Bird Crazy

Crazy Birds...also last month I got absolutely crazy over the bird crazy stamps and dies from Tim Holtz.  So crazy later I even made Christmas Cards.  Here are a few

Scraping with the Divas

In October I was priviledged to go once again on a Diva's trip.  This year we went to Wolf Creek, Utah and stayed in an amazing condo provided by our friend Kate.  It was a beautiful time of year with the changing of the leaves...not summer and not yet ski season.  Kate was a little apprehensive of what we would do there for 3 days, especially as the weather called for rain....(we visited the Golden Spike historic sight on the way down, visited a monestary, had a trip to Ogden, and ate some incredible local cuisine) so we packed supplies for one day of papercrafting.    Here are some photos of some of our creations.

Rosemary with her first box card!

Making a Flip Card

Flip Up Card

Start with a basic 4 ¼ x 5 ½ card. DSP is 4 x 5 ¼. Horizontal strip is ¾ x 5 ¼.

Make card and attach horizontal strip about an inch up from the bottom. Attach with brads.

To make the flip take a 2”x9” piece of cardstock. Score at 2”, 2 3/4”, 3 1/2” and 4 1/4”.

Then take the piece with longest unscored end and tuck underneath the horizontal strip. Fold it up and over and attach the other end....only....to the top of the horizontal strip. Decorate as desired. This one was built on orange cardstock with white 1 ¾ x 1 ¾ square and superheros made with the SU owl punch.

Any uses for these small cards?

This is a cute box set with notecards.  However, after I made these I realized you can't find 4" envelopes anywhere and they are not accepted by the USPS.

 Box of Note Cards.

To make box. Take 6 x 11 piece of cardstock and with short side at top of score board score down at the 1 “ and 5” lines Turn so the 11 side is on top and score down on 1”, 5”, 6” and 10”.

On the 11” side cut up 1” on the fold lines (to the other fold line). Turn over and cut on the other 11” side. At this point you can cut a hole in the lid, add acetate and decorate. Glue or staple the tabs to the inside of the box. This is a 4” box.

To make cards. Cut 3 7/8 x 7 ¾ and score at 3 7/8. For the white front cut at 3 5/8 x 3 5/8. Mask with painter tape ½ inch all around the white card. Emboss a background with white and scrub different colored inks over the top. Stamp a design if desired and remove tape.

For a larger box for A2 cards...make a two piece box using

6 ½ x 8 inches and scoring at 1 and 5 1/2 on short side at top,

turn and score at 1 and 7. tuck tabs to inside. This will make a 4 ½ x 6 box interior.

To make one piece make one of the pieces an inch longer with an extra inch score to overlap.

Here's another fun stand up card!  

Frog stand up

Base (green) 4 1/4” x 11. Score at ½, 2, 4, and 5 ½.

Orange 4”x5 ¼. (background)

3 x 5 ½ (score at ½ and 2.

pattern 3 3/4” x 5

1 ¾ x 4

white 2 ¾ x 2 ¾

Stamp and color. Shade around everything. Add rhinestones.

If desired add white cardstock for greeting on back.

(Orange w/b 3 x 4 ½ with white at 2 x 3 ½ )

“we may not be tadpoles anymore but at least we haven't croaked”

For Ice Cream Cone Card, which goes in larger envelope

Base 9 (green) 4 x 11. Score at ½, 2, 4 and 5 ½.

Purple 3 ¾ x 5 ¼ (background)

2 ¾ x 6 (score at ½ and 2)

pattern 3 ½ x 5

1 ¾ x 3 ¾

white 2 ½ x 3 ¾

Add white cardstock on back for sentiment/stamp as desired

For legal size envelope:

Base 4 x 12 or make longer score ½, 2, 4, 5 1/2

Colored 3 3/4x 6 1/4 and

2 ¾ x 7 score at ½ x 2

Pattern 3 ½ x 6 and 1 ¾ x 3 ¾

White 2 ½ x 4 ¾

Another version: If you want to make it even taller you need to cut the base in two sections making an overlap...make the A section 4 X 10 and score at 8 . And the B section at 4 X 7 ½ and score at 1/2” 2 ½ ”, 5, 7 and 7 ½.

The8 inch score mark on the A section will fit into the 7 ½ score mark on the B section. And the end of the A section panel would then fit inside at the 2 ½ “ scoreline.

The panel that goes up would be 2 ¾ x 8 and score at ½ and 2 ½. This makes a bigger box on the bottom but I still think it is too wonky. Takes up more of the legal size envelope though.

 

Sprinkles of Life Card

White card base cut tall.

Blue cardstock cut at 3 7/8 x 5 1/8, 2 ½ x 3 7/8

White cardstock 3 ¾ x 5, ¾ x 3

DSP 2 3/8 x 3 ¾ another DSP 1 x 4

Circle is 2” with scalloped circle at 2 3/8 or 2 ½.

Used cricut school cartridge for circle and elegant edges for scalloped

Sprinkles layer card

Blue base 5 ½ x 7 ½

With long side on top of scoreboard score at 3 ¼. Fold card over and score at 3 3/8, 3 ½ and 3 5/8.

Blue 2” circle with white 2 ½ circle

White cardstock (2) 3 x 5 ¼

DSP 1 X 5 ¼

cupcake with embossed sprinkles and heart, cherry or diamond on top

I also used two rows of coordinating gathered ribbon from Stampin UP

Decisons...and the Diplomatic Divas

I love being able to look up on the internet facts and figures to be continually learning. It's one reason I liked being involved with this wonderful group of ladies who were willing to look at a topic and then discuss the ramifications...ideas....The way our minds interpret  data makes us all unique....  I often wonder why not everyone sees what I see.  Definitely we are all very different...and that difference sometimes has torn our friendly group apart.

   Tomorrow is the end of another session of Great Decisions, a program of the Foreign Policy Assoc.  I have been active (and sometimes not so active) in for several years. Because it is a winter based course I am often gone for the meetings. (Which is probably a good thing as my ideas border closer to isolationist instead of diplomacy.)  But they don't hold it against me....I have the best of all worlds.  But the winds of change do blow...and we are all ageing.  And I think with age our interests fall closer to home...our grandkids, taxes, health issues.... how to handle all the remotes.

  Although still interested in what is taking place on the diplomatic front our  interests are focused more on our local concern for quality healthcare, immigration, keeping our Social Security, lower government intervention and taxes, etc.  Internationally we are continually bombarded with reports of strife in Israel, atrocities in the middle east, threats of nuclear weapons...a list that is continually getting longer.  So we have plenty to occupy our minds if we decide not to enroll in the program and make this our last year.  And certainly plenty to learn. Do bananas really improve your roses? Epson salts on your tomatoes? 

Speaking of....I love my subscription to Curious.com.  Watch something almost every day....easy stuff...

Besides I am finding my artistic self this year!