Lawn Fawn Smore Fun

Welcome back and Nancy, here and crafting will be even s'more fun with the new Lawn Fawn sets with critters, a campfire, tent, trees and some fun toasting marshmallow and making smores that is a must at every camp trip. 

I created two cards and attached these to sandwich bags with marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers for those little campers as well as my family adult members for those evenings around a campfire.  The new arrivals of the Lawn Fawn S'more The Merrier stamp set along with the Lawn Fawn Build-A-Campsite are two perfect sets that go together to create those fun treat bags.   

Each card measures 4" x 5 1/2". I sponged the Ranger Distress inks:  Distress Oxide Chipped Sapphire, Distress Oxide Blueprint Sketch and on one, Distress Oxide Faded Jeans on the sky and used the Uni-ball White pen for some of the stars. The silver stars were cut out with the Lawn Fawn Starry Skies die for each card and adhered with Beacon 3-in-1 Advanced glue.  I found some older plaid paper collection to cut out the tent.  I fussy cut the critters and colored with Copic Markers.  I added the Lawn Fawn Forest Tree border to the background along with the Lawn Fawn Grassy Border.  

The shooting star is still from the Lawn Fawn Starry Skies die set.  This time, I sprayed some water after sponging on  the Ranger Distress for the sky. Since I made a big boo boo on part of the sky, I just cut out a circle for a moon and glued it over the mistake.  I added the Lawn Fawn Bear Sweet Den stamp set to this card.   I adhered the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Border to the background.  I cut out the camp sign from the Lawn Fawn Build A Camp Site with dark brown and cream cardstock.  I just used the CAMP die and cut it through one of the dark brown cardstocks after cutting out the CAMP with the cream cardstock.  I glued the cream colored letters of CAMP in the sign.  I just die cut an addition dark brown and cut off the arrow on the die cut sign and glued the two signs together to get the other end to match of the sign. The adorable hat on the bear is from the Lawn Fawn Dad and Me stamp set.  
 

So get crafting and have a fabulous  day and thanks for visiting.

I am entering this card in the challenge:

Lawn Fawn Challenge 105:  Fun With Food

 The Rubber Buggy has the crafting supplies for your next project. So have fun crafting this weekend with these products.   My cards and projects are always posted on Saturday.  Keep watching and thank you so much for those wonderful comments as well as suggestions. 

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Ciao Bella Take Your Time Card

 Welcome back and Nancy, here. With so many colorful flowers, butterflies and dragonflies everywhere,  I was inspired to create a shabby chic card using the gorgeous Ciao Bella Microscomos paper with the Stamperia Take Your Time  stencil.  

Supplies:  Purple and white cardstock, Ciao Bella Microscomos paper, Stamperia Take Your Time Stencil and Stamperia Gold Paste,  Wild Orchid Craft flowers and flower stamin, , Handmade cream seam binding bow, NUVO White Blizzard glitter paste and a scallop doily.

Adhesive:  Hot glue gun and Beacon 3-n-1 Advance Glue

Instructions:  Begin with a 12" x 14" panel of heavy white cardstock. Score it in half at 6″ to make a fold card base.  I have heavy weight 36" poster board when I need heavy white cardstock for my card base to avoid warping especially with metal embellishments.

I cut out the doily and the clocks, snail and butterfly from the Ciao Bella Microcosmos paper and adhered to the doily.  I used a hot glue gun to adhere the flowers, flower stamen and die cut leaves to the clock.  I poked a hole to the center of the clock and inserted a rhinestone brad with clock hands. I handmade the cream seam binding ribbon bow and added water to the bow.  I used my hands to crumble the bow for a vintage appearance before using the hot glue gun to adhere the bow next to the flowers.   I glued the doily on my 5 3/4" x 6 3/4" patterned Ciao Bella Microcosmos paper.  

I used a palette knife with Stamperia gold paste to stencil Take Your Time to the paper and let dry.  I glued the snail from the Ciao Bella Microcosmos paper pad next to the sentiment.  I used the Stamperia Take Your Time stencil with the palette knife using Nuvo White Blizzard paste to stencil some of the texture to the background for a slight touch that appears to look like morning dew. I cut out  purple and white mats and adhere behind the front cardstock to the 6" x 7" card base. 

So get crafting and have a fabulous  day and thanks for visiting.

 The Rubber Buggy has the crafting supplies for your next project. So have fun crafting this weekend with these products.   My cards and projects are always posted on Saturday.  Keep watching and thank you so much for those wonderful comments as well as suggestions. 

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Tunnel card Tutorial

Welcome back and Nancy, here.   I love making cards but I always try to give them an interesting twist. This card looks regular on the outside but inside, there is a 3D surprise when you open it.  A tunnel card lets you build up dimensional scenes on your paper craft projects, and it works really well to create fun-filled scenes. 

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   You can also make a tunnel card like I did with no scene l with the sentiment to make the wow factor when opening up the card. 

   

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   Front of Card

Instructions:

Start with cutting two 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" double sided cardstock. One piece will be the tunnel and the other piece will be the base of the card. Score both in the center at 4 1/4" using a scoring tool.

Inside of card. Tunnel cardstock was scored in the center at 4 1/4".  To score the W shape of the tunnel cardstock to make the accordion appearance:  Two ways of doing this:  #1. Take each edge of the cardstock and fold to the center and use the bone folder to heavily make a fold or #2.  Score at 2 1/8", 4 1/4" (Center) and 6 3/8".  Fold the tunnel paper in an accordion shape according to the score lines and burnish with a bone folder.  This should appear as a W shape or accordion with the center that will be popping out and being the tunnel when you open the card. 

 

Turn the W shape over.  Die cut the circle die from the center, by aligning it with the center score line. Fold the piece on the score lines into a W shape.

Before gluing  the sentiment or image to the inside, lay your tunnel piece (W shape) over the top of the sentiment or picture to visualize where you exactly want to see through the tunnel. 

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   Adhere the image to card base.

When your card base/inside sentiment is ready to go, turn the tunnel card stock over (important!) and glue just the outer panels on the back. 

After adhere one side of the W to the inside of the card on the side, glue the other side of the W and then fold the card to stick the other side.  This will align the part that pops out in the center with folding the card.

I made a larger card and my W Shape was 3/4 of the length of the main cardstock.  Therefore, I cut out two pattern paper and adhered each panel to the sides of the W Shape.  This card was made with the Stamperia Hortsenia cardstock. 

This inside of the tunnel card was made with the Graphic 45 Catch Of the Day paper.  Since my card was a little bit more that 12" in length,  I was short on each side after gluing the W Shape.  Therefore, I cut out and added borders from the Graphic 45 Catch of the Day collection to each end of the card.  I wanted a porthole as a the tunnel but needed to be an oval shape to see the lighthouse well.  

I cut out the center with an oval die.  I cut out the front layer of the porthole using the same oval die and with one side larger oval to make the brown frame.  The second layer, I used the center oval die with two sizes larger oval for the reddish frame and adhere both frames together and glued to card.  I used Prima Marketing Mechanical brads around the porthole. I cut out some cheese cloth and used Ranger Distress Vintage Photo ink pad to sponge on the cheese cloth.  I sprayed it with water to blend in the color and stretched the cheese cloth to make it look like fish net.  I used glue to adhere the fish net.  I made some sea shells and a sea horse from a mould and used a hot glue gun to glue it onto the card.

Tips:  You can also play with where you'd like to place your embellishments around or inside the tunnel window.  My biggest problem with cards like this is knowing when to stop! 

So get crafting and have a fabulous  day and thanks for visiting.

 The Rubber Buggy has the crafting supplies for your next project. So have fun crafting this weekend with these products.   My cards and projects are always posted on Saturday.  Keep watching and thank you so much for those wonderful comments as well as suggestions. 

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

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Zuri Designs Wings on Wind Mould on Shabby Chic card

Welcome back and Nancy, here.  I am excited to tell you about the gorgeous Zuri Design moulds now available at The Rubber Buggy along with other products used for my shabby chic birthday card for my grand daughter.  I was surprised that this Zuri Design mould Wings in the Wind sold out immediately and there are new arrivals of these Zuri Design moulds so get yours while supplies last!

For the center, I used my Scor-Pal with bone to score three times and fold the W-shaped for the inside of the card.  

Zuri Design Mould-Wings in Wind

This card measures 6" x 7".  I used the beautiful Stamperia Hortsenia paper for this card. The colors of lavender, purple and greens of the beautiful Hortensia flowers coupled with butterflies and dragon flies bring a delightful reminder of the smells of these beautiful flowers and sights of fluttering butterflies and birds around our area for this time of year.  I leave our windows open on our farm house and every room has the wonder scent of these beautiful flowers.

Click on my U-Tube video of tips and techniques of using epoxy resin in a mould but suggest to continue to view other tutorials by masters that have used moulds for a long time. I love using resin for my moulds since I get the full detail and it doesn't break or crack compared to problems that I encounter with clay.   The Rubber Buggy is now selling the A1 Creative Resin  with so many colors which I will try on my next mould project.   I am fairly new with moulds but having so much fun experiencing this new craft for my cards and projects.  I use a hot glue gun to adhere the dragon fly mould to my card.   I used a clear gesso first and applied the gorgeous Prima Marketing Mint Sparkle gilding waxes along with rubbing on NUVO White Blizzard glitter drops and using NUVO Gloss White drops to the dragon fly.  I would highly recommend getting the NUVO White Blizzard drops now for you Christmas cards while supplies last before people start on their Christmas cards soon.

I used my fingers to apply on the surface of the embossed part with  the gorgeous Prima Marketing Mint Sparkle wax.  I am loving the Tim Holtz 3D Impresslit Embossing folder die borders and used the Tim Holtz/Sizzix 3D Impresslit Embossing Mini Scallop border die that is 5" in length after cutting.    I created a Sizzix 3D Impresslit Embossing Folder die Tutorial and click on my U-Tube on how to emboss and cut these dies as well as suggestions on using acrylic paints and gilding waxes to bring out the detail of these gorgeous embossed dies.  My instructions explains the use of spraying water on the cardstock before inserting into the die to get full embossing while it die cut.  This time, I cut out a thin lace border to adhere to the top of the die cut which adds a little shabby chic to it.  

I handmade the bow and foamiran flowers and used a hot glue gun to adhere this to the card as well as  gluing the dragon fly mould.  I covered the metal corner embellishments with white gesso and then used a silver gilding wax to cover the embellishments.  I used glue to adhere these to the top corner of the card.  I added a Stamperia Hortensia chipboard to the center of the card.  I cut out the Tutti Design Celebrate with silver cardstock and used a spray adhesive to adhere to card.

Tutti Design Celebrate

Stamperia Hortensia is available 12" x 12" or 8" x 8"

So get crafting and have a fabulous  day and thanks for visiting.

 The Rubber Buggy has the crafting supplies for your next project. So have fun crafting this weekend with these products.   My cards and projects are always posted on Saturday.  Keep watching and thank you so much for those wonderful comments as well as suggestions. 

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

 

Funkie Junkie blog

My name is Nancy Hill. and  I’m so pleased and honored to be Guest Designer again for the Clock challenge at The Funkie JunkieBoutique Challenge Blog. I have been creating cards and projects as my main hobby since I was young. I enjoy trying new products and techniques and always experimenting in different styles and mixed medias. Sewing quilts and appliqué designs are also my additional hobby in the wintertime.  Even though I am retired from a career in teaching and counseling, my husband and I are ranching and farming on a prairie in Idaho.  I am very active at the gym as well as watching my grandson during my daughter’s work hours. We have four children, eight grand children and one great granddaughter. Together, my grandson and I take time out during the day to do crafting. Even when life is busy around here, just a couple of minutes being creative can make a huge difference in a day.

With so many colorful flowers, butterflies and dragonflies everywhere,  I was inspired to create a shabby chic card using the gorgeous Ciao Bella Microscomos paper with the Stamperia Take Your Time  stencil for this challenge.  

Supplies:  Purple and white cardstock, Ciao Bella Microscosmos paper, Stamperia Take Your Time Stencil and Stamperia Gold Paste, Cheery Lynn Designs Scallop Doily die, Wild Orchid Craft flowers and flower stamin, Sue Wilson Finishing Touches Mosaic Leaf die set, Handmade cream seam binding bow, NUVO White Blizzard glitter paste.  

Adhesive:  Hot glue gun and Beacon 3-n-1 Advance Glue

Instructions:  Begin with a 12" x 14" panel of heavy white cardstock. Score it in half at 6″ to make a fold card base.  I have heavy weight 36" poster board when I need heavy white cardstock for my card base to avoid warping especially with metal embellishments.

I cut out the doily and the clocks, snail and butterfly from the Ciao Bella Microcosmos paper and adhered to the doily.  I used a hot glue gun to adhere the flowers, flower stamen and die cut leaves to the clock.  I poked a hole to the center of the clock and inserted a rhinestone brad with clock hands. I handmade the cream seam binding ribbon bow and added water to the bow.  I used my hands to crumble the bow for a vintage appearance before using the hot glue gun to adhere the bow next to the flowers.   I glued the doily on my 5 3/4" x 6 3/4" patterned Ciao Bella Microcosmos paper.  

I used a palette knife with Stamperia gold paste to stencil Take Your Time to the paper and let dry.  I glued the snail from the Ciao Bella Microcosmos paper pad next to the sentiment.  I used the Stamperia Take Your Time stencil with the palette knife using Nuvo White Blizzard paste to stencil some of the texture to the background for a slight touch that appears to look like morning dew. I cut out  purple and white mats and adhere behind the front cardstock to the 6" x 7" card base. 

Lawn Fawn Big Hugs

Welcome back and Nancy, here, to share a fun Lawn Fawn card with the Lawn Fawn Happy Hug stamp and Lawn Fawn Happy Hug die set that coordinates well with the pop up Lawn Fawn Big Hugs that could be sent to a special friend or family member to let them know that you are thinking of them and that you care about what they are going through.  I just love these critters hugging each other along with the caring and supportive sentiments in this stamp set.

Front Instructions:

•  My card measures 4 /4" x 5 1/2".  Cut your base of your card with 4 1/4" x 11 of heavy white cardstock.  Score at 5 1/2" and fold. Stamp with black Memento ink and color with markers. Die cut, fussy cut or use a Scan and Cut machine to cut out the critters.
• Sponge on Ranger Distress Broken China blue inks to front and inside of card.
• Cut out two Lawn Fawn Grassy Border die with green cardstock and glue to card.  Trim off excess border.
• Cut out a brown Lawn Fawn Leafy Tree Portrait Backdrop that is also available in Lawn Fawn Leafy Landscape Backdrop and glue to front of card and over the Lawn Fawn Grassy Border cut out.
• Cut out the flowers from the Lawn Fawn Flower Hillside die set and glue around the grass.  

Inside of card:

• Cut out the Lawn Fawn Big Hugs pop up with Lawn Fawn Let It Shine paper. This paper is two-sided and one side has the green and the other side has the green and white strips.   I really have found the Lawn Fawn Let It Shine paper coordinating with many of my cards and especially during Christmas time.  
• Cut out two Lawn Fawn Flower Hillside with the Lawn Fawn Let It Shine paper.  Cut out the Lawn Fawn Flower Hillside flower die in this set and glue to the flower die.  
• Glue the critters and stamp the sentiments.

Now, you have a fun card that will put a smile on someone's face.  

So grab these products and have a fabulous crafting day and thanks for visiting.

 The Rubber Buggy has the crafting supplies for your next project. So have fun crafting this weekend with these products.   My cards and projects are always posted on Saturday.  Keep watching and thank you so much for those wonderful comments as well as suggestions. 

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!