Halloween Haunted House

 

Halloween Haunted House Easel Card and Die Storage.

We love this adorable Haunted House created by Design Team Member Nadine Carlier.  

If you're a card maker like Nadine, chances are you have a collection of thin metal dies.  

To create the card, all the pieces of the Haunted House are die-cut using the thin metal dies and put together using adhesive.   

Featured Storage:  Deflecto Open Stackable Cube Organizer 

For her die storage, Nadine uses the Deflecto Stackable Cube Organizer to hold all her die sets upright. The organizer makes it easy to find the exact dies she needs.

There are several different styles of Cube Organizers.  A great way to customize the perfect storage.

The cube fits neatly on a shelf and makes finding the right dies at your fingertips.  

Keep your workspace clutter-free and your supplies close at hand.

You can read more about Nadine's Halloween Haunted Easel Card on her blog.

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Autumn Shaker Card

If you love Fall and Cardmaking as much as we do, we thought you'd enjoy 

this lovely Autumn Shaker Card by Design Team Member Nadine Carlier.

Featured Storage:  Deflecto 4-Drawer Stackable Cube Organizer

Nadine's Autumn Shaker Card uses beads, glitter and a lot of various embellishments all conveniently stored in her Deflecto 4-Drawer Stackable Cube Organizer.  

The Stackable Cube Organizers are available with a variety of options to create the perfect storage solution for your craft room or office.  They help keep your workspace clutter-free and your supplies close at hand.

You can read more about the Autumn Shaker Card on Nadine's blog here.

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Quick and Easy Rainbow Encouragement Cards

Create Rainbows of Color with these Quick and Easy Cards of Encouragement

created by Design Team Member, Beth Watson. 

How to Create Rainbow Cards of Encouragement

Materials Needed:

• Mixed Media Art Paper
• Dual Brush Tip Art Markers
• Blank Cards with Envelopes
• Adhesives
• Circle and Heart Templates
• Variety of Colored Cardstock 

Featured Storage:  Stackable Cube Organizers

Directions:

• Create patterned paper by drawing lines, in rainbow order, on four sheets of mixed media paper. Create two horizontal and two vertical sheets. This paper was from a pad, so I removed the perforated strip along the side. (Use any combination of colors that you want to create a custom rainbow.)

• The cards are made with one half of an 8 1/2″ by 11″ piece of cardstock (8 1/2″ by 5 1/2″) folded in half to create a 4 1/2″ by 5 1/2″ card. 
• Start by cutting four sections of the homemade rainbow paper into rectangles to fit the card fronts. I sketched and lettered messages onto hearts and circles with Brush Pens. 
• Attach to the card fronts with a tape runner. Mix and match the hand-lettered words of encouragement with printing. Use letter stickers if you don’t care for your hand lettering.

• For the second set of four cards, trace a variety of hearts and circles with the templates onto the handmade rainbow paper. You could also use paper punches. Mix and match adding the circles to colored cardstock with adhesive and foam tape for added dimension. 
• Layer the embellished cardstock onto the blank card fronts. 
• Add words of encouragement with a permanent marker, hand lettering, and printing.

• For the third set of four cards, trace a variety of hearts and circles with the templates onto the rainbow and colored cardstock paper. You could also draw your templates. Mix and match adding the hearts to the card fronts and colored cardstock foam tape for added dimension.
• Layer the embellished cardstock onto the card front blanks with adhesive tape runner.
• Add words of encouragement with hand lettering, and printing.

Beth loves using the Deflecto Stackable Cube Organizers to keep her embellishments 

and work surface organized.  

Beth says..."Being organized allows me to be more productive in my creative flow.  Having everything at arms reach and visible through the plastic drawers has been a game-changer.  

I love how this storage unit looks on my work table in my studio."  (and we love it too!)

For more fun projects from Beth and how she uses the organizers visit her blog here.

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Thank A Nurse Card

Card Designed By Nadine Carlier

Nurses do a lot and put up with a lot and don't always get the Thanks they deserve.

So if you get a chance, don't forget to Thank a Nurse.

Featured Storage:  Deflecto Stackable Cube Organizer

This is how Design Team Member Nadine Carlier uses hers...

"I do a lot of ink blending and have a lot of different ink blending tools.  Some of them are small and hard to keep organized. I started using the Deflecto Stackable Cube with 2 Drawers and also with 4 Drawers. Because I have so many sponge daubers, I took one of the bigger drawers from the Deflecto 2 Drawer Cube and exchanged it with 2 of the smaller drawers from the Deflecto 4 Drawer Cube to fit all the daubers in and so that all of my ink blenders are all in the same cube."

There are several different styles of Deflecto Stackable Cube Organizers that lets you 

create custom storage.  Keeps your workspace clutter-free and supplies close at hand.

For More fun projects from Nadine you can visit her blog here.

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Hello Cards

Just because we can't see our friends and loved ones right now doesn't mean we can't send them a hello.

These bright and cheerful cards were made using alcohol based markers and silver foiled paper.

Materials:

• Alcohol Markers
• Foiled Paper:  Silver and Ebony
• Embossing Folder
• Word Die Cuts
• Cardstock
• Adhesive

The Deflecto Stackable Caddy Organizer with the added Interlocking Marker Organizers is the perfect companion for card makers.

Project Instructions:

• Emboss the silver foiled paper using an embossing folder.
• Color the embossed parts of the silver foiled paper using the alcohol markers in a variety of colors.
• Adhere onto a black cardstock base.
• Adhere die-cut words onto the foiled paper.

For more details on Nadine's cards you can see the full post here.

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Quick and Easy Cardmaking

Make quick and easy cards using scrapbooking paper packs.

There are so many fantastic paper collections available with coordinating patterns that help you take the guesswork out of matching designs.

Project Designed by Lorrie McCullers

To make a quick and easy card:

• Choose a theme using a fun paper collection
• Start with a plain white card as your base

• Cut a decorative strip of paper for the top section of the card (approx. 1/4" shorter than the width of the card base). Adhere the decorative strip onto the white card with a double-stick tape runner.
• Cut a second coordinating piece of paper and adhere to the lower section of the card.

• Cut the third pattern as a border strip to adhere to the front of the card.  
• Next, cut a small piece of decorative paper to fill in the gap between the top and bottom pieces.

• To finish up the card, punch a 2" circle from a fourth coordinating pattern from the paper collection. Add an adhesive foam dot to the back of the circle for added dimension. 

You've created a quick and easy card that can be sent to anyone for all occasions. 

For more projects from Lorrie, you can visit her blog here.

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