Hi, crafty friends. I’ve been sharing teacher appreciation cards all week and today’s project wraps up the week. If you missed any days, you can check them out here… DAY ONE DAY TWO DAY THREE DAY FOUR Today’s card is a gatefold card… To create this card, I started by creating the gatefold card base. I started with a half of sheet of cardstock (5.5 x 8.5). I scored each side at 2 1/8...
Hello, crafty friends. I’ve been sharing teacher appreciation cards all week on my blog. Today is day four… To create this card, I stamped the layers of THIS stamp set with different shades of purple on a panel cut with THIS scalloped die. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set and adhered it to a purple cardstock mat and then to a side folding card base. I also stamped the flap of...
Hi, crafty friends. I’m sharing teacher appreciation cards all week because teachers are the best! Here is the card for Day Three… To create this card, I stamped THIS background stamp on a white piece of A2 sized cardstock using blue ink. I stamped THIS apple image and colored it with Copic Markers. I used THESE coordinating dies to cut it out. I die cut THIS word die from black and white cardstock. I...
Hi, crafty friends. I’m back for Day Two of Cards for Teachers Week. I shared Day One HERE. To create this card, I stamped THIS background stamp on white cardstock and colored it in with Copic Markers. I adhered the piece to a side folding white note card and rounded the four corners. I cut about an inch from the end of the front flap and adhered it directly inside the note card for...
Hi, crafty friends. I’m a huge fan of teachers so I make a lot of teacher appreciation cards. I thought it would be fun to make a week out of it since Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up. Here’s today’s card… To create this card, I started by dry embossing a gray A2 cardstock panel with THIS embossing folder. I die cut THESE dies from colored cardstock. I stamped THIS stamp set using black...
Hi, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS Card Kit… To create this card, I started by stamping the floral images from the kit’s stamp set as well as the sentiment. I used THESE coordinating dies to cut them out…they are not included in the kit but are sold separately as an add on. Next, I cut a piece of the patterned paper with an older Sliding Window die from Sunny Studios. That die is...
Hello, crafty friends. I recently watched THIS video by Jennifer McGuire and was so inspired to try the technique. I ended up creating several cards because it was so fun… To create these cards, I followed the video and embossed white glossy paper using a variety of embossing folders and then applied Pawsitvely Saturated ink on top and buffed it in with a dry cloth. I added THESE vellum butterflies along with THESE sentiments....
Hi, crafty friends. I have a Mother’s Day card to share today… To create this card, I started by stamping THIS background stamp using black ink on white cardstock. After it was dry, I stamped THIS background stamp on top of the design using a light gray ink. I applied ink through THESE layering stencils to color in the flower images. For the sentiment, I die cut THIS die from white and black cardstock....
Hi there, crafty friends. I have two baby cards to share today. They both have black and white stamped images, which I think sometimes fits the feel of a card better with certain designs… To create these cards, I started by stamping THESE images and sentiment on the center piece of THIS die cut. I cut three more of the scalloped arch frames and adhered them together to add dimension to the frame. I...
Hello, crafty friends. I have a fun slimline Birthday card to share today… To create this card, I started by embossing a slimline panel of green cardstock with THIS embossing folder. I ink blended the bottom of the panel with dark green ink. I adhered it to a slimline card base and rounded the bottom corners. I die cut THESE and THESE dies from colored cardstock and adhered them along the bottom of the...
