Spring Tag Challenge 2024

Here we go again! Five tags with "spring" theme for the eCal, SCAL and Create Facebook page. 

Tag #1: First posted was a bee hive, the cut file being a portion of a design from Simply Crafty SVGs' Buzzing Bees Box Card. I added a little hang tag hole at the top.

Tag #2 - A real simple tag here, again by Simply Crafty SVGs.

Tag #3 - I made this one for my sis-in-law's birthday. Will finish off the back or make a folded open card for the sentiment. The printed flowers in the ovals were a font, as was the flower in the center of the tag.  Then print-2-cut on my cutting machine.

Tag #4 - The tag idea for this one came from Pinterest. However, I made the carrots myself. I used air-dry modeling clay and formed the carrot portion with little lines across. I cut some pine tree leaves and rolled them up and stuck them into the top of the carrot. I let the carrots dry for a full day. Painted them orange, and after dry I used to some light brown over the crevice area, then wiped the light brown off, leaving it only in the lines.

Tag #5 - Not sure where a saw a tag idea on this one, but redesigned all parts of it myself. Lots of layers and foam pop-outs. Background is layered with two different digi papers.

And, that's a wrap up for spring tags, 2024.

Happy Spring!

Sunny is 5!

 Can't believe my youngest grandson is 5 years old. And, a funnier or sweeter little guy I've never known.

He began to get very interested in Harry Potter, although he has not seen the movies or read the books. However, his older brother, age 9, finished all books and has now seen all the movies. My daughter has made both of them their own wizard capes. So, that's why I made him this card for the occasion.

This card has a double-walled front inside of which are chibitronics lights. These are made to work by negative/positive copper tape that engages with a battery and the small triangle-shaped lights. The battery is made so that where the copper tape is there is a flap (either paper or acetate) that is set so the copper tape does not engage until you push down in that area. For more info, you can check out You Tube tutorials for chibitronics. In the photo you can see the larger glitter star is the place where you push down to engage the copper and light the stars up. I added silver vellum behind the stars so it diffuses the light a bit.

All of the writing and the sun is done with gold htv, which I pressed onto the cardstock in my heat press. Yes, you can use htv on paper! Looks like embossing.

After I had purchased an HP-related gift, which I wrapped with HP paper, he changed the theme of his birthday to Spidey (baby Spiderman, I guess?). So, I made him a t-shirt to wear at his birthday party.  I altered the Spidey image and  added the balloon with the "5" to go along with it.

I also designed some digital paper to wrap his other gift and the gift bag for the t-shirt.

And, that's it! 

Happy Birthday, Sunshine!