More Box Cards

Still playing around with pop-up box cards. Still having fun.

  

Stamps: Magazine Freebie A Good Sport, Kaiser Craft Technologic Robot

  

Stamps: Paper Smooches Smarty Pants + The Paper Shelter Ready for School, 

Magazine Freebie Apple Blossom Sprinkled with Love

Hope

Someone very close to me has recently found out they had cancer. I didn't know what else to do other than to make them a card for hope.

Card Ingredients include:

Stamp: Karleigh Sue We Keep the Hope

Coloured in Copics

Papers: Kaiser Craft Miss Empire paper pack

Box Cards

I think I've found my favourite card style; pop-up box cards! They are super fun to make and make use of all of those freebie magazine stamps and left over papers to make super cute scenes.

Here's some I've been working on recently.

 

Magazine Freebie Stamps: Gingerbread Village, Boho Chic

 

Stamps: Paper Smooches Smarty Pants + Dearie Dolls, Yampuff Alyce and Lila

 

Stamps: Paper Smooches Smarty Pants + Saturated Canary Grow, CC Design Little Bug Emma + Apple Blossom Cardmaking Collection #2

Loads of Love

And here is a cute baby welcome card for a new bundle of joy.

Card Ingredients Include:

Stamps: Apple Blossom Bright and Breezy

Coloured in Copics

Babushka Dolls

My wonderful mother celebrated another birthday this week and as I'm still having such fun making these pop-up box cards, I just had to make one for her too!

Stamps: Magazine Freebie - Family Ties Nesting Dolls

Coloured in Copics

Papers: Crafters Choice Garden

Dies: Memory Box Fairyland Butterflies, Impression Obsession Floral Hearts Strip, Poppy Stamps Tea Cup Stacks, Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Border

One

I had a first birthday over the weekend so I made this cute little pop-up box card for the birthday girl.

Work of Heart

My father-in-law celebrated his birthday this week and I wanted to do something fun for him. I'm loving pop-up box cards at the moment so I played around and came up with this using the Hunkydory Collection 'A Gardener's World'.

Card Ingredients Include:

Stamps: Hunkydory Collection 'A Gardener's World'

Coloured in Prismacolor pencils

Papers: Kraft, collection papers

Die: Lawn Fawn Grassy Border

Look Who's 40

This week we celebrated darling husband's 40th birthday. He didn't want to do anything or have any fuss made so that's exactly what we did, nothing but spend the day together as a family which was lovely. But I still wanted to do something fancy for his card. I'd admired this card style for a while but I'd never tried it, so this was the perfect time to have a go at making one of those box cards. He is a massive Star Wars fan and this was a new set of stamps I'd just bought. I created the galaxy background paper with Distress Inks too. It was a lot easier to create than I thought, and am now addicted to this card type, especially after giving it to DH  who was very impressed and even said that it was the best card I've done! 

Card Ingredients Include:

Stamps: Troll Wars by Craftin Desert Divas & Out of This World by Lawn Fawn

Copics: Yoda: YG03  YG25  G24  G28,  E71  E74  E77  E79,  E09  E18

             Luke Skywalker: E000  E00  E11  E13, E71  E74  E77  E79, 

                                          Y12  E53  E43  E57  E59,  B12  B04

             Leia: E000  E00  E11  E13,  E39  E59  E49,  0  C1  C3  C5

             Chewy: E07  E09  E18  E49

             Ewok: E39  E59  E49,  YR18  E09  E18

             Darth Vader: R17  R29  R59,  W3  W5  W7  W9  100

Distress Ink: Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserve, Peacock Feathers, Fossilised Amber, Black Soot

Zen-Sational!

I have loved this image Zen-sational from The Paper Shelter for ages but had been scared to colour it up as I never thought that I could do it any justice. But recently Kit & Clowder had a freebie class for dragons which gave me the confidence to try, plus I combined it with a modified background from the August 2017 monthly marker class. I absolutely love how it turned out!!!

Copics:

Skin: E000  E00  E21  E11  E04

Hair: YR14  YR18  E08  E18

Clothes: V000  V14  V15  V17

Wings: V000  V01  BG000  B04  B16  B39

Dragon: Y00, V000  V01  V04  V06, BG000  B00  B12  B14  B16, G000  G00  BG32  BG72

Grass: YG11  YG13  YG63   G21  G94  G99

Clouds: BV000  BV00  BV02  BV20

Sky: BV000  BV00  BV13  BV25  BV29  B00  BG15, white gel pen.

Kit & Clowder Monthly Classes

I've been busy over the last few months playing along with various Kit & Clowder classes, throwing my own little twist to some of them with different colour combinations or different dress patterns.

  

 

    

Kangaroo Baby Shower

I was asked to prepare a baby shower card and had very little time to put something together. This is what I came up with in the short time (less than 2 hours)!

Card Ingredients include:

Stamp: Lawn Fawn Critters Down Under

Copics: R20  W3  W5  W7  W9

Distress Oxide Ink: Seedless Preserve, Fossilized Amber, Peacock Feathers

Other: Twine, Glow-in-the-dark embossing powder, sequins.

Badger

A dear friend had to say goodbye to his best friend of 15 years, so this was the little card I gave him to help say sorry for his loss. I tried to represent the rainbow bridge using Distress Ink in the clouds.

Card Ingredients include:

Stamp: Some Odd Girl Tobie & his Puppy

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E21  E11  E04

             Hair: E23  E25  E27  E29

             Top: G12  G14  G17, R29  R59  R89

             Jeans: W3  B91  B95  B97

             Puppy: C00  C1  C3, W5  W7  W9  100

Distress Ink: Barn Door, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Stormy Sky & Dusty Concord

Other: Impression Obsession Clouds dies, Nuvo Crystal Drops Ivory Seashells.

Kit & Clowder 2018 Retreat

Its that time of year again when the annual Kit & Clowder Australian retreat was held in Queensland. This year I brought along my daughter to join in with the creativity. As always, the weekend went past in a flash or colour, fun and laughter but we went away with yet some more marvellous keepsakes; the small block was coloured in Copics by others to represent ourselves and the masterpiece was the clock which was coloured in pencils (which I completed at home after the event).

Reach for the Skies!

This is the card I made this week for my brother-in-laws birthday.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Craftin Desert Divas Western Bandit
Copics: Crocodile: YG91  YG95  YG99
             Hat: W3  W5  W7
             Top: E41  E43  E44
             Scarf: R22  R24  R29
             Pants: B91  B93  B97
Dies: Annelies Karduks Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Stitch Rectangles
Distress Ink: Mustard Seed, Antique Linen, Mowed Lawn
Other: Spring Green Nuvo Embellishment Mousse, Ruby Red Liquid Pearls, stencil

Take it Easy

I had a quick play with another Lawn Fawn stamp sets and some Distress Inks and stencils to create this fun card.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Hang in There stamps & dies

Copics: Sloth: E50  E51  E53 R11, E55  E57  E59

             Tree: E23  E25  E29  E79, YG03  YG17

Distress Inks: Lucky Clover, Mowed Lawn, Bundled Sage

Other: Nuvo Embellishment Mousse Mother of Pearl, stencil, washi tape.

Eleven!

So today is my daughters eleventh birthday. She is slightly obsessed with watermelons so I had fun adding the wings to this sweetie.

Card ingredients include:

Stamp: Saturated Canary (Krista Smith) Star the Fairy

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E21  E11  E04  R20

             Hair: B32  C7  C9  100

             Suit: BG90  G12  G14

             Wings/Melons: R11  R32  R35, G12  G14  G19  G28,  W00  W1  W3

             Clouds: G000  G00  B0000  B000  B00  B12  B14

Papers: Kaszazz papers

You are Jawsome!

I had a quick play with one of my favourite Lawn Fawn stamp sets and some Distress Inks and stencils to create this fun card.

Card Ingredients include:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Duh-Nuh stamps & dies

Distress Inks: Salty Ocean & Cracked Pistachio

Other: Nuvo Embellishment Mousse Aquamarine, stencil, washi tape.

Chill Out for your Birthday

My nephew has his birthday this week. Its the middle of winter so I thought a winter themed card would be fun.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Winter Wonderland magazine freebie

Copics: Penguin: W1  Y15  YR14  C5  C7  C9  100

             Seal: R20  BV31  BV20  BV23

             Polar Bear: W00  W1  W3  R11  R12  E95

             Sled: Y15  YR14  B000  B00

Other: Salty Ocean Distress Ink, Pure Platinum Nuvo Embellishment Mousse

Remember Moments

This is another husband request for a funeral he attended recently.

Card ingredients include:
Stamp: Lili of the Valley Tea Time
Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E11  E13  R20
             Hair Red: E13  E15  E18
             Hair Brown: E74  E77  E79
             Light Aqua: G000  BG32  BG72
             Dark Aqua: BG57  BG78  BG99
             Blue: B93  B97  B99
             Steps: W1  W3  W5  E11
             Tea Set: E50  E51  E53
Papers: Kaiser Craft Blue Boy
Other: Lace, twine, flowers, doily, Time for Tea Magazine Freebie die

Aged to Perfection

I've been waiting for this magazine freebie to arrive so was excited to have my first play with it to create this fun card.

Card ingredients include:

Magazine Freebie: Kinetic Creation & Finest Vintage

Other: Tim Holtz stencil, Mother of Pearl Nuvo Embellishment Mousse

Cricket Silhouette

A close family lost their patriarch last week who was a lover of cricket, so I created this simple silhouette themed card for them.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Magazine Freebie A Good Sport

Distress Ink: Lucky Clover, Mowed Lawn, Bundled Sage

Warm Wishes

I'm an addict when it comes to collecting magazine freebies, so when this coffee & tea set came out I jumped to add it to my collection. This is my take on one of the featured cards.

Card ingredients include:

Magazine Freebie: Coffee Break stamp, die & stencil set

Distress Ink: Cracked Pistachio, Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserve

Other: Twine, Cosmic Brown Nuvo Embellishment Mousse

40 & Fabulous!

I was asked to join a friend celebrating her 40th birthday to spend a week in Bali (with no kids and no husbands!) How could I resist that invitation! And to mark the occasion I created this fancy stepped card.

Card ingredients:

Stamp: Saturated Canary Night Out
Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E11  E13  R20
             Hair:  E74  E77  E79
             Dress: Y15  E95  RV23  RV25
             Shoes: RV23  RV25  RV09
             Purse: Y13  Y15  E95
Papers: American Crafts 'Happy Place' paper pack, cardstock
Dies: Taylored Expression Champagne Flutes, Memory Box Platform Pumps
Other: ric-rac, flowers, Ivory Seashells Nuvo Crystal Drops

You Rock!

Forgot to post this when I made it but this was a special card for a special young fella who celebrated his birthday recently. I had fun playing with a recent magazine freebie stamp set & Distress Inks to create this fancy fold card.

Card ingredients:

Stamps: Sheena Douglass Music & Dance Collection (magazine freebie)

Distress Ink: Carved Pumpkin, Cracked Pistachio & Salty Ocean

New Home

A couple of friends moved house this month so I wanted to create a simple but fun card as a welcome to their new home.

Card ingredients:

Dies: Apple Blossom Ornate Window Die & stencil

Other: Nuvo Embellishment Mousse (Cosmic Brown & Mother of Pearl), twine, flowers, sequins, rhinestones, house chipboard.

Special in every way

A recent make, just for fun.

Card ingredients:

Stamp: The Paper Shelter Sunshine
Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E21  E11  E04  R20
             Hair: Y21  YR23  E35  E37
             Dress: BG70  BG10  BG11  BG32
             Hat: YR000  YR00  E95  RV23
             Flowers : Y13  Y17  YR14, E33  E37  E18
Papers: Create Paper Bloom paper pack, cardstock
Other: Lace, flowers, doily, pearls

Treasure Hunt

I loved this cute image from the Paper Shelter and thought is would make a really cute scene with one of the backgrounds from and old Kit & Clowder monthly class (January 2016). It took me a while to figure out colours but am so happy with the final result!

Stamp: The Paper Shelter Treasure Hunt

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E21  E11  E04  R20

Hair: E07  E09  E18  E49

Top: R35  R46  R59, W1  W3

Pants: BG93  BG96  BG99  G99

Boots/Belt: E11  E08  E09, C3  C5  C7  C9

Hat:  C3  C5  C7  C9  100

Bird: R35  R46  R59, Y11  Y15, B12  B06

Map: E50  E51  E53  E33, BG000  B00, E43  E44, YG23  YG63  YG37

Gold: Y11  Y15  Y26  E27

Wood:  E31  E35  E57  E79

Spade: C1  C3  C5  C7

Tree: E43  E44, YG23  YG67  G99

Sand: E50  E81  E53  E84

Sky: B12  B14  B16  B18  B39

Clouds:  BG000  B00

Water:  BG45  B16  B12  E81 E84

You are amazing!

Playing around with my pencils on kraft to create a simple card with the focus on the sentiment. This card is for a special and incredibly talented friend who created the masterpiece pet portrait I gave to my Dad for his birthday.

Card ingredients include:

Stamp: Kit & Clowder freebie
Prismacolor Pencils: Pinks: 1014  930  195  937
                    Purples: 1083  956  932
                    Greens: 289  1020  1097
Other: Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Nuvo Crystal Drops (crushed grape & sweet lilac), twine

This is the pet portrait that was created using mixed media (and yes this was hand done!)

70 years young!

So my wonderful, hard working father turned 70 this week so I had to create him a special card with a different fold, as he loves all of the wonderful creations that I make him. This time I went with a tri-fold shutter card. Needless to say that he loved it too!

Card ingredients include:

Stamp: Mo Manning Fixer Boy, Timeless Moments (magazine freebie)

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E11  E13  R20

             Hair: E25  E59  E49

             Overalls: W3  B93  B95  B97

             Belt: E11  E13  E08  E09

             Hat: R22  R24  R27  R29

             Top: G00  G02  G05

             Tools: C3  C5  C7

Papers: Basic Grey 'Bowties' paper pack, cardstock

Dies: Memory Box Man Tools, Die Versions Socket

Other: white & chrome embossing powder, twine, wooden numerals

Reach for the Star*s

I finally found some glow in the dark embossing powder, but I didn't realise that it would emboss clear so I'm playing around with how to use it.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Upon a Star & Out of this World

Dies: Enjoy the journey trees, Lawn Fawn grassy border, Annelies Karduks Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Stitch Squares

Distress Oxide Ink: Seedless Preserve, Faded Jeans, Black Soot

Other: White & glow in the dark embossing powder

Baby Girl

The impending arrival of a much awaited first child was imminent so I got creative and came up with this sweet little card for the little girl.

Card Ingredients include:

Stamp: Lili of the Valley Rocking Horse

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E21  E11  E04  R20

             Onesie: RV11  R83  RV34  E04

             Horse: W00  W1  W3  W5

             Mane: W7  W9  100

             Rockers: E31  E35  E57  E79

             Background: YR30  E50  E51 

Papers: Kaiser Craft 'Pitter Patter' paper pack, cardstock

Dies: Memory Box Banner Parade, Die Versions A little mint alpha, Paper Smooches Onesie

Other: Shabby Pink embossing powder, lace, twine, button, ribbon, pearl strand, doily, flowers, pearl brad.