Birthday Cheer Lidded Box Frame Card for 3D Thursday...

A re-work of an old classic... a Lidded Box Frame card... for which you will find an original and the Tutorial here....

Updated using Broadway Bound papers... and the new Birthday Cheer bundle... perfect for whom I had in mind...

Talking of Birthday Cheer... which I have just opened and am very inspired by...

The dies are running low in stock in Europe... and sadly it is not carrying over into the 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue... so now only available while supplies last... so get them whilst you can...

And the Broadway Bound papers will likely be on the Retiring List come 15th April too... as it is so rare for any papers to carryover from year to year... 

Though as these have been really popular in these parts... I would really like to be proven wrong!

And an admittance... as this is the other card that I produced on Tuesday... which I made a very last minute mistake on... with my scream being heard for miles around (probably)...

Wonder how many of you can see it straightaway!?

Suffice to say... I then had to make another card to get one off in the post...

As I ripped up all the front when I pulled by sideways-on panel off!!! 

Rectification job for another day then! As I can never let things go to waste...

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Broadway Bound Peekaboo Gatefold Thursday Trio

Just realised that I didn't share another batch of customer Thank You cards that I made the other week... These were sent out to 3 of my lovely online customers... along with a gift for each of them too...

So here you go... a further trio of Broadway Bound Peekaboo Gatefold cards with Bow Closure... click here for the Card Tutorial...

Thank you greeting a simple Thank You Thinlits Die die cut!

And the circle a simple Stitched Shapes die cut!

Broadway Bound Portrait Peekaboo Gatefold Thank You Card

Keeping things simple for the weekend... 

So just changing the card orientation... but changing the look quite a lot!

Recipe & Tutorial for this version here... but do check out the slightly simplified version here which is my go to version for classes...

Again using the gorgeous foiled Broadway Bound papers, my new favourite greetings set, Friendly Expressions and my absolute favourite new die, Thank You Thinlits die... along with a stitched circle from my 2nd favourite ever set of dies, Stitched Shapes...

Broadway Bound Dandelion Wishes Peekaboo Gatefold Card

Thought I would just try a couple of things whilst the Dandelion Wishes was still out...

Back in the day when I first made a dandelion head from the Balloon Celebrations set... I was inspired to do so because of some Sale A Bration papers we had at the time... click here for the details for that share from over 3 years ago... though sadly I didn't share a pictorial at the time... but I know there are lots of videos and tutorials out there by others...

So I thought I would go back around the creative circle by stamping the seed heads on some paper... and Broadway Bound colouring seemed like the obvious way to go... stamped in Staz On so as to ensure it stays on over the foiled dots!

And I have to add that I am SO happy that my lovely Staz On came back into Store... still my most used Black ink overall... and I do so love the smell!!! Think almonds...

And I tweaked the A6 Peekaboo card... just ever so slightly... so this version is less precise on the measurements needed for prepping and in class use... and so will probably become my Go To version...

So Craft Spa Recipe for A6 Tweaked Peekaboo Card
A4 card 14.8 x 19cm
Paper 14.3 x 4cm (x2)
Inside Mat 14.3 x 9.5cm 
Ribbon x 11" (28cm)

Card Tutorial
1. LANDSCAPE (ie long side along top bar) on trimmer.
2. Score 4.5 cm from either side (ie score 4.5cm, turn 180 degrees, score 4.5cm)
3. Bone Fold (the stronger your bone folding the better!!!)
4. Decorate as necessary

Note that I use Tear n Tape for sticking the bow... I find it stronger than using glue dots... and therefore the overall closure stays down better.... Though (with hindsight & thinking out loud) using 2 glue dots would probably work as well!!

All finished off with the greeting and random seed heads on the inside... 

Which can just be seen when the card is closed for extra interest...

And difficult to see in the photo... but a Metallic Silver Pearl finishes off the centre of the head... note that the pack contains both silver and gold pearls...

Fancy Fold Friday - Broadway Bound Swing Easel Card

A really quick share for you today... with the last of the Broadway Bound  & Broadway Birthday Swing Easel card series...

Sorry this is so quick a share... but sometimes things aren't as you think they will be and then they just get in the way of your To Do List!

But I had to share as I think this one ended up as my favourite!! Who would have thought...

Original Cut & Score card Tutorial here (which was used for this card) ... Simpler Die Cut & Score version Tutorial here!!! (which is how I will make it in the future!!)

This one is definitely worth a try!!

Make a Wish Peekaboo Gatefold card... with a punched closure

Another of the standard A6 size Broadway Bound Peekaboo Gatefold Cards... for which you will find the recipe and Tutorial here...

But with a different closure this time... care of a punched Classic Label greeting... so that the stitched circle can just be popped behind and the card closes really nicely...

Note that the greeting was inked & stamped with the line beneath it (ie as it comes) ... as the Classic Label punch then punched "the line off"

This is where the 2 parts of the Wish die cut Broadway Lights greeting really come into their own...  as you can place the 2 parts where it makes sense for your project!!

Love this Suite of products...  which we will be using in August classes... so don't hesitate to contact me today if you would like to attend a class... or if you are interested in a Class At Home... aka Class in the Post... 

Fancy Fold Friday - bright Broadway Bound Birthday card

So ... you may have noticed that all of the Broadway Bound cards I have shared to date have had one thing in common... and that is ... that I have used the foiled side of the papers only...

Being really honest... I found myself unable to use the somewhat brighter, lighter, younger in heart side... I was REALLY struggling with colour & imagery overload!

But then I demoed the card in my first class... and made myself put glue on the shiny foil side... and so use the brighter side... and I then became hooked!! I think it was something to do with cutting out the aperture in the centre... so then my eyes were not overloaded anymore...

And now... I love both sides equally... which makes the paper pack even better value for money... suitable for all ages and occasions! Love it when that happens...

And this of course used my new Simple Swing Easel Card method... click here for the Tutorial...

The hats are die cut out of the papers... great touch! 

And the WISH sign/frame was created as described in this post here... which shows the same card using the flip (foiled) side of the papers... and also has more information and photos of the products I used on both cards... 

SU! Products Used

Papers – Broadway Bound

Stamps – Broadway Birthday

Punches - Classic Label

Dies – Broadway Lights, RETIRED Squares Collection OR Layering Squares with front aperture slightly smaller

Inks etc – Gray Granite, Lovely Lipstick, Lemon Lime Twist, Versamark & White Embossing Powder

Thank You dies... 2 ways

A very quick share today to show some of my crafty friends what I have tried to describe with the NEW Thank You dies... as well as a simple card too...

Top is how the greeting is die cut.... ie as it comes... essential piece of kit in my opinion! Though I do send a LOT of Thank You cards out every month... 

Bottom is how it can look with just a few snips... above the Y to the left... and below the K to the right...

Simples... and gives you lots more scope... even more essential then!!

And the long version will be hitting a card (or two) very soon... but this tip couldn't wait to be shared... 

Oh and the card is a Peekaboo Gatefold Card with a Bow Closure using the Broadway Bound papers... for which I have made a few over the past week or so... so more details coming very soon...

Fancy Fold Friday Tutorial for the Simple Swing Easel Card

So as I was busy creating Swing Easel cards for my July classes... a sudden "paper-engineering" thought came upon me... and the trial luckily proved VERY successful...

So put away my original cut and score method for the Swing Easel Card... and try this simple way instead! It is definitely a lot simpler...

But whilst I am in the process of converting all of the Swing Easel Card Tutorials to this Simple method... just click here for the A4 cardstock version...or here for the 12x12 cardstock version... and the same card size 5 1/2" (14cm) square one is here...

So this is another 5 1/2" (14cm) Square card size.... or as we say around here ... the one size fits all the world version!!

So without further ado... here are the Tutorials...

First up a pdf version of the Card Tutorial... for you to click...and download/save/print...

Second up ... the written version with an extra picture of the crosspiece position... and extra details of the final decoration... as well as the Shop links in the Recipe...

Craft Spa Recipe

Card Gray Granite 14 x 29 cm (5 ½” x 11⅜”*)

* With US Letter card… cut 5 ½” x 11”for card blank and separate 5 ½” x 3/8” for the crosspiece

Paper (Top) 13.5cm (5 ¼”) Square

Paper (Base) 13.5cm (5 ¼”) Square

Card Basic Black 9cm (3 ½“) Square

Card Gray Granite 8.5cm (3 ¼”) Square

Card Whisper White 8 cm (3”) Square

(D) Basic Black 5 x 10.5cm (2 x 4”) (for die-cutting WISH)

Papers – Broadway Bound

Stamps – Broadway Birthday

Punches - Classic Label

Dies – Broadway Lights, RETIRED Squares Collection OR Layering Squares with front aperture slightly smaller

Embellishments  - Metallic Pearls

Inks etc – Gray Granite, MementoBlack, Versamark & Gold Embossing Powder

Craft Spa Instructions

1.      LANDSCAPE. 28 cm (11”) on Trimmer Top Bar and cut across whole of card and retain the cut-off 1cm/3/8” sliver as a crosspiece…
* NOTE - With US Letter card… cut 5 ½” x 11”for card blank and  5 ½” x 3/8” for the crosspiece separately

2.      LANDSCAPE. 14cm (5 ½”) on Trimmer Top Bar. Score across whole card

3.      Mountain Bone Fold

4.      Place in a tent fold orientation (ie with score across top)

5.      Adhere Top and Bottom papers

6.      Cut out Top aperture with trimmer at 2.5cm ( 1”) all round
ie Line up at 2.5cm ( 1”) ; Cut 2.5 to 11.5cm ( 1-4 ½ “) ; Turn 90degrees, Cut 2.5 to 11.5cm( 1-4 ½ “) … and so on…
OR Die cut the Top central square aperture using the largest RETIRED Layering Squares die…  TIP – draw diagonal lines from tip to tip if you need help lining up centrally with a die)
 

7.        Place opened out card blank back on trimmer LANDSCAPE with aperture/top papers to the right hand side…

8.      Score top and bottom sections at 8”, 8 ½” and 9”

9.      Fold the 2 side sections as Mountain, Valley, Mountain. 

10.  Open out in tent fold orientation (ie with aperture to Top)

11.  Adhere the sliver to first/bottom (mountain) section

12.  Fold back over with card in tent fold orientation but closed

13.  Apply glue to front face of sliver

14.  Adhere largest square mat…lining up carefully with your card aperture!

15.  Decorate as necessary
I left it fairly simple for this one...
(a) Gray Granite stamped Hooray, with gold embossed Hooray dots over.. plus metallic pearls
(b) die cut hats from the papers
(c) Die cut Basic Black Wish... with another metallic pearl on the dot of the "i"
(d)  "MAKE A" stamped in Black and then punched with the Classic Label punch.. popped up with mini 3D foam dimensionals...  And you will be delighted to know that you can stamp the "MAKE A" image as it comes (ie with the line underneath) as the punch spacing just removes the line!