them like my mom does spareribs: boil for an hour, smother them in Mrs. Chans (an old neighbor of ours) sweet and sour sauce, then bake for another hour. They were quite yummy and interestingly enough, after all the cooking and baking, they had lost most of their sheep flavor.

Have a wonderful day!

Theta

Note: I found the card design! - Take Ten, summer 2015, pg. 19: Relax and Chair Up - Beverly Sizemore

Materials:
Patterned paper - Colorbok: Hootenanny
Ink - Tsukineko: Memento
Cardstock - White and Cream: ROCO; Brown: Fabriano: Cartacrea
Rhinstones - unknown
Stamps - Owl, Cat, Butterfly: Inkadinkado

ATC Flower #16

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 I was having so much fun highlighting everything (well, nearly everything...) that I bough some Canson 145 lbs A4 paper in BLACK and cut it into ATCs. Naturally I went ot town for a few days... My Sakura Gelly Roll was put to good use, then I got into my Pentel, Zebra, and Roco gel pens. The gold and silver Pentel Hybrid Gels look great on the black paper. It is interesting to see my flowers in negative space.

Have a great day!

Theta

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