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Magic Shutter Card Hi friends hope you are doing good. Sharing an interactive card called the magic shutter card! It is a gate-fold card which on opening has side panel shutters which open to reveal the sentiment/image in the window! Magic Shutter Card I used gorgeous sparkling papers from DCWV which have a coffee  theme. Here is a closeup image of the gorgeous steaming cup of coffee! Magic Shutter Card And one more showing the crackle and subtle shimmer on a cuppa! Magic Shutter Card These magic shutter cards pack an ooh element but are not the quickest of cards to make. I have Tutorial links on my Pinterest board Card Tutorials And here are more examples on my blog : Magic Shutter Card Magic Shutter Card Supplies : Dies :  Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles,Marianne Just For You  Thanks LR0224 Papers :DCWV Nana's kitchen Stack Linking to   Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop

Pop Up Garden Card Tutorial Hi friends, Sharing my DT project for Crealies  showcasing their gorgeous rubber stamps. I made a Pop Up Box card  with more than a dozen  stamped flowers swaying beautifully in a burlap covered Pop Up Basket ! Pop Up Garden Card Tutorial When  you want to quickly color a bunch of images without spending hours together watercoloring is a fabulous option! And heat embossing the images before watercoloring makes it even easier to keep the colors within the lines. I stamped and heat embossed the images in gold  and watercolored them using Zig Watercolor Brush Pens . These are the Crealies stamps I used. I love the delicate designs and quality of the Crealies stamps! Pop Up Garden Card Tutorial  Later fussy cut out the flowers ...you dont have to be super accurate when making such a card as you can use a bit of green between the leaves and flowers to mimic foliage. Pop Up Garden Card Tutorial Pop Up Box Cards are fun d...

3 D Pop Up Tags Hello friends, Thank you so much for all the Anniversary wishes you showered upon me in my last blogpost " Mini Album Tutorial " . Sharing a trio of 3 D Christmas tags made as my DT project for Maureen's Rudolph Days Challenge! 3 D Pop Up Tags The 3 D tags/mini cards feature a pop up staircase which can fold flat. 2 of the tags feature an adorable Santa standing on the steps of a staircase . The holly leaves and poinsettias are from a stamp set gifted to me by Maureen.  Watercoloring I stamped and gold embossed the images and after water-coloring with Zig Watercolor Brush Pens gave a wash of gold using Gansai Tambi watercolors! Love the look! 3 D Pop Up Tags The 2nd tag has a golden staircase with a  cute Christmas robin  made with Dee's Distinctively Winter Robin die again a gift from Maureen. Made the tree using handmade paper and foam as a backing. 3 D Pop Up Tag Tutorial I bought the newly launched Graphic 45 square tag die and us...

Multifold Mini Album         Hi friends, this week my husband and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. I was at a loss on what to buy him  but since he loves handmade gifts  I made a special Multi-fold Mini Album and a bouquet of tiny handmade foamiran roses in a dome as an anniversary gift. Multifold Mini Album I made this mini album using sturdy black card stock from Crafters Corner, gorgeous Graphic 45 papers, Crealies Cardzz No 06 die [also featured in this  Home Decor project Tutorial  ] and Crealies Text Dies. Multifold Mini Album The photos above and below who how the accordion album looks on one side and how the flaps fold down! Multifold Mini Album And there are flaps which fold up on the other side and the whole album can be displayed in a zig zag fashion as shown below. Multifold Mini Album The frames, doves and winged hearts on the cover page were handmade using air drying clay[ Japanese Sakura caly] and the gorge...