July 31, 2023 – Papirmølla

Hi, crafty friends. There’s a brand new release out today from Rachelle Anne Miller, and as usual, it’s super adorable. This time, it’s 6 little mini scene creators, and I couldn’t help but choose the koala for my card today (there’s also a duck, bunny, owl, bear and monkey in this release).

I’m usually a pretty slow card maker, but this came together sooo quickly. The card, start to finish, including the coloring, took me just over half an hour. I don’t think I’ve ever created a card this quickly. Yes, it’s simple, but most of my cards are, and they still usually take me way longer than this to create.

I printed the image fairly small on a piece of X-Press It blending card. I wanted it to fit the width of a top fold A2 card. I colored the image and letters with Copics, then used a border die from Lawn Fawn to create a nice detail on the top and bottom. Using a black Glaze pen, I added a little bit of shine and dimension to the eyes, and on the koala I also added white dots with a Gelly Roll 05 pen once the black was dry.

I wanted a soft background and chose this pretty yellow chevron pattern from the Wallpaper Patterns 6×6″ paper pad from My Favorite Things. I let it cover the entire card base and mounted my colored panel near the top of the card using foam tape.

I love dimension on my cards, and for cards that are this simple, it makes a big difference.

I added a few yellow pearls from the Beach Dreams mix from Little Things from Lucy’s Cards for a finishing touch. The end result is a clean and simple card, with just enough detail to make it interesting.

Super simple color palette.

Hi, crafty friends. We’ve reached the end of the month, and I’m rounding out Christmas in July with a circle card. July’s been so cold, we might as well have had Christmas this month. I know they say there’s been a heat wave in the Northern hemisphere this month, but that heat wave certainly didn’t reach Northern Europe. It’s been cold and wet.

The cold weather’s been perfect for Christmas in July, though, and this cutie from the latest Lili of the Valley release is definitely ready for even colder weather (even if I’m not. I’m never ready).

I colored both the penguin and the letters with Copics and fussy cut them. I left a white border around the penguin, but cut the letters up to the black lines.

I created a circular card base from Stamper’s Select White cardstock from Papertrey Ink, and added a circle on top that I created from Sno Cone cardstock from My Favorite Things. I dry embossed the Magic Snow Cover die from Mama Elephant onto the colored cardstock for a little bit of added interest in the background, before mounting the penguin in the center of the card and adding the letters around him.

To finish off the card I added a few Snowdrift sprinkles from Little Things from Lucy’s Cards to the letters. I tried using pearls first, but these worked better with the card. She’s stopped selling these clay sprinkles, so I kind of hoard the ones I have.