Gate Fold Card

The Scor-pal is probably one of the best investments I've made in my stamping supplies. It really takes the "guess work" out of getting the folds in the right spot for gate fold cards or tri-fold brochures. PLUS, you can use it to make a grid design on plain card stock to get it some texture.

This is one of the gate fold cards I made for a Fun Shop.

All TAC stamps & products used here.

So I Just Remembered...

...that I forgot to post the pictures of the cards we made at our last stamp club meeting!!!

It was so much fun getting together with this bunch of ladies and cutting up (in more ways than one) - if you know what I mean!

This one was like the Christmas ornaments we made last year - we used the scallop punch to make the ladybug's wings three dimensional.

We got to build a brad on this one. Plus the bird is embossed and we did some tearing along the edge to add "visual interest" - not to mention the Versamark flowers on the inside page and the ribbon.

This one is my first attempt at paper piercing. Not sure if I'm crazy about this technique or not. If I wind up doing more of this, I will be very tempted to bust out my sewing machine to do the job.

And here's my "Circle of Friendship" card We layered the circular greeting stamped in two different colors and placed them on the omnipresent scallop.

Stamp Club

Here are the latest installments from the SU stamp club: popping pastels; criss-cross box; and the double-sided sticky letter with glitter.

I was really a spazz and wound up wearing most of what we worked with - luckily my sweater was a nice neutral gray so it went with all the chalk, ink & glitter we used for these projects.

Just wanted to see how it would look...

Yeah, yeah, I know, I know it's been several days without a post that was a product of my creativity - but I've got a great excuse - really!

Anyway - here is another version of a criss-cross pocket card. I used two pieces of card stock & folded them the long way. It's a little too fat to fit in a standard number ten envelope, but I really didn't intend this one for anyone in particular. I'm thinking I will do a mini-portfolio of the cards and crafts that I've created to date so I can carry it around and show people who don't have a computer and compulsively blurf this site on a daily basis.

I scanned this image instead of doing my normal photographic method (mainly because my crafting area is a complete disaster area and I'm not entirely sure where my beloved digital camera is hiding - guess I'll have to break out the pitchfork soon to excavate). Anyway, the VersaMark shows up much better on the scanned image. The bands going around the pocket are the strips I cut off the triangular pieces that were then attached to the opposite color's flap. In other words "I used the whole buffalo" (not sure why, but that is a favorite saying of mine lately).

Soooo, are you still waiting for my "great excuse"?

Well, here's the deal, most of what I've been working on lately are Christmas presents and I just can't post the photos and ruin everyone's surprise, now can I?

Birthday card

Another pocket birthday card. This one gets to be attached to a stuffed animal, so I used the beloved Cropodile and a couple of eyelets to give me a spot to attach the ribbon.

I wish VersaMark would show up on photographs {the pull out card has stars stamped on it like the silver on on the tab}.