Gatefold Flower

My monthly card exchange theme for August was to make a different type of fold, gate fold, tri-fold, shutter card, step card, Z fold, telescoping, etc for any occasion.

I scoured Youtube and Pinterest looking for a “different fold” card. I finally settled on a gatefold card and began to design my card.  I hadn’t used the glitter technique I learned for a while so I decided to drench myself in glitter for part of the project. 

SIDENOTE: I have a love/hate relationship with glitter. I love how it looks but hate how it gets everywhere. I will find glitter on myself for the next 2 weeks.

Above is a picture of the drying process. Below is the next morning, once they've dried.

I cut out these flowers from my newly purchased Tinker Bell & Friends cartridge. Once the centers were cut, I put them in my Xyron upside down. That is the important part. I cover them with glitter then cover the glitter with a coat of Glossy Accents.

It makes them dimensional and shiny. (It also seals in the glitter.)

Here is the entire card with the dimensional glittered center. I used a Corner Chomper (again) for the edges.

I wasn't quite happy with the final product so I added some bling to the side.

Cricut cart: Tinker Bell & Friends page 72 all layers

Paper: pink recollections cardstock for base & flower, Ki Fancy Free paper pad for fronts and part of the flower

 

Don't Worry...Bee Happy...

My monthly card exchange theme for July was to make Pet Card, new pet, pet sympathy, etc. or any theme card with an animal cut on it.

Pet sympathy really wasn’t up my alley so I decided to do an animal card. So maybe bees aren’t technically animals per se, I didn’t care. I had this idea in my head for a few months and wanted to make a bee card.

I think it turned out really cute.
The bee is cute from Sentimentals Cricut cartridge. I had some coordinating ribbon which I layered under the Spellbinders die. I dry embossed the octagon with a Darice folder and lightly rubbed a VersaMark pad on the raised edges. I applied a generous amount of UTEE on the raised areas and heat embossed it. I think the imperfections make it look that much more authentic. I also used another We R Memory Keepers corner chomper for the edges. I'm really loving them.

PS - I'm playing with watermarks and haven't perfected them yet.

Cricut cart: Sentimentals page 45 all layers.

Manual Die Cuts: Spellbinders Scalloped Octagons (I don’t remember if was large or small)

Embossing Folder: Darice Honeycomb folder – heat embossed raised edges

Paper: Ki Memories, Inc Fancy Free paper pad (patterned), Recollections blue, yellow, black and mustard cardstock.

Reading is FUNdamental

My monthly card exchange theme for June was to make 2 bookmarks or a book themed card. I chose bookmarks. 

BOOKMARK 1

For my first bookmark I went with a rounded corner rectangle and welded the book feature from Graphically Speaking Cricut cartridge to it. Can you believe I used plain white cardstock for the base? It’s a miracle what various Ranger Tim Holtz distress ink pads can do for your project. I also used a couple of his stamps, embossing one with silver embossing powder and stamping the other with Ranger archival ink. A second reverse layer was added for stability.

Cricut cart: Graphically Speaking page 47 priceless tag with interior cuts blacked out and page 51 blackout shift icon ‘book’ with icon shift ‘book’
Stamps: Tim Holtz Visual Artistry, The Journey stamp “enjoy your journey” – Tim Holtz Stampers Anonoymous, Curious Possibility “every possibility begins with the courage to imagine…”
Paper: plain white cardstock, black recollections cardstock for the book outline

BOOKMARK 2

My second bookmark is based on what I’m currently reading, George R R Martin’s 5^th book in his A Song of Fire and Ice series – A Dance with Dragons. (Yes, I also watch GoT on HBO.) My favorite character is Ghost, Jon Snow’s direwolf. If you watch GoT, you will see how I used a Tim Holtz embossing folder to get the feel of the intro part of the show. I know Ghost is supposed to be white but I really liked the silver metallic paper for him. I did add the red rhinestone for his eye. Of course, it wouldn’t be complete with the Stark mantra, “Winter is Coming.” This is a corner bookmark.

Cricut cart: Ghost - Old West page 38 wolf icon; Shield – Father’s Day; Banner – Formal Occasion page 34 layer two
Embossing Folder: Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations mini steampunk folder

Paper: banner - plain white cardstock, Ghost – silver metallic Recollections cardstock, gear embossed back side– Basic Grey, Wander collection, travel size paper (discontinued)

Sentiment: pc font – Angor Flahm Scaqh

Let's Hear It for the Boy, Part Two

Here's what I finally came up with for my Father's Day card for my card exchange group.

I really like how the sofa looks from Father's Day Cricut cartridge and still managed to use the Father's Day cut I made earlier. I'm also really loving my We R Memory Keepers corner chompers.

I did realize, making a male card is a hard thing to do. It looked so plain with ribbon and rhinestones.

Feeling like Pooh??

So I totally scraplifted this cute card from Pinterest - I can't find the link right now but I'll keep looking for it. I couldn't resist to make it for a gf that had surgery.

I did change the background and used lots of rhinestones. I also changed the scalloped circle for the sentiment to a honey pot.

Pooh is on an action wobble.

I just couldn't take a great action shot of the wobble. I'll have to work on it for next time.

Cricut cartridge used: Pooh Font