Inky fun snowflake card!

  

Hello Crafty Friends!

Are you looking for an inky, easy, last minute winter card to create?  Look no further than this festively fun card using Suzanne's holiday stamps.

The main stamp set used is the lovely A Whisper On My Nose stamp set:

It is a three stamp set (two individual snowflakes and the poem).  I also used snowflakes from other Suzanne stamp sets but you can easily just use the two snowflakes from this set.

Card instructions:

1-    Create a tent fold 4.25 x 5.5" card base from red card stock.

2-    Cut a piece of white or ivory card stock to 4 x 5.25".

3-    To prevent static, use an anti-static pouch on your white card stock.  Use Versamark or white embossing powder to stamp the snowflakes.  Use embossing powder (such as the Gesso White Modern Gilding Powder) to heat emboss the snowflakes.

4-    Use a red water reactive ink (such as Spectrum Noir Water reactive or Ranger Distress Ink) the create an ombre background.  Start with the red on the bottom and gradually lighten as you go up.  Wipe snowflakes off with a clean, dry cloth to remove the red ink.  Optional: flick water on the background and pat dry for a wet, distressed look.  Use double sided tape to mount to card base.

5-    Stamp the poem using black ink (heat emboss using the Gothic Black Gilding Powders looks fabulous!).  Die cut using a square stitched die.  Apply red ink along edges.

6-    Die cut red card stock using the next larger size stitched square die.  Mount poem onto red die cut.  Use double sided foam tape to mount to card front.

7-    For extra awesome, add gems or glitter to the snowflake centers and randomly on the background.

The red really makes the snowflakes pop and adds a festive feel to the card.  

Thank you for stopping by!

Have a happy, crafty day!

Big hugs,

Kathy Jo

Vintage "Tidings of Comfort and Joy" card

Hello Crafty Friends!

One of my favorite holiday stamps from Suzanne Cannon is the Tidings of Comfort and Joy.  It is a timeless beauty and I love finding new ways to use it every Christmas.  This year I combined it with the lovely poinsettia banner from the Poinsettia Banner Sentiments stamp set:

The Poinsettia Banner stamp was stamped in black alcohol proof ink onto 4" x 5.25" Kraft card stock.  After drying I used alcohol ink to color the banners.  Next, I stamped the poinsettia twice onto Kraft card stock, colored the flowers and then fussy cut.  

The Tidings stamp was applied onto Kraft card stock and die cut using an oval die.  Brown ink was applied along the edges of the oval die cut and the Kraft banner background.  Gold marker was applied along the edges.

A piece of 1/2" green ribbon was adhered to the background.  The background was mounted onto a 4.25 x 5.5 red tent fold card.  The oval die cut was assembled to the card using foam tape.  The fussy cut poinsettias were adhered as shown.  

The final touches were glitter in each corner and the poinsettia centers.  Nuvo Glitter Drops in red were applied to the holly berries. 

The vintage style and holiday colors coordinate so well with Suzanne's gorgeous stamps!

You can find all of Suzanne's beautiful red rubber stamps, dies, and stencils at Emerald Creek.

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a happy, crafty day.

Kathy Jo

Celebrate - Simple Customized Z-Fold Card

 

Today we’re making a simple customized Z-Fold Card using the A Way With Words dies.  Each time you change the word, I’ll show you how to change the card size.  This technique was featured in our Facebook Live on October 29, 2020 which is embedded in this post below!

 

Supplies:

Celebrate  ECD https://shrsl.com/2k50o

Cherish  ECD http://shrsl.com/2l3di 

ECreek https://emeraldcreek.co/cherish-thinlit-die/?aff=11

Welcome Little One Collection
ECD https://shrsl.com/2e46f 

Happy Birthday Collection
ECD http://shrsl.com/2l3ii 

Patterned Cardstock
Glue Dots
Ruler
Tape runner
Plain copy or multiuse paper

Instructions:

1. Die cut your a Way With Words word twice – from the same colour cardstock.  I used white.

 

2. First we’re going to make a template.  Place one of the die cut words about ¼” from the edge of the copy paper and use a pencil to mark about ¼” from the left side of the word.  Vertically score a line at that mark and fold. 

 

3. Measure the distance from the edge of the paper to the fold. (For this card it was 5”.) Divide that number in half (2.5”) and create another score line using that measurement to the left of the first score line.  Fold.

4.  Trim excess paper so the new edge aligns with the first fold.

 

 5. Trim the height of the template to the size of card you will ultimately want.

6.       When you’re happy with the template, cut your card base from pretty patterned cardstock.

7.       Cut a strip of plain cardstock as long as the card is wide in the open position and that is slightly wider than the letters are.  Cut another strip slightly wider from coordinating cardstock and adhere the two strips together.  

 

8. Trim a piece of the strip to fit the back of the card (5”) and adhere in place.  Adhere the diecut to the middle of this strip.

9. Adhere the rest of the strip to the left side of the open card. Adhere the second Celebrate diecut to this strip so, when folded, the diecut words line up perfectly.  Trim the right side of the diecut to the fold line. 

10.Use the left over strip to stamp the sentiment and adhere to the “hidden” fold. Perfect!  All done!

Just use this technique for any of the word dies.   The Cherish baby card below had different measurements.  The first score line was 4” from the right edge of the card.  It’s a smaller word, so the card is smaller.  You can customize your z-fold cards just this way for any of the A Way With Words dies!

Happy creating, Suzanne (scroll to the bottom to see the video from FB Live! or click HERE)

 

 

Nature Gives to Every Time and Season

 

Hello Crafty Friends!

How are you enjoying your autumn?  For many people, this is their favorite time of year...and I understand why!  Over the weekend I spent time walking on trails (and crafting, of course).  Oh- I so love this time of year!  The trees are colorfully gorgeous, the temperatures are just right, and crafting is inspired by fall beauty.  

Do you have a "go to" autumn stamp set?  The Autumn Collection stamp set is my favorite.  

The card I am sharing today was used using two of the stamps from the set:

The card front features a background created using the wheat stamp.  The image was stamped using brown water reactive ink and then stamped again for a lighter image.  The image was re-inked and the process repeated.

The background was then cut to size, edges aged using brown water reactive ink, matted and mounted onto a card base.  Next, the "Nature gives to every" stamp had dark brown ink applied and was stamped onto ivory paper.  It was die cut using a stitched square and mounted on die cut gold card stock.

The finishing touches were coordinating flowers, a wee twine bow, and a sweet gem.  

I hope you enjoyed the festive, fall card.  You can pick up the Autumn Collection stamp set and other amazing Suzanne Cannon stamps, dies, and Modern Gilding Powders at Emerald Creek.  

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a happy, crafty day.

Kathy Jo