Handmade Paper Hugs

  Hi friends, here's a how-to on my pop-up cards. Last summer I decided on finding a card design that was sort of interactive, yet not too dimensional, to make for the Danish Operation write home.  For those who don't know, the Operation write home delivers cards for military personnel to send home to their loved ones while deployed.  ~ My favorite things Mermazing, Elegant rectangle stax, Neat & Tangled Mermazing, Taylored Expressions Sweet scallop stencil The pop-up card design is not my original idea. It's been around for years, and I recall making one a looong time ago, but it was tedious and I didn't like the working process. But I recently saw Jennifer Mcquire make it this way, and I knew I had to give it a try. And once I'd made one they just flowed on out of my crafty quarters. They are really easy to make and add quite the dimension to the card. AND - they fold flat, which is absolutely perfect. ~ Whimsy stamps Whale of a time, Sunny Studios stamps Sea ...

  Hello everyone! I'm up on the Poppystamps blog today with a Nuvo colorburst watercolored roses and butterflies card. Please hop on over for all the details. Don't you just love to watch the colors move 😍 And a closeup of the shimmery galaxy like flowers.  Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting! Tina

Hello everyone! Today we're kicking off the August challenge over at AAA Birthday challenge blog and the theme is Tic Tac Toe. As you can probably tell I went with rainbow, window, patterned paper. I used Lawn Fawn paper and cut out using My favorite things Birthday Boy & Girl die. For the glittery background behind the window I used a left over piece of black cardstock that I smeared a layer of Ranger glossy embossing paste over and then sprinkled over with WOW! Sparkles in Your carriage awaits. I adhered this to the base and popped up the patterned paper for dimension. The images are from My favorite things Unicorns & glitter. I colored with Copics and stuck to primaries red, yellow and blue. I stamped a sentiment as well as a few stars. I popped up the images for dimension and it's all done for my daughter's birthday in a couple of weeks. She loves everything rainbow and unicorn. Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to hop on over the AAA Birthday blog ...

Hello everyone! Today marks the start of a new challenge over at  AAA Birthday challenge blog . The theme this month is - Use vellum. There are so many "fine details" you can do with vellum. But I've long wanted to make a card with vellum over alcohol ink. I typically make several backgrounds when I play with alcohol inks. I use different combos and on some, like this, I add a mixative. This is gold. They tend to not blend as well as the inks, so I really tried hard to spread them. Perhaps even too much. Oh, well.... I then stamped the gorgeous roses from Honey Bee Stamps Everything wonderful on vellum with embossing ink. covered with Hero Arts gold embossing powder and heat set it. I don't have the die so I fuzzy cut the image. I added the tiniest dots of glue all around the back of the vellum and adhered it to my alcohol ink base. I stamped a sentiment from the HB set using Stazon solvent ink and adhered a few gold sequins. I hope I've inspired yo...

   Hello everyone! Today we are kicking off the March challenge over at  AAA Birthday challenge blog  and the theme this month is Flowers! I recently bought the Altenew Camellia Japonica Build-a-flower set. They are a series of layered flower stamps that include the die - YAY!, for lots of easy flower cards! Now, the setup can be a little time consuming, but it's so worth it! I cut a piece of cardstock in half so that it will fit inside my Misti. Then I cut the flower out 4 times, since there's 4 layers in the set. I used Neenah 80lb cardstock. Placing the cardstock piece in my Misti and backing it with a piece of printer paper, allowed me to test if the first layer was centered on the die cut piece. After getting that just right I stamped onto one of the die cut pieces. I could then move the die cut flower to the next negative space and place the 2nd stamp perfectly and so forth. Once all 4 layers are placed in the Misti you are good to go and you'll ...

Hello Everyone! Today I'm up on the Poppystamps blog with this superfun surprise slider Halloween card! That Spellcaster witch is cooking up something magical and the glow lights up everything. Lots of wonderful dies, Oxide inks and Copic coloring on this one! Copics used: Spellcaster witch hat / shoes: 100, C7, C5, C3, YG01,  Spellcaster witch skin: V15, E04, E11, YG01 Spellcaster witch outfit: B39, V09, V17, V15, V12 Magical cauldron: YG01, YG03, YG17, C3, C7, 100  Jack O Lantern: Y02, Y08, YR04, YR09, R29 Pumpkins: Y08, YR04, YR09, R29, YG01, YG03, YG17, E44, E42 Scary ghost: C3, C0 Cat: 100, C7, C5, C3, YG01 Find all the details and how-to on the  Poppystamps blog . Oh, and how would you like to win the awesome Spellcaster witch die??  Check out the details on the Poppystamps blog AND the Poppystamps Instagram profile! Thanks for stopping by, and happy crafting!

Hello, So I was contemplating what to create for the new Simon Says Stamp IG challenge - June's theme is summer. And then the SSS Monday challenge asked for vacation and the first thing that came to mind was: Santa. If anyone needs a break, it's him. Right?! First I cut the second largest My Favorite Things linked chain circle die 4 times. On the inside main circle I used Simon Says Stamp Waves and hills stencil, and also clouds for days stencil as well as the MFT radiating rays stencil along with Distress inks Antigue linen, Tumbled glass and Squeezed lemonade. For shading and detail I added dots with Copic markers. I stamped 3 palm trees from the MFT jungle vibes and one of the cute santas from Clearly Besotted Santa baby and colored them with my Copics. I cut the images and popped them up in the little scene. while putting this card togther I managed to turn the stenciled piece, shifting my scene. But it still looked OK so I kept it as is.  I placed ...

Hi guys, Yesterday was our 16th wedding anniversary and I'm sharing the card I made for my husband.  To me butterflies symbolise growth, evolving, learning and so it was perfect for this card. I started by ink blending a panel with Distress oxide Blueprint sketch, Wilted violet and Picked Raspberry. I sprayed som water with my Distress sprayer and also flicked on some with my hand and dried off the excess with a paper towel.  I then stamped the Simon Says Stamp Strangeness flower stamp and sentiment from their Love set with WOW! embossing ink and covered with WOW! Opaque bright white. I decided to spray it with sparkle shimmer spritz. Because, you gotta have sparkle! The star of the show is the Birch Press Paradiso butterfly A, B and C layers. I only used the body from the C layer, and I covered the B layer in WOW! embossing powder silver sparkle.  I hope to have inspired you. Happy crafting! This card is entered into...

Hey everyone, Today I'm sharing a masculine card. It seems to be something a lot of us strugle with, but since I had my oxide inks out (see post from yesterday) I ink blended one more panel using Faded jeans, Broken China and Cracked Pistacio. I just love this combo. I placed the panel in my Misti and prepped it with my antistatic powder tool before stamping the Simon Says Stamp Ornate background stamp. This is one of my all time favorite stamps and I keep going back to it. I often use my Versafine Onyx black and clear embossing powder, but for this I used Stampendous black embossing powder because it has a really gorgeous raised glossy look.  Just look at that shine! The TILLYKKE sentiment simply means congrats and is from Simple and Basic. I die cut it from black cardstock 4 times for dimension, and covered the top layer in WOW! embossing Vintage peacock glitter. TIP: The die does not come with a shadow, but i turned it upside down on a black ...

Hi all,  I needed a Father's day card for my Dad and I was just lost for ideas. So I went for a very simple card, or so I thought because the layout still had me thinking way too much. But I like the result. I started by inkblending a panel with Oxide inks in Twisted citron, Peacock feathers and Blueprint sketch. From black cardstock I die cut the Pinkfresh Studio Geo Floral cover die and placed it over the inkblended panel. Also from black cardstock I die the second smallest My favorite things linked chain circle die. I left in all the pieces bakced it with crafting foam. I embossed the sentiment with WOW! Totally teal embossing glitter. The big block letters are MFT and the sentiment simply means: Dad, you're super! Although it's a masculine card it felt a little bare, so I added a couple of Lucy Abrams sequins from the Snowfall mix. They have a very light tint of icy blue which was just right for this card. The card is entered into S...

Hi everyone! Father's day is always on June 5th here in Denmark,  and I made this card for my daughter to give to her daddy. I used the new to me, but now retired, My favorite things Monster Sized stamps.  I colored them to coordinate with the pink, green and teal embossing glitters I wanted to use. After coloring I fuzzycut the images. For my background I used the Newton's Nook Tumbling hearts stencil. I wanted to create the look of a sparkling galaxy so I first applied a thick layer of texture paste. After removing the stencil I sprinkled WOW! embossing glitters in Midnight dream and Calypso along the edge of the panel and Spring breeze, Sorbet, Pink Sorbet and Purple glitz in rainbow order on the rest of the panel.  How to: You want to make sure you  turn your paper over  (rather than letting the excess slide of) in between every color.  When done let the panel dry completely before you heat emboss.  I really...