Love Story Book Themed Card

I have another card to share for the Erin Lee Creative Birds of a Feather release. Today's card features the Vintage Book die set. I've created an open book, replete with paper trimmed page markers! I did some foiling, some ink blending and created a sweet little page turner, haha. Scroll down for all the details, with my clickable shopping supply list at the end.

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I'm also using the ELC Handwriting hot foil plate for this project. There are sooo many uses for this hot plate, and I've used it for the script in my "book".

So, first I created 3 die cuts with the vintage book die. For 2 of my pages, I trimmed off the decorative edging to create my pages, then foiled those pages with my hot plate and and Spellbinders Aura foil which is a shimmery gold iridescent foil.

 

 

Once my foiling was done, I did some ink blending along the edges and all 3 die cuts using Ranger Distress Oxide Vintage Photo ink and my blender brush.

The first foiled die cut was adhered directly to my blank book die cut. The second outline was popped up on top of both die cuts with adhesive foam strips.

(CONFESSION TIME - One thing I wish I'd done differently here? After photographing my final images and editing and doing all the prep involved to share on social media, I saw my card with new eyes and wished I had done some ink blending along the inside center crease of my book page. I think a little definition there would have been a really nice accent. Next time, right?)

For my outline sentiment and bird, I die cut these on white card stock and ink blended the edges with Ranger Distress Oxide ink in Kitsch Flamingo. My word die was cut with black cardstock and glued to my outline. Both elements were popped up on adhesive foam strips, as wel..

I also colored the birds eyes and beaks black, and the wooden branch with my OLO Markers. The bird dies actually leave an impression of the eyes when die cut.

Lastly, I created the page markers or page holders for my book, trimming from the same paper that I used for my background. I'll have that paper pad linked below as well. 

I also hot glued a half pearl embellishment that matched my color scheme, from an older Buttons Galore embellishment mix from my stash. It's somewhat of a copper color and coordinates beautifully! It was also needed to make sure my paper strips don't come loose.

There are also some glued clear sequin embellishments from my stash, scattered about on the card background.

 

Per the usual, I tend to create first and measure later. This card measures in at 4 1/2 x 6 inches. I could have scaled down a bit further but chose not to. I did score and trim my own card from 80 lb white cardstock.

Be sure and check out the entire new release, here! Just look for the "new" category. If you saw something you'd like to purchase, or want more product details, just click my affiliate links below, provided at no additional cost to you!

Have a great day! Terri

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New Release from Erin Lee Creative

The January 2025 new release is in the shop at Erin Lee Creative! I am so thankful to Erin for sending me some products from this release. I'm such a fan and her products are so inventive! I'll be sharing more in the coming days, but today's card features the Love Birds stamp/die set. This scene makes me think of a page from a children's storybook. When I got my first peek at the Love Birds stamp set, I immediately envisioned a twilight lake scene. It turned out just like I hoped it would! Scroll down for details, with my clickable shopping list at the end.

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The stamp set comes with lots of sentiments and 3 different love bird images. You can make friendship cards, valentines, wedding cards and more!

But first, let's talk about my background and how this ink blending was achieved. Oh wait, it's NOT ink blending! It's ombre paper and I love it. I'll share the link below but let me tell you how I split my scene with this ombre paper for this A2 size side fold card.

About two thirds of the way down, I grabbed my white gel pen and drew a wavy white line from left to right for my "lake". Then I drew some more wavy lines for the waves. I use Signo white gel pens and usually get them on Amazon. 

Bonus Tip:

Any gel pen will need priming. For easier flow, simply rub across your finger tip to prime the ink and do so as needed. If you use a gel pen on top of ink blending, it will quickly clump and need frequent priming.

Next, I grabbed my wide mint tape to create a stencil, cutting a circle out for the moon using a 1 1/2 inch circle die with my Platinum 6 die cut machine. There are other ways to do this, for example a circle punch, but I couldn't find my circle punch!

I proceeded to ink blend the half circle at the top of my card panel for my moon, with white pigment ink and a touch of Ranger Distress oxide ink in Wilted Violet.

I fussy cut my swans, rather than using the coordinating die, as I wanted to split my swans. I also trimmed the bottom of my swans to appear more like they're floating on the surface. I ink blended just a bit on top of my swans with more Wilted Violet.

Next, I covered the lower portion of my card panel and splattered white paint across my sky to represent stars in the sky. I used the Spellbinders Splatter White. It's highly concentrated and only a tiny amount in the jar but it goes a long way. To achieve splatters like you see on my card, apply a small amount to a small acrylic block, dab on a couple droplets of water and mix with a paintbrush. Use a small to medium round tipped paintbrush to flick the wet mixture off the edge of the acrylic block.

I have a recent reel on my Instagram page that shows how this is done, here.

 

My sentiment is one of the many choices from this stamp set. I hand trimmed my cardstock after stamping, using the leftover ink on my blender brush around my wording to give a little color.

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Terri

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Modern Butterfly Sympathy Card

As we all do from time to time, I had the need to make a sympathy card today. I also purchased some Gina K Designs products recently that needed some love. In addition, I wanted to make something more modern, yet keep it somewhat simplistic. Scroll down for some brief chit chat, creative details and a clickable supply list at the end of this post.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

There are so many different directions to go to, when making a sympathy card. For my friend, who's father passed away, she's not the frilly type. I also didn't want to go over the top or throw a lot of things at this card.

Rather than create a separate card panel to mount on a card, I decided to trim and score my own A2 side fold card with heavyweight cardstock that wouldn't show any ink on the flipside.

I started by doing some partial ink blending with my Gina K Designs oval mask/stencil using Ranger Ink distress oxide ink in Faded Jeans. I chose this as the dominant color, to tie in with the tiny bit of blue on my butterfly. 

Butterflies symbolize transformation and I thought it would be an appropriate symbol for my sympathy card. I stamped the Gina K Designs Blooming Butterfly image in black hybrid ink with my stamp positioner, then colored with OLO Markers. Here are the colors that I used:

OR4.1, 0R4,2, OR1.3,  0R3.4, 0R3.7, B4.3, YG2.5, YG8.5

I also embellished my butterfly with a white gel pen. As you can see in the close-up photo below, I also drew some white lines across the body of the butterfly and smudged them. It wasn't exactly to my liking, so I touched up the white lines with a black fine tip pen. I was much happier with it after the touch up!

I also used the coordinating Blooming Butterfly Die to cut with my Platinum 6 die cut machine.

This card took me approximately 30 minutes to make. Some of that time was figuring out what I wanted to do. I actually had a different plan to begin with but I'm very happy with my end results.

Lastly, I popped up my butterfly and sentiment with adhesive foam strips. By the way, I just love the scripty fonts of the sentiments in this stamp set. They're just so delicate! Also, my sentiment was stamped with Catherine Pooler ink in Macchiato. 

 

I could have easily added some sequins or other sparkly embellishment, but my friend is not the bling-bling type and I chose to keep my design more simplistic.

Thanks so much for popping in. If you'd like more product information or wish to shop, I have affiliate links below to Scrapbookcom, provided at no additional cost to you. You can shop for OLO Markers, here, as I am also an affiliate for them as well. If you do make a purchase, I receive a small commission, a few cents per dollar. I appreciate it so much when you use my links, which occasionally allow me to invest back into the craft I love so much, and hopefully, inspire you as well.

Have a fabulous week.....we're expecting snow and we're all just a little excited here in the southern United States, haha!

Terri

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