Dahlia Birthday Wishes

 

Annie’s Ink-Lings

We have a friend who is wild about Dahlias.  He spends hours upon hours doing all that is necessary to keep them in beautiful bloom for the whole season.  And then he faithfully digs up the bulbs in the fall, divides, sorts, labels, and packages them for the next spring.  Frankly, I have never seen such a variety of Dahlias in any one person's yard.  Believe me, it's exquisite!  With that in mind, I decided to make a Dahlia themed birthday card for him.  Although I'm sure he would be pleased with any color of Dahlia, I decided to go with a more neutral, masculine look for the card.  Take a look.

For background, I added a black panel.  On top of that I added a panel cut from Graphic 45 Good 'ol Sports collection. I thought a border would look nice around the flower, so I fussy cut the Dahlia and then traced it onto a piece of card stock, cut it out, and then mounted the Dahlia onto it.  I like the added dimension.  I also mounted the striped panel for added character.

For continuity, I carried over to the inside of the card a striped panel and the die cut that matches the front of the card.  I can hardly wait to send it to him!

Supplies:

Stampin' Up Regarding Dahlias stamp set

Stampin' Up Wonderful Floral Framelits Dies

Stampin' Up Stampin' Blends:  Light and Dark Petal Pink, Light and Dark Daffodil Delight

Sentiments from:

Stampin' Up Dandelion Wishes

Stampendous Love Health Friends CRL249

Thanks for checking in, friends.

Blessings,

Annie

By the Sea Accordion Album

 

Annie’s Ink-Lings

Lately, I've had so much fun using the beautiful Graphic 45 papers that I decided to use them again to do just one more project for now.  Once again I chose the By the Sea paper pad for creating another accordion fold album.  This will be a fun display for our TV/sun room from which we can view the pool.  It will help me pretend that I'm seaside. 😉 Here's a picture of the album fully open.

One of the things that I like about Graphic 45 is that there are always so many images to cut out and use for embellishments.  Here I have fussy cut the postage stamps, the little girl in the bottom left corner, and the sea shells in the bottom right corner.  I used 3D tape to give the panel some dimension.  

Another thing I like is that there are so many coordinating sheets of paper so that you have all sorts of layering options.

On the panel below I used 3 different patterns for layering and then again did some fussy cuting.  The By the Sea strip is 3D and also the postage stamps.

 

Here on this next panel you can see that I used two paper patterns.  I fussy cut the little red sea horse, the sea shell, and the sea shell strip and mounted them with 3D tape.

 

You can find the measurements on the G45 PDF by clicking here. 

I hope you have enjoyed viewing today's post.

Blessings,

Annie

Hidden Popup Card

 

Annie’s Ink-Lings

Long before the time I spent living on Samish Island in Washington State, I had developed a love of all things pertaining to the sea - sea shells, sea gulls, beaches, boats, the sound of fog horns from the barges that passed by.  So when I came across a sea-themed card made by Chantelle Pridgeon, I just had to give it a go.  You can see her card here, with directions to the original.  It's really a great design and so pretty.  I made my card a little different, so I have added my measurements below.  Here is my version.

These next pictures of the open card reveal the the first popup.

This picture shows the second popup.

And finally some small popups, one on each side of the second popup.

I love Graphic 45 paper, so the Call of the Sea paper pad was the perfect choice.  Even though there are a lot of paper pieces to cut, I had so much fun making this card. Now I'm excited to make another one except to use regular decorative papers and my own stamped images. 

Measurements

1.  White base 6"x 12", score at 6".

2.  First DP panel 5 3/4" x 5 3/4" (cut 4, one for card back)

3.  Second DP panel 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" (cut 4, one for card back)

4.  White base popup panel 6" x 6", score at 3", then turn and score at 3" again.  Turn panel and score once diagonally from tip to tip.

5.  Small blue panel 2 7/8" x 2 7/8" (cut 4); cut 2 of them diagonally.

6.  For the striped paper cut 2 at 2 1/2" x 2 1/2", the cut each one diagonally.

7.  Note Panel 2 3/4" x 5 1/2" (cut 2), fold in half.

8.  White panels for stamped image and sentiment 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" (cut 2)

9.  Popup hinge for note 1/2" x 4", score at 1", 2", and 3"

If you have any questions, please let me know.  Thanks for taking the time to look at my card.

Blessings,

Annie

 

Peek-a-Boo Card

Good morning friends,

Today I am sharing with you a new-to-me fold, called the Peek-a-Boo Card.  I saw this card on Pinterest and immediately knew that I had to try to make it.  I can laugh now, but at the time of the failure of my first try I felt nothing but disappointment. Whaaaa!  But . . . I saw what I had done wrong and jumped right in to try again.  I searched until I found video instructions and give credit and a big thanks to Norma Lee.  You will find her video at the end of her printed instructions.  Just for fun, see if you can find my mistake on the first card.

 If you didn't catch my error, then let me give you a tip.  Be sure to die cut your ovals properly spaced.  😄  Hope you are challenged to give this fancy fold a try.

Blessings,

Annie

Remember These - Glass Slide Mailers?

Class time is coming around next week so I'm busy getting card ideas and kits together.  A while back I found a couple of packages of glass slide mailer folders that I had stashed away.  What a surprise - had forgotten that I even had them.  I used to do a lot of altered art but had really gotten away from it.  So I thought why not put these to use in a card - but what do I do, how do I go about it!  I didn't find much of anything to give me inspiration, actually nothing at all, so this is a totally "winging it" card.  And using Graphic 45 paper is always awesome!

 The red base card opens so you can add a Christmas sentiment inside.  Hope you like it.

Blessings,
Annie

Glass Slide Mailer Card

1.  Fold the card base and round the corners; lay aside.

2.  Emboss the green card stock with Elegant Dots; attach to card base; lay aside.

3.  Slide mailer – color all edges with the black marker.  On the inside color the center of the slider so that the cardboard won’t show after you attach the decorative paper; set aside.

4.  From the green dots paper, cut one panel to fit inside the glass slide pocket; glue or tape in place.

5.  With the red plaid paper, cut three panels – 1 ½ x 3 ¾ inches.

6.  With one of the red plaid paper panels, cut out the center of it using the smallest die from the A2 Matting Basics A.  Attach this panel over the glass slide pocket.

7.  Attach the other two panels to front and on the left inside the slide mailer.  You may need to trim a bit.

 8.  Cut out three ephemera from the G45 paper.  Tape or glue one to the front, one to the left inside, and mount one in the pocket on the right.

9.  Using Glossy Essentials to attach the slide mailer to the center of the embossed paper and the red Dew Drops to each of the four corners of the embossed panel.

 Supplies:

Black permanent ink marker (slanted tip)
One rubber glove (for use with the black marker)
Mounting Tape
Pencil
Scissors
Glue bottle or pen
Glossy Accents
Double-stick tape or tape runner
Corner rounder punch
Paper trimmer
Four red Dew Drops (or similar item)
One slider mailer
Two designs of complementary decorative paper (I used G45 Christmas paper – small red plaid and green dots)
A quarter sheet of green card stock
8 ½ x 5 ½ inches red card stock for card base, folded
Stampin’ Up embossing folder – Elegant Dots
Spellbinders Dies – Resplendent Rectangles; and A2 Matting Basics A