Let it BEE Good---Kleenex Box Covers

Sunflowers and Bees---Happy Summer Kleenex Box  Covers

Yellow 

             White cardstock box, bees and sunflowers papers from Cute Bees paper pack at Etsy 

 

 The Patriotic Gnomes for the Kleenex box cover below
are from SayHi's Digital Shop at Etsy

By Request---summer sunny sunflowers:

These are from Shabby Chic's store at Etsy called the "Sunflowers in Pots" 
The cardstock is SU Daffodil Delight edged in vintage photo distress oxide 

Watercolor washed sunflowers on Copper Clay cardstock

Purple Gnomes--Flip Out Card

 

This flip-out card reverses the opening and is made without the "tuck" slot in it.  The card was inspired by Lisa Curcio's The Best  Flip Out Card" You Can make the inside sentiment area a pocket for a gift card or modify any way you want.   The surprise is the "backwards" opening to reveal the sentiment. The gnomes are from the SGVector Store at Etsy called Garden Gnome Clip Art, Purple.  The papers are DP from a Stampin Up Collection; I cannot locate the name of the collection.

Father's Day Cards

 

Father's Day Gnomes for Ryan and Mark. Watercolor Father's Day Gnomes Collection from Etsy seller Whimsical Art Graphics.

For a VERY Squirrely Friend

 I have a dear friend who is NUTS about Squirrels as much as I am Crazy about Owls---and this is the card  made for the 77th birthday coming up.  The kit I used is simply called "Cute Squirrels" from an Etsy store. There are Dozens of the cutest watercolor artwork for squirrels there. (Click on the picture to view it larger).  It's an A2 size top fold card with spirit lore for them on the back.

The squirrel lore reads: Squirrels are wonderful little creatures, and like many other animals, they have their own lore and symbolism. Yet even with all these different lore, there is one common thread of the squirrel running through various cultures. Some have called it the “changer” because of its habits of returning to the same place at the same time every year, only to find that something about it seems different.

With the spirit of the squirrel in our hearts, we too can see beyond our current limitations and break free from the mundane fabrics of life. As we wake up and view life more grounded in ourselves and our environment we find that for once everything seems brighter and easier to understand.

Renewal- Adaptability-Change -Spirit -Playfulness  - Resourcefulness -Connection with earth and sky energies - Gratitude -Foresight-

‘There is more to life than what we can see’ 

and the spirit of the squirrel shows just how true that is."

Corner Tuck Fold Card

 These cards are so much fun to make in any subject or any orientation you'd like for your artpiece. Some of these have corner tucks and some do not. Those that are not tucked are closed with 1/2 of a 1/4" velcro circle in the margin of the paper.   They are created with Ladybug Gnomes from an Etsy store, polka dots that I either made or found in my stash, SU Copper Clay cardstock and Treasure Beach Bottles by Fantasy Digitals at Etsy, and watercolor ocean backgrounds from my stash, many times from Creative Fabrica stores.  The Dart and Dazzle Hummingbird tuck fold front is done with papers and elements from the  Graphic 45 "Flight of Fancy" collection.  Most of the card backs are embossed with various embossing folders, (from three or four different companies,  and almost all of them are touched with Wink of Stella, or Nuvo Crystal drops. 

Sentiments and any jewels are waiting to be adhered but "This is your Day" stacked sentiment on the center bottle card is from the The Ton Couture Designs sentiment stamps with stamping and gold heat embossing on stacked diecuts. I have MANY sentiment stamp sets to go with these, especially Taylored Expressions "Plot  Twist" and "Dylusions"  (Ranger) little paragraphs fit well, though the sizes are slightly different for all the lifting fronts of these cards. 

    These cards are all inspired by Robin Armbrecht  (Really Robin Stamps) who is a SU demonstrator in Springfield, Illinois.

Tent Card

 

Top fold card with artpiece on cardfront. Make a small w shaped strip to allow the card to stand without opening.  This tent card was made easel style, but they are just as good if simple fold-overs

Expanding and Collapsing Box Card

 Using Girly Gnomes, and following a tutorial for the Expanding and Collapsing Box Card by  Lisa Curcio, this adorable birthday card was finished with DP (Most Adored) and lavender cardstock from SU; enamel dots by Alta New;  and Tonic Clear Crystal Glaze.  The closed cardbox is held closed with a bellyband with artpiece and fits flat in an A2 envelope. 

The bottom of the box has a Happy Birthday script sentiment stamped and a coordinating paper band/pocket with a punched shape that forms the pocket. Recipient's name will be handwritten on the tag-pocket. The bottom picture shows the box fully open. The box easily pops open and if you adjust the belly band properly, the box can contain several thicknesses of paper or ephemera. Tip:  Do NOT burnish the folding and expanding mechanism --finger fold it because it will break down with overuse. Be VERY precise with measurements and scoring accuracy.

Girly Gnomes

 These are not your  traditional gnomes at all --more like elves with gnome type caps and braids. They make the most beautiful cards, and I am delighted to be creating them on embossed vellum, with custom designed backgrounds, on spritzed or embossed cardstock and using the Couture Designs sentiment strips from The Ton. Their gentle expressions and beautiful design elements make them "one of a kind" talent shared.

From the SVG Vector Store at Etsy called Girl Gnome Clip Art

Patriotic Gnomes

 

Just the first of  SEVERAL projects using Paper Clips

These are called Watercolor 4th of July Whimsical Gnome Clip Art

from the Whimsical Art Graphics Studio at Etsy

Two SlimLine Window Cards and clips

Graduation

 

I am SO pleased with this---my first attempt at image generation in Photoshop's (Beta) Artificial Intelligence photo generation processes. I started with blank white "paper." I had about 7 iterations of very detailed prompts (specificity matters) to create this owl, including (but not limited to,) great horned owl mortarboard with gold tassel on left, bow tie scarlet and gray, glasses, and others. I didn't specify any particular background and left as AI generated it. ..same with feathers and feather detail. I had built on my idea six or seven times working with favorite results until I could get the cap tucked into the head feathers.  Now just how cool is that.  This card is for a friend's son who earned his Master's in Business Administration recently at UNLV.