Season's Greetings

Hello, crafty friends, I have a card for Merry Monday.

Another simple design. I used paper from a single paper pad. The tag and sentiment are both from the same paper pad. I added foam tape to pop up the elements, then added some twine to the tag.

The card was finished with some gems.

Supplies:  White cardstock, Designer Paper - Kaiser craft, twine, gems.

Did you know: Cleopatra Queen of Egypt during 50 to 30 B.C. She came into power at 12 years old and married two of her brothers during her reign. It sounds crazy today, but this was fairly common practice back then!

Happy crafting,

Nina

Fields of green

Hello, crafty friends. It is Washi Tape Wednesday.

I feel like I cheated with this card, as it came together so quickly. I used a section from some wide washi tape and applied it to white cardstock, then used a rectangular die to cut out a panel.

I adhered that to a piece of black cardstock, using a thin-edge embossing folder along the bottom of the panel. I popped the panel up with foam tape to adhere it to the card base.

I added a sentiment strip with foam tape and finished the card with some metal candy dots.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Washi Tape, Simon Says Stamp - Sentiment Strip, Stampin' Up! - Candy Dots, Spellbinders - Edge embossing folder.

Did you know: We watch over 1 billion hours of YouTube videos every day, which is more than the combined amount of Netflix and Facebook videos!

Happy Crafting,

Nina

Comfy and Cozy

Hello crafty friends, Merry Monday. I have a simple card to share today. 

I started with a layer of designer paper and then added a layer of black cardstock. I did the same with the panel along the center and the sentiment panel and adhered them all together.

I finished the card with a gem in the middle of the winter flower.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer paper - Echo Park, gems.

Did you know: Iron makes up around 5% of the Earth’s crust.

Happy crafting,

Nina

Hello Summer

Hello, crafty friends, I am pretty sure I have mentioned my somewhat new love of Graphic 45 papers. I can't help myself; they make creating a card easy with all the coordinating elements.

I started with a piece of patterned paper, layering it with black cardstock to add a slim frame. I cut two pieces of coordinating paper, added black cardstock to those as well, and adhered them as vertical strips.

I used one of the pre-made panels as the focal point and layered it with black cardstock and foam tape. I added two additional sentiment strips to the corners, anchoring them with foam tape.

I finished the card with gems.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper - Graphic 45, gems.

Did you know: Humans are born with about 300 bones, but some fuse together as we grow older. As a result, we only have around 206 left by the time we reach adulthood.

Happy Crafting,
Nina

All your wishes

Hello, hello crafty friends. Have you had a good summer so far? It has been a hot minute since the last time I posted a card.

I have a card with a simple layout to share, I did not make it recently, and I have not created much in weeks, more like months, so I will ease back into it.

I started this card with a piece of designer paper, added a second coordinating piece from the same paper pack and layered a stitched circle element on top.

I added a sentiment strip layered with a piece of scrap paper from the base layer and some foam tape. I finished the card with some gems.

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper - Moda Scrap, Circle Die cut, Simon Says Sentiment Strip, gems.

Did you know: It would only take one hour to drive to space if you could go straight up in the air.

Happy Crafting,
Nina

Smile

Hello, crafty friends. It is Washi Tape Wednesday. I am playing along with Crystal's current challenge. You can find her post HERE. I missed the first sketch, but I will go back and do it another time.

I started with a piece of designer paper and then used a piece of vellum across the center of the card. I applied some washi tape to white cardstock, cut it into thirds, and adhered it to the designer paper panel with foam tape.

I die-cut a butterfly out of silver glitter cardstock, adhered the sentiment strip with foam tape, and finished the card with silver gems.

Supplies: White cardstock, Graphic 45 - Washi Tape and Designer Paper, Memory Box - Vivienne Butterfly, Simon Says Stamp - sentiment strips, gems,

Did you know: Have you ever heard of a cryovolcano? It's a volcano that shoots out ice rather than lava. Cryovolcanoes only exist in outer space and can be found on icy moons.

Happy crafting,
Nina

Condolences

Hello, crafty friends; it is Washi Tape Wednesday. I have a card with a simple layout to share today.

I started with a piece of washi tape and added it to some white cardstock; I layered that onto some light blue cardstock for some edges.

I die-cut a butterfly and added some light glitter with micro-dot adhesive. I used a sentiment strip and finished the card with some gems. 

I popped the panel with foam tape to adhere it to the card base.

Supplies: White and blue cardstock, Was hi Tape, Memory Box - Rhone Butterfly Wings, Simon Says Stamp - Sentiment strips, gems.

Did you know: Egyptian brewers invented the straw to taste beer without removing the fermenting ingredients that floated to the top of the container?

Happy crafting,
Nina

Merry Christmas

Hello crafty friends, Merry Monday; I have a note card-sized card to share today. 

This is part of one of the cards I started last week but put aside because my plan was not working out. I looked at this little scene and felt it was enough for its own card with some gems and a sentiment strip.

I started with a piece of patterned paper, then die-cut a delicate pine frame from white cardstock. I layered the frame over the patterned paper with foam tape.

I added the sentiment strip and gems and the card was done.

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper - Paper Rose, Memory Box - Delicate Pine Frame, Simon Says Stamp - Sentiment strip, gems.

Did you know: Drinking two glasses of wine has the same effect on your body as staying awake for 17 hours?

Happy crafting,

Nina

Stars & Wishes

Hello, crafty friends; it is Washi Tape Wednesday. I have some fun Winnie the Pooh Washi tape for my card today.

The design is pretty simple, I cut a piece of white cardstock and added some Washi tape, I added a layer of brown cardstock.

I used a sentiment panel from a coordinating paper pad and layered that with brown cardstock and foam tape.

I finished the card with some gems.

Supplies: White and brown cardstock, Designer Paper and Washi - Echo Park, gems.

Did you know: Winnie The Pooh was based on a real bear.

Be creative,

Nina

No Peeking

Hello crafty friends, Merry Monday. I have an incredibly simple card to share today. 

I started two other cards before this one, but I seem to have fumble fingers today and made non-recoverable errors. So, it is a simple card.

I started with a piece of patterned paper, then added a second strip of coordinating paper. 

I added a square of black cardstock and used a sentiment panel from the same paper pad. I finished the card with small black sequins.

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper - Echo Park, sequins.

Did you know: Hummingbirds can fly backwards!

Happy crafting,

Nina