ThePowerOfACard: March 2021

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Hey Girlfriend Flip Front Card

This is the perfect card to send to your bestie! It has a unique front panel that flips up instead of the traditional card opening. The card panel is decorated on the back so you can write an additional note, but I also have some other examples where you have a flip front panel on top of a normal card. Here is my video - tell me which card you like the best!

Gather your supplies:

Cardstock: Misty Moonlight 5-1/2" x 4-1/4"; Basic White 4" x 5-1/4" and 3-1/2" x 11"; Hydrangea Hill DSP 4" x 5-1/4" and 4" x 1/2"; Gorgeous Grape scrap; Highland Heather scrap
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento and Highland Heather
Stamp set: Hey Girlfriend
Dies: Hippo & Friends, Pierced Blooms
Stampin' Blends: Ivory, Smoky Slate, Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue, Rococo Rose, Soft Suede, Highland Heather and Misty Moonlight
Window Sheets: 2-1/2" x 1/2" (or longer if you plan on making several cards), folded in half
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Adhere your DSP to your card panel. Add the small DSP strip to the bottom of the smaller white piece and adhere this to the back of the card.

From your large piece of white, cut out four of the largest octagon stitched labels. Stamp the girlfriend of your choice on one of these labels. Color her with Blends to coordinate with your DSP. Don't forget to add a few lines of "ground" at the bottom so she's not floating on your card. Glue a second label to this colored label.

Take the window sheet (that has been folded in half and creased with your bone folder) and adhere it to the back side of this label using a strong adhesive like Tear and Tape or Seal +. Position it so that the fold is centered and sticks out a very small amount above the top (see the photo on the left). Add one more label, turning it over so that it covers the acetate and has the "nice" side showing.

Stamp your sentiment to the remaining label and decorate with flowers cut from the Highland Heather scrap. Sandwich this label with the others that have been glued together and add Tear and Tape to the acetate piece so that it can stick to the back of of the stack. Add glue to the stack (now your flip front panel) and position it on the front of your card panel as shown.

Stamp your Hey, girlfriend sentiment onto the white cardstock that remains after cutting your labels and trim to size. Mat this with Gorgeous Grape and pop it up with dimensionals in the bottom center of your card front.

This flip front idea can be used with many die cut shapes. If your shape is large enough, you don't have to have a panel on the back. In my heart card, I added the flip front to a card instead of a quarter panel - it's really up to you. The one thing I learned is that the acetate window sheet needs to stick out just a little bit to accommodate the thickness of the four labels stuck together. Have fun!

Karen

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Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Dragonfly Circles

This simple card uses a retired Stampin' Up! product called a sanding block - I can't even remember when I purchased it, but I know it's been some time. If you don't happen to save one in your supplies, you can use a sanding block with fine sandpaper like the type you might use when preparing your walls to paint. Although the card is simple in both design and execution, the results are quite impressive! Here is my video to show you how.

Gather your supplies:

Cardstock: Basic Black 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4"; Basic White 3" square and 4" x 5-1/4", Artistry Blooms DSP 3-1/4" x 7-1/2"
Ink: Jet Black Stazon, Frost White Shimmer Paint
Stamp bundle: Dragonfly Garden
Dies: Layering Circles
Embossing Folder: Parisian Flourish 3D
Stampin' Spritzer
Adhesive and Tools

I chose to have a black card base and stamp with Stazon ink to make the card pop! Fold your card base in half and give it a good crease. Stamp one of the dragonflies on the white square (leaving enough space in the corner to cut your smallest circle). While you are stamping, go ahead and stamp your inside sentiment and grouping of dragonflies on the white rectangle and adhere it in place. Three things about Stazon ink pads: 1) they smell amazing (really!), 2) the black is very intense/dark and 3) they will dry out quickly if you leave the cover off, so ink up your image and put the cover right back on. I do recommend the Stazon cleaner to clean your stamps as this is black ink that likes to stick to your stamps!

For my circles, I used the layering circles dies. If you number them from largest to smallest, I used 1,4 and 6 for the DSP and 7 for the white. Place the DSP circles into the embossing folder to catch the portions of the design you want for each circle. Emboss using the Stamping' Cut & Emboss machine. Cut out the white circle from the piece where you stamped your dragonfly.

Now you are ready to change the embossed texture into something even more stunning! Use your sanding block to gently rub across the embossed design. Take your time and sand away the top most layer of ink from your paper on the raised portions. This will reveal the white core of the paper. If you try to do this with our colored cardstock, it will not give the same effect because our paper is a solid color throughout. (You can see that when you tear the paper - no white core.)

Stamp your sentiment onto the white circle and place all four circles on your card front until you like the placement. Adhere the DSP circles to the card front and pop up the sentiment circle with dimensionals. Punch out the dragonfly (you may have to trim off the bottom so it fits into the punch like I had to do in the video).

I like to add shimmer to my dragonflies, so I use my spritzer filled with a pea sized drop of shimmer paint and 70% rubbing alcohol (don't forget to leave room to shake it!). Do not use 91% alcohol as it will clog the sprayer - I learned this the hard way. The spritzer will give a fine coating of shimmer - just spray on a large piece of scrap paper (or use a box like I've shown in previous posts). Add the dragonfly with dimensionals and you are done!

I had fun playing with different papers and different embossing folders as you can see in my other examples. I think the green ombre paper embossed with the Little Details folder yields the most dramatic results, but my favorite is the turtle card using the Seabed folder. This technique is a wonderful way to expand your utilization of your embossing folders and have people wondering just how you got such an interesting look!

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Karen

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