Hello, my friends! Thanks so much for stopping by. My card share for you today is an Ai Crafty Girls and a Step Ladder Center Cut Card (see tutorial at the end of this post). I used the Art Impressions Crafty Girls Stamp Set, which is a humorous one. Creating humorous cards is not a strong suit for me; however, I am stepping outside my “box”.
Hello, friends!! Today I have for you a tutorial for a pop up valentine. I made this valentine card in response to a Splitcoastampers’ challenge to create a pop up card. I rarely make such a card, and I had to do a lot of experimenting to make this one as I did not have, or could not find, a tutorial that I liked when making mine. I knew what I wanted to create, so I set out to accomplish a pop up card using Hero Arts Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies. Here is the front of my card.
John 17:22-23
Jesus Prays for All Believers: “I have given them the glory that you [God] gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.”
Are you ready for Spring? I sure am! It will be here according to the calendar in about six weeks! I am trying to move it along by creating a card that relates to April Showers Bring May Flowers! I am sharing with you today my Heartfelt Creations Songs of Spring card.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
“But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God – having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.”
Are we living in these days???
Hello, my crafty friends. Thanks for stopping by to see my card, Baby Lamb and Starry Night.
The Ways To Use It Challenge on Splitcoaststampers today is to include stars on a creation. This card will be submitted for the challenge.
The main feature on this card is the CottageCutz Baby Lamb on Moon Die. The card design is a Z-Fold with ovals cut out from the first and second sections. You can see through the ovals to the main feature on the back section of the card. I have not seen before a Z-Fold card with the first two sections cut out for windows to see through to the main image on the back section. If there is no such design in the crafting world, I guess I just created a new Z-Fold card design. LOL!
To create my Z-Fold card, I cut from white card stock the pieces from the lovely CottageCutz Baby Lamb on the Moon Die.
I colored the pieces with Copic Sketch Markers, adding a touch of gray to the moon. Afterwards, I glued the pieces together.
Using the second and third to the largest CottageCutz Double-Stitched Oval Dies, I cut out an oval and frame from white card stock. I later colored the frame with a yellow copic marker. I also cut a second frame with the largest and second to the largest dies and colored it yellow.
I colored this oval with two of the new Tim Holtz Oxide Ink Pads (i.e., faded jeans, and broken china). I used the lighter blue for the center of the oval for the moon’s glow.
Then, I cut a 10-13/16″ x 5-1/2″ piece of white card stock and, on the 10-13/16″ side, scored at the 3-5/8″ and 7-1/4″ measurements. The 3-5/8″ score line is a mountain fold and the 7-1/4″ score line is a valley fold. At this point, I did not fold the card stock on the score lines until I finished additional steps.
I wanted to create the appearance of a galaxy; therefore, I sponged three of the Tim Holtz Oxide Inks (i.e., fossilized amber, faded jeans, and broken china) onto the card stock and spritzed it lightly with water. After drying, I used a toothbrush and diluted white acrylic paint to splatter paint onto the colored card stock.
After that dried, I turned the card stock over and colored the center section with the same inks, spritzed with water, and splattered with acrylic paint. When the card is finished, this section will be the inside center fold.
Before folding on the score lines, I placed the second largest Double-Stitched Oval Die on the first section of the card and the third largest die on the center section, centering them as much as possible. I ran the card stock and dies through my die cutting machine.
I then folded the card on the score lines, and the following photo shows result.
Next, I assembled the card by attaching the baby lamb and moon onto the oval previously colored and adhered it to the last section of the card. I used an old star stamp to stamp, emboss, fussy cut, and add to this piece.
Then I added the largest yellow frame to the first section of the card and the smaller yellow frame to the inside center section.
When the card is folded closed, the middle section that was inked on the back will show as the second section. It does not have a yellow oval frame on it.
I did not add other embellishments to the card as I did not want to distract from the “galaxy” effect on the card. A sentiment will be added when I know who is the recipient.
I hope you enjoyed my Baby Lamb and Starry Night card!
God’s Blessings!
Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen
Firm Reliance on Divine Providence!
1 Timothy 2:5
“For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men – the testimony given in its proper time.”
Hello and thanks for stopping by to see my CottageCutz Mountain Lodge & Stair Step Card.
I made this card to submit to Splitcoaststampers Free For All Challenge (F4A383) last week that was hosted by the sweet Shirley (wannabcre8tive). Her challenge was to “use something made of Old Wood”. This three, stair-step card is my submission to the challenge.
I used a 5-1/2″ x 10-1/2″ piece of SU paper that is a wood grain DSP to create the stair-step card base. The center step includes a mountain lodge made from “old wood”. I found a photo of “old wood” on the Internet and down loaded it to modify and print onto card stock. This was used for the main pieces of the mountain lodge. The roof, porch, and steps were made with the SU wood grain DSP.
The back step includes a mountain range landscape that I drew, colored, and added to it three die cut trees. The front step obviously includes die cuts of a deer, jeep, and road.
I had so much fun creating this CottageCutz Mountain Lodge & Three Stair Step Card. The mountain lodge and Jeep took some time to assemble as there are a lot of tiny, tiny pieces to the items. Regardless, it was worth it.
To create the stair-step card base,
I hope you enjoy my CottageCutz Mountain Lodge & Stair Step Card, and will return to Guneaux Designs!
Paper: White CS, Desert Storm CS, Old Wood CS (Digi), and SU Natural Composition Specialty DSP
Ink: Copics
Accessories: CottageCutz Mountain Lodge, Rustic Sign & Trees, Jeep, Spring Grass, and Deer Dies; and Lawn Fawn Road Border Dies
God’s Blessings!
Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen
Firm Reliance on Divine Providence!
Ezekiel 38:18-19
“This is what will happen in that day: When Gog attacks the land of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign Lord. In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.”
But first, I want to share a little information about the card. There are three “steps” in the center of the card with each one higher than the other. The third step in the back is the highest and includes an additional piece of card stock for the main feature of the card.
The measurements I used for the card resulted in a 5″ x 7″ card, or an A7 size card. I want to draw your attention to the third step that I mentioned includes an additional piece of card stock. Look closely, and you will see an inlaid snowflake in white. Look even closer and you will see twine behind the snowflake. This technique is called the Twine Inlay Technique. Here is a tutorial for this technique. The following photo is a closeup of the results of using the technique.
I prepared this card for submission to a Splitcoaststampers “Technique Lovers Challenge”, which involved using the Twine Inlay Technique. I created this main feature of the card with the Memory Box Alpine Snowflake Die.
Enjoy the card, and leave a comment about it!
STEP LADDER CENTER CUT CARD FOLD TUTORIAL
God’s Blessings!
Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen
Firm Reliance on Divine Providence!
1 PETER 3:12-15 (NIV)
“For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened. But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.”
