craftykarendesigns: January 2023

Monday, 30 January 2023

Beautifully Happy Thank You Card

Hi Everyone,

Today I wanted to play with the Beautifully Happy stamp set which is one of the FREE products during Sale-a-Bration (with a qualifying purchase). I thought that I would team it up with some of my favourite colours and die sets and I really like how it turned out.

Materials

1 piece of highland heather card stock 5 7/8" x 8 1/4"

1 piece of gorgeous grape card stock 4" x 5 1/2"

2 pieces of basic white card 3 7/8" x 5 5/8"

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Scalloped Contour dies

Beautifully Happy stamp set

Basic Grey ink

Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo

Pear Pizzazz Stampin' Blends Combo

Glossy Dots

Trimmer

Simply Scored

Bone Folder

Multipurpose Adhesive

Dimensionals

Instructions

On the long side score the highland heather card at 4 1/8" and fold and burnish to make the card base.

Stamp a sentiment and a small flower on one piece of white and add to the inside of the card. I chose not to colour in this image but you could easily add some colouring before you adhere it to the card.

On the remaining piece of white, stamp the large floral image in basic grey and a sentiment at the bottom left.

Colour in the floral image using the Stampin Blends and then die cut using the 2nd largest of the rectangles and die cut the largest using the gorgeous grape.

Add the gorgeous grape layer to the card front and then layer up the floral piece using dimensionals. Add some glossy dots and the card is complete.

Really quick and easy card, why don't you give it a try?

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If you are interested in taking part in some challenges and having crafty chats with like minded people and a bit of a laugh, pop over to Craft and Banter on Facebook (link in the side bar). This group is a collaboration with Taffy Crafting (Donna Lester) and Vickieloudesigns (Victoria Littlewood) and we would love you to join us.

Happy Crafting,

Karen X

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Saturday, 28 January 2023

Dainty Flowers Birthday Card - Ink, Stamp, Share Blog Hop - January

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I thought I would use the Dainty Flowers designer series paper as my Sale-A-Bration choice. It is so pretty, I really like it and there are lots of colours that you can team it up with.

Materials

1 piece of thick white card stock 5 7/8" x 8 1/4"

1 piece of old olive card stock 4" x 5 3/4"

1 piece of dsp 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" cut into 3 strips, 3/4", 1 1/4", 1 1/2" wide

Scraps of old olive and white for the sentiment

Double Oval Punch

Piece of old olive ribbon

Brass Brushed Butterflies

Old Olive ink

Pansy Patch stamp set

Trimmer

Simply Scored

Bone Folder

Multipurpose adhesive

Dimensionals

Instructions

On the long side score the white card at 4 1/8" and fold and burnish to make the card base.

Adhere the three strips of dsp across the old olive card making sure to leave equal spaces all around and in between and keep the picture complete.

Tie the ribbon around this layer and tie a bow, then adhere this layer to the card front.

Stamp a sentiment on the inside of the card and another one on a scrap of white. Punch out with the Double Oval Punch, add dimensionals to the back and add to the card front, over the ribbon.

Sprinkle some butterflies and the card is complete.

Please pop over and see what everyone else has made too, you are sure to get lots of inspiration, I always do.

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Happy Crafting,

Karen X

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Friday, 27 January 2023

Dainty Flowers Pansy Patch 3D Star Pop Up Card

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to make a special card as I have some special birthdays coming up so I went looking for inspiration with Mixed Up Crafts and Sam Calcott. As usual, she had just what I wanted with this one. I've made a similar ones in the past inspired by lots of people on YouTube and Pinterest but the dimensions for this one are Sam's. I made one as a 21st Birthday card for my Grandson (the star dies have retired now) and the other as a Birthday card for one of my Daughters and I chose the Heart Punches for this one. The pictures below are a mixture of both of the cards that I made but they were both made in exactly the same way apart from the toppers. Let me show you how I made it, there is a link to the video below:

Video Tutorial

Materials

6 pieces of coloured card stock 5 1/2" x 7", 1 piece 3" x 1", scrap for the sentiment

12 pieces of silver foil 1" x 6 3/4", scrap for the sentiment

12 pieces of dsp 3/4" x 6 1/2"

Scrap of basic white for the sentiment

Rich Razzleberry ink

Charming Sentiments stamp set

Pansy Patch

Sentiment Silhouette dies

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Hearts Punch Pack

Trimmer

Simply Scored

Bone Folder

Multipurpose adhesive

Dimensionals

Basic Rhinestones

Instructions

On the short side score each of the pieces of coloured card stock at 1 1/4", 2 1/2", 3 3/4" and 5" and fold and burnish all of the score lines.

Add glue to the tab section of each piece and then fold the other side over to meet the score line, this forms a tube. Repeat this with each of the pieces (see pictures).

Then keeping the seam to the back of the tube, start to adhere them together, section by section (see pictures) until you have joined the sixth one to the 1st one to complete the star. Make sure that you keep the tops, bottoms and joins level otherwise your card will be wonky and won't stand up straight. Just take it slowly and it will be fine.

Then add the dsp layers to the silver foil mat layers and then add to each section keeping the borders equal. If you want to write a message on the card itself, leave one of the sections blank and add a piece of white card there instead (use the measurement for the silver foil mat). I decided to decorate all of mine and add a small gift card with my message instead.

Punch the scalloped heart in silver foil and the plain one in Fresh Freesia.

Stamp the sentiment on a scrap of fresh freesia using the Rich Razzleberry ink and then punch out.

Layer up the two hearts and then add the rhinestones around the sentiment.

Take the 3" x 1" strip of card and score at 1/2", 1", 2" and 2 1/2" and fold as shown in the picture. Add glue to the two smaller sections and adhere one either side of the point on the front of one of the sections (see picture). Then adhere your heart topper to the flat side that remains and it looks like your sentiment is floating on the front.

I punched out another set of hearts and added some silver twine to add a tag with my message. For the blue one, I'll die cut some more stars and add my message to that too.

I really like this card and think they both turned out beautifully, I hope that you will give it a go, it's not as complicated as it looks.

Please check out what Donna and Victoria have made this week too:

Donna Lester

Taffy Crafting

Victoria Littlewood

Vickieloudesigns

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Happy Crafting,

Karen X

Product List

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

Simply Scored

[122334]

Bone Folder

[102300]

Basic White A4 Cardstock