Showing posts with label swing top cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swing top cards. Show all posts

Friday, September 1, 2017

Make Card Bases with Dies



Hooray!  I get to see Louisa and her mommy and daddy two weeks in a row.  Boo!  They are moving to Savannah this month.  Hooray!  I will go visit often. Boo!  I have to fly again.

Hooray!  Card bases created with dies are fun.  Hooray!  I love these stamps designed by Helen Dardik.  I've long been a fan of her artwork.  It reminds me of Mary Blair's work, who did a lot of designs for Disney.  



I really like how the dies form the card base of this card.  Love all the scallops.  This is made like the swing top cards I made earlier.



Since the HOORAY! is hot glued to the brad only, it stays in place when the scallop oval top swings open.



The back of the brad is hidden by cardstock panels, which also provide plenty of room to write a note.



This card is made with two of my favorite dies.  I didn't realize they would look so cute together!  The brad on this one is hidden under the cherry.



I used cracked pistachio on both layers.  Sponged on a light layer on the top and then created my favorite plaid on the back layer.



Hooray!  These were fun.  

Hooray!  The weekend is coming.  Have a good one.

Hooray!  Louisa will be here soon...





Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Swing Top Cards

What are Swing Top Cards?  Cards that instead of opening the normal way, the top swivels to reveal the sentiment on the bottom layer.  I guess I could have called them Swivel Top cards...but oh, well.  Swing Top it is.


Meet Calendar Girl.  Isn't she and her kitty sweet?  You can download her below.


I love the sweet kitty with the mouse.  I saw these Little Meow stamps on Fiki's (a.k.a. Bad Kitty) blog and started looking for them.  I found my set on ebay and it had to come from the UK.  There are three different sets of kitties made by DoCrafts.  I think the doily stamp on this one is really pretty.  Well, I can't find this set anywhere now.  Did I get the last one????


Both cards swing open on a brad.


I hole punched the plaid circle and just used a hole in the doily to connect them together with a brad.  Those pretty blue dots are made with Nuvo Crystal Drops.  


Tip:  The rosette is accented with a piece of washi tape.  Fun!


Here's the inside of the Calendar Girl card.  The sentiment is included in the download.






Download Calendar Girl HERE.

Dropbox seems to work differently for different people.  Either right click and save when image appears or click the download button in the top right corner.  If neither method works, email me and I'll send the files to you.



So glad you stopped by.  Have a  PURR-fectly, lovely day!


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