SSSD/January Try a Different Card

I ladies. Hope you are enjoying your Holiday with your families. Our card for January is a Telescoping card. I will be showing you 2 different ones. You should make the second card for the swap. Here we go. This will be quick and great for a snowman swap. You will need 3 white circles 1 7/8, 2 5/8, 3 3/4. Sizes are what I used you can change them if you like. I also cut out a snowflake using brown card stock for his arms. You can use whatever you have.  You will need a scrap of orange cs and a scrap of black cs as well as 2 white brads. Something to punch holes with and something to pierce with.

Take the 2 largest circles and lay the smaller one in the middle of the larger one. Pierce  and add your first brad.

Open it up and lay the smallest circle in the center of the middle size circle.  Pierce and add your other white brad.

I used a crop a dile to make eyes and buttons. Cut 2 spokes of the snowflake off for arms and attached in the back of center circle. Cut out a triangle for his nose. The hat is a black rectangle and a SU word window punch. Here he is opened.

                                         Here he is closed.  Cute!!

Ok now here are the directions you will use for your swap card. You need 2 white 3 1/2" and 1 white 3" circles.  2 brads. You also will be adding other layers of your choice. I used scalloped circles.  You must layer your card for the swap in some way.

Stamp your images and sentiment. Beware of your placement. I had to redo mine so my finished card will not be matching my pictures. You want to only see the top layer image when the card is closed.

                                               Color your images and layer to your liking.

Lay your middle circle on top of the bottom circle. Notice the middle is one is upside down. It needs to be done this way so that when it telescopes open all images will be facing in the right direction.

 
                                                        Pierce your hole and add your brad.

Open that up and lay your top circle on top of the center circle.  Notice that the top circle is upside down.

                                                   
                                                    Pierce your hole and add your brad.

                                                           
                                                              Here the card is closed.

                                                                 and here it is opened.

                                     Now this can be done with squares too. So give it a try.

SSSD/January Technique

Hi ladies this month we are going to be working  on a Embossing technique. Here is what you will need to begin. Dark card stock, Versa mark and gold EP.

 Swipe your Versa Mark pad across the card stock covering completely.

 Emboss with the Gold Embossing powder first doing one half and then the other. This helps in the where am I going to hold this problem.

Heat with your heat tool. Emboss other side and heat that up.

 Here is what you will now have. Next thing you nee is an embossing folder and your Cuttlebug or other machine.

                                                               
                                                            Run it through.

                                                                 Pretty pretty pretty

                                               
                                                   Now grab whatever you use for sanding.

                                             
                                                  and sand away trying to stay on raised areas.

 

 Here is my card.  Picture is not real good but the purple is showing where I sanded and the gold is now more antiquey looking because it's not as shiney.

Speedy the Cats Friends Challenge # 88/Snowflakes

This weeks challenge was to use snowflakes. I used stamps from the new set Ice& Snow.   The icicles image was stamped and then filled in with Stickles. I added bling to the snowflakes.

Speedy the Cats Friends Challenge # 87/Anything goes

I was so inspired by all the projects during the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop I bought myself a few supplies to do some altering. For this challenge I decided to try the candle. I was very disappointed to find I had no tissue paper. I'm sure Robin used it in some gifting. I did find some mulberry paper in my stash. The marker ran. I tried Copics and Tom Bows. Will have to get the tissue paper to see if they run on that too. So its not perfect but oh my goodness how fast it melts into the candle. I would do this again for sure. I also made a card with the same image using the out of the box technique with a circle Nestabilities. My first time trying this. Turned out very good. The images are from a new set called Pucker Up by MFP-A Heinrich Company. Be sure to try the challenge this week. Anything goes and you could win some new MFP-H co. stamps.

A little play time.

I finally had some me time and put it to good use getting a little ahead in my card making duties.This first card is for the SCS sketch Challenge363 this week. I really like how it turned out.

Very simple. Used 2 embossing folders for my front layers. Stamps from MFP a Heinrich Co. My next card uses another MFP set called Winter Crocus. I took a pink piece of card stock and sprayed with a purple Glimmer Mist for my background. I always was so happy to see the Crocus pop through the snow when I lived in Ohio. Kind of let you know there was hope for winter be over. You have to smile when you look at them peeking at you through the white.

 

Speedy the Cats Friends Challenge # 86/Christmas

This weeks challenge added one more card to my pile of Christmas cards. This card uses a stamp from the set Covered Bridges. I used pencils to color the image. Sponged ink to fill in the sky and ground and used Stickles for sparkle.

Dec. Blog Hop Day 3/Marks Finest Papers-a Heinrich Company

Welcome to last day of our December Blog Hop. Today the set is called New Pines. It has some great pinecones. I cut out a scalloped oval out of the center of my front and highlighted it with one of the pinecone images. In the center I added they saying that comes with the set. Be sure to check out the Hop. Leave a message at each blog and you will have a chance to win one of these new sets.

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's December Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Pucker Up Featured December 13

Pussy Willows Featured December 14
Ice and Snow Featured December 14

New Pines Featured December 15

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