By Nicole Humphrey Cook
Hidden Message Card
You will need:
5.5 x 4 card Base
5.5 x 4 sheet of patterned paper
5 x 3.5 sheet of cardstock
4.75 x 3.25 sheet of cardstock
1 x 10″ sheet of cardstock
Embellishments (brad, ribbons,)
Step 1: Begin by taking your card base. I usually make my own but you can purchase pre-made card bases too, at almost any craft supply store. Adhere your 5.5 x 4 sheet of patterned paper to the card base.
Step 2: Next you need your 5 x 3.5. Decorate this however you’d like, for instance brayering, stamping, etc. Then adhere it to the patterned paper you just stuck on the card.
Step 3: Take your 1 x 10″ piece of cardstock and fold it in half. Take the 4.75 x 3.25 piece of cardstock and cut a slit in it that is approximately 1″.
Step 4: Thread the slider piece into the slot and push it all the way in so you can see how much will be visible. Remove slider strip and stamp message across the piece and then replace it.
Step 5: Adhere the 4.75 x 3.25 piece to the layered card at this point. Decorate as desired. Super easy!
Here is a diagram of what it will look like:
And here is mine:
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By Nicole Humphrey Cook
So I’m behind the times, yes I know.
Yesterday I finally pulled out my Life Delights Memory Showcase kit because I was tired of dusting it off. So why did I wait so long? Because I just could not understand why I would want to make an album of that design. (the accordian stand up thing). Let me just say now, I am going to be making loads of them. What a perfect gift idea. Who knew? (yes I realize many of you have known for a very long time, I just happen to be behind the times a bit and couldn’t get it).
The things I liked about it: When I opened the kit (yes I just broke the seal yesterday morning!), I was thrilled with the ease of the layouts, the sizes of the photographs required and the idea behind a “family showcase”.
I didn’t want to wait to get any different photographs enlarged to cut down to a 5×5 which was requested so I cut them to 4×4 and wrote and/or stamped on the bottom of the mat.
I changed it up a little but I mostly used their diagrams with the exception of a few My Stickease changes, a couple of rotated pages and different sized photographs (plus two added embellishments and two added stamps)
By Nicole Humphrey Cook
UPDATE: My friend saw these (the bra and panty or bikini cards) and decided she wanted me to make her some for a pool party this summer. I’ve already started (using a different template), and they are way easy to make dozens of, once you get the hang of it.
Also thought I’d give you the link where you can download your own pattern or template to make a bra and panty card – this was not the one I originally used, but I loved this one so much that I have switched to using it. Stamp Owl is brilliant! Click Here. Her card is SO cute!
These bra and panty cards were just too cute not to try myself. I tried to make them look more like bikini’s so my kids would not think I was losing my mind, plus I could think of nothing to do with a card of a bra and pair of panties. My kids giggled, but they thought they were awesome. LOL I had to download them each a template to make their own bra and panty / bikini card. 
The bow on this card looks lopsided but it isn’t at all on the actual card. I have no idea why it looks like this on this picture.
By Nicole Humphrey Cook
I thought I’d show off my own CTMH booklet that I made. There is a CTMH gal who designed the Interior template for the book. I only made my cover, printed off the pages and then punched out the colors for the inside of the book. I love this.
I can very easily see what I have bought, so I don’t repurchase the same thing again. Plus its nice because I don’t have eighteen wish lists floating around my scrap area anymore. Can you believe I *still* have no mess on my scrap area even after creating this? I’m on a roll, and hopefully I can keep it up.
Of course I had to create a matching pen to go with it.
This is just one of the inside pages. There are 40 in all and they cover every product we currently have. I love it!
By Nicole Humphrey Cook
I am warning you. Never offer to help four children create Valentine’s using your Cuttlebug and your stamps. Actually the stamps weren’t so bad. The cuttlebug – which I absolutely adore btw, was a nightmare. Do you know how many pieces of paper and how many little dies I had to shove through that thing to make these cards?
ETA: Upon re-reading this post I realize that it makes me sound like *I* created the cards when I did not. The kids all made them by themselves. I did the manual labor on the cuttlebug but THEY assembled their own pieces, glued them together, etc. They cut their own paper for the cards (using dimensions I gave them) and my 9 year old daughter designed the original card and everyone followed suit. My 9 year old picked the fiber to tie on but they all tied their own fiber on (I did cut the fiber into strips for them so they could just simply tie it on). The only stamping I did on the card is on the back which reads “Handmade by” and then they had to write in their own names. Other than the cuttlebug and the use of all my supplies, I did nothing. I edited the pictures to include the age of the child who designed the card. I was hoping you guys would leave comments so the kids could be proud of their work. They were VERY well received by their friends and classmates.
I didn’t want them to ruin the cuttlebug, and remember which plates went where, so I volunteered. One wanted a horse, one wanted a monkey, one wanted a frog and one wanted a pig. I’ll be honest, the monkey was the hardest. I wasn’t prepared for that. It is one of the cuddlekids dies and I had never used it. It is in TONS of pieces (separate ears, separate head, separate body, separate stomach, separate feet and then the shadow piece for the back) – ugh! The rest all had three.
Here is a close up of each kids cards, and while they look almost identical, they just liked the way they looked and wanted them that way (they absolutely love learning new techniques and how to make cards, etc…. they all loved how easy and perfect this one was.)
Created by Brielle – age 9
(she also designed the overall look of the card)
Created by Vanessa – age 13
Created by Melissa – age 11
Created by Jessica – age 8
They might be cute but they were ALOT of work! (probably should have just bought some!) hehehe
By Nicole Humphrey Cook
Our Silhouette papers are absolutely beautiful. They compliment any occasion whether scrapbooking or card making. I just love the different papers and what they have to offer.
Yesterday I made these two cards as thank you cards. I stamped the flower with the cool Serendipity stamps which have a variety of uses and I love what you can do with them. You can’t really see it in the picture, but all of the little dots and the outline of each flower petal has liquid glass on it. I really love that stuff and have a whole new order in for it. LOL
After I created them, I wrote out the thank you card on one of them and then decided that I am using the second one as a journaling pocket on a page about my mother and step father’s engagement. (long over due layout!)
Now that I’ve spent the past couple of days creating cards, it’s time to get back to some scrapping, and that is exactly what I plan to do today. What’s on your schedule for today?
By Nicole Humphrey Cook
Look what I made out of some trash and scraps of scrapbooking supplies! Gosh I just love Altered Art!
This was my first attempt at an altered CD case. I had all of these magnetic AOL Cd cases just sitting around and I decided to alter one and see how it turned out. I absolutely love it and have it in my scrap area on a shelf so I can stare at it. It was supposed to hold a mini album of my kids, but I just like staring at it. LOL
Oh, and it was made out of these ridiculous things that we used to get all the darn time.
