Independence Day Card or Mini Album?

Timeless Twine

Hello again, Barbara here with my second post for June.  Timeless Twine from Bella Creationz is sponsoring us this month, and I want to share some of my cards I made using products from both companies.  The Robin's Nest products work well with just about everything, and Timeless Twine is no exception.

Well, as I am sure you are aware, our country's birthday is fast approaching.  So, to celebrate, I made this cute card/mini book for this special occasion.

Is it a card, or is it a mini album?  Well, guess what, I am excited to tell you that it is both.  This piece began as a card and evolved into a mini album by simply adding a few signature pages and attaching them with a simple pamphlet stitch.  It does not get any easier than this.  And what a great way to keep those memorable pictures from your family holiday get-together this July 4th!

Robin's Nest Products used: 

12 x 12 paper - Glitter America Words

12 x 12 paper - Glitter Fireworks

12 x 12 paper - Lady Liberty

12 x 12 paper - Star Glitter Border

12 x 12 paper - Nautical Stripe

Red glitter flower - Red Flower

Sticker sheet - USA Sticker

Dew Drops - Diamond Shapes-Solids (Indigo Diamond, Ruby Red, Pearl White, Clear)

Glue dots - Dew Dew Glue 

Other Products:

Timeless Twine Bakers Twine  

Distress Ink - Stormy Sky

Sizzix/Tim Holtz die - Mini Rosettes

Bracket edge punch

The card/mini album base is a 7-1/2" x 12" piece of  Star Glitter Border paper that I folded in half to make a card measuring 7-1/2" x 6".  

I tore off a small corner from the Glitter Fireworks paper, inked the edges with Stormy Sky distress ink, and adhered to top left corner.  Then I adhered the red glitter flower over that.  It reminded me of a fireworks blast.

I used the Nautical Stripe paper and a mini rosette die to make the rosette shown.  I decorated the center with a red diamond-shaped, coating the entire center circle with a layer of 3D Crystal Lacquer. 

I cut out three pennant shapes from chipboard that I covered with Nautical Stripe paper and adhered to the edge along the spine. I also added some clear diamond-shaped dew drops on each pennant.  

I cut out the word "Independence", and the letters "D", "a", and "y" from the word "Democracy", from the Glitter America Words paper, and sanded the edges to bring out the white inner core along the edges.  I thought this helped the words stand out better against the background.

Next, I framed the picture of the Statue of Liberty, taken from the Lady Liberty paper, using two colors of Timeless Twine and a tiny glue dot in each corner to catch the floss and hold it in place.  This was matted onto another piece of Nautical Stripes paper.

To cover the glue dots and add a bit of bling, I added the blue diamond-shaped dew drops to each corner. 

To turn this card into a mini album, I added 5 sheets of 8-1/2" x 11" text weight paper, which I folded in half and trimmed so my pages would measure 7" x 5-1/2".  A simple pamphlet stitch holds it all together.  

As a decorative addition to the spine, I made a simple braid using three lengths of Timeless Twine, knotted at both ends, and glued over the spine.  See photo above.

Below is the inside cover decorated with another picture fussy cut from Lady Liberty paper and adhered to the inside left cover. On the right, blue tear-shaped dew drops appear to be floating in mid-air like tiny balloons in the distant sky. 

A Nautical Stripe banner was made with for the top left page, and decoratively punched with an edge punch.  USA stickers were cut out and adhered to both pages, as shown, and further embellished with diamond-shaped dew drops over the stars.  Five diamond-shaped dew drops make perfect stars!

With the addition of these few text pages, you now have lots of space to add your favorite holiday pictures and memorabilia.  However, without the extra pages, you have yourself a fine card for a July birthday guy or gal.

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Next, I made this simple card for a  baby girl using the new Special Delivery Baby Boy kit.  Here is a picture of the fun things included in this kit.

And everything you need is included, which makes them so easy and quick to make.  And there is still a ton of product left in kit for many, many more cards.  This is my fourth card from the kit, and I still have much more product to use.  Such a great value. 

Supplies used:
The Robin's Nest Special Delivery Baby Boy
Pink Timeless Twine
8-1/2" x 5-1/2" dark plum CS
Pink paper scrap
Rumple Ribbon (Purple-dise, Green Leaves)
Fiskars corner rounder punch
Martha Stewart decorative edge punch (Botanical Scallop)

These are the bits and pieces I am using on this card.

Directions:
Fold 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" dark plum CS in half, forming a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" card.

Trim a strip of Rocking Horse specialty paper approximately 1-1/4" x 6" long.  Use decorative edge punch along one long side.  Adhere to left side of CS, trim excess.

Adhere pink tag to scrap of pink CS.  Wrap pink Timeless Twine around tag and make tiny clips with scissors into the tag edge where the twine lands.  This will help keep the twine in place.

Wrap twine around tag, catching twine in the little paper snips.  Tie off and give excess twine a twist.  Place a tiny dab of glue at end of twine to hold twist in place.  (See finished card photo below.)

Fussy cut Special and Delivery from the Special Delivery Boy paper and glue to tag, as shown above.

Make a flower from Purple-dise rumple ribbon, and leaves from about 1-1-2" of Green Leaves rumple ribbon.  Click here to see my previous post showing how I made these cute little flowers.  Adhere green ribbon piece over hole in tag.

Glue purple ribbon flower over green ribbon leaves.

Glue yellow Special Boy embellies and Little Friends Baby Boys (infant) to left of baby crib, as shown.

 I rounded the corners of the card to give it a softer look.  Here is my finished card.

 What do you think?  Pretty cute for a baby girl, even though my embellishments came from the baby boy card kit.  Amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it.

Thanks, Timeless Twine, for sponsoring us this month.  I had a blast using your products, and they add so much to a project.  I hope you will check out the Timeless Twine website, too, to see all the beautiful colors they carry.

And, of course, don't forget to visit The Robin's Nest online store for the monthly sales, new products, and their scrumptious papers and embellishments.  There's still time to stock up on those fabulous diamond shaped dew drops because they are 20% off the entire month of June.


I hope you enjoyed my projects, and please be sure to check back often to see all the new products that The Robin's Nest has to offer, as well as upcoming projects by the ever-so-creative design team.

Have a very happy and safe holiday!

Barbara 

Tropical Beach Peek-a-Boo Interactive Card

 

Timeless Twine

Hi everyone.  Barbara here with my first post for June.   I hope everyone is enjoying their summer weather, which prompted me to use this gorgeous palm tree paper from the Beach Collection.  I have wanted to use it from the moment I saw it, but I needed the weather to warm up to get me in the right mood.  That's just me, though.  I have trouble making Christmas cards in July, too.

We are also teaming up with Timeless Twine, which I have to admit works really well with my beach themed card this month.  This card is very easy to make, so please don't let my tutorial scare you.  I discovered this similar card  by Dawn Griffith on YouTube.  She called it a peek-a-boo card, and I cannot think of a better description, so that's what I am calling it, too.  I changed my card up just a bit, but the workings are the same.

Here is the finished card:

Supplies used:

Palm Tree Glitter Cardstock (The Robin's Nest)
Beach Sticker (The Robin's Nest)
Natural Large Starfish (The Robin's Nest)
Fishnet (The Robin's Nest)
Amber Diamond Shaped Dew Drops (The Robin's Nest)
Ruby Red Diamond Shaped Dew Drops (The Robin's Nest)
Palm Tree Rub-On (The Robin's Nest)
Timeless Twine by Bella Creationz
Tan Card Stock (CS)
1-3/8" square punch
1/4" miracle tape

Directions:

Cut tan CS to measure 5-1/2" x 11".  Score at 3-1/2" and 7".   Fold score lines to look like this.  Side C will be the very outside back of your card.

Cut a piece of Palm Tree Glitter CS to measure 6-1/4" x 5-1/2".  I chose this section from my 12"x12" piece of paper.

Score at 4-1/4" along the 6-1/4" side.  Fold score to look like this.

Fold flap to front temporarily to use as a guide.  (NOTE:  This paper is double sided, so you are seeing the reverse print in the photo).  Slide square punch as far as it will go from the bottom edge, line up one edge of the punch with the flap, and punch out the window without punching the flap.  Turn flap back to the inside.  

Use this piece as a guide to punch another window in the tan CS on the reverse of side A, as shown.

Your two pieces will look like this, and yes, the front score line does not match the reverse of side A score line.  This is part of the mechanics of how the card works.

To make your next window, fold the reverse of A towards side B and align and punch a square window in side B, using  the opening in A as your guide.

Fold reverse of B towards reverse of C and mark opening lightly with a pencil.

Punch out desired section of waves from the Beach Sticker sheet, as shown.  

 

Adhere waves sticker over penciled in area on reverse of C.

Punch a second image from the shells portion of the Beach Sticker sheet and adhere the sticker on the  back flap, using the window opening on the card front as a guide.  

Adhere double-sided adhesive along the inside edge on reverse of side C, and around the edges and window opening on the reverse of side A, as shown in the photo.

Adhere the card front (printed piece) over the tan CS, as shown below. (NOTE: There should be a strip of adhesive along the fold on the reverse of side C in this picture, as shown above).  Fold reverse of side C over reverse of side B, which will adhere this piece only along the fold, but leaving the small flap on the card front free.

Watch the window in the next three pictures.  Here, you see the shells sticker starting to cover the waves sticker.

As you continue to open the card, the flap reveals more of the shells sticker in the window.

And here, the card is opened completely, and you are looking at the inside of the card.  The shells sticker is completely covering the sticker below it.  Peek-a-boo!

To finish off the card front, I glued a small piece of fish net along the upper left edge by adding tiny dots of Fabri-tac glue on the knots.  I also used Fabri-tac to glue the starfish down.  I added the Tropical Breezes rub-on above the window opening, and to make it all work together, I added red and amber diamond shaped dew drops around the window.  I love how the dew drops remind me of the quilt patterns I saw everywhere in Hawaii.  Then I wrapped red Timeless Twine around the spine and tied two tiny shells to each end.  I love the movement it adds.  Here it is again (so you don't have to scroll back to the top):

Wow, that was a long tutorial, but I hope I was able to simplify it a bit for you.  For your first try at this, I would suggest penciling A, B, C to indicate one side, and AR, BR, CR to indicate the reverse sides.  I believe it would help you when referring to the photos.  

Can you imagine using photos of your family, friends, pets, scenery, or even phrases inside each window?  So many different ideas for this card come to mind.  I hope you enjoyed my project today, and I know you will love this card and wow your friends with it.  So please, give it a try.  It really is easier than it looks.  And best of all, The Robin's Nest papers and embellishments make your cards and all of your projects look super!  So I hope you will check out their online store to see all the new products for June, as well as the 20% off sale on all diamond shaped dew drops this month.   Oh, and be sure to visit the blog often for more inspiration, and while you are there, check out this month's Birthday Card blog challenge here.    Who knows, you could be a winner!!!!!!

Thanks again for stopping by.  

Happy Summer to all!

Barbara