HOLIDAY CONNECT and Bingo

 

Who doesn't love a good game of Bingo! It's been a hard year....has gotten even harder with more closures over the holidays.  

My heart is to give us a way to connect via stamping and it's fun to play together and play Bingo!  You will receive projects and supplies to make 4 gorgeous cards and a fun swag bag.  You'll get 6 Bingo games FREE.  Your package will have the cut pieces for the cards plus a swag bag including ribbon, sequins and 1/2 pack of designer paper (valued over $20) plus other goodies!

 Date: Tuesday, December 29th at 8 PM.

Please be sure you have the free zoom app downloaded on your computer and join us 5-10 minutes early to make sure your set up works.  We will start promptly at 8 pm.

Sign Up! Here 

I will demonstrate each of your 4 cards in between the games.

Bingo awards will be Gift Certificates....the amounts of each will begin at $10 and will go up by $10 for every 10 participants who register so tell your friends.

If we have 30 participants, I will be adding a 7th game for a Grand Prize of the Cactus All inclusive bundle featured in the new Mini Catalog (value $70)!  Again, please share with your friends because I really want to give away this bundle of products.

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November-December Stamps in the Mail highlighting Field Journal Stamp Set!

 I'm excited to share with you my Stamps in the Mail for this month.  I have loved this set since I saw it the first time!  I'd like to help you get it into your hands and get stamping with it!

So, here's how it works: 

I will send you this stamp set:

And I'll send you these 3 products: 

     

Real Red Braided Linen            Metallic Pearls (gold, silver)                     Wink of Stella

And, I'll send you the card kits to make 2 of each of 5 cards, plus one of the bonus slider card, and will email you a tutorial plus a video link for the slider card.  PLUS: Envelopes and a clear acrylic box so that you can give half of these as a gift if you choose!

Early Bird Deadline: Register by November 23rd and I'll toss in a pack of dimensionals as well!

Order Yours Now...Taking Orders til November 28th, then I'll have everything ready for pick up or mailing by December 7th.

Choose Option

Porch Pick Up $50.00 USD Priority Mail $57.00 USD

Hanging Split Card Tutorial With Curvy Christmas

 I'm having so much fun with this card style, I hope you enjoy as well

Stamps: Curvy Christmas available November 1-January 4th

Card Cutting and Scoring:

Cut your card 8.5"X5.5" Score at 4.25" and cut at 5.5"
Take the piece you cut off and trim a piece thats 1.25"...the remaining piece will be scrap
Inside: Whisper White 4X5.25"
Front Piece: 3.75" X 3"
Designer Paper: 2 pieces at 5.25"X 1"

Use a post-it note to hold the bottom flap to the front of the card so that you can attach your front piece without it moving. II used 3 large dimensionals on the top and 3 on the bottom.  Remove once in place.

Here's the video if you'd like to see how quickly it goes together

If you enjoyed this tutorial, please let me a comment below....if helps to keep up my morale and keeps me bringing you more fun videos!

I also did a purple and olive one with the Quite Curvy Bundle and Butterfly Blessings

Triple Pop-Up Cube Card with Additional Pop-ups and a Slider Tutorial

Your recipient will love this card/gift and it will give hours of pleasure

 because of it's interactive nature!

Best part is, it's really very easy to make and will take about
30 minutes to make!

Each cube has a pop-up or a slider

You will need the following items: 

•  Craft knife and resealable cutting surface,
•  mini dimensionals, 
• Stampin’ Seal+ or Tear n Tape
• Multipurpose Liquid Glue (green glue) and Glue Dots
• Scissors, Bone Folder, Trimmer, Stampin' Score
• Whatever images and sentiments you want to use. I used Freezin Fun and Warm Hugs Bundles
• Cardstock and coordinating Designer Paper

Here's the Video to show you how I put it together:

download the pdf

Here are the measurements for this card:

Base (chimney)

(1) 5-1/4” x 11” Sahara Sand Cardstock

(2) 2-9/16”” x 11” Sahara Sand Cardstock

Score all base pieces in landscape: 2-5/8”, 5-1/4”, 7-7/8”, 10-1/2”.  Glue on the flap and create cubes of each

Pop Up mechanism for sentiment and tree:

(4) ¾” x 1” score at ½”

Outside of small cubes:

Unmatted Designer Paper (2) 2-3/8” x 2-3/8” neutral design	Matted: (6) 2-3/8” x 2-3/8” cardstock
	(6) 2-1/8” x 2-1/8” Designer Paper

 

Designer Paper for inside of the short cubes

 (4) 2-3/8” x 2-3/8” 2 brick and 2 neutral

Designer Paper for the inside of the tall cube:

 (2) 2-3/8” x 3” 2 brick

Cardstock for slider

 2-3/8” x 5” back of the tall cube,   4 ¼” X 3/8” for pull, both in Sahara Sand

 3”X ¼” piece of window sheet for back of slider to create strength

Tiny Pop-ups:

 (4) ¾” X 3 ½” scored at ¾”, 1 ½”, 2 ¼”, 3”  Glue ½” flap under, creating a cube

Belly Band:

 1”X 11” Real Red Cardstock   ½” X 11 Designer Series Paper

If you need any of the supplies that I've shown you, please order here!

Impossible Box: Easier than it looks and makes a huge impression

 Clue: It opens and Closes but doesn't have a lid, What is it?
Answer: an Impossible Box

Check Out This Amazing Box, you too will be intrigued and you'll love the impression you bring!

Size: 3.5 inches tall and 3 inches wide, 2 inches deep when closed

Supplies you'll need: 

Simply Scored Tool, 8.5X11 inch cardstock, Scissors, tear and tape, Design Paper, Ribbon, embellishments, Stampin' Seal+

It's always easier with a video!  Step by step

Here's a print out of the cutting and scoring

Click Here to print pdf of this graphic ( I have adjusted an incorrect measurement)

I hope you enjoyed this project, please leave a comment for me to let me know if this was helpful and enjoyable!

love

Cindy

Magic Slider Card With an Extra Creative twist

 It came to me in a dream......

.....why not make this cute Magic Slider Card double as a shaker card with only 1 extra step!

When you pull out the tag on your Black and White print, suddenly, it's now colored!  Then you have sequins and shiny things behind the clear window!  How much fun is that, all in one card!

The video below will show you exactly how to do it!

Here's the list of supplies that I used to make this card:

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Box Stand-Up Card Tutorial Christmas Versions

I will show you in the video below, how to make these adorable Box Stand-Up! Cards

 You will need: 

Cardstock: 8.5 X 5.5  Score along long edge at 1/2", 1", 4.5", and 5"

On the side that has the short edge scores, this will be your front so you will want to cut or punch out the areas that you want for your windows using circle or rectangle framelets or punches.

You'll want a good heavy adhesive like Stampin' Seal+ to hold it together

This video will walk you step by step thru this project

hope you enjoy!

Shutter Card Tutorial with Step-By-Step Video

 I have always resisted making this fold because, from the look of it, it is too hard to do or too time consuming.  When one of my team members demonstrated this fold for our virtual team meeting, I realized just how easy it was! And I just had to make my own. I hope you enjoy it too.

I apologize, that this stamp set is retired...I guess and happens to be the second stamp set that I've used in the last 2 weeks that was retired.  I actually employed helpers to change out stuff after the new catalog and I guess that's not something I can afford to delegate from now on!

So, here's the front of the card:

And here is the open version with the belly band off

Here's how to cut your cardstock:

Base: 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 inches  Score at 2 1/8 and 6 3/8

Front: Designer Series Paper: 5 3/8 X 2 1/8

Inside Sheeth: Cardstock 3 1/4 X 5 1/2

Designer Paper 3 X 5 1/4

Shutter: 3 X 3 3/4 (2 pieces)

Score on long side at 3/8" and apply tear and tape 

To make the tail: Mark center of 3" side and move up 1 3/4" from the bottom

Then cut from the point to the mark on each side

Sentiment: 2 1/4 X 2 1/4

Belly Band: 1 1/2 X 9  Score at 2 1/2 and 6 3/4 plus a hair

And finally, Here's the video I did to show you step by step

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How to do a Quarter Fold Panel card using Field Journal

 This is a really simple and fun fold/cut

My card uses the really sweet stamp set called Field Journal

Supplies: Trimmer, Stamps, Inks, Blends

Here's the inside I finished after the video:

So, Here's the video with all the steps:

Slimline Cards and Hand-made envelope to match

 Let's be honest:

....basic sized cards are simple, make the least amount of wasted cardstock 

and though beautiful, can sometimes just be that...simple...and maybe you get bored.  

So we stepped it up a notch today and we are making a slimline card but then we have to make our own envelope because you just can't find that size easily!  

I have actually turned it into a money holder card cuz I want to make sure I help to keep currency going...how bout you?

Here's the Video I did 

Supplies:

Envelope: Designer paper 9 1/4" X11 3/4"  

Score with the shortest side along the top at 2 3/8" and 6 1/2"

Turn the paper so the long edge is at the top and score at 1 1/2" and 11"

Trim out all four corners.  

Card:  Cardstock 9" X 8 1/2"

Score on the short side at 3 3/4" and 7.5"

Early espresso layer: 3 1/4" X 8 1/2" 

Designer paper layer: 3" X 8 1/4" 

Stamped piece: 3 1/4" X 2 3/4" 

Copper embossed piece: 2" X 7"

Product List Loyal Leaves Cling Stamp Set [152544] $23.00 Tasteful Labels Dies [152886] $31.00 Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper [153520] $15.00 Copper Foil Sheets [142020] $5.00 Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $7.50 Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $7.50 Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $7.50 Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $12.00 Banner Punch [133519] $13.00 Wrapped In Texture Embossing Folders [153574] $8.00 3/4" (1.9 Cm) Circle Punch [119873] $13.00 1/16" Circle Handheld Punch [140978] $0.00 Linen Thread [104199] $5.00 Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00 If you've enjoyed this tutorial, would you please leave a comment. I've you would like to order any of these supplies,  please feel free to SHOP HERE

Utilizing those extra die-cuts: 3 ideas from 1 original card

So I started out with this card design

but as it morphed into it's lovely completion, I started to think of how i could use the cut out parts to the best advantage.  You can watch the video to see this card come together and then see the second card that came out of it.   

Here's the video, recorded as a Live

So here are the 2 cards I showed in the video:

But I still had plenty of pieces leftover and I needed to design a swap card 

so I used the Petty Peacock cut-out quarter sheets and the long skinny leaves that had been cut out of the first card in the Cinnamon Cider color and I stamped them with Pretty Peacock, sponged the edges with Cajun Craze and added this qorgeous Designer Paper from Gilded Autumn

Here's that last card a little closer up and a slightly different finish!

 

Product List

Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper [153520] $15.00	Love Of Leaves Bundle (English) [155195] $47.50	Plaid Tidings 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [153527] $11.50	Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880] $8.75	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $7.50
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $7.50	Cinnamon Cider 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153078] $8.75	3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim [147808] $7.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $12.00	Terracotta Tile 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Scalloped Linen Ribbon [149705] $8.00
Playing With Patterns Ribbon Combo Pack [152468] $10.50	2020–2022 In Color Enamel Dots [152480] $8.00	Gilded Gems [152478] $7.00	Blue Adhesive-Backed Gems [153547] $8.00	Brass Foil Sheets [153057] $5.00