i-crafter

The Swan – Sending Love

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There are some situations where words just don’t seem enough. This is a tunnel card for someone experiencing loss.

It uses the i-crafter Tunnel Card Base, Swan die set designed by Lynda Kinase. It assembles quickly although the detailed cattails and swan head do require some detailed coloring or in my use, paper piecing. Watch the assembly video before die-cutting.

The card base is cut three times using a different circle insert for each layer. I cut my bases from some white and gray craft cardstock. I cut two banners from pure white cardstock.

By using some printed watercolored papers, I was able to get the look of watercolors without having to get out my paints. The cattails and hanging green leaves were cut from various parts of one sheet of the Funky Fossil Design’s Watercolour Rainbow paper utilizing the various shades and hues on the green/blue/purple sheet. The swan’s beak and part of its head were cut from orange and the black band colored with black fine tip pens and a white gel pen for its eye, then trimmed down to the black band and beak. This was glued to the swan cut in pure white. The completed swan was attached to the middle box layer with the swan circle cut in the middle. The seven cattail pieces that I cut were added first to the front layer and then the leftover three pieces were added to the middle swan layer.

I didn’t have any stamps that fit the banners with a sentiment that I liked, so I used words from two of Karen Burniston’s word sets to say “sending love” cut from some of the purple/blue watercolor paper. The words were glued to the banners and the banners were attached to the front layer with foam squares.

As is my way, I decorated the back flap of an A2 cream envelope with some of the leftover light green vining leaves to hint as to what is inside the envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Funky Fossil Design – Watercolour Rainbow Printed Papers 180 gsm
  • Pure White Cardstock
  • A2 Envelope – Cream

Inks & Pigments

  • Pigma Micron 01 – Black
  • Pigma Micron 05 – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll 08 – Gel Pen – White

Miscellaneous

Puppy Love

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Puppy love… a dog in your life brings great joy. This is a card from a fur baby.

The adorable dog face with its moving ears, along with the front sentiment die and large paw print die-cut are all from Lynda Kanase’s i-crafter Puppy Face Wiper Inset set.

Watch the assembly video before putting together. The video recommends decorating the front and back of the card before adding items to the inside.

I masked off a banner on the front of the card using low tack paper tape. Next, I did a light spritz of a brown sparkle spray to create a sand like texture. Remove the tape and glue die-cut sentiment strip in place.

I used a left-over strip of decorative paper and two 1/8-inch tall strips of cream cardstock to finish the front of the card.

The card back uses another decorative paper scrap and a die-cut paw print that has its paw pads inked. I found that by attaching the tiny paws pads to a piece of low tack tape, I could easily ink the pieces with a sponge dauber.

I found that the puppy face dies have stencils within them that I used to ink with a white gel pen make highlights.

I added the “love you” inside the card using a Karen Burniston word set.

As with all my cards that are sent in an envelope, I have decorated the back flap with an embossing folder and a paw die-cut. Both the embossing and die-cut were inked with a dark brown ink. The card fits into an A6 envelope.

Thank you for reading this blog post. I the card made you smile and gave you inspiration. Please like and leave comments 😊

Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • & Papercraft, issue 204 – Pawfect Pals designed by Adam Prescott
  • Brown Craft and Cream Cardstock
  • Blue, Pink and Black Cardstock Scraps
  • A6 Card and Envelope – Ivory

Inks & Pigments

  • Nuvo Sparkle Spray – Coca Powder
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Walnut Stain
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll 08 – Gel Pen – White

Miscellaneous

Popping, Hoppin’ Bunnies

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Having just discovered i-crafter dies, I had to try out their Box Pops, Oval Base and Easter Add-on die sets. The folded version fits in an A2 envelope.

I watched Lynda Kanase’s assembly video a few times before making the card. The box pop is a simple mechanism that could decorated for a variety of occasions. I watched this video to get ideas on how to use the Easter Add-on set.

I picked a sturdy polka dotted paper for the base and solid colored cardstock for the sentiments, baskets and grass. The eggs were cut from white scraps and colored with distress inks.

The die cutting and assembly took me about an hour the first time, and by cutting in large batches, later cards assembled even faster.

There are flowers and a unicorn add-ons for the Box Pop Oval base, but you could try using other die cuts as well.

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Materials Used:

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Ink

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Miscellaneous

Heart Hands

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Having just discovered i-crafter dies, I had to try out their Heart Hands, Wiper Insert die set.

For this quick card I used a printed card base designed by April Comell from my stash. Because it is a heavy cardstock, I decorated with thin papers, but used a lightweight dark blue scrap of cardstock for the main wiper mechanism and a medium weight cardstock scrap for the hands.

I watched Lynda Kanase’s assembly video a few times before making the card. The mechanism is a simple one that could be used with other things that wave or move. The hand dies have slight embossing for fingernails that you could paint red for nail polish.

After deciding to make this a Valentine’s card, I used my favorite Karen Burniston die for “Happy Valentine’s Day” cut once in white and again in red and off set for the inside.  I used the “Love” sentiment die that is part of the Heart Hands set for the front of the card.

The lacy white trim is an older Joanna Sheen die used whole on the front and cut in half for inside the card.

As is my style, I stamped the back of the envelope with a BoBunny hearts stamp in a red ink to hint as to what is inside.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps/Ink

Papers

  • Printed card 4 ¼ in x 5 ½ in card and envelope by April Comell
  • Green printed paper from stash
  • White and red scrap papers from stash

Miscellaneous