I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. This card would be nice for a housewarming or a welcome to the neighborhood greeting. Or use these techniques to make a card for another occasion! Happy crafting!
Posted on August 13, 2019 by thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich
Hi friends! You are probably not thinking about Christmas Cards yet but with the heat we have been having it is kinda nice to chill out in my cool craft room and create some! Plus it’s nice to have a few done ahead of time because it gets really busy once the holiday’s roll around!
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Adhesive (strong double-stick tape, foam tape, and glue stick)
Ruler
Bone folder, stylus or butter knife for scoring
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Posted on August 10, 2019 by thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich
Hi Friends! This birthday card is fun to make with limited supplies! It comes with an interior pocket that holds a bookmark/tag and would also be handy to hold a gift card! This card can be reused too.
Watch the video to see how!
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Make an A2 size card and tape it to your workspace.
Cut a curved line out of a scrap piece of thin paper and cover the bottom half of your card. Cut a circle from a post it note and place in on the paper overlapping the mask.
Use a straight edge of paper as a mask to ink sunbeams protruding from the masked circle in orange ink. Then repeat from the other direction using a different shade of orange or red. Add yellow over it all if desired.
Remove the mask and place the other half of the curvy mask over the sun/sky area and ink the grassy area with shades of green ink.
Stamp the pigs on the hill in black and the roosters towards the bottom. Stamp grass in green and black on the bottom edge and ink around the edges in black.
Remove the tape and add banner to card with foam tape and add enamel dots.
Use a scrap of paper to make the inside pocket of the card and decorate a tag to go in it. Use the tag for writing so the card can be reused by the recipient!
Feel free to use whatever ink blending tools you like to make this project! The more you practice the better you will get and the more professional your cards will look! Happy crafting!
Posted on July 13, 2019 by thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich
Hi friends! Any type of frame can be used to create this unique shaker card. Try using nesting circle, rectangle, square or Triangle dies to make the frame for this and have fun!
Watch the video to see how!
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Craft foam (I used yellow because it was close to gold, you could also use white)
Clear “window” transparency sheets (I use this kind because you can also stamp in it if desired or print on it with an ink-jet printer but you can use any clear sheet including product packaging!)
Other: Clear stamp blocks, foam mat for stamping, scrap paper, post-it notes for making masks
Directions:
Cut terrarium frame from gold cardstock and craft foam. Make a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card from white and trace the terrarium shape on it so the top of the shape hangs off the fold and cut out with scissors. This will be the base of your shaped card. Cut a window for the shaker from clear transparency.
On the card base stamp your succulents masking as needed. Color with markers.
Using skinny tape adhere the foam layer on top of the cardbase over the image you just colored.
Fill the opening of the frame with small beads. I used brown and white so it would look like potting soil. Adhere the transparency sheet on top to seal in the beads.
Carefully line up and adhere to top frame with skinny tape.
Inside of card:
To disguise the bleed through of the markers from the front of the card doodle around them with a water-based black pen. Then, if desired, glue down another die cut frame like you used in the front. If your card isn’t symmetrical and you used a die you can cut it from the reverse side of the cardstock and it will work.
Use washi tape and paper or a post-it note to add a sentiment to your card. I stamped an “ok to reuse” sentiment inside my card that can be easily removed if they would like to regift the card.
Tips!
Foam tape can be used in place of craft foam if that is more convenient for you.
Don’t worry if you don’t have the exact die cut I used. You can use any dome or frame or any nested die set to make one. You can also use shape cutters. If you are not using a die then foam tape will probably be easier than craft foam for the middle layer.
Sequins, glitter or sand can be used in place of beads.
If you don’t have alcohol markers you can use whatever you like (watercolor, chalks, water-based markers, ink and daubers etc) and as a bonus you won’t have to decorate the bleed through on the inside.
Cardstock, patterned paper and adhesive for assembly of cards
Adhesive (double sided tape and foam squares)
It’s good to stretch those supplies and it’s fun to try and think of as many ways as you can to use a new product. It makes you feel great about the new thing you bought and it makes your old supplies more useful too. What technique that I shared today would you like to try first? Let me know in the comments! Happy crafting!
Posted on June 29, 2019 by thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich
Hi friends! This cheerful card is quick to make and will delight anyone on their birthday!
Watch the video to see how!
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Prepare cardstock. Make a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” top fold card. Cut a red panel to 4 ⅛”x 5 ⅜” and a white panel to 4”x 5 ¼” (for stamping.) Also, Cut grass from green cardstock and clouds from a scrap to use as a stencil.
Using an ink brush and a blue inkpad create a cloudy sky with the sky stencil.
Brush green in the grassy area.
Stamp “Happy Birthday” in black on sky area.
Stamp poppies in shades of red and draw in stems and buds.
Adhere stamped panel to red panel and gue down grass die cut then mount on a card base.
It’s good to have some quick and easy ideas for those days you just want to make a card with no hassle. Happy crafting!
Posted on June 26, 2019 by thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich
Hi friends! I love corny jokes and puns so when I came across some Darcies stamps at the stamp show this year I had to grab a couple sets!
Then I remembered I had one set at home I got a couple years before that hadn’t even seen ink yet! (It was pre-Konmari, you will have to excuse me LOL!)
I like how the pickle and ketchup sets go so well together.
The puns mix and match well between sets. And they are so fun to color! I used the tri-blend markers but you can use whatever you like!
Watch the video to see how!
Supplies (affiliate links used)
Stamps: I used stamps by Darcies If you like the stamps I used they have dozens of different theme drawn in the same style and they are $8 a set. If you like to color and you like cute kawaii style images I highly recommend them! I used Stay cool,Ketchup Soon set and the Big Dill set
Markers: Crafter’s Companion Spectrum Noir TriBlend. Each marker contains a light, medium and dark version of the color. I used a variety of markers in the project. Each marker is $5 which contains bullet tips of 3 shades: (3 mini markers in one) I used mostly: Dull green, Blue Turquoise, Fair Skin, light yellow, orange, citrus green, lavender, pale pink, bright pink and dark red. *These colors are within the Spectrum Noir coloring system so you might already have them (the colors) in your stash. You can use the refill inks to refill them too simply by pulling out the nib and dripping the ink in.
