Foil Frenzy Sleigh

These cards came about because I had one of the sleigh elements left over from making these earring gift cards.

The Whisper White Classic Weave Ribbon needed something more, so I added some gold Washi Tape

The Foil Frenzy matches the opulence of the metallic sleigh without going too over the top!

A Soft Sky base card and Classic Weave Ribbon  finish off this simple card

Adhering some Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet to the back of the foil sheets before die cutting with that detailed sleigh thinlit makes it sooo easy to stick to the under layer of the sleigh!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Foil Frenzy Specialty Designer Series Paper

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Santa's Sleigh Dies Thinlits

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Gold Foil Sheets

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Silver Foil Sheets

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Whisper White A4 Card Stock

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Basic Black A4 Card Stock

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Card Stock A4 Soft Sky

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Real Red A4 Card Stock

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Whisper White 3/8" Classic Weave Ribbon

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Year Of Cheer Specialty Washi Tape

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Soft Sky 3/8" Classic Weave Ribbon

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Ready For a Beachy Little Christmas

One of my friends recently made a sea change so this will be her first Christmas by the beach - this card may be for her!

Christmas Staircase meets Beachy Little Christmas - a stamp set so suitable for Xmas in Australia!

Having cut the staircase from Wood Textures Designer Series Paper with the die from the Christmas Staircase Thinlits, I used a Crumb Cake Stampin' Write Marker to emphasise the lovely embossed details and add a little shading.

I stamped the tree image from Beachy Little Christmas in Sahara Sand ink and then, using a Garden Green Stampin' Write Marker, inked the branches.  I don't think I could have done this manually - I made use (finally!) of my precision stamping folder (like a Misti).

I then used Stampin' Write Markers to add colour and definition to the rest of the image.

Having masked the bucket, I then sponged on some Crumb Cake ink to provide a suggestion of flooring and stamped the sentiment in Chocolate Chip ink.

Lastly, I added a layer of Wood Textures paper to the Real Red base card before adhering my card topper.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Beachy Little Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies

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Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

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Real Red A4 Card Stock

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Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad

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Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

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Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

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Many Marvelous Markers

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Santa's Sleigh Gate Fold Earring Gift Card

Yesterday, when  I CASEd a card by the talented Sarah Fleming for the Crazy Crafters Blog Hop, I turned the card into a gate fold with a pair of earrings inside as a surprise.  I promised I would share a tutorial today .... so here it is!  

This is a CASE of the card I shared yesterday.  The dimensions are slightly different, as yesterday's card was square. I've also included below some pictures of another earring holder card that I made with red and gold with different dimensions again.

The base card is a gate fold made with Basic Black cardstock cut to 9" x 5.5" and folded at 2.75" and 6.25".  This time I cut a piece of the gorgeous Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper for the front and used Silver Foil Sheet for the top layer of the sleigh and for the oval layer.  The sponging on the Merry Christmas banner is done with Smoky Slate ink and I used a piece of Black Shimmer Ribbon for the closure.  The final touch was some randomly positioned Rhinestone Jewels.

Black, white and silver is always so elegant - even at Christmas!

TIP:
Placing Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet on the back of the Silver Foil Sheet before die cutting makes simple work of adhering the detailed die cut!

The inside of the card is decorated with some more of the Merry Music paper.  The large greeting is from the Merry Little Labels stamp set and the silver heat embossed sentiment is from the Hang Your Stocking stamp set.

The earrings are made with Year of Cheer Embellishments

To make the earring tag, I cut a piece of Basic Black cardstock to about 3" wide and used one of the Lots of Labels framelits to cut just one end by placing the top cutting plate only over one end of the die. 

Die cutting one end of a tag with a label framelit

I then heat embossed the greeting and scored across the tag in the place that would best suit the length of the earrings.  Once I'd folded on the score line, I used a piercing tool to make two small holes on the score line from which to hang the earrings.  I then trimmed off any excess from the top of the tag, leaving myself about a 1/2" flap.  

Tag with one end only cut with a Lots of Labels die

The next step is to make the slot for the earring holder tag.  Having stamped the greeting at the top of the card piece (cut to 5 3/8" x 4 3/8"), I drew a light pencil line to show me where I wanted to cut the slot using the tag as a guide.  I then used my Stampin' Trimmer to cut the slot, making it a teeny bit larger than the tag to make it easier to feed the tag through the slot from the front.   

Making a slot for the Earring Holder Tag

Place glue (I used strips here to make it easier to photograph the positioning of the adhesive) on the under side of the tag at the back.  

Adhesive positioning for the tag

Check that the tag is positioned correctly at the front (straight and with the little holes accessible) and then press down to adhere.

The back of the earring tag glued into position

The finished size of this red and gold version  is 5" x 4".

Gate Fold Earring Holder card decorated with Be Merry Designer Series Paper

I used Whisper White Classic Weave ribbon for the closure.

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I made the earrings with Year of Cheer Embellishments

There's plenty of space under the tag to write a personal message

Thank you for visiting.  I welcome your comments.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Santa's Sleigh Dies Thinlits

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Year Of Cheer Embellishments

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Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper

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Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies

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Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

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Basic Black 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon

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Merry Little Labels Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Hang Your Stocking Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Large Numbers Framelits Dies

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Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder

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Versamark Pad

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Embossing Buddy

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Silver Foil Sheets

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Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Special Guest Sarah Fleming

Welcome to the Crazy Crafters' Blog Hop with our Special Guest stamper, Sarah Fleming - we are thrilled to have Sarah join us this month and so excited to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) any project that has been created by her . 
 

Click to visit Sarah's blog post

Whether you are starting the blog hop here at my blog, Stephanie Fischer - The Crafty Thinker, or have come from the person before me, be sure to click on the person listed under me further down the page to continue your journey on this blog hop.

The simple colour scheme and layout of this card really appealed to me and so this is the card I've chosen to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit).  Although, in my hands, the pleasing simplicity has all but disappeared - this card has a little secret!

 I used silver heat embossing instead of clear and randomly placed small stars from the Star of Light stamp set over the front of this Gate Fold card.

The front of this project looks like a normal gate fold card ... but there's a little surprise inside!

I wrapped Solid Bakers Twine around the centre panel of Silver Foil Sheet and Basic Black cardstock. (I only had white twine, so I died it black with Basic Black reinker mixed with a little water.)  I then added another Basic Black panel to the back to keep the inside of the card looking clean and tidy.   This panel is adhered to only the left side of the card.  

To this panel I added the black oval and Silver Foil element cut with the Starlight dies.  I made some more little decorations with the Starlight dies and glued them to the card front.   One of them is glued only at the bottom so that it can hold the card closed.

Now for the secret!  The card is hiding a gift.  The inside of the card is designed to hold and display a pair of earrings - in this case a pair that I made using the Year of Cheer Embellishments.

Inside the gate fold card is a gift presentation for a pair of earrings

The side panels are decorated with Year of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper and the greetings are from the Merry Little Labels and Snowflake Sentiments stamp sets.

The earrings in this gate fold card are made with Year of Cheer Embellishments

The greeting on the earring holder is silver heat embossed and I've added some more of the little star decorations that I used on the front of the card.

There's plenty of space underneath the earring flap to write a personal message

Tomorrow I'll be sharing a variation on this theme that will include a tutorial.

I hope you've enjoyed this card and I welcome your comments. 

Thanks for following our blog hop. Remember that currently you are at my blog - Stephanie Fischer - so click on the next name in the list to ensure that you don't miss out of seeing any of the blogs and the amazing inspiration they contain.

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie 



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Starlight Thinlits Dies

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Star Of Light Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Snowflake Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Year Of Cheer Embellishments

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Merry Little Labels Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Ink It! Stamp It! Blog Hop : Holiday Catalogue

 

Welcome to the Ink It! Stamp It! Design Team Blog Hop - we hop every month so be sure to pop back and visit us again!  Today our theme is the Holiday Catalogue.  One of the things that I love about it is that there are so many versatile products and versatility means more use and great value for money!

You are currently at my page - Stephanie Fischer, The Crafty Thinker.  At the end of my post there is a full line of team members, please click on the name after mine in the list to continue the hop.

An incredibly quick and easy card to make with the Hearts Come Home stamp set!

So, with Christmas trees and Santa in his sleigh, the Hearts Come Home bundle is clearly intended as a Christmas set  but is actually good all year.

For the first card, I used the sponge brayer to apply Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Elegant Eggplant ink to a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  I then stamped with Basic Black Archival ink, added the moon and stars with white heat embossing and sponged below the houses with Basic Black ink. If I'd planned properly (!), I would have clear embossed the moon and stars before I started adding colour.

Simply snip off the tree for a non-Christmas card

The middle card is also a Christmas card but this time I used the dies from the bundle to cut Basic Black cardstock, glued this to a piece of Whisper White cardstock, added Year of Cheer Washi Tape and a sentiment from Hang Your Stocking cut with the label from the Rose Garden Thinlits, edged with Crushed Curry and Basic Black ink. It needed a bit of bling so I added some Black Rhinestones.  I used Stampin' Write Markers to colour in the windows.

How to extend the Hometown Greetings die cut

Those familiar with the dies may be thinking - but there are only three houses in the row!  To add the fourth house, cut with the first die and then place the next die in position (I could feel when the blade of the second die fit in with the cut for the ground left by the first die).  To cut the house from the second die, the tree and church had to overlap the houses I'd already cut, so I positioned the top cutting plate in such a way that only the house was covered and, therefore, only the house was cut.  To avoid the overlap, you could simply use the same die twice.

This last sample is a housewarming card.  I brayered Dapper Denim to the top part of a piece of Soft Sky cardstock and stamped the houses with Basic Black.  Since Santa is nowhere in sight - I added the smoke coming from the chimneys!  I sponged the lower part of the card with Basic Black and then added some ribbon and a bow to soften the look a little.  This Soft Sky ribbon is, sadly, from my retired stash because I haven't yet purchased the current Soft Sky Classic Weave ribbon.

The Hearts Come Home stamp set is good for more than just Christmas!

The greeting is from the Sweet Home stamp set and I punched it out with the Duet Banner Punch.  I then sponged with Soft Sky ink in the same way as I did for this card. 

I hope you've enjoyed this this project and I welcome your comments. 

Thank you so much for joining us today. We hope you'll join us again next month for our Technique projects! I'm Stephanie Fischer and to keep hopping around see the list below to see who is up next with another great project .

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

Product List

Hearts Come Home Clear-Mount Bundle

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Duet Banner Punch

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Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

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Black Rhinestone Jewels

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Regals Stampin' Write Markers

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