Well Groomed Fur-ever Card

Chris here, and today I am excited to share this adorable card that would be perfect for all the pet lovers on your card list. I created this card using the Graphic 45 Well Groomed 12x12 I Want It All Bundle from fotobella.com.

This Bundle is so beautiful and fun to create with. This amazing bundle includes G45 Well Groomed 12x12 paper pad, G45 Well Groomed 12x12 Patterns & Solid Pad, G45 Well Groomed chipboard, G45 Well Groomed journal cards, G45 Well Groomed stickers and G45 Well Groomed ephemera. And the B-sides of the papers feature some gorgeous floral papers! The color combos in this collection are stunning!

Supplies Needed

Graphic 45 Well Groomed 12x12 I Want It All Bundle

Card base die, sentiment block die

Creating your Graphic 45 Well Groomed Fur-ever Card

Let’s get started! Die cut the sentiment from journal card in the Graphic 45 Well Groomed 12x12 I Want It All Bundle.

Die cut the card from the patterned papers, and then mat your die cut sentiment onto blue solid papers. Adhere to the inside of your card. See the layout in my image below.

Adhere the “fur-ever” journal card onto left side, in the inside of your Graphic 45 Well Groomed Fur-ever Card. Center this between top and bottom.

Cut a couple small little banners from your patterned and solids papers. Then, you can adhere them to the top left side of the center of the card. Adhere paw print ephemera to your card. Add more embellishments if you’d like.

Fold card shut. Cut and fold band to fit around card.

Add ephemera to the front of your card. Here is a picture of the finished card.

I hope you enjoyed creating your Well Groomed Fur-ever Card and are inspired to get creative with your Graphic 45 Well Groomed 12x12 I Want It All Bundle.

Fur-ever Loved Card

Greetings! Chris here! Today I am excited to share this adorable Fur-ever Loved Card I created using the Graphic 45 Well Groomed 12x12 I Want It All Bundle from fotobella.com. This Bundle is so beautiful and fun to create with.

This amazing bundle includes G45 Well Groomed 12x12 paper pad, G45 Well Groomed 12x12 Patterns & Solid Pad, Graphic 45 Well Groomed chipboard, G45 Well Groomed journal cards, G45 Well Groomed stickers and G45 Well Groomed ephemera. This card would be perfect to send to to a fellow pet lover to celebrate and wedding or an anniversary or just because.

Supplies Needed

Graphic 45 Well Groomed 12x12 I Want It All Bundle

Card base , gold gems, liquid pearls

Creating your Fur-ever Loved Card

Start buy trimming your yellow ( I use floral side) papers to slightly smaller than your card base and adhere. Add a narrow strip of yellow papers to your card as shown. You can choose the width of the strip, and place it proportionally.

Mat the journal card from the Graphic 45 Well Groomed 12x12 I Want It All Bundle onto solid papers. Adhere this to your card. I placed it in the lower right side, but you can place it where you’d like.

Cut Best in Show card from the patterned paper in your G45 Well Groomed 12x12 I Want It All Bundle. Adhere onto your card as shown below. Add tag from your Graphic 45 Well Groomed 12x12 I Want It All Bundle.

Cut banner strip from your yellow papers. Layer ephemera over the banner.

Continue layering ephemera as shown below.

Finish your Fur-ever Loved Card with gold gems and adding liquid pearls to the flower centers.

I hope you have enjoyed creating your Fur-ever Loved Card and are inspired to create with your Graphic 45 Well Groomed 12x12 I Want It All Bundle.

Mould Tutorial: How to Use Moulds in Mixed Media Projects

Hi crafty friends. It’s Kristine and I’m back again today with another mixed media project for you. For this project, I will be showing you how I to make a mixed media wine bottle with moulds from the Amazonia collection. This project has a video tutorial and I think you will have a lot of fun crafting along! I know I had a lot of fun creating it and working with my new moulds.

For this project, you will need a wine bottle to decorate. I went to the grocery store with this specific project in mind. A while back, I remember seeing this cat-shaped wine bottle and it is perfect for my project using the Amazonia papers. It comes in black, white, and red - all of which match the collection! My bottle is black because I want the darker tones to come through in my final product.

Supplies Needed

To make the pieces, I will be using Stamperia soft clay. Also, I will use several of the Amazonia moulds including the texture mould and the leaves and butterflies mould. These moulds are easy to use and match the rest of the collection. In addition, I will be using a mould from Stamperia with butterfly and floral images. Also, I will use some of the small flowers from a Prima mould. Although not part of the Amazonia collection, these moulds definitely match well.

Various paints and mixed media products will add color to the project. However, I will be focusing on using Nuvo mousse (French Rose and Silver) as well as gold glamour gel in my project. Nuvo mousse comes in a wide variety of colors so feel free to choose the ones you like best. Also, I will use a heavy black gesso to cover my bottle and clay pieces. Finally, I will use a glossy gel medium to attach the pieces onto the bottle.

How to Use Mixed Media Moulds to Decorate a Wine Bottle

The tutorial contains two parts. First, I will show you how to use the moulds and mixed media supplies to cast pieces to decorate the wine bottle. We will be using one of the moulds and adding clay directly onto the bottle. Then, the second part of the video I will show you how to add color to the clay on your wine bottle. Here is where you can choose the colors you want to stand out on your bottle. This is where my project took on a life of it’s own! But I do love the way it turned out!

To cut down on the length of the video, I did not show how I painted the clay pieces from the moulds. However, the process is the same as painting the bottle. Each piece is individually attached with a strong adhesive. Then the entire piece has a layer of high gloss Mod Podge spray on it to seal it and bring out the metallic sparkle.

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I hope you have found these two tutorial videos helpful. Most importantly, I hope it has inspired you to think about how you can use mixed media moulds in your next project. They are fast, fun, and a fabulous method for adding dimension and texture to any project. Many of the products from the tutorial are available for purchase in the FotoBella online store. So, don’t forget to head over to the FotoBella website for all of your mixed media and crafting supplies today!

Until next time, happy crafting!

~Kristine, FotoBella Design Team

Wiper Card: Monthly Graphic 45 Card Tutorial

Hi Crafty peeps! ReNae here with the FotoBella Design Team! I’m here with another card tutorial for our year-long Graphic 45 Card & Tag series. In today’s tutorial we will be making a fun-fold card called a Wiper Card!

A wiper card is an interactive card from the Z-fold family. It’s essentially a pop-up card with a swinging tag that pops up with a swiping motion when both ends of the card are pulled. This card truly is as much fun to make as it is to receive! There are lots of wiper card tutorials on the internet, with several different variations of the pop-up mechanism. After many trials and errors, I found this one works the best!

The Paper Collection

For this tutorial we are once again using the beautiful papers from Graphic 45’s “Fashion Forward” paper collection. The March papers feature a vibrant color palette of sapphire blue, emerald green, and citrine yellow, and capture the flamboyant style of the 1920’s! The vibrant color, irresistible texture and imaginative designs of these papers are both fresh and familiar.

Let’s Make a Wiper Card

Here are the supplies you will need to create the wiper card.

Graphic 45 Fashion Forward 12x12 Paper Pack, (March papers) Die-cut Assortment, Chipboard, Ephemera & Journaling Cards, Stickers, Scor-Tape 1/4" Double-Sided Adhesive by Score Pal, Tape Runner, Extra Strong Wet Glue, 110 lb. Cardstock, (Black) Scoring Board, Paper Trimmer, Ruler, Bone Folder, Dimensional Tape, Crystals, Detailing Scissors, Graphic 45 Black Ink, Golden Rod Stickles and decorative dies. You can find almost everything you’ll need on our website at Fo1toBella.com.

Follow the pictorial tutorial below to see how to make your wiper card!

Cut out and ink edges of the images above

Cut panels measuring 4 1/4 " by 8 1/2" and 2 1/4 " by 8 1/2" then cut a small piece at 1 x1 /7/8 ".

Score at 1 1/2 inches and at 3 inches

Score at 1 1/2 inches and 3 inches

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1. For your wiper card, cut out two panels, one measuring 4 1/4” by 8 1/2” and the other 2 1/4” by 8 1/2”, the a small piece measuring 1” by 1 7/8”.
2. Score both pieces at 1 1/2” and 3”

Use this photo for reference!

Adhere the patterned paper pieces shown here to the front side of the black card stock.

Adhere patterned paper to small strip, then using Scot-Tape or wet glue, adhere strip to large panel directly below blue lady.

Use bone folder to burnish pressing firmly

Open the flap so that the bottom piece is flipped open and on the left side. It is now time to work on the pop-up mechanism

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Assembling the Wiper Card

1. Adhere the patterned paper pieces to the front side of the black card stock.
2. Adhere patterned paper to small strip, then using Scot-Tape or wet glue, adhere strip to large panel directly below image of blue lady.
3. Use bone folder to burnish patterned paper to black strip. Press firmly.
4. Open the flap of your wiper card so that the bottom piece is flipped open and fold is on the left side. It is now time to work on the pop-up mechanism!

From the Ephemera pack, remove the March image of the lady with the big hat. Fussy-cut lady trimming hat to make smaller. Cut out hand with fingers.

cut a piece of acetate 1/2" x 3". Place a large glue dot on end of acetate strip. (Notice in the background how the mechanism is adhered, right next to the fold.)

Ink edges of lady with black ink, and adhere hand to front of blouse as shown

Fold small black cardstock to create a point and place along the small fold. (I have used patterned paper here for easier viewing) Then adhere acetate strip to mechanism so that it sticks out on the left side.

Place the cut-out on top of the acetate strip so the end of the strip is under her head. You may have to shorten the acetate to fit. (This photo shows the underside of the mechanism)

it will look like this from the front of the acetate.

Flip the fold back to the right and trim the acetate so it goes just to the back of her head. It should look just like this.

Another look at the back

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The Pop-up Mechanism

1. Remove the March image of the lady with the big hat from the Ephemera pack, and fussy-cut image trimming hat to make it smaller. Cut out her hand separating her fingers.
2. Cut a piece of acetate 1/2" x 3". Place a large glue dot on end of acetate strip.
3. Ink edges of image with black ink, and adhere hand to front of blouse. You want it to look like she is blowing kisses!
4. Fold small black cardstock to create a point and place along the small fold. (I have used patterned paper here for easier viewing) Then adhere acetate strip to mechanism so that it sticks out on the left side.
5. Press the image of the lady down onto the acetate strip. You may have to adjust it later so don’t add another glue dot yet!
6. Flip the fold back to the right and trim the acetate so it goes just to the back of her head. (see photo)
7. Play with the mechanism on your wiper card to get the placement of your pop-up just right. Add a second glue dot to acetate behind the lady’s head.

Add the patterned paper to the bottom flap, and adhere the flap to the Botton of the large black cardstock, just under the "Let fortune smile" tag..

Burnish

Adhere the "create your own luck" tag to front of card with dimensional tape.

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Just add some bling and vintage diecuts if you want and you are finished!

If you don't have fancy dies, use the trimmed edges from your paper!

Closed Card

Open card

Finished!

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Finishing Up

All that’s left to finish your wiper card is the bling! And if you want to add some vintage diecuts like I did, now’s the time! If you don’t have dies you can use the yellow trim from your patterned paper.

Wiper cards are fun and very versatile! I hope you enjoyed this fun fold card tutorial and will join me very soon for the March TAG tutorial! Happy Crafting!

ReNae

Gatefold Hello Greeting Card

Greetings! Chris here, and Today I am excited to share this cheery Gatefold Hello Greeting Card I created using the from FotoBella.com. This Bundle is so beautiful and fun to create with. This amazing bundle includes Graphic 45 Well Groomed 12x12 paper pad, Graphic 45 Well Groomed 12x12 Patterns & Solid Pad, Graphic 45 Well Groomed chipboard, Graphic 45 Well Groomed journal cards, Graphic 45 Well Groomed stickers and Graphic 45 Well Groomed ephemera. And the B-sides of the papers feature some gorgeous floral papers! The color combos in this collection are stunning!

Supplies Needed

Graphic 45 Well Groomed 12x12 I Want It All Bundle

jute, flower punch, journaling pen, 5x7 white card stock, heart die, gemstones, sentiment sticker

Creating your Gatefold Hello Greeting Card

Start by cutting blue solid paper to fit 5x7 card stock. Adhere to your 5 x7 card stock . Cut 2 5x4 pieces from the floral papers. Score each floral paper at 1/2 inch from edge.

Adhere score edges to back of card stock base.

Adhere a long piece of jute to the back side of your case base. (jute should provide enough lentgh to wrap around card and tie)

I left plenty of jute to insure I had enough length.

Cut two blue solid papers to fit card front as shown below. Adhere over the jute as shown.

Cut 2 border strips form patterned papers and adhere to your card.

Die cut 2 scalloped hearts and embellish with dots from your journaling pen.

Adhere your embellished hearts to the front of the card.

Punch out several flowers from patterned papers and adhere to card front as shown. Add ephemera from Graphic 45 Well Groomed 12x12 I Want It All Bundle.

Finish inside of the card using journal card from Graphic 45 Well Groomed 12x12 I Want It All Bundle.

I hope you enjoyed this card and are inspired to get creative!