Full of Surprises

 

A fun interactive card where the picture magically changes from a wrapped to an open present

Use Lawn Fawns Magic Picture Changer die to make this really cool interactive card. I've matched that with Lawn Fawns Birthday before 'n after stamp set where they have two pictures, one before and the other after. I choose to use the birthday present images.

I will also show you a technique where you can stamp just part of a long greeting.  Just keep reading to find out.

I've made one of these magic picture changing cards before - where a tray of flowers grow.  Click here if you missed this one

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Plant a Succulent

 

Use Lawn Fawns Succulent die set to make this birthday card

This die set by Lawn Fawn is such fun. There are lots of little dies within the set to make up your own plants - just mix and match the cut outs.  You can even add smiley faces to the pots if you wish :)

I needed a card for a gardener this week, so this seemed the perfect die to use.  It's such a versatile die set - for example, the leaves could be cut out of pink card, making it a flower instead of a leaf plant.  You could cut 4 cactus like plants and just stack them on each other making a far larger plant. In my example above, I made a floral/leaf arrangement in the centre of the card which doesn't need a pot.  So use your imagination, don't just follow the examples :)

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Pawsome Birthday

 

Make a cute birthday card for any of those dog lovers out there

I have used Lawn Fawns Furry and Bright stamp and die set to make this card. It's actually meant to be a Christmas themed stamp set but this just shows you, that you can use some of your stamp sets for many occaisions.

My originally version of this card turned out to be just brown and beige so I injected a little colour with some coloured gems and bows on the bones.

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Topper Card

 

Make a birthday card using a bought topper

My friend gave me a bag lot of toppers and pre printed papers that she could no longer use. So I decided this weeks card would be made using one of these toppers. I don't know if you can get this particular topper any more, but I hope you can get inspiration from how this card has been made to make a card yourself using a topper from your own craft stash.

Toppers are not very expensive and I have seen them for sale at local craft fairs and a local shop called The Range. There are often 6 or more toppers on one sheet of A4 card and can be the same image or a sheet of different images. This is what makes them perfect for crafters and as the images are normally coloured - so no panicking about having to colour in a stamped image.

This card shows how you can use a stamp to create a background which allows a rather plain background to become patterned and to match the other features of your card.  In my example, I remembered having a lavender stamp in my stash so used this to match the image in the topper.

My mum made a card at the same time with the same topper - you can see her card at the bottom of this post. You will see how different the cards are and therefore how versatile toppers can be.

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