Sweetest Card

 It is July and I can't believe this is already the start of the second term of 2023 for Stick It Down. 

  

   This term I am going to attempt something different I will be using the same collection to create all 6 cards. I am using 49 and Market and I have to say this is my first time using this brand and I am loving the quality. 

   I even used a rub-on. I love these text/splatters. however, it seemed a little tacky so I used a little Minic foil and rubbed over it. Problem solve and it adds a little interest. 

   I love everything about this. The layers and colors and so perfect. 

Be sure to join in the fun - you have until the end of the month to play along with any - or all! - of our challenges... just create a layout based on one of our sketches and link your entry in our sidebar.  If you share on social media, please use the hashtag #StickItDown.  We’ll choose one winner from the entries and they will be invited to guest design for us in September!

Treasured Card

    Welcome to February's card sketch for Stick It Down. 

   I created this fun love theme card for my mom. The center panel is a watercolor resist image that I colored with Sparkle Inks. 

Supplies: cardstock (cardstock Warehouse), pattern paper (Cocoa and Vanilla), sticker (Cocoa and Vanilla), sequins (Spiegel Mom Scraps), watercolor resist paper (Crafter's Companion), inks (Crafter's Companion), tools (We R Memory Keepers)

   This is the first time I used Sparkle inks and I love them.

You have until the end of the month to play along with any - or all! - of the sketches.  Just add your creation in the link in the Stick It Down sidebar.  If you share on social media, please use the hashtag #StickItDown.  We’ll choose one winner from the entries and they will be invited to guest design for us in May.

You Make Me Happy

   Welcome to March's card sketch for Stick It Down. This sketch is great for a large focal element. 

   I created this simple card and used a foiled journaling card for the focal element, sorry for the glare. 

Supplies: cardstock (cardstock Warehouse), pattern paper (Simple Stories and Pinkfresh Studios) sequins (SpiegleMom Scraps), journaling card (?)

   This card was mainly made of scraps that I had sitting on the table when I was crafting. 

You have until the end of the month to play along with any - or all! - of the sketches.  Just add your creation in the link in the Stick It Down sidebar.  If you share on social media, please use the hashtag #StickItDown.  We’ll choose one winner from the entries and they will be invited to guest design for us in April.

Floral Celebrate Card

    Can believe we are almost through the month of Sept? That means it is time for the Stick It Down card sketch reveal. 

   Here is my take on the sketch. I used some very feminine papers that I got from a Crafter's Companion kit. 

   I kept this card pretty simple since I used a lot of patterns on here. 

  You have until the end of the month to play along with any - or all! - of our sketch challenges. Just post a link to your creation in SID sidebar. If you share on social media, be sure to tag #StickItDown. 
We'll choose one winner from each sketch to be a guest designer!

Slimline Card Sketch

    This month over at Stick It Down blog features a trendy slimline card sketch that can be used for any size card. 

   Here is my take on the card. It is fun to make and I was able to play with my distress ink and stencils on it. 

Supplies: cardstock (Cardstock Warehouse), pattern paper (Bo Bunny), manual die (Crafter's Companion), stickers (Studio Calico), ink (Ranger), stencil (Prima), and washi tape (Scotch)

   To make the sentiment pop I did a layer die-cut in black glitter cardstock and a gunmetal mirror paper. 

Play along at Stick It Down You have until the end of the month to play along with any - or all! - of our sketch challenges. Just post a link to your creation in the sidebar. If you share on social media, be sure to tag #StickItDown. 

We'll choose one winner from each sketch to be a guest designer!

Feb. Card Sketch

    Hello everyone. This month I am the featured member at Stick It Down for the card sketch so I am posting my card earlier than usual. 

This month I created this Valentine card that features a mixture of older papers from The Paper Studio and Studio Calico. The cardstock and fabulous mirror cardstock is from Cardstock Warehouse. 

 

 Isn't this mirror cardstock great. It sure brings more wow facture to paper projects. 

   I used my typewriter for the sentiment strip. I love the look of this. I accented it with some sequins by Spiegle Mom Scraps.

Here is what you need to do if you want to play along. You have until the end of the month to play along with any - or all! - of our sketch challenges. Just post a link to your creation in the Stick It Down sidebar. If you share on social media, be sure to tag #StickItDown. 

One randomly selected winner will receive a prize! We'll also choose one winner from each sketch to be a guest designer!

Jan. Card Reveal

This month's full card sketch at Stick It Down reveal can be found here. 

I created this card using the Storyline paper collection by Heidi Swapp. For the sentiment tag, I used a journaling tag from Pebbles Inc. 

   Here is a closer look at it, I love the splatters. 

You have until the end of the month to play along with any - or all! - of our sketch challenges. Just post a link to your creation in Stick It Down's sidebar. If you share on social media, be sure to tag #StickItDown.

  One randomly selected winner will receive a prize! We'll also choose one winner from each sketch to be a guest designer!

 

Stick It Down Aug. Card

   Welcome back to my blog. Today, I will be sharing my take on this month's Stick It Down card sketch. When I first saw this sketch it had me a little confused about how to approach it.

As you can see I changed the sketch a bit but it still has the bones of it. I made the framed area larger and used puffy stickers as the accented squares. 

Supplies: Carta Bella), cardstock (the Paper Studio and Cardstock Warehouse), stamp (Hampton Arts), ink (Altenew), stickers (Pinkfresh studio and Echo Park Paper Co.), sequins (SpiegelMom Scraps), foil (We R Memory Keepers), tool (We R Memory Keepers) 

   I have to say I love the touch of foil. I used the freestyle foiling pens from We R Memory Keepers to do the sentiment. I stamped the sentiment onto the foil and traced it with the pen. 

The frame was a leftover of a cut file from a different card. I thought it was a the perfect way to frame the stamped image. 

                   

Be sure to head on over to play along with our sketches. You will have a chance at winning the new Celebrate Today stamp set from Altenew + PinkFresh Studios! Here are our August sketches:

                        

Pocket Card - Dies R Us

Today's blog post is a fun how-to to create a card with an inside pocket. 

   

I created a little diagram to help visual learners.  Once you got the card base cut and scored place the die on the card front and die cut it. 

  As you can see I used the love word die from Paper Smooches. Keep the die-cut handy since we will be using it in a minute. I wanted to keep this card simple so I just fussy cut a watercolor stamped image and used foam tape to pop it up on to the card. 

   Cover the angle piece with your desired paper. Now fold the card so the angle cut is on the inside of the card. Glue along the inner and bottom edges. With the card close glue the love die-cut on the inside of the card by placing it in the negative area of the card front. Accent the sentiment with a Funky Floral #3 die-cut. 

   For the finishing inside touch, I added the same Funky Floral #3. With this inside pocket, it is great to hold a gift card. 

  Here is the completed card. 

 Dies R Us Product Used:

Sizzix Tim Holtz Funky Floral #3

Paper Smooches Love word 

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How To- Spinner Card

 Today's card that I will be sharing with you is a spinner card. This type of card is perfect to showcase a die-cut. 

   The first thing I did was use temporary adhesive to hold the cardstock onto the card base. Tape the die in place and run it through your machine. You might have to add a shim to the die-cut plate sandwich to be able to cut through both layers. Remove the paper from the card base. 

  

 Die-cut the layered Jeanine's Art Classic Butterflies twice but make sure to die cut the image once on with the right side of the paper facing up and once when it is facing down. This ensures the when glueing the die cuts backs together that it lines up perfectly. 

   Now glue a piece of string to the center of the card base. Adhere to the die-cut pattern paper to the base, making sure to match the negative die-cut space. 

  

 Last, this is to add the die-cut. Once it has dried spin the die-cuts around a few times. While holding the wound up die-cut close the card and slide it into the envelope. When the card is removed from the envelope and open the die-cut will spin. 

Here is a little video of the card spinning and how to prepare it for the envelope. 

Dies R Us Product Used:

 Jeanine's Art Classic Butterflies 

Spellbinders Layered Flower 

Don't forget to come to join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

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