Spellbinders Conversation Bubble 1 | D.Ann's Crafting Whims

Greetings, crafty peeps! Unfortunately, it’s that time of the year when folks are getting sick and ending up in the hospital. I started this set a while back and kept needing to send off a card, so I couldn’t get the complete finished set in a picture. Here are most of them… almost finished… right before I sent off the second one:

They just make me smile!! Hope they do the same for the recipients!

First, I colored the couples up, wanting to be able to choose from a rainbow of ladies with different colored hair. Next time I want to add in some olive and dark skinned ladies, too.

Then I added some glossy accents to the eyes, lips & earrings, and to the purse and shoes for a patent leather look.

Next, I matched each lady up with a matching cardstock for the step card base and found some decorative paper to match for the background. Then I sewed the ‘curtain’ to a piece of cardstock and attached everything to the card, added the heartbeat cutout and sentiment and the front of the card was done:

Here’s a side view:

On the back, where the heart is (on this particular step card die), I added the sentiment: “Hope you’ll soon be fully re-covered!” and one of the left-over hearts from the heartbeat die cut. The envelope says: “Sending a little laughter… it’s the BEST medicine!”

So here are the rest of them – just variations on a theme:

Materials used:

Art Impressions Get Well stamp set
Sizzix Card, Hearts Step-Up die
SugarPea Designs Heart Beat SugarCut die
My Sentiments Exactly Back of Card stamp set
Tsukineko Versamark Ink
Inkadinkado embossing powder – black
Memento dye ink – Tuxedo Black
Copic Markers: B05, 21,29; BG13,15; C3; E000,00,02; R24,29
Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents
Kuretake Zig Wink of Stella clear
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L tape runner
Simply Defined ‘Stay Put’ Glue
Misc. Seafoam gauze material (Hobby Lobby), thread
- Red card:
  - Core’dinations cardstock – red, white
  - Basic Grey Blush-Admire paper
  - Copic Markers: B05, 21; BG13,15; C1, 3; E02, 51; R24, 29
- Yellow card:
  - Core’dinations cardstock – red, white, yellow
  - K & Company Contemporary Papers
  - Copic Markers: BG13,15; C1, 3; E00, 02, 23, 33, 51; R35; Y06, 08, 13
- Green card:
  - Core’dinations cardstock – green, red, white
  - Frances Meyer Diva Stripes paper
  - Copic Markers: B02; BG13,15; C1, 3; E02, 51; G02, 05, 09; R29
- Blue card:
  - Core’dinations cardstock – blue, red, white
  - Basic Grey Blush-Admire paper
  - Copic Markers: B02, 05, 24; BG13,15; C1, 3; E02, 51; R29
- Purple card:
  - Spellbinders Conversation Bubble 1 die
  - Core’dinations cardstock – lilac, pale green, red, white
  - Recollections Blue Ditsy Floral paper
  - Copic Markers: B21; BG13,15; C1, 3; E00, 02, 71; R29
  - Sakura Micron pen 05 black
- Pink card:
  - Spellbinders Conversation Bubble 1 die
  - Core’dinations cardstock – pale green, pink, red, white
  - DCWV Butterfly stack
  - Copic Markers: BG13,15; C3, 5, 7; E02, 11; RV02, 04, 17; V15, 17, 25
- Orange card:
  - Core’dinations cardstock – orange, red, white
  - Frances Meyer Diva Stripes paper
  - Copic Markers: BG13,15; C1, 3, 5, 7; E00, 02, 51; R29; YR 02, 04, 07

I’m entering this card in the following fun challenges… click on any of them for more information on how you can play along:

Art Impressions Challenge #241 – Stripes and Circles (Green Card)

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Add Some Red (red card and red heartbeats on all)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

MarkerPoP Challenge #141 – Love is in the Air (Red Card)

Thanks for stopping by! I hope YOU stay healthy and no-one else ends up in the ICU!!

~D.Ann

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Popping back in with a darling pop-up card for the Cat Lovers Hop.

The current Art Impressions Challenge is Add Embellishments. My embellishing starts with paper… I chose this weathered wood paper to look like the exterior of a house.

Note to self: don’t tack down the bottom of the background paper on the front of the card until AFTER cutting the slits for pop-up mechanism… BELIEVE me, it’s better!! : )

On the ‘wall’ I hung some Graphic 45 ‘pictures’ and there are ribbon ‘curtains.’ I love the realistic antics of these stamped kittens whether they’re getting into everything or snoozing away!! A perfect fit for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Animal Antics and the Lost Coast Designs & Carmen’s Veranda Challenge #63 Cats & Dogs!

There is some twine to make the yarn ball more realistic. For the ribbed ‘wood baseboards’, I took a thin strip of kraft paper and scored along it every 1/8″, then shaved an 1/8″ piece perpendicular to the scoring.

Add a few well placed “meows”, including one for the extra kitty who’s managed to get in behind the vanity, climb up the back, and is mischievously about to bat at the roses!

Embellishing also means bling… foil for the mirror, glossy accents for the vase and eyes and loads of Sparkle Pen to add shine to the purse, fur stole, hat and roses. Oh, and don’t forget to embellish the envelope with a few stamps, too. : )

Here’s a video of the card in action *click in the middle of the picture on the white arrow)

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Supplies:

Art Impressions: PopCards Kitten Vanity stamps & dies
Art Impressions 3D PopCard Template & Window dies
Spellbinders Conversation Bubble 1 die
DCWV boxed card set
Recollections turquoise wood plank paper
Recollections kraft & white cardstock
Spellbinders Platinum Pack 3 Poster Board gold
G45 Raining Cats & Dogs chipboard
Tsukineko Tuxedo Black & Desert Sand (env.) dye ink
Brutus Monroe Alabaster pigment ink
Copic markers: BG13, 72; C3, E25, 31, 55, 71; G24, 82 R02, 20, 22, 24; RV02; W1; Y13; YG 61; YR02, 24
Shuttle Art gel pens
Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen – clear
Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents
DecoArt foil transfer sheet – silver
Deco Art adhesive pen
E6000 glue
Simply Defined Permanent Plus Adhesive
Wyla lace
Misc. acetate from packaging & twine