Happy Birthday Kathy

 This card was created with Papers and ephemera from Faerie Wings and Fairy Dust by Graphic 45. It was inspired by the "Bird House Shape  Card by Lisa Curcio at Lisa's Stamp Studio.The card under an acrylic window reads, "Leave  room in your Garden for the fairies to Dance."   The little fairy house inside came from "Woodlands Village Fairy Houses" at Etsy, The Fairy silhouettes are a couple of several tiny die cut fairies by Poppystamps.  

The sentiment on the back reads: "If we could give you only one thing in this life it would be the ability to see yourself as we see you now---every day--Your beauty.  Your kindness.  How happy you make us and how proud.  May all 59 of your birthday wishes come true." 

Happy Birthday Kathy

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday to My Grand Niece

  Whether it's something that the Post Office, Or Ashley, Or that I did---she didn't get her birthday card this year on the 17th.  It is one of the prettiest I've done, and I loved it.  

Happy 23rd Birthday Ashley

Twist and Pop Flip Out cards---workshop

 

This one is 4"x 6"  Mine

 

  Marilyns From Graphic 45 By the Sea It measured 5"x6"

This one was Susan's-- from Botanical Tea. and this one measured 

6x6.

Twyla made this adorable out of this world twist and pop 5.5" x4.25 " She used specialty papers and Lawn Fawn Stamps. The stamp she used on the front of the card is from Stampin Up.

 

 

This is Twyla's workshop card created from the STUNNING papers and elements that are in "Bloom and Grow"

 

This card was created by Kathy and is from the Graphic 45 Well Groomed collection

 

 And this one is by Gin, and she used the "Alice's Tea Party" collection for her card.

Aren't the little cards on the pop out the cutest!

 

 

Above is Kathy's workshop card--created with  Garden Goddess

And Below is Sue P's Wonderful card created with Fairie  Wings . Sue squared up the vertical pop out designs by edging them with paper lace and created her card with a horizontal orientation..

 And there you have the creations and the examples created by members of the 

Sun City Papers 'N Pisels  paper crafting club at the first SIG of summer.

THE ITTY BITTY You see you  do not have to make these  pop outs great big.  This one is created with SU DP and a stick-on butterfly and hearts.  AND this one is created from a Gemini CRAFTERS COMPANION DIE called Exploding Box Twist and pop Mechanism ...(It contains dies for the whole thing---7 pieces, including the frames and the mechanism and the base!)

 

 

 

And Here at the end is the card that started everything.  This technique and twist and pop out cards have been around for a DECADE or more, with each crafter who posts a new video sharing something that makes this fold easier and the mechanism for popping and twisting work more smoothly.  This card uses a series of VERY OLD Penny Black drawings that are just so cute.  They are colored with Prismacolor Pencils. The background paper, I made in Photoshop, and mounted the elements on black card base. It measures 5x5" x 4.25" it is embellished with gold sticker strips (from Pop Up etc) and with gold embossed a sentiment strip..   The little booklet on the  top of the card opens to a stamped "You're HOW Old" image (SU)

It was  The 83rd Birthday card for Roger

 

 

See a Christmas Twist and Pop here

 

Graphic45---Wild and Free Cards for June

 The G45 June Card Kit came today and immediately I was "on it"---so fun and so soft and pretty.  It will compliment some other wild animal themed kits from years past. But for today, the uniquely soft "Wild and Free" and the clever (tuck under) opening designs were right up my alley. This card is embellished with Nuvo clear accent "drops". Prismacolor Pencils were used on the line-art parts of the monkeys in the wonderful papers .  The stamps included with the Card kit are also finished with colored Pencils, and small philodendron leaves are extracted and fussy cut and touched with droplets from scraps left over from "Card #1" scraps..  The trifold cards are inspired by Anna Sigga and the also taken from sketches by Graphic 45 design team. The basic design instructions are from the Graphic 45 June Card Kit u-tube online tutorials. The inks are Graphic 45 ink (Peachy Pink) that shipped with this Card Kit.

 /Card #2

The Third One on this design idea.  These are 5 3/4 square

 

 

Father's Day, 2022

 

 

 

Inspired (and modified) from Lisa Curcio's Expanding Accordion Card Fold.  Created on SU papers.  Sentiments and graphics I did in Photoshop for this card.Fonts were Jellyka-LeGrand Saut and Ariel.

Sentiment reads. Being the best father can easily go unnoticed, yet it is one of the most valuable assets to a family.  Here's to celebrating you  Roger, today and every day of the year. To the best Daddy,  To the Best Grandfather, to my best friend.   Happy Father's day,