Pocket Card

Mandi here with a how-to create an A2 size card with a pocket inside. 

   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. Simple but holds a fun surprise. 

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Sizzix Tim Holtz Funky Floral #3

Paper Smooches Love word 

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Creating a Pop-up Card

   Hello, Mandi from MJ's Kraze, here again. Last week, I shared with you are love card and today, I will be showing you how to use die cuts on the inside of your card with a simple pop-up feature. 

   First off cut liner card base a 1/4" smaller than your card base. Here I did a folded 5 1/4"x 4" so it fits an A2 card. I wanted two pop-up features so I did 4 horizontal cuts along the fold, 2 cuts are about 1" and the other 2 are about 3/4". Then connect the matching cuts with a vertical scoreline.

   Push the two pop-ups in so it looks like this. Adhere cardstock liner to your card base. 

    When it comes to adding the die cuts, you want to adhere to one side of the folded mechanism so the fold is free to move. I used the lovely butterfly dies from Jeanine's Art.  I had one die-cut on the right side of the top fold and the bottom fold it is on the left. To tie the front card design to the inside, I added some of the Tim Holtz Funky Floral die cuts from Sizzix to the writing area. Here is what the inside of the card looks like.

   Now let's look back to the outside. See how decorating the inside can make a handmade card look even more special. 

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Sizzix Tim Holtz Funky Floral #3

Paper Smooches Love word 

Jeanine's Art Classic Butterflies 

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Creating Pattern Paper - Love Card

   Hello everyone, Mandi here, from MJ's Kraze,  today I want to share with you how to create a pattern paper using die cuts. This is what the finished project looks like. 

   To get started I used the Funky Floral Him Holtz die from Sizzix. I love the large flower so I die cut it in two colors of cardstocks and I die cut the fringe flower centers kraft, those will be used later.   I adhere it to a cardstock panel that will go on a card front. 

   I trimmed any of the overhangs die cuts and adhere it to a card base that had pattern paper on it. To make the flowers pop I took a .08 pen and outline the die cuts. I then added a little metallic washi tape along the top. 

   Now onto the finishing touches. I added the fringe flower and yellow sequins for the centers. I top it off with the "love" die cut from Paper Smooches. 

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Sizzix Tim Holtz Funky Floral #3

Paper Smooches Love word 

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Choose to Shine

Happy Wednesday!  Kristina Hein with you today to share some rainbow fun!  Let me show you the first card!

I was able to take advantage of one of the special orders Dies R Us did for Paper Smooches for one of the recent releases.  I highly recommend you sign up for the email list.  This is the fastest way to learn about special orders and sales!  

Anywho,  I am using the Paper Smooches Sunnyville stamps and Cuppa Sunshine dies for my projects today.  I really had intended to make one card but I had so much fun I ended up with three.  

Did you know that Dies R Us has started carrying Brusho powders in the store??  I was SO excited to hear that and grabbed up a few colors.  Don't know what they are?  YouTube has tons of videos.  They are so darn cool.  Sorry, I'm fangirling over Brusho. 

Let me walk you through the process and then I'll share the other two cards.  Gotta leave some carrots for the end ya know!

I started by cutting out the Cuppa Sunshine die three times out of watercolor paper.  I then spritzed them lightly with water.  Then I added the Brusho powders and spritzed more water until the powder blended how I wanted.  I suggest you start with a little powder and add more as needed.  It doesn't really take that much.  I also worked on a piece of wax paper.  This helps a lot with quick clean up.

The colors used are Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Cobalt Blue and Purple.  The Brusho does not come in the bottles you see in the picture.  I changed them up to a dispenser bottle that was more convenient for me.  I let them air dry.

Here's a closer look so you can see the awesome texture and color these create.

Then I removed all of the pieces from the cup frame.  I made sure to keep all of the pieces.

Next I cut the Cuppa Sunshine die three more times out of watercolor paper.  I wanted the outlines to be white so I could fit all of the colored pieces inside.  I also cut the solid cup die out three times from regular cardstock.  I added Stick-It adhesive to the TOP of the cardstock before cutting out the cup.  This way there is already glue in place to hold the little pieces as I go.

Here are all of the cups put back together along with several other pieces I am using on the cards.  The rainbow paper strips are from two different Lawn Fawn paper pads.  The colored cardstock is from my stash and I used a striped embossing folder to give them added texture.

So,  here is the completed yellow version.

And the purple version.

And all three together for comparison.

Do you have a favorite?  Oh, I almost forgot.  The sentiment is from the Sunnyville stamp set.  I inked it up with Versamark and added black embossing powder.  Then I just cut it at an angle and layered it up.

One more picture before I let you go.  Another shot of that lovely Brusho texture.

Supplies used:

Yellow Brusho Shop at: Dies R Us	Yellow Ochre Brusho Shop at: Dies R Us	Cobalt Blue Brusho Shop at: Dies R Us	Purple Brusho Shop at: Dies R Us
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	VersaMark Watermark ink pad Shop at: SBC | EH	Stick It Adhesive sheets Shop at: SBC | EH	Canson Watercolor paper Shop at: EH

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