Cascading tag Thank You Card

As soon as I saw Karen Burniston from Elizabeth Craft Designs show how to make this style of card (Cascading) on YouTube I had to have a go. It makes use of a die that you use in a totally different way than how you might use it. The Adirondack Chair!

Here's Karen's video with the technique shown:

I wanted to make a Thank You card for a UK colleague. I am there next week for a week and she is doing a whole heap of work for me so I wanted to say Thank you to her. This one is for you Hazel!

Here's the card:

Here is the front of the card!
I used some First Edition Boho Chic paper, on top of my card base made with white American craft cardstock. Then used ECD Rocky the Crab (985) and also a clear stamp from ECD called What's Up? I used black Ranger Archival ink as I find this works really well with polymer stamps - similar to Stazon but easier to clean yous tamp afterwards.

Here is the card when you open it up. I have some other pictures that take a closer look at each half of the card coming up so you can see in more detail. Here you can see how the ECD Beach Edges die was used.

I added a little anchor as a hanging charm - sorry not sure where I got this from (same goes for the compass I use on the other side).
Seam binding came from Anna's Craft Cupboard.

I cut rocky out of cardstock from Boho Chic added sticky sheet over the card before I cut him out and then glittered him with ECD Warm diamond glitter. The ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Here is the other half of the card. I added shells (they come with Rocky the Crab).
The Thank You stamp is from the creative expressions elegant sentiments clear stamp set.

Here you can see things closer, I took the photo face on so you can see the charms hanging.

Here you can see the effect when I took the shot looking down on the card. It gives the shape of the card far better than you can see from the other photos.

and finally here is the back of the card. All the tags used are from ECD Tag Pivot Die 973. It's a very versatile die that's for sure.





... if you look at the YouTube video you can see I was VERY inspired by Karen's card - as this was my first I wanted to follow the instructions as it can be fiddly until you know what you are doing. I think I might make some more of these!!

The main ingredients that I used to make this card:

American Crafts white cardstock pack	First Edition Premium 12" x 12" Paper Pad - Boho Chic	ECD Transparent Double Sided Tape - 152mm (509)	ECD Rocky the Crab -985	ECD Adirondack Chair Pop-Up - 075
ECD Beach Edges -981	ECD Tag Pivot Card - 973	ECD Clear Stamps What's Up? CS012	Creative Expressions Elegant Sentiments clear stamps CEC745	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
ECD Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter

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Thanks for stopping by today. If you have the dies - do have a go at making this card - it looks so effective when you put it all together.

Teal and White Happy Birthday Card

Hi there. How's it going wit you? It looks like all my schedules blog posts have all caught up and I am amazed to say I still have a few cards yet to show you.

Here's the next in line, a birthday card:

I used American Crafts white card stock for my base with a Light Teal coloured card stock for the main matted layer also from American Crafts. I then cut a smaller white mat and embossed it with the Sue Wilson A4 Beaded Fanfare embossing folder.

On the far left I used the Joanna Sheen Signature Louisa Lace border Die, I cut it out using the Teal coloured cardstock and also in sliver mirror card and then cut the flowers out of the silver and adhered them to the teal die cut underneath. I then added the lace to the left side of the card.

I used the Sue Wilson Wellington die cutting it firstly from white card stock and then I backed it with  the teal coloured card stock.
I used the centre dies in the set to cut a white inner piece backing it with silver mirror card.

The flowers were made using the Sue Wilson Orange stamps heat embossing them with white embossing powder on Vellum and cutting them out with the matching Sue Wilson dies. I coloured the flowers on their backs using a dauber and the Memento Teal Zeal ink. Then added pearls to their centres.

I created the  sentiment using the Creative Expressions Elegant Sentiment clear stamps inking the stamp with the Memento Teal Zeal ink pad.

I cut out the sentiment with the same Wellington centre die, inking the edges with the Memento Teal Zeal ink pad.







Here are the main ingredients used to make this card:

American Crafts white cardstock pack	American Crafts Extreme Value Card stock	Sue Wilson Beaded Fanfare A4 Embossing Folder EFPP-004	Mirri Card - Silver	Joanna Sheen Signature Dies - Louisa Lace Border SD408
Vellum - White 12 x 12	Sue Wilson Orange Blossom Stamp UMS 661	Tsukineko - VersaMark Ink Pad	Judikins White Opaque Embossing Powder	Heat it Craft Tool
Sue Wilson Orange Blossom Complete Petals CED 1445	Universal Crafts Sponge Daubers	Memento Teal Zeal Ink Pad	Sue Wilson NZ Wellington CED8205	Sue Wilson Finishing Touches Lace Edged Leaves CED 1456
Creative Expressions Elegant Sentiments clear stamps CEC745	KaiserCraft White Pearls

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Wedding Card for S & V

Hello, how are you? I hope since last I posted that you have been keeping yourself well. I have been really busy at work and have also just taken a weeks holiday to celebrate our 26th Wedding Anniversary. It was actually meant to be for our 25th but we postponed from last year until late April this year because our work commitments meant we were out of the country.

Today I have a Wedding Card to show you that I was asked to make. WARNING! I have lots of pictures to show so grab a cup a cup of what you like to drink and take a browse!

Here we go!



Yes, it's a box! I made this from American Crafts white card stock to fit the card. When you know the principle of how a box is put together it can be simple to make them.

The Heart you see on the top is a Marianne Designs Anja Heart Die.

The satin ribbon I think I got from Really Reasonable Ribbon or Spotlight - one or the other!

This is the side on view of the box. It measures approximately 8" x 8" (20.5cms x 20.5cms) and 1/2" deep (1.5cms)





OK here's the card!

I am really pleased with how this card came out. It is the second Wedding Card that I have made for this lady who requested that I make this one for her other Granddaughter. So it had to be different from the first. (I made this first one for her back in May 2015 a year ago SEE HERE).

The card is a fold back gate card.

I used the Heartfelt Creations Regal borders dies for the top and sides.

Silver Mirror or Mirri card was used for the panel each side of the top flaps. I used one of Sue Wilsons embossing folders (Rows of Bows) to emboss these silver panels.

Here's a closer view of the top of the card.












Here is a closer view of the Sue Wilson Heart of hearts die that I used with the flower stamp that goes with it.
Although you cannot see in the picture, I stamped it with versa mark ink and heat embossed it with white powder.

The flowers were made by using vellum and a white gel pen and tracing over the packaging image that comes with the stamp as it is actual size, then fussy cutting them out and sticking them back over their twinned image.

At the centre of each flower I placed a gorgeous button, cutting the shank off with wire cutters.
No idea where I got these - I think it was a bead store based in China, that I found on the internet.
I used cosmic shimmer dies as clear glue to stick them onto the vellum.

When you open the card out fully this is what you see. I have more pictures showing all the parts of the card.

I folded back the flaps underneath the front of the card. You can see the initials of the bride and groom shown on these inner panels also embossed with the same Sue Wilson embossing folder that I used on the front.

This is the centre panel of the card. I used Marianne Designs Anja Heart and the Tiny Love Birds dies cut out of American Craft white cardstock backed by silver mirror card.

At the four corners I used creative expressions white bead corners.

On the back of the card I used the Cottage Cutz wedding car die and the Sue Wilson New Zealand Tag die, as well as the lower case alphabet dies called English Rose.

A Closer view - these are fun dies to put together. I coloured the white card stock used with my copic markers.










............. and there you have it! I hope you like it. It was fun to make once I had got the idea in my head of what to do. That's, for me the bit that often takes the longest to think through.

Here are the ingredients that I used to make this card:

American Crafts white cardstock pack	Sue Wilson Heart of Hearts CED 1452	Sue Wilson Heart of Blossoms Stamp -UMS677	Marianne Design Creatables Anja Heart LR0299	Marianne Design Creatables Tiny Love Birds LR0298
Heartfelt Creations Regal Borders and Pockets HCD1-779	Cottage Cutz Just Married CC4x6 - 072	Sue Wilson New Zealand Collection TAG CED8202	Quickutz English Rose Grand Alphabet	Sue Wilson Embossing Folder A4 Rows of Bows EFPP-002
Mirri Card - Silver	Vellum - White 12 x 12	Tsukineko - VersaMark Ink Pad	Judikins White Opaque Embossing Powder	Heat it Craft Tool
Uni-Ball Signo Broad Gel Pen	COPIC Sketch Markers	Creative Expressions Pearl Corner Embellishments SASCW3	Zva Creative - Self-Adhesive Pearls - Basic Lines - White	RRR White Satin Ribbon 7/8"
E-Z Rub-On Transfers #ROY-917SV	Cosmic Shimmer Specialist Acrylic Glue	Scor-Pal Tool

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Thanks for stopping by today, if time I will share the card I made for my Dad's Birthday tomorrow!