Double Gate Fold

I tried this double gate fold card for a friends birthday. I used stampin up 12x12 cardstock sheet of paper for the base. You can also use a sturdy 12x12 designer paper. Here is the card. 

The base was pretty easy to make.  The cutting of the DP to fit was a little bit more difficult. For the DP I started off with 2- 1.75"x 3.75" and 2- 1.75"x 5.25" and cut the angle after eyeing and penciling the cut.  Below is the diagram of the base card. 

 

I am contemplating make SVGs of card folds and the DP cuts so I don't have to cut and measure in the future. I will see what I can do over the holiday break.  

Veteran's Day

Today is Veteran's Day and this is the second card that we made our special veterans. My daughter will be in her Girl Scout uniform delivering the gifts today.

These card were made using a 12x12 paper and cut in half at 5.5 inches. I then scored at 4 inches and 9 inches. Then cut on a diagonal starting at 3 inches and stoping at the second score mark. If you need better directions, let me know. The stars were cut using an SVG file I made for stars and the magical cutting machine went to work again. I made the thank you for your service using my previous US flag SVG and attaching the banner and words. I then saved the design as a JPG so it was nice a clear and placed it in my Word program and printed it. If you are wondering why I went to the trouble of making an SVG....it's because I wanted a crisp image. Anyone who has ever printed images on the web know what I am talking about. I think blurry images just take away from the final product. Just look at my banner....blurry. Anyway, we hope you liked our projects.

Veterans Thank You

Tomorrow my daughter and I will be delivering a thank you mug, cookies and cards to two local veterans. If you would like to see the mug, it's in the previous post. The cards were fun to make. I didn't think I liked the red lined designer paper on the inside of the card, but it grew on me.

 

I couldn't seem to find the right image for the front of the card so I decided on the above silhouette. I created an SVG and had my cricut cut out the size I wanted. I cut out the Thank you using a scrap of white vinyl. (This thank you is the reason I keep little scraps of vinyl).

I found out on of our deliveries tomorrow is for a veteran who was in the Navy, so I found an image of an anchor. I made an SVG of the anchor and cut it out on my cricut. Can I just say I love my cricut! No more rummaging through my framelets looking for the right image.

Veteran's Day Thank You Mug

Our local Girl Scout group has set up a Veterans Thank You drive for our local Veterans. My daughter and I will be delivering thank you cards, cookies and a mug to some local veteran's on Veteran's Day. My daugther and I worked together yesterday to make their gifts.

We bought the hot/cold mug at Walmart and I created the SVG on my computer. I used my cricut to cut out the design on silver 651 vinyl and transfered it onto the mug. I think it looks great. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Sofia's Unicorn Birthday Cake

Sofia's Unicorn Birthday Cake 

A few weeks ago we celebrated Sofia's 9th Birthday.  This year Sofia asked for a unicorn cake.  I said  "great, I can make a round cake and put eyes, hair and a horn on it" but she starting shaking her head "no". 

She said "I want a 3D cake and I want the whole body".  Really? No way was this going to work, a unicorn cannot stand up on those thin legs and the head would be too heavy and I don't want to deal with structures.  So I thought about it a bit and came up with a unicorn laying down and the head reading on the legs.  

The cake was chocolate with vanilla buttercream. The legs and head were rice krispies.  I will take any excuse to make rice krispies, I just love them. As I put the pieces together and carved it out, my husband and I made fun of it. "it looks like a dog" now it looks like chicken legs.  This went on all day because really, the cake looked awful. i even apologized to Sofia a few times and she told me "that is OK mom, I know you tried your best".  She knows me so well.  It all began to change when I added the first layer of fondant.  

Haute Couture card

The Stampin Up stamp set Haute Couture was always a favorite of mine but I rarely use it. Yesterday I put together the following card:

I colored the dress and the brim of the hat with copic markers (R81).  I went darker on the edges and bottom of the dress to give a more dimensional look.   The card was for me friend and she really love it.

Let me know if you have questions, Delia

Sofia's Birthday Cake - Ga Ga Gourmet

It's been a while since I blogged.  I haven't done many scrapbook pages but I have made a number of cards.  When I can find the time, I will have to upload the images.

A few weeks ago we celebrated Sofia's 7th Birthday.  This year Sofia asked for a shopkins cake.  I asked her to pick out her favorite shopkin, she chose baby, Ga Ga Gourmet.  She also decided on Vanilla, Red Velvet and Chocolate.  So this cake had two vanilla layers, two red velvet layers and the top was chocolate.  I fulfilled all her wishes.

Here is the cake.

 This cake was so cute and not very difficult to make.  She loved it and all enjoyed.  A big thanks to our friends who came out to join us in celebrating.

Hugs Dee