Gatefold Cards

I have made a variety of Gatefold Cards lately, all inspired by tutorials by Mixed Up Craft This first one is a Lock and Pop Gatefold Card that I made for my mom for Mother's Day that was on the 14th of February here in Norway.

The second card is also a Lock and Pop Gatefold Card, but this one is kept shut with a bellyband.

Last but not least is a Floating Gatefold Card, also made with a matching Bellyband. This card was made with an ink bleded background, with a garden theme, centered around bees.

Mixed Up Craft's tutorial for the Lock and Pop Gatefold Card:

....and for the Floating Gatefold:

Book of Boxes

I have not blogged since November. Not because I haven't made anything, but because Blogspot has changed the view I see when I add photos to my blog posts. Instead of seeing the photos that I add, I now just see a code. I like to see the images that I add, alongsside the text I write. Oh well, I guess I will have to get used to it, or stop blogging all together. Today's post is a beautiful little creation that I originally saw posted by Sam Calcott of Mixed Up Craft.

The Book of Boxes is designed to hold Mini Rittersport Chocolates, but as I don't have any, my boxes are empty, until I get a hold of some, or find something of equivalent size to fit into them. The heart and love theme I have used on mine, was done thinking of Valentines Day, but it can be made for any occation. Here is Sam's tutorial on how to make the Book of Boxes:

A Rocking Christmas.

Decided to make a Rocker Christmas Card after having seen Claire Rowland of Daisy Mae Design´s example in her Papercraft Society Box 12. I ended up using the hessian ribbon and twine, wooden buttons and a sliver of the patterned paper that was in the box, the rest are papers, stamps and other things that I had in my, by now, rather large selection of card making items. I decided to go with traditional Christmas colors, and added a little bling by attaching some red gems. I also added some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer, Glitter Gloss 882, to give the card a little sparkle. It was a fun card to make, and I am really pleased with how it turned out.

Geometric No Glue Gift Boxes

A couple of weeks ago the Paper Pixie shared some adorable gift boxes that requires no glue. They are not exactly my cup of te to make, as they have some fold lines/score lines that does not fold too easily. But I gave them a try, and I liked them enought to make them in several colors.

They do hold together quite nicely without a fastening mechanism, however, they look a lot better if fastened with for instance a small magnet or velcroe dot.

I varied my decoration on the boxes, made some in a Christmas theme, and some in a floral theme.

I love the look of these boxes! A paper crafting friend of mine even wanted to turn them into small log cabins, as the shape of them clearly suggests this! If you are curious of how to make this box, I have enclosed the Paper Pixie´s tutorial below.

God Jul - Merry Christmas!

The second Christmas Card from this weekends crafting, is a Double Building Block Card. I have shared a Building Block Card before, but this was my first attempt at a Double Building Block Card. My "singel" Building Block Card:

Once again I was inspired by Mixed Up Craft, following one of her YouTube Tutorials. The papers are from Etsy, my new favorite place to find downloadable paper. I chose to make a matching belly band to hold the card together:

Mixed Up Craft´s Tutorial on how to make a "Double Building Block Card":

Christmas!

This weekend I devoted myself to making Christmas Cards. Even though I still find it a tad bit early, I guess it is a good time to get started. I actually made three of them, but I have decided to blog about them all seperately. Today´s post is a 2 Way Double Trifold Card inspired by mixed Up Craft. These days I don´t have the time to watch Sam Calcott´s Facebook Lives, but I know she made this card on a recent FB Live. Luckily for me she is really good at shooting her tutorials fairly soon after the lives, so there is never any problems to see how she makes the cards she makes on her Lives. I have recently started to search for, and purchase paper packs online, and a favorite place has become Etsy where I have found many versatile and most importantly cheap paper packs, perfect for the cards I want to make! I made the card base for this and the other cards I made over the weekend, last weekend, when I was working on a comission for a school friend of mine. Since she didn´t pick this card, I could just pick and choose papers for the card, and since I wanted to make some Christmas Cards, I instantly got a picture in my head of approximately what I wanted the card to look like. From the idea I had, I went paper shopping on Etsy, and I ended up with a lot of different papers. However, since I thought that this card type calls for classy and elegant, I went with some papers and colors I thought fit that brief. Anyway, I am really happy with how this card turned out! To see how to make this card you can have a look at the Mixed Up Craft tutorial:

Spooky👻🎃🕸🕷🧙‍♀️💀🧛‍♂️🧟‍♀️🦇

I have been wanting to make a Double Accordion Card for quite some time now, I just haven´t gotten around to it. However, when I needed to make a Halloween Card for a Facebook Group Challenge I decided that this style of card would be perfect! I had loads of fun putting this card together, although it must be mentioned that I didn´t have a single scrap of Halloween paper when I decided to make a Halloween card. So my newest passion when it comes to choosing papers for my cards, to purchase downloadable papers online, really came in handy for this project! I found loads of great Halloween papers that I could use for this and future Halloween cards! The Double Accordion Card is a style of card that I know Sam Calcott made during one of her Facebook Lives. I didn´t have a chance to follow the Live, but Sam is always really quick in posting a YouTube video tutorial of the cards she makes during the lives, so despite not being able to watch the live, I knew that I could find it online. I will post a link to the tutorial at the end of this post.

Since the Double Accordion Card is a rather big card, it is held together by a matching belly-band. Luckily I have the perfect Embossing Folder for a card like this, a long narrow Embossing Folder with Spider Webs. Perfect!

The back of the card has plenty of room for stamping or writing a personal message. Here is Sam Calcott´s Tutorial for this card: