SCT Crop & Create Cardmaking March 2022

The online card-making event on March 25-27 from Scrapbook & Cards Today was absolutely wonderful. Of the online events I've been part of, theirs has offered the most per event and been the most organized, even when unexpected things occurred behind the scenes. 

The first day featured what would have been "Make & Take" projects in a live event. This first card features a stamp, die, and stencil from Photoplay.

This card is a stitched Hi die from Spellbinders.  I made a second card without the stitching to use a few days after the weekend. 

These are from a company that I didn't know about, and is right here in Michigan, LDRS.

This is from American Crafts.

These are from Honey Bee

There were a few more that I either haven't finished yet. All of these kits and instructors were bonuses in that they weren't announced when we registered for classes. I knew there would be some, but the quantity and quality of product and instruction were great. 

The first scheduled class was Gina Krupsky and Gina K Designs in a class called Floral Frenzy. 

Next was Amy Yingling with products from The Stamp Market. I changed the second card to be a gift tag because I thought it was too bulky to mail. There was one more card that I chose to skip. This class was called Say It With Color. 

The third session was Libby Hickson, stamps from Hero Arts, class called Fun Folds.

The last class on Saturday was Birthday Celebration taught by Jenn Shurkus using Lawn Fawn supplies.

Sunday morning began with Cathy Zielske and Concord & 9th. The second image shows what is inside the card above it. There is a third card that I missed photographing. The class was Clean & Simple Stencils & More!

Next is Tayor Vanbruggen with a 4-piece stencil set, Create in Quads, from Taylored Expressions. Inking each layer with one color per stencil onto an 8" x 10.5" piece of cardstock gave us these four card fronts when cut apart. I haven't decided on sentiments for the first three cards yet. 

The seventh class, Spring Is In The Air,  was taught by Laura Bassen for Pinkfresh Studios. 

Last, but certainly not least was Make & Shake by Mari, by Mari Clarke for Honey Bee Stamps. She also taught the other Honey Bee projects on Friday. 

My Granddaughter's Mermaid Party

Avery had a belated birthday party for a few classmates right after school ended in June. With a pool and expected hot weather, she wanted it to be a pool party with a mermaid theme. I made these invitations with the pertinent information on the back. The mermaid body is a die from Karen Burniston, most of the fish and seaweed is from various Lawn Fawn sets. 

The guests had mermaid cupcakes after lunch. Leaving a few plain in case someone didn't care for sprinkles, most of the icing was tinted a pale lavender and had sprinkle from an assortment called Mermaid. See the tails among the baubles and bits?

The weather wasn't ideal that day but the girls swam anyway, then came inside to warm up and play. Their goodie bags had bracelets and mermaid-themed lip balm in them with this thank you attached to the bag.

Six is a fun age for mermaids and their grandmas. 

Birthday Cards using Lawn Fawn's Magic Iris die set

I saw this die set before it was available to order and knew I had to have it. I have many plans for it. Lawn Fawn dies are wonderfully engineered. As someone who has always enjoyed learning how everything works, creating the iris assembly was fascinating to me. To think that this can be done with paper amazes me!

  

The first card was made for my grandson's birthday. His uncle (my other son) has always called him "his bug" so this was an appropriate card from Uncle Burger (his toddler name for his uncle) and me, his Gigi. Click on each below to see the cards in action. 

The day after his birthday is his daddy's birthday, daddy being my first born son. We are going on a cruise soon but of all the stamps and dies I own, I didn't have anything that looked like a cruise ship. I drew a sailboat and used that instead.

In addition to the Magic Iris die set, I used Lawn Fawn's Hey Lady,  A Bug Deal, and Stitched Balloon Frame stamps and/or die sets for the bugs, the magnifying glass, and leaves. The waves and seashells were from a Karen Burniston die set called Tropical Scene.

Let's Toast!

Another Lawn Fawn card, also for my grandson. Yesterday's card will be given at today's family party. This one will go to him on his actual birthday. Toast, specifically cinnamon toast, is "our thing". The little bottle left of the toaster hints at a label reading "cinnamon sugar". I was done with the card and had taken these photos before I realized I hadn't included a "Happy Birthday" greeting. I will add that when I sign in. Stamps and coordinating dies used were LF1820 (stamps) and LF1821 and 1822 (dies). Coloring was by Copic markers on X-Press Blending Card.

Magic Picture Changer Birthday Card

I knew I was going to love Lawn Fawn's die set Magic Picture Changer the moment I saw it previewed online. It was difficult waiting for it be available to purchase and also waiting for it to arrive. I'm not saying the delivery time was long, I was just READY to play with this before it arrived.

Sometimes a multi-step stamp set or a die set that creates moving parts requires a trial run. This set is so well designed the many YouTube videos I watched while waiting for its arrival gave me the confidence to skip making a test on scrap paper.

In addition to the die set linked above, I also purchased the Magic Picture Add On. The boy, video game equipment and birthday sentiment are all from Lawn Fawn's stamp set, Screen Time. The birthday cake is from Elfie Selfie. 

The mechanism is not as difficult to use as it looks in my video. I haven't mastered taking a video while reaching over my phone on a tripod. I should be able to turn my phone to parallel to my work surface but that wasn't happening last night. 

Gingers, Huggers and Snowflakes

Sounds like it could be a political commentary, doesn't it? It isn't. I'm in my happy place, making things, not ripping people apart over politics.

First off, allow me to introduce you to Hip Ginger, a stamp and die set from Simon Says Stamp

I fussy cut mine while sitting with friends who were also working on Christmas paper crafts. I stamped the gingerbread men and their accessories on colored cardstock and assembled them onto cardstock that will become gift tags. I added a bit of colored pen or pencil embellishment to a few and used a black gelly roll pen on the eyeglass frames. I decided they needed eyes rather blank circles, so I I colored irises with a black Copic multiliner and added white glints to their eyes with a gelly roll pen. A twisted red and white cord was added to complete these tags.  

Here is a close up of one of the gingerbread men. 

Next up is Woodland Critter Huggers, a die set from Lawn Fawn. I also used Winter Add-ons for the Critter Huggers, also by Lawn Fawn. The basic set gives you the animal body parts, the add-ons provided the hat, scarf, mittens and small items that the animals could hold. The die set illustration shows the raccoon, fox and deer. The pig and cow were ideas I used from Jess Crafts.

The dozen below are going to be a gift to a friend who I hope will like them for her family members. The critter arms can hold a small piece of wrapped candy, such as a Hershey Nugget, a York pattie, etc or a candy cane. They can also hold a gift card. 

Last but not least, here are my snowflakes. They are made from three layering dies from Birch Press Design. This set is called Glitz Snowflake Layer Set. 

I've only made them in these color combinations so far but plan to do more. I was asked if they were difficult to line up. Not at all. The secret is to begin with a good quality cardstock that has some body to it.  Less expensive, thin cardstock doesn't release well from the die. I used glue on these, lining up the center opening and then one series of three small circles on one arm of the snowflake. That lined everything else up well. I haven't decided on a card for them yet, but I think it will be a plain card with a simple greeting inside. One snowflake will fill up the front of a standard card and mail easily. I will attach a hanging chord, securing it to the inside of the card. Recipients can add these to packages or perhaps hang them in a window or on a tree.