Sandy’s Craft Bag

Birch Press has some really great layering dies and I loved the Dazzle Bevel Layer Set when I saw it.  There are two sizes you can use separately or together.  I used them together here.  I’m always looking for designs I can use for unisex or male cards.  I love flowers but you just need other designs as well.  You could use different colors for the 3 layers but I just used white for all of them this time.  I made 2 cards, one with a navy card base and one in lavender.  I used A6 bases because I already had them ready and I wanted a color border all the way around.  The dies are A2 size.  If you put them on an A2 base they go right to the edges.  I was going to use black sentiments for both, and cut enough for both cards, but it just didn’t show up on the navy so I cut white instead. I decided I wanted silver on both, so even though I had them finished with 3 layers on each sentiment I went back and added it on.   To add a little s...

I just saw a Jennifer McGuire video  about heat embossing that showed a technique I wanted to try.  I’ve done emboss resist with inks before but not using the Lindy’s Magicals, of which I have 2 different sets (and I want to get more because I love them).   I cut a 9x12” sheet of Canson XL watercolor paper into 4 pieces. On 2 of them I used the Taylored Expressions Triangle Tetris background stamp with Versamark ink and heat embossed using Stampendous detail clear powder.   The two Lindy’s Magicals sets I have are Nantucket Pearls and Industrial Chic .  After taping down the paper, one for each set, I spritzed them with water, sprinkled on the powders, and spritzed again.  The one above used the Nantucket Pearl powders and the one below used the Industrial Chic powders. The sentiment strips were cut from black glossy cardstock.  The dies were from Aliexpress.  I thought the kind of graphic industrial look went really well with the design. I kept...

Birch Press has such beautiful layering dies.  For my Valentine’s cards I chose their  Flora Heart Layer Set and to use Altenew’s Pink Brilliance Glitter Gradient cardstock .  The cardstock is only 3” x 6” but that allowed me to cut 2 from each piece.  This glitter cardstock was great, it cut like a dream.  I used the Pink Diamond, Tourmaline, and Rhodolite.  I also cut a thin strip of the Pink Diamond to put on the side. The Love You sentiment die was from CZ Design .  I cut the shadow from vellum and the words from the Rhodolite glitter cardstock.   The background was embossed using the Sizzix Organic Petals 3-D embossing folder .  I cut it a bit smaller than the card blank and the cut a 1/4” strip off the side to add the glitter strip. The card blanks and envelopes I used were from Sizzix Surfacez in Ballet Pink.   I love the way this card turned out, don’t you?  I’m going to enter it in the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge and ...

I just finished my Thanksgiving cards (I know, a bit late). I’m a bit disappointed because I had planned on adding a background of gold foiled fall leaves but couldn’t because it turns out that the Glimmer system can’t be used with the Cuttlebug.  It doesn’t fit.  That’s also why my cards are running late.  My Glimmer machine didn’t get here until Saturday and then when it didn’t work I had to figure out something else for the background. I ended up using a pierced background die.   They’re still cute aren’t they?  The pumpkin dies are from AliExpress, the background die is Simon Says Stamp Detail Petal plate, and the sentiment is from Aliexpress too.   Thanks for stopping by! 

I needed to make a sympathy card so I pulled out my Altenew Pattern Motif Die Set.  I hadn’t used it yet and I thought it would make a pretty & easy card.  The patterns were cut using lavender and metallic lilac cardstock.  One note - it was difficult to get the cut cardstock out of the dies in one piece.  The lavender tore but you can’t really tell once it was all glued together.  Next time I’ll use waxed paper too and see if it helps.   It was a little tricky to get it all lined up and the little bits where they were supposed to go, but no worse than most layered flower dies.  I glued the 2 layers together and figured out how I wanted it to fit on the A6 dark purple card front.  This motif is larger than an A2 or A6 card, so it hangs over the edge.  I glued it to the card front and, once dry, trimmed the edges.   I white heat embossed the sentiment, added a few clear drops, and it was done.  Didn’t it turn out pretty? I’ll def...

 I finished my Halloween cards this week.  I’ve been neglecting my card making lately because I’m finally working on my honeymoon scrapbook. It’s only been 3 years…lol. This cute stamp & die set is from Simon Says.  I colored the images using Copic markers and used a white belly pen to add the accents.  There are black rhinestones to add a little glimmer.   That’s all for today!  I’ll be entering these in the Simon Says Monday and Wednesday challenges. Thanks for stopping by! 

Recently, I’ve needed a couple of sympathy cards, unfortunately, so my stash is gone.  I made 2 of the same thing to save some time to replenish it.  I started with navy blue cardstock cut to 5.5”x4.25” and blended some Distress Oxide Black Soot around the outside to create a bit of shadow. I wiped the back with a baby wipe and ran them through my Cuttlebug using an Altenew Charming Mandala embossing folder. Next I used a brayer and some Hero Arts Unicorn ink lightly across the top to highlight the design. Afterwards I die cut them with an Altenew Mix and Match frame die.  Using some vellum I also die cut some leaves using Altenew's Flowing Foliage set. I used a sentiment from the Hero Arts Protea Flower set, stamping on some vellum with black archival ink and embossing with clear powder.  I used a white mat on a navy card base and attached the embossed background. Last I attached the vellum leaves and sentiment with a tape runner.  These turned out really well!...