Tri-Shutter Card - Graphic 45 "A Ladies Diary" - 50th Birthday

I was commissioned to make a 50th birthday card.  My friend wanted a tri-shutter card that was girly.  This was an easy concept, but it was much harder for me to get my creativity juices flowing for a variety of different reasons. However, once I committed to the G45 Ladies Diary collection and started working out an idea the card just came together.  I'm really happy with how it turned out.

Here is a photo of the card.

Here is a YouTube video of the card.

Cheers FiLoMa

A Year In Review - Baby Project - Boy

Hi fellow crafters. Over the last couple of weeks I have been making a baby project for my friend who is due to have a baby boy early August. Tonight I presented her with the project.

I am very pleased and proud of myself for how this project turned out. My friend loved the gift. Since she is a fellow crafter she understands what goes into this type of project.

The tutorial for this project can be purchased from Paper Phenomenon. In the comments section of my YouTube video I provide a link to Kathy's Baby Project YouTube video.

Below are a few photos, as well as a link to my YouTube video.  Thanks for stopping by.

YouTube link

Photos

 I made a basic card to go with the project

 View of whole project

 Cube A

  CubeB

  CubeC

 Draw

 Inside Draw

 The beads I used for the feet

 Cube A Inside

 Album 1

 Album 1

 Album 1 inside

 Album 2

 Album 2

 Cube B inside

 Album 3

 Album 3

 Album 4

 Album 4

 Cube C inside

 Album 5

 Album 5

 Album 6

 Album 6

Alphabet letters cut with cricut - George

Embossed with swiss dots folder

Cheers FiLoMa

Asian - CCC Challenge #26

Hello fellow crafters.  Time for another challenge.  This fortnight the challenge over at Creative Card Crew is "Chinese New Year OR Asian OR Red & Gold OR Year of the Snake".

This challenge is proudly sponsored by:

 

For this challenge I decided to play with my Graphic 45 "Bird Song" paper collection. It is a very pretty collection, which you can pick up from our sponsor.  I have paired with wild orchid craft flowers and of course bling. What would a card by me be if it didn't have bling ROFLOL.

Star - CCC Challenge #26

Supplies:

• Cardstock: black
• Paper: Graphic 45 "Bird Song"
• Embellishments: Wild Orchid Craft Flowers / Fashion Jewelry "Butterfly" / Paper Xtra "Flourish Silver White"
• Miscellaneous: Tim Holtz Fired Brick Distress Ink / Inkssentials Glue n'Seal

Cheers FiLoMa

Star - CCC Challenge #25

Hello fellow crafters.  Time for another challenge.  This fortnight the challenge over at Creative Card Crew is "Star".

This challenge is proudly sponsored by:  

For this challenge I decided to keep it simple and really play with the pattern paper I have. I also interpreted the theme differently than the other DT members, I focused on a Movie Star.  It is a little hard to see, but I do have three bling stars, and a star punch underneath the flower in the top left hand corner, in addition to my movie stars.

Star - CCC Challenge #25

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Paper Accents Toffee & an unidentified company for the Black
• Paper: G45 Curtain Call
• Embellishments: Prima Say It In Pearls / Queen & Co Bling (stars) / Wild Orchid Crafts flowers

Cheers FiLoMa

Card: Tri-Shutter Card - G45 Ladies Diary

A few weeks ago I was commissioned by a work colleague/friend to make a birthday card. The scope I was given was the same style card I had made for a bady shower we had both attended.   Her friend likes girly stuff, flowers and bright colours. Well, I don't really have many bright colours in my craft stash, that's not really the style I make and certainly nothing that would suite the other requirements of girly and flowers. 

I am very happy with how this card has turned out and I know my work colleague/friend will also love the card.  It may not be what she was hoping for and if she doesn't want it, then I get to keep it LOL.

I've taken two photos and a very quick YouTube video. The two photos show one with the hidden message envelope (photo 1) and the second shows the spot where the hidden message envelope is attached to the card with a magnet (photo 2).  The YouTube video just briefly shows the card with and without the hidden envelope and I mention the products I've used. It is quite hard to show case a tri-shutter card to do it justice.

Anyway, here are the photos:

 Photo 1

Tri-shutter with hidden message envelope

Photo 2

Tri-shutter without hidden message envelope

Here is the YouTube video:

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Paper Accent "Toffee" cardstock; Stampin' Up! Very Vanilla
• Paper: My Mind's Eye - Lost & Found - Madison Ave "Pretty Dress Shop"; Graphic 45 A Ladies Diary
• Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo
• Embellishments: Dimensional Magic; Wild Orchid Crafts (flowers & crown pin); Zva Creative self adhesive pearls (pink); Porta Craft pearls (brown); Tim Holtz Fasteners

Cheers FiLoMa

Build-a-Page - G45 ABC Primer

Hi fellow crafters, earlier this year I made the Build-a-Page album, as designed by Kathy Orta from Paper Phenomenon.  However, I never took any photos to show case it on my blog (that I remember anywho!).  As soon as I saw Kathy's Graphic 45 ABC Primer version of this album I knew that I wanted to do it.  I love the tutorial and I love G45 papers.  Like with my previous video "Halloween 2011 Scrapbook Album", I made the album to show case the beautiful G45 papers and not to use as a functional album, even though it is.  I would go so far to say that it was this tutorial that gave me the courage to start using my pretty pattern papers.  I would even say since finding Kathy's classes and tutorials I love to use my paper, both in making her albums and in my card making or off the page projects in a way that allows me to show case the prettiness of the papers.  Best of all, I get to be creative in the process.  I hope you enjoy this short video of my completed project.

Cheers FiLoMa

Tri-shutter - G45 ABC Primmer

Howdy fellow crafters. This weekend I've been busy playing in the craft room and surfing the net. I decided that I wanted to make a card with my scraps, in line with the "I pledge to use it up" challenge. Late last year I made a build-a-page album, as created by Kathy Orta from Paper Phenomenon, though I didn't post any photos to my blog. Anyway, I had several scraps left over and I decided they would make for a good tri-shutter card. Anna, from Anne's papercreations gave me the idea when she made a comment that Graphic 45 papers call to be fussy cut. I so agree with her and as such made the below card. I've taken several photos.

 Tri-shutter card full view

 close up of left frame

 close up of flowers

 close up of centre, journally area

close up of right frame

Supplies:

• Paper: Graphic 45 ABC Primmer 12"x12"
• Cardstock: Bazzill Black
• Embellishmennts: Prima flower bling / Wild Orchid Craft / Tim Holtz Pen Nibs / Key from Hot Dollar / Owl from Rubi (was originally part of a necklace)
• Ink: Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink
• Tattered Angel Glimmer Mists "Turquoise Blue" and "Vanilla Breeze"

Cheers FiLoMa

Baby Shower - Leonie

Tonight I made a card for my friend Leonie. Her baby shower is coming up, so I thought I'd make the card with plenty of time to spare.  The card, a tri-shutter, was inspired by Anne from Annes Papercreations blog (aka xannero1 on YouTube).  Leonie has let us all know that she is having a little girl.  With this information I decided to really go to town and do a girly girl pink card.  I'm really happy with my work and very appreciative of Anne's inspiration.

 Tri-shutter card lying down

 Tri-shutter card standing up

 Tri-shutter card front

i.e left side of card

 close up of WOC and Prima embellishments

 Tri-shutter card back

i.e right side of card

 close up of WOC embellishments

close up of ribbon bow I stuck to her hair

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Stampin' Up!
• Paper: Graphic 45 Little Darlings 12"x12"
• Embellishments: Flowers & Crown Pin from Wild Orchid Crafts (WOC); Butterfly & Ribbon bows from local cheap shop; Pearls from Kaisercraft; Nest with eggs from Prima Marketing; Bling brads (can't recall where I got these)
• Spellbinders Nestabilities: Labels Eleven

Hallowe'en in Wonderland Album

Last year I was inspired by Clare's "Haunted Album".  I think I watched this YouTube video about 10 times.  Clare (My Creative Spirit blog) kindly provided the measurements for this album in two YouTube tutorials - Tutorial One and Tutorial Two - which I really appreciated.  Over the last six months I have slowing being making my own album. I have varied it slightly and because I couldn't get my hands on the patterned paper she used, I decided to use Graphic 45's "Hallowe'en In Wonderland" paper.  I'm really pleased with how my album has turned out and grateful for the inspiration Clare has given me to create this beautiful piece of craft.  I don't have the ability to do a YouTube video of my project, so I've taken photos of each of the pages and a few of the tags.  I hope you enjoy looking at my album.

 Front Cover - Outside

 Front Cover - Inside

Plus a peak of the tag sticking out of the pocket

 Page One - Side A

Separate photo of tag not included

 Page One - Side B

 Page Two - Side A - Closed

 Page Two - Side A - Opened

There is a pocket for a tag (separate photo of tag not included)

 Page Two - Side B - Closed

Separate photo of tags included below

 Page Two - Side B - Opened

There is a pocket for a tag (photo of tag below)

Small tag in small pocket (included in photo)

 Tag for Page Two - Side B - Pocket (above)

 Tag for Page Two Side B - Tag Side A

this is in the pocket when the flap is closed

  Tag for Page Two Side B - Tag Side B

this is in the pocket when the flap is closed

 Page Three - Side A

Separate photo of tag not included

 Page Three - Side B

 Page Four - Side A - Closed

Pocket for tag (separate photo of tag not included)

 Page Four - Side A - Opened

Pocket for tag (separate photo of tag not included)

Small tag in small pocket (included in photo)

 Page Four - Side B - Closed

 Page Four - Side B - Opened

This paper was too pretty to include a pocket for a tag

 Page Five - Side A

Separate photo of tag not included

 Page Five - Side B

 Page Six - Side A

Pocket for tag (separate photo of tag not included)

 Page Six - Side B - Closed

 Page Six - Side B - Opened

Pocket for tag (separate photo of tag included below)

 Page Six - Side B - Tag for pocket (above)

 Page Seven - Side A

This paper was also too pretty to cover with a front pocket

There is the side pocket for tag (separate photo of tag not included)

 Page Seven - Side B

Two tags included in photo sticking out of side pocket

 Page Seven - Side B tags

 Back Cover - Inside - Closed

Separate photo of tag included (below)

 Back Cover - Inside - Opened

Separate photo of large tag included (below)

 Back Cover - Inside side pocket Tag

Back Cover - Inside Opened pocket Tag

Cheers FiLoMa