Oceanside Diorama

Love using all my sea/ocean dies! Living in Maine it is a popular theme for birthday cards especially summer birthdays! The Diorama style is fun to do too! This one is for a friend's birthday in a couple of weeks. The paper collection is the Beachhouse from DCWV.

My sister's and I are also making Farmhouse/Shabby Chic items for a craft show that we are going to do this fall. Here are a few items that I have been busy working on to finish up. The IOD stamps and moulds are great to use on these items that I changed up and had around the house.

Birthday Theater Cards

This week I watched Sam Calcott from Mixed up Crafts video. She was making these theater/stage cards.  I did throw out the first one I made because the mechanism didn't work smoothly.  The only thing I did different from her video is I only used one strip for the 3D effect.   Sam used 2 strips which she does great.  These cards are ready for mailing and they measure 5x7 which is a perfect size.  I wouldn't want to do it any smaller because it would be hard to see the inside if you want to decorate the outside of the card. Also the aperture of these cards are different. The one on the right is smaller than the one on the left. Both work great!  I used graphic 45 Sun Kissed for the card on the right and the card on the left is from a combination of Authenique and DCWV Beach House. I love making beach theme cards for birthdays in July and August, tis the season!  I have posted more pictures of the inside and back of the card below along with the link to the video from Mixed up Crafts.  Happy Birthday to my good friends who are beach lovers!!

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Just pull both sides of card

Look inside

Back of the card for the sentiment