The Gnomes Are In The House

Hi friends,

I'm sure you have been seeing lots of pesky gnomes around lately.  They seem to be everywhere and I just think they are fun and adorable so I had to order some for myself.  I ordered three sets of gnome stamps but so far only one has arrived.  I didn't waste any time, I made a card yesterday and here it is.

I ordered the stamps from Simon Says Stamp, they are from Stampingbella and, of course, the die set is the Triple Flip from Karen Burniston.  I've linked the products I've use below.  By the way, Karen has a fun new video out today showing another fun gnome idea.  You can see it by clicking here.

See you again soon,
S@ndy

Surprise Thank You Card

Hello friends,

I hope your Christmas was Merry & Bright and now it's time for those Thank You cards.  If you would like to add a bit of Surprise to your card - I have a fun way to do that.  I used the Karen Burniston Surprise Ball Pop Up die in a new way.  Check it out.

I have a complete tutorial on how I made this on YouTube so I hope you will hop on over there to watch it and I wouldn't mind if you would subscribe to my channel and give the video a "like".  

You can see it by clicking here.

You can also see Karen's assembly video by clicking here.

In my video I talked about how to fix a few things that I feel I could do better the next time I make this card.  I promised some more detailed photos so here they are:

I made the exact same card one more time but here is how I feel it is better than the original.  It is much stronger because I added some packing tape to each arm of the ball at the crease, shown with the arrows above.  The ball wasn't designed to take all the stress that happens to the arm with the tab when it is pushed an pulled (and straightened) into the envelope.  The tape seemed to do the trick, if you do not have packing tape you could use clear tape and I would add a couple pieces on each arm.

The other thing I did differently was to cut the small tab in half where I plan to insert my pull tab.

Be sure to do this on each side.

The last thing I did to change this was to make a tab as shown in the video and above, then score where the white line is on the photo above.  Once that is complete, I cut (shown in blue above) up to the score line so the tabs would move with the tab that was cut on the ball itself.

Assemble the ball as usual!

The products I used are linked below - you can click on the photo for more details.

See you Soon,
S@ndy

Merry Christmas Matthew

I am hoping that my grandson got his card by now (honestly, I don't think he reads my blog) so am sharing it here today.   I used the Triple Flip die set from Karen Burniston.  I had some adorable stickers in my stash so after assembling the card (you can see an assembly video here) I added the stickers and it was ready to go.

Hope you have yourself a merry little Christmas,

See you soon, 

S@ndy

Here are the products I used, just click on the link for more info.

Triple Flip Birthday Card

I recently made this fun card for a friends birthday.  She loves cats so had to add a party cat to one of the flips.  I used the Karen Burniston Triple Flip die set along with some other fun elements all linked below.  

ENJOY!

Have a great day and stay crafty,
S@ndy

Cupcake? Yes Please!

Hello everyone,

Today is the Paper Pros challenge and the theme is Kids or Back to School.  I'm on the road on a month long trip at the moment but thought, although it could be a stretch, that kids love cupcakes and birthdays so here we go.  Cupcake? Yes please!!

This card uses the Triple Flip minus two for a single flip that has a punch.

I made the triple flip the same as always but on a much taller base with the pull tab in the center.

I decorated the front with the Crosshatch Rectangle and another one on the inside and then stamped my greeting.  The cupcakes and flourish on the inside are from Karen Burniston's Cupcake Pop Up.

Hope you have enjoyed!!

S@ndy