What We Do in the Shadows Inspired Platform Pop-Up Card

Have you seen the show What We Do in the Shadows? It's definitely a show for adults with the style of humor and language, but I just find it so funny! When I saw the latest Lawn Fawnatics Challenge and the option to create a card inspired by a tv show, I thought it would be a perfect Halloween Platform Pop-Up Card. I am leaning on a similar layout as my Out of This World Card the other day, but making it Halloween themed!

In my video today, I am sharing all of the products I used on my card, but I did stamp, color and fussy cut out my images prior to filming (there are dies, but I don't have them all so I fussy cut them out for consistency). My images and colored with Ohuhu Art Markers and I did mask one of my Tiny Friends in order to make a Colin Robinson with glasses and a bald head. Guillermo was only altered by adding glasses. My bats are Nandor, Nadja and Laszlo with the sentiment as "bat!" since that's what Laszlo says when he transforms.

I also die cut all of the parts that make up the Platform Pop-Up off camera, but I will walk you through how I add ink and splatter to each of the pieces. Then I show the assembly as well as how I added in the images to create my show inspired scene. Now, if you like this card for Halloween, just add in some trick-or-treaters or build up more of a haunted house scene instead of adding in fandom characters. I hope you'll have fun watching my video today!

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New Release from Kindred Stamps - Wild Child & More!

It's a new release from Kindred Stamps! We're getting wild today with the new Wild Child Stamp Set, Jungle Die and Jungle Paper Pack. There are other stamps and paper released today, so make sure you see the full new release and get shopping. I have created three cards to give you some inspiration with the three products I have for the new release.

I first started with stamping out all of the images and did two of the little boy because I had a rough idea of what I wanted to make and which characters would be together on a card. I colored all of my images in with Ohuhu Art Markers (except the bear's fur is with Copic Warm Grays) after stamping with alcohol marker friendly cardstock and black ink.

My first card is using the Jungle Die with different Jungle Patterned Paper and kraft cardstock. I did some layering to have different papers for different parts of the Jungle Die, I wanted to give the background a lot dimension with having different types of paper for the trees, leaves and vines. I added some Vintage Photo Distress Ink to the kraft cardstock for added dimension.

The background is a blend of Distress Oxides (Tumbled Glass, Salvaged Patina, Twisted Citron and Peeled Paint) with some metallic watercolor splatter. I stamped the sentiment with green ink and used the largest Sentiment Strip die; it is popped up onto the card as well as my three fandom characters.

For my "bad guy" card, I die cut two rectangle panels from a piece of kraft cardstock that was die cut with the Card Basics Dies. I layered a piece of snake skin and tiger stripe patterned paper on top of the green leaves paper onto my card base. My sentiment was embossed with Dino Dust Embossing Powder to the center of my kraft panel and then I popped it up with foam adhesive.

My two animals were popped up inside of their matching panels and then I fussy cut some of the green leaves and glued them around the panel. I also used some green enamel dots add more to the leaf and panel design.

Cutting up the patterned papers for these cards left with lots of scraps so I thought I'd make a card with them! I trimmed them down and glued them onto a card base, leaving room for my sentiment that is embossed on a Sentiment Strip that is popped up on the card base. I colored in my orangutan character and added him to the card with a wobbler so it's interactive and look like he's dancing!

My final card is inspired by the coloring of my two characters! I liked the patterned paper with the yellow-grey, orange and brown colors; I used the large rectangle from the Card Basics Dies to cut it out and added it to my card base. I used Distress Oxides in Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo to create a circle background for my stamped images. After I glued down the circle, I added my die cut sentiment using the Stitched Alpha Die Set, kraft cardstock and Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Finally, my characters are popped up with foam adhesive and now I have the song that inspired my sentiment stuck in my head! I hope you're as excited as I am about this new release and that you check out all of the new products from Kindred Stamps today! Let me know in the comments if you have any questions about my cards.

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Love You Bunches Double Slider Card with Scrapbook.com

I am LOVING my card for last Friday's episode of Craft Roulette. I will admit that the project including a "mini drop down" had my brain scrambling a bit, but I remembered that I have Heffy Doodle's Mini Double Slider Dies and thought it was a perfect way to meet the parameter. The other parameters this week were to use colors inspired by patterned paper, include a bouquet and three layers. Scrapbook.com has beautiful floral dies and I used coordinating paper and ink with Sunny Lane Patterned Paper for the colors. The Sunny Lane Florals also help me with the bouquet and I did each flower with at least three layers!

To make the card, I started with my stenciled background of daisies. I used Squeezed Lemonade and Dried Marigold Distress Oxides to color them and splattered around the edges with Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide and a pink metallic watercolor. I die cut it out with the largest A2 nested rectangle and also a piece of green cardstock and the pretty checkered patterned paper with smaller sizes in the nested set of dies.

When the background was die, I glued the green rectangle to the center and added Raspberry Kiss Pops of Color to the center of the daisies that showed. Using different colors that matched the checkered pattern paper, I die cut out the different flower pieces and leaves, and distressed them a bit with matching colors - the ones I've listed so far as well as Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxides. I glued the layers together and then splattered them with the same pink metallic watercolor.

To make the double slider, I partial die cut the tab piece so I had the rounded corners on two, long strips of white cardstock. I stamped my sentiment from Sunny Lane on the end of the one that will peek out at the bottom. I put together the sliding mechanism and trimmed down the two strips so that way it would fit along the back of the checkered piece of cardstock (if you would like to see a video on this in the future, please let me know). I also die cut out the notch from my checkered paper and fit the pull arrow die cut so it would fit not he second tab piece for the card receiver to know where to pull.

The mechanism is attached to the back of the checkered piece and then I used foam adhesive to glue it to the center of the green cardstock. I then layered the flowers and leaves using wet glue until I crated a bouquet that I really liked. Finally, I added more Pops of Color in Raspberry Kiss and Sunshine to the centers of my flowers.

I think this card is perfect for Spring, Easter and Mother's Day! So may different ideas can be used with this card layout and I think it would be fun to switch up the colors for different themes.

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Easter Wishes Shaker Card with Pretty Pink Posh

Easter is coming up and I usually send out a few cards for the holiday. The products from Pretty Pink Posh from the latest Spring release are really helping me with some cute ideas! I loved how there are products that coordinate so well together - from stamps to stencils to clay confetti. I used Easter Sentiments with the Layered Easter Floral Stencils as they coordinate so well together; then for my shaker bits in this infinity shaker card I used Easter Garden.

I started with my stenciled background and used different color Distress Ink and Stencil Butter to fill in the different images and layers in the Layered Easter Floral Stencils. I used lighter colors to give a pastel feel as that's usually the colors I think of when I think of Easter. I set it aside to dry and then worked on stamping and coloring in the images from Easter Sentiments. 

Using the coordinating dies, I die cut out the images as well as the label in both white and Glitter Lilac Cardstock from my Your Paper Insider Box 2. I created an infinity shaker once my background was dry and adhered it to a card base with a layer of the Glitter Lilac Cardstock peeking out around the shaker. I cut the lilac label in half and glued it behind the white label with my "Easter Wishes" sentiment so it would also peek out on the sides of the white label.

Finally, I arranged my images around the label and and glued all of them to the card with liquid and tape adhesive. It actually looks almost like it's floating since it's sitting on the acetate of the infinity shaker! I hope you like this card and it inspires you for your Spring and Easter projects!

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Pond Scene Box Card with Heffy Doodle

I am in love with this card, haha! Sometimes I make something that just surprises myself and I think this card turned out the cutest. I used lots of products on this card, but if you replicate this, remember to just use what you have! But if you do want to purchase anything, please consider using my links below.

For my project today, I have a video because there are a lot of steps in making this box card, so I wanted to make sure anyone could follow along. Before I start recording, I did all of my stamping, alcohol marker coloring and die cutting to save some time in the video. If there are any critters you'd like to see on a future coloring video, let me know in the comments!

In the video, I start with stenciling my pond pieces, then adding splatter to just about everything! The pond, grass, tree and sky pieces have a mix of splatter that I think really add some fun to the card. I opted out of ink blending or using alcohol markers to add more dimension, so the splatter I think really steps up the card more my style.

Then I walk you through how to assemble the box card and adding in all of my cute images, including how to add the little fly with acetate to make it even more 3D! I hope you enjoy today's video and box card. Let me know what scenes you'd like to see next so I can bring you more inspiration.

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Hey Chick! Birthday Card with Simon Hurley create.

The eyes on these chickens from Simon Hurley + Ranger Ink's set Spring Chickens are the best! I stamped them in brown ink and colored them in with alcohol markers. I'm so glad this set comes with dies from Spellbinders because those little chicken feet would not be the most fun to fussy cut out. I wanted to keep a warm feel so I colored them in with red, orange and yellow.

Using the new Funky Chevron Rubber Stamps, I used Distress Oxides in Ripe Persimmon, Crackling Campfire and Fired Brick to add color. Before stamping down, I sprayed it with water to create a more watercolor look. I cleaned off the stamp and then used Picket Fence to stamp again, but I adjusted the stamp so the design would not line up perfectly.

Once the background was dry, I die cut it with a scalloped rectangle and adhered it to a white cardstock base. I popped up my cute chickens as well as a sentiment that was embossed with white embossing powder on a dark brown piece of cardstock. To add a bit of sparkle, I added some Pops of Color in Copper Glitter.

I love the warm tones and this card was relatively easy to make. I love how using a background stamp can really elevate a card. During Simon's live showcasing the new products, someone mentioned adding googly eyes to the chickens and I think that would have looked so fun on this card!

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Penguin Palace Stencils 360°™ for Easy Christmas Cards

A little while ago I finally splurged on getting the Penguin Palace Stencils 360°™ System! I also bought quite a few different stencils, including Christmas themed stencils. I thought they would be really great to make quick Christmas cards and I have to say, it was was pretty fun to use! In my video today, I will show you how I use the system and three different stencil patterns with Distress Oxides.

Once I was done stenciling my backgrounds, I grab some cardstock from the Christmas A2 Paper Pad from Scrapbook.com to cut out a "Merry Christmas" sentiment cover plate also from Scrapbook.com. I picked some colors that I thought would go well with the design and colors of the stenciled background. Using glue with a fine tip, I adhered the cover plate sentiment die cut to the stenciled backgrounds.

To add some sparkle, I splattered on some gold watercolor with a small paint brush as I thought the solid cardstock just needed a little something to jazz it up. Overall, it was pretty quick to make these three card fronts and I can definitely see myself making more of these quick and easy cards for Christmas!

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Out of This World Birthday Platform Pop-Up with Lawn Fawn

Today is the next Card Hoppin' Video Hop over on YouTube and our March theme is "Use It or Lose It" and the technique is "In or Out." I do not use a lot of 12x12" paper even though I collect quite a bit of it... So my use it or lose it is some 12x12" patterned paper from Lawn Fawn and my technique is "out" with using outer space themed products! I go into a little more detail in my video today, so make sure you check it out.

Now keep in mind, this card is definitely not an accurate representation or to scale (where the moon is larger than the earth)... But I think it turned out really cute and I liked adding in the clouds even though I'm pretty sure there are not any clouds in space. I stamped and colored the images from my stamp set with black ink and colored them in with my Ohuhu Art Markers. I go over the die cuts in my video and how I assemble the box card; make sure to watch the video on YouTube so you can read how to hop along to see the other crafters today!

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Green Ogres Love You "Fairy" Much with The Sassy Club

I'm going to have Smash Mouth stuck in my head for a week because it was all I could think about while I was making this card! I colored in three of the characters from the Green Ogre Stamp Set from The Sassy Club while I was watching Craft Roulette last Friday and thought I could use them on a card to meet the parameters.

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Easter Wishes Notes with Pretty Pink Posh + Plantable Seed Paper!

How fun is it to have a carrot stencil?! I don't know what it is about these cute carrots from Pretty Pink Posh, but it's making me want to make all the gardening cards! I used the Layered Carrots Stencils to make the backgrounds for the cover and inside of these Sweet Notes. The colors I used were Distress Oxides in Carved Pumpkin, Mowed Lawn and Brushed Corduroy. I was able to get four squares from one 6x6" piece of paper which is great as those are the sizes of the stencils as well! The squares were adhered to the Sweet Notes that I cut out of kraft cardstock with tape runner.

I die cut my large carrots from the Easter Mug Additions Dies and used the same Distress Oxides to give them color. I glued them to the front of the card and also layered on my sentiment. I die cut Easter Wishes three times - twice in kraft and once from the Lime Satin Shine Cardstock from my Your Paper Insider (YPI) Box 2. I glued the three layers together with the green on top so the sentiment was nice and sturdy.

I added a few green clay pieces from the Pastel Swirls Mix to add a little more fun and dimension to the covers of the Sweet Notes. On the inside of the note, I glued down a plant marker that I also die cut from kraft cardstock and used a brown ink pen to write "plant us!" so the note receiver knows that the eggs are plantable! They are die cut from the Blue Confetti Wildflower Paper also from my YPI Box 2 into cute little eggs and I attached them with glue dots so it's easy to peel and plant.

Have you ever used plantable paper before in your crafts? I think these are just so cute and I can't wait to take them to my Easter brunch. This week there is also a sale on Spring Products over at the Pretty Pink Posh Shop - go check it out!

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