Category Archives: Card

Bunny Hop ~ It’s A Boy Gate Fold Card

Posted on March 23, 2011 | 703 comments

Spellbinders Bunny Hop

Welcome to the fourth day of the Spellbinders™ Bunny Hop! In honor of Nation Craft Month and spring, we’re showcasing our spring themed die templates. We have ten talented designers – two each day for five days – ready to usher in spring with creative projects and fabulous prizes!

The Bunny Hop is from March 21-25, each contest is midnight to midnight EST (that’s 24 hours only). Be sure to mark your calendar! Each day the Spellbinders Blog will direct you to the participating blogs.

It’s so easy to win! Simply visit each blog and leave a comment! We will randomly draw one lucky winner from each blog to win that blog’s featured die templates. Winners will be announced on the Spellbinders Blog! Winners must respond within 48 hours of their names being posted to claim prizes.

Spellbinders Bunny Hop Schedule:
March 21
Linda Duke
Holly Simoni
March 22
Becca Feeken
Debbie Olson
March 23
Heidi Blankenship
Kazan Clark
March 24
Sherry Cheever
Beth Pingry – you are here!
March 25
Julie Overby
Jerri Jimenez

My featured die templates are:

S5-050 Nursery Time Frameabilities®

LF-251 Grand Big Scalloped Ovals

The first thing that came to mind was a baby announcement in a gate fold card. The LF-251 Grand Big Scalloped Ovals were a perfect fit for the S5-050 Nursery Time Frameabilities. It was pretty simple to construct, I layered the Grand Big Scalloped Ovals with Grand Ovals, using My Mind’s Eye Lush papers and cardstock.

The scallops allowed me to measure and fold the card perfectly!

I made a sleeve from the patterned paper, printed on the cut out from the large frame, and adhered the smaller frame to it.

Slide off the sleeve and the card opens. I inked through the die template to color the embossed ducks and stitching detail. I cut/embossed the frame in blue cardstock and pieced together a large frame to mat the cream colored frame. I used the bear die cuts from the blue frame to sit in the bear shaped opening.

I love the peek-a-boo of the bear die cuts. Double sided patterned paper makes this card a delight to open, and the big scallops convey the sweetness of a new baby. (No, there are no new babies in my house – just a very spoiled fur baby!!) This card is going to be one of my favorites!

Supplies: Spellbinders Grand Calibur™; LF-251 Grand Big Scalloped Ovals; LF-110 Grand Ovals; S5-050 Nursery Time Frameabilities; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L™, MyStik™ Mounting Squares; Clearsnap Color Box Glacier Ice Ink; My Mind’s Eye Lush™ Blue Patterned Papers; WorldWin Papers Treasures Natural Cardstock; Bazzill Basics Paper Frosted Teal.

Thank You Spellbinders Paper Arts for sponsoring the Bunny Hop and the prizes today.

Thank you!! Leave a comment below to enter to win!
Beth

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Posted in Card, SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, Spellbinders

Tagged Bazzill Basics Paper, Bear, Bunny Hop, Clearsnap, Gate fold, It's a Boy, My Mind's Eye, Nestabilities, Spellbinders, Worldwin

Flourishes Birthday Card Tutorial

Posted on March 19, 2011 | 8 comments

I promised the instructions on the card I made for the Flourishes Birthday Blog Hop yesterday. Thank you Flourishes for the invitation to be a part of your blog hop!

I would have added the instructions to that post, but a combination of computer problems, some not so great photos, dentist appointments and a rugby parent meeting cut my time short, oh and that thing called work, which involves the not so productive computer.

Lets go going! I mentioned my supply list, Worldwin Paper, Clearsnap ink and Bits of Bling, SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L™ 3D Foam Squares and MyStik™ and a bit of twine! I used Spellbinders™ LF-168 Grand Large Labels, S4-324 Ribbon Banners and S5-028 Nested Pennants.

I started with a Shaped Card base, made by folding 12×12″ cardstock in half, aligning the fold line just below the cut edge of Grand Large Labels #5 (#1 is the smallest in the set). I cut the shaped card base.

Next I taped the Grand Large Labels #4 to the card base, nesting it inside of the #5 die template. I embossed this in the Grand Calibur™, and that’s how I achieved the second embossed line around the edges.

I cut/embossed with the #3 die template with white and lighter purple paper for the front and side of the card. On the light purple front I stamped with one of the border stamps.

On the white-inside I stamped with one of the sentiments and floral images.

For the banner on the front, I stamped the plaid images and cut/embossed with the ribbon piece from Nested Pennants. For the Ribbon Banners, I curved the stamp to match the curve of the die cut.

I used 3D Foam Squares to mount the Ribbon Banner to the front of the card. I also used them to attach the twine to the Pennant, and then to the card, so they had a dimensional look. I added some bling and it’s done!

And the finished card again,

Thank you again for stopping by! Next week I’m in the Spellbinders Bunny Hop,

I’ll post that schedule next!

Beth

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Posted in Card, SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, Spellbinders

Tagged Birthday, blog hop, Bunny Hop, Clearsnap, Flourishes, Nestabilities, Spellbinders, stamp, tutorial, Worldwin

Flourishes Birthday Pennants Blog Hop!

Posted on March 18, 2011 | 31 comments

When Flourishes first laid eyes on two of the brand new die template sets from Spellbinders, they just knew that they needed a stamp set to coordinate with these funky and fresh dies templates! Are you ready to take a peek?

This fun set just screams celebration and offers 6 different pennants and flags all designed to coordinate perfectly with Spellbinders S5-028 Nested Pennants and S5-029 Lacey Nested Pennants. There are also 9 sentiments and 8 accents in the set that you can use to deck out your pennant shapes in fun and different ways!

Want a little more to coordinate with your cards? How about our new Strips and Stripes background set? This set offers three strips to use together as one background or separate as three different strips that coordinate with the Birthday Pennants set!

I’ve been crazy busy, but I promise to post the instructions and step shots and inside tomorrow. I did an easy technique to get the double embossed frame around the card. So gather up your Worldwin Paper, Clearsnap ink and Bits of Bling, SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L™ 3D Foam Squares and MyStik™ and a bit of twine! I used LF-168 Grand Large Labels and S4-324 Ribbon Banners too!

Because Flourishes just knew this set was a match made in heaven with the Spellbinder’s Pennant Dies, we asked some of their ever-so-talented designers to join the Flourishes team for a little show and tell! Make sure to hop on over and see…

Barbara Anders
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Danielle Kennedy
Dawn Burnworth
Julie Koerber
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan
Jan Marie Caruso
Heidi Blankenship
Beth Pingry
Margie Higuchi
Holly Simoni
Mona Pendleton
AJ Otto
Latisha Yoast
Deborah Young
Kazan Clark
Terre Fry

Would you like to win these sets? Just leave a comment on the Flourishes Blog! Flourishes will draw one lucky name for both sets and announce it Saturday on the Flourishes blog!

Of course I love your comments too! Thank you for coming by, and good luck!

Beth