Pick-Your-Present Lift the Flap Birthday Card + Video!

Hello there friends, 

Today I have a fun birthday card going to a young and new cardmaker. My friend's daughter started cardmaking this summer and has loved it! Her mom shared the "Wish list" of things she would like for her birthday much of it being crafty supplies! So for this birthday card, I decided to make it fun and interactive by making it a pick your present. Whichever flap she chooses to lift, will reveal a stamp company. She will be able to pick any stamp set she wants from that company & I will gift it to her.

Here's the card:

Which present will she choose? The blue or the pink???

Now let's reveal those flaps:

If she chooses the flap on te left, she'll get a Lawn Fawn stamp. If she chooses the one on the right, she'll get her choice of a Mama Elephant stamp. 😍

Here's a peek of the innies:

If you want to see how this card came together, just click below!

   

Thanks so much for popping in to my little corner of the crafty world.

Until next time....

Beach Week in Review + 3 Videos!

Hello there friends, I had a Beach week on my YouTube Channel recently and it was great getting to create several cards using beach-themed stamps from my stash. I created a simpler card and a stepped up card with an interactive feature!

Day 1 features the Gina K Ocean-Minded Stamp set

The larger card has a pop-up Adirondak chair. So fun!

Here's the video if you'd like to see how these cards came together.

Day 2 features the Hero Arts Color Layering Waves and Color Layering Sea & Sky stamp sets.

This set features a slimline card and a pop-up box card!

Here's the video, if you're interested

Day 3 features the Hero Arts Beach Heroscapes Stamp set.

For these cards, I created a one layer card, A interactive window card with an awesome brick technique I saw Vickie from Clips and Cuts do. I loved the way that came out! The third was another pop-up card this time with a pop-up beach ball.

Here's the video if you'd like to check these out:

Note: The Pop-Up dies I used are retired---I know, I know...BUT there are some updated dies available that are actually easier to put together that the ones I have and they are wafer dies, not the Bigz dies I have. You can check them out here ---> Adirondak Chair,  Surprise Ball.

Hope you're well and staying safe.

Until next time...

 

At the Movies + Video

Hi friends,

Today I have a fun birthday card highlighting a day at the movies!

Here it is:

This super cute image is called Newton's Movie Night from Newton's Nook and how cute, right?

Every Summer, some of my teacher friends (many who are retired), and I get together for a girls' lunch and a movie date. We go somewhere nice to have a yummy meal and hear how much they love being retired! 😂 Then we head to watch a movie. I am allergic to chick flicks/Rom Coms, so if they happen to choose one, then I just go to watch a comedy or horror movie instead since those are my fave genres.

With Covid 19 and all the restrictions that come with keeping people safe, movie theaters are currently closed. But when the day for our girls' lunch date comes around, I know we will go back to looking like the three kitties above 😀 and having so. much. fun!

Here's a peek of the innies:

As the title suggests, there is a video which you can watch ---> HERE  or by clicking below 👍

SUPPLIES:
 Newton's Movie Night- Newton's Nook

Blueprints #1 Dienamics- My Favorite Things (MFT)

Mini Film Strip die- MFT

Tickets Embossing folder- The Paper Studio

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper

Thanks for poppin' in today!

Hope you have a lovely crafternoon 💖

Until next time...

 

Starbucks Inspired Drinks | Slimline Birthday Card

Hi ya friends,

Today I have a birthday card that is inspired by some of Starbucks perfect summer drinks!

Here it is:

I created a Unicorn, Frappuccino, and Pink Drink. Yummy, right?

Confession: I don't drink Frappuccino types of drinks. I am borderline diabetic so these drinks would probably push me all the way! I do, however, treat myself to a Pink drink from time to time. It is so yummy! This is what it looks like in case you've never had one. In the words of Ferris Bueller,  "It is SO choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up."

It's a dreamy blend of coconut milk and strawberry goodness 😋

Here's the innies:

Guess what? I have a video to walk you through the process of how this card came together.

You can watch it ---> HERE  or by clicking below.

Supplies:

Donuts and Sprinkles Stamp- My Favorite Things (MFT)

Mini Cafe All Day Dies- MFT

Rectangle Peek-A-Boo Window Die- MFT

Slimline Basics Dies- Mama Elephant

Sentimental Dies- Avery Elle

Distress Inks: Ground Espresso, Picked Raspberry, Mermaid Lagoon

Distress Oxides: Vintage Photo, Picked Raspberry, Mermaid Lagoon

Birthday Cake Sprinkles- Trinity Stamps

Thanks so much for popping in today. Stay healthy & safe and enjoy a lovely crafternoon.

Until next time....

It's a BOY!

Hello crafty friends,

Thanks for popping in to my little crafty corner of the world.

Today I have a baby boy card to share with you. As some of you may know, Kelly Marie and her husband, Mike,  just welcomed a bouncing baby boy to the the Lawn Fawn family! I am so excited and happy for them because I know this has been a long time in the making.

Here's the card:

And the innies:

I used lots of stuff I've had in my stash for eons, so they may no longer be available. But, there's always new and cute baby stuff being released all the time- so no worries if you can't get these.

Guess what? Yep, there's a video tutorial on how this card came together. Click on the video below or check it out----> HERE!

">SUPPLIES

Dies:

Welcome Baby Sizzlits Decorative Strip- SIZZIX

Airplane, Fire truck- CUTTLEBUG Wafer dies

Baby Bib & Bottle dies- ECHO PARK

Baby Onesie and stamp set- MFT

Slim Card Basics- MAMA ELEPHANT

Poetic lowercase Alphas- POPPY STAMPS

Stamps:

For You, Deer- LAWN FAWN

Other: Chunk Glitter- LAWN FAWN

Ice White Pearl Pen- Viva Decor

Perfectly Plaid Paper pack- LAWN FAWN

Until next time....tootles!

Distance Learning Thank You Cards

Hello friends,

I am back to share some thank you cards I created for my school kiddos. We finished Distance Learning FINALLY so I got going on creating 25 of these goodies.

I must admit, I don't particularly like mass-producing cards. It feels less personal. But in cases like this, it's what one has to do to be efficient.

Allow me to let you in on my typical card-making mind process...💬💬💬

I think about the person I'm creating a card for. I think about the reason/situation for the card. I think about their likes, their personality, little quirks, etc.- anything that will help me to personalize my therapy crafting session 😁. Then, I imagine what the card would look like... Then, I head over to my crafty stash and pick out some stamps and goodies that will bring the idea in my mind into reality. And that's it! I go about creating. So when I emerge from being "in the zone" I evaluate my crafty creation & if it doesn't make me smile, then I cannot send it. Thankfully, this doesn't happen very often. I think this is why as card-makers, we love what we do. Our crafty creations make us smile, then when the recipient gushes and loves it, we get a second wave of good feels, right? Right. So I guess that's what's missing for me a bit in mass producing cards.

So on to today's cards:

I can't say these were super easy to mass-produce, but they weren't hard either. Having a stamping tool like the one I used is definitely a plus to getting these done much faster. Well, instead of tell, I'll show you how these cards came together. You can watch the tutorial below or ----> HERE.

And a peek at the innies.

Thanks so much for popping in today. Hope you're all well and finding some time for a lovely crafternoon or two.

SUPPLIES:

Stamps:

Chalkboard- Stampendous

A Good Apple- Lawn Fawn

Spanish Scripty Sayings- Lawn Fawn

PI Graduation Girl- MFT

IB Knowledge- MFT

Notebook Paper Embossing folder- The Paper Studio

Inks: Green Hills, Orchid, Orange Soda, Aquatic- Hero Arts

Until next time...

Lunar New Year Card: Year of the Rat

Hi friends,
Today's card is for our Chinese language teacher at my high school who is celebrating the lunar new year. 
Here's the card:

 And the innies:

 

  Guess what? 

Here's the video so you can see how it came together:

Thanks for watching and for popping in today!

Until next time...

Supplies: Chinese Landscape Die- Amy Design Magical Sky Stencil- Echo Park Sugar Glitter Paste- BoBunny Lunar Animals Stamp set, Lunar Sayings stamp set- Mama Elephant Distress Oxides: Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, Candied Apple Pearl white gems- Pretty Pink Posh Masking Magic- Gina K

A Cheery Birthday Card

Hi friends,
I'm back to share a birthday card for a friend and I've got another video for you! My friend has been a bit down recently, so I wanted to bring a smile to her face by giving her a happy card. And I don't know anything happier than Lawn Fawn images along with some super cute ones from Neat and Tangled! I am super rusty at making videos...since it's been 3 years, but hopefully I will learn more and create better videos in the future. Hope you enjoy the video  *Ü*



Supplies:

Stamps:

Lawn Fawn: Party Animal, Forest Feast

Neat and Tangled: My Favorite Nut

MFT: Twice the Wishes

Dies:

Treehouse Scene Die- Hello Bluebird

Stitched Hillside Borders- Lawn Fawn

Mini Banner dies- MFT

Other:

Brusho- Lime Green

Victoria Embossing folder- ProvoCraft

Until next time...

Trays for Ink Blending Foam Pads- VIDEO!

Heloooo crafty friends,
It has been 3 years since I posted a YouTube video, but today I am back to share something that was a problem solver for me! Like many of you, I put a velcro circle under my ink pad to attach my ink blending foam pads. The problem with this is that because I had to stack them on top of each other (for storage purposes), the ink from the pad would transfer to the lid of the ink pad that was under it.
I don't know about you, but I'm pretty "Type A" about these things so I did not like that.
In today's video, I share a solution that was inspired by the great Karen Burniston.

You can find Karen Burniston's blog post ---> HERE , where you can download her cut file and PDF. The easiest thing would be to use the cut file of course, but I didn't have access to my Cricut at the  time. The way I shared was pretty easy.
Here are the scoring measurements for 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock:
1/4", 1 1/2", 1 3/4", 2,  3 1/4", 3 1/2", 3 3/4", 5", 5 1/4", 5 1/2", 6 3/4", 7", 7 1/4", 8 1/2", 8 3/4", 9", 10 1/4", 10 1/2"
Use heavyweight cardstock. It helps the trays to be sturdy and the foam pads don't fall out. I used 110lb cardstock, but if you have 65lb or 80 lb cardstock, you might need to pinch the trays to hold the foam pads in.
Hope it helps! Until next time....Tootles!

Shaker Pocket Card with a Twist (VIDEO!)

Hi again friends,
I'm back with my final card for day five at Camp Create by My Favorite Things. Yay! I was able to complete all five cards and earn all five badges!
Here's challenge number 5:

 So today I have a shaker card to share, but it's not your typical shaker card. It's very much inspired by a Clear Shaker Card Jennifer McGuire shared some time ago. I have created a few in the past because they are so fun to create and to give. But I always lamented that in order to get the gift card out of the shaker, they'd have to cut it open, and essentially, destroy the shaker pocket... (insert sad face here...)

So while thinking of what I wanted to create for this challenge, I thought of Jennifer's Shaker pocket. And it HIT ME! Why not ADD a pocket to the pocket! And I went to work!

Here's my shaker card:

Basically, it is the same construction as Jennifer's shaker pocket. I used one of the pockets from the baseball card sleeves I bought for making Pocket Letters (remember those things?) As it turns out, they are the PERFECT size for gift cards and little note cards, which is what I put in mine.

Here it is with a gift card instead: (It's slid into the front pocket)

In my shaker, I used the Postage Stamp Stax dienamics (MFT) to create my little note card. I used some Gold Deco sheets (Tim Holtz) and die cut the "Thank you"from the Twice the Thanks dienamics (MFT) and the flower from the Scribble Roses dienamics (MFT).

Here's what it looks like from the back:

I added star confetti as well as gold sequins and three die cut "Thanks" from the Twice the Thanks dienamics (MFT).

I luuuv Jennifer's Shaker Pocket idea and now that the recipient can get their gift card out of it without sacrificing the shaker, well, I'm just tickled pink!

This is the card you'll be seeing in the tute:

Don't ask me what happened to the original video, lol...
I invite you to watch the video tutorial below or on my You Tube channel ---> HERE.


Thanks for stopping by today! You can put this in a standard A2 envelope because the shaker card measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (A2 size). I hope you'll give this card style a try because it's so much fun! *Ü*
Tootles,

Watercolored Petals (Video)

Hi ya friends,
I'm back today to earn badge number 3 for Camp Create at My Favorite Things!
The task:

Here's my card:

 I used a super easy-peasy watercoloring technique to watercolor the flowers and leaves. I won't go into the deets because you can see that process in the video. I die cut the flowers using the Plentiful Petals dienamics (MFT) and the Royal Leaves dienamics (MFT) from Ranger water color paper. I used Distress Inks in Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, and Wilted Violet to give them a color wash and then added depth with another more concentrated application in the centers of the petals.

Here's a closer peek at the dimension:

The sentiment (Sentimental-Avery Elle) was heat embossed in Liquid Platinum embossing powder (Ranger). Last, I added a bit of clear Wink of Stella glitter pen to the petals.

And the innie:

I stamped the inside sentiment (Simply Fab Sayings-MFT) and heat embossed it in Liquid Platinum again. I added two little leftover leaves and ink splatters to match the front of the card.

I invite you to watch the video below or on my You Tube channel ---> HERE.



Thanks so much for watching and stopping by my blog today!
I'm off to work on badge number 4!
Tootles,


The 411 
Stamps: Simply Fab Sayings (MFT), Sentimental (Avery Elle)
Distress Ink: (flowers): Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet  (Flower Centers): Wild Honey   (leaves): Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn
Dies: Plentiful Petals dienamics, Royal Leaves dienamics, Stitched Rectangle STAX (MFT)
Wonky Stitches Dies (Avery Elle)
Paper: Watercolor paper (Ranger)  Neenah Solar white 110lb cs
Other: Liquid Platinum embossing powder (ranger)

Glitzy Glitter Polishes (Video!)

Hi friends,
Yes, I'm back so soon! and with another VIDEO! I know, stop the madness- lol, but it's true!

My Favorite Things is hosting Camp Create and today I'm earning my first badge:

Here's the card I created:

 I used Martha Stewart fine glitter on the die cut nail polish bottles (Taylored Expressions). First, I placed some Stick-It adhesive to the white cardstock and die cut the bottles so there would be adhesive on them. I die cut the tops in black cardstock.

Here's the innie:

The video will walk you through the steps of how this card was created so I invite you to watch it below or on my YouTube channel----> HERE.

Note: I forgot to mention in the video, that I sprayed all the glittered bottles with hair spray to set the glitter.

Thanks so much for stopping by today & I hope you enjoy the video.
Until next time... I'm off to earn my second badge!
Tootles,


THE 411
Stamps: Gumball Greetings, Kind Thanks (MFT)
Dies: Nail Polish (Taylored Expressions), Thanks (Simon Says Stamp), Blueprints 29 (MFT), Basic Set (Mama Elephant)
Paper: Neenah Solar White cs, True black cs (PTI)
Other: Martha Stewart Glitter Set of 24: Garnet, Fire Opal, Yellow Barite, Peridot, Lapis Lazuli, Charoite   Prisma Glitter (Hero Arts),  Black Soot Distress Paint
Distress Inks: Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet