By Card Making and Paper Crafts Contributor Heidi. Follow Heidi on Instagram @bluescallopcreations.
Foiling is such a fun way to add elegance to your card designs. For today’s project I decided to add some golden glam to this Sizzix Framelits Card Drop In Thank You die. The great thing about this die is it pretty much does all the work for you. You just add the special touches. I’ll be using some gold foil along with some vellum and iCraft Deco Foil Adhesive Foam.
By Card Making and Paper Crafts Contributor Heidi. Follow Heidi on Instagram @bluescallopcreations.
This time of year brings lots of cookouts and fun activities at friends’ and families’ homes—especially for the 4th of July. It’s always nice to bring a dish or small gift for the host, so why not include a fun little note as well? I found a great way to use the Sizzix Scribbles & Splat die cut set just for this purpose.
I thought a shaker card would be fun, but I didn’t have any type of firecracker die to use as an opening. Cut to me flipping through my dies and I came across this die set. Great for backgrounds, but why not try the “splat” for my fireworks I thought?
I took a panel of white cardstock and die cut 2 of the “splats” onto it at a diagonal.
To create my shaker, I adhered some clear cardstock over the back of the panel and added foam tape around the edges making sure the corners touched.
Before covering my blue notecard with the shaker window, I adhered some white cardstock to the front and poured some multicolored seed beads onto it. Be sure to add a lot, because you want to be able to see them (they roll around a lot). I chose the beads because they make a fun sound that kind of mimics the sound of fireworks.
To finish off the card, I added sentiments and stars using some 4thof July themed stickers from Sticko.
Here’s another version where I covered the small holes with silver Stickles glitter glue. You could try other colors too to see what works.
Thanks for joining me today. I hope your summer is getting off to a great start!
By Card Making & Scrapbooking Contributor
Peg Rounds
Sometimes it’s fun to create your own backgrounds for your cards and other times you aren’t able to find just the right paper design you are wanting. Here is a simple way to create a striped background using your Distress Inks by Ranger to create just the background you want. It’s perfect for any theme and occasion when you need a card.
By Card Making and Paper Crafts Contributor Heidi. Follow Heidi on Instagram @bluescallopcreations.
I love glitter not only for its sparkle, but also for all the fun color options that are available. For my project today, I’m using some neon colored glitters along with a pretty stencil from Echo Park called Classy Fan. I’ll be adhering the glitter using translucent embossing paste. It’s perfect, because it’s clear and acts as a really strong glue for all that gorgeous glitter.
By Card Making and Paper Crafts Contributor Heidi. Follow Heidi on Instagram @bluescallopcreations.
Sometimes a stamp is just so pretty it can stand alone simply being stamped with black ink. I do this sometimes with my stamps and I love the look. I do like to add pops of color here and there though for highlight. This stamp from Inkadinkado called Fancy Fauna is perfect for this technique.
I chose the butterfly from the set, stamped it twice across a 4.25x 5.5” notecard with Versamark ink, and heat embossed it with black embossing powder. My stamp platform helped me get a crisp impression.
To add my color, I cut two circle masks from scrap paper using 2 sizes of circle dies and gathered 3 colors of Distress Oxide Ink. I really like this color combo of Peacock Feathers, Spiced Marmalade and Picked Raspberry.
I then simply blended the ink colors over the butterflies using the masks. I connected the larger circle and smaller one and then left another smaller circle by itself for better flow.
I didn’t want to cover the entire butterflies with the circles—just parts of them.
I chose a sentiment from a Hampton Art stamp set, but trimmed it so it would fit in the area I needed. I do this a lot and you can easily put the stamp back to where it was and it will stamp like you didn’t even cut it.
Here’s a final look at my project. I hope you’ll try this technique with some of your favorite stamps. You could even try different shapes like squares or triangles. Thanks for joining me today!
By Card Making & Scrapbooking Contributor
Peg Rounds
Are you looking for something other than the normal size card to make? This is just what you are looking for to bring more fun to your card making! This Twisted Gatefold technique gives a whole new look to a card and it’s easy to make.
By Card Making and Paper Crafts Contributor Heidi. Follow Heidi on Instagram @bluescallopcreations.
As summer draws closer, so does kids’ birthday party season. I have a great way to get yourself prepared with a ready made card and tag set using a simple 6 x 6 patterned paper pad and a fun interactive die. Patterned paper pads are great because you have everything you need to make quick DIY crafts with little effort. All the fun colors and even some sentiments are right there for you to cut and paste! For my projects today, I used the Sizzix Stephanie Barnard Framelits Card Drop In-Thank You die set along with the Pebbles Happy Hooray 6×6 paper pad. I also used some large and small pre-made white tags.
