Christmas Envelope Box Card

 I made a box card that looks like an envelope in light blue and used two colors of red for the flowers.  One was a metallic deep red and the other was sparkling brighter red.  I used a bit of white as well so I have that as part of the base to break up the blue a bit and the red flowers.  The center of the flowers have light blue gem.

 

 

The flowers are placed on two crossbars inside the box.  The crossbar toward the back is higher than the one in front so the flowers can be seen.

 

The front of the box had a triangle cut out so I used it on the back of the box card to give it more of envelope feel like the front.  I have plenty of room to stamp a sentiment and or write a note to the recipient once I figure out who it will go to.

 

 

 

 I love how it folds flat very nicely for mailing.

 

Thank you for stopping by! 

 

Netta

 
Supplies

    Spellbinder October 2022 Die of the Month
    Neenah Solar White Cardstock
    Light Blue Cardstock
    Red Metallic Cardstock
    Red Sparkling Cardstock

    Light Blue Gem

    
   

Namaste Birthday

I created this Box Card a few weeks ago and I am just getting around to sharing it.

The frog images are from Stampendous Frog Yoga stamp set were colored with Prismacolors Pencils

Here are the images up close.

I love this fancy fold.  It folds flat to mail in an A2 envelope and packs a punch when the recipient opens up the card box.

On the back of the card is where we wrote our birthday wishes.

Happy Crafting Saturday!

Netta

Sweet 16 Pop-Up Book Fold

I was asked to make a special Sweet 16 Birthday Card.  

I love the digital image I used.  It is located in an Etsy Store called "Small and Round".  The image is called Spirals Digital Image.   I printed it out with my canon jet printer onto X-Press It blending card and used copics to color with.  

I cut the Happy Birthday three times & glued them altogether.  I offset the white color layer to give it a highlighted background.  Ranger Glossy Accents covered the top of the words and while wet I sprinkled a very tiny amount of fine glitter on top.  Just to give a hint of sparkle.

 I have colored very few images of people with copics.  I need to do it more often.  It's actually very relaxing when you take your time.

Have a great day and thank you for stopping by! 

Netta

Four-Fold Get Well Card

Four-fold...great card when you need a lot of pages for many to write a message!  The best part..it fits into an A2 envelope for mailing.

Here is the 1st page I left blank for writing.

The card opened showing all 3 pages for writing a little get well message.  Sorry for the shadow.  I just could not get the lighting to work for me today.  

Have a great crafty day!

Manetta

Rubber stamps: Stampin Up "Thoughts & Prayers"

Leaves: Impression Obsession DIE334-Y

Cardstock: Stamping Up

Stamping Up Butterfly die

My Christmas Dream Place

 When I was younger, I had the opportunity to go into a home of an elderly couples home.  I fell in love with it and have often dreamed of having a home like that some day.  It was located in an area away from any other homes..surrounded by evergreen trees.  The home had big windows that looked out at a beautiful scene.  Just nature to look at which was heaven to me, especially seeing the evergreen boughs collecting the falling snow and heavy.  I often imagined myself sitting  in front of the window curled up with a blanket and cup of cocoa...and there walking into my view is a deer!

This card took me three tries to get the folds just right so when you closed it everything was perfect.   I had piles of scraps all around me by the time I got done but I love it.  Here are some more photos of how it looks when opened.

This set of stamps was a set I got free last year in a magazine.  To make the snow, I used Tulip Puffy Dimensional Fabric Paint.  

Can you believe that we have only 3 months before the Christmas cards start hitting the mail?  I hope your like me...and working on them!

Hugs,

Netta

Birthday Step Block Card

I am always learning new techniques or fancy folds and I came across a very interesting card.  They did not tell us what the fancy fold name was. I went on the hunt for the name and for directions.

I finally came across the name Step Block fold.  Once I had the name I needed the directions.  Best place to get directions for pretty much anything in life is youtube!  After watching many, I found one...Papercrafter45.   She made it very easy to follow with all the directions typed right on the photos and very easy to stop and go.

A co-worker of mine is getting into making cards and it was her birthday.  I wanted to make a really fancy card so this one was perfect for her.  The card folds flat so you can slip it into an A2 envelope.  Because of the big flower on it, the envelope was bulky but this card can certainly be made to be flat and be mailed with no problem.

Here is my version! 

If you like fancy folds with a WOW effect...try this one!  It actually is very easy!

until next time....

Netta