Rejoice Z-fold meets buffalo check hot foil die

 

My card today features the rejoice stamp. The focal image is stamped in pretty peacock on basic white and cut out with the everyday arches dies and layered on a larger arch in just jade (retired).  I've created a z-fold using just jade card base (retired), and on the top layer of the fold put a panel pretty peacock stamped with the buffalo check hot foil die in gold.  

Rejoice Gatefold case

This is one of our cards for October classes.  I CASED the fold from a Stampin' Up! video which featured the Rejoice Stamp which Lynn Dunn helped design when she reached $1,000,000 in sales.  

The front of my design features a retired set called Holiday Print which was in the catalogue when I joined Stampin' Up! in 2008!! The focal point on the front is the medallion from the Framed & Fabulous hot foil dies and includes the sentiment from the Rejoice stamp set.

The inside of the card features the main image from the Rejoice stamp set.  The "gates" have been stamped with Hardwood (retired).

To get the roof shape, mark the middle of the top, then measure down 1" each side, join up the side dots with the one in the middle top, cut.  The size of the card is 15cm x 20cm, score at 5cm and 15cm.

Stamps used:  Rejoice, holiday print (retired), hardwood (retired)

Card:  seaside spray (retired), boho blue (retired), basic white, night of navy, misty moonlight. crumb cake, basic beige

Tools:  framed & fabulous hot foil dies,  various circle punches

Rejoice meets echo of detail hot foil dies

Todays card features the nativity scene from the Rejoice stamp set.  I have framed the image by drawing a hand stitch around the edge.  This gives the image a lovely frame.  The card base is secret sea.  I have stamped the filigree image using the echoes of detail hot foil dies firstly in silver, then copper.  I stamped it in a piece of secret sea cardstock, then cut it in half and added each piece on either side of the focal image.

Stamps used:  Rejoice

Card:  secret sea, basic white,

Ink:  secret sea, silver and copper foil

Tools:  echoes of detail hot foil dies, secret sea stampin' write marker

 

Framed & Fabulous Hot Foil Dies

 

The medallion on the front is from the new framed & fabulous hot foil dies layered on a circle.  The sentiment is from a retired set.  The papers are also retired and they are called regal distressed patterns.

Stamps used:

Card:  basic white, cloud cover, lost lagoon, gold metallic (retired) regal distressed patterns

Tools:  framed & fabulous hot foil dies, gold foil, various sized circle punches

Graceful evergreen deer card class in September

   

In our September class at Belair Creative Cards we made these two cards featuring the graceful evergreen deer bundle.  

The first card is a fun slider fold that I saw on YouTube by Dawn Griffiths.  You can view her video here.   

The slider pocket reveals a place to write your message.  I placed the tree on the right and made my vertical cut along the trunk.   The sentiment slides up and down which is fun.

The second card is on a single layer which is stamped with a retired stamp set called Hardwood in cloud cover which gives a subtle background.  The front panel has the trees from graceful evergreen deer set stamped firstly in cloud cover, then lost lagoon then in pretty peacock.  The foiled deer add interest and are foiled on glossy card which gives a nice impression.  The sentiment is from Spellbinders Poinsettia Corner betterpress press plate & die set

Stamps used:  hardwood (retired), graceful evergreen deer bundle, poinsettia corner (Spellbinders)

card:  basic white, glossy white (retired), pretty peacock, lost lagoon

tools: graceful evergreen deer hot foils dies, 

Graceful Evergreen Tree with filigree background

 Todays cards feature the trees from the graceful evergreen deer stamp set.  The with a narrow of strip which is foiled.

 

The first card is on a night of navy base, with foiling on a strip of basic gray using the filigree die from the echoes of detail hot foil dies set in silver.  It has a lovely effect .  The trees are stamped in using night of navy and the middle one is misty moonlight.

The second card is on a white base with a layer of cloud cover.  The filigree strip has been added straight to this layer.  The trees are stamped in lost lagoon and pretty peacock.  Sentiment is from itty bitty Christmas (retired)

Graceful Evergreen Deer

My blogpost today features one of the cards we will be making during our monthly card class at Belair Baptist church this month.  It features a new stamp set called Graceful Evergreen Deer and has foiled deer coordinate beautifully.  You can purchase these as a bundle too.  The fold is a gatefold and the focal image is cut from Everyday Arches dies.

Stamps used:  Graceful Evergreen Deer, Itty bitty Christmas (Retired)

Cardstock:  misty moonlight, secret sea, basic white

Tools:  graceful evergreen deer dies, everyday arches

Garden Silhouette Hot Foil die

 At our Thursday and Saturday class in August we had a play with the new Hot Foil system from Stampin' Up!  I'm very fortunate to already have the GoPress Foil machine which a lovely customer gave me a few years ago.

Our first card uses the Garden Silhouette Hot Foil die.  The ladies could choose from Barely Blush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Cloud Cover, Hydrangea Hue.  Our base card is basic white, with an embossed layer and focal point was cut out with the Everyday Arches dies and embellished with the butterfly flight hot foil dies.

Stamps used:

Cardstock: basic white, barely blush, blackberry bliss, crisp cantaloupe, calypso coral, cloud cover, pretty peacock, hydrangea hue, starry night (retired)

Ink: blackberry bliss, calypso coral, pretty peacock, starry night (retired)

Tools: everyday arches dies, butterfly flight hot foil die, garden silhouette hot foil die, Lazy daisy 3d embossing folder, oval punch (retired), ribbon

Our second card was a CASE from fellow demonstrator Karen Henderson.  You can see her card here.

The base of the card is basic white, then layer of colour (barely blush, crisp cantaloupe, cloud cover, hydrangea hue).  The white layer is embossed, the coloured circles are cut with the Picture This die (retired) the white circles are hot foiled with the Swiss Dots Hot Foil Dies and cut out with the circles from stylish shapes dies

Stamps used:

Cardstock: basic white, barely blush, blackberry bliss, crisp cantaloupe, calypso coral, cloud cover, pretty peacock, hydrangea hue, starry night (retired)

Ink: blackberry bliss, calypso coral, pretty peacock, starry night (retired)

Tools: picture this die (retired), stylish shapes dies, swiss dots hot foil dies, softly woven 3d embossing folder, rustic check 3d embossing folder, beautiful pattern embossing folder

 

Botanical Glow Hot Foil Die

This was one of the cards that we made in our Sunday Creative Cards class.  We used the Botanical Glow Hot Foil die and paired it with the Butterfly Flight hot foil dies.

The sentiment is from the Alpine Air Kit and punched out with rounded rectangle punch.  The sentiment is framed with the rectangular nested essential dies.

Stamps Used:  the happy birthday is from the Alpine Air Kit
Cardstock:  basic white, lost lagoon, barely blush
Ink:  lost lagoon, pretty peacock
Tools:  Botanical Glow hot foil dies, Butterfly flight hot foil dies, Nested Essential Dies, Rounded Rectangle Punch