Hello Crafty Friends! Happy Canada Day! It’s Laurie here to share my True North Canada Card using the True North Strong & Free Stamp Set by Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps.
The Details of My True North Canada Card
For my card, I had a lot of fun colouring with my Copic Markers the beaver, the leaves and these cuties. In fact, I coloured the girl and boy to match my hubby and me! Once that was done, I cut them out with my Brother Scan n’ Cut.
The O Canada 2 papers by PhotoPlay were perfect for my Canadian themed card! They even had matching ephemera that I used for the wording. This made making my card a breeze!
I added Wink of Stella to all the maple leaves including their shirts to make them shimmer. I also added Black Gelly Roll Pen to the beaver’s nose.
For embellishments, I added some red rhinestones to tie in my colour scheme.
Boy Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04 Hair: E57/E43/E53 Eyes: W5/W3/W1 Reds: R29/R27/R25
Close Up of Boy
Beaver E29/E27/E25E/23/Black Gelly Roll Pen for Nose
Close Up of Beaver
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Card Recipe for My True North Canada Card:
True North Strong & Free, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink O’ Canada 2 12” x 12” Paper Pack, PhotoPlay O’ Canada 2 Ephemera Pack, PhotoPlay Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin’ Up! Brother Scan n’ Cut Black Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Real Red and Basic White Card Stock Stampin’ Up!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my I Detect a Birthday Card using the It’s a Mystery Stamp Set by Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps!
This card was for a 13-year-old boy whose birthday is today! Every year I create an interactive card for him. Last year I created a Pop & Twist card and in the past years, I created a Never-Ending Card, a Slider card, a wobble card and so on. He always says that I make the best cards EVER! Got to love that!
So, this year, I decided to create a Double Flap Flashlight Card for him to investigate the clues to his birthday mystery! So much fun! For my card, I thought the It’s a Mystery Stamp Set and the Master Detective Paper were perfect for my theme!
The Details of My Card
I stamped the images with Jet Black StazOn Ink onto a window sheet. Tip: be careful when stamping the stamp since the ink will be slippery. The stamp may slide if you don’t keep your stamp horizontal as you press. StazOn will not smear once it dries though.
My Card in Action
I used the second largest Stitched Rectangle Die to create a window in Basic Black cardstock and glued the window sheet behind it. A circle punch was used to create an opening for finger access at the base of the window piece. To create the “hidden clues”, I glued Basic Black cardstock to the back of the window piece on three sides leaving the bottom open to create a pocket where the flashlight would go. The black stamped images disappear against the black cardstock! Tip: use really strong adhesive since this is the interactive part.
For my flashlight, I used a circle punch to punch the white flashlight part. The handle was 2 strips of ¾” x 5” Basic Black glue together to make it sturdy. This handle was sandwiched between the white circle and a Basic Black scalloped circle to create the flashlight. I added some glimmer washi tape to make it catch the eye.
Inside of First Flap
The inside of the card was decorated with the Master Detective paper. Graphic 45 made it so easy with the tags! I even used some of the tags to create pull out cards for which the boy can play.
Cards to solve the Mystery
The only stamping on the inside was the sentiment piece. The only embellishment I used was the magnifying glass charm. Perfect for my card!
Inside of Second Flap
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Copic Markers:
Inspector 1 Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04 Browns: E35/E33/E31 Greens: G99/G94/G21 Magnifying Glass: C3/C1/0/Glossy Accents Black Gelly Roll Pen on magnifying glass, pipe, and hair
Close Up of Inspector 1
Dog Fur: E35/E33/E31 Collar: B26 Black: Black Gelly Roll Pen
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Otter-ly Love Anniversary Card using From The Otter Side by Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps. Today is our 27th Wedding Anniversary and this is one of the cards that I gave my Hubby.
Aren’t these two otters just the cutest with their heart shaped tummies! My Hubby loves otters. In fact, there is a YouTube channel that he loves to watch that is all about two otters, Kotaro and Hana, and the antics that they get up to living in an apartment in Japan!
For my card, I decided that I wanted to create a fun “watery” scene for my two otters. So, I pulled from my stash some Designer Series Paper that had fish and waves on it and die cut it into a heart. I embossed the Detailed Dots onto the Pacific Point background to represent water bubble. I love the detail of the Memory Box wave die! In fact, I loved it so much that I made two layers with one being in Vellum! I couldn’t resist having one of the cute otters holding a wooden heart! How perfect for an anniversary card! The fun puny sentiment “To my Otter Half” was white embossed on a strip of Pacific Point with a couple of heart embellishments. A couple more wooden hearts and some water droplets on the waves all add to my anniversary/watery scene!
