tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25057519547233814892024-02-20T03:06:52.677-08:00Paper FanaticKathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-76418408313808083672019-12-05T18:37:00.001-08:002019-12-06T09:58:27.234-08:00Christmas 2019
Throughout the year I put my studio to use making advanced cards for Frantic Stamper's monthly card kits, and making videos of making the cards. (I will be sharing those videos here on the 12 days of Christmas...be sure to come check them out)!
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I also got a great head start on my Christmas cards, enabling me to get them all done the earliest I have ever finished them! They were all mailed on December 2nd!
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I would like to share the cards I made with you now, in case you werent one of the 96 card recipients this year.
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First up is the card I made for each of my Mom's (RIP, Mom. I miss you so much!) sisters. Each of the dies used to make the card is one I designed for Frantic Stamper.
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This next card is the one I sent to other close family members including my uncle, brothers, and two special cousins. This card used patterned paper and a single stamp, but still is a standout, don't you agree? I enjoyed engineering the popup!
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This next card is one I made for a few close stamping friends who have come to expect kinetic cards from me. It is called a popup front panel card, and is actually a lot easier to make than it may appear. The gingerbread house and the Merry Christmas are also dies I designed for Frantic Stamper.
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This card was created for my cousin's daughter's family. They have a young son who is probably nearing the end of his magical Santa time, so I wanted to do something to commemorate the time. All of the dies used on this card, and the santa, are ones I designed. The sentiment, though, is not one I drew. It came from a magazine inclusion, but was one that really said what was in my mind when I envisioned the card.
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This card was made using an open card front concept shared by Jennifer McGuire. I love how it came out!
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This card was a fairly quick one! All the lovely folksy ornaments and the sentiment were cut with a single die (again, one I drew for Frantic Stamper).
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Here is another one that was fairly quick. it took two different dies to create the NOEL component, and because I had a limited amount of gold mirror paper I had to cut out the center of the gold layer to use for the NOEL, so it wasnt quite as quick as the Ornament card, but it was relatively quick when compared to the kinetic cards!
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This card was created just for its snarky greeting. The trees and Santa are from Frantic Stamper clear stamps that I drew, and the Santa has a matching die that I used to cut him out. The bag was made from a facial tissue. This card didnt actually get sent to any of my friends or family as it was submitted to a magazine for potential publication.
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Last, but not least, this card is the one that I sent to most of my friends. This card has penguins and a sentiment designed by a company called My Favorite Things. Those little guys took a LONG time to color. The hills were cut with a die set I drew, as was the label for the sentiment. This is the first Christmas cards I have sent out in YEARS that had elements I didn't draw. I couldn't help it, though, because I just fell in love with those fuzzy little guys!
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</div>Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-283121093553466962019-11-26T23:35:00.001-08:002019-12-06T09:16:52.541-08:00My StudioLast autumn I decided to go ahead with the project to build a little studio in the far back corner of my back yard. Building something had been in the plans for a while. The building was erected in early November, and the work on finishing the interior was completed just days before Christmas.
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Once I got the keys there came the physically demanding task of moving the boxes and boxes of unassembled furniture to the building, first across the back lawn, then across the muddy, slippery un-landscaped yard in our second yard. It required many trips hauling a garden wagon loaded with the boxes, one piece of furniture at a time. When I got the pieces moved I assembled them, and moved the furniture into place. First there was the counter piece with the set of drawers, then the desk unit. Next came the hardest job, the assembly of my Craftbox, which came in a huge wooden crate with 6 large boxes of components. It took me three days to just assemble the five cabinets that comprise the unit, and another to connect them! and yet one more to add all the shelving and storage boxes that came with it. I then assembled the 2x2 Kallax unit from Ikea that I would use for 8.5"x11" cardstock, and lastly the 4x4 Kallax that I would use for storing stamps, adhesives, and manual die-cutting machines. Notice I said "I"; I did all that by myself!
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Once the furnishings were all in place, I had to begin the Herculean task of hauling my supplies from the house to the studio, sorting it all, and putting it away. It was a several week-long job! I was determined to ensure that everything was organized and labeled so I could find anything I needed quickly. The final step in my organization efforts was the creation of a database and a full inventory of my stamps, dies, embossing folders, and stencils. Every one of those items has been added to the searchable database, with photos, keywords, and location information to make it easy to find the right item every time. All that extra work was so worth it! I can lay my hands on whatever I want pretty quickly, and the organization makes it easy to put things away, too.
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Here are some photos of the space, though they are a little outdated; I have better organized my pegboard and craftbox, but you should get a fair idea of the functionality of the space.
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This photo shows the valance I macraméd for the window over my desk. I still need to make another for the other window. I hope to get started on it soon. Now that my Christmas cards are done I have a window to be able to work on it.
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This photo is of my work desk itself. I love the view I get when seated at the desk, though right now it is not yet green outside. With all the rain we have been getting of late, though, it shouldn't be brown much longer!
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This is a section of my 7' of pegboard. I have reorganzed the pegs, which now hold macramé cord and baker's twine. i have added three more wire baskets that each hold small mason jars. The other wire baskets now hold my stash of cards for whenever I need one but dont have the time to make one. My daughter, though, tends to use the stash more often than I do!
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This is my Craftbox right door wide open, also showing more of the pegboard and my rolling carts. I generally leave the Craftbox open unless I am using the space for something other than card making. I like having the quick access to the dies in and on the door (the outsides of both of the smallest doors are magnetic; they hold dies from MFT and Lawn Fawn that make kinetic cards) and all of my patterned paper, but mostly I enjoy having the doors open and the table set up because that is where I do my die-cutting.
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This is the center part of my Craftbox. You can see my eBosser and plates in the background. The box contained scraps of paper that I went through and organized. I cut anything that was big enough down to A2 size and organized it by color family. Smaller scraps were cut to no wider than 5.5" and no taller than 4.25", and also organized them by color. I find I actually use my scraps now because they are actually handier than cutting down a sheet of paper!
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My Cricut Maker is below the table, as is my Minc for foiling.
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This is my large Kallax unit. I have stamps, adhesives, magnet sheets, foil and vinyl in the fabric bins. Below those I have mounted stamps, clear stamps with matching dies, my Xyrons, my coloring media, and my manual die cutting machines.
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Here is a little video I made to help show how everything is oriented. I hope you will enjoy it!
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Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-64675311383189800342017-12-14T11:15:00.001-08:002017-12-14T13:01:57.698-08:00Fun Wintery Card <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9aLofxRGGmRG8_Szltx3JkfcazCELFK2ZaLpHQ3DZds1SNveo6-Cp2yFxmwntcj7_SNwaQv0mVtUekYbfJh6kiDF4J3SDbvgBb_ryakVISPU55-5lSQQIniR61WVLniTO6XrVWMM2Is/s1600/IMG_3475-752931.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9aLofxRGGmRG8_Szltx3JkfcazCELFK2ZaLpHQ3DZds1SNveo6-Cp2yFxmwntcj7_SNwaQv0mVtUekYbfJh6kiDF4J3SDbvgBb_ryakVISPU55-5lSQQIniR61WVLniTO6XrVWMM2Is/s1600/IMG_3475-752931.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6499502082014886994" style="width: 600px; height: auto;"></a>
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I am finally back with another post! My design duties for Frantic Stamper, my health issues, plus some major projects on my house have mostly kept me out of my craft space this year. But it is time for Christmas cards, so no matter what else might be happening in my life, it is time for me to stop everything and create cards!
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This card is one I made for my brother and his wife, but I also thought I would share it with you! <br> <br> All of the diecuts on this card are ones I designed for Frantic Stamper, as is the sentiment stamp.
The outside of the card is a Copic-colored Sweet Holly Snowman on a snow-covered Stiched Scene-builder Edger hill. The Joy is from the Slender Peace and Joy set. I think it is a sweet card, but what makes it truly special is the inside! <br> <br>
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This is a twisting popup card that I decorated with more snowmen, a snowflake and a snowbuddy sentiment.
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i didnt just want to share the photos of the card, though. I also want to share how to make and decorate the Twisting Popup Mechanism. So...here we go!
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Make the Mechanism
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Score full size sheet at 5 1/2” in landscape orientation. <br>
Cut off 1/8” from each end, making the piece 8 1/2”x10 3/4”. </blockquote><blockquote>
Score at 2 1/4”, 4 1/4”, and 6 1/4” in portrait orientation. </blockquote><blockquote> <br>
Fold on 5 3/8” score line. Reinforce the fold with bone folder. <br> <br>
Mark 1” from the fold on both edges. <br>
Mark 1 1/4” from the fold on the first score line from each edge. <br> <br>
Draw a line from the 1” mark to the 1.25” mark on both sides. <br>
Cut away the piece formed by the drawn line and the score, from edge to edge. <br> <br>
Open the mechanism. Make sure it is in portrait orientation. <br>
Mark 2” from horizontal center fold to each vertical edge of the mechanism. <br>
Score diagonally across the center of the mechanism, from mark to mark. <br>
Fold on both scores and reinforce the fold with bone folder. <br> <br>
Squash fold the mechanism so the wings are inside the mechanism, and the mechanism resembles a pocket.
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Decorate the Mechanism
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Cut two pieces 3 3/4”x5 1/2”.
Mark the center of each piece in portrait orientation, then mark 1 7/8” from the top on each edge. <br>
Cut diagonally from edge mark to center mark on both sides. <br>
Trim bottom to be 1/8” from bottom of mechanism. <br> <br>
Attach mechanism in a top fold card, 5.5” tall x 4.25” wide, making sure the mechanism is strait and the point is in the fold.
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Make the Accordion Panels
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Cut strip 2 3/4”x11”. <br>
In landscape orientation score at 2 3/4”, 5 1/2”, and 8.25”. <br>
Accordion fold the piece; valley, mountain, valley. <br>
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Attach the Accordion Panels
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Put strong adhesive on the lower left and upper right outside edge of the mechanism.
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Place the folded accordion panels centered on the lower edge of the mechanism, folds at the top. <br>
Close the card carefully to ensure the adhesive on the top right does not touch the accordion panels. <br>
Open the card. Close the card again, pulling the folded accordion panels to be on top of the right side of the mechanism. <br>
Open the card. <br>
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Decorate the Accordion Panels
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Cut four pieces of the decorative paper to 2 1/2” square and affix to each of the four panes of the accordion panels. <br>
Decorate with stamped images or die cuts. <br>
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So now that you have learned how to make the mechanism, I hope you will make a twisting popup card of your own! Feel free to share a link with the inlinkz button below.
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The time has come for me to share my mom's Christmas card. As you may remember, my card for mom is the first card I tackle when I start to make my Christmas cards. It is always the most challenging one to make, and the most unique.
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This year I decided to jump on the chibi light band wagon and make a card with lights. I wanted to make the card a pop up, with back lighting for each of the main elements on the inside of the cards.
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I die cut several of the buildings and multiple trees from the FranticStamper "village" dies, using 110lb white cardstock.
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<td style="border: 0; cellpadding:5px; cellspacing:10px; height:150px; width:150px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; "> <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Village-Church_p_122444.html"> <img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/n5zlfe1sb8l3c4f/FRA-Die-09540.jpg?raw=1" style="width: 150px; height: auto;" id="id_27b7_83a3_8bc4_a304"><br>Village Church</a><br>FRA-Die-09540</td>
<td style="border: 0; cellpadding:5px; cellspacing:10px; height:150px; width:150px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; "><a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Village-School-House_p_122446.html"><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/nqzpyxwoyuldqb0/FRA-Die-09542.jpg?raw=1" style="width: 150px; height: auto;" id="id_c105_c8df_322c_241b"><br>Village School House</a><br>FRA-Die-09542</td>
<td style="border: 0; cellpadding:5px; cellspacing:10px; height:150px; width:150px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; "><a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Village-Candy-Shoppe_p_122447.html"><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5t3pdbkeur80x5p/FRA-Die-09543.jpg?raw=1" style="width: 150px; height: auto;" id="id_6d60_e471_db94_432"><br>Village Candy Shoppe</a><br>FRA-Die-09543</td>
<td style="border: 0; cellpadding:5px; cellspacing:10px; height:150px; width:150px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; "><a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Village-Grocery-Shoppe_p_122448.html"><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/uitcy88mnmth01v/FRA-Die-09545.jpg?raw=1" style="width: 150px; height: auto;" id="id_6d60_e471_db94_432"><br><div style="color: black; font: 14.0px times; text-align: left;">Village Grocery Shoppe</div></a>FRA-Die-09544</td>
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<td style="border: 0; cellpadding:5px; cellspacing:10px; height:150px; width:150px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; "><a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Village-Book-Shoppe_p_122449.html"><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/hmppp5k66k6bds5/FRA-Die-09544.jpg?raw=1" style="width: 150px; height: auto;" id="id_6d60_e471_db94_432"><br>Village Book Shoppe</a><br>FRA-Die-09545</td>
<td style="border: 0; cellpadding:5px; cellspacing:10px; height:150px; width:150px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; "><a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Village-Victorian-House_p_122450.html"><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/hreelbzjmpx0vq6/FRA-Die-09546.jpg?raw=1" style="width: 150px; height: auto;" id="id_6d60_e471_db94_432"><br>Village Victorian</a><br>FRA-Die-09546</td>
<td style="border: 0; cellpadding:5px; cellspacing:10px; height:150px; width:150px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; "><a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Village-Cottage_p_122451.html"><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/2uz8nqjce16rs86/FRA-Die-09547.jpg?raw=1" style="width: 150px; height: auto;" id="id_6d60_e471_db94_432"><br>Village Cottage</a><br>FRA-Die-09547</td>
<td style="border: 0; cellpadding:5px; cellspacing:10px; height:150px; width:150px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; "><a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Village-Trees-and-Shrubs-set-of-5-dies_p_122454.html"><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/pgoqh9uw9dylkxy/FRA-Die-09550.jpg?raw=1" style="width: 150px; height: auto;" id="id_6d60_e471_db94_432"><br><div style="color: black; font: 14.0px times; text-align: left;">Village Shrubs and Trees</div></a>FRA-Die-09546</td>
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I also die cut a few tree and hill edgers for the background.
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<td style="border: 0; cellpadding:5px; cellspacing:10px; height:150px; width:300px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; "><a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper--Precision-Dies--Hill-with-Pine-trees-edger_p_110375.html"><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/mavfc4nf2o0c5s3/FRA-die-09178.jpg?raw=1" style="width: 300px; height: auto;" id="id_c3eb_a7e0_167d_956a">Hill With Pine Trees Edger</a><div style="line-height:12px;"> </div>FRA-Die-09178</td>
<td style="border: 0; cellpadding:5px; cellspacing:10px; height:150px; width:300px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; "><a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper--Precision-Dies--Hill-with-Pine-trees-edger_p_110375.html"><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/eyxt9czq2jmzrm1/FRA-Die-09446.jpg?raw=1" style="width: 300px; height: auto;" id="id_c3eb_a7e0_167d_956a">Evergreen Forest Edger</a><div style="line-height:12px;"> </div>FRA-Die-09446</td>
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<td style="border: 0; cellpadding:5px; cellspacing:10px; height:150px; width:300px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; "><a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Stitched-Scene-Builder-Edgers-set-of-4-dies_p_117394.htl"><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/fg0hk3dgt3qyugk/FRA-Die-09403.jpg?raw=1" style="width: 200px; height: auto;" id="id_c3eb_a7e0_167d_956a"><br>Stitched Scene Builder Edgers</a><div style="line-height:12px;"> </div>FRA-Die-09403</td>
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And then, I die cut Santa's Sleigh and his reindeer out of black cardstock, and punched a 1.25" circle out of pale yellow card stock.
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<td style="border: 0; cellpadding:5px; cellspacing:10px; height:150px; width:300px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; "><a href="https://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Santas-Sleigh_p_124667.html"><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/3v1ndubl4ytmg4p/FRA-Die-09622.jpg?raw=1" style="width: 300px; height: auto;" id="id_c3eb_a7e0_167d_956a">Santa's Sleigh</a><div style="line-height:12px;"> </div>FRA-Die-09622</td>
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It is far too complicated to fill in all of the details of how I made the pop ups, and how I wired the chibi lights but I will give you a bit of a description of the steps I took.
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The four pop-up bases are each 1/2"x7" box mechanisms. I started with a 7"x2" strip of cardstock and scored it lengthwise at every .5". I used strong tape on the first and last of the four areas of the mechanism created by the scores. I aligned the two edges of the box piece with the fold of the card and closed the card to affix them in place. When the card was reopened, there was a 1/2" tall and 1/2" deep box across the base of the inside of the card. I glued the very bottom of the church to the center of the front of the box, very close to the top of the box. I then repeated the process with more 7"x 2" panels, creating boxes that become attached to the base of the card and to the box behind it, and adding buildings and evergreen trees to the boxes. I used a total of four box mechanisms. On the last box I attached a few trees and a hill cut with the stitched hill Edgers.
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The wiring followed the Chibi directions for multiple lights on a circuit, with the positive and negative copper tape winding in parallel lines from the top right of the card inside down the inside of the card front, then meandering through the village. I covered the wiring with strips of 1/2" 80lb card stock with 1/8" holes punched at each light.
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I created the snowy base with texture paste smeared onto the scene with a finger, and then sprinkled liberally with diamond dust.
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The battery is housed in a pocket made from a rectangle of card stock folded over the battery. The copper tape connects to both inside sides of the folded rectangle. The battery itself sits on the negative lead but is surrounded by 3 layers of foam tape, ensuring that the connection to the positive side of the battery can only be made only by pushing the top of the folded rectangle.
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The blue layer was made by by sponging blue inks onto white cardstock. It is attached with 3 layers of foam tape at the top, to align the top with the level of the tape around the battery housing. The panel was attached with glue tape at the bottom. The tree lines and snowy hills were attached with foam tape, building up to 3 layers of foam tape thickness, making the top and bottom of the card flush with each other. The moon was place over the battery to mark its position as well as to add another feature to the image. The stars were cut from white cardstock (covered with Tulip glow-in-the-dark paint) using the starfall and the Northern Star dies and then were affixed randomly.
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The last element I added to the inside of the box was the Script Merry Christmas, die cut from deep red cardstock.
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The front of the card was made by layering a piece of glow in the dark painted card stock onto a dark blue piece of cardstock, and then layering on top of that a piece of cardstock, sponged dark blue and die cut with the same star dies on top of that. Finally, the Peace on Earth was diecut from white cardstock and added to the card front.
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Mom enjoyed the card. I hope you did as well!
Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-45036436856671291982016-12-01T12:44:00.000-08:002016-12-01T12:44:08.561-08:00<br />
Check out Frantic Stamper's video slideshow for their new release, Visions of the East.<br />
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Fran is also having a giveaway of one of the newest dies, the Kokeshi Japanese Doll. I know this is going to be one of my all-time favorite dies. Be sure to check it out, and play along!<br />
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And they are having a <a href="http://franticstamper.blogspot.com/2016/11/design-team-call.html" style="color:#FF0000; font: 16.0px Helvetica; text-align: left;"> design team call</a>! If you have ever thought you would like to design with awesome dies and stamps with a fabulous team this is the time to give it a try!Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-22041809886217270872015-12-23T17:08:00.001-08:002015-12-23T17:27:51.602-08:00Finally another post...I have to admit that I am a terrible blogger. I can't stay on a schedule. I have no time. I seldom stamp cards any more, and I generally have nothing to say.<br />
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But once a year I do sit down to make a card that I hope is special: a Christmas card for my mom. <br />
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I spend a lot of time on Mom's card, first prototyping the mechanism, then building the components, and finally constructing the actual card. <br />
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This year Mom's card is a snowy log cabin in a thick forest, surrounded by snow-covered hills, and with majestic mountains in the distance. The mechanism is a simple side-step card in a 8.5"x5.5" format. <br />
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Due to the weight of the card I had to add a ribbon to the inside of the card to keep it from opening too far when standing; not only is there a lot of card-stock adding weight in the layers of the card, but the artificial snow is quite heavy.<br />
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Here is the card from the front...<br />
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Now I have a close-up of the cabin side of the card:<br />
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...and a close-up of the step side of the card:<br />
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And lastly an angled view to show the dimension in the card:<br />
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By the way...every die I used to make this card was one I designed for Frantic Stamper. Isn't it wonderful how well they all work together? I not only enjoyed designing them, but I really enjoyed finally using them to make this card!<br />
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I won't promise to blog more often in the coming year, but I can and do wish you a happy year ahead. And I can promise, God willing, I will be making Mom another special card next Christmas.<br />
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Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-74908197288228691092015-10-26T10:46:00.001-07:002015-10-26T10:50:13.162-07:00Copic Marker Storage<div style="font-size: 14.0pt; text-align: left;"> <br />
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I have something I just couldn't wait to share! Don't you just love it when you fix a problem that has been bothering you for a while, and not only did it work for you, but it wasn't expensive, and was really simple to do? Well here is one of those problems, solved!<br />
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I recently completed my collection of Copic Sketch markers (YAY!!) and faced the daunting task of storing them all (BOO!!). I had bought the Copic <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Copic-Carrying-Case-empty-holds-up-to-380-markers_p_70024.html">Carrying Case</a> thinking it would be a great solution because it is compact and portable, but when I got it I realized the six little mesh bags for holding the markers that were included with the bag were far from perfect for me. They tipped over if they weren't full, they made organizing by color family impossible, and they didn't allow me to have my markers organized numerically, either. I really needed something different. <br />
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First I tried the plastic lighting grate used in plastic boxes that I saw on Pinterest as a solution, but it didn't work with the Carrying Case because 1) it is rectangular but the case has rounded corners and 2) if I cut the grid so it could fit in the box it wouldn't hold all the markers. <br />
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Next I tried putting in some large plastic tubs to hold the markers but that didn't work out either. Because they were tapered to be smaller at the bottom they didn't hold as many markers as I thought they would, and I still couldn't organize the markers by numbers. <br />
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Then I thought about what made the plastic light grating be such a good solution, and I realized it was all about the grid. (Now I have a song stuck in my head...It's all about da grid, about da grid. No worries. Lol.) <br />
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How could I get a grid that would be a perfect fit for the case while still holding enough markers? Thinking about grids brought netting to mind. If only I could find a mesh with just the right sized gaps, I thought it might just work. But then I couldn't find any nets with the grid size I needed. <br />
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And then came the AHA moment! I suddenly remembered that I know how to crochet, and that I knew a few different patterns that would make lovely meshes. Ta duh da dah... within an hour or so I had crocheted the PERFECT (for me, anyway) solution!<br />
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I used a very simple square mesh stitch to create the perfect "netting" for my markers. And better yet, I sized it so I could velcro it into the carrier so if I ever need to remove it I can! For those of you who crochet, click <div id="spoiler" style="display:none"><br />
Materials: black cotton 2-ply yarn, about 1/2 skein, Size j hook<br />
(Sorry, but I forgot to measure for the gauge, but this grid is fairly stretchy unless you crochet really tightly.You may need to adjust somewhat depending on your crochet.)<br />
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Chain 39. Turn.<br />
Row 1: DC in 5th chain from hook. { Chain 1. DC in second chain from hook (repeat across row, ending with DC in first chain)} Chain 3. Turn.<br />
Row 2: DC in top of first DC of Row 1. {Chain 1. DC in next DC. (repeat across row, ending in DC in second chain of the 3 turning chains)} Chain 3. Turn.<br />
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Row 26<blockquote>Repeat Row 2 until the chain 3. Instead, tie off and weave yarn tails.<br />
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Once I had my grid piece ( 17 or 18 posts across and 26 rows long) I simply wove a piece of Velcro One-Wrap™ through the first row, up the first column, across last row, and down the last column, with the hook side to the outside. <br />
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I then affixed it to the inside of the carrying case, which is lined with a perfect fabric for the Velcro to grab! <br />
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When I started putting my markers in (in VIBGYOR and numerical orders, of course...I am a bit OCD that way) I found that the rows of markers were not staying straight, making it hard to see the organization. SO... I cut 23 pieces of very heavy black card-stock (poster board would have worked well, too) to 8.75"x 2.75" and "laminated" it with clear Contact paper. I inserted the card-stock between the rows.<br />
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PERFECTION!<br />
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I have room on top to carry a refiller for my clear marker, a small spritzer filled with blending solution, my ring of textured fabrics, etc. for adding texture to my colored pieces, a set of Spica glitter pens, and a set of .3mm Multiliners. Not only do they store perfectly, but it is all super portable so I can take them to stamping get-togethers. <br />
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I can't tell you how tickled I am with my solution! So, how do you store YOUR Copics? Please share!<br />
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Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-64820413716938199312015-09-17T10:01:00.001-07:002016-11-14T10:06:15.104-08:00Another Catch-up post<div style="font-size: 14.0pt; text-align: left;"> <br>
I know it has been a long time since I posted here, but I have been just so busy drawing dies for Frantic Stamper that I haven't had a lot of time to make much of anything. Most of what I have made has been posted over at franticstamper.com, but I would like to share it here as well. SO here are a few of my most recent cards.<br>
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This card is one I have been hoping to find time to do, mostly because I wanted to share a technique with you. <br>
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I started making the card by cutting 5 different papers using the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Bubble-Card-panel_p_118822.html">Bubble Background</a> die from Frantic Stamper. Four of the papers were various black and white or just black prints. The fifth was red. I reserved all the pieces from inside each of the cuts in separate small bowls. I set aside the inside pieces from the black dotted cut, and the outside pieces from the others. <br>
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I covered the entire front of the black dotted bubble background with Post-it tape, <br>
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and then I flipped it over.<br>
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This gave me a way to hold all of the pieces I was going to inlay in place while also allowing me to reposition them if I needed to.<br>
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I first placed a few red pieces in place where I wanted them. I tried to make them balanced in the piece, but I didn't lay them in any specific pattern.<br>
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After that I worked with the darkest of the inlay colors first, working from the top left to the bottom right, randomly placing the pieces. I repeated with the other colors. Laying them top left across to bottom right helped me to keep from putting too many pieces of the same paper next to each other.<br>
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When I was finished filling in the bubbles I took a piece of black cardstock that was quite a bit bigger than the background piece and applied a thin layer of liquid adhesive. I covered the Bubble Background piece with it and let the adhesive dry.<br>
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Once dry, I flipped it back over and removed the Post-It tape. I trimmed the black piece down so there was just a tiny border around the Bubble Background piece. I mounted them onto a white card blank.<br>
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I stamped my sentiment on a small strip of white paper which I then mounted onto a red strip and a black strip. I cut a flag on one end and mounted the sentiment to the card using foam tape.<br>
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Here are a couple more views of the card from different angles. <br>
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I hope you enjoyed the card and that you will give the technique a try!<br>
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My dad was a World War II Spitfire pilot in the RCAF with 80 or more missions into enemy territory; as a squadron leader he was responsible for accompanying bombers on their missions and engaging in firefights to protect them. <br>
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Dad moved to the States shortly after the war, met mom, and settled down. I know we sometimes felt the lack of celebration of his accomplishments in the war when Veterans' Day came around. He was a vet, but his service was ignored because it wasn't as an American pilot. Despite flying for an ally, he was left out of our national celebrations. ( Dad was a US Citizen, having been born in Massachusetts, but chose to go to Canada to enter the war before the US did, fighting for the land of his parents' birth.)<br>
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We lost dad on Feb 12, 2011. It was on the 4th anniversary of his death that I sat down to draw our Transportation release of dies. Fran had asked for a fighter plane; but immediately I knew I had to make it a Spitfire. <br>
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I really struggled with drawing this plane...it might have been because I was drawing through a veil of tears. But I did finish...and with the final touch of drawing call letters, I had drawn Dad's plane. <br>
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From that moment on, I knew I had to use that die in a trbute to Dad, and this card is that tribute. The map on the front of the card is marked with a pin at the place in Canada where my father grew to be a man. The Canada patch on the front is an actual-sized copy of a patch off of Dad's wollen dress uniform. <br>
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Inside the card is dad's spitfire on a simple pop-up mechanism, along with two pictures of dad. The top left is dad in his flight suit. The lower right is of him in dress uniform posing with his severely damaged plane. Despite having lost tail rudder and flaps, he safely returned to base and landed his plane. His feat was the talk of the base for quite some time. <br>
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The inside of the card also holds tiny scans of his service book, showing his next of kin, his rank and his assignment. Here is a last look at the inside of the card.<br>
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A while back Fran over at www.franticstamper.com got a request from a customer asking for a card and instructions using the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Flip-Card-1-Coved-Label-set-of-3-dies_p_122471.html">Flip Card #1</a> die. <br>
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The Flip Card die is a very versatile die. In the next few days I will show you three different ways I have used the die, with detailed instructions of how I used it.<br>
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For this first card in the series, which is a standard 4 1/4"x5 1/2" card, I wanted to center the cutout on the card front. To make it really simple for me to make this kind of card (with the cutout centered on the front of a standard card) I created a guide out of scrap card stock. I made the guide the same height as my card (5 1/2") but only half as wide (2 1/8"). I then marked one edge of the card 7/8" from each end. You can get a copy of my guide <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/1jgbv27cri5cmli/Simple%20standard%20flip%20card.pdf">here</a>.<br>
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<div style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">(To come up with the 7/8" I subtracted the length of the die from the height of the card (5 1/2" - 3 3/4" =1 3/4"). That gives me how much space is left over once the die is placed on the card. Since I want to center my die I would need to divide that left-over space in two equal pieces and put the die between them. 1 3/4" divided by two is 7/8".) </div> <br>
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My card blank is 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4", but left flat. <br>
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I line-up my guide with the top and left edge of the card, and then place the die at its edge, in between the two marks, and tape it into place.<br>
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I then ran the card through my die cutting machine. When done cutting, I used my Scor-pal to finish scoring my card along the line scored by the die, at the 2 1/8" mark, being careful not to score across the cut-out portion.<br>
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Now, for this particular card I wanted to create a field of stars, so I used my <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Starfall-Reverse-Cut_p_124659.html">starfall</a> die on the right side of the card. I glued a piece of yellow card behind the right side of the card, and then another piece of black behind that.<br>
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It was finally time to fold my card. First I valley folded the card on the center score line, and then mountain folded the score around my cutout.<br>
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I reinforced the folds with my bone folder, making the card lie flat.<br>
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All that was left to do was decorate the card. I cut extra yellow stars for my project with the Starfall die.<br>
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I cut my "aliens" using the Monsters die and white card stock. I stamped their corresponding image onto them, and colored them. I set them aside. <br>
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Using an old Stampendous clear stamp set called "Hot Rocketz", I stamped rockets and flying saucers onto white card stock. I colored the images, fussy cut them, and set them aside.<br>
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Using my largest plain circle die I cut a circle. I colored it gray with my Copics and added a small crater to it. I glued the circle in place on the inside of my card and trimmed the circle so it was flush with my card's bottom edge. <br>
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I glued my rockets into place. I cut a small slit in the saucer and inserted one of my monsters into the slit. I glued the saucer into place. I glued two more of my monsters in place. (It turned out I only had room for three of the four monsters, but that is okay, I'll use the other on a different project sometime.) I added google eyes to each of the monsters' eye(s), and a banner to the hand of one of the monsters.<br>
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I stamped my sentiment (from the same Stampendous set). <br>
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I glued on a few of my extra yellow stars on the front and inside of the card.<br>
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Ta Da! I hope you agree that this card is just "Out of this World"!<br>
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If you would like a little more help on using the die in this manner, I have a little video for you. Please don't mind my voice. We have a lot of smoke in our little valley because of all the wildfires, and the smoke has really irritated my throat.<br>
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Here is another post showing how to use the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Flip-Card-1-Coved-Label-set-of-3-dies_p_122471.html">Flip Card ##1 - Coved Labels</a> die from Frantic Stamper. This die is so versatile; once you get the hang of using it, you will absolutely "flip" for it!<br>
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To make today's card I started with an 8 1/2" x 7" piece of card-stock. I scored the card to make an 8 1/2" x 3 1/2" card. Though scored, I didn't fold the card, though, because I wanted to die-cut the card before folding.<br>
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To make this card I did a bit of calculating to come up with the spacing I needed, and I created a template for it. Basically, I placed the die first so that the cut would be centered on the card. I then measured the space remaining on the top of the card and centered the die in that space, and repeated that on the bottom of the card. To save you from the calculations, you can get my template by clicking <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/w2s7f9n8woewk1g/advanced%20flip%20card.pdf?dl=0<br />
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To use the template and cut the card, first cut the center tab by aligning the <strong>top</strong> tip of the die on the line labeled "1". Next cut the top tab by aligning the <strong>bottom</strong> tip of the die on the line labeled "2". Finally cut the bottom tab by aligning the <strong>top</strong> tip of the die on the line labeled "3".<br>
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I then reinforced the score lines that were created by the die, but only between the tabs, and then I folded the card on the scores, with a valley fold on the card center line, and a mountain fold on the scores between the tabs. <br>
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I cut panels of Christmas paper to fit the card back (3.25"x 8.25") and the front panel of the card (1.5" x 8.25"). I also cut a strip for the inside front panel (1.5"x 8.25"). I then glued all of the panels into place.<br>
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I used the small stitched Coved Label die that comes with the Flip Card die to cut 3 red labels that I then glued into place on the tabs. I cut the small ornate piece that comes with the Flip die 4 times out of gold and glued them to decorate the front fold line. I then cut the Joy, Christmas Tree, and Snowflake round vignette inserts out of gold and glued them onto the card front.<br>
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Next I used the Flip Card Die to create a long coved label to put inside the card. I started with a strip of red card-stock just a little wider than the tab portion and 8.25" long. I aligned the die so that the straight part of the tab on one long edge and aligned flush with the short edge. I ran it through my machine. Then I aligned the die on the opposite end of the strip, with the straight part of the tab on the same long edge. Once cut I then used my paper cutter to trim from cut to cut. <br>
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I glued that in place on the inside back panel so it is hidden by the card front, and glued a golden "Happy Holidays" to that.<br>
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I have already shared two different cards using the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Flip-Card-1-Coved-Label-set-of-3-dies_p_122471.html">Flip Card #1-Coved Label</a> die, and I have shown you a way to create a long thin label using the same die. Both of the cards I shared were "Z-fold" cards. On these cards the card front is folded back on itself. <br>
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Now I am going to share a different style of card. For this card, the shape is cut out of the back of the card so that when the card is folded the tab sticks out beyond the fold, as you can see in the card above. The black tab behind the grave stone that sticks up at the top of this fun Halloween card was cut with the die. The grave stone itself was created using the stitched coved label that comes with the flip card die. It was cut from gray card stock, and then the bottom was cut off with a pair of scissors. <br>
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I cut the little ghosts that haunt the card using the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Large-Cute-Ghost_p_123540.html">Large Cute Ghost</a> die out of both velum and white card stock. I layered them and glued them in place only where I attached the google eyes. To finish the card I added the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Fun-Happy-Halloween_p_123546.html">Fun Happy Halloween</a> cut in orange, making sure to let just a little bit of the vellum ghosts spills over onto it.<br>
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I had so much fun making that card that I decided to make another. This one is for a baby girl and uses the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper--Precision-Dies--Baby-Icons-set-of-8-dies_p_111368.html">Baby Icons</a> as decoration, along with pieces cut from a DCWV paper pack.<br>
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I almost forgot to mention that the finished card measures 4.25" x (almost) 5.5" and will fit into a standard card-sized envelope. <br>
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I think you might want to try making a card like this one, too. If so, you can get your template <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/w8lm0v6laikdl15/flip%20card%20without%20the%20flip%20template.pdf?dl=0<br />
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I wanted to make a simple, bright, and fun card for my mom's recent birthday; she turned 88. She has always been a bright spot in my life and I am so lucky to still have her in it. Though she is 3000 miles away from me in actual distance, she is always with me in my heart!<br>
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I really wanted to use the HAPPY card band as the anchor for the front of the card. I cut it into the actual card front and left it without a backing. I think it adds a little drama to an otherwise very simple card. I cut a second card band out of scrap paper and colored each of the letters a different color. I used a Glossy Accents to add some dimension and shine. Once dried I cut the letters off of the scrap piece and adhered them to the card front. <br>
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I die cut the balloon, letters, and numbers, colored them and added Glossy Accents to them as well. I stamped the birthday sentiment, and then adhered the shapes to the card which had been trimmed with a corner rounder. <br>
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The finishing touch was a thin strip of black card stock and another strip that I colored to match the heart balloon and the first "p", both of which I filled in with Glossy Accents. <br>
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Inside the card I added a small pocket that would hold a monetary gift, and a hand-written personal message. <br>
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This card is not the usual elaborate dynamic card I make for mom, but it was filled with love. I hope mom had a very happy birthday, and many more to come.<br>
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Here is another view of the card.<br>
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The other day Fran over at www.franticstamper.com shared a card with me; she had seen it somewhere and loved it because it used fishtail banners to make cats. We both thought it was so cute that we knew right away that we had to do something similar. I volunteered to stop drawing dies for a bit and actually play with some (I know..tough duty but someone had to do it. lol.) This card is the result.<br>
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I used the Frantic Stamper <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Stitched-Fishtail-Banners_p_125660.html">Stitched Fishtail Banners</a> dies, kraft card stock, a bit of twine, brown ink, a black Sharpie marker, and the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Clear-Stamp-Set--Cats-Meow-_p_123639.html">Cat's Meow</a> clear stamps to create the card. <br>
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I sponged brown ink on the edges of all the kraft card stock banners, drew in the black kitties eyes and added little bits of twine tied in the center for the whiskers. I stamped each kitty with a little play thing and glued them to a kraft panel whose edges were sponged in brown. I put that panel onto a black layer, then looped some twine around it and glued it onto my kraft card. I stamped kitty paw prints all along the edge of the card front. I stamped the inside with "You are the cat's meow!"<br>
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I hope you liked the card. Here's a little closer view.<br>
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Here I have two cards made with the Frantic Stamper <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Woven-Ribbons-Card-Panel_p_125686.html">woven ribbons</a> die. This die is so versatile and fun to use! For each card I started out by cutting several different papers that all had similar color values (meaning the color intensity). This is a great way to use all those papers in a collection that you might not otherwise use or scraps left over from other projects. <br>
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For the "with love" card I just put all the papers into a single container because I fully intended to place the pieces randomly, but for the Christmas card I put each of the papers into a separate container because I intended to piece them in a pattern.<br>
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I then cut a neutral color of card-stock for each card to make the framework that I would piece into. I covered the fronts of each of the frames with Post-it Tape, and flipped them over. On the "with love" card, I just fit pieces into the frame like a puzzle, picking up a random piece and fitting it until all the frame was filled in. <br>
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On the Christmas card I had to work a little harder. I selected a color for each of the ribbon pieces on the card, and then had to search for the correct piece from that color's container of pieces. But both were fun, and somewhat relaxing to do!<br>
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Once the frames were filled in I glued a backing piece onto each of the frames, then added them to their respective card base. You will note that the "with love" card was used in portrait orientation while the Christmas card was done in landscape. Versatile die!<br>
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All that was left to do was add the decorative touches. I made pink flowers using the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper--Precision-Dies--Petite-Layering-Flowers_p_110389.html">Petite Layering Flowers</a> and the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper--Precision-Dies--Petite-Leaves_p_110391.html">Petite Layering Leaves</a> dies, and the Pointsetta with the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Petite-Poinsettia_p_113938.html">Petite Pointsetta</a> die. The <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper--Precision-Dies--Script-Merry-Christmas-_p_112859.html">Script Merry Christmas</a> was just right for the Christmas card. <br>
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But when I cut the "with" and "love" using the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Accessory-Word-Set-2-set-of-17-dies_p_118841.html">Accessory Words #2</a> and <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Accessory-Words-3-set-of-12-dies_p_119860.html">#3</a>, they just seemed "flat"; They really needed something to make them stand out from the page. <br>
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At first I thought I would add some pop by covering them with Glossy Accents, but I have trouble doing a good job with that and it takes a while to dry. I needed the card right away so I could send it to a really special friend who is having a rough time. So I put on my thinking cap. And I came up with a solution that I think is so wonderful that I just HAVE to share! <br>
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I made the letters shiny by covering my card stock with a bit of clear packaging tape before cutting! The letters still cut perfectly, but now they look like they have been enameled! The coating is perfect... no bubbles, no streaks, and absolutely even. I am going to be using this technique a lot in the future! <br>
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Here is a close-up of the words. I wish the shine showed more in this photo; you can see it a little, but believe me, in real life it is much less subtle and really beautiful!<br>
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Here is a close up of the Christmas card.<br>
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And one final look at both of the cards, from straight on. I sure hope you have enjoyed them!<br>
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Most people who know me know that I absolutely hate snow. It is just cold and wet and gets dirty and melts and refreezes. It is just horrible stuff! And with my bum leg, there is just NO way I would want to experience it ever again! (I grew up in New England, so I had my share!)<br>
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But as much as I hate snow, I love snowy scenes and snowmen...and I especially love to create snowy Christmas cards! And this is definitely a snowy one!<br>
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I started by cutting and assembling my <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Log-Cabin_p_125675.html">log cabin</a>. I have to tell you this was REALLY fun! I had so many options, but I opted to go all out and use all the structure pieces and one window die and a door. Once I had it assembled I added my snow (a product made by Aleene's) to the roofs of each of the parts of the house. I then set the cabin aside while I prepared the background. <br>
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I cut the distant background out of white card-stock using the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Evergreen-Forest-Edger_p_119839.html">Evergreen Forest Edger</a> die. I colored the trees with a blue-green Copic marker (things in the distance are bluer than things in the mid ground). I tapped my snow onto my trees using my favorite applicator.....my index finger!<br>
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Next I cut my trees for the mid-ground and foreground out of pine green card using the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Small-Oregon-Fir_p_120875.html">Small Oregon Fir</a> tree and the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Small-Pine_p_120876.html">Small Pine</a>. I added some variation to the color of the card stock with some Copic markers, and then tapped on some snow.<br>
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Next I cut my <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Rail-Fence-Ribbon_p_119849.html">Rail Fence Ribbon</a> out of white card-stock, and colored the rails and posts with brown Copics. I added snow to it, too. <br>
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I then cut a snow drift for the foreground out of white card-stock using the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Stitched-Scene-Builder-Edgers-set-of-4-dies_p_117394.html">Stitched Scene Builder Edgers</a>. I covered that piece with snow.<br>
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I wanted a cardinal in the scene, but my cardinal die (part of the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper--Precision-Dies--Small-Birds-set-of-5_p_99692.html">Small Birds</a> die set) is too big, so I used a trick. I cut the bird out of red craft foam and used my heat tool to shrink it until it was just the right size. <br>
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Finally, it was time to assemble. I cut a card panel of white card-stock and sponged a cloudy sky on it. I then added the background evergreens. All the layers above that one were added with foam tape, from the background to the foreground. <br>
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Here is another view of the finished card. I hope you like it!<br>
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I hope you have enjoyed this retrospective of my recent work. To see the dies that are keeping me busy drawing, just pop over to <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/">Frantic Stamper</a>. There are almost 700 dies in the Frantic Stamper Precision Dies line, and I have drawn them all!<br>
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Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-79269727157571949932015-03-27T15:44:00.001-07:002015-03-27T15:45:42.053-07:00Giveaway Time at Frantic Stamper.com!<div style="color: black; font: 18.0px times; text-align: left;"> <br />
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GIVEAWAY time! Here's your chance to win dies from the Frantic Stamper Precision Die line! The dies included in this giveaway are listed on the photo below. <br />
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You have many chances to win! Do as many of the following as you'd like for extra entries: <br />
1) Comment on the announcement blog post on <a href="http://franticstamper.blogspot.com/2015/03/giveaway-time.html"></a>Frantic Stamper's blog<a><br />
2) Become a follower of the Frantic Stamper Facebook page<br />
3) Like the Giveaway announcement post<br />
4) Share the Giveaway post on your FB page <br />
5) Comment on the Giveaway post with your favorite die from the <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/-Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Dies_c_6157.html">Frantic Stamper Precision Die line</a> <br />
6) tag your friends (no limit)<br />
7) Subscribe to the Frantic Stamper Newsletter (if you already subscribe, let us know that too!)<br />
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(To see a card made using these products, scroll down to see the video posted on 3/16.)<br />
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Giveaway is open through Saturday, April 4th at Midnight EST. Winner will be announced Easter Sunday! Good luck!<br />
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Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-34626388026269733112014-11-29T10:54:00.001-08:002014-12-01T12:07:02.905-08:00Catching up...<div style="color: black; font: 18.0px times; text-align: left;"> <br />
I just don't seem to be able to make things and get them posted here anymore. I am spending a lot of my time designing dies for Frantic Stamper and that seems to sap not only my time, but maybe even some of my creative juices. And it seems that whatever I do manage to create I post on the <a href="">Frantic Stamper Happenings</a> blog instead of mine so I can feel I am at least partly living up to my Design Team responsibilities. <br />
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So, I have decided that whenever I share something there I am going to also try to share it here. Wish me luck. <br />
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In the meantime, I am going to share some of the stuff that I have shared there in the past few months. They all use dies that I have designed for Frantic Stamper, and I have to say I am pretty proud of the dies, and I think the cards came out okay, too. :)<br />
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<strong><u>Mother and Child</u></strong><br />
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This card used a single die, the Mother and Child card panel die, cut both out of light blue card-stock and thin craft foam. They were layered over a patterned paper, and then various other layers to make up the card. A simple red gross-grain bow finished the card. The craft foam gives depth to the card yet adds very little weight or bulk. It is a LOT easier than trying to piece in foam tape, too!<br />
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<strong><u>Dem Bones</u></strong><br />
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I used a needle and thread to "stitch" together the pieces of the Dem Bones skeleton and then I used more thread to suspend the skeleton in a window I cut in the front of my card. He dangles and jiggles so wonderfully! The card was finished off with a paper bow made with the small Swirl Paper Bow. Some gold spray from Hero Arts on some of the layers and the bow helped to make them stand out. <br />
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<strong><u>Peace dove</u></strong><br />
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This simple card was made by cutting the large dove and layering it over a pale blue background (spotted with some Hero Arts Unicorn white spray). I added a small layer of white into which the "Peace" was cut and pieced. A silver ribbon finished the card.<br />
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<strong><u>Believe</u></strong><br />
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This card was made with the Santa Suit icon dies and the rope ribbon die. A bit of colorful Christmas paper, a bow made with the small swirl and small solid paper bow dies and the word "Believe" (cut with the Believe die) finished things off.<br />
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<strong><u>Merry Christmas</u></strong><br />
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This card started with the horizontal birch panel cut in white and layered over white glitter card stock (which unfortunately took on a pink tint when photographed). A couple of deer peeking out from between the trees, some holly boughs, and the script Merry Christmas finish off the card.<br />
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<strong><u>Winter Church in the Wildwood</u></strong><br />
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This card was originally a prototype for Christmas cards I was going to make, but I ended up turning it into a sympathy card. The winter church panel is just so versatile, so pretty, and is my favorite die so far!<br />
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I hope you have enjoyed my little retrospective. I hope you will give the Frantic Stamper dies a try!<br />
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Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-76047502600986721692013-12-30T22:18:00.001-08:002014-11-03T20:23:59.007-08:00Mom's Christmas Card<div style="color: black; font: 18.0px times; text-align: left;"> <br />
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One of my greatest joys but also one of my greatest challenges is making a Christmas card for my mom every year (I used to make one for my dad, too, but he passed away in 2011). Last year herself was the only card I was able to make, thanks to my surgery followed by my fall and broken leg. I was happy with my cheerful little Santa scene card and it was really just right for last year, but this year I wanted to do something very different for Mom. We lost my eldest brother quite suddenly and somewhat unexpectedly this past June, and that has resulted in a great deal of change for us all. We are all working to find peace, and I hoped to add to Mom's peace with a special card.<br />
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When my brother was small my mother, father, and he lived in a lovely wooded area with rolling hills and frequent visits by deer, raccoons, squirrels, and chipmunks. My mother often talked about how they would all often spend hours watching the deer visiting their apple orchard, even in the early autumn snows. I wanted to recreate a little piece of that time for her, to give her a little closeness to both my dad and my brother.<br />
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I created this large three-dimensional shadow-box card with pieces of heavy white card-stock (when flat it measures 8.5"x5.5", and when opened is 2" deep and 6.5" wide). I covered the base with a textured blue card stock and then I created three interior layers for the inside of the box. I cut the windows with Spellbinders Nestabilities dies prior to the assembly, which was accomplished with the help of a strong liquid glue and strong tape. <br />
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The biggest issue in making the card was making sure to have accurate and clean cuts and scores. The interior layers had to be able to lie perfectly flat with the card when closed and stand perfectly when the card is open, so even small error in measurement would be obvious. <br />
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I decorated the box using a mix of Memory Box, Cottage Cutz, and Frantic Stamper dies and a few carefully-placed pearls. A satin bow finished the card front, and a pocket on the back for a gift card finished the back. <br />
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On Christmas Eve at my Mom's home, with my surviving two brothers and my two nephews gathered, Mom shared the card with them all. My nephew snapped a photo of the card with his iPhone using a table lamp as a side light, and shared it on his Facebook, along with a very sweet comment. I think his photo shows the dimension of the card better than my photo did, so I asked him if he would allow me to share his photo, too. He readily agreed. <br />
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So, I would like to credit my nephew Alan Arsenault, who is a talented professional photographer, for this photo. Of course, this is just an iPhoto snapshot...and though FABULOUS, I don't want you all to think that it is indicative of his best work! You should check out some of that at <a href="http://alan-a-photo.com/mobile_content.asp?WebsiteID=43115&PageID=420006&AssetID=472683&pageName=Wedding">his blog</a>!<br />
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Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-26992814669883385862013-11-13T17:00:00.000-08:002013-12-30T23:23:32.371-08:00Snowy Wiper Card<div style="color: black; font: 18.0px times; text-align: left;"> <br />
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I have a thing for snowmen. I absolutely HATE real snow, but I just adore snowmen! I don't believe I have ever seen a snowman I haven't liked! <br />
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And since I like snowmen so much, I have a hard time walking away from a snowman stamp! The one I used on this card is one of my all-time favorites, and was made by Penny Black. <br />
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This card style is known as a wiper card because of the little pop-up mechanism that swipes up with the motion of a windshield wiper when the card is opened. For my card, I used a piece of acetate to make my mechanism and added a punched snowflake to it. It makes it seem that the snowflake is suspended in the air. <br />
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If you would like to learn how to make this card, you can get an instructional PDF at this <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/74468444/Snowman-Wiper">link</a>.<br />
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Below is another wiper card I made for Halloween.<br />
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</div> Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-25355312114456056422013-03-24T18:57:00.001-07:002013-03-24T19:21:38.996-07:00A Little Birdie Told Me<div style="color: black; font: 18.0px times; text-align: left;"><br />
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This card started out to be a quick card, but once I got going on it, I just kept having to add details, and the quick card ended up taking a little more than an hour to make. Oh well. It was worth the time, I think!<br />
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I started by wiping three shades of blue distress ink onto an acrylic mount. I lightly spritzed the mount with water, and then pressed the mount onto a piece of watercolor paper. I let it sit for a minute or so to let the color sink into the paper, and then lifted off the mount. I had a lovely blue backdrop for my bird. I quickly dried the paper with my heat gun.<br />
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Next I stamped the Frantic Stamper <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Cling-Mounted-Rubber-Stamp--Bird-on-Pussywillow_p_65301.html">Bird on Pussywillow</a> image over my blue backdrop with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored my bird with Inktense watercolor pencils and a water-brush (did you notice my coloring error? I sure did!) I wasn't happy with the willow buds as they were just colored, so I decided to flock them with white flocking powder...and now they look just like little fuzzy pussy willows!<br />
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While the glue for the flock dried I worked on my background layer and my tag. For the background I rubbed Faded Jeans distress ink directly onto a piece of white card-stock. I then spritzed that with water mixed with a small amount of Pearl Perfect Pearls. It gave the card-stock a quiet shimmer. <br />
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I cut a small piece of watercolor paper into a tag shape and then covered it with a piece of white card-stock (I wanted the sturdiness of the watercolor, but the color and texture of the card-stock). I stamped my note saying onto the tag, and colored it with Inktense pencils and a water-brush. I punched a hole, and added a hole-protector punched from a scrap of my blue background paper. <br />
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I punched two small holes in my stamped watercolored image. I threaded a piece of blue baker's twine through the two holes so the ends were to the front of the image. I passed one of the ends through my tag, and then I tied the tag to the image with a bow. <br />
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I then glued my background piece to my standard white card, and then used strong tape to adhere my watercolored image to the background, finishing the card. <br />
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I hope you have enjoyed my little birdie card!<br />
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Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-54338619040336829702013-03-03T02:08:00.000-08:002013-03-03T02:08:18.752-08:00Phenakistoscope Blizzard<div style="color: black; font: 18.0px times; text-align: left;"><br />
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Recently I saw a post on SplitCoastStampers for creating a card with a spinning mechanism controlled by pulling a string. The creator of the card called it a zoetrope card, but I thought it was more like a phenakistoscope. A zoetrope uses a cylinder with a strip of drawings to create the illusion of animation. A phenakistoscope uses a disc with slits to create that illusion, and since this card uses a disk, that will be my name for this card even though it, too, is a misnomer since there is no animation involved.<br />
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The zoetrope card used clear acetate sheets and a set of self-adhesive foam rings made by a particular home-party-based stamping company. I didn't have those items so I set out to create the card with items I did have and that are readily accessible. To replace their foam rings I opted for some craft foam and some strong adhesive. To replace the acetate sheets I opted for clear packaging tape. <br />
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First I cut a circle, about 1 1/4" in diameter, from craft foam that I had covered front and back with the strong adhesive tape. I also cut a medium circle (about 1 3/4" in diameter) and a large circle (about 2 1/4" in diameter) from card stock; the large circle was covered on one side with strong adhesive. Then I cut a large scallop circle (about 2 3/4" in diameter) from a double layer of card stock with strong adhesive between them. And lastly, I cut two small round tags for my pull tab, with strong adhesive on one.<br />
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I then put clear package tape on one side of the medium circle and on the non-adhesive side of the large circle.<br />
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It was then time to assemble the mechanism. <br />
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I adhered a piece of baker's twine (about 18" in length) to the craft foam, and then the craft foam to the scallop circle. The craft foam was then adhered to a card-stock circle a little larger than the foam circle. <br />
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I poked a hole in the center of both the stack and the large circle. The scallop circle mechanism was then attached to the remaining piece by putting a brad through the hole in center of each piece of the mechanism, and folding back the brad's legs. The mechanism was then affixed to a piece of card-stock, and then to the card. A tag was prepared to attach the pull end of the baker's twine. <br />
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In following a plan to create holiday cards throughout the year, I decided to make my card a snowy blizzard of a card. My card base is white with snowflakes stamped in Memento Nautical Blue ink and then embossed with a Cuttlebug "Snowflakes" embossing folder. My disk was decorated with a larger snowflake on a small scalloped circle (I wanted to hide the brad's head), and finished off with sparkling blue gems. With this snowy, fun card added to my collection, and a few more more every month, perhaps this year I will be ready for this holiday season when it arrives! <br />
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Here is a video that shows the steps I took to make the mechanism, and the finished card in motion. <br />
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Here is the sandwich stack details:<br />
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I hope you have enjoyed my snowy card. Until the next time! <br />
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Smiles,<br />
Kathy <br />
</div>Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-82986633762841040722013-02-22T09:30:00.001-08:002013-02-22T09:32:04.488-08:00Bo Bunny Inspired Cards<div style="color: black; font: 18.0px times; text-align: left;"> Recently FranticStamper was featured on the Bo Bunny Blog. As a Design Team member (team leader, actually) I helped with the feature. Here are the four cards I made:<br />
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The circles of the Bo Bunny Bouquet paper of the Ambrosia Collection just screamed at me to make a flower of them. I used three different sizes of Spelllbinders scalloped circle Nestabilities dies to cut the layers. I then spritzed the circles with water with gold Pearl-ex, and crumpled the circles, reopening them gently and setting them aside to dry. Once partly dry, I stacked them, poked a hole in their centers and tied them together with a brad. I then pulled them up around the brad, and gently curled them back down. Once fully dry, the resulting flower has a ton of dimension and is fairly stiff. <br />
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I attached the finished flower to the corner of my card, which was made with a corner of the Ambrosia-Ambrosia paper that I fussy-cut and layered over the flip side of the Bouquet paper. The butterflies were punched from the Ambrosia paper and wrapped with embroidery floss to create their bodies.<br />
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The lovely pinks of the Isabella Collection were very feminine. Its pretty patterns made me think of fabrics and fashion, so I created this page from a fashion magazine to showcase some of what I thought were the prettiest patterns in the collection.<br />
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The dress was cut from the Becoming paper using the Princess Dress die. The magazine page was cut from the Isabella paper (which was also used to create the main card layer) using the labels 7 die. The chevron decoration was hand cut from the Delicate paper. <br />
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The buttons were attached with glue dots, but not before one of them was threaded with pink baker's twine.<br />
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This card uses the Love Letters Collection from Bo Bunny and really takes advantage of how well the different papers coordinate. The hearts were cut from Keys and Puzzle, while the Pinking Circle was cut from Notes. Notes was used for the bottom layer, while the next layer was from Puzzle, but the flip side from what was used for the heart. The top layer was from Journal. All of the card was tied together with solid card-stock from American Crafts and a bow to match.<br />
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This very quick and simple card used a layer of Panache from the C'est La Vie collection with a small strip of paper from the Decoupage paper of the same collection, plus a saying from the Country Garden collection which I cut with a Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 1 Die. This card took literally just a couple of minutes to make added onto my white 5"x7" card base.<br />
</div>Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-4463952026550094942013-02-14T08:49:00.001-08:002013-02-14T08:57:24.618-08:00Happy Valentine's Day!<div style="color: black; font: 18.0px times; text-align: left;"> <br />
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Happy Valentine's Day! Today I would like to share a really quick, clean, and simple card. Rather than describe how I made it, I thought I would show you, since it really takes just a few minutes to make.<br />
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The main card is standard 5 1/2"x4 1/4". The layers are 5 1/4"x4" and 1"x4". The decorative score-lines on the large layer are at 1/8", all around the card. <br />
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Make up a bunch for the Valentines in your life!<br />
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Smiles, <br />
Kathy <br />
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</div>Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-77662786788781562642013-02-13T10:25:00.001-08:002013-02-22T10:27:14.493-08:00Never-Ending Love<div style="color: black; font: 18.0px times; text-align: left;"><br />
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One of my cousins is having a baby boy! I made a baby blanket for him, and I needed a gift card to go with it, but I wanted the card to be special. I opted to make a Never-ending card, to symbolize the never-ending love and responsibility that goes with adding a child to a family. <br />
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I shared small photos of this card in my last post, but I thought I would share a little more about it today.<br />
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The card measures 4" square and utilizes images from an unknown source along with a saying from Inkadinkado's Welcome Baby clear stamp set, and two Riley the Moose stamps, "Riley in the Moon" and "You're a Star" Riley. I also used the smallest star die from Spellbinders Stars Nestabilities. <br />
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The card is intended to be a keepsake, and has places for writing in vital information. But the card is also meant to be fun. The moons and every star in the card is painted with glow-in-the-dark glitter paint. Riley's antlers are flocked with Stampendous Caramel Latte flocking powder. I think those touches, along with the fact that the card is just FUN to play with because of its 4 faces and the fun way the card opens to each of those. The four faces are shown here:<br />
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In order to present my card, and to help protect it, I opted to add a belly-band, which is what is shown in the main photograph at the top of this post.<br />
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Making a Never-ending card is not difficult. For this one, I cut two 4" square pieces of light blue heavy card-stock. I then scored each of them at 1" from the left and right edges, and then turned them 90°, and cut them in half (at 2"), across the score lines. Realigning the rectangles of one of the squares with the central cut in the vertical direction, I used strong tape in the four corners, and affixed the other square on top of it, with the central cut in the horizontal direction. The mechanism was complete at this point, and works by simply folding on the score lines. All that was left was to decorate the card as desired.<br />
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</div>Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-3519639533093856932013-01-31T11:10:00.001-08:002013-02-06T10:14:12.457-08:00Quick and easy photo backdropToday I needed to take some photos of a card and I had to have a white background for them. I personally prefer to take my photos outside in morning light because I don't have the money or room for expensive lighting equipment, but I was a little stymied at first on what to do about the requirement for a white background. <br />
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I finally got inspired and I now have the perfect portable backdrop for my cards! <br />
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I took a large sheet of white poster board and, in landscape orientation, scored it vertically down the center. I then scored horizontally across the board, about 1/3 of the way from the bottom. I cut along the vertical score from the bottom up to the horizontal score. I folded it to form a corner, and then put a smaller piece of poster board over the pieces that form the bottom, hiding the edges. <br />
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This whole thing folds up flat, about 12"x13", is extremely inexpensive should something happen to it, is easy to set up, and could be made in other colors if I needed them.<br />
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I am really happy to have come up with this quick and easy, and effective, solution!<br />
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Oh... and here are the photos I was taking:<br />
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More about this card sometime soon... I want to be sure it gets to the parents-to-be first!<br />
Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-18895869315019967492012-12-27T10:42:00.001-08:002013-01-20T04:13:12.075-08:00A Merry Christmas Card<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZsGBeHjeHaWBmejEwx0R0XuDFCi-STQSGTUnbP5st-HU7fvBMCaUvpU-GANEWEEVT83nvdPs8I6_hsAwfXdlNRjpsMyOgk8MAJV4iMxJLIggoVBHL3uWGdLrVRU5g9sGXBq9LDvdcGI/s1600/photo+1-783579.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZsGBeHjeHaWBmejEwx0R0XuDFCi-STQSGTUnbP5st-HU7fvBMCaUvpU-GANEWEEVT83nvdPs8I6_hsAwfXdlNRjpsMyOgk8MAJV4iMxJLIggoVBHL3uWGdLrVRU5g9sGXBq9LDvdcGI/s1600/photo+1-783579.JPG" border="0" width=600 /></a><br />
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This is the card I made for my mother for Christmas this year. Given that not only have I had another surgery on my ankle (and a far more extensive one besides) but that I fell and broke my leg 3 weeks ago, I have not been up for much stamping. It is just too hard to do lying down with my leg up on pillows, and my foot/leg is just too unhappy down for very long. I really have been trying to make sure that I use the "down" time to do things around the house that need to be done.<br />
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But I did manage to make this one card. Thanks to FranticStamper's great Precision Dies' <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Series-1-1-base--Four-Up-square_p_81149.html">4-up square</a> and <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Series-3-1-base--Quad-Size-Square_p_81162.html">Quad-Sized Square</a>, both from the 1" sets, cutting the window and the frame was so simple! <br />
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The flower box on the card front was cut with a Poppystamps die, <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Poppystamps-Die--Grand-Flower-Box_p_62851.html">Grand Flower Box</a>, also available at FranticStamper. The lovely poinsettias are dimensional stickers I had in my stash, and unfortunately I don't know who made them. The same goes for the other decoration on the front of the card, which is actually two different dimensional stickers, combined.<br />
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Inside the card on the window is a valance made with the same flower box die, cut down by 1/4" off the top. The curtains are made of vellum. The small table is an image from my own drawing, as is the Santa in the back "room". The snow globe on the table is another dimensional sticker.<br />
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The "wall paper" is Christmas paper from a Die Cuts With A View 12x12 pad. The Christmas tree is from a paint sample from Lowes, as are the banner pieces and the circles on the stairs. The letters were all punched with an alphabet punch set. The wreath is a scalloped circle with a smaller regular circle punched from its center, with a small bow sticker at the top.<br />
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The stairs were formed by cutting 4 slits in the card-stock and scoring and folding to form pop-outs. Here is a template for the stairs that you can use and scale to your needs:<br />
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The bannister and posts were made by gluing on strips of card-stock and trimming at the card's edge. Here is a photo of the card from the top, to give you a better idea of how the popup for the stairs works:<br />
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I hope you have enjoyed my card. Pop-up cards are almost magical to receive, but can be easier to make than you would think. The devil is in the details, like for this card, making sure everything looked good through the window, and making sure that everything fit as I wanted it to, plus cutting the "wallpaper" layer correctly. <br />
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I hope that you will give the template a try and share what you come up with!Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-48785227464525592472012-10-10T00:45:00.000-07:002012-10-10T00:45:41.756-07:00FranticStamper Precision Dies Blog Hop - Day 3<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYoKtHFC4hyphenhyphenwTYaxa6L63x6PKJdCyNOACTrQUA9TAPRbrm7uB9ruvLF4lrTu6EV0pbli4oo-1av__lxUkdbQZ4i5XTx6m2MopXTtaVf7XxiR9GxYJMbaFeVs9H_0g7YfV1CiezYzCC8I/s1600/logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYoKtHFC4hyphenhyphenwTYaxa6L63x6PKJdCyNOACTrQUA9TAPRbrm7uB9ruvLF4lrTu6EV0pbli4oo-1av__lxUkdbQZ4i5XTx6m2MopXTtaVf7XxiR9GxYJMbaFeVs9H_0g7YfV1CiezYzCC8I/s1600/logo.jpg" /></a><br />
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Here we are on the third and final day of a design team blog hop to help celebrate the launch of Frantic Stamper Precision Dies. You should have arrived here from <a href="http://insanedaze.blogspot.com">Jennifer Willis' blog </a> and will next head off to <a href="http://www.justmeandthem.typepad.com">Sharon Jeffs' blog</a>.<br />
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As I told you over the last two days, FranticStamper has developed a brand new concept in die cutting! The Precision Dies have been designed to work together easily to create all sorts of windows in cards and more! Die Sets #1 & #3 are based on 1" squares, and sets #2 and #4 are based on 1-1/4" squares. The squares and rectangles in the dies have 1/4" gaps between them. The dies also have 1/8" borders, so when you bump them up against each other, they create the same 1/4" gap between cuts, making it simple to create windows in nearly endless variety. <br />
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I had the pleasure of getting prototype and pre-release die sets to play with, and I have to say that they are a total BLAST to use. They not only cut through cardstock, craft foam, felt, and other materials like a hot knife cuts through butter, but they also align with each other to cut complex windows or frames in seconds. But don't forget that they also work great individually!<br />
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<hr>The first card I want to share with you today is the first card I made with the dies. <br />
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I used the Series 2, 4-up square die (FRA-Die-02004), the Series 2, Double square die (FRA-Die-02002) and the Series 2, Triple square die (FRA-Die-02002) in combination to cut a 3x3 grid window out of white card stock. I mounted the grid onto a light blue card-stock panel using foam dots..<br />
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I then stamped (with Memento ink on white card-stock) and colored (with Copic Markers) the Frantic Stamper Cling-Mounted Rubber Stamp - <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Cling-Mounted-Rubber-Stamp--Magnolia_p_65511.html">Magnolia</a> image. I then cut the image into 1.25" squares. <br />
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I glued the image squares through my grid window, onto the light blue card-stock background. Once finished, I mounted the light blue panel onto a darker blue card. I finished the card off with a little tag and with a white hand-made medallion.<br />
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<hr>And lastly I wanted to share the quickest card I made. It is a Halloween card that literally took fewer than 3 minutes to make. <br />
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I started with a half-sheet of card-stock, cut the long way and then scored to form a top-opening standard sized card. 30 seconds down.<br />
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I then laid the Frantic Stamper Precision Die - Series #3 (1" base) - <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Series-3-1-base--Triple-Size-Rectangle-3-squares_p_81164.html">Triple Size Rectangle + 3 square (FRA-Die-03005)</a> onto the front of the card and ran it through my die cutting machine. We are now at one minute. <br />
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I glued an orange panel to the inside of the card, and added glue dots to the backs of my chosen buttons. We are 2 minutes into the card. <br />
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I glued the buttons into the windows, wrapped my ribbon around the card, through the window and tied the bow, and then stamped a Trick or Treat greeting on the inside. Voila... The card is done in under three minutes. It took me longer to tell you about it than to MAKE it!<br />
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<hr>I hope you enjoyed today's cards and the hop. Next you head to <a href="http://www.justmeandthem.typepad.com">Sharon Jeffs' blog</a>. But then don't forget that Fran at Frantic Stamper is offering Blog Candy for this hop; either Set #1 or Set #2 of the square dies, winner's choice! After visiting Sharon's blog be sure to click through to the <a href="http://franticstamper.blogspot.com">Frantic Stamper blog</a> and leave a comment about one of the items you have seen on the hop to enter the give-away. The winner will be chosen randomly from qualified entries on tomorrow morning, and will be notified via the blog sometime that day.<br />
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Also be sure to check out the wonderful dies at <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Dies-_c_3510.html">www.franticstamper.com</a>! You will love them, I am sure!Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-80854308905476112062012-10-09T08:54:00.000-07:002012-10-09T10:30:50.489-07:00FranticStamper Precision Dies Blog Hop - Day 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYoKtHFC4hyphenhyphenwTYaxa6L63x6PKJdCyNOACTrQUA9TAPRbrm7uB9ruvLF4lrTu6EV0pbli4oo-1av__lxUkdbQZ4i5XTx6m2MopXTtaVf7XxiR9GxYJMbaFeVs9H_0g7YfV1CiezYzCC8I/s1600/logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYoKtHFC4hyphenhyphenwTYaxa6L63x6PKJdCyNOACTrQUA9TAPRbrm7uB9ruvLF4lrTu6EV0pbli4oo-1av__lxUkdbQZ4i5XTx6m2MopXTtaVf7XxiR9GxYJMbaFeVs9H_0g7YfV1CiezYzCC8I/s1600/logo.jpg" /></a><br />
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Here we are on day 2 of a design team blog hop to help celebrate the launch of Frantic Stamper Precision Dies. You should have arrived here from <a href="http://insanedaze.blogspot.com">Jennifer Willis' blog </a> and will next head off to <a href="http://www.justmeandthem.typepad.com">Sharon Jeffs' blog</a>. <br />
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Frantic Stamper has developed a brand new concept in die cutting! The Precision Dies have been designed to work together easily to create all sorts of windows in cards and more! Die Series #1 & #3 are based on 1" squares, and Series #2 and #4 are based on 1-1/4" squares. The squares and rectangles in the dies have 1/4" gaps between them. The dies also have 1/8" borders, so when you bump them up against each other, they create the same 1/4" gap between cuts, making it simple to create windows in nearly endless variety. <br />
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I had the pleasure of getting prototype and pre-release die sets to play with, and I have to say that they are a total BLAST to use. They not only cut through cardstock, craft foam, felt, and other materials like a hot knife cuts through butter, but they also align with each other to make cutting complex windows or frames in seconds. But they also work great individually!<br />
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<hr>The card I want to share with you today is a kinetic diorama Christmas card that opens itself as soon as it is removed from its envelope! The card itself is a large one, using a half-sheet of card-stock for each its back and its front. It requires an A9 sized envelope and extra postage to mail.<br />
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For this card I used the Series #2, <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Series-2-125-base--Four-Up-square_p_81156.html">Four-up square die (FRA-Die-02004)</a> to cut my window pane, and Series #4, <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Series-4-125-base--Quad-Size-Square_p_81169.html">Quad sized square die (Fra-Die-04004)</a> to cut the hole in the card front. As I said, the dies work great individually, as well as in combination, and individual cuts is what this card showcases!<br />
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This card uses a rubber band mechanism to open the card. You can see details of how to do that in <a href="http://kmberger.blogspot.com/2011/05/automatic-pop-up-birthday-card.html"><b><i>this post</i></b></a>, though this one required a larger rubber band. <br />
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The <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Cling-Mounted-Rubber-Stamp--Santa-w-Hood_p_65443.html">Santa with hood</a>, a Frantic Stamper cling mounted stamp image, is on a floating acetate panel in the middle of the card, attached to a stiff tab, like the princess and the dragon in <a href="http://kmberger.blogspot.com/2011/09/moving-princess-card.html"><b><i>this post</i></b></a>.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed today's card. I hope you will hop again tomorrow, when I will share two more cards I made using these wonderful dies.<br />
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Don't forget that Fran at Frantic Stamper is offering Blog Candy for this hop; either Series #1 or Series #2 of the square dies, winner's choice! After your last hop stop at <a href="http://www.justmeandthem.typepad.com">Sharon Jeffs' blog</a>, be sure to click through to the <a href="http://franticstamper.blogspot.com">Frantic Stamper blog</a> and leave a comment about one of the items you have seen on the hop to enter the give-away. The winner will be chosen randomly from qualified entries on Thursday morning, and will be notified via the blog sometime that day.<br />
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Then be sure to check out the wonderful dies at <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Dies-_c_3510.html">www.franticstamper.com</a>! You will love them, I am sure!Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-71366012621798731172012-10-08T01:09:00.002-07:002013-03-24T19:31:09.242-07:00FranticStamper Precision Dies Blog Hop - Day 1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYoKtHFC4hyphenhyphenwTYaxa6L63x6PKJdCyNOACTrQUA9TAPRbrm7uB9ruvLF4lrTu6EV0pbli4oo-1av__lxUkdbQZ4i5XTx6m2MopXTtaVf7XxiR9GxYJMbaFeVs9H_0g7YfV1CiezYzCC8I/s1600/logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYoKtHFC4hyphenhyphenwTYaxa6L63x6PKJdCyNOACTrQUA9TAPRbrm7uB9ruvLF4lrTu6EV0pbli4oo-1av__lxUkdbQZ4i5XTx6m2MopXTtaVf7XxiR9GxYJMbaFeVs9H_0g7YfV1CiezYzCC8I/s1600/logo.jpg" /></a><br />
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Frantic Stamper has just introduced a brand new product! Frantic Stamper Precision Dies are designed to work together to create all sorts of windows in cards and more! As part of the design team, I had the pleasure of getting prototype and pre-release dies to play with, and I have to say that they are a total BLAST to use! <br />
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Today is the first day of a design team hop to help celebrate the launch of Frantic Stamper Precision Dies. You should have arrived here from <a href="http://insanedaze.blogspot.com">Jennifer Willis' blog </a> and will next head off to <a href="http://www.justmeandthem.typepad.com">Sharon Jeffs' blog</a>. <br />
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Fran at Frantic Stamper is offering Blog Candy for this hop; either Series #1 or Series #2 of the square dies, winner's choice! Since I am the last stop on the hop, just go to the <a href="http://franticstamper.blogspot.com">Frantic Stamper blog</a> and leave a comment about one of the items you see on the hop to enter the give-away. The winner will be chosen randomly from qualified entries on Thursday morning, and will be notified via the blog sometime that day.<br />
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<hr>The first card I created with the dies is a changing image card. The dies made aligning the holes for this card child's play; the whole card took just minutes to make! I used the Series #2, <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Series-2-125-base--Triple-square_p_81155.html">Triple square die (FRA-Die-02003)</a> to cut my windows. It took only a total of two passes through my die cut machine and a couple of minutes to assemble to create the card!<br />
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Here is a quick video of it opening and the images changing...<br />
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I will be sharing how to make a similar card on the FranticStamper blog tomorrow. Be sure to check back then if you want to learn how to make this card!<br />
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Next I created a scrapbook page to commemorate the fact that my little girl is all grown up and currently a continent and an ocean away...in France! I used a combination of dies from series #2 and #4 to create the "E" (for Elizabeth) for me to frame my photos. The frame and all the craft foam mats were cut with a single pass through my die cut machine! <br />
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This is how the dies were laid out to make the <br />
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(Dies used from Series #2: <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Series-2-125-base--Single-square_p_81153.html">FRA-die-02001</a>, <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Series-2-125-base--Double-square_p_81154.html">FRA-die-02002</a>, <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Series-2-125-base--Triple-square_p_81155.html">FRA-die-02003</a><br />
Dies used from Series #4: <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Series-4-125-base--Double-Size-Rectangle_p_81167.html">FRA-die-04001</a>, <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Die--Series-4-125-base--Triple-Size-Rectangle_p_81168.html">FRA-die-04002</a>)<br />
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Images from FranticStamper's own line of French-inspired cling-mounted stamps, some Stickles, and a butterfly sticker finished the page.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed today's post and that you will check back tomorrow! And be sure to check out the last stop on the hop at <a href="http://www.justmeandthem.typepad.com">Sharon Jeffs' blog</a>. You should also stop by and see these wonderful new Precision Dies at <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Dies-_c_3510.html">www.franticstamper.com</a>.<br />
Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-86245357539633220792012-10-06T11:12:00.000-07:002012-10-06T21:48:37.477-07:00Happy World Card Making Day!I hope to make a card or two today in honor of World Card Making Day. It is still a little rough for me to craft since I had a second (much more invasive and serious) surgery on my right ankle 6 weeks ago, and I am just having a hard time if I don't keep it elevated. But I am going to try!<br />
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If I DO get to make some cards, I will definitely be using my incredible new dies from <a href="http://www.franticstamper.com/Frantic-Stamper-Precision-Dies-_c_3510.html">FranticStamper</a>! They just announced the dies yesterday, but I was lucky enough to get an early release, and I have to tell you these dies ROCK!<br />
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The dies work separately or in combinations to instantly create fabulous window cards! They cut square windows in either 1" or 1.25". The dies are designed for squares to be cut 1/4" apart, even when you are using more than one die in combination. Cutting a grid of square windows is trivial. BUT there is more! The dies also have rectangles that can be combined with the squares, and the rectangles take into account the 1/4" spacing, so they align perfectly with the squares! You have to see these things to get an idea of all the possibilities they open up!<br />
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So... off to craft. Wish me luck. If I do get some cards done, I will be sure to add them to this post later today.<br />
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In the meantime, Happy World Card Making Day! Go create!<br />
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I only had time and energy for one card. I used two Frantic Stamper Precision Dies -- Single Squares from series #2 to cut diamonds on the front layer of the card. I then used the windows on that layer and two FranticStamper Precision Dies -- Single Squares from series #1 (the dies are the EXACT same size as the holes cut by series #2!) with a little tape to hold them in place and cut the second layer. This layer makes a perfect mat for the top layer's windows! I then used a 3/4" punch to punch my squares for my stamped images, added a ribbon and some Bronze Candi pieces, and had my finished card!<br />
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*TIP - I used the back side of my patterned paper for the mat layer...it is guaranteed to match the front!<br />
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Here is the card:<br />
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Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-57524598956971241482012-04-27T14:06:00.000-07:002012-04-27T14:06:27.013-07:00Die cuts with matching stamps...<div style="font: 16.0px times; text-align: left;"><br />
This Christmas I want to make a lot of cards that use a little stamped Santa image from a rubber stamp I made several years ago (that's a story for another time) but my hands aren't up to cutting out a lot of images (and that is yet another story!) So I stamped my image once, scanned it, and used the software for my electronic die cut machine (the new Silhoutte Cameo...love it!) to create a cut file. <br />
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It cuts perfectly and I can cut a dozen of the Santas from a single 8 1/2" x 11" piece of card stock. SO I cut my Santas that I need for my cards, but then I had a problem of getting my stamped image onto the cut out die-cut correctly. <br />
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I came up with a solution that works so well that I wanted to share it; not only does it work great for my die-cut machine cut files, but will also work perfectly for those mechanical die/stamp combinations (and I have some of those, too!) <br />
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I created a special cut file for my machine that would cut a single Santa in the center of a quarter sheet of card stock. If using a traditional die I would simply have cut the die in the center of a quarter sheet of card stock. I then used the NEGATIVE of the die-cut (the rest of the quarter sheet AFTER my die was cut and removed from it) for my stamping tool, a simple template. <br />
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I used my stamp positioning tool and a piece of acrylic to finish my template. <br />
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I used the stamp positioner to stamp my Santa on the corner of the acrylic piece. <br />
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Next I aligned the image on the acrylic sheet, centered in the hole of the template, right where I would want to stamp the image. <br />
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I then used a pen and marked the template where the corner of the acrylic sheet was so I would know where to position my stamp positioning tool later. <br />
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When I want to stamp a Santa, I simply fit my cutout Santa into the hole in my template and position my stamp positioning tool on my marked position. <br />
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I then stamp the image as though I were stamping on a whole piece of paper. <br />
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When I remove the die cut, it is stamped perfectly every time! <br />
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It is as easy as can be to stamp a whole bunch. I will have plenty for my Christmas cards in no time! <br />
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I hope this is a trick you can use, too! Until the next time (whenever that may be!) <br />
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Smiles,<br />
Kathy </div>Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505751954723381489.post-31857056131406167102011-11-27T08:09:00.000-08:002012-04-27T13:55:06.228-07:00Shimmery mist...<div style="font: 16.0px times; text-align: left;"> I have a little tip for you that I hope you will like. <br />
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I make my own shimmery mist for my projects with VERY inexpensive materials... I fill a mini spray bottle for mere pennies! <br />
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I use metallic or pearlescent acrylic paint. I just put a few drops of the paint in a mini-mister, with just a tiny bit of water, and then fill almost to the top with rubbing alcohol (need to leave enough room to be able to shake up the contents), and I have a wonderful spray mist that will dry quickly when sprayed onto my card and leaves me with just gorgeous shimmer or a beautiful pearlescent sheen! <br />
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Just imagine all the different effects I can have with all those different colors of metallic and pearlescent paints! And I can even layer them; blue and silver, red and gold... the possibilities are mind boggling! Lay down a cut shape mask and spray with one color, then use the negative of the mask and spray with another. <br />
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I would love to share a project that uses it, but it is really hard to get a good photo of. I will keep trying (before and after shots, perhaps) and if I have success I will update this post with some photos! <br />
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Until then, <br />
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Smiles! <br />
Kathy </div>Kathy Bergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234329189896879305noreply@blogger.com1