Category: Shaped Cards

Apr 14

Bunny Cupcakes

Don’t you just wanna join in with this little cupcake feast?

Over at the Lili of the Valley challenge blog the theme is ‘Birthdays’
Nice & Easy so I hope all of you will have a go this week.

I’ve made another Twisted Easel card,
the only trouble I’ve got with them is
making a decent pic of the finished card as it is such an awkward shape!

The cute stamp is called Bunny Cupcakes and is coloured with Copics,
the sentiment is from the new clear additions by LotV and can be found here.

I just had to use my new Ribbon border punch [Martha Stewart]
.. my new aquisition from the NEC.

Thanks a million for looking,

Hugs, Marlena x

 

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Feb 15

Bella Bunting

The challenge at the FaceBook Sugar Nellie group this week is
to make any easel card shape you fancy.

I have used the cute Bella Bunting from the Simply Sassy collections,
she’s such fun!

I don’t usually colour any of my images before I know what papers I want to use,
just had a little colouring session, experimenting..
Boy.. did I struggle to find papers afterwards,
but am really pleased how this card came together!

The sketch I used is a great one from Friday Sketchers

I have used the NS doily die for the circle element of the sketch and
machine stitched some Tulle and Ribbon together to make the ruffled border.

Pierced some of the border on the image
and added some heart pins for detail.

PTW would like to see you putting on the glitz,
so I’ll pop it along over there too

.oOo.

Getting overly excited about this coming weekend now,
can’t wait to catch up with the Sugar Nellie CHA girlies Karen & Erika again.
And to top it off having a class with mr Tim Holtz himself!!
Whoohoo!

Next week my sister is coming over for a catch up
and I have just booked my trip to go back with her and spend
some time in Holland with my family!

Have  a lovely evening all,

Marlene x

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Feb 09

Triangle Joyfold

Hello and thanks for visiting me today,

It’s the 2nd Sugar Nellie facebook challenge
and this time they would like to see a Joyfold on your card.
As per usual I wanted to do the fold with a slight twist,
so made a Triangle one instead :)

The size template and how I used it can be found at the bottom of this post.

Isn’t this Simply Sassy stamp adorable?
She is called ‘Spread your Wings‘
and can be found at Funkykits.

She is coloured with copics,
and had a go at some shadowing in her top,
me things I need more practise!

Above a couple of close ups on the fold,
and here is the Card Recipe:

Image: Sugar Nellie,
sentiment: can’t remember.. sorry!
Punches: MS border /corner, SU! bird and lace trim, Scalloped Circle,
Papers: MME Bella, Bella
Embellies: Sticky pearls and glitter pen for doodling

The message can be left on the decorated panel.

I’m really pleased how this turned out

.oOo.

Triangle Joyfold template:

You can make this fold in 2 ways,
the first one is what I done for my card

You will need 2 pieces of cardstock, 5.5″ x 11″ each.
Score both pieces at 5.5″ lengthwise,
cut one piece on a diagonal from top-middle to left bottom
and the second piece from top middle to bottom right.

If your cardstock has a right/wrong side,
make sure the wrong side is facing up.

Attach the 2 pieces together on the square so it looks like this:

Decorate the inside with patterned paper,
then stick the left triange down onto the centre

Or.. Try method two:

You could also achieve this by just using 1 piece of card stock at the given measurements,
by using the cut off triangle and sticking direct onto the decorated inside

But this leaves a rough layered edge on the left hand side,
and I didn’t want that.

Once this base was done,
I cut a panel 3.5″ x 7″ of cardstock,
scored at 3.5″ and fold to make the small panel

Measure on your card with the right triangle folded in to see if it fits

[How d'ya like my valentine nails uh?? lol]

Once happy,
stick the back of the smaller panel into place onto the cardbase,
leaving only the right triangle free to open/close.

You can now decorate the rest of your card however you fancy :)

Hope this template will be of use to some of you

Have a great evening
and don’t forget to come back tomorrow for a new Sugar Bowl Challenge

.oOo.

Hugs,

Marlena

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Feb 03

Twisted easel card

Not made one of these twisted easels before,
but boy.. are they fun and easy to do

Today I have used ‘Hippy Chick‘
another fab Simply Sassy stamp by Sugar Nellie

She is coloured with Copic sketch markers,
touched up with shimmer paints,
shame you can’t see that very well on the photo.

PP are Basic Grey Porcelain and MME.
Used MS border punch and build up the flowers topped with buttons.
The bling swirls are from Prima.

Here is a side view of the fold,
I forgot to take a pic folded flat but
it just lifts up and drops ontop of the inside panel.

My card fits in with the following challenges:

* Colour Create – Lemon, Green and White
* Dutch Dare Challenges – Buttons

If you would like to try a fold like this..
You can find a great little tutorial here

ETA:

Some of you have emailed that they couldn’t view the tutorial without loggin in..
so here is a brief description on how the fold was made.

My size card is a 5.5″ x 11″ [15 x 30 cm] scored and folded in half.
Score the right side of your card diagonal from top-middle to right bottom
and fold inwards,
when you place the left card square down,
the right triangle fold will now make a little mount.
Make up your front panel onto a 5.5″ [15cm] square piece of cardstock.
Now look at your card base with the triangle mount standing up,
add glue to just that bit that is showing and align your front panel to fit.
You will need to make a little raised embellishment
[or sentiment in my case] in front to keep it from sliding shut.

***

Thanks so much for looking and any comments you might leave..

Hugs, Marlene x

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Posted in Challenges, Shaped Cards

Feb 02

Circle side step template

This is the template I made for the Circle Side Step card based
on the conventional step fold that can be found all over the internet.
There were too many instructions to put on the template
so have marked them with numbers
and will get to them in the instructions below.

***

Start with a [approx] 7.5″ circle,
I used the largest grand nestie die,
but you could use a plate or similar to get your circle.

[1] Make a cut line about 2-1/2″ in from the side,
starting at 2-1/4″ and finish at 5-3/4″
Make sure you keep your circle straight.

[3] Score a straight line from the finish cut to the outside,
then a second score line 3/4″ next to the first.

[4] Fold 1st line in, 2nd line up
and make sure the layers are folded straight with the cut line.
It should look like this:

Next we have to find the centre of the whole circle
and the easiest way to do this is to fold the whole 7.5″ circle in half,
lining up ontop of each other, but don’t fold flat just yet.

[5] Pinch both edges of large panel to make the centre fold line,
then open up the circle,
score from and to the pinched points and fold.

You can now cortentina fold the second step by folding down and up 1 more time,
again making sure you line up the edges with the previous folds.
It should now look like this:

Next step is optional,
if you like the ‘sticky out’ bits, you can leave it as is.
Or you can turn your card over
and cut away the excess with scissors

Your card base is now ready for you to decorate how you wish :)

Little tip.. speaking from experience:
Practice with copy paper first,
you don’t want to waste your cardstock

***

For my card I cut a scalloped circle and cut a strip to fit my card front,
added embossed paper and
stuck my image partly overlapping the step and top of the card.
Attached the sentiment to the last step.
Then decorated with lots of flowers, bling and candy drops to finish.

***

Hope this is helpful to some of you and any questions..
Just shout!

Marlene x

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Feb 01

Circle side step

Helloo,

There is a little story to how this card came about..
As mentioned in my previous post there is a Sugar Nellie challenge
on Facebook asking for side step cards.
In one of the discussions, Cathy asked if there was a way
to have a bigger panel for larger stamps to use..
so I got to playing with some A4 paper
and managed to get a larger template to work
[Template for this supplied at bottom of this post]

While at work,
I got to thinking and doodling if it was possible to make a circle step card.
When I got home I got my large nesties out and after about a thousand tries..
Guess what?.. It worked!

It’s hard to see the steps as I’ve covered them with flowers & dragonflies
but you get the idea!

To decorate my card I have used a large scalloped strip at the bottom.
Image is ‘Party Frills‘ from Sugar Nellie,
she is such a cutie!
Colored her with Copics and
nested onto a scalloped circle which is attached half over the fold.

Some of the flowers are from Marianne dies,
dragonfly is a Doohicky die, and the sentiment is by SU!

I love it when a plan comes together..
and again.. Thanks Cathy for getting me to think ‘outside the box’ :)

I’d like to enter this card in the PTW Flower challenge for this week,
and My Time to Craft’s challenge is Flourishes

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As promised here is the template for the folded A5 step

click to enlarge

When cut and folded it will look like this

Click to enlarge

Let me know if you would like to see the circle template as well.

***

Have a fabulous evening,

Marlene x

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