TGF's Tutorial Thursday -- Interactive Card!

Hello!  I am so sorry for being such a lazy commenter these past few days/weeks.  I will try to get to commenting again.  I've been feeling lazy after doing the chores and errands.  I guess the busy time of the year is slowly creeping up again.  And to make my life more complicated, I had to get into a car accident a couple days ago.  We're okay but my car is a little dented so I need to get that taken care of.  I was a little ticked off that someone had hit my car (after I washed it and all!) but I couldn't stay upset with the driver.  He was so apologetic.  He apologized to me and my boys.  And I've been there in his shoes feeling the worse amount of guilt after I rear ended this elderly lady a few years ago.  But she was the nicest lady who wasn't even upset that I hit her.  So how could I stay mad at the driver who hit our car?  Hopefully, he isn't feeling too stressed or guilty about it.

Well, onto my card.  I made an interactive card using TGF's Hallo Witch.  You can find the tutorial on TGF's blog HERE.  I also used my Perfect Layers rulers to mat some of the papers.

I used the sketch above from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #170 and rotated it a bit.

Okay, that's it.  Thanks for reading!

Post-it Easel Card Tutorial

Hi!  Someone had suggested a tutorial for the post-it easel cards I have been making in a couple of my past posts.  So here it is!  These easel cards feature the adorable, lovable TGF Beans!!

Let's get started cause there are a lot of photos!

I made a couple of them!  I know, they are bright!  But I love them bright and cheery!  Glisten Bean is on the left in purple and Shiny Bean is on the right in pink.

Supplies:
11 x 5.25 inch cardstock
5.25 x 5.25 inch cardstock (front of your easel card that you can decorate)
4 x 4 inch cardstock (box for Post-it pad)
3 x 3 inch Post-it note pad
your favorite stamp
pens, velcro (optional)

Score your long cardstock at 5.25 inches, 5.75 inches and 8.25 inches.

After you fold them at the score lines, it should look like this.  Place on the side.

Next, get your 4 x 4 inch piece and score a half inch on all sides.  Then punch a little semi circle on one of the sides.

Fold, then cut the little corners to make into a box.

It should look like this.  Fit your Post-it pad into it.  It will be snug.

When you lay out all the pieces together, it should generally look like this.

When you start decorating your card and are ready to glue/tape the front on, be sure that you only tape/glue that half of the long cardstock!  See above photo.  Lots of times I get so involved and excited about the final project I forget and just tape on the whole front and then can't fold open the easel card!

When it's all decorated, it folds nicely like so.  The finished size when the card is closed is 5.25 x 5.25 inches.  You can play around with the dimensions and adjust things accordingly.  It doesn't have to be this size.

I added a matching gel pen to each card.  I found these packs of gel pens at Walmart for 75 cents!  I added a bit of velcro on the card and around the pen.

 

Thanks for reading!

hb2u -- part 2

Hi!  I'm back today to share what is on the inside of the card I shared last week.  Remember?

I used Yumi & Fumi from Yumi & Fumi Handmade on the outside of my card.  Check them out HERE.

On the inside, I thought it would be cute to put a little giftcard since it is a birthday card.

What makes this different is that you can tear it open to find the giftcard.  I'm not gonna give away all the details here.  So please check out Yumi & Fumi Handmade Crafts blog to see the tutorial.

Thanks for reading!

hb2u -- part 1

Hi!  I have a quick tutorial up over on Yumi & Fumi Handmade Crafts blog.  Please click HERE to check it out!

I'm using Papertrey Ink's scalloped border die again but this time to make a banner.  Next week Wednesday I'll be sharing what is inside the card.  It's a FUN giftcard holder so come back to check that out too.

Thanks for reading!

Perpetual Calendar

Hi everyone!  I have a tutorial up over at CC Designs Rubber Stamps blog (formerly All That Scraps).  Head on over there to see how I made this cute perpetual calendar.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Reminder: Yumi and Fumi Handmade Challenge #13

Hello!  Just a quick post to share a little project I made for Yumi & Fumi Handmade Crafts Challenge #13 which is to case ME! 

This is the original project to case. 

I made another one with a school theme.  Thought I could give this to one of my daughter's teachers then realized I should've used their school colors.  Oh well.  I cut Fumi with Messenger Bag out with my new Spellbinders die.  I really like this one.

I also did a little tutorial of this easel card.  If you're interested, please click HERE.  You'll also see the cute project Kim made.  I love the little scene she created.

Thanks for stopping by!

All That Scraps Make it Monday

Hello!  I know I haven't been posting much lately.  Just thought I'd take a little break from crafting to slug out.  But I have made a few cards this weekend so I'll share them over the next few days.

Today I have a tutorial posted over at All That Scraps.  Please head over there to check it out.

It'll probably look familiar since I have made a few of these before.

Thanks so much for stopping by!