A 15th Birthday Card for Marley

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I made a birthday card for our granddaughter before I left for my overseas trip, her birthday is on the 14th of October so my dearest husband Frits took it with him to pass along to her in my absence.

I can now show it to you as she has opened it already, here it is:

The colour of the card looks a little flat in the photo, in "real life" it looks a little brighter.

The checked card stock is from a Premium Edition Boho 12 x 12 paper pad and the card base is a sheet of Kaisercraft Burnt Orange weave card stock.

The Ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the embellishments are from K & Co Tim Coffey Birthday Stickers.

This is a Pop-Up card and I used the ECD/Karen Burniston Lorna Label die, Poppy the Owl, Props 1 die set, a Cottage Cuts Happy Birthday die and a tag die from the Spellbinders Filigree Delight die set.

I hand wrote Marley's name on the step of the Pop-Up card with the little heart that comes with Poppy.

Here's a close up of Poppy the Owl. A current favourite with Marley.

I really like this little die from Cottage Cuts, it was a perfect size for the label behind it.

I printed the sentiment on a piece of white card stock using my computer and then cut it out with the A2 Filigree Delight tag die from Spellbinders, I inked the edges with Vintage Photo distressed ink.

At the top and bottom of the card I added a little design using the ECD Agatha Edges die. I also cut the corners using a Crop-a-dile corner cutter.









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

KaiserCraft - Burnt Orange - Weave Cardstock	First Edition Premium 12" x 12" Paper Pad - Boho Chic	K&Co Tim Coffey Happy Birthday Stickers	RRR September 2012 Ribbon Club	ECD Lorna Label Pop Up (915)
Cottage Cutz Tag Topper (Elites)	ECD Poppy the Owl (910)	ECD Props 1 (911)	ECD Agatha Edges - 782	Spellbinders A2 Filigree Delight - S5-177
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink Pad Vintage Photo	We R Memory Keepers - Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper - Scallop and Cloud

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I hope you kike today's card I know that Marley liked it. Stay well my blogging friends

Flip Cards are easier than you might think!

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope your day is either going well and/or gone well, such that you are now taking a load off and relaxing!

You may have noticed that I have added a Tab at the top of my Blog, next to the "Home" tag. I was chatting with a friend and they suggested putting my card commissions onto one page so that people can see them together. Always willing to listen and learn from feedback, I have created a page to do just that. Have a look if you have a minute!

I have also been experimenting with my Spellbinders Dies. I have noticed that Flip Cards are very popular at the moment. There are dies - Sizzix for instance, kindly provide them; that enable you to create this style of card.  I decided to see if I could use my Spellbinders Dies to create them and I have four cards to show you today that show you the results of my playtime! I also made a video of them as well - it shows the mechanism a lot clearer than a photo image.

This is the front of the first attempt I made of this style of card. All the cards shown here were made from Cream Quill Multiboard 210gsm acid free card stock.



For this card I used the Kaisercraft Pink Gelato 6.5" Paper Pad for my background papers.

The decoupage is a Marij Rahder A4 sheet #2571.

The Spellbinders die I used was Labels Eight S5-019.

As a final touch I used Ranger Gold Liquid Pearls.

The inside of the card shows the use of the Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight Die  S5-148.

Card number two.
On top of the base card I used a Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings 6.5" Paper pad. It has some great foil edges at the back of the pad that can be cut into strips and used, as I have done here, as a side feature.

The Spellbinders Dies used were, Grand Ovals, Large Ovals and Lacey Ovals.

The stickers are from K & Company and I used DCWV card stock underneath them.

The inside of card number two shows more of the stickers used as well as the pearls added as a final embellishment.

This is card number three.
On top of the base card I used a Kaisercraft Tigerlily 6.5" Paper pad as well as another of the strips from the sweet nothings pad.


The Spellbinders Dies used were, Grand labels Twenty Three as well as the standard Labels Twenty Three dies.

The decoupage is a Marij Rahder A4 sheet #2573.

The inside of card number three.
I added some little pink wired butterflies, I have had these for ages and they seemed to fit this card, apologies I cannot remember where I purchased them. I do know you can get them in craft stores.

... and to card number four.


For this card I used the Kaisercraft The Lake House 6.5" Paper Pad for my background papers.

The decoupage is a Marij Rahder A4 sheet #2575 and I used some Judikins Diamond Glaze to add an enamel layer to these decoupage embellishments.

The Spellbinders die I used was Labels Grand Labels Eleven LF-246.


I again used Ranger Gold Liquid Pearls to add a little feature to the card as a final touch.

The inside shows another strip from the Sweet Nothings Paper Pad as well as how I decorated the reverse Flip.

I used the two smallest dies in the series of the Spellbinders Grand Eleven Dies.

If you are curious about the dimensions I used as well as a first introduction into making them with your Spellbinders dies, then this may be helpful to you. I also refer to it on the attached video clip.
















Here is the promised video clip:

The main ingredients I used to make these cards:

Thanks for dropping by I appreciate you taking time to look at my cards ...

Cards for Kevin and Haley

It's good to have the pleasure of your company and Thanks for popping in to visit my blog. Today I have two cards to show you. They are both of similar style and design but embellished in entirely different ways. Both were commissioned and there were specific requests for things to be included on the cards.

The first one I'll show you was made for Haley.

Here is the front of the card all folded together.

This is an accordion style of card which you can see to better effect in the next photo.

The card is fully opened and the frame of the card holds four panels. I used Photos I was sent by Haley's mum to add to two of the panels.

This is a close up view of the first panel on the card.

The next panel I used a Hero Arts Stamp with Memento Rich Cocoa Ink. I was asked to use Daisy Paper so this was what I used as the background to the stamp.

I added one of the other images of Haley and then used Alpha Tiles to Spell her name. I die cut with a Spellbinders Fleur de lis square die and distressed the edges with Vintage Photo Ink.

For the last panel I used a Kaisercraft Alpha Rhinestone Bling Letter with three pearls.

This is the reverse of the card.

The second card is for Kevin.

Kevin likes Nature, Trees and he likes the Guitar.
Here is the card fully opened.

Panel one, stamped with a Hero Arts Classic Pine Tree and a Classic Winter scene. I  stamped several times to give the effect of a small forest.

I used a Kaisercraft 60mm wooden Alphabet letter which I painted with Kaisercraft Gold paint and then added some gold crystals.
The guitar and other stickers are from a pack of Jenni B Collection Music Stickers JBS119 purchased at Spotlight.

The last panel stamped with Hero Arts stamps and some charms from My2Angels. The sentiment was stamped using a JustRite Stamp and added to a piece of silver Mirri card cut to shape with pinking scissors.

This is the back of the accordion card.










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

I hope you liked these two cards. Thanks for stopping by today: