Queen & Co. Mummy Peek A Boo

I finished this one a few days ago. I like this collar fold (a.k.a. peek-a-boo) style of card with the flaps folded back to show the B side of the paper, and also having another paper showing through. Normally it is a vertical card, with the flaps folded back from the right side of the card. See the post from my 2019 CARDtober Challenge here to see what I mean:

https://scrapnnana.blogspot.com/2019/10/cardtober-challenge-8-dimension-1.html 

I decided to rotate it to the left, and make it a horizontal card. I'd put this mummy face together without any real idea of what I was going to do with it until I was looking through some past cards I'd done. Having the idea for the mummy peeking out from the opening was the start. It needed something more, so I added the die-cut and stamped tombstone, stamped bat, and banner. The mummy hands are actually tiny pumpkin die cuts, just repurposed.

The bat/spider paper is from Authentique's Twilight Collection. The tombstone paper is the Say Cheese Halloween Spooktacular paper. Both are from 2019.

Hello Gorgeous Card

I used Queen & Co.'s Make Me Up kit, and a 6x6 paper pad by Echo Park called Fashionista for this one.

 

The Evolution of Box Cards

I just posted a short video (only one and a half minutes long) on YouTube about how box cards have changed over the years. It shows a sampling of the box cards that I've made over that time. If you are interested in a quick little video, here is a link:

The Evolution of Box Cards

 

Heal Better Soon Card

Yes, I made another one with Queen & Co. products. I have no affiliation with them, but I do love their products.

I have two friends who had surgery recently, and the Get Well kit from Q&Co. was perfect. Until I bought this kit, my only get well craft items are geared more toward kids. 

I will probably hand deliver this one, since I put a shaker on it. They don't always mail well.

 

Level Box Card with Queen & Co. Foundation dies and MFT

I made this camping box card with levels, and I used Queen & Co. Foundation dies to make the box card itself. I also used their Great Outdoors kit, which is a recent release, for the tent and mountains. The cloud is from Foundation set 9.

The stamped designs are from two different My Favorite Things stamp sets: Adorable Adventures and Fall Friends. 

One thing that I learned from this project is there is an easy way to make a level box card with Foundation dies, and a hard way. I did the hard way. Then late last night I realized how it would have been easier. I'll try to do a YouTube tutorial on it this coming week.

Disney Inspired Box Card and Tutorial

This Magical characters box card is similar to the Baby box card tutorial that I posted recently, but I figured out better ways of doing things, as well as how to add decorative panels. I've posted the tutorial on YouTube (link below). It also shows how to "cut first, stamp second" as part of the tutorial (super useful for small banners that you want to stamp on).

https://youtu.be/yGIGL9v53b0 

And here is my Disney inspired box card made entirely with Queen & Co. Foundation dies and their Magical Characters kit dies:

I still can't afford to buy a box card die set, but in all honesty, it's not like I need to. 

If you don't have the Queen & Co. Foundation dies, you may have similar dies that you could use the same way.

August 2021 Sheetload of Cards Challenge

Someone on the RefuPeas Stamping and Card making board has been posting the Sheetload of Cards challenge, which is a YouTuber called Crafty Al. The link to this month's video is:

August 2021 Sheetload of Cards

I have never done the Sheetload challenge before, mainly because I really don't need or use sketches. I prefer to design my own cards, layouts, and crafts, and for some reason it can take me longer to use a sketch than if I do my own design work.

However, I decided to give this month's a try. It did not go well at first. I pulled different papers and card stock, which looked good together until I cut them and assembled them (minus the adhesive). I ruined several sheets of paper and card stock. I'm hoping I can use those scraps later somehow.

I thought about it in my spare time, and I played around with more papers, only I didn't cut them. I finally realized that I needed to use papers with a smaller pattern, and since it was a fairly simple sketch, I decided to go with a rustic, camping theme. I also used the lantern from "The Great Outdoors" shaker kits, a fairly new release from Queen & Co. I used up all of my points to get it, so it only cost me about $5 plus shipping. We're still on a tight budget.

I'm happy with the results. Here is my take on the August 2021 Sheetload of Cards Challenge:

I won't be doing the full number of cards, though, since I probably wouldn't use more than one or two.

Update:  It just seemed to need something more. I added light orange rhinestones to simulate the light of a lantern, and cut out the matches twice from the paper to get a little bit of a 3D effect. Although they were small additions, they seemed to make a big difference to me. 

Note: The brown behind the updated version of the card below wasn't part of the card.

I can't delete the image with the brown edge, because I've posted it online and removing it might cause some issues that I don't have time to deal with at the moment, so here is what the card actually looks like (no brown border):