Breath Deeply

 Hello, crafty friends,

I have a yoga-themed birthday card to share today.

I cut a piece of designer paper and layered it with cream card stock. I did the same with the second panel, which is a designer paper with yoga poses.

I used a sentiment panel from the same pad and layered that with cream card stock in.
I added the sentiment strap with foam tape and finished the card with some clear gems.

Supplies: White and cream cardstock, Designer Paper-Jen Hadfield, Simon Says Stamp-sentiment strip, gems.

Did you know: Ancient yogis believed our breathing rate determines our lifespan.

Happy crafting, 
Nina

Grateful Heart

Hello, crafty friends,

I have a monochromatic card for Washi tape Wednesday today.

I started with a panel of white card stock and embossed that using an embossing folder, then layered the panel with some black card stock.

I created two square panels with washi tape, added a black card stock mat, adhered one of the panels with foam tape, and glued the other directly to the embossed panel.

I added a sentiment strip adhered with foam tape and finished the card with enamel dots.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, washi tape, Simon Says Stamp-sentiment strip, enamel dots.

Did you know: people can fart after they die.

Happy crafting,
Nina

Happy Halloween

Hello, crafty friends,

I have a simple Halloween card to share today.

I used a standard A2-sized card and trimmed off an inch from the right-hand side.
I added strips of designer paper vertically to fill that 1-inch gap.

For the main panel, I added a piece of designer paper so that the pattern ran horizontally. I sliced one piece off and laid it down beside the other vertically.

I added a bat, a cat sticker, and an ephemera with a sentiment adhered with foam tape.

Supplies: White cardstock, Echo Park- Designer Paper, stickers, and ephemera.

Did you know: Movie trailers originally played after the movie.

Happy crafting,
Nina

Love this Christmas

Hello, crafty friends,

I have an adorable card to share for Merry Monday today.

I am using a masterpieces made simple from Penny Black, as the focal point. I layered it with some black cardstock. I then adhered it to the bottom panel with foam tape.

The bottom panel is a nice plaid with some gold strips running through it and layered with black cardstock.

I finished the card with a sentiment strip from Simon Says stamp layered with black card stock.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Penny Black-Masterpieces made simple, Designer paper-memory box, Simon Says Stamp-sentiment strip.

Did you know: That J was the last letter to be added to the alphabet.

Happy crafting,
Nina

Hello Fall

 Hello, crafty friends, I have a fall card to share today.

I started with some beautiful autumn papers, and I layered that with some dark brown card stock.

I stamped the sentiment on scrap paper, then popped it up with foam tape.
I die-cut some leaves and tucked them in behind the sentiment. I then added some twine and adhered the whole panel to the card base with foam tape.

I finished the card with some gems.

Supplies: White and brown card stock, Designer paper - Creative Expressions, Spellbinders - Autumn leaves, gems.

Did you know: No number before 1000 contains the letter A when spelled out.
 
Happy crafting,
Nina

Waited All Year

Hello, crafty friends, I have a pretty stained glass style card to share today.

This card was very simple to make. I started with a panel that is a stained glass print. I layered that on a piece of white card stock and another piece of black card stock. I had heard the panel with foam tape.

I layered a sentiment strip on black card stock and added that with some foam tape.
I finished the card with some dew drops.

Supplies: White and black card stock, Hunky Dory toppers, Simon Says Stamp - Sentiment strip, dew drops.

Did you know: Before alarm clocks, people paid someone to knock on their window and wake them up? They were called knocker-uppers.
 
Happy crafting,
Nina

Pumpkin Pie

Hello, crafty friends. It is Washi tape Wednesday.

Creating a panel with washing tape is one of my favourite ways to build a card.

This card was created with a washi tape set that contains multiple different tapes, which I layered on a piece of white card stock.

I then added a layer of brown card stock to the panel.

I used a sentiment strip layered with brown card stock and popped up with foam tape for the sentiment.

I finished the card with some half-pearls.

Supplies: Cream and brown card stock, Washi tape, Simon Says Stamp - Sentiment strip, half pearls.

Did you know: the 100 folds in a chefs hat stand for 100 ways to cook an egg.
 
Happy crafting,
Nina 

Bokeh Wishes

Hello, crafty friends; I use a Bokeh technique for my card today.

I started by buying ink and blending it on a panel of white card stock. Once it dried, I used a circle template that I created to add the Bokeh circles with white ink.

I die-cut a zigzag stacker frame and attached it with foam tape. I added a tattered leaf die cut popped up with foam tape and a sentiment strip layered with black card stock.
I finish the card with some clear drops.

Supplies: White and black card stock, Penny Black - Zigzag stackers, Simon Says Stamp - Tattered leaves and sentiment strip, dew drops.

Did you know: No number before 1000 contains the letter a when spelled out?
 
Happy crafting,
Nina

Hello Winter

Hello, crafty friends, I have a card for Merry Monday.
 
I had some pretty blue paper that I wanted to use for this card, and I used simple layers as a template.
 
I started with a piece of designer paper and layered it with blue cardstock. I did the same with the second layer.

 
This paper pack came with stickers, so I added one 3-D with the bowels and flowers in the corner and the second sentiment in the centre of the second panel. I then layered that second panel with some foam tape to pop it up further.
 
I finished the card with some gems.
 
Supplies: White and blue cardstock, The Paper Studio - Designer paper, stickers and elements, gems.

Did you know: Arithmophobia or Numerophobia is the fear of numbers.

 
Happy crafting,
Nina

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