Dahlia Fold Card

I have seen these Dahlia fold cards around for awhile now but haven’t made one until today. I thought I would teach it at a class, because origami is fun and this card was just a little bit different.

The paper we used is about to retire. It is called Delightfully Eclectic and is currently half price. The stamp set is from the Charming Sentiments stamp set.

To make the Dahlia, you need to punch 8 circles from the patterned paper and one circle from coloured card. I used a 2″ circle punch. You can see the steps on the photo below.

Step 1. Fold circle in half and in half again. For me it was helpful to draw in fold lines with a pencil as it made them easier to see.. Step 2. Fold in bottom edges, so folded piece is sitting neatly between pencil marks. Step 3. Turn circle over. Now fold in side so it is even with the centre fold. Step 4. Repeat on opposite side. Rub out pencil marks.

You now have 8 Petal pieces. You will adhere these to a card circle. Then adhere onto your card.

Reach for the stars

I had fun making these birthday cards using the Reach for the stars bundle of products. The patterned designer series paper makes the perfect background for these two cards.

Do you like the rocket ship? It is stamped on holographic paper.

This bundle and the holographic paper are all retiring this month. April 2024. So if you like what you see, make sure you contact me to place your order.

Fresh as a Daisy

This was a fun card to make. It has a detachable bookmark with it. To make the bookmark, I cut my base card to 14.9 x 26 cm. I used the Take Your Pick tool attachment with the perforating wheel to rule 5 cm off the side. I folded the perforated panel in and folded the card in half. I used the Fresh as a Daisy designer series paper to decorate the front. The sending word and birthday wishes are from the Sending Smiles bundle.

Do you like the white embossed border on the front? It is Vellum. It makes a great border as it is a much softer look than it would have been had I used white cardstock. With such a bust front to this card, I felt it needed something more subtle in the background and the vellum worked perfectly.

Inside the card, you can see the bookmark, folded inwards. It is decorated with another piece of DSP from the “Fresh As A Daisy” paper pack.

Here is the inside of the card with the bookmark folded out. You will see the perforations that you can tear or cut along to remove the bookmark from the card.

A little Easter Treat

I made these little chocolate treat holders for a team online event plus some extras to give to my travel buddies at On Stage in Melbourne.

They use the Fluffiest Friends stamp set (for the rabbit), the Bee my Valentine stamp set (for the little heart stamped randomly over the box) and the Charming Sentiments bundle.

The little rabbit was originally holding a cupcake but because it was Easter I wanted to change it to something else and I chose a heart, die cut from the charming sentiments dies.. I used the cutting blade on my Take Your Pick tools accessories to cut around the rabbits arms, then I slotted the diecut heart inside.

Perennial Lavender Card

This was just one of the cool cards that I made at an event yesterday. All the dies, including the label and frame, are from the Perennial Lavender suite of products.

We did a cool technique on the front to splatter on some flecks of silver.

The inside of the card is also a wow but that is for another time!

Flight and Airy Card

I wanted to use some scraps of this very pretty paper (it’s a freebie when you spend NZ $110 on Stampin’ Up! products. This Sale-a-bration freebie ends on 29th of February). Anyway I was playing with my Stylish Shapes dies and noticed that they all have double stitching. This means the shape you die cut out plus the negative where you cut the shape from, both have stitching lines. I really wanted to showcase both sets of stitching lines and so I came up with this “window frame” card.

I had a bit of trouble initially keeping the squares even, so I made a template from grid paper first which really helped.

I glued the window frame to a thick white card base. I die cut some squares of Designer series paper (DSP), to go inside each window. Then I added a sentiment from the sending smiles stamp set. This was also die cut using a die from the stylish shapes die set and placed on dimensionals. Finally I added some neutral sequins to finish.

Here is a close up of the double stitching.

Spotlights Technique

I have been revisiting some old techniques and decided to make a card using the Spotlight technique.

This card uses the Dainty Delight stamp set, the tailor made tags dies and the stylish shapes dies.

I stamped a mix of flower stamps on my white card, then die cut a circle out of the middle. I coloured the circle with Blends and also added a bit of blue with a blending brush. I matted the circle on a larger one diecut from black card. Finally I glued it back in place to cover the hole it originally came from. By leaving the rest of the card in black and white, this brings the spotlight to just the coloured circle piece. I think it is quite effective despite being a simple card to make.

Twisted Easel Card

Here is a quick tutorial on how to make a small Twisted Easel Card. https://youtu.be/rreTa8CraUc?si=FMeqV7kKJrE-QbwF

Fluffiest Friends

I love the cute animal stamp set, Fluffiest Friends You may not have noticed this set before as it is not in any printed catalogues. Instead it is available exclusively as an online offering from Stampin’ Up!

.I decided to do a card with a cat for my granddaughter and I thought that the little hamster also would make a great cat.

First I inked up the hamster stamp, then I used a blender pen to remove the ink from the hamster’s face and paws. If you are going to try this technique make sure you take a few goes at removing the ink from each part, wiping the blender pen clean between each go, to ensure you remove all traces of ink from the portion of stamp where you want it gone.

Because this took more than a few seconds and the ink may have dried on the stamp, I huffed on it, to moisten the ink with my breath. Then I stamped the image. I used a black stampin write marker to add in the face and whiskers to match the larger cat. I added cat paws and a tail.

Anniversary card

I made some swaps for backstage using the Ringed with nature bundle. The swap group that I was in had to make wedding or anniversary cards. I chose anniversary.

The colours are quite soft in real life with Petal Pink and Crumb Cake being the two main colours used.

The ringed with nature stamp set is so versatile. I have made birthday cards, welcome to your new home and get well cards using it. Now here’s an anniversary one. If I took the hearts off and added some Pebbled Path gray numbers, I could make them into cards for my team members who reach milestone years with Stampin up!

Adding simple embellishments like the Petal Pink ribbon from the Ribbon duo pack (there is a lovely Lemon Lime Twist ribbon in this pack too) and the enamel effects paint on the berry branches gives the card a little lift.

I hope my swap partners liked this card as much as I enjoyed making it!