Card in a Box

I feel like it's been forever since I've written my last blog post! Being away for a couple weeks and then jumping right back into work, my nights have been left to catch up on housework, etc.... After a bit of a break, it feels good to get back into crafting & blogging again! 

Today I want to share with you a fabulous fun-folded card that has been popping up everywhere on Pinterest lately! It's called a "Card in a Box".  Ever since I saw it I've been wanting to try it for myself. I followed this great tutorial on youtube. It really is quite easy to make! In fact, the real challenge for me was decorating it, but once I chose my designer paper and coordinating cardstock, everything kind of fell into place. 

Isn't it so fun?! I chose to make mine into a bright and colourful birthday card, decorating it with pinwheels, butterflies, and clouds. The best part about this card is that it collapses to fit inside a regular A2 sized envelope!! Perfect for mailing! 

I can see this being one of MANY that I plan on making in the future :) 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Pennant Parade

Paper: Melon Mambo, Gumball Green, Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Sunshine & Sprinkles DSP, Neutrals DSP, Brights DSP

Ink: Melon Mambo

Tools: 1" Circle punch, 1-1/4" Circle punch, Scallop Oval punch, Designer Label punch, Scallop Border punch, Pinwheel die, Itty Bitty punch, Cupcake Builder punch, Beautiful Wings embosslit die

Accessories: Grey bakers twine (CTMH), Silver brads

30th Birthday Celebration

A couple days ago, we celebrated my hubby's 30th birthday! While he may think he's getting old, he is forever young in my eyes :) He is a wonderful, thoughtful, optimistic, determined, encouraging person; a talented photographer and an avid outdoorsman. Oh ya... and handsome too!

 

Words cannot express how much I love this guy!

 

To celebrate, we enjoyed a delicious dining experience at a local restaurant called the White Goose Bistro. He had his favourite - red wine and seafood, and I tried chicken cordon bleu with roasted potatoes and white wine. So good!

 

Of course, I made him a unique handmade card. I struggled at first with the design of my card, knowing that it had to be special. I decided to stick with the "30" theme and I was very pleased with the result:

 

 

I started with a 5" x 5" square card, then simply drew the '30' and cut it out, leaving the fold at the top of the '30'. I cut 1" strips of designer paper and glued them on the card front, then re-cut the 30 shape. I added a fun banner using bakers twine and the pennant punch. Three candy dots embellish the card.

 

 





 

For his birthday this year, I decided to get him a unique gift, something he would never guess! And I totally surprised him! (this is hard to do, as he usually picks out exactly what he wants or simply buys it himself). I wanted to give him a chance to guess, so I made a gift tag with a hint on it...

 

 

 

You're probably thinking, a shark? really? What could this gift possibly be? haha... this was Kevin's reaction exactly. Well let me explain... usually once a year we like to drive down to Kelowna for a mini weekend getaway. They have an awesome store called "Bones and Stones" and we make sure to stop there every time. They have the most unique house décor items from all over the world. We have added a few stones, etc. to our collections. But one thing Kevin has been eyeing up are the megalodon shark teeth that they sometimes sell there and so I knew this would be the perfect gift.

 

 

To give you an idea, this single tooth is actually 5.09" in length. Here's a better picture of how big these sharks actually were:

 

 

Here's wishing Kevin the best year yet!

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Family Reunion (ret.), Pennant Parade, Fundamental Phrases (ret.)

Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Well Worn DSP, Regals DSP

Ink: Early Espresso

Tools: Petite Pennant Builder punch, 3/4" Circle punch

Accessories: Early Espresso bakers twine, Square Lattice embossing folder, Crumb Cake candy dots

 

Gift Tag:

Paper: Smokey Slate, Night of Navy, Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink: White gel pen

Tools: Oval nestabilities, Petite Pennant Builder punch (for fins), Owl Builder punch (for the eyes), 3/4" Circle punch, 1" Circle punch (for waves)

Accessories: Gray bakers twine (CTMH)



A Harry Potter Punch Art Card

A couple days ago, our nephew Ryan, celebrated his 9th birthday! Ryan is an awesome kid and I wish I lived closer to get to know him better!

 

Can't believe how grown-up he looks in this picture!

To show him that we are thinking of him, I sent a card that I'm sure he will love!

From what I know, Ryan likes Harry Potter, so I thought I'd create the character out of punch art. It was actually a lot simpler than I thought it would be! Here's how it turned out:

 

The card front is layered with embossed cardstock and striped designer paper. Most of the Harry Potter character was cut free-hand from pieces of cardstock, but I used punches for the head, hair, glasses, eyes, and hands. After putting it all together, I popped up the Harry Potter character to give the card some dimension. I love how it turned out!

 

 

 



Here's wishing Ryan a great year ahead!

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Pennant Parade
Paper: Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Blush Blossom (ret.), So Saffron, Whisper White, Regals DSP Stack (ret.)
Ink: Night of Navy
Tools: 1-3/4" Circle punch, Owl Builder punch, Word Window punch, Square Lattice embossing folder

Very Merry

It's been quite some time since I've posted about my latest papercrafts (sorry about that!). After craft fair season, I start preparing for the upcoming Christmas season. And like every year, Christmas seems to sneak up on me!
But, I always love this time of year - the lights and decorations everywhere, cheery Christmas music, the smell of evergreen Christmas trees, delicious turkey dinners, gift exchanges, time spent with family, and most importantly, celebrating the birth of Jesus. It really is a wonderful time of year!

Today, I want to share with you a Christmas card I made just this past week for a friend of mine:

 

I love how this card came together! I've been wanting to use the Pennant Parade stamp set on a Christmas card, and finally got to making one! The pennants in the stamp set are so versatile! I love that you can use them for either a banner or little trees!

 

After stamping the lined pattern from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set and placing the trees on the embossed cut-out circle, there was just too much white space (clean and simple just isn't my style!). I created a banner from striped designer paper and placed it in one corner. I then added some linen thread to fill the white space on the bottom half of the card. And finally, I completed it with rhinestones.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Pennant Parade, Gorgeous Grunge
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Whisper White, Soft Suede, Season of Style DSP
Ink: Old Olive, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler
Tools: Circles nestabilities, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder
Accessories: Linen thread, rhinestones (Michael's)

KCRR #8 {Pumpkin Pie and Scallop Trim}

Happy Friday!!

Yesterday was a long day. It felt like Friday, which makes the week go by even slower! Even though I woke up feeling tired, I was quite productive throughout the day. I stopped by the mall after work to kill some time before my hubby came home. I haven't gone shopping in a while and I'm in need of another purse. Well okay.. maybe I don't NEED another purse... but I would definitely love a new one for a change :) I'm looking for a larger cross-body bag, one that would be great for traveling as well. Unfortunately, I had no such luck... I think I'll wait a couple more weeks until more spring clothes and accessories start to make their way into the stores. Just another excuse to go shopping! :)

I was so happy to see my hubby last night! He came home with some delicious fish (including halibut, which I have yet to try) and he found an ocean treasure - a glass ball! These things are quite rare to find. They were once used by Asian fisherman to keep their fishing nets afloat. It is estimated that most floats that have washed up on shore have been afloat for 10 years! (wow!). It usually takes people decades to find one of these! Here's what it looks like:

We have collected a fair number of seashells and stones while we've been living out West. This will be a great addition to our collection!

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Now it's time for another card challenge!

These are the two elements that were randomly chosen:

Pumpkin Pie

Scallop Trim Border Punch

 

This was one of the easier challenges that we've done so far. The only struggle I had was choosing a good colour to go with Pumpkin Pie. It is such a vibrant colour and orange is not a colour you can match up with anything. So I had a look through my cardstock and ended up using Cajun Craze and Daffodil Delight. Since Pumpkin Pie is so bright, I like to use it for kid's birthday cards. I embossed the card front with Perfect Polka Dots. A banner is created with the Petite Pennants Builder punch and the stamps from Pennant Parade. It's such a fun and festive stamp set! I paired it with a birthday sentiment from a hostess stamp set called Happiest Birthday Wishes. To embellish the card I added orange striped bakers twine and small rhinestones on the pennants. Finally, I added the scallop trim border in Cajun Craze.

 

 

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Thanks for stopping by! Make sure to visit Karly's Creations to see what she has created with these two elements!

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Pennant Parade, Happiest Birthday Wishes (ret.)

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Ink: Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie

Tools: Petite Pennant Builders punch, Scallop Trim Border punch, 1/2" Circle punch, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder

Accessories: Autumn Terracota bakers twine (CTMH), Rhinesones (Michael's)