OCC wk3/day2 - Die-cutting techniques - Butterflies 2

For my second card using the block-cutting technique shown by Betsy Veldman, I used the positive die cut and adhered it to some dark brown Core'dinations cardstock, using foam adhesive for some added dimension and added just a few sequins. I love the pop of colour against the dark background. To give the butterfly (Die'sire Butterflies die) centre stage, I cut out a simple tag (Spellbinders) out of Neenah Desert Storm cardstock, stamped the sentiment (Laybug Crafts Ink) in brown ink (Hero Arts Cup O' Joe) and attached it to the card with some twine.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafter's Companion - Dies and die cuts

Papertake Weekly - Dies/punches

Top Tip Tuesday - 106 Spooled items

Craft Your Passion - 172 Happy Birthday
Great Impressions - Anything goes
Make it Monday - 151 always Create/Share/Inspire
Paper Craft Journey - Punches/die cuts
Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes Birthday

OCC wk3/day2 - Die-cutting techniques - Butterflies

Week 3, day 2 of the online class Summer Card Class 2 focused on die-cutting techniques. Today, I'm showing 2 cards using the block-cutting technique shown by Betsy Veldman. Since I don't have any alphabet or sentiment dies, I decided to die cut a butterfly (Die'sire Butterflies die).

For my first card, I used the negative cut and then cut two more butterflies in purple cardstock and vellum. I pulled the papers from different paper pads. The lilac paper came from a collection of specialty papers (1 in lilacs and 1 in purples) from a Dutch bargain store, and when I took them from my stash, I discovered they came with a collection of mixed sequins, which came in very handy for this card LOL.

I heat-embossed the sentiment (Ladybug Crafts Ink) in white embossing powder (Artemio) onto some soft brown Papicolor cardstock. I matted the background on some brown Core'dinations cardstock and adhered it to a Neenah Solar white card.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafter's Companion - Dies and die cuts

LCI - Happy Birthday

Papertake Weekly - Dies/punches

Craft Your Passion - 172 Happy Birthday
Stamping Sensations - Summer colours
Great Impressions - Anything goes
Make it Monday - 151 always Create/Share/Inspire
Paper Craftting Journey - Punches/die cuts
Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes Birthday

First attempt at making a shaker card

On day 3 of week 2 of the online card class Summer Card Camp Kelly Marie Alvarez showed us how to make this amazing Shaker Circle Box that I just had to try. And try is what I did. ;-(

The colours are from this week's colour scheme and the brown & cream border was inspired by Kelly Marie's card, but I turned her Happy Birthday card with hot air balloons into a Christmas card with my new Hero Arts stamps and dies. They are so cute!

For various reasons, you cannot actually shake the box (the shaker elements got glue on them, maybe there is some static from the acetate, the elements got stuck in the outer cirles - for which I used cardstock layers because I did not have any crafting foam - and because the box simply isn't deep enough ...) Need I say more?

Anyway, it was a good learning experience and I hope I can come up with a new and improved version, since I do like the design LOL.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenge:

CHNC Extra  - always Anything Christmas goes
Merry Monday Month long Anything Christmas goes
Clearly iStamp - 3 Christmas in July
Great Impressions - Anything goes
Make it Monday - 151 always Create/Share/Inspire

10 minute card

Yay! I managed to create today's card in 10 minutes flat! The buzzer sounded when I was rounding the second corner with my corner chomper. I'm sure more experienced crafters would be able to create this card in less than 10 minutes, but I'm so proud of myself that I pulled it off in 10.

I'm taking part in another Online Card Class, Summer Card Camp 2, and I'm loving all the videos, cards and inspiration. Day 4 of week 1 was all about creating a card in less than 10 minutes using this week's colour combo.

The stamp is from a set by Technique Tuesday and was stamped in different shades of Hero Arts mid-tone inks (soft pool, pale tomato, orange soda and butter bar). The greyish line below the orange soda was caused by applying soft pool onto a badly cleaned stamp, but I actually like the effect this gives. The sentiment stamp is from a Hero Arts set and was stamped in another Hero Arts mid-tone ink (charcoal). I bought several sets of mini cubes (much cheaper than buying the full-sized ink pads) and find they work perfectly for this type of stamping.

The online class is giving me a real boost to try new techiques and I'm sure I'll be trying some more 10 minute cards. They are great when you don't have a lot of spare time, LOL.

Mojo Monday #300

Mojo Monday are celebrating ther 300th sketch, so I thought it was high time I made another card.

I also challenged myself to us no patterned papers as per this fortnight's prompt from the lovely Jingle Belles.

I'm also playing along with the following challenges:

Allsorts - 214 Favourite things (embossing folders)

CHNC Extra - Always Anything Christmas goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Crafts and me - 138 Anything goes
Merry Monday - Anything Christmas goes