Fancy Fold Card Class

 Fancy Fold Card Class

I am so excited! This Saturday, May 8th, 2021, is a Motherś Day Event at Brown Street Emporium in Oconomowoc, WI. I will be hostessing, two separate card classes, making the following two Fancy Fold Cards!

Stand Up Fold Card and Bi-fold Card

Inside sentiments of cards

The first class will start at 10 am and go on until 11 am. The second class is from 2 pm to 3 pm. Both classes will be identical so don´t feel like you are missing out on the fun if you are not able to make both! 

The cost for attending this class is $10 which covers all materials you will need to make these two Fancy Fold cards. Plus...you get extras to use to make more cards or for scrapbooking!

 Geekly Yours Design has provided ephemera cards, journaling cards, 4¨x 6¨ papers, and die-cut words. Deni Johnson also has many other kits for you to choose from like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Super Heros, Disney, Trucks, Princess, and many, many more! I bought two kits of Green Bay Packers and made some awesome Father´s Day Cards!

Hogwarts Kit

Quarantine Kit

You can also find many more of Deni´s kits in the Private Facebook Group, The Paper Posey Craft Supply Resale. It´s easy to join. There are a couple questions and POP, you´re in! There are a lot of vendors in this group and many, many bargains!

I hope you were able to craft on National Scrapbook Day this past Sunday. And I hope all of the Mothers out there have an awesome Mother´s Day! Personally, I am looking forward to flower shopping and brunch!

Remember, great things happen to those that create!

Artistically Yours,

POP-UP CARD FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY

Pop-up Card for 

Independence Day!

I hope your Independence Day weekend was relaxing and fun! I just couldn't stay away from my desk. I took turns between sitting at my desk planning out a couple cards for you and sitting in the sun and 90 degrees! I love the HEAT! 

In preparation, I played around matching up colors of Distress Oxide inks. Without a doubt, I intended to use a color scheme of red, white and blue. But Cindy keeps telling me ¨If you're going to make one, you might as well make two or more to sell¨! 

Menu

~Neenah 110# white cardstock, cut to 
  8 1/2¨x 5 1/2¨ for a side-folded card
~Neenah 80# white cardstock
~Beautiful Day stamp set by Simon Says Stamp
~Birthday Greetings by Sweet´n Sassy Stamps
~assorted inks of your choice
~Simon Says Stamp Fog cardstock
~Versa fine Clair or Versafine Black ink
~clear embossing powder
~tape runner
~paper trimmer
~precision cutting scissors for fussy cutting
~pencil
~scoreboard and bone folder

Appetizers

At first, I played with the inks. I wanted to create my color schemes.

Tried many different shades of red, white and blue

I tried pairing:

          Weathered Wood

          Fossilized Amber

          Faded Jeans

          Aged Mahogany

then Squeezed Lemon, Pumice Stone, Barn Door, and Scattered Straw entered the mix! I decided on:
          Tea Dye
          Scattered Straw
          Faded Jeans
          Aged Mahogany Distress Oxide inks.

My second card had a different color scheme: 

          Pumice Stone

          Tattered Rose

          Scattered Straw

          Abandoned Coral

Very pretty combination!

Please use any inks that you have available. I did not choose the Distress Oxides for any of their special properties. They just happen to be very accessible.

Soup and Salad

Using Simon Says Stamp´s Beautiful Day stamp set and the four paired patriotic inks, I randomly stamped the four smaller, detailed butterflies across two sheets of Neenah 80# cardstock cut into 4¨x 5 1/4¨ panels. Each butterfly is a different color. I layered them onto a black cardstock panel of 4 1/8¨x 5 3/8¨. 

I used the same butterflies but repeated the process with the alternative color scheme. This was also done on a 4 1/4¨x 5 1/4¨ panel then layered onto a Simon Says Stamp´s Fog gray 
4 1/8¨x 5 3/8¨ mat.

Tattered Rose, Pumice Stone, Scattered Straw &
Abandoned Coral Distress inks used on my second card!

Mounted onto Simon Says Stamp´s
 Fog gray cardstock.

I black embossed the sentiment, ¨you make me feel like I can fly¨ onto the patriotic layered panel. ¨have a beautiful day¨ was black embossed onto the other layered panel. They were attached to the front of the card base. 

On two other panels cut to 4 1/8¨x 5 3/8¨, I stamped butterflies using the two small solid stamps in the set. 

I used a single color for each style of butterfly. I used Tea Dye and Scattered Straw on one set. I used Tattered Rose for one butterfly and Pumice Stone for another on the other panels. Remember odd numbers look best.

I added random flying swirls and attached the panels to the inside of the card.

Inside panels attached to the card base

Inside of Aged Mahogany (red), Tea Dye (white),
Faded Jeans (blue) and Scattered Straw (gold stars)

The Main Course

The pop-up is a very simple device! Simply score a small scrap of white cardstock at 1/2 inch intervals starting at 1/2 inch. Then cut this piece of paper into strips, 2 1/2¨x 1/4¨. There should be 4 score marks on each strip. 

Bend them into a cube. This is where I use a liquid adhesive. Art Glitter Glue dries quickly and clear. Proceed to glue two cubes together. This becomes one pop-up mechanism. You may only need one but I need two of these double cube mechanisms for the butterfly I am going to use inside. (I made four mechanisms, 8 cubes, to use on two cards.)

Making cubes into the pop-up mechanism

Dessert!

I stamped the largest butterfly in the set twice onto white 80# Neenah cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I did this for each card. I colored each set of butterflies, to match the colors of each card, with Copic markers. I used Wink of Stella Clear on the yellow outer part of each butterfly.

Coloring with Copic markers or use
whatever you would like to color with!

They were fussy cut with my Cutter Bee scissors. Using a pencil, I laid the butterflies tip to tip across the inside of the card and put a tiny mark where I will place the cubes. The upper and lower tips meet on the crease.

Double cube mechanism glued with the
 seam matching the crease inside the card.

Glue a double cube mechanism on one mark. Match where the cubes are glued together with the crease of the card. Repeat with the second mechanism. 

Glue the butterflies onto the tops of the cubes. The wings should touch tips and match the crease. Once the glue dries, close your card slowly and use your bone folder to bend the card easily.

Red, white and blue card inside

I made a boo-boo and added the sentiment
 onto a separate piece and then added it to the card.

I added a simple sentiment on the inside and 

TA-DA, the pop-up card is finished!!

I added a few gems to give the outside some sparkle.

The hardest part of the cards was deciding colors to put together. I hope you will try this card design. It would make a darling birthday card for a child. Imagine their surprise when they open it!

Share your creation on my Facebook Page:

www.facebook.com/LoriEllenDesigns

I have listed some of the items I used making these pop-up cards with links below. I am not affiliated with any of these businesses so I will not be compensated if you choose to purchase. The Beautiful Day stamp set is truly beautiful!

Remember, great things happen to those that create!!

Artistically Yours,

Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Day

Simon Says Stamp cardstock

Art Glitter Glue

Clear Wink of Stella brush marker

SSS DELICATE FLOWERS STAMP SET PRAISE

Simon Says Stamp Delicate Flowers 

6¨x 8¨ Stamp Set

My new favorite stamp set of 2019 has to be Delicate Flowers by Simon Says Stamp. This high-quality stamp set has 23 clear stamps which include florals and sentiments. These blooms are so versatile and easy to mask. 

I have made several cards in several configurations and mediums. My favorite is to cluster them and use watercolor. 

 

Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Dye Ink
 and Watercolor using Distress Inks
and a brush and water

I made a couple in different colors using Copic alcohol markers. 

I stamped the largest bloom onto acetate with Stazon Jet Black Ink. I colored it in with Copic markers and used it to make a Stained Glass Card.

I received some of Rangerś Alcohol Pearl Inks and played, creating backgrounds. I used one to inspire the bouquet I created on this card. All are fussy-cut and either attached directly to the background or raised with double-sided tape.

Even though my stamps are stained and washed in a tub of soapy water, they still work beautifully. I am NOT a spokesperson for the company nor am I affiliated and receive percentages of sales. I just wanted to pass along a beautiful, fun stamp set idea to my followers!

SSS Delicate Flowers Stamp Set

I hope all of you are enjoying your spring. The first day of Summer is drawing near! I am waiting for the Wisconsin weather to catch up to the months we are in. It feels more like March some days!

If you decide to try this set, share your creations! I have a Facebook Page:

www.facebook.com/LoriEllenDesigns

Remember, great thing happen to those that create!

Artistically Yours,

PUNCH ART PUPS!

Punch Art Pups

Due to my ambiguous situation in life, I have been without my Service Dogs for five (5) weeks! Spike is thirteen (13) years old, eleven (11) pounds and has been doing this for me for 3 years. He will lay outside the shower and fetch someone even if I drop a bar of soap!

Mazie is my little girl. She is five (5) years old and eight (8) pounds. Both are chihuahuas. Perfect for someone in a wheelchair and easy to pick up for kisses!

Friday, May 3rd, I was reunited with my babies! I cannot tell you the joy we all felt at being together again!❤❤ This encouraged me to try Cindy's Sunday Challenge of Punch Art which she asked me to do a few weeks back. Punch Art is simply making animals or objects out of shapes made with your punches. Now, I do not have a huge selection of punches but Cindy has a drawer FULL! So I sat in her craft room with her one sunny, chilly Sunday afternoon.

Supplies:

-Stampin' Up Build A Bloom punch

-Fiskars Ovals Template

-EK Success 2 1/2" Circle Punch

-Darice 1" Circle Punch

-EK Success 1/2" Circle Punch
-embossing folder of your choice
-Vellum
-liquid glue (I used Glitter Glue)
-assorted paper scraps from your stash!

Designing

I have to admit, I did not design these pups. It was overwhelming to look at all of Cindy's Punches and trying to put them together to make something. It was like creating your own puzzle. The best I could do was a snowman! Geesh!

Cindy helped me along by going to Pinterest! If you have never looked at this website, you are missing out on some of the best inspiration in the world! Sometimes clicking on an image will take you to a blog with directions. Sometimes clicking on an image will take you to the vendor's blog and shop where they sell the item or the supplies to make it, most often at Etsy.com.

There were several items that I wanted to try but creating the Punch PUPS jumped out at me since I missed mine so. I drew out the design and figured out sizes and placement before I started gluing. I used liquid glue since the pieces were not straight and uniform in size. I chose Glitter Glue because a little goes a long way. It grasps the paper and dries quickly. 

4 oz. Glitter Glue with Precision Tip and pin

Punchin' & Piecing

Using the vellum, I ran a scrap in an embossing folder through my Big Shot. I punched two large scalloped petals from it. I used paper with a Hounds Tooth design and placed the vellum over them. 

Embossing folder, vellum, and Houndstooth paper

A plain similar hue of blue was used to punch a 2 1/2" circle for the head. Three more large petals were punched from a striped scrap for the cheeks and lower lip. 

Petal punched pieces

Since we didn't have an oval punch, we used the oval template to create the ovals for the mouth. 

Fiskars Oval Template

The medium petal was punched twice from light blue and the small petal was punched twice with white for the eyes.

Stampin' Up Build a Flower Punch
used for eyes and cheeks

Two 1/2" black circles were punched for pupils and a 1" circle of black paper was punched for the nose.

All pieces were edged with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide using a make-up sponge.

Once I laid them all out, I glued them in place.

What should we call him?

 I thought he looked lonely, so I worked on a friend, adjusting sizes and position of pieces. I still used the vellum overlay on the ears and edged the pieces with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide. 

I didn't have the right size circle punches
so I cheated and used dies from my stash.

Now he has a friend!

What should we call her?'

Finishing Touches

I placed each one on a 4.25"x 5.5" top folding card front. I had a difficult time deciding whether to make this a Mother's Day card and a Father's Day card or just birthday cards. I had so many fun 'dog' pun phrases!

The cards I made for the Punch Art Cindy's Challenge!

I hope you'll consider pulling out your punches. Punch out a few pieces, try trimming them up and play with them. Show me your creations on my Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/LoriEllenDesigns

Check out some of my other creations on Pinterest:

www.pinterest.com/loriellendesigns

and my Etsy Shop!
www.etsy.com/shop/LoriEllenDesigns 

I'm glad Cindy challenged me and I got to spend an afternoon with her too! Let's see what she challenges me with this Sunday.

Artistically and Lovingly Yours,

Below are some of the items that I used to make the cards. Clicking on the picture will take you a suggested shop. I am NOT affiliated with any shops so I get no profit from suggesting these sights.

Clearly Besotted Playful Pooches

1" Circle Punch

1/2" Circle Punch

Assorted Vellum

Fiskars Oval Template

Stampin Up Build A Bloom Punch-ebay