Flip card - prototype

Here's a card I made with my silhouette.  I used a silhouette cut file by Lori Whitlock.  I modified it a little.   I also used some REALLY old patterned papers as this is a prototype I was experimenting with.  I think these are about 6 years old.   It's come in handy for my daughter's craft projects, but once in a while I'll use it for a prototype.

Dad

Here's a card I made for my Dad.  This is also another entry for Kim Kesti's challenge.
My new items are the patterned paper and the best new thing ever - my Silhouette Cameo that I used to cut the word and front panel!  My old supplies are the baker's twine, the star punches (really old) and the card stock.

i have no idea...

okay so Kim Kesti posted a challenge heads up to create a card using a brand new product and a product from stash. The official challenge isn't up yet so I have no idea what else she'll have in store. Perfect timing for me because I've got lots of new things and lots of things in my stash. Here's my card. I used several new things on this card including the new very cool Stampin' Up! Ex Libre background stamp and the new butterfly punch and coordinating stamp set Papillon Potpourri.  I also used the new paper piercing template (kind of hidden under the circle) and the Apothecary Accent Framelit dies, 2 new ink colors - Summer Starfruit and Gumball Green, and the Summer Starfruit patterned paper. What I used from my stash are the Soft Suede and Whisper White card stock, Soft Suede ink and the adhesive gems.  

 

Everything Eleanor and more...

I'm so excited that I got a box of fun new products from Stampin' Up! on Monday. I've been dying to dig in and try them out and finally got a few minutes today. When I ordered I was so into the new stamps and tools that I completely forgot to order some new patterned papers so I'm using some beautiful, but retired paper here. What's new on this card? The new Finishing Touches edgelit dies, Everything Eleanor stamp set, Itty Bitty Banners and the flower is stamped in a new color called Primrose Petals. I can't help but think of The Hunger Games when I hear that name. I hear Effie Trinket calling her name at the Reaping in that Capitol voice "Primrose Everdeen!"...sorry, but I can't get past that with this color name.

Silhouette store - great deal to share

Plum District has a fantastic offer for the Silhouette America Store. It's $30 for $50 worth of merchandise (excluding the silhouette machine). Plus there's a 20% code which brings it down to only $24! use slcplum20 for the additional 20%. Here's a link to get this deal: http://www.plumdistrict.com/three_for_free/dae325781a/click Plus if 3 people use your link then you get it for free! How cool is that? I'm planning on getting the studio designer edition software upgrade for $49.99 so I'll have the software for $24!

Zoya

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A Cut Above - Offset for Layering

This is the card I made for the Offset for Layering topic in the class. I pretty much made the same card that the guest teacher Shari Carroll made as an example for offsetting. Again, I used the freebie word frames by Ali Edwards that we got in the class. I'm going to recut my flower to be slightly smaller.

A Cut Above - stepping up die cutting

For the topic of Stepping Up Die Cutting I created a card inspired by Kristina Werner's card using a Loni Stevens card template for the Silhouette Shop. I created something similar in the SCAL software for the Cricut - not as cool as Loni's, but for my first attempt at welding, I think I did okay :)

A Cut Above

The second part of A Cut Above is about the Silhouette machine. I don't have one of these so I'm adapting the lessons to my Cricut where possible. In the first day of class we got a free download from Ali Edwards - these are fantastic for cards. All different sayings in her amazing handwriting! I was able to convert the photoshop file (not the Silhouette Studio file) into a cut file for the Cricut. Here's the simple card I made with it. I had all the butterflies sitting on my craft table from a previous project which made this card even easier.

A Cut Above - Embossing with wafer dies

My first attempt at embossing with wafer dies was not too successful, but I think I fixed it up enough to call it good enough. I had to run my card through the Big Shot so many times adding shim after shim because I couldn't get the outside of the shape to emboss clearly. Then the inside started to cut through my card stock so I stopped trying. I had my die positioned with masking tape so it would stay where I wanted it and then when I went to remove the tape it tore my card. So I turned the card inside out and now I have an embossed frame shape rather than the debossed look I was going for. I ended up using a stylus to clean up that outer edge and make the shape show up a bit more. And one more thing that went wrong - my shim shifted and left a mark across the bottom of the card about 1/4" up so I used my Simply Scored board and created a 1/4" border around the whole card. I even messed up the stamping! This was one big learning experience! The butterfly is a Stampin' Up! digital image from the Wonderful Wings digital stamp set and I colored it with Copics. I just realized that I forgot to draw in the antenna. Oh well...

A Cut Above - Other than Paper, part 1

I love the topic of day 5 because it focuses on die cutting materials that are not paper or card stock.  I've always loved doing this.   As an Architect and Interior Designer I have access to all sorts of fun finishes from large paint samples to upholstery fabric and wall covering so I'm always on the look out for something I can die cut and use for my cards.  In fact my very first upcoming published card that will be published in the Sept./October 2012 Paper Crafts magazine has a die cut that I cut with something other than paper, but I'm not giving away what it is.    Anyway, I did two cards for this topic.  In the first one I used a really cool retro vinyl upholstery fabric in white.  I can imagine this on some retro 60's chair.   It's difficult to see in the photo and looks like paper, but it's not.  I'll post a photo of the fabric because it's easier to see what I used.  

Here's my card:

and here's the vinyl fabric:

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A Cut Above - Other than Paper, part 2

Here's my second card.  Nichol showed a great card made with ribbon scraps and a star die.  I've done this before with a butterfly die, but today I gave it a shot with a really old Sizzix die I have with hearts. I haven't used this die in years so I was happy to take it out and get some use out of it.