Let it Snow

Good Morning and Merry Monday. This card is all about layers.

I started with a silver fine-grained glitter paper, next I added black cardstock, then a panel of designer paper. The sentiment is from the same paper pack, the snowman panel pre-created and part of the pack as well.

 

I added a layer of foam tape on the snowman panel to adhere it to the panel underneath.

I finished the card with some tiny gems on the small snowflakes on the sentiment.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper - Echo Park or Carta Bella, glitter paper, gems.

Did you know: 'Dysania' is the state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.

Just like that January 2022 is over.

Cheers,
Nina

Tuesday Morning Sketches #641 - Love

Hello Hello crafty friends - I am playing along with this week's Tuesday Morning Sketches.

I was visiting a favourite store last weekend and found this pretty wrapping paper - I think it is a blend of mulberry and regular wrapping paper as it has a fibrous feel to it. I digress, I like the paper and I could almost instantly picture a beginning of a card.

When I saw the sketch for TMS, I wanted to try to adapt the idea I had to the sketch.

I started by using a die-cut for the paper panel then I added a layer of black cardstock in behind. I created the vellum piece with gold embossing and I added that to a layer of black cardstock as well. The same with the flag panel.

I die cut the heart twice, once with the backside of the patterned paper then another out of black cardstock, I glue them together slightly of the center to make it look like a shadow then added some foam tape to pop it up. I heat embossed the sentiment then die cut it with a coordinating die-cut, added some foam tape and adhered it to the heart.

I finished the card with some black gems. The wrapping paper was easy to work with and die-cutting it did not compromise the shape which I loved. 

All that pretty gold messed with the camera so the photo is not the best.

Supplies: Cream and black cardstock, Designer Paper - Unknown, Simon Says Stamp - Scribble Heart, Ornate Love Stamp and Die Set, gems.

Did you know: The world's termites outweigh the world's humans by ten to one.

Cheers,
Nina

Happy Retirement

Hello hello crafty friends, I am working my way through a few cards I made last year but did not post.

This one was requested by a friend for a teacher family member,  the details around the request were slim  -  colours or style so I winged it.

I found these fabulous paper designs on Etsy and did a quick print with my home printer.

Unfortunately, I did not note the stamps I used for the sentiment, both of the sentiment panels are popped up with foam tape.

I added a layer of rust-coloured cardstock to each panel, the top panel is popped up with foam tape.

Supplies: White and rust cardstock, Digital Papers - RusticDigitalPaper, sentiment stamps - unknown.

Did you know: A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.

Cheers,
Nina

Deck the Halls

Good Morning and Merry Monday.

This card could not be any easier to put together,  I cut a panel of patterned paper for the bottom layer. The top panel is a pre-done panel from a paper pack. 

I layered foam tape on the top panel then added Glossy Accents to each of the little light bulbs. 

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper - Photoplay, Glossy Accents.

Did you know: The longest Monopoly game in history lasted 70 straight days.

Cheers,
Nina

Happy Birthday

Good Morning crafty friends - I have a masculine birthday card to share today. 

Plaid being the plan for this card, I started with a layer of black cardstock, I heat embossed a plaid design on one half using clear embossing powder (that apparently has flecks of white in it).

I cut a planel of plaid designer paper, then added a thin strip of black cardstock for interest. I used a sentiment strip from a Tim Holtz pack then finished with some Nuvo Drops.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper - Brutus Monroe, Tim Holtz idea-ology - Label Stickers, Stampers Anonymous-Tim Holtz-Perfect Plaids, Nuvo Drops.

Did you know: The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

Sweet Saturday wishes,

Nina

Tuesday Morning Sketches #640 - Happy Anniversary

Hello, hello, crafty friends- I am playing along with Tuesday Morning Sketches today.

I started with a blue layer of card stock, I then die-cut a piece of white cardstock with a background die-cut.

I die-cut two small rectangular pieces from patterned cardstock and I die-cut a larger rectangle from vellum for the middle panel.

I used a privet branch I die-cut and added foam tape behind the leaves, I used those leaves to hide the glue holding down the vellum panel.

I printed off a sentiment strip I created in MS Word the I adhered it using foam tape. I finished the card with some iridescent blue gems.

Supplies: White and blue cardstock, Designer Paper- Paper Rose, Simon Says Stamp-Detail Pincushion Plate, Privet Branch, gems

I tried out some Hammermill Coverstock for this card, it is 100lb weight and I have seen a number of people say they love it for ink blending... I will try that soon, but for this card I used it for the card base, the die-cut panel and for the privet branch, I also used it to print out the sentiment. I am pretty happy so far.

Did you know: It is believed that around 80% of Earth's gold is still buried underground.

Cheers,
Nina

Happy Birthday

Hello, Hello, craft peeps. My love of designer papers won out for this card and I used a quick and easy layout. When in doubt layer your panels.

I am in this place where I just want to repeat the cards I made with washi tape with different tapes, but I also want to do something different, so that is messing with my crafty mojo a little. I have some cards I need to get into the mail so I need to get it together.

I started by creating the panels, I knew which papers I wanted to work with, and I started out with three different panels but I just could not make the smallest one work for me. I layered each panel with some black cardstock. 

I stamped and die-cut the sentiment, and die-cut the leafy branch adding foam tape to both. I finished with black Nuvo drops.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper - Carta Bella, Memory Box - Signature Greeting, Poppy Stamps - Lorelai Leaf, Nuvo drops.

Did you know: Tonsurephobia is the fear of haircuts.

Cheers,
Nina

Warm Wishes

Good Morning and Merry Monday crafty crew. I have one of those quick and easy cards to share. I am not moosing around, the layout is simple, and the paper did all the work.

I cut a panel of designer paper that has the trees on it, the moose and sentiment were on the same panel. I cut that section out, put the twine in behind then added a layer of foam tape behind the cut-out piece to pop it up.

I added a layer of black cardstock to the panel for a small frame. I finished with some half pearls.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper - Echo Park, twine, pearls.

I have been binge-watching Dr. Oakley Yukon Vet the past few weeks, I love seeing the critters she gets to work with, especially all the babies. The episode I paused to prep this post is about releasing some rehabilitated baby moose back into the wild.

Did you know: When we are born out eyes are almost full size, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

Cheers,

Nina

Paper Craft Crew # 455 - Happiest

Hey hey crafty peeps - my sister Barb talked me into playing along with a new to me challenge Paper Craft Crew - PCC455: Horizontal Sketch Challenge.
 
The challenge is a horizontal sketch, I just picked up some slimline die cuts that I wanted to play with so that is what I did.
 
I started with a black cardstock layer then added a layer of gold card stock and finally a layer of designer paper. For the circle element, I used a circle die from the same set of die cuts from above with some vellum.

I ran that circle die cut through a second time with the same gold glitter card stock and filled in the little divots. I heat embossed the sentiment in white on black cardstock. I finished with some black vintage Nuvo drops.
 
Supplies: White, black and gold cardstock, Designer paper - Recollections, Pink Fresh Studio - Mini Slimline Essential Bundle, Colorado Craft Company - Big Bold Birthday cake, Nuvo drops.

Did you know: 'Go.' is the shortest complete sentence in the English Language.

Cheers,

Nina

Tuesday Morning Sketches #639 - Love you

Good Morning - I am playing along with this week's Tuesday Morning Sketches. I started with some patterned papers and added them to a black cardstock panel. I die-cut the largest heart from some woodgrain cardstock.

I heat embossed the sentiment, using white embossing powder on black cardstock doing that twice to get a nice solid sentiment. I then die-cut it using a coordinating die-cut set.

I die cut a series of smaller hearts from red mirror and textured cardstocks. I added them using some foam tape. I added some black gems and added the whole panel to a card base made of the same woodgrain cardstock as the large heart.

I am not entirely happy with this card, not sure why, maybe it will grow on me.

Supplies: White, black and red cardstock, Designer Paper - Echo Park, Simon Says stamp - Ornate Love, Stitched Heart Collage, gems.

Did you know: Giraffes can't yawn.

Enjoy your Saturday,
Nina