Hi, Jamie here today with a Fun Fold Believe Card, made with a combination of craft dies and decorative paper. Send a card with a unique twist this holiday season!
Create the Fun Fold
Cut a sheet of 8 1/2″ x 11″ periwinkle cardstock diagonally. Then scored to create the fold. Next, cut a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of decorative paper diagonally (this will make two cards). Adhere one piece to the bottom fold using the E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser.
Decorate the Top Panel
Die-cut snowflakes from white cardstock and secure them to the top fold of the card using the Dual Tip Glue Pen. Trim off the snowflakes that are hanging over the edge to give random placement.
Making the Frame
Use a scalloped rectangle to die-cut from a piece of white cardstock. Die-cut a stitched rectangle that’s slightly smaller than the scalloped rectangle in periwinkle cardstock. Stack them together and attach with the E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser
Finishing Up
Center the frame on the card front and apply the Dual Tip Glue Pen to the left top fold of the card. Believe was die-cut from the same cardstock colors, layered together using the Dual Tip Glue Pen. Randomly place the hearts from the E-Z Runner® Hearts Refillable Dispenser around the sentiment. Sprinkle crystal microfine glitter over the hearts and secure the glitter by pressing it into the hearts. Tap off the excess.
I hope you try this fun fold technique in your next card creation! Thanks for stopping by! Jamie Martin
Other: Patterned Paper and Craft Dies: Rubbernecker Stamps (Snowy Wonder Paper Pad, Snowflake Dies, Nested Scallop w/ Half Holes Die Set, and Nested Rectangle Small Stitched Die Set); Die-Cutting Machine: Crossover ll Fabric and Paper Cutting System
Are you familiar with the Creative Photo Corners? I love them because they’re classic in style with their embossed edges BUT I wanted to have fun with them by making a JOY Wreath mini slimline card. What do you think? Let me show you how!
Create the JOY Wreath
Grab a sheet of Creative Photo Corners in White and ink with a combination of Distress Oxide Ink in Shabby Shutters + Peeled Paint with an ink blending tool. When you get your desired look, cut off the bottom liner of the inked corners.
On a piece of 3.5 x 3-inch wax paper, place it on a 1.75-inch paper ring to use as a wreath guide. Start with two Creative Photo Corners in White by tucking one corner loosely into the other to create a circle chain around the paper ring as a guide. When the circle is complete, adjust and press the wreath down onto the ring to secure.
Embellish the Wreath
Adhere the vellum wreath die cut on top of the photo corner wreath with the E-Z Runner® Permanent Fine. The vellum photographed is different…this is to show placement. Carefully apply the adhesive to the vellum as it is delicate.
Add Holly Leaf and Berry Shapes from the 3D Foam Christmas Shapes on the wreath. Remove top liner from each holly leaf and apply green foil from the Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets in Celebrate Colors (color side up) by rubbing gently. Repeat the same process with the berries but in red foil as well as the foam circle shapes around the wreath.
Assemble the Card
Fold a 6 x 6-inch square white cardstock in half to create a 6 x 3-inch top fold mini slimline card base. Cut a piece of 5 7/8 x 2 7/8-inch Aspen green cardstock layer and a piece of 5 5/8 x 2 5/8-inch patterned paper. Adhere all both layers to the card base with the E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser.
I hope my JOY Wreath Mini Slimline Card tutorial inspires you to look at our Creative Photo Corners in a different way! Thanks for stopping in and have a Crafty Day!
Other: Patterned Papers and Cutting Die: Photo Play Paper Co. (Santa’s Trading Company Collection and Joyful Snowman Etched Metal Die Set); Ink and Ink Blending Tool: Ranger Ink (Distress Oxide Ink in Shabby Shutters + Peeled Paint); Scoring Tool; White and Aspen Green Cardstock; Vellum Paper; Wax Paper
Hello, holiday-loving friends! Tracy here, and today I have a fun and festive little shaker card to share. Here are all of the details on how I created it.
Let’s Get Crafty!
First I cut a white cardstock card base. Then cut the patterned paper and yellow cardstock card front layers. I adhered the layers together using the E-Z Runner® Grand Refillable Dispenser and Creative Photo Corners White for the top layer of this festive shaker card.
Add the sentiment to the bottom of the card front using Thin 3D Foam Squares Black Mix. This just adds the perfect amount of dimension for cardmaking.
Die cut the pieces for the shaker piece from white cardstock, green glitter paper and the acetate piece. Adhere the acetate piece to the back of the decorative white die cut piece using the Dual Tip Glue Pen. Next, add the glitter ring, again using the Dual Tip Glue Pen.
To create the festive shaker card shaker section. Cut small sections of 3D Foam Strips, and adhere around the back side of the shaker front. Add all of the cute shaker bits, and then add the white cardstock shaker back. Adhere the shaker piece to the card front using the E-Z Runner® Grand Refillable Dispenser.
I stamped the Elf image onto white cardstock using black ink. Then added color to the image using Zig Clean Color Markers. Fussy cut out the image and add to the card front using the Dual Tip Glue Pen.
Hi, Margie here today with a sweet pastel-themed Fall Feeling Layered Card! I saw this paper pack from Emily Moore Designs and had some PinkFresh ephemera from a charity crop so I decided to put them together to see what I came up with. What do you think?
Fall Feeling Card Base
Fold in half a piece of 8.5 x 11-inch white cardstock to create a side-fold A2 size card base. Cut a piece of 4.25 x 5.5-inch patterned paper and adhere with the E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser to cover the front.
Building Card Layers
Let’s get the layers together to create the card panel! First, die-cut the Gift Card Holder with white cardstock and cut a piece of 2.25 x 3.5-inch patterned paper. Apply E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser on the back of the patterned paper and slide in between the notches of the gift card holder. Then adhere the sentiment strip from the ephemera pack.
Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside with Foils
Grab one of the smaller leaves from the 3D Foam Leaves and place it on the lower right corner notch. Cut a piece of lavender foil from the Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets Pastel Colors and wrinkle the piece with your hands to achieve a distressed look as pictured in the middle. Remove the top liner of the leaf and place the foil on top (color side facing you). Peel off to reveal the distressed design.
Next, add the solid bronze color foil from the Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets Nature Colors and repeat the foiling step. When you peel off the foil, you will see the color covering all the areas where the adhesive was exposed (the white areas). My favorite foiling technique that gives it dimension and interest.
Lift Up the Elements
Cut about three strips of the Crafty Foam Tape Black 108ft. and add them to the back of the card panel. Then center the panel on the card front. Next, add two short strips to the back of a floral accent shape and place it above the sentiment on the card panel. I love this foam tape with its subtle lift of 1/32-inch (half of 1/16-inch).
Other: Patterned Paper, White Cardstock + Thin Metal Cutting Dies: Emily Moore Designs; Ephemera Pack: PinkFresh (Good Times Collection); Clear and Light Green Bubbles: Buttons Galore & More (Shimmerz Embellishment – Sea Turtle)
Hi, everyone! Do you love making holiday crafts? Teri here to show you a fun way to turn a recycled wine cork into a cute snowman ornament for your Christmas tree!
Create the Snowman
Paint a wine cork with white paint. Let it dry and then start by cutting down an Adhesive Sheet 4x6in. to fit around your wine cork. Roll the adhesive onto the cork. Burnish the adhesive onto it. Don’t worry if you cover the cork completely with adhesive.
Set some glitter on a scrap piece of paper. Roll the cork in the glitter, allowing all the adhesive to be covered up.
Adhere the wiggle eyes onto your cork with Adhesive Dots. Use a size of Adhesive Dots appropriate for your eyes. For me, I used the Adhesive Dots Micro for the small eyes and the Adhesive Dots Medium Ultra Thin for the bigger eyes. Cut a piece of scrap fabric and tie it around your cork, using Adhesive Dots Micro to hold it in place.
Use a second fabric scrap to make a hat! Place a couple of Adhesive Lines along the top edge of your cork. Roll the fabric around it. Tie it at the top with string or twine. Add a button.
Cut a triangle to mimic a carrot nose from cardstock. Adhere it with an Adhesive Dot Micro to your snowman. Turn your snowman into an ornament by fashioning a hanger from wire or string!
Change Up to Home Decor
You can easily change the look of your snowman. Rather than giving him a hat, Use some wire and buttons to make ear muffs.
You can also go without a hat or earmuffs! Try adding a button to bump up your snowman’s cuteness.
Wine cork snowmen make great holiday decorations too! Rather than giving them hangers, pair a few of them together with a bottle brush Christmas tree! Set them on a tile or small slice of wood. You can adhere them in place with Adhesive Dots to keep them from moving around if desired!
I hope you are inspired by this tutorial to create a snowman or two!
Hi everyone! With Thanksgiving coming up I made this Glittered Thanksgiving Card. Combine Adhesive Sheets and the technique called Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside to create a gorgeous glittered effect on a card. Yvonne here, I would love to share how I made my card. Wanna join me?
Top Card Panel
To create the background of the Glittered Thanksgiving Card, start by stamping leaves onto a piece of kraft cardstock. Use brown ink for stamping the leaves.
Then trim the stamped cardstock to the size of a top card panel.
Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside with Glitter
To create the glittered leaves for the Glittered Thanksgiving card, start by removing the yellow liner of Adhesive Sheets 4×6 inch and adhere it onto a piece of kraft cardstock.
Then rub the Adhesive Sheets 4×6 inch for secure adhering to the cardstock. Then die-cut some leaves from it, with the white liner facing upwards.
Now carefully remove the white liner from the die-cuts and sprinkle glitter upon it. Rub the glitter and remove the excess glitter. For my card, I used three colors of glitter to create three leaves in autumn colors. This technique of making your adhesive shine is called Wear your Adhesive on the Outside.
Creating the top Card Panel
To create a subtle uplifting effect on my Glittered Thanksgiving Card, I cut small stripes from 3D Thin 3D Foam Squares White Mix and then adhered to the back of the die-cut leaves.
To create the card base for the Glittered Thanksgiving Card I adhered the stamped top card panel onto an orange card panel and next onto a white folded card base. To adhere the panels I used the E-Z Runner® Grand Refillable Dispenser.
Embellishing
For a simple finishing touch on the Glittered Thanksgiving Card, I adhered a sentiment onto a white banner and next adhered it onto a slightly larger orange banner. For adhering the banner layers, I used the E-Z Runner® Grand Refillable Dispenser. Then adhere the sentiment onto the card using 3D Foam Squares White Small Size.
Voilá, your Glittered Thanksgiving Card is ready. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and wish you happy Thanksgiving crafting.
Welcome! It’s time for the Fall/Winter 2023 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with this fabulous Perk Up Soon Card! As a SUPER SPONSOR, we’ve provided great prizes too! Grab a cuppa and join the hop with your own beverage-themed artwork!
What are Coffee Lovers? It is a coffee-loving (or tea or cocoa) community of cardmakers open to everyone. Their blog offers inspirational coffee-related posts and bi-annual coffee blog hops that YOU can join. You get a chance to win the giveaways as a blogger! So read until the very end!
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Perk Up Soon Card by Margie Higuchi
Hello friends! Margie here, and today I have a festive and fun little project to share celebrating everything caffeinated. Here are all the details about my coffee-themed card and how to create your own accent. 🙂
Let’s Perk Up and Create the Cups
Die-cut five coffee cups from the Cups & Mugs Die Set with patterned papers. Then die-cut the sixth one from a sheet of 3D Foam Creative Sheets Small White.
Prepping the Card Base
Cut a piece of light green cardstock to 4.5 x 11 inches and fold it in half to create a top-fold card base. To keep the background a solid color but give it interest, I embossed the card front with an embossing folder. Designer’s Note: Mist the front of the cardstock with water to get a crisp embossed detail.
Assemble + Embellish the Coffee Cups
Place the cups in two rows with a space for the 3D Foam coffee cup as pictured below. Use the E-Z Dots® Repositionable Refillable Dispenser to help with placement. I love this adhesive! You can peel the cups off and on to get your desired look. Once it’s adhered, it’s hard to take off until you peel it off. Lastly, adhere the 3D Foam coffee cup to the card front.
Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside with Foil
Take off the top liner of the foam cup and place a piece of lavender foil from the Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets Pastel Colors over the exposed adhesive. Make sure the foil color is facing you, rub gently to transfer the color, and peel off the foil. Reapply the foil in missed areas.
Stamp sentiment on vellum with black ink and cut to a banner with ribbon tails on each end. Adhere towards the bottom of the card front with the E-Z Runner® Permanent Fine Adhesive Dispenser (aka the vellum runner). Place clear and green bubbles on the card front with Adhesive Dots Mini.
I hope you enjoyed my Perk Up Soon Card! Don’t forget to keep reading for the Coffee Lover’s giveaway details. Margie Higuchi
Other: Thin Metal Cutting Die and Stamp Set: Divinity Designs (Cups & Mugs Die Set and Perk Up Clear Stamp Set); Embossing Folder: Spellbinders Paper Arts (Rose Tablecloth Embossing Folder); Patterned Paper: Memory Place (Enchanted Collection); Clear and Light Green Bubbles: Buttons Galore & More (Shimmerz Embellishment – Sea Turtle); Light Green Cardstock; Vellum
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Hi, Jamie here today with a clean and simple (CAS) style Colorful Happy Birthday Card. I love how it turned out and want to share with you how I created this card.
Colorful Happy Birthday Words
This Happy die cuts through the white cardstock card base and leaves the letters attached to the card. So cool! Next, strips of colored cardstock were die-cut with the Happy die. Then I cut off the letters from the strip it was attached to.
Add Color to Happy
The colored letters were glued to the HAPPY letters on the card base with the Dual Tip Glue Pen. To anchor and frame the word, two thin strips were cut from black cardstock and secured on top and bottom of HAPPY using the Dual Tip Glue Pen.
Create the Sentiment
Stamp the Birthday sentiment on a strip of blue cardstock with black ink. Then layer onto a strip of green cardstock with E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser. Place a couple of 3D Foam Strips on the back of the sentiment and lift up diagonally below the Happy.
Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside with Stars
Add a few stars from the E-Z Runner® Stars Refillable Dispenser on the card front as shown. Sprinkle a combination of purple, pink, and blue glitter on each of the stars. Rub the glitter into the star to secure and tap off excess. This makes a quick and easy accent on a card…instant gratification!
I hope you enjoyed my card-making tutorial and encourage you to try these techniques. Thanks for stopping by! Jamie Martin
First, cut a 4 x 12-inch patterned paper strip. This strip will create two card fronts for an A2-size (4.25 x 5.5-inch) card.
Take the top two pieces (4 x 2.5-inch and 4 x 2.75-inch) and the bottom piece (flip to the dotted pattern and use in the middle to cover the seams) to create my 4 x 5.25-inch card front. The yellow strip is the reverse of the product strip – cool! Adhere all pieces with the E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser.
Designer’s Note: Cut a piece of 4 x 5.25-inch white cardstock panel to assemble your card front.
For a subtle lift, adhere the card panel to the white cardstock card base with the Crafty Foam Tape Black 108ft. (its height is 1/32 inch – half of 1/16 inch). Set aside to stamp image and sentiment.
Stamp Image and Sentiment
Stamp the sentiment on the yellow strip of the card front in dark brown ink. Next, stamp the sunflower image onto white cardstock and color it with watercolor pencils and a water brush. Fussy cut the image with detailed scissors and secure it with a regular size in 3D Foam Squares White Mix next to the sentiment.
Fall Card You Grow Girl Card
For the second 4 x 12-inch patterned paper strip, cut the product strip, 4 x 5.25-inch, 4 x 5.25-inch, and 4 x 1.5-inch pieces.
Take the top 4 x 5.25-inch patterned panel and cut it diagonally in half. Flip one to the dotted pattern. We will also be using the yellow product strip and the 4 x 1.5-inch piece. Assemble to create a V-shape card front as pictured and secure with the E-Z Runner® Grand Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser.
Stamp the Elements and Coloring
Use your card front as a guide to stamp sentiment. For a subtle lift, adhere the card panel to the top fold white cardstock card base with the Crafty Foam Tape Black 108ft.
Stamp the flowers and vase image onto white cardstock and color with watercolor pencils and water brush. Fussy cut the image and center with a combination of regular and small sizes of the 3D Foam Squares White Mix on the left side of the card front.
Fall Card Plant Happiness Card
For the third and last 4 x 12-inch patterned paper strip, cut the product strip, 2 7/8 x 2 5/8-inch (to mat a stamped image), 1 3/8 x 3-inch, four 4 x 1-inch and four 4 x 1.25-inch pieces.
Stamp an image and sentiment on a 2.5 x 2.25-inch white cardstock piece. Mat on the 2 7/8 x 2 5/8-inch patterned paper piece using the E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser. Watercolor with a water brush and set aside to dry for another card.
Stamp an image and sentiment with dark brown ink on white cardstock. Cut around the images and color with watercolors. Secure on the card front with Crafty Foam Tape Black 108ft.
Fall Card You Grow Girl with Foil
Use the second 4 x 5.25-inch piece from the bottom of the second 4 x 12-inch patterned paper strip and place a piece of Crafty Foam Tape Black 108ft. on top of the border design.
I hope this post encourages you to create a bunch of cards with 12 x 12-inch patterned paper and white cardstock. There were only two pieces left (the product strip and the 1 3/8 x 3-inch piece)…not bad! LOL!
Other: Patterned Paper and Clear Stamp Set: Dare 2B Artzy (Field of Hope Patterned Paper/Everything is Blooming Collection and Potted Posies Clear Stamp Set); Stamp Platform: My Sweet Petunia (MISTI); Ink: Tsukineko (StazOn Ink in Ganache); Watercolor Pencils: Faber-Castell USA (Art Grip Aquarelle); White Cardstock; Scoreboard; Bone Folder; Watercolor Brush
Hi, Margie here today, and I am so excited to share this super FUN Fall Pumpkin Home Decor Piece! You can incorporate adhesives not only on paper but on home decor pieces. Featuring the Adhesives Sheets 12 x 12in. and Adhesive Lines, we are assembling this cute pumpkin! Let me show you how!
Prep the Fall Pumpkin
Trace the pumpkin and its middle section onto your choice of patterned paper with a pencil. Cut on the inside of the lines with scissors. Edge the cut papers with ink to give them definition. Paint the pumpkin and its middle section with Nutmeg paint. I used one coat. Let dry.
Assemble the Pumpkin
Apply an Adhesives Sheets 12 x 12in. to the back of each patterned paper shape. Use the round end of the bone folder to burnish and transfer the adhesive completely for that edge-to-edge coverage. Peel off the liners and cover the pumpkin and its middle section piece.
For the stem, I wanted texture so I placed several Adhesive Lines on the front by wrapping around it and did the same for the back. On the sides, I added one each in the middle. Next, wrap the twine (about 1.5 yards) around until you get your desired look. I tied a knot for now as a place keeper.
Add about 11 Adhesive Lines on the back of the middle section of the pumpkin and remove all the liners. Using a heat tool, warm up the lines and the middle section of the pumpkin base. Place the middle section on top and push it into the base to secure. Designer’s Tip: I used a stack of books on top for added pressure. 🙂
Shaking It Up in the Middle
Nest two long narrow oval dies together and secure them with washi tape onto a 3D Foam Creative Sheets Small White. Roll them through a die-cutting machine to cut out a narrow oval ring. Die-cut one more time with the 3D Foam Creative Sheets Small White and then with patterned paper. Lastly, die-cut just the larger oval with acetate. You should have three oval rings and one solid oval.
Stack the two 3D Foam ovals. With the top liner still on, powder the inside and outer edges to take off the stickness. Add Touch of Fall Sequinz inside. Designer’s Tip: Use Adhesive Dots Micro to secure a couple of sequins so that when the pumpkin stands, not all the sequins will fall down.
Apply the E-Z Runner® Micro Refillable Dispenser on the back of the patterned paper oval and add the acetate to create a window. Then take off the top liner of the 3D Foam oval and add the window to complete the shaker feature.
The Finishing Touches
Snip off the backs of the Fall Friends 3D Buttons – Autumn Bounty and secure each with an Adhesive Dots 3D – it’s perfect for those bulky embellishments! Tie a bow with your twine and you’re done!
I hope this project makes you think about using the Adhesives Sheets 12 x 12in. and the various shapes of Adhesive Dots + Lines – they really made my assembly go fast and smooth! Till next time, Happy Fall and thanks for visiting! Margie Higuchi
Other: Papers: PhotoPlay Paper (Gnome for the Holidays Thanksgiving Collection); Embellishments: Button Galore & More (Touch of Fall Sequinz and Fall Friends 3D Buttons – Autumn Bounty); Ink: Ranger Ink (Distress Oxide in Vintage Photo); Wood Pumpkin: Foundations Decor; Paint: Making Memories (Nutmeg); Thin Metal Cutting Dies: Spellbinders Paper Arts (Long Ovals); Clear Acetate; Pencil; Scissors; Paint Brush; Twine; Craft Cutter
