Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here. For today’s blog post, I made another Christmas card in anticipation of the upcoming holiday.
Preparation:
Cut and assemble the Sweater Season die set. I used the new Holly Jolly Christmas paper pack and cut the third largest stitched rectangle from green patterned cardstock. Cut the second largest rectangle from the Indented Stitched Rectangles die from red cardstock. Cut, score, and fold an A2 card base.
Instructions
Use the “Merry Christmas” sentiment from the Holiday Treats stamp set, stamp onto the rectangle patterned cardstock. For mine, I inked the edges with Bundled Sage and Frayed Burlap distress ink.
Layer the rectangle onto the indented rectangle piece and adhere to the card base. For mine, I inked the edges of the red cardstock layer and card base with Frayed Burlap Distress ink.
I then adhered the sweater die cut to the card using foam adhesive to complete the card.
Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here. For today’s blog post, I am getting started on my Christmas cards so that I am not making tons of them at the last minute.
Preparation:
Cut and assemble the Sweater Season die set. Using the largest tag from the Nested Tags die set, cut a piece of green patterned cardstock. For mine, I used the new Holly Jolly Christmas paper pack. Cut the second largest rectangle from the Indented Stitched Rectangles die from red cardstock. Fold an 8 1/2″ piece of cardstock in half. Cut a the second largest rectangle from patterned cardstock using the indented Rectangle die set. Cut the words “HOHOHO” from Sidekick Essentials 24 die set out of red cardstock. Also cut the tag reinforcer from the same red cardstock
Instructions
Using the largest tag from the Nested Tags die set. Line the tag up with the edge of the cardstock fold and tape into place. Cut the tag using your die cutting machine. This will serve as your card based.
Adhere the green patterned tag to the tag card base. I inked the edges with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink so that no white edges were being shown.
Adhere the red indented rectangle to the card base and top with the brown patterned cardstock.
Adhere the sweater, HOHOHO, and reinforcer to the tag card and the project is complete.
Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here on the blog today. Today, I am using the little donuts from the Food Truck Accessories die set to make an inspirational card for a friend.
Preparation
Cut and assemble small donut from the Food Truck Accessories die set (for mine, I used a Glaze pen to make the icing glisten). Cut a rectangle from the Postage Stamp Rectangles die from brown cardstock. Cut an A2 card base from white cardstock. Cut a card layer panel from yellow patterned cardstock (Pretty Pastels) using the Fitted Rectangles die set. Cut “Donut Worry” using the Alphabet, numbers and more die set out of brown cardstock..
Instructions:
Stamp “You’ve got this” in brown ink from the Art Journal Alphabet Stamps. Mark sure to leave space at the top for the diecut sentiment
Adhere “Donut Worry” to the top of your card panel. Substitute your donut diecuts with the letter “O”
Adhere your card panel to the postage stamp layer. Next adhere the card panel to the front of your card base and you card is complete.
Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here on the blog today. Today, I am using the cute caterpillar die set from the Bugs and Butterflies collection.
Preparation
Cut and assemble the caterpillar from the Caterpillar die set (for mine, is used some of the Pretty Pastels cardstock). Cut the witch hat, caldron, and spoon from the Halloween Accessories die set. Cut the second largest rectangle from the Indented Stitched Rectangles die from blue cardstock. Cut a slimline card base from black cardstock measuring 7″ x 8 1/2″ and score at 3 1/2″. Cut a card layer panel from green cardstock measuring 3 3/8″ x 8 3/8″. Cut a layer from white soft finish cardstock measuring 3 11/4″ x 8 1/4″. Cut a green grass piece from the Adventure Edges die set. Cut and assemble the “Hocus Pocus” sentiment from the Panner Essentials Halloween Set 3.
Instructions:
Select varying shades of blue ink, a yellow ink, and a black ink of your choice. Starting with the yellow ink, blend the ink to the right side. Using your lightest shade of blue ink, blend that around the yellow ink, leaving the yellow untouched. Take your next darker shade of blue ink and ink the rest of the cardstock. Lastly, go around the edges with black ink.
Using light green Distress Oxide ink, blend over the yellow ink which allows for a nice green glow from our caldron. Using white ink/paint, lightly splatter the white paint onto the card to simulate stars in the night sky.
Adhere your grass piece to the inked card panel. Afterward, adhere the entire panel to your green card layer.
Ahere your caterpillar, caldron, and sentiment to the card panel
Adhere the card panel to your slimline card base and your card is completed.
Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here on the blog today. The Bee dies set in the new Bugs and Butterflies collection is so adorable. I could not wait to play with it.
Preparation:
Cut two sets of wings and the wing overlay out of colored cardstock from the Butterflies die set. From black cardstock, cut the butterfly body and antennae. Cut the word “happy birthday” from Everyday Words die set out of patterned cardstock. Cut the “happy birthday” shadow layer from Everyday Words die set out of black cardstock. Cut one strip from black cardstock measuring 1 1/4″ x 5 3/4″. Cut another strip from patterned cardstock measuring 1″ x 5 3/4″.
Instructions: Using dark purple ink, ink the edges of one set of butterfly wings. For the second set of wings, ink using using blue, medium purple, and dark purple inks in an ombre pattern. For added depth, you can ink the edges with black ink. Using the same blue ink, ink the overlay pieces. The colors I used were Villainous Potion, Wilted Violet, and Salty Ocean Distress Inks.
For added shimmer, spray the overlay pieces with a shimmer spray. For mine, I used Distress Mica Spray Stain.
Adhere the overlay pieces to the ombre pieces. Then use a foam dot on one end of the wing and glue on the end of the other end, adhere the wings together
Using a Sakura Souffle gel pen and white gel pen, add pen details to the butterfly body. I also chose to cut off the legs. Adhere “happy birthday” to the shadow layer.
Adhere the body to the wings. Adhere the antennae to the body. I chose to use a clear Sakura Glaze pen on the antennae and a red Sakura Glaze pen on the mouth.
Adhere the patterned cardstock strip to the black cardstock strip
Adhere the strip piece to the card panel and then trim off any excess
Adhere the butterfly and the “happy birthday” sentiment to the font of the card.
Use the honeycomb as a stencil and ink the honeycomb patterned cardstock that measures 2 3/4″ x 4″
Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here on the blog today. The Bee dies set in the new Bugs and Butterflies collection is so adorable. I could not wait to play with it.
Preparation:
Cut and assemble the bee from the Bee die set. Cut and assemble the cake from the Party Time die set. Cut the honeycomb from Layered Honeybee die set. Cut one rectangle from white cardstock measuring 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″. Score at 3″ on the long side. Cut another rectangle from white cardstock measuring 3″ x 8″ and score at 4″ . Cut four rectangles from patterned cardstock two measuring 2 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ , 1 measuring 2 3/4″ x 4″, and 1 measuring 4″ x 5 1/4″. Cut the word “birthday” from Shakers die set out of white cardstock cardstock. Cut a spinner from black cardstock from the Tab 6 Planner essentials die set.
Instructions: Use the honeycomb as a stencil and ink the honeycomb patterned cardstock that measures 2 3/4″ x 4″
Poke a hole at approximately 3/8″ in and 2″ up. Using a brad, adhere the spinner tab to the panel
Using the Bugs and Kisses stamp set, stamp buzzing by to say and the flying trail to one of the 2 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ stamp sets. For the buzzing by stamp, I cut off the word “Hi” but you can mask it off instead. I also added three dots to denote that the sentiment continues
Adhere the bee to the panel
Adhere the cake and the “Birthday” to the other panel that measures 2 3/4″ x 3 3/4″. Using the Pieces of Life 1 stamp set, stamp the word “happy”
Adhere the 4″ x 5 1/4″ panel to the inside of the card
Fold the scored 3″ x 8″ panel to the card making sure that the panel layer opens from the left
Adhere the panel with the bee to the folded panel
Open the folded layer and adhere the panel with the cake to the inside
Lay the card upside down and flat. Adhere the panel with the spinner to the 4 1/4″ x 8″ panel. Make sure that the spinner is to the left
Flip the card over and fold in the spinner flap
Fold in the bee flap and secure with the spinner and the card is complete
Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here on the blog today. I am totally loving the new Bugs and Butterflies collection. The new Beautiful Brights pattern cardstock and Pretty Pastels cardstock is an added bonus. Here is a card using the new patterned papers and Grasshopper die set.
Preparation:
Cut and assemble the grasshopper from the Grasshopper die set (for mine, is used some of the Pretty Pastels cardstock). Cut 2 blade of grass from the Grasshopper dies set using Beautiful Brights patterned cardstock. Cut the second largest rectangle from the Indented Stitched Rectangles die from blue cardstock. Cut an A2 card base from white cardstock. Cut a the second largest rectangle from Pretty Pastels blue patterned cardstock using the indented Rectangle die set. Cut the words “happy birthday” from the Shakers die set out of white cardstock.
Instructions: Adhere the blades of grass to the blue patterned indented rectangle cardstock panel. Trim any excess from the blades of grass.
Adhere the grasshopper to the patterned indented rectangle cardstock panel. Tip: if you want the legs of the grasshopper for follow the curve of the blade of grass, use a blade of grass as a template to line up the legs as you are assembling the grasshopper.
Adhere the patterned indented rectangle cardstock panel to the blue cardstock panel
Adhere the card panel to the card base. Adhere the Happy Birthday from the Shakers dies set to the card.
Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here on the blog today. My son wanted a birthday card for a friend and wanted it to have a red dragon. Here is how I made his card.
Preparation:
Preparation:
Cut and assemble the dragon and flames from the Dragon die set. Cut the second largest rectangle from the Indented Stitched Rectangles die from green cardstock. Cut an A2 card base from another shade of green cardstock. Cut a the second largest rectangle from patterned cardstock using the indented Rectangle die set. Cut the words “happy birthday” from Birthday Flip Card die set out of dark green cardstock.
Instructions: Adhere the patterned indented rectangle cardstock panel to the green cardstock panel
Adhere the the words “Happy Birthday” to the card front panel
Adhere the dragon and flames to the cardstock panel
adhere the card front to the A2 card base and the card is complete.
Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here. For today’s blog post, I am sharing a cute birthday card I made for a friend’s granddaughter.
Preparation:
Cut and assemble the Hippo from the Hippo/Rhino die set. Cut the second largest retectangle from the Indented Stitched Rectangles die from pink patterened cardstock. Cut an A2 card base from white cardstock. Cut a the second largest rectangle from white cardstock using the indented Rectangle die set. Cut the words “happy birthday” from Birthday Flip Card die set out of pink cardstock. Also cut the “i” a second time from the same pink cardstock
Instructions: To create an “o”, lay the Happy Birthday die on the edge of your die cutting plate and run through your machine
Flip the cut out around and cut the other side
Adhere “Hippo Birthday” to the front of the white panel
Adhere the die cut hippo to the center of the white panel
Adhere the white panel to the pink patterned panel
adhere the pink panel to the A2 card base and the card is complete.
Hello crafty friends, it’s Summer Hills-Painter here. Here is a cute birthday card using the Elephant die from Joset’s Line
Preparation:
Cut and assemble the elephant from the Elephant die set. Cut an A2 card base from cream cardstock measuring. Cut a doily from the Large Doily die set. Make sure to keep the drop out. Cut a circle from the Fitted Circles die set that will fit onto the doily. Cut a rectangle from pink cardstock using the Stitched Rectangle die set. Cut a rectangle from patterned cardstock from the Fitted Rectangles die set. Cut 3 balloons from solid color cardstock and strings from the Birthday Flip Card die set. . Cut the shadow layer from the “Happy Birthday” from the Everyday Words die set using one of the solid colors of cardstock used to cut the balloons. Cut the words “Happy Birthday” from cream cardstock.
Instructions: Adhere the piece of patterned cardstock to the pink base layer. Also adhere the doily to the panel along with the center drop out
Adhere the die cut circle from the Fitted Circles die set using foam tape to the center of the doily die cut.
Adhere the elephant to the panel with the balloon string being held by the elephant trunk
Adhere the balloons to the card panel. I used some foam take to even out due to the foam tape under the elephant. I have also added highlights to the balloon and elephant eyes
Adhere panel to the card base and the words “Happy Birthday” to the card and the project is complete.
