Ok I know your all thinking "WHAT????" So here's the scoop. My grand kids great grandmother (95) was in the hospital for pneumonia and they have transferred her to a rehab facility. Normally she has lived in her own apartment so she's not happy about being away from home even if it is for a short time. To brighten up her room the kids wanted to make her some cards. Well with St Pattys day coming and their great grandma being part Irish they wanted to make Get Well St Patty's Cards.
I had some scraps from the ones I have done so I just cut some layers for them and 5x7 card bases. I told them they could cut down the layers or make different shapes using some punches (which my grandson loves to use) . Glue sticks are easier than wet glue for them too so I provided a couple of those in the stash. Gave them some sequins and ribbon and told them to use their imaginations. My youngest grand daughter is only 3 but she used the glue stick and just a few paper pieces and then colored with 1 color pencil the inside of the card. So cute for 3.
So I needed to give them an example and I needed it to be easy. This one I will be giving to their Great Grandma too.
Now for their beautiful creations.
Great Grandma is going to love these. She cherishes all of the kids creations and hopefully these will put a bright smile on her face and help her heal quickly.
HAPPY CARDING.
I really liked the Corner flip fold card I did earlier SEEN HERE. This one is just a bit different. I didn't use anything to pop when you open this card like I did with the balloons on the original. I did this one to basically show that you can still use the fold without getting technical. lol I will admit though if I had a shamrock die I probably would have put a couple of those on the inside. Hmmmm.....shopping time? Anyway this is just a quick short post and you can follow directions on the 1st Corner flip fold card.
To compensate for the lack of pop outs I used alot of bling. Rhinestones and sequins dress it up.
Til next time..................
HAPPY CARDING!
I think I'm addicted to treat boxes. Maybe because I love treats and especially chocolates so when I can have a little treat box for chocolates I want to share with everyone. If you remember back at Christmas I made little treat boxes as place cards for our family dinner. Everyone received little chocolate and peppermint pretzel balls inside their boxes. I did something similar for my lady friends for Valentines day and now as St Patty's approaches I have another box lined up. This time the box has a little flap on it. So lets get started. Each box uses an 8 x 6.25" piece of card stock. I got the idea from a little box that had Valentine Ghiradelli chocolates in it.
Score and then cut on score lines as shown. The top has all but 1 of the tabs removed. I decorated this one after I glued the box together but found it easier if you decorate first and then glue your box together.
To show you the size difference I made one of the Valentine treat boxes into a St Patty's one.
Its just a wee bit wider and taller and it can hold 2 Ghiradelli chocolates. Since the family comes over for Corn Beef and Cabbage on St. Patty's Day I think I will make a few of these to have at their plates.
Til next time........
HAPPY CARDING!
So as I said in my last post I was going to work on re-sizing this card to fit those mini liquor bottles. I though if I was to make a guy card they would much prefer the liquor over the wine but the original card and box was way too big for those teeny tiny bottles. So lets get started.
To start with you need 2 pieces of heavy weight card stock. 1 piece 5" x 10" scored at 4.25" and 1 piece 8" x 6.5" scored at 1.5"' 3"' 4.5" and 6" rotate and score at 1.5 on both ends. Cut for the top and bottom flaps. Just a little FYI...do not pay attention of nbrs on the picture below. Those are all just my little notes and not the final nbrs.
Fold all the score lines on both pieces. For box glue flap (in pic it's the flap on the left of the right piece of card stock) to form a box. Glue flaps for bottom of the box but do not glue top flaps. Put aside.
For card (cardstock on left in pic) fold your score mark . When the card is closed you will have an extra wide back of the card. Now decorate the front with layers. We all know how to layer so I won't go into that. Embellish anyway you want. Then for the box use a complimentary designer paper and decorate 3 of the sides. Making sure the section which had the seam be the back.
I used papers from a 6x6 pad called Romance Novel by Prima. This is how it looks before embellishments and before box is adhered. I think I'm going for a "Tim Holtz" type of card here which will hold a small liquor bottle. Just realized this size would also work for a small nail polish bottle and file too. Hmmmmmm???? Maybe even 2 tubes of Chap Stik or bubble bath. Or what about a favorite spice? Endless ideas.
Now time to attach box to the card. Definitely use a strong wet glue and put quite a bit on the back side of the box. Line the box up to the edge of the inside back part of the card. Glue a 12" piece of twine to the back of a brad with hot glue. Attach the brad to the top flap of the box.
Attach another brad to the front side of the box about 1.5 - 2" down making sure it is not tightly adhered so you can wrap the twine from top brad to front brad.
That's it unless you want little extra dodads on the card. Cute cute cute. Picture shows the size difference of the bottles from this card to the previous. Total card size is 5.75 x 5
So until next time...................
HAPPY CARDING!
There is nothing better than carding with a friend. Especially when that friend has a little Kahula waiting for you lol. Over the weekend I got together with a friend so we could create masterpieces. We are both a little anal when it comes to our card making. Both wanting things to be "perfect". Perfect paper (shimmer is our favorite), perfect cuts ( oh my the number of trimmers I have tried) and easy die cutting. Well....we try. Not always easy when we have a tiny bit of our favorite drink to begin the process. Seriously it was a tiny amount...lol.
The paper line of choice was Authentique Dublin. Love this. Its not the bright green people usually associate with St Patty's Day but more the 'Mossy" brownish tones. I had seen some really cute cards on line using these papers and of course when I go back to try and get us motivated I can't find the one I liked to begin with. So just diving in was the route to go and if I may say so myself I LOVE THIS CARD.
Kraft card stock was used for the base which was obtained at Hobby Lobby. Let me tell you in their open stock bins they have the thickest 12 x 12 Kraft card stock. I think I'll be buying my sheets singly from now on because the reams are not of that weight. And those flowers! What a find! Also at Hobby Lobby in the floral department. Found these flower stems and they were "Perfect". I cut them all off the stems and now have a little batch in a plastic bin I found at a hardware store. Those and sequins were the only embellies I used and I think the card is "Perfect".
Now I have to go find a teeny tiny bow my friend lost while drinking....oops I mean while crafting. Do you think she's going to be rolling her eyes at me when she reads this? I'll explain the bow next time.
HAPPY CARDING!
So excited to share with you a new to me Fancy Fold card called the Corner Flip Fold. You know me I love fancy folds. If it's fancy I want to do it and if it's easy? Well..all the better! This one is all by means super easy and super cute. You will start with a basic 4.25 x 5.5 card base.
Cut out a triangle that measures 2 3/4 x 3 1/2. Place it in the top left corner of the folded card and use as a template to score. You can see the score mark in bottom left picture. This mark will show up on both front and back of the card. Open the card back up and firmly crease the fold marks. Push center fold line inward.
As shown in top left picture and when totally closed it will look like bottom left picture. Now on picture on the right I am showing an actual card being made. Navy is the base and then you need 2 different coordinating prints of designer paper measuring 4 x 5.25. Using the same triangle template cut designer paper as shown.
Here it is finished. A cutie Birthday Card for my Grand nephew's 4th Birthday.
I can see using this as a St Patty's day card with shamrocks where the balloons are or an Easter card with eggs. It is so easy to whip these up and they fit in a standard card envelope.
Hope you give this a try.
Til next time..............
HAPPY CARDING!
Well how do you say no to your granddaughter? You don't lol. Our middle schooler granddaughter decided she wanted to give just a few of her good friends a Valentine this week so at the last minute I had to come up with a dozen cards. Thought I'd go simple. Made one and decided nope need to go fancy fold. A few post ago I made a new fold Valentine and that is what I decided to mass produce today. You can check out original
HERE
So here's what she's going to be giving out.
Card on the bottom right is what I was originally going to mass produce but I thought it was too boring. My granddaughter added a few extra hearts inside when she signed them and was so excited that she will have a few for her BFF's. I guess in middle school it's not really a thing to hand out those little valentines you get at the store.
Til next time.....................................
HAPPY CARDING
