Priscilla's Papercrafts: January 2024

Monday, January 29, 2024

Where Am I?

Thank you to all my followers. You've been wonderful to support me for several years. I've enjoyed sharing ideas with you.

However, I continue to get spam views on my blog. I've had 5000+ views from Singapore in the last week. I seriously doubt that ANYONE in Singapore is really interested in what I have to share. And there are more..

So, for the time being, I'm planning to take the month of February off from blogging. I will continue to share my work on Facebook and Instagram, so if you would like to see what I am doing, please join me there. If you have questions, you may contact me directly - my contact information continues to be here on my blog. But I'm tired of trying to create posts (they take at least 20 minutes to complete) when I get no return. So I would prefer to spend my time posting on platforms that appreciate what I do without all the fake followers.

Thanks for your understanding; I hope to see you on my Priscilla's Papercrafts page on Facebook. And I will try posting again in March, and we'll see what happens.

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Create an "Exploding" Card

Want to make something fun? How about an "Exploding" card? One that "explodes" when it's opened (I promise, no one will be hurt while making or receiving this card!).

Take a look:

Why not give it a try?

Product List

Hooray For Surprises Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[162851]

$20.00

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

[153118]

$9.00

Bright & Beautiful 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161449]

$12.50

Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[153081]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$30.00

Simply Scored

[122334]

$36.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$7.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Cutest Cows for National Classy Day

Have you ever heard of National Classy Day? I hadn't either, but apparently it's a "thing". So when coming up with a card I thought I should make it classy:

How about this? 😀

I thought classy cows would be perfect!

Using just the Cow Builder punch (along with the "face" stamps from Cutest Cows) I punched cows from Basic White, Crumb Cake, Petal Pink and Early Espresso. Then I mixed and matched the pieces to get a boy and a girl cow (or is that a bull and a cow?).

To ensure "classiness" I added a bow tie to him and a parasol to her.

What I really love is the background paper - Masterfully Made. It uses torn pieces of paper to create mountains or grasses which was then photographed to create the pages. I used two pieces--the blue with the mountains, and the green "grass". Such fun paper!

So what do you think? Is this a "classy" card? Happy National Classy Day!

Cutest Cows and the coordinating punch is available now in the January - April 2024 Mini Catalog.

Product List

Cutest Cows Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[162892]

$24.00

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154893]

$10.00

Stampin’ Blends Deep Combo Pack

[158152]

$10.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.50

Masterfully Made 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161192]

$12.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146985]

$10.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[120953]

$10.00

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119686]

$10.00

Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146968]

$10.00

Lemon Lolly 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161720]

$10.00

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115320]

$10.00

Cutest Cows Builder Punch

[162896]

$22.00

Basic Borders Dies

[155558]

$29.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Bee My Valentine

I'm still stampin' in the cold...cold weather that is. It's SO cold that I just want to hunker down in my craft room and stamp. So that's what I did today, and I tried a new fun-fold card -- "Cascading Pleats".

This is like three cards in one! And fun to make.

I started with a piece of Sweet Sorbet cardstock, measuring 9-1/2" x 4-1/4", and scored one end at 1", 2", 3" and 4". This is accordion folded--start by "closing the card", then fold each section back and forth to zig-zag the front. A little trimming between each section to lower each on a diagonal, and then I attached two more panels to the front.

When standing up, it looks like this from the top.

Then I got to decorate each panel. I started with a layer of designer paper, coordinating three pieces from the Bee Mine pack.

The front panel got a Deckled Circle and then I cut a branch, some leaves and the bee hive using dies from the Fluffiest Friends set.

The bee was stamped and punched (Bee My Valentine set).

The middle panel has my favorite bee! That face! 💗

I also stamped two little hearts from the set, along with the sentiment.

And finally:

The last panel, inside the card. A simple greeting with two little flowers on beehive paper. So cute!

I think this card is sure to please my Valentine, don't you?

Bee My Valentine is available now in the January - April 2024 Mini Catalog. And don't forget about Sale-a-Bration - any $50 purchase will qualify you for a FREE item from the Sale-a-Bration brochure.

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