For My Beautiful Friend | Card Recipe

Since the start of the pandemic, it seems like my craft hours have shrunk instead of expanding. This past year, we kept ourselves at home as much as possible. However, we were very busy making some furniture, painting, gardening and organizing. I have to be honest, I was so busy that I also kind of neglected my blog. I didn’t do it on purpose, it just happened that way. This year is passing by very quickly, but I want to be posting my cards more that once a month! I don’t really want to spend a lot of time writing my posts, so I can focus my time on creating cards and doing other things too. I want to make things a bit easier for me and for you too. I will call these new short posts “Card Recipes”. I am going to be featuring some of the new products I get and happen to be on my desk, or products that I simply would love to share with you. So, without further ado, here is my first card recipe:

For My Beautiful Friend Card

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Materials:

• Glimmer Daisy Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set from Expressions of Spring Collection
• Diamonetta Background Glimmer Hot Foil Plate from Delicate Impressions Collection by Becca Feeken
• Heart Melt Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set from Delicate Impressions Collection by Becca Feeken
• Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Aura
• Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Magenta
• Glimmer Hot Foil System
• Nestabilities Essential Circles Etched Dies
• Cardstock
• Foam Squares
• Adhesive
• Bearly Art Mini 2 fl oz Precision Craft Glue + Tip Kit
• Fashion Gold Embellisments

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Directions

1. Create a folded card from cardstock. Apply Aura Hot foil to left side of cardstock using the Diamoneta pattern.
2. Apply Aura Hot foil to cardstock to create flowers and leaves. Use two different tones of pink and one green cardstocks.
3. Die-cut flowers and leaves. Assemble with precision glue.
4. Die cut a circle from white cardstock. Make two score lines and fold to create a paper cone. Secure folds with precision glue.
5. Adhere paper cone to card with adhesive. Arrange and adhere flowers to create bouquet. Use foam squares as needed.
6. Apply Magenta Hot foil to cardstock to create sentiment. Die cut and adhere onto card using foam squares.
7. Embellish card and flowers with Fashion Gold Pearls.

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Hello Friend Card

Happy Tuesday, everyone. Now that I have been enjoying some of my “stay at home time” doing some crafts, I got to play with a Spellbinders die set that I like a lot and it is called Botanical House, so I created this card:

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It seems like it was a lot of work but it really wasn’t at all. It was like playing with a little puzzle.

I began by die cutting the house using four different colors of cardstock and Whip Cream. I used a piece of a dryer sheet under the cardtstock to help keep all the pieces in their place after die cutting them. It also helps to obtain a clean cut.

Then, I adhered the Whip Cream house over a piece of a FSJ White Liner Sheet. I trimmed around the house and then I adhered all the pieces to fill in the house. No particular order for the colors or pattern, I just had fun mixing the colors.

After that, I placed the card over a Whip Cream panel. Next, I used a a die and stamp set called Hello Expressions to make the sentiment.

I complemented with a couple of leaves, a tiny flower and a white gem. Finally, I adhered the panel over a folded card with foam squares. This card was fun to make, but I couldn’t expect less since this Botanical House is so pretty and fun to play with!

I saw it on Spellbinders / FSJ Shapeabilities Botanical House Etched Dies

White Liner Sheets | Whip Cream Cardstock | Bubble Gum Cardstock | Watermelon Fusion Cardstock | Blue Lagoon Cardstock | Watermelon Fusion True Color Fusion Ink

Here it is a shaker card that I made not long ago using the same die:

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Well, that’s all from me today. I´ll be back soon to share another project. Thanks for stopping by  Have a wonderful crafty week!

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You Got This

Hello friends! It has been a long quarantine here in Illinois but my crafts and my coffee keep me strong 🙂 So, today I have a quick post just to share a card that I made using Fun Stampers Journey products. The set that my card showcases is called Coffee Helps (and sure it does), take a look:

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I began by creating the background of the card which is a fun easy way to use Liquid Colors and I made a quick video of how to do it, check it out:

Then, adhered the background over a folded card. I stamped the coffee cups onto different colors of cardstock and die cut them with their matching dies. Notice that I stamped the heart of the light blue cup on the other two colors too. I adhered the cups over the card with foam squares, and I also stamped the sentiment. I fussy cut the two extra hearts and adhered them over the other two cups, then I colored them with Candy Apple Liquid Color. Finally, I simply added Journey Glaze details, which always make your cards stand out 😉 .

Coffee Helps Stamp Set | Coffee Helps Die Set | Banana Cream Liquid Color |Candy Apple Liquid Color | Black Licorice True Color Fusion Ink | Journey Glaze | Banana Cream Cardstock | Pool Play Cardstock | Haystack Cardstock | Chambray Shirt Cardstock |Snow Queen Story-Time Paint Pens |

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FSJ • Congrats Exploding Envelope

Hello, friends! Today I am sharing a fun project that I created inspired by a Fun Stampers Video showing how to make a Exploding Envelope . This is one of those projects that you will enjoy from start to finish. Once you make one, you are going to want to make some more for any occasion; believe me, they are super fun!

Graduation was the theme for my exploding envelope. So using my FSJ Scoring Board I created an envelope from Haystack cardstock. I made a belly band of printed paper (RSVP Prints) and and I added some elements to dress it up: a graduation cap (Hats Off die set) over a circle shape, sequins, decorative tape and a gold star glued over a mini paperclip.

After you slide off the paper band, you open the envelope and there you have five areas that you can decorate according to the theme you have selected.

I used the a printed paper (Through The Year prints) to cover the four flaps of my open envelope and the central rectangle was covered with the same printed paper I used for the paper band. Of course, the central part is the focal point so I layered strips of paper as follows: Vellum, gray cardstock, white cardstock, and a die cut sentiment over a strip of red cardstock (Congrats die set). I adhered these layers together, and I made them work as a pocket to hold a gift card between the printed paper and the layers.

After I adhered those to the envelope face, I added some more elements. A die cut star, a stamped sentiment, a graduation cap, sequins, decorative tape, and another mini paper clip. To finish up my project, I added some stamped details to the upper and bottom flaps of the envelope.

So, if you want a bit more inspiration you can watch the Fun Stampers Video here:

If you would love to see some of the main supplies I used today, please be sure to click on the links below…

FSJ Scoring Board | Hats Off die set | Congrats die set | Circle Around | Star-Dom die set |Through The Year prints | RSVP Prints| Mini Paper Clip Elements

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SB • Love You Card

Hello friends! Today I want to share a card that I created using a fun die set by Spellbinders. This is the small die of the month (January), and it is called First Crush. I really enjoyed putting this card together.. it kind of reminded me about my childhood paper dolls… I loved to use my scissors to cut out all the clothes and accessories for my dolls, so much fun back then….(sigh) Anyway, here is the card I made:

The die set includes twenty one pieces that can be use to create a boy or a girl, and it is up to you to choose the color of their hair and clothes. I used Fun Stampers Journey cardstock colors for mine. You can find the complete list of cardstock colors that I used for this card at the end of this post.

The boy’s hair was die cut from Hazelnut Blend cardstock and I enhanced the ridges by rubbing Cocoa Powder ink pad over it. For the girl, I used Tangerine Fusion cardstock and I enhanced it with the same color of ink.

I added a star and a heart stickers over their clothes, just as an extra detail. I also used the Heart balloon shape (included in the set) but I trimmed out the bottom part with scissors to make it into a plain heart tag. Then, I stamped a sentiment over it. I layered the dolls and tag onto a SB Fancy Edged Oval, and then onto card base. I won’t say it was a quick card, since there are lots of little pieces to put together, but I will say that it was a lot of fun to do it!

Please remember that for more ideas and inspiration,  be sure to visit the Fun Stampers Journey Blog,  Facebook page,  Instagram and Pinterest.

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Spellbinders First Crush

Spellbinders Fancy Edged Ovals

Fun Stampers Journey Cardstock colors: Peaches & Cream, Whip Cream, Black Licorice, Rustic Rose, Hazelnut Blend, Pool Play, Denim Days, Tangerine Fusion, Watermelon Fusion, Candy Apple, Pineapple Smoothie.