Frantic Stamper

Frantic Stamper- Nutcracker Trio Card

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Welcome to Day 9 of my Nutcracker series using a variety of stamps and die sets to make some nutcracker themed cards. My card today uses dies by Frantic Stamper Inc. – Nutcracker and Spellbinders – Happy Holidays as well as the Hero Arts’ A Little Nuts stamp set.

Watch the process video below to learn how this card was made.

Cardbase: I used a purchased thank you cardbase with matching envelope and covered the card front with a patterned paper.

Nutcracker: Referring to the images of the nutcrackers on the packaging for the Nutcracker die set, cut out all the pieces using your own color scheme. (I cut out the face from pink and colored the eyes green with a white dot. The teeth were cut from white and the bottom colored with a pink marker. The belts, boots, drum and hat visors were colored with markers to change colors or to add trim to the boots.)

Sentiments: Using the Happy Holidays die set, cut from red the words “Happy Holidays” and glue inside the card.

Envelope: The panel card fits into an A2 size envelope with a nutcracker and “Nutcracker is my favorite season” on the envelope back using the Hero Arts’ A Little Nuts stamp set and blue ink.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Frantic Stamper Inc. – Precision Cutting Dies – Nutcracker – FRA-DIE-10902
  • Spellbinders –Cutting Dies – Happy Holidays – S2-330

Stamps

  • Hero Arts – Clear Stamps & Dies- A Little Nuts

Papers

  • Matte Gold Cardstock
  • Craft Consortium – 12×12 Double-Sided 200gsm Papers – Tis The Season by Linsey Kelly
  • Black, Blue, Pink, Red and White Cardstock
  • Purchased Gingham A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) cardbase and white envelope

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Paris Dusk
  • American Crafts – Metallic Marker – Gold
  • OLO – Marker – Cotton Candy
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Black & Red
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Blue & Green

Adhesives

Tools

Swing Gate Fold

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Hi it’s Sue here from the Dies R Us Design Team with another interactive swing gatefold card.

I based this card off of a swing card I made in last week’s blog post. You can get the specific instructions on how to make the bench swing by clicking here.

After cutting a 3 inch square opening on a 5 inches x 6 inches piece of heavy white cardstock, ink blend a soft blue sky all over.

Using two pieces of heavy white cardstock 3 inches x 3 1/2 inches, cover with tiny flowered washi tape (you could use patterned paper instead). Next die cut the gate and fence pieces to fit a 3 inch on each side. Before gluing the fence pieces down, use some of the leafy vine from a birdhoue die set to grow up around the fence.

Once the fence and gate pieces are glued to the 3 x 31/2 pieces score and glue the ¼ inch tabs to the back of the 5 x 6 inch base. Cover the back of the base card with washi tape/patterned paper.

Next glue the swing posts and roof over the cut-out 3 inch square blue inked side. To decorate the posts, glue on more of the leafy vines. Make the bench swing as described in last weeks blog. Attach with tape the threaded chains to the back side of the roof, making sure the bench is hanging even. With the swing in place, glue the second post and roof piece over the 3 inch cut square, matching up the post and roof edges. Glue on dark blue roof pieces to front and back of card.

Back of card

Decorate the scene with trees, birds, squirrels and grass. The swing pillows are cut using the pillow dies from a sofa die set.

You can write a message inside the gates or on the back of the card.

Hope this fun card has put a smile on your face and provided some inspiration for your crafting.

SUPPLIES Used from Dies R Us:

Dies

Inks

Miscellaneous

Other Supplies:

  • Flowered washi tape
  • White embroidery floss
  • Striped and colored paper scraps
  • Black fine tip pen

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