Valentine's cards - DT project for Fancy Pants Designs

Hi there friends,

I'm back today with some cards you could create for Valentine's day. Since we don't celebrate Valentine's Day however, I've made sure I can give these cards on other occasions too. Love is always celebrated in one way or another right?!

I've used the gorgeous Sweet Nothings collection for these cards. These colors just make me smile. I haven't been working with this line since the beginning of the year so I was pretty keen on using it! A bit of change from all the holiday crafting haha! 

I only wanted to make 2 cards but once the first one was ready, I just couldn't stop!

To create the flowers I used the Hooray ribbon dies from Concord and 9th. I've been addicted to dies since I bought my little Cricut this past summer.

I've seen the idea to create a flower with these dies from Jennifer McGuire and thought it was pretty genius (it's a ribbon die). So this is my take on her design.

I made top folding, 5.5x4.25" card bases from white textured card stock and adhered my panels on top. These are slightly smaller than the card base and all are the same, just different colors. 

I cut a bunch of flowers using different patterned papers and created similar flowers for each card, some just a single row of petals, some doubled up. 

The leaves I created using different circle dies - another cool idea from Jennifer. I never would have thought of this! For the middle of the flowers I used different size circle dies and various patterned papers from this collection. Some I decorated with puffy stickers, one with a tag and twine and this one below I embossed, using a sentiment from the stamp set in the Sweet Nothings collection.

I love how these turned out! I love love love the dimension the flowers create!

Some more close ups:

I hope these cards put a smile on your face today!

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

X

Capture - DT layout for Just Nick

Hi there friends,

I'm back today with a new layout for Just Nick!

I've picked a cut file I've worked with several times before, but I just love it so much: the Lotus Lace.

Here's my finished layout:

There's really no reason why I picked this cut file and used this collection, other than I love them and I felt like it at the time! I haven't used Maggie Holmes Gather in a long time and I try to bust out older collections for my Just Nick projects. The blues and yellows in this collection are just my favorite! So I can't wait to get my hands on the blue papers in Maggie's new line!

I backed each flower the same way, because it's a busy background anyway. For background I chose a paper with blue pattern too to tone it all down a notch.

Since I had spent quite some time on the background, I was not going to cover it all up with photos and embellies! I just created one cluster and kept everything there, photos, title, journaling, embellishments.

I added a few layers of patterned papers, tags, tissue paper behind my photos to help them stand out from the background. I then went through my embellishments and checked what fits. I might have used some from other Maggie Holmes collections too, because I don't have much left of Gather.

I picked out some chipboards, buttons, die cut pieces and arranged them around my photos. The journaling I wrote on a label sticker, I think this is from Chasing Dreams.

To finish off my page, I added some enamel dots and stamped my date!

That's it for today folks! Hope you like how this turned out!

XOXO

Valentine's slider cards with free cut file! - DT project for Scrapbook Werkstatt

Hey friends,

I thought I'd drop in to share a quick tutorial with you on how I made these slider cards! Unfortunately without step by step photos because I had no time to make any new cards for this purpose. I hope you'll understand it anyway! Just let me know, and please also let me know if you have trouble downloading the cut file - I am a bit challenged when it comes to technology!

First, some examples that I created for Scrapbook Werkstatt, using the wonderful February kit.

Click HERE to (hopefully) download the free cut file :).

Sooo, here's a screenshot of the different parts you'll find in this Studio file:

These are sized to what you see on my finished cards. Of course you can size them however you want, just always remember to mark all pieces when you scale them up or down, so you keep the same ratio!

WHAT YOU NEED:

• 1 card base (I made 5 different ones, with different windows for you to choose from)
• 2 U pieces, which I call channels but I don't really know what they are called ;P
• 1 slider
• 2 tabs for the slider (not necessary!)

The scallop circle is just an extra piece if you want to change up your circle window a bit, like I did on one of the cards above.

If you like, cut all pieces you need from a piece of card stock, just to test how it all comes together, then you can decide what patterned paper you want to use for which piece - if you like patterned paper like I do!

HOW- TO:

So, it's actually very simple. Start by adhering the two U pieces together, so you have one thicker U piece. Then adhere this piece inside your card base, in a way that the legs of the U face the middle cut in the card base, if that makes sense? Then place the slider piece in the middle, close your card and pull the slider through the middle cut. Then glue the front and back of the card together, with the slider in between the U piece. Gosh it's so hard to describe these simple steps! I hope you understand, once you have the pieces in your hands!

Now this is only to describe how all pieces work together, but if you want to decorate the single pieces, you need to do that before assembling the card! 

For instance, the first, color changing slider card is put together as follows: I adhered a piece of patterned paper from the Crate Paper Main Squeeze collection to the inside of the card base, in between the channel. Just close the card base to see what peaks through the window to adhere it in the right place! I then took a piece of acetate and an embossing pen and drew around the cute image.  Then I embossed it with black embossing powder. I hate to emboss acetate, no matter what type I try, even ones for embossing, I have warping and I can't stand it! That is why I only made one card like this hehe! I then used my ATG to glue this behind the window. You could also add some machine stitching if you like! Now you can place the slider piece inside the card base - this will hide your image. Then glue your card base together and once you pull the slider out, it will reveal the color piece behind it. MAGIC :).

The other three cards I just decorated with patterned papers, stamps, embossing and embellishments, no acetate window, whatsoever.

I hope you'll give these a try! I hope the tutorial makes sense, at least once you have the pieces cut out! Don't be overwhelmed by all this text, I simply talk too much! Just cut the pieces and you'll see it all comes together easily!

If you create something with this cut file and share it, please link back to this blog post - I'd appreciate it X. Also, tag me in your post on Instagram so I can leave you some love!

Most of all: HAVE FUN!

XXX