Gatefold stable door card

 This card was inspired by Flutter by Heidi's blog. I was going to make it as a shoebox but somehow it got buried and now it will take time before we do shoe boxes again so might as well post card.

I used close to the heart set by Birch Press with crisp dye ink deep iris, field flowers set by SU with crisp dye inks lavender fields and just green; painted petals set also by SU with same inks; rounded the top corners with mini corner rounder punch by EK and to close the "stable door" I used classic label punch. 

I changed my card, the inside panel Heidi only made it 2/3 I wanted it to be a full panel, the closure I didn't like the hole this one latches in the other side in between the foam so both sides are with foam but on one side it latches and on the other side the foam holds the label and also I made it a full card to have an area to write a message

Happy Valentine's Day

Wishing you a happy friendship and love day. This is card I made for Bret. When I got the stamp I wanted some sort of accordion card so each of the chicks would have it's on panel well after a lot of playing around this is what I did, not easy to display actually as you can't see all the images but oh well as long as Bret likes it is good enough for me 😊

This is how I gave it to Bret, he's not very fond of belly bands because he has a hard time sliding them off and sometimes putting them back on so to fix that problem

I put magnets instead so it doesn't slide it opens and closes from the back

it really needed a belly band because it was too thick on the top and it would not close at all!

The image is hearty chick by Stamping Belly stamped with hybrid licorice black and colored with Copic Markers

This first layer goes/flips down so you can see the next image/layer

 the next image/layer goes/flips left so you can see the next image/layer

this layer goes/flips right so you can see the bottom layer. This message is by Stampa Rosa stamped with tuxedo black

when you lift all the layers you can see the other message and where you can write the personal message

the top message is hope your...by Memory Box with tuxedo black ink and the other message is by A Muse Artstamps also with tuxedo black ink

I used The Stamps of Life rectangles and squares stitched dies to cut layers

Retirement

A dear friend retired on Friday after 30+ years in the same company. I made her this card. It's an easel gate fold...again. If I loved easel cards this has become more of a favorite :0)

This is how she got it out of the envelope

With out the band

Fully open the way it goes

The clock doesn't have hands because in theory when you retire you do what you want when you want without having to keep an eye on time :0) this was done with a Heartfelt Creations stamp colored with Copic marker and SU punch, the sort of fence is a punch by Martha Stewart

and one of our favorite stamp companies is Magnolia, actually she got me hook on them. I like them but because of her I started my collection :0) Tilda is colored with Copic Markers, The bench is a die by Joy! Crafts, the tree is Rubber Stampede and I colored it with Copic Markers and filled it with flower soft. The grass is glitter by Sprinkle N Sparkle, first I use the tinsel type glitter and then the fine glitter to cover any spaces that the other didn't cover. The stopper for the easel is Elizabeth Crafts die

And also I included a gift card in this little holder. Decided to follow the same design as the card :0) as you can tell she likes pink :0) the ice cream are SU punches and a Cuttlebug embossing folder

Easel gate card

One of my adoptive aunts is turning 80 this week and since she likes red this is the card I made her for this milestone. It's an easel gate fold card. I use one of my new dies by Elizabeth Crafts (the stopper), the image is a digital by Jade Dragonne

                                         

I colored it with Copic Markers and added some Wink of Stella on the scarf which it doesn't show on the picture :0(

Easel card

My sister wanted a "pretty" easel card for a friend of hers using Magnolia Tilda sitting on a bench. She likes easel cards because she says stores don't sell these type of cards. These is what I came up with. I know she'll pick the purple card but decided to make the two images I had colored as I wanted to try both ways of making the easel card.

The first one was from a card I saw at The frugal crafter's blog "gatefold easel card" and I really like doing two techniques into one card. Finished folded card is just a hair over 5-1/2"x 4-1/4"

First picture is the way it would be given

without the closure piece

closed-up view of the card

and the card all opened

I colored Tilda with Copic Markers and the bench is a by Joys! Crafts

The second was trying The scrap shoppe "easy" easel card. It was nice having just one piece of paper to make the whole thing BUT I don't think it sits that nicely or maybe it was my thick cardstock. The front panel is 4x4 but the bottom is about 1/2" longer

closed-up view of card

and standing

I used the same bench just different color and also colored Tilda with Copic Markers. On both cards the background was done with memento inks