Barn Shaped Card Tutorial (Kendra Sand)

Barn Shaped Card

by Kendra Sand


Hello CraftyFriends!

I decided to revisit the Barnyard Fun Release from Frantic Stamper to share how fun it is to create a barn shaped card with the awesome Barn Card Maker.

I grabbed a few supplies to start with:

• Barn Card Die (FRA-DIE-09972)
• Hey Y'All (FRA-DIE-09987)
• Stitched Grassy Hill Edgers (FRA-DIE-09986)
• Party Animals  Stamp Set
• Die Cutting Machine
• Adhesive
• Glue
• Cardstock (White, Red, Green, 2 Shades of Gray, Golden Yellow, Black)
• Scissors

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Let's have some fun!!

I started by creating my card base (A2) from a piece of white cardstock, like I would normally. (I like to use a nice sturdy piece as my base, usually 110lb cardstock weight)



I set it aside for a moment to then die-cut the first layer of my barn from my darkest piece of gray!

Here is a picture of it once die-cut:



I'm not going to do any trimming to this piece as it is going to be my main layer for the barn.  (So I did once again use a little heavier piece of cardstock) 

I then grabbed my original white cardbase layer and added adhesive to the entire front.  I then added my die-cut barn so that the top of it slightly goes over my fold.



A view from the backside:



I now need to do a little trimming.

I cut the white strip that is extra along the bottom first:



So my card now looks like this:



The piece of white cardbase between the silo and barn needs to be fussy cut, so I did just that before moving on!

Now it's time to have some fun and begin assembling the barn!! 

I started by die-cutting the barn from a piece of red cardstock:



I marked two arrows in the photo above with a sharpie to show where I trimmed the barn.

I then added adhesive to the area where the piece was going:



I then added the die-cut to my cardstock base.



So exciting!!  

I then die-cut the barn from a piece of white cardstock and once again marked some arrows to show where I trimmed with a scissors.

I only needed the really thin piece of edging for the barn details.

I added a small amount of glue where the piece was going to go and adhered it to the base.

I then added some adhesive tape to a piece of white cardstock and ran the door dies (small and large) through twice to get two of each size as well as the trim board once.  These pieces are now stickers, which makes adding them to the barn easy!!



I then die-cut the top part of the silo with my lighter gray cardstock.



Trimmed it up and added it to my base!

How cool is that?!



Such a fun card it makes!!

Now it is ready to be personalized any way you'd like.

Here is my finished card:



I ended up adding hay, which is a part of the  Barn Card Die, as well as a strip of grass, which I created using the Stitched Grassy Hill Edgers!

Added some black pearls to the doors to act as handles!  And added a few gray pearls to my silo!  They add such a nice touch! 

I added the "Hey" portion of the Hey Y'All die set just above the doors, for my main sentiment, to lead into the inside, In which I stamped the "herd it's your birthday" and cow from the Party Animals clear stamp set.



What a super fun card to make!!

I hope I've inspired you to create your own barn shaped cards!

Have a lovely day!

~ Kendra ~

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

FRA-Die-09972

FRA-Die-09986

FRA-Die-09987

FRA-CL-050

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Heart Rose Shaker (Kendra Sand)

Heart Rose Shaker

by Kendra Sand


Hello, Frantic Stamper Fans!  Kendra, here from Luv 2Scrap N' Make Cards to share a fun tutorial with you!

I absolutely LOVE creating shaker cards, they are so much fun!  I must admit I am addicted to making them!  It's so much fun to see the recipients reaction to these fun cards!  And yes, I am like a little kid, I love to shake them up before giving them!  To me shaker cards in themselves scream FUN!

By special request, a customer asked for us to share how we create these fun cards! For this last Feminine Style Release, I created this elegant Wedding card:



I created another one to share the process!

I started by grabbing a few supplies:

• Cardstock Base (A2)
• Cardstock Layer 4" x 5 1/4"
• Heart Rose Die
• Sequins and Seed Beads
• Double-sided Adhesive Tape
• Acetate
• Foam Tape
• Stamp Set of Choice

I first added some double-sided adhesive tape to the backside of my cardstock roughly to the area where I planned to run the Heart Rose Die cut through my Big Shot. 

(This step is optional .  It is a little bit of waste of adhesive, but I found it to be easiest for me.  As this die tends to be intricate, I didn't want to have to carefully glue it in a future step and worry about glue running and having a mess! This will be a little more clear as I go on.)



I then took my cardstock layer and Heart Rose Die and ran it through my Big Shot!



I carefully remove the cardstock and die cut!  I removed all the unwanted pieces,  which left me with my open heart window and the beautiful die cut heart rose.  The heart rose is now a sticker, since I added the adhesive, which will make it easy to add to the acetate!  No having to carefully add glue to all the tiny edges!



I flipped over my card base, I may or may not have needed to add more adhesive to the back.  I didn't need to, since adding the adhesive to the right side of my base earlier, I had enough, so I just needed to peel off the backing and add my piece of acetate, making sure the acetate covered the entire window.



So exciting!  I could have just left it like this if I wanted to, and just have the heart cut-out,  but I really like the entire die and all the detail,  so I flipped it back to the front and added the heart rose sticker.



How beautiful!

While on this side, I added my sentiment just under the heart.  I ended up using a "Congratulations" sentiment.

Now for the fun!!

I flipped the card base back over and added my foam tape.



It was important that I made sure that the foam tape went all the way around the entire window so all the foam was touching or else I would have a mess and the sequins would have fallen out!

I removed the backing from the adhesive foam.

I added sequins to my liking (being careful not to drop any on the adhesive).



This is so much fun!  I just love having created my own sequins mixes!!

Then I added a small piece of cardstock that fits just over the window!  I used white cardstock for this card, but sometimes it is fun to use pattern paper!



I added some tape adhesive to the piece of paper I just added.  I then affixed the shaker card layer to my card base!

So fun to make!  The possibilities are endless!!

My completed card:



So elegant and beautiful!  And so much fun to create!!   I ended up adding a few rhinestones to add a little more elegance.



I hope I have inspired you to create a shaker card! Have a fabulous day!!

Kendra

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

FRA-Die-10121

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Altering Dies (Kendra Sand)

Altering Dies

by Kendra

So I am in love with many of Frantic Stampers Dies!  And like many when I get them am SUPER excited to dive in and use them that sometimes I forget to sit back and first think "outside" the box!

When I was posting my tag using the Handmade with Love die a light bulb when off in my head!!

First, here is the tag I had created:



A beautiful tag to add to a handmade gift! The font of the handmade and love, I absolutely love!

But what if I wasn't giving a handmade gift but still wanted to use this die?

Well I decided to die cut the Handmade with Love die and alter it a little bit!  I carefully cut the "Love" away from the rest of the words so that I could create this beauty:



You would have never guessed the word Love was attached to other words!

I LOVE it!

This die can be used in so many other ways!



Another die I have altered a lot lately, is the fun Fishing Pole die.

Here's a look at the entire die:

Super fun die!  But keep in mind you don't always have to use the entire die. Look at what I did with this card:



I wanted to feature the awesome Fancy Fish die on this card!  What an amazing die!! I cut the die to make it look as though the fish was chasing the line!



Oh so fun!  I hope I have inspired you to sit back and look at your dies a little differently!!  Alter them a little!  Create new die cuts!!

Have a happy day!

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

FRA-Die-09855

FRA-Die-09882

FRA-Die-09877

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Happy Shaker (Kendra Sand)

Happy Shaker

by Kendra Sand


I LOVE the Retro Card Panel!! There are so many different ways you can use it!

For my card today I decided to create a shaker card. I took a piece of black cardstock and placed double sided tape on one side and then ran the panel through my die cutting machine, so that it would create a sticker. Then I was able to take the sticker panel and adhere it to a piece of acetate to create my shaker window.



I absolutely LOVE how the card turned out!!

Have a great day!

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

FRA-Die-09899

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