Magic Seeds Card

I heard an interview on PBS the other day as I was driving to ukulele class...the guy was a magician and he spoke of how he'd had magic in his heart and mind from the time he was about four years old.  I think most of us love that little bit of magic even as adults, so today's project is a magic card.  

The front of the card is rather plain until the tab at the top is pulled up...

...and there's the magic!  I followed Beate's video tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.  (It's a little different than the pictorial tutorial on that same page, so be sure to check both methods out!)

While this card requires some careful aligning of the various layers, it is not hard to make.  It's easiest to stamp the transparency and then trim it to match the colorful layer underneath so that the images line up properly.  Also, one needs to be mindful to keep the mechanism freely moving in the step during which the adhesive is applied around the edges of the slider.  Those little tabbed edges at the bottom need room to glide without getting caught up in any glue or tape.    

I stamped a bee next to the flower to cover up an ink smudge on the paper.  It made it a little harder to align everything just so, but in the end it all worked out!  

Here's the inside.  

There's still time to grab these two sets before our current POTW special expires!  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Vintage Peony Bundle
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Vintage Seed Packet Bundle
• Craft Consortium Ink Drops Organic 6x6
• May Arts 1.25" Variegated Silk - 32 yard spools - Pink/Champagne
• Melissa Frances Self-Adhesive Round Pearls - Cream
• Distress oxide, Stazon and Memento inks
• transparency sheet
• tab punch
• Copic markers

Popping by to say hi!

Hello everyone!

If you've been here for a while you know that I am of Scottish heritage and that I took two trips to Scotland within the last several years.  Since then I've been into exploring Scottish knitwear designers and Scottish yarn/fiber.  One of the designers whose work I admire is Kate Davies.  I'm participating in one of her knit-alongs, knitting a sweater design of hers using yarn that I dyed myself.  (I shared a photo of my dyeing process in this post about a month ago.)

Kate has been sending us weekly "essays" in her newsletter and one of the most recent ones had a photo of a sweater knitter/model standing in a field of poppies.  I've never seen so many flowers! It was so beautiful!  (Scroll toward the bottom of Kate's post if you wanna see the photo).  I've never seen a real field of poppies, but this photo really inspired me.  

Hopefully you can see how that field of poppies and my pink yarn come together in this project.  The card is a standard 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch card, with an extra scoreline on the front at 2 1/8 inches.  It makes a nice stand-up, display-able card which allows for both hidden and visible sentiments.    

All of the images and sentiments here are from one stamp and die set combo.  I also used my favorite Fishtail Banners die.    

The flowers were colored with Copic markers, and embellished simply with ribbons and pearls.  Very quick and easy and who can resist a red, pink, black and white color scheme?!  

This set is part of our current Product of the Week promotion!  Check it out!

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Supplies:  

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Pretty Poppies Bundle
• Craft Consortium Ink Drops Vivid 6x6
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Fishtail Sentiment Banners
• Seam Binding Sampler - Christmas - 30 yards
• Melissa Frances Self-Adhesive Round Pearls - Cream
• Copic markers
• white acrylic paint for spattering

Happy Independence Day!

 

Hi y'all!  Here in America the birthday party is ON!  I hope that wherever you are, you'll celebrate with us!    

I have had this coffee carrier from our favorite local coffee shop for quite a while, just waiting for the right  timing and inspiration to use it.  Well, today is the day!  For now it's empty, but on the 4th it will hold a cup of utensils or maybe some sparklers and matches on one side and a jar of flowers and ivy on the other. 

And just as a funny "George Washington" kinda side note:  I'm gonna have to get out there and scrub that table top because the wild cherry tree keeps dropping ripened little cherries on it!  It keeps things a mess at this time of year and I teasingly say that I'm tempted to go chop the thing down!  But the squirrels and the birds love it!  Seriously though, we will need to do some trimming and maintenance on that tree because it is quite laden with Spanish moss and during hurricane season that can mean trouble.  And I'll be out there to clean that table top before Saturday!  Fingers crossed that it will be cooler than it has been lately!   

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I used stamps from several of our various patriotic sets for this project.  I included "The Colors" and the Pledge in remembrance and honor our American history, legacy, and values.  The 4th of July has always been special but this year with America 250 it is exceptionally so.  

I used distress oxide inks to stamp some images directly onto the carrier.  The flag was stamped on white card stock and colored with Copic markers so that the colors would be vibrant and stand out against the kraft background.   

There's just a touch of tea-dye ink on all the edges, and lots of splashes of ink and white acrylic paint to lend to the "fireworks/party" vibe.    

Lots of patriotic words and phrases (stamped with distress oxides and die cut with our fishtail banners dies) dangle from a pretty red bow/gold cording at the top. 

You've got until July 5th to grab these sets at a discount!  Enjoy!  

Have a safe and glorious Independence Day holiday!  God Bless America!  

Supplies:

• cup carrier from the local coffee shop
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Full Patriotic Series Stamp Bundle
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Fishtail Sentiment Banners
• May Arts 1.5" Wrinkled Ribbon - 50 yard spool - Red
• various distress oxide inks, white acrylic paint
• Copic markers
• gold cord