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Feature image of close up of the lower left of a blue-green box card depicting a winged unicorn corgi. Image used to give a teaser of post.

First craft tutorial of the year is a Box Card for Ghirardelli Chocolate Squares. I will also show have to make a matching box envelope with the envelope board by We R Memory Keepers.

Hi everyone! I’m back with the first craft tutorial this year and in 8 months! It’s been a long hiatus but I’m back and so inspired to craft. In todays tutorial I’m making a thank you card to a dear friend. I wanted to it to be a card and a gift at the same time so decided to send some Ghirardelli Chocolate Squares in a box card. Realised after creating the envelope that I had some extra space, so filled it with to of my favorite muji pens. If you wanna see more like this please comment below, or comment what you rather see.

If you are looking for more box card tutorials two of my own favorites are, Snowed In | Hersey Chocolate Bar Box and Instant Cocoa Box | You’re The Marsmallows To My Cocoa

Close up images of a blue-green box card covered in pattern paper with clouds and strings of hearts. With a vellum shaker at the bottom decorated with a heat embossed sentiment saying "thank you" and a winged unicorn corgi with a bow.

Close up image of a stamped cartoon corgy with wings and a unicorn horn, the colored image sits in the shaker part of the blue-green box card covered in pattern paper with clouds and strings of hearts.

Close up images of a blue-green box card covered in pattern paper with clouds and strings of hearts, on the lower part it has a shaker made out of vellum with a Thank you stamped and heat embossed in white on the top and a winged unicorn corgi at the bottom left corner.

To make it easier for you I have made a little schema on how to cut and score the different pieces. You can either download the pdf HERE. Or just right click and chose save on the jpg below.

Cut dimensions for layers

White card stock, front: 4″ x 5 1/2″
Pattern paper, front: 3 7/8″ x 5 3/8″
Two of white card stock, inside: 1 7/8″ x 5 3/8″
Two of pattern paper, inside: 1 3/4″ x 5 1/4″
Inner sentiment strip: 2″ x 3/4″

Copics:

E11, E21, R01, R00, R000, R0000, B000, B0000

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Supplies:

MFT Vellum: MFT
MFT Unicorns and Glitter: MFT SSS
MFT Card Stock Summer Splash: MFT
MFT Ink Summer Splash: MFT SSS
Memento Tuxedo Black: SSS AMZ SBC
WRM Envelope Punch Board: SSS AMZ SBC
Neenah Solar White 80lb: SSS AMZ SBC
Fiskars Trimmer : SSS AMZ
Mini Score Board: SSS AMZ SBC
Teflon Bonefolder: SSS AMZ SBC
Tape Runner: SSS AMZ SBC

title image showing a pattern papper pad gilded ink and a grapic flag with the text haul, hobby lobby, joann's, michaels and my favorite things

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Haul | My Favorite Things, Joann’s, Michaels & Hobby Lobby

January 12, 2022January 11, 2022 craftybit

In early December me and my boyfriend traveled to Florida for a quick vacation. Not only did we go to Disney World (late 40th birthday celebration). We also traveled around and went to all the craft stores (he is a keeper!). We went to the My Favorite Things Boutique in Eustis and loads of Joann’s, Michaels and Hobby Lobbies. And this was what I got. Now to use all of them!

Supplies:

Dimension Belive in Santa: AMZ
Dimension Winter Cabin: MLS
Artist Loft 10 Pcs Brushes for Acrylics: AMZ MLS
Strathmore Toned Blue Mixed Media: AMZ MLS
Strathmore Toned Tan: AMZ MLS
Gilded Ink 12×12: MLS
Rainbow Ink 6×6: MLS
Iridecent Discs: SBC JNS
MFT Kraft Cardstock: MFT
MFT Vellum: MFT
MFT Kraft Ink: MFT
MFT Hanging with My Gnomies: MFT SSS
MFT Birdie Brown Greetings Galore: MFT SSS
MFT Itty Bitty Baby: MFT SSS
MFT Cool Cats: MFT SSS

Showing part of the card created for this post, unicorn jumping over a fence

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Jump for Joy – MFT Sketch Challenge 575

January 10, 2022January 24, 2022 craftybit

Jumping out of the gate with an entry for a sketch challenge! First card for the year and 8 months, sorry about that but will tell you why another day. This post is all about this little appreciation card. I haven’t participated in a challenge in a long long time. When I saw My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge 575 the cogs in my brain started wiring.

But as it usually goes the initial idea that I had was not what came out. Instead when I opened my drawer, where I keep my MFT Stamps, I saw the Friendly Unicorns. And all I could see was the unicorns jumping over a fence. And that was what I ended up creating, by turning the sketch upside down it fitted in the challenge. By the way I have used this stamp before, when I made my Shadow Box Card Tutorial.

Hope you enjoy this first card of the year, first of many! Hope you all have had an awesome start of the new year, mine started with a light case of rona, but I’m feeling better now. So look forward to a bunch of cards coming soon to a blog and channel near you.

Showing greeting card that says Everything About You Makes Me Jump for Joy and the image above it is a unicorn hopping over a fence with clouds and hearts in the background.

Zoomed in on a cut out unicorn on the top of a greeting card. Colored in white and pink

Supplies:

MFT Friendly Unicorns SSS
MFT Summer Splash Ink MFT
MFT Limelight Ink MFT
MFT Kraft Card Stock MFT
Memento Tuxedo Black SSS AMZ
Neenah Solar White SSS AMZ
Blender Brushes MFT SSS AMZ
MFT On-Point Precision Glue MFT
3M Foam Tape SSS AMZ
Cutter Bee Scissors SSS AMZ
Fiskars Trimmer SSS AMZ
Acrylic Stamp Block SSS AMZ
Scoring Board SSS AMZ
Copic N0 SSS AMZ
Copic 0 SSS AMZ
Copic R22 SSS AMZ

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Slimline Inside & Outside Card | Adorable Adventures

April 10, 2021September 15, 2021 craftybit

When I saw the Adorable Adventures stamp set I knew I needed it and that it would be awesome for so many occasions. The card that I made today has been growing in my mind for weeks. It wasn’t until I saw the Slimline Challenge – Inside-Out that it fully came together, however I did interpret the challenge wrong so I won’t be able to enter it in the challenge. But hey that’s ok, this card is awesome on it’s own.

As I said the idea has had time to sit with me. A couple of weeks ago I picked out the stamps I wanted to use. I created small piles on my counter (in my almost done craft room, while make a tour as soon as I have the rest done), where I added some card stock, dies and the stamp sets for the cards. I tried to make every pile different in both kind of card but also color scheme.

This card was on the next list but I ended up adding others before just because limited season and similar reasons (like the Spring Gnomes one). But I finally dived in. But I really feel it was a good decision, as I allowed myself to think about it and really get a solid idea for it.

I wanted to build a scene, but at the same time allowing the background to be a little bit diffuse so that the character and the other stamps really pops. So I’ve used one of my favorite techniques, which is ink smooching, specifically doing this with light neutral Distress Inks allowing a lot of the white of the watercolor paper to be seen. I used Weather Wood, Pumice Stone, Shabby Shutters, Iced Spruce and the oh so gorgeous Speckled Egg, on some Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I made two pieces of 3 1/2″ by 8 1/2″ so that I could use the Slimline Slide In die and cut the tag from one of them and the slide in belly band on the other, which I cut down to 3 1/4″ by 8 1/4″.

I then created the scene on the tag, a little forest on the left side with a tent and a character. On the right side I built a mountain scene with another character. On the little belly band on the main piece I added a little circle (from another ink smooched piece in just the green colors) and on top of that the sign stamp that I colored like wood and then white embossed happy birthday.

I built a similar scene on the inside on top of a 3 1/4″ by 8 1/4″ piece of white neenah. However I mixed stamping just the outlines in Milk Chocolate ink and adding some of the left over copic colored images. I left the middle empty to have somewhere to write a message. You could also write a secret message on the backside of the tag on the outside also.

I loved making this card, hope you liked watching the videos too!

Copic:

G46, YG63, G43, BV20, BV23, BV25, B0000, E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, T0, T2, T4, T6, T8

Supplies:

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Haul & Swatches | MFTStamps Release | March 2021

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 craftybit

I’m really in love with the My Favorite Things Stamps products at the moment, so I just had to pick up a couple of products in the march release. Of course all the new card stocks and inks but also some really cute stamps and a great stencil!

Supplies:

https://linkdeli.com/widget.js?id=f5e8378456858c916708

Top banner for spring gnomes blog post showing the two cards and tag that the blog is about

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3 Mini Easter Cards/Tag | MFT Spring Gnomes

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 craftybit

I have been in a pastel kind of mood lately, and that is perfect for easter cards. In the tutorial below I show how I made three mini easter cards using the Spring Gnomes stamp set by My Favorite Things. Well to be honest they are two cards and one tag but that would be a very long title.

With these cards I continue to use the Lemon Chiffon card stock and ink, and for being a person that doesn’t really like the color yellow the Lemon Chiffon has gotten a ot of playing time. I did look to see if I could use another color but at this time I didn’t have another pastel card that would work with the rest of the color scheme. Which I for once picked out first, so there was no going back on that. But I’m quite happy about my choice as it worked perfect for the tag and the Sunrise Radiating Rays Stencil I used with it.

I Carrot About You card showing Bunny Gnome holding carrot

I Carrot About You So Much Card

I love making small square cards, they are quick and cute. The first card measure 3 3/4″ by 3 3/4″. The size is based on the biggest of the stitched square STAX dies. For the base layer I used a lemon chiffon square cut with that die. I then used my blender brush, the Basket Weave stencil and the coordinating ink to give the layer some texture.

For the sentiment I used my Mini Misti to double stamp the sentiment “I Carrot About You So Much” onto some Neenah with the Lemon Chiffon ink. I double stamped to get a little bit of a darker color so that it would show up nicely. Then I cut it out with a die from the Blueprints 27 Die set. I ran the die through my die cutter twice to give the sentiment two flag ends. I then added my Gnome above the sentiment and sprinkled a couple of the carrot stamps around to add a little bit more to the card.

Close up on I Carrot About You card showing Bunny Gnome holding carrot

Easter card showing bunny gnome juggling eggs.

Juggling Spring Gnome Card

My second card is a 3″ by 3″ card. When I saw the little Gnome that was holding two eggs, I knew I wanted to make him a juggler. The easiest way to add the rest of the eggs in a circle was to give him a circular backdrop. So I cut a scalloped circle out of some Gift Wrap 6×6 paper. I choose a light blue green tone that wouldn’t take over to much. I added the circle on the top half of the card and a sentiment at the bottom. Then placed the gnome resting on top of the sentiment and the little eggs following the scalloped circle.

Radiating Tag

The last card, which really is a tag, is another ink blended one. I again used the Lemon Chiffon card stock and ink and blended with my blending brush. This time using the Sunrise Radiating Rays Stencil, placing it so that the gnome would have the sun in his back and the rays coming out all around him. I cut the tag out with the Tag Builder 5 dies. I finished off the card with a sentiment strip under the gnomes feet and a couple of length of string and ribbon to make the tag a little longer and get some more texture and color. Hope you liked my cards and tag and that you learned something new from my tutorial. Happy Easter!

Close up of tag with bunny gnome holding egg standing above happy easter banner

Copic:

Y15, Y13, Y11, RV21, RV10, RV00, RV000, G02, YG41, YG11, N0, N2, N4, N6, E21, E00, E50, YR15, YR21, Y21

Supplies:

https://linkdeli.com/widget.js?id=f5e8378456858c916708

Masculine Get Well Soon Card featuring a bunny doctor and a little doctors in sign. With the sentiment Know There Are Better Days Ahead, I Hope You're Feeling Better Soon With Close up of bunny

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Get Well Soon | Masculine Card

March 19, 2021March 18, 2021 craftybit

Hi! I needed a Get Well Soon card for a person close to me (don’t we all) and as that person is more masculine I went with a grey and design with splashes of blue-green. And I thought I would take you with me, showing you how I made it.

It was serendipity that just as I was planning for this card, My Favorite Things released the Feel Better stamp set. And as I had some time, I waited for it to arrive and then I sat down to create. In the same release they also released a bunch of new card stock and ink colors (with their new improved ink pads), so I decided that I wanted to use those colors. I did also pick up the Road Trippin Pattern Paper from a previous release (If you want to see everything I picked up you can find it HERE).

Copic:

B000, B0000, YG00, E41, E40, R24, R30, E44, E43, E42, W2, W4, W0, R32, W8

Supplies:

https://linkdeli.com/widget.js?id=f5e8378456858c916708

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Haul & Swatching | My Favorite Things February 2021 Release

March 16, 2021March 14, 2021 craftybit

I love the card stocks and inks from My Favorite Things, and when they announced that they would come out with new colors and remade ink pads I jumped at it. In the video below I will show you how I make swatches for the card stock and the ink, I will also show you the rest of the products I picked up from the release.

Supplies:

https://linkdeli.com/widget.js?id=f5e8378456858c916708

Top bar showing a cut version of the closeup of the lower right corner.

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Shadow Box Card Tutorial | Princess & Unicorns

March 13, 2021January 19, 2022 craftybit

Hi! Today I made a shadow box with unicorns and princesses, everything I love! The video tutorial goes through how to cut, score and put everything together, but I have also made an instruction sheet that you can see below and you can find it as a pdf HERE.

Showing the full shadow box card with the princess as focal image.

Making a shadow box means some measuring and scoring and if you find that hard (or boring), there is dies out there. One that also flattens to an A2 card size like the box I have done is the one from MFTStamps.

In the video below you can follow along on how I did my box out of less than one sheet of letter sized card stock. Also you can see how I decorated it using stamps from the Pretty Princess and Friendly Unicorn Stamp sets. You can find all the products used listed below, and there you also find all the copics used to color the stamps. Which you can see how I did in the second video.

For the shadow box I cut out 2 pieces measuring 5 7/8″ by 4 1/4″ for the back and front, and 4 pieces measuring 3/8″ by 4 3/4″, 2 for upper delimiters and 2 for bottom delimiters. The 5 7/8″ by 4 1/4″ should be scored on the long side at 4″ and at 5 1/2″, and the delimiters should be scored at 3/8″ on both ends. Before putting together the card, take one of the bigger pieces and cut a hole out of the 4″ part of it. Make sure that the hole has a minimum of 3/8″ to all edges so that the tabs aren’t seen from the other side. I used a die for this as I wanted to have cute scalloped edges for my window. Putting together the card, use a strong tape so that it stays together, I use sookwang tape. You can follow the instructions below and I have made a pdf that you can download HERE.

Instuctions for the shadowbox, sizings and scorelines.

After putting together the shadowbox it’s now time to decorate! I used stamps from the Pretty Princess and Friendly Unicorn stamp set. I colored them with copic markers and then cut them out (there is dies, but I prefer to fussy cut). Then blending Tumbled Glass and Cracked Pistachio Distress Inks over the for Mini Cloud Edges stencil the backdrop and Cracked Pistachio and Twisted Citron Distress Inks over the Grassy Edges stencil to give some dimension and texture. For the hanging clouds and the back unicorn and chariot I used acetate to fasten them so that it’s harder to see how they are attached. To finish it off I ended up white heat embossing a sentiment on some Peach Bellini card stock.

Close up of the lower right corner of the shadow box depicting the sitting princess who hugs a sitting unicorn.

Close up of the unicorn in the back of the shadowbox card.

Closeup if the chariot on layer 2 of the shadowbox

Close up of the upper part of the shadow box, showing three crowns.

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial and I’ll see you back here soon! Happy Crafting!

Copic:

E21, E00, E50, R32, R30, YR23, YR21, YR20, R000, B0000, B000, Bo1, G02, Y13, YR12, V12

Supplies:

https://linkdeli.com/widget.js?id=f5e8378456858c916708

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Valentine Accordion Card | Hug It Out

February 14, 2021January 27, 2022 craftybit

Happy Valentines! Today I have a bit of a longer project. And I know it’s actually valentines today but I believe you can give these kind of love projects all year around and not only on valentines! Also I believe that not only are these suitable to your love but all your loved one can appreciate a project like this.

I actually not only have one project for you, I have another project that I made that coordinates with the accordion card. I’m releasing that video over at Craft World. Craft World is a new craft community that I have been honoured to be asked to be a part of. And all of you can be apart of it too! For free! If you choose to join with this link they will know that I sent you (and I will get a small commission).

But back to the project here, I have made an accordion card, I have chosen to use one double fold. But you can make it as big as you want!

For the base you need one piece that measure 3 3/4″ x 7 5/8″ and another piece that measure 3 3/4″ x 8 1/8″, if you would make it longer that is the piece you repeat.

You will score the 3 3/4″ x 7 5/8″ piece at 3 3/4″, turn the card stock 180 degrees and score again at 3 3/4″ and that will get you a 1/8″ spine, this is so you can layer and fit more extra pieces in your accordion and still shut it nicely.

The 3 3/4″ by 8 1/82 piece should be scored at 3 3/4″ and 3 7/8″ then turned 180 degrees, flipped and score at 3/8″ and 1/2″. The 3/8″ piece will be the tab that you attached the piece to the other piece, and you score for it on the other side than the 3 3/4″ score as you want it to be folded in the other direction. It’s that piece that makes it an accordion.

After putting the base together it’s time to decorate. I have based the white base with 3 1/2″ squares out of coloured card stock. I cut out 8 of them decorating all sides of the accordion. I then matted them with a 3 1/4″ square I cut out with the mod square dies, but you can use any dies or just cut them with your paper cutter. One of the colored 3 1/2″ squares is a pocket. I made that by taking a 4 1/4″ x 3 7/8″ piece of card stock, scoring 3/8″ tabs, 2 on the long side and one on the short, leaving a 3 3/4″ square in the middle. Mitring the tabs.so they didn’t overlap when I folded them in.

I have mixed using white card stock and pattern paper. For stamps I used the Hug It Out stamp set, both coloring and cutting out images and in some cases just stamping their outlines in coordinating ink.

I choose to go with a pink and brown color combination, both because I love pink but also by using brown you can add more colourful accents and only needing to match the pink. Then I just went crazy playing with a couple of pattern paper packs by Doodlebug Designs and dies, stamps, card stocks and coordinating inks by My Favorite Things.

Hope you enjoyed the video! And again happy valentines! Love you all!

Copic:

W0, W2, W4, W6, W8, W10, E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, E49, R30, R32, R11, R12, E50, E51, E53, E27, E35, E37, E39, E09, E19, YR16, YR18, 0

Supplies:

https://linkdeli.com/widget.js?id=f5e8378456858c916708