Double Z fold F1 car for a special birthday

Hello & welcome to another project share. Something a little different today - a card I made for DD's 21st birthday in May. We can talk another time how my baby can actually be 21. She absolutely loves Formula 1 racing and her birthday pressie was a trip to the Melbourne Grand Prix, so her card had to include something related to F1.

Daniel Ricciardo is her favourite driver (& mine too) so the challenge was to create a card with Danny's McLaren car. An oversized double z fold card base is the support act. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 478 Just add H - for Hello

It's letter challenge time at Just Add Ink and this week Tina has challenged us to Just Add H to a project. Take a look at the sweetness of the Cuckoo for You stamp set I used to make the happy little card for a friend & teamie.

Big birthday no-cut patterned paper folder

Early this year (ok, March) I ran a fun class based on those big events that generally include a number of some sort, like special birthdays, anniversaries etc.  Anyway I was looking for the project post & realised that I hadn't shared them - oops!

So, with no further delay, here's the first project we made - another of my fave no-cut patterned paper folders.

I decorated this one with a die cuts from the Lots of Labels die set & Number of Years stamps & Large Numbers dies (20% off until November 28th), which I heat embossed in silver.

Haven't seen my folders before? It's made simply by folding a 12x12 inch sheet of double sided patterned paper origami style - no cutting or gluing. I've been making these a long time & they're still a fave of mine & my class lovelies.

See & download my no-cut patterned paper tutorial pdf download from this post.

  

For this class version everyone chose their own paper sheet from the It's My Party paper pack (now retired), which resulted in lots of individual & fabulous folders. I've shared these at the bottom of this post.
Great news! - It's My Party is currently on the SU Clearance Rack for the small sum of $18.10 for 48 fab sheets of 12x12 inch paper, only while stocks last of course.

Anyway, back to the folder; the cards can be slipped out or adhered to the inside. I slipped them into this card. The left panel includes a pocket to slip in a gift card, ticket or other item. I normally write a message on the right side panel.

This is how it looks flat from the front.

Here's one more combined pic for you to pin for later iinspiration. Make sure you  check out the no-cut patterned paper tutorial pdf download in this post too.

Folders made by my class lovelies

 Everyone picked their own papers to suit the person & occasion they wanted & they did a great job.

Last Confession - Tip
I cut up my 'It's time to celebrate with cake' stamp in the Party With Cake stamp set as I thought I'd use it much more that way. And I have! Since it's a clear mount stamp, I can just mount it together to use it together when I want to as well. Win-win!
This is where I cut it.

 

Back soon with another project. Thanks for visting today. Remember to pin my pics for later & don't miss getting up to 40% off during the Online Extravaganza sale - on until November 28th.

Supplies
To see & order any items used in today's project, just click on the items below to see them in my Online Store. You can order from me if you live anywhere in Australia. I would love to be your Demonstrator if you don't already have one.  Please allow "Demonstrator contact" in your preferences so I can thank you properly when you place your order.
Note - Stamp sets & bundles noted below may be available in other mount options (eg wood, cling rubber or photopolymer). Please check the online store if your preference is different.

Print Recipe

Number Of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set $47.00	Large Numbers Framelits Dies $54.00 Sale $43.20	Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies $45.00	Party With Cake Clear-Mount Stamp Set $35.00	It's My Party Designer Series Paper Stack $45.25 Clearance $18.10
Basic Black A4 Card Stock $14.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $15.75	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock $14.00	Silver Glimmer Paper $8.75	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad $12.25
Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers $40.75	Brights Stampin' Write Markers $51.00	Versamark Pad $15.00	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75	Embossing Buddy $10.00
Heat Tool $50.00	Big Shot $159.00	Big Shot Magnetic Platform $70.00

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JAI 328 Just Add P for Peter Pan

It's time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink & Tina would like us to...

... so our project can be anything beginning with the letter P. I've chosen Peter Pan & this is my card.

This is for the  Peter Pan loving friend of my DD's - the same friend I made this Peter Pan box frame shaker card for last year. I chose a Peter Pan quote for the front rather than a birthday sentiment in case she wants to keep it with her Peter Pan memorabilia.

All the supplies used are from Stampin' Up! as usual, but I was assisted by my Zing electronic cutter to cut the Peter Pan figures - yippee! there's no way I could cut those tiny figures on my own. I converted two printable pdfs (found on the Disney Family website - links below) to cuttable files & was amazed & very relieved that Mr Zing could cut such small, intricate shapes - Tink is no more than an inch tall I think.

The figures are cut from night of navy cardstock, which I clear embossed twice to give a really glossy look. You can't see this the pic but is very obvious in real life. This was the trickiest part, as the heat tool wanted to blow them all away!

I found a beautiful piece of retired Christmas dsp for the background to represent a starry night & cut a circle of silver foil for the moon. I created the sentiment in Word, printed it on whisper white card & popped it on dimensionals.

On the inside, I created a gift card pocket & a custom printed sentiment panel, with some more paper to carry over the theme. I can't show these as I forget to take pics before it was written on. Sorry!

Thanks for visiting today & I hope you've enjoyed seeing something a little different. Now, check out the Design Teams P projects on the Just Add Ink blog & try the challenge too.
Back soon with another project or two.

Inky wishes, Di

PS: You can find the printable pdfs I used at Disney Family.
Tinkerbell
Peter Pan, Wendy, Michael & John


Supplies
The paper used in the project is retired & not available to purchase. All current items are listed below.

To see & order any items used in today's project, just click on the items below to see them in my Online Store. You can order from me if you live anywhere in Australia. I would love to be your Demonstrator if you don't already have one.  Please allow "Demonstrator contact" in your preferences so I can thank you properly when you place your order.

Print Recipe

Embossing Buddy	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Silver Foil Sheets
Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments	Versamark Pad	Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder	Heat Tool

Mortal Instruments fangirl birthday

Sharing something a little different with you today....with no stamping (gasp). I love to make cards that reflect the interests or personality of the person they're for. One of Cara's friends really loves books & especially the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, so I decided to try making her a Mortal Instruments themed birthday card. This is how it turned out.

Since the theme was so specific, I used my e-cutter to design & cut the main black panel - which features the Angelic rune symbol & font used in the books (Pterra). I've popped the cut panel over champagne glimmer paper & spritzed with champagne mist shimmer spray so it's very sparkly! Click on the pic to see a clearer, bigger version.

On the inside, I've added more runes & printed message (I've erased her name from the pic). Normally I'd write or stamp this, but I wanted to use the Pterra font again.

I made a matching envelope & used the positive image from the cut-panel to seal the envie.

I think the birthday girl shadowhunter enjoyed her card, which makes me happy too.
Back next time with a stamped teen birthday card.
Inky wishes, Di

Cara's 13th birthday - thankfully not hand-cut

I haven't had much crafty time lately, but my big girl officially reaching her teen years resulted in this fun & different creation for her.

 Now you might be thinking "she's a whizz at cutting out" or "she's just crazy"but no - to the cutting out anyway. I was lucky to receive an electronic cutter for Christmas so I used its design program to create & cut out the framed text (in red). I think the font is CK Typist (an old Creating Keepsakes font), which created a fun, irregular look. The cutout frame is mounted onto the striped dsp panel with dimensionals (adding the dimensionals took longer than cutting the whole piece since the text was so thin). Some glittery punched hearts & it was done. The finished card front  is a half A4 sheet, in case you're wondering. Here's another pic - not sure if you can see the raised red panel better here.

I know this isn't a stampy creation like you're used to seeing here, but I was really pleased at my first play with text & frames & wanted to share. I promise I'll be back next time with some stamping goodness.
Until then, thanks for hanging in there with my lack of posts.
Inky wishes, Di

Supplies (All SU unless noted)
Card/Paper: Pool party, real red card, I am me DSP, red & silver glimmer paper
Tools: KNK Zing e-cutter (not SU), Heart to Heart punch (retired)