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Welcome and hope you are enjoying the wonder cards and projects by The Rubber Buggy Design Team. Check out the latest and best products that The Rubber Buggy is selling lately like this gorgeous Stamperia Lilac Flowers paper. The paper had the tags, printed cards and even a gorgeous envelope that could be cut out and used. You better hurry while supplies last and check out the other Stamperia paper pads and products that just came in this month to The Rubber Buggy on-line store.

The Criss Cross card is fairly easy to make. I cut out two 6" x 12 " with white cardstock and score each at 6". Glue one 6" to the other 6". Cut the front at a 45 degree angle and decorate by cutting two 6" squares of patterned. Take one square for the center of the card. The one 6" will be cut at a 45 degree angle and glue each part to the front of the card. If you google by typing "images of criss cross cards" you will see lots of these cards and a few tutorials to help you. I thought this card was easier to make than my normal cards and plus you made a decorative envelope. If you are giving this to a person by hand, just use tissue paper to cover it up plus a ribbon on top and what a gorgeous card to give to your special person. The border on top of the card is from the Heartfelt Creations Regal Border and Pocket die set. I added the stunning ivory Venise Lace the front of the card.

Stamperia Lilac Flowers Paper Pad

I cut out the card, butterfly and book marker out of the Stamperia Lilac paper collection and added ribbon and Wild Orchid Roses 10mm. I applied NUVO Glitter Gloss Pen to the butterfly and some of the printed flowers.

I made the flower using foamiran foam and Heartfelt Creations Classic Rose die. I used the largest rose die in this set. The Rubber Buggy is taking pre-orders for the LeCrea Design Foam Flower sheets and it comes in many colors to make your foamiran flowers.

This card was cut out from the Stamperia Lilac paper collection. Isn't it beautiful with the printed lilacs and pansy. The butterfly was cut out and I applied NUVO Glitter Gloss Pen to the butterfly to make it stand out.

Now is the time to start crafting with the gorgeous Stamperia papers and supplies along with making your foamiran flowers. All of these supplies can be purchased at The Rubber Buggy on-line store.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Nancy Hill
The Rubber Buggy Design Team

Gift Card Envelope

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Loads of fun creating a gift card envelope and hope you try this out. I watched Heartfelt Creations tutorial and tried it out on my first envelope and then revised it to fit the fits that I plan to insert in these envelopes. Most of my friends are paper crafters and I plan on inserting dies to give them for their birthdays and Christmas presents.

Just click below and it will take you to my tutorial on Snapguide. This tutorial has several slides in it so I won't miss a step for you. As they say, "A picture is worth a thousand words". Therefore, I would rather have lots of pictures with instructions than just try to explain it in words.

Check out How to Create a Gift Card in Envelope by Nancy Hill on Snapguide.

This gift card envelope measures 5 1/2" x 7". Below is the inside of the envelope. Behind each flower is a magnet. When you close the envelope, the magnets will stick. Again, all of these instructions to make my gift card envelopes are in the Snap Guide. Just click on the web link above.

This photo shows the folded cardstock inserted in the envelope. This fold provides more space to add the gift. I will be modifying the size of the envelopes in the future depending on the size of the gifts like a die, check or gift card.

This gift card envelope measures 7" x 9"

This is the inside of the gift card envelope. This time, I just taped the magnets. Depending on the strength of your magnets, you could glue each magnet under the paper. This was my first gift card envelope and wasn't sure what I was going to use to keep the envelop closed.

Supplies from The Rubber Buggy:
Heartfelt Creations Daisy Stamp Set
Heartfelt Creations Daisy Die Set
Heartfelt Creations Regal Borders and Pockets Die Set
Heartfelt Creations Delicate Borders Die Set
Venise Ivory Lace 1" width
Venise Ivory Lace 1.875 width
Heartfelt Creations Classic Petunia Stamp Set with Sentiments

Prills - Go Man Go

Scor Tape

Heartfelt Creations Peacock Paisley Paper

Heartfelt Creations Arianna Blooms Paper

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