"Just Card" with My Creative Time!

Welcome back my friends!  Today I'm sharing a card using products from My Creative Time.  And I've decided to go back in time and use an older stamp and die set!  The set I chose is the Thanks for the Lift.  This set is in stock and ON SALE!!  It was one of the very first sets I purchased from Emma!

I created a shaped card base using the largest die in the Scalloped Stitched Oval Dies by dic cutting it twice, scoring one oval at the top and adhering the two together.  I inked up the second largest die in the same set with Broken China Distress Oxide Ink and added a few water splatters.  All the images were stamped onto Bristol Paper and watercolored with Distress Oxides as well.

To set the scene, I die cut both cloud borders from the Floating Cloud Dies out of the Bristol as well.  I ran the borders through with the same oval die as the inked panel to get the stitching across the bottom.

I bit of white gel pen details and Nuvo Crystal Glaze on the window of the plane was all I added for extras.

I hope you'll take a look through your stash to find some "forgotten" sets that need some love!

Thanks for stopping by! see you soon!

Laurie

Interactive Flower Pot Pocket Card with Craftin Desert Divas

Hello friends!! Today I have a tutorial on how to make A Flower Pot Pocket Card using stamps and dies from Craftin Desert Divas!! This folded card style has been around for awhile but I thought I'd revisit it with you today!

This is actually a simple card to make. Just a couple of folds and a little bit of trimming. Let's get started!!

First, to make the "flower pot", you will need a piece of cardstock that measures 9" X 3.5".  You will score this at 2" and 5.5". Fold this so the small portion is folded forward and the larger portion is folded towards the back, just like this:

To make it look more like a pot instead of a square, keeping the card together, line the top of the card up with the cutting track on your paper trimmer and the lower corner at the .5" inch mark and cut.

This creates angles and makes it look much more like a flower pot. Note: I did not trim the small flap.

Now, this is where you will want to decorate the front flap. You can use a border punch or die, decorative scissors or in my case, the scalloped die from the Pocket Pieces Hello Die Set. I did have to do some partial die cutting to prevent cutting the whole die.

You can see here that the cutting plate is not entirely covering the die which results in this..

Now this is where it gets super fun!! I die cut a whole bunch of flowers and leaves with the "extra dies" that are included in the Inside Scalloped Circle Dies. This die set is worth EVERY penny!!  I used Strathmore Mixed Media Paper to cut all the dies. I used about 4 colours of Distress Inks to easily colour them.

For the inner panel, you will have one piece of cardstock that measures 4.5" X 2.5". This piece will be a mat. To layer on that, I cut a piece of white cardstock using the smallest scalloped rectangle from the Fancy Frames Die Set. To make this fit perfectly onto the mat piece, I simply had trim a tiny piece off each side.

Next, I added a little pizazz to the "pot" but adding some patterned paper from the Kraft in Colour Paper Pad.  I didn't really measure this piece. I just placed enough over the base, under the flap and trimmed it to size with my scissors.

Next, it's time to arrange all the flowers.  I started by adhering most of the greenery using tape adhesive.  Note: the greenery and florals are adhered to the insert!!

As you can see, it looks a little sparse. So I die cut and coloured more leaves and flowers. I also adhered some directly to the front flap making sure not glue those pieces to the insert.

For the sentiment, I die cut the small scalloped oval from the Fancy Stitched Labels Die Set out of white cardstock and stamped a sentiment from the Garden Bugs Stamp Set. I thought it went perfectly with this card.

I adhered the sentiment with foam adhesive.  For the inside of the card, I used the "Happy Birthday" from the Summer Vibin' Stamp Set as well as some cute flowers from the Garden Bugs set.

For a bit of fancy detail, I added some white ribbon around the top of the card. Note: the ribbon will keep this card closed or you can add a WEE bit of glue to the very edges of the card, or in this case, pot :)

How fun would it be to receive this?!

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you got some inspiration and will try out this card or any other of the interactive cards you will see on the blog this week!!

Here's a list of all CDD products I used:

Inside Scalloped Circles

Pocket Pieces Hello Dies

Fancy Frames Dies

 Fancy Stitched Label Dies

Summer Vibin'

Garden Bugs

3D Foam Adhesive Squares

Tag It Tuesday with My Creative Time!

Welcome and happy Tuesday!! My project is a little different today but trust me, it does involve tags!
A good set of tag dies is a must have in any craft room. Two or three different sets is even better :), but if you're new to die cutting or just starting out on your crafty journey, here are a couple of recommendations.

 Tag Dies

This is a great starter set. Two pretty designs with stitching detail and they are a GOOD size!

Tag Die Layers

This set is genius! These tags perfectly layer on the Tag Dies but also come with a couple of border dies and word dies!! These dies are also large enough to use on their own!!  And finally..

Chunky Stitched Tag Dies

These are my current favourite tag dies and what I'll be using today!  These are generously sized and do not come with a pre cut hole at the top. This opens up many possibilities!! You decided where and if you even want a hole!!   Anyway, let's get on to my project!!

I started by die cutting three of the mid-sized tag from the Chunky Stitched Tag Dies, three times out of white cardstock.  I laid them out on my grid paper to measure.  The three side by side measured 6.5 inches across and almost 2.75 inches high. You can use any sized tag die for this card, but be sure to get these measurements before you make your cardbase!!!

I cut another piece of white cardstock down to 7 X 7 inches square and scored it at 3.5.  This will become my card base.

I blended Worn Lipstick and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Inks onto each of the tags and sprayed them with water to give a nice splattered effect. I also cut 2 different doilies from the Bunch of Stitched Doilies Dies out of the same white cardstock. I will do some stamping on these.

For my main focal point, I decided to stamp, colour and die cut one of the floral images from the Healing Wishes Stamp and Die Set. I did some very simple colouring using coloured pencils (or pencil crayons as we like to call them up here in these parts!).  I partially stamped a couple of the other images onto the small doilies and coloured them in as well!!

So now it's time for assembly. I adhered each tag to the card base that I created. I made sure the first tag was flush against the left hand side and exactly at the top fold.

Because I made the card base larger than needed, I had to trim the right side as well as the bottom. I used my guillotine trimmer for this! Next, I trimmed around each tag die with scissors, this being the end result..

Very cool, tag shaped card!!  All that was left to do was adhere my doilies to each panel using foam adhesive and add a sentiment!

I had to stagger the doilies slightly to accommodate the sentiment, which also comes from the Healing Wishes set.  I added a bit of detail with a clear sparkle pen, some Nuvo Drops in White Blizzard and some clear confetti sequins.

I absolutely ADORE how this turned out!! 

And I'm also in love with that stamp and die set!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!! I hope you found a little inspiration here :)

Until next time...

Stay crafty, my friends!

Laurie

Shaped Card and Coloured Pencils

Happy Monday, all!!! I'm back on the Studio Katia Blog to share my creation for this week!  Today it's all about a shaped card and coloured pencils, or pencils crayons, as we call them up here in Canada :)

My stamp set of choice is the  Hello Alice set. And for the dies, I used the Stitched Nested Creative Rectangles.

Please swing by the SK Blog for all the details!  

See you really soon!!

Laurie