Hippie Van Shaped Card using Sparkleberry Ink paper

 Hi friends!

Today I have made this very fun hippie van shaped card. The card itself is from the Silhouette Design Store and is Design #447401. All links and supply lists are at the end of the blog entry. 

I brought the design into Silhouette Studio.

Now, you can see this design comes with a rainbow and flowers design. I think it's really cute but I want to use and highlight the pattern by Sparkleberry Ink instead. 

I separate all the pieces on screen.

I delete those flowers and rainbows pieces. 

Not shown, but I actually cut out additional peace signs. I cut two at the size they are and then a third one that I made bigger.

I want the red piece to be cut in the Sparkleberry Ink paper and I opted to cut the white pieces out in silver glitter paper. I use 100lb paper for the card base but the others are fine with 80lb. I just want the card base to be a little heftier.

Before assembly, I decide to color the bumpers and wheel wells with gray ink. I didn't want them to be blaring white. 

I also paint the sky through the window and a tiny bit above the van with light blue. Blaring white doesn't make sense there either. 

I used purple sticky note to be a mask so I don't get ink where I don't want it. 

I used a stencil and the same blue ink to add some cloud texture to the sky for some interest. 

Now assemble and glue. The two tiny peace signs went on the hub caps and the bigger one on the sign of the van. 

~Paula

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Papers are just from my collection. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from.

The Sparkleberry Ink paper I used is currently available in a slightly different palette than what I used. You can find that link below.

 Hi friends!

Today I made a mini slimline card using Brutus Monroe's May Inspiration Box. This one has a succulent theme.

I was very excited for this kit as I don't have any succulent sets. However, the sentiments have two errors in them and it really bugs me. I'm saying it out loud in case you want to purchase this set and I don't want you to be annoyed that they exist and I didn't say anything about it. The first error, and the biggest, is: 

This phrase should say "Have no fear of moving into the unknown" and I really like it but "unknown" is misspelled at "unkown."

The second error is: 

It says "Surprise Yourself everyday with your own Courage" and the capitalization of a few words drives me crazy in itself but the use of "everyday" here is completely wrong. The word "everyday" is an adjective such as "everyday chores." In this case it should say "every day."

Now, I get that mistakes can happen and if you can live with these mistakes and like the set, then get it. Just know that it does not seem like a correction will be made. I got it as part of a subscription box and had I not, I wouldn't have purchased it at all. People asked them via social media if replacement stamps were going to be issued. No response was given. I sent them an email about it. No response was given. I'm not going to bash them for it because I do like their products. I'm just disappointed in the zero responses from customer service to their paying customers.

Now back to the card and learn how I worked around one of the mistakes...

I stamped most of the succulents from this set and colored them with alcohol markers. 

Once colored, I cut them out using the matching dies. 

I picked out a page from the paper pack that came in the inspiration box. I have all these listed separately in the supply list below. I am not sure you can buy the whole box without a subscription. 

I actually chose a different one that what is pictured but they all are the same style just different colors.  The other side of this page has graphics of succulents which I will use for the inside of the card. 

I use 6x6 papers for mini slimline cards. Typically a mini slimline is 3.5x6" and this is only 3x6" but I have so many 6x6 pages that I feel this is a good use for a mini slimline and I waste no paper cutting an 8.5x11" page down. 

Here is the inside of the card. We will add to it later. 

Ok, so how I worked around the misspelled word is that I stamped it out. I cut it after the "k" in "unkown" and I stamped just the "n" on another paper. I cut it out and then cut out "own". I glued all of it on a paper strip and cut around the whole phrase, My result isn't completely perfect and you can see the cut marks if you look close but I can live with that a lot easier than the misspelled word. I really like the phrase and that is why I went through this trouble. I would do a similar process to the other stamp to separate "every" and "day" so that it made sense.

For the inside sentiment, I stamped a sentiment that I thought would go well with the one on the front of the card. 

I used a die to cut it out.

I cut a rectangle and used a t-square to make sure it was straight. I glued it inside the card. I did this so that the sender and sign the card or write their own personal message without it getting lost in the graphics of the background. 

Here they are on the inside of the card. 

All the succulents and sentiment are arranged on the front and glued on. 

~Paula

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Please Note: This post contains product links so you can easily find any supplies and/or tools you may be interested in. As an Amazon Associate, I may be compensated for a purchase made using my link. However, no additional cost is extended to you. The other links are just to help guide you in the right direction. I am not affiliated with those companies but I encourage you to shop small businesses as much as possible.

Papers are just from my collection unless otherwise noted. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from.

CRAFT Challenge Blog #721: Christmas

 Hi friends!

This week the theme for the CRAFT Challenge Blog is Christmas. 

The sponsor for the design I used is All Dressed Up and the design is: Christmas Snuggle.

I started off using the Print & Cut feature in Silhouette Studio to trace the image then I printed it and had my Cameo cut it out for me.

I colored her with colored pencils. 

I decided to make a mini slimline card which is traditionally 3.5"x6" but I have so many 6x6 paper pads that I decided to start using the pages to make this size card by just folding it one in half. 

I cut a scalloped oval piece to add to the background.

I then raided my Christmas ephemera box for the other pieces. I have a Christmas box and a non-Christmas box. These are pieces and sentiments left over from projects or some recycled pieces or just pieces I didn't have the heart to throw away. The ones I chose, I believe, came from Tim Holtz dies that were left over from a past project.

 I know I have to work on getting these used before next holiday season really starts to kick in which happens late summer, early fall for makers.

All assembled!

This week's challenge will last for two weeks. No new one for next week.

~Paula

Supplies:

The stitched scallop oval dies are DMCD3718 by Dress My Craft. Their website is currently offline and I couldn't find a store with it in stock. 

I used papers from my collection. I normally don't keep track of where they came from. 

Please Note: This post contains product links so you can easily find any supplies and/or tools you may be interested in. As an Amazon Associate, I may be compensated for a purchase made using my link. However, no additional cost is extended to you. The other links are just to help guide you in the right direction. I am not affiliated with those companies but I encourage you to shop small businesses as much as possible.