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

 

Peace on earth double flap fun fold CASE

Todays card was a trial run of card that I saw on YouTube.  It was from a fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator, Lynn Dunn.  You can see her card here.  

When I do a trial run, I often use retired products, todays papers are Sun Prints and Starry Sky card. I was really pleased with the way this turned out.

What you need:  

A5 piece - 21cm x 14.5cm

A6 piece, 14.5cm x 10.5cm

Layers - Starry Sky 2 pieces - 10 x 10cm, 1 piece 4.5cm x 10cm

Layers - DSP: 9.5cm x 3.5cm

Layers - basic white:  2 pieces - 9.5cm x 9.5cm - emboss one with the Peaceful Greenery 3d embossing folder.

Die Cut pieces:  basic white, starry sky, blue foils (retired), dazzling diamonds glimmer paper (retired)

Versamark pad, white embossing powder,

Peaceful Greenery 3d embossing folder 

Peace on Earth stamp set, Versatile Christmas (140392) (retired)

First, start with a standard card base - A5 - 21cm x 14.5cm.  Fold in half.  With card folded in half, trim at 10.5cm  Keep both pieces.  The smaller piece becomes the flap mechanism.  Attach this small flap to the base card (centred on the left edge with fold flush against the edge).  Make the layers - both sizes.  The small layer will go over the flap mechanism with an even border around each top, bottom and left side.  Add the larger layers to the folded card one on the outside (with the embossed piece) and one on the inside.  When layers added, attach this to the back panel on the right hand side.

On the flap, decorate with layers die cut from the Peace on Earth die set. Stamp the Peace on Earth stamp with Versamark and emboss with white embossing powder. 

Bauble blooms meets concertina fold

Today’s card uses a technique called concertina fold.  The tutorial was from a fellow demonstrator called Connie Stewart.  You can view her tutorial here. I modified the measurements for a metric card and also for the width of the bauble aperture in the centre of the card. The bauble make a great aperture.

Measurements

Pretty Peackock - inside panel - 7cm x 26cm scored at 1.5cm, 3cm, 13cm, 23cm, 24.5cm

Card front and back panel x 2 - 10.5cm x 14cm

The mechanism - basic white 

13cm x 21cm, scored at 10cm, 20cm

13cm x 20cm, scored at 10cm

Top layer, balmy blue 10cm x 13.5cm - embossed with the distressed tile 3d embossing folder (retired)

Layer the 2 basic white pieces on top each other with the longer piece on the bottom with the extra 1cm being on the right.  Center the bauble die in the right 10cm panel, add a bit of washi tape to keep it in place, run through the die cutting machine. Score all folds, attach the panels together.  Fold up and run through the same embossing folder to add texture. Attach the front and back panels to the basic white mechanism. Decorate the floating layer and attach to the inside of the mechanism by lining up the folded edges.  Glue in place. 

 

Die cut 2 baubles in basic white and stamp the bauble leaves in pretty peacock ink, and the floral in balmy blue ink. 

Decorate the panel with the bauble image and stamp the leaves in balmy blue and the floral in pretty peacock.

Stamp the sentiment on basic white scrap and punch out with the heartfelt hexagon punch.