I realized that when I made my Christmas Star Quilt card that was a Book Binding card, that I didn't have a video for it that I made. So tonight I made a video to post.
This card has a fun element that I don't usually add which is a wobbler.
I thought I had a video on how to use wire to make your own wobblers, but I can't find one. Sorry about that.
Here is the book binding Card I made.
Here's a video to show you how to make this card.
In this video I'll show you how to make a book binding fun fold card using Gingham Gallery designer series paper, the stamp set Santa's Hat, the embossing folder called, Softly Woven 3D and the Christmas epoxy shapes.
Stamps: Santa's Hat- Sept.-Dec 2026 catalog
Paper: Card Base-real red 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" score at 5 1/2" and 6 1/2"
white image panel 2 1/2" x 4"
white piece for front 7/8" x 4"
2 white squares for front and inside- 4" x 4"
Designer Series Paper-Gingham Gallery-Online Exclusives 3/4" x 4" and 3 3/4" x 3 3/4"
Ink: Real Red
Peaceful Pine
Accessories: 7" real red and white stitched ribbon-Online Exclusive
1 bow from the red and white ribbon
glue dots
wobble
Christmas Epoxy Shapes-Sept.-Dec. catalog
scissors
Wink of Stella or other way to add sparkle to Santa's Hat if you'd like
Well, that's it for today. I hope you give this card a try.
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I'm still working on challenges so here are three more.
Our challenge was a photo today.
I stamped the image in memento rich cocoa and colored it with Copic Markers. The image is from a retired Stampin' Up set called, Peekaboo Forest. I fussy cut it as well as the sentiment and pumpkins. I dry embossed the background panel with and embossing folder from Darice called, Foliage. Then I pulled the inks, Distress Ink-vintage photo, rusty hinge, aged mahogany and SU-pumpkin pie across the panel in a direct to paper technique. I added the images and sentiment with dimensionals.
Accessories: scissors, Darice-Foliage embossing folder, Copic Markers, SU-Stampin' Write Markers, Sharpie black fine line marker
Techniques: dry embossing, direct to paper, coloring
Neurographic art is characterized by random lines crossing the page.
Where the lines cross on the page the corners are rounded.
I like how this technique looks. I struggle releasing perfection and allowing them to truly be random.
I recently came across a technique that helps those lines to be more
random and organic. It is called pushing pennies.
Basically you use a pencil or pen to push the penny across the page.
Horizontally several times, and vertically several times.
where the lines cross you round the corners.
at first I was skeptical but the lines really look random because pushing
a penny is harder than you would think.
Penny pushing technique video
I know they say there is a penny shortage, but I hope you can find one for my challenge.
My challenge is to try the penny pushing technique.
There are several ways you can do this-
Easy do the lines on dp:
Our challenge was to push a penny across a piece of paper vertically and horizontally. I traced the penny lines with black marker then colored in the bottom ones to look like pumpkins. I put the bear holding a pumpkin on top of the pile then added a sentiment above him.
Here's my card. I have to tell you I was very much outside of my comfort zone with this card. I had no idea what I was going to do with it once I "drew" the lines with a penny. Then I looked at this little bear with a pumpkin and thought, I could make pumpkins from the blobs at the bottom of the paper! LOL
Paper: white, coastal cabana, designer paper from a friend
Paper Size: A2
Ink: pumpkin pie, memento rich cocoa
Accessories: penny, Copic Markers, Graph-O black marker, dimensionals
Techniques: Pushing Pennies, coloring
The cute bear stamp is from Gerda Steiner called, Pumpkin Bear.
Our challenge was to make a quilt card. I used the Our Daily Bread Designs Star Quilt to make my card. I cut out two papers from the same paper pack and used one for the star and one for the border. The designer paper I used is a retired paper called, Elegant Pine Snowflakes. It is from last year. I added an evergreen ribbon to this. This type of card is called a book binding card.
Here's what the die from Our Daily Bread Designs looks like. I used two different designer series papers when die cutting. When you take the pieces out of the die there is a frame left which is what you use to fill in with your papers.
Well, that's all for today. I'll be stamping with two friends tomorrow so I'll show you what we made. I'll also show you more cards from my stamping desk.
I'm continuing to work on challenges on Splitcoast and have a few more cards to show you.
Our challenge is to make a card with a scene depicting a person, critter or fictional character doing some activity unique to Fall or Winter or the holidays of the season. I knew right away I wanted to use this little guy. Isn't he the cutest thing?
I stamped in Memento tuxedo black ink then colored with Copic Markers. I added Wink of Stella to the lights and the word, light. This will go on a dinner tray at a local hospital.
Paper: white, poppy parade, Hobby Lobby-Winterland Cabin designer paper
Paper Size: A2
Ink: memento tuxedo black, evening evergreen
Accessories: Copic Markers, Wink of Stella
Techniques: coloring
Our challenge was have at least one diagonal on your card. You may keep it within the realm of fall or winter, but I'm going to make it easy and give you more freedom, so any occasion that you need a card for, any colors. Your diagonals can be paper, stamps, dots, piercing, sewing, embellishments, folds, etc. Make it yours and have fun. I started with an adhesive sheet and added 1/2" designer paper strips to make a herringbone background. You can find the tutorial here.I stamped then colored my image with Copic Markers then fussy cut it. I added it to designer paper then used dimensionals to add the image and sentiment to the card base.
Our challenge is to make a scrapbook layout or a card and use a LARGE word with some leaves. This works for any fall and even winter pages and cards. As a scrapper I love lots of pictures on my pages and I often forget a title, well this challenge will change that! Once I found the designer paper I looked for a set of stamps that had leaf dies. I ran the dies through my machine then colored them with different colors of blending brushes. I put adhesive on the back of the sentiment then added the leaves. I added dimensionals to pop if up. I added it to the designer paper and card base layers.
Accessories: Love of Leaves dies, Thinking of You die, blending brushes, dimensionals, arched dies
Techniques: ink blending, die cutting
Well, it's been a busy weekend. Friday night I taught a card class. Saturday I helped my son at a sport card show along with my grandblessing.
Then I came home rested, had dinner and worked on some cards while I listened to The Cleveland Guardian play the Tampa Bay Rays here in Cleveland. We lost so the series is tied at 2-2.
Sunday the Cleveland Browns play at 1 p.m. and the Guardians play again at 5. Both teams are at home. Should be interesting downtown trying to get in and out of stadiums.
Sunday is a day off, then back to activities planned on the calendar.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope one of these techniques appeals to you.
I have another card and video for you. This is called a Pull-Apart Card.
In this video I'll show you how to make a pull apart card using the Santa's Hat stamp set and the All Wrapped Up Specialty Designer Series Paper from the September to December 2026 Catalog.
Supplies Needed:
Stamp Set: Santa's Hat
Paper: Real Red Card base 4 1/4" x 9 1/2" Score at 1" and 2" from each side.
Blueberry Bushel 4" x 5 1/4"
White 3 3/4" x 5"
Designer Series Paper: 2 of 1 3/4" x 2" and 1 3/4" x 2 3/4"
Blueberry Bushel layering pieces 2 of 2" x 2 1/4" and 2 of 2" x 3"
Real Red 2 1/4" x 3 1/4"
white 2" x 3"
Ink: Peaceful Pine
Real Red
Accessories: Wink of Stella
Christmas Buttons
Here's the video.
Check your stash of items and see if you have anything that you could use to decorate Santa's white sections of his hat.
I've still been working on the challenges for Fallfest and here are a few more cards.
Our challenge was to make a fall or winter scene behind a window.
I used a piece of designer series paper from SU-Splendid Autumn. I cut it to fit the window along with a piece of acetate. I glued the acetate and paper behind the window. The card base was white and I pulled gray granite ink across it to look like boards. Then I pulled white ink across to make it look more like the window. I stamped my sentiment and fussy cut it to fit in the upper-right of the window.
Accessories: acetate, Tim Holtz window printed bookboard window, scissors
Techniques: direct to paper
Our challenge was to use a scarecrow on a card and make it a fun fold. I made a double-flap fun fold card. It's basically a gatefold card with horizontal doors on the gatefold doors. I colored the image with Copic Markers. I added pumpkin pie behind the image then designer paper. It was all added to a crushed curry card base.
