Wonderfall Frame Swap Card

Last week I received my swap card from my friend and downline, Margarita. Please forgive that it is a little smooshed! She is living in Japan and sent it with a protective wrapper plus in a padded envelope but it still got smooshed! I love this card and what she did with it! Check out the Wood Grain embossing on Core'dinations paper for the background! Simply stunning!

You can find an instructional video for making this card on Dawn Griffith's blog Dawn's Stamping Thoughts. 

For this card she used the following Stampin' Up! supplies:

• Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Cajun Craze cardstock; Early Espresso Core'dinations Sandable Cardstock
• Stamp sets: Wonderfall and Feel Goods
• Ink: Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Summer Starfruit, More Mustard and Pumpkin Pie
• Big Shot with Autumn Accents Bigz Die, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Ovals Framelits
• Other: Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Basic Rhinestones

She even prettied up the inside! Thank you Margarita for this very pretty and fancy card! I am looking forward to seeing your Christmas Swap Card!

I will be back a little later with Happy Homemaker Monday!

Kat

Fancy Fold Swap Card #4

Another wonderful card from the VC Rocks Fancy Fold Swap! I love the way Ria used the Mosaic Punch to make the closure for this card! This card was made by Ria Blackwell using the new Mosaic products from Stampin' Up!

For this card Ria used the following Stampin' Up! supplies:

• Paper: So Saffron, Very Vanilla and Basic Gray card stock; Nouveau Chic Designer Series Paper
• Stamps: Mosaic Madness and Perfectly Penned
• So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

This last card was made by Linda Wyatt. I don't have an ingredient list from her so I will try to decipher her card for you. This card is a tri-fold card--one of my all time favorites!

For this card Linda used the following Stampin' Up! supplies (I think):

• Paper: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight and Strawberry Slush card stock
• Stamps: Feel Goods; Wildflower Meadow
• Ink: Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight and Pistachio Pudding
• Other: Basic Rhinestones; Gingham Garden Washi Tape

Well, that's it for the Fancy Fold Cards! I have enjoyed these so much and am looking forward to my next swap which is the Artist Trading Cards! Stay tuned, I will get the ATC swaps back around the end of July.

Do you have any special plans for the 4th of July holiday?

Kat

Happy Stampers Swallowtail Butterfly

It seems that life just kind of overwhelmed me this week:( I have a goal of blogging six times a week but some weeks it just can't happen without me losing my mind! I hope you forgive me! 

 My Happy Stampers made this super cute card on Wednesday night! I learned this card style from my upline Linda Gutierrez! She calls it an Open Surprise card!

When you open it up the inside piece unfolds into a a beautiful "surprise"! Linda has a YouTube video that will walk you through the instructions to make this card.

What the card looks like before you open it.

For this card I used the following Stampin' Up! supplies:

• Cardstock: Coastal Cabana (new InColor), Calypso Coral and Whisper White; printer paper (not SU!)
• Stamp sets: Swallowtail Butterfly, A Round Array, Feel Goods
• Classic Stampin' Pads: Calypso Coral and Coastal Cabana
• 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch
• Delicate Designs Embossing Folder
• Other: Retired Pool Party ribbon; Dimensionals

I really like this card in black too! Something about black and white is sooo stunning! This butterfly stamp wasn't one I had planned to get until I saw this card and then I had to have it!

Tomorrow, another card! Plus I am hoping to scoot out to my craft space to put together a project for the VC Rocks Blog Hop for this weekend. 

Kat