Bloomin' Paper

Quick and Simple

2012-01-31T21:31:00.000-06:00

Finally I have finished the cards for the fundraiser and they are in the mail. Most I did not take pictures of but those that I did I am sharing today as my last post for January.

These were all made using scraps and Buckle dies from Memory Box. I made sets of 6 varying the color of the buckles and the strip behind the DP.

This is a card I made as a single card. I find it hard to make masculine cards especially for teens but I think this one hits the mark.

Angel

2012-01-29T16:22:00.001-06:00

I have had this dig already colored and cut out hanging around for a long time. I found it under a bunch of stuff on my table and thought I had better use it before it got buried again!

The digi is 'Twilight' from Crafts And Me colored with Prismacolor pencils. The border is a Martha Stewaart Punch around the Page. Behind the angel is frame made with Spellbinders Labels 10 and behind that is a medallion made from part of a Hearfelt Creations gate fold die set.

Medallion and Digi

2012-01-19T08:00:00.001-06:00

Along the same lines as yesterday I made another card using parts of a medallion and a digi stamp.

The medallion I used here is an older from Marianne Designs LRO 129. The butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch.The diasy corner digi is from Dianne. That is all the info I have. If digi designers would put their url as part of the digi name it would make it a lot easier to give credit where credit is due!

Challenge

2012-01-18T08:57:00.000-06:00

The challenge this week at my Card Camp Yahoo Group is to make a card using pink and gray and also have something on it beginning with the letter D. This is the card I made for the challenge.

The D is for Dahlia. I colored the digi image using Prismacolor pencils. For the gray I used paper from my stash. The medallion is from Marinanne Designs LRO 185. I cut the card base smaller so that it would still fit in a standard sized envelope.

Love Forever

2012-01-17T09:39:00.000-06:00

I had time yesterday to make a card for me. When I started out I had no idea where I was going with it but I wanted to use these papers. Well when you start without any kind of a plan it can take forever when you take into consideration the time you spend just thinking about what you want to do and change your mind a dozen times!

I used a variety of dies. Spellbinders Labels 4, Spellbinders Lattice Pendants, Memory Box Amira Flourish and Cuttlebug hearts.

On the inside I also used Marianne Designs Createabilities LRO 150. Now I am going to make a less time consuming card!

Memory Box

2012-01-16T12:46:00.000-06:00

I have been busy making samples for Dutch Paper Crafts with the Memory Box dies Darlene sent me. She now has them for sale on her blog HERE

I used two dies for this card, Valerian Flourish and in the center the Locina Buckle.

The die I used here is the Amira Flourish mounted on a Marianne Designs die.

I used the Amira Flourish again for this wine bottle tag. This time I cut the die in half and spread it out a bit under the label so that it would fit the tag better.

This lovely border is the Cherish Border. I also used the Sophia Heart die.

This beautiful heart is the La Rue Heart die. There is also a solid heart that can be used as a backer for this die.

Again I used the Sophia Heart for this simple card.

For this card I used the Serafina die in a different way. The die is in a heart shape and there is also a solid heart that can be used a a backer for this die.

I just love this Ringed Buckle die!

Another buckle die is this Seville Buckle.

Another Valentine

2012-01-07T12:18:00.000-06:00

This is another simple Valentine card using punches and die cuts. I don't remember which set the 'love' came from but the sentiment is from 'Love Letters' a clear set by Inkadinkado.

Happy New Year

2012-01-04T08:37:00.000-06:00

I am back with my first post of the new year. I have been making cards and sets for a fundraiser for my nephew's JROTC. These cards need to be inexpensive so most are CAS. I love doing CAS cards but I am running out of new ideas!

This card is pretty much self explanatory. The open heart is from a Cuttlebug die and I used a punch for the patterned heart. The hearts were glued together and then raised with dimensional tape. I punched out a lot of hearts from scraps to use for Valentine cards.

I used the same stamp for this card. sorry It came with a bundle of unmounted stamps that I bought either from Hampton Arts or My Sentiments Exactly. I punched the hearts from a small scrap I had left from a Basic Grey pad. The larger hears are glued directly to the card and the smaller ones are raised with dimensional tape.

Happy New Year

2011-12-31T08:56:00.000-06:00

These are the last samples of 2011 that I made for Darlene at Dutch Paper Crafts. The dies are for sale on her blog.

Favorites of 2011

2011-12-28T10:35:00.000-06:00

December has not been a good month for me as far as blogging goes but I hope 2012 gets off to a better start than 2011 ended! In the meantime I thought that I would finish off this year by showing you my favorite cards from each month in 2011.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Gift card holder

2011-12-21T08:42:00.000-06:00

I haven't had time to make any cards lately but I did make some gift card holders for a fundraiser a couple of weeks ago.

This is an easy card to make and a great way to use up some of those scraps! The gift card envelope is closed with a tiny magnetic snap. The Congrats on the first three cards is from a Cuttlebug die that I have had forever. I don't think it is available anymore but you might have it in your stash!

This will be my last post until after the holiday so to all of you.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

A Christmas card....and more

2011-12-19T10:32:00.000-06:00

I still do not have my desktop back thus the shortage of blogs. In the meantime I have added a new member to my family.....a puppy!

Nutmeg is 4 months old and was adopted from the Humane Society.The pictures were taken with an i-phone at the Humane Society facility and Nutmeg was not being very cooperative!

I mailed most of my Christmas cards before I remembered that I hadn't taken pictures! This is one card I still have. The image was a free digi from Gina K. I colored some images with different colors but my favorite was this one.

I'm back...kinda

2011-12-11T13:31:00.001-06:00

My desktop is still not fixed but I did download my photo editing program to my laptop so I am sort of in business again.
These are some cards I made for Dutch Paper Crafts using Marianne Designs ornament dies.

I also used a pop-up die to make this card.

For this easel card I used a small calendar to hold the card open.

For this book card the ornaments are cut from holographic paper and backed with pearl paper. The ornaments in the box are suspended on clear thread. I fixed the thread to the back of the ornaments with Scor-tape and poked small holes in the top and bottom of the box and threaded the thread through and fixed it with Scor- tape. As you move the card the ornaments jiggle and catch the light.

For the bell ornament I decided to make a wedding card instead of a Christmas card

Missing

2011-12-05T18:34:00.000-06:00

I didn't realize that it has been so long since I updated my blog! My desktop computer where all my files and programs are is sick with a virus and the guy who fixes it has also been sick so I only have my laptop. I have lots to share but am unable to at the moment.

Tag gift card

2011-11-15T16:32:00.000-06:00

I have been trying to come up with different ways to include a gift card in a Christmas card but not having it be obvious. This is what I came up with.

This is the card closed with a belly band around it. The DP is from a My Paper Studio pad called Ornamental Christmas. (I think that is Hobby Lobby's own brand) The image is a digital image from Mo Manning colored with Prismacolor pencils.

This is the inside of the card with a tag in a pocket.

For the gift card I attached it to the back of the tag with a piece of temporary double sided tape. After I finished the tag though I thought that I could have made it a couple of inches longer, scored it and bent to the back to hold the gift card.I will try that on the next one. This one is a little plain because it is for a man.

This card is 5" x 5" when folded up with the belly band but you can make it any height you want. For the basic card you need a piece of cardstock 11" x the height you want your card to be. On the long side score at 2.50", 4", 7"and 8.50" I cut my DP 1/8" smaller than the panels. For the tag holder you need to cut it 3" wide and then trim off a little so that the sides will fold over the middle.

Crafts Too embossing folders

2011-11-14T08:41:00.004-06:00

These are samples I made for Dutch Paper Crafts using embossing folders from Crafts Too which you can order HERE

This is the Winter Village folder embossed on blue vellum.

This is the Christmas background folder using the de-bossed side.

For the Christmas Wreath I added glitter to some parts of the wreath.

This folder is called Pine Tree Scene.

For the Snowflake Banner folder I embossed on white core card stock and then did some sanding.

This is the Sleigh folder. The border is a Martha Stewart snowflake border punch and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink Signature Christmas clear stamp set.

This is the pretty Snowflake Banner folder.

I think this Swirl Baubles folder might be my favorite. I embossed on clear cardstock which like vellum makes the embossing white.

For the Swirl Christmas Tree I embossed on cream cardstock and highlighted the dots in the swirls with a gold leaf pen and then added a gold peel off.

If you order any of these folders from Darlene tell her I sent you!

3D decoupage

2011-11-13T05:30:00.000-06:00

I have a ton of 3d decoupage sheets. I order them from a lady in England and so I tend to order a lot at a time. The image I used on this card is from the only Christmas sheets I have.

For the border I used punches from Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page. Behind the 3d image I used the same Spellbinder die from the Ironwork Motif set that I used as a snowflake on previous cards.

Back to Christmas

2011-11-12T07:00:00.000-06:00

I used the same Cuttlebug embossing folder, one of a set of five called Winter Wonderland, as I used on the star cards for this card. Again I used an image that I had previously colored a darling image from Mo's Digital Pencil. I cut it out with scissors and attached it to the card with dimensional tape.

Dahlia

2011-11-11T17:22:00.000-06:00

I found this image already colored in the pile on the side of my table and decided that I needed to make a card with it before it got lost forever!.

I used a Spellbinder label 13, traced around the inside of the dies and then cut it out with scissors. I then used the same die and the Cuttlebug to cut a mat from red cardstock. Behind the label is a Marianne Designs Creatables LRO 116.

More stars

2011-11-09T10:29:00.000-06:00

I used the same embossing folder for this card but this time I used three different sizes of stars. The sentiment is from the same PTI set, Signature Christmas.

Ornament cards

2011-11-08T08:15:00.002-06:00

I saw this card on a blog, Inspiration Blooms. I had the Cuttlebug embossing folder but I did not have the stamp that she used so I had to compromise.

I used a stamp of a Christmas tree from Flourished and stamped it three times with Versamark ink and embossed with gold embossing powder and then used a Nestie to cut the stars. The sentiment is from PTI also embossed in gold.

I did the same thing for this card but I used a medallion stamp that is a little bigger than the star.

Another holographic snowflake

2011-11-07T12:15:00.000-06:00

I made this card for a swap but it should have been received by now so I can share it.

Holographic snowflake

2011-11-04T07:00:00.002-05:00

For this card I used the negative from the card I posted yesterday using a Spellbinders die from the Ironwork Motif set.

The paper behind the snowflake is not different colors it is holographic paper and looks silver when you look straight at it. The different colors appear depending on which way the light hits it. So pretty!

When is a snowflake not a snowflake

2011-11-03T14:51:00.000-05:00

Sorry that I have been missing. It is not that I have not been making cards I have just been making cards that I cannot share yet! I did manage to make a couple of cards today that I can share though.

I generally do not buy many things that are holiday specific. I prefer to spend my money on things that I can use at any time of the year. The exception ofcourse is Christmas stamps. This snowflake is not a snowflake at all it is a die from Spellbinders Ironwork Motifs. It does make a pretty snowflake though!

After cutting the die from white cardstock I covered it with crystal glitter to make it sparkle. The background panel is embossed with a Cuttlebug snowflake folder and the sentiment from Flourishes is embossed with gold embossing powder.

Card kits

2011-10-23T16:04:00.000-05:00

I make samples for Dutch Paper Crafts and the last samples I made were from kits that Darlene has for sale on her blog right now. I made one or two samples from each kit so there are a lot of cards to share! These were really fun and easy to do.

There are 4 cards in each kit. The floral cards come with an envelope but the Christmas cards do not. They all fold flat for mailing and the Christmas cards do fit in an A2 envelope.

One stamp two ways

2011-10-22T07:19:00.000-05:00

I was looking through my Christmas digi stamps and found this. I believe I got it from Jak Heath but it is signed 'Jim'. After printing the stamp twice I colored them in two different colorways and made two different cards with the same stamp.

Scrappy Birthday

2011-10-19T14:24:00.049-05:00

It has been a few days since I posted. I did make a sympathy card that I forgot to post but other than that I have been trying, once again, to re-organize my room. Why is it that you end up with a bigger mess than you started with. LOL.

This card came about as I was throwing away the scraps from the sympathy card. I has the two circles with the flowers cut out left from the card I made. As I was about to throw them away I looked at them again and decided I could use them. I put them back in the Spellbinders dies, a circle and a rose creations die and embossed them. I then cut and embossed three flowers from a scrap. To fix the flowers in the negative part of the circle I used tape on the back and then put the flowers in the space. The sentiment is stamped on a Spellbinders tag and the circles, tag and flower are attached with dimensional tape. The patterned paper on the sides are just narrow strips which is all I had left of that paper so it truly is a Scrappy Birthday card!

Post-It Note card

2011-10-14T14:58:00.000-05:00

One of the Card Camp members, Paula, made some lovely cards with Post-It Note holders inside the card and I wanted to try it. This is my result.

This is the card when it is closed.

It opens up to be an easel card. The original directions can be found HERE I modified the directions to fit my card and the size of the Post-It Notes I used. You can see what Paula did on her wonderful blog HERE.

What a great holiday gift these would make for co-workers, neighbors etc.! Now that I have got my feet wet I will be making more. They can be addictive!

Swaps

2011-10-12T07:04:00.001-05:00

These are a couple of cards I made for swaps on Card Camp. The recipients have them now so I can share.

For this swap we had to use a scarecrow. I punched the leaves and then sponged them with tea dye distress ink. The leaves are just tacked down with a dot of glue so that they are dimensional.

This swap was a shimmer and shine swap. The flowers are painted with Twinkling H20's so they are very shimmery but it doesn't show in the picture. I put gold Stickles in the center of the flowers.

More In Spades

2011-10-11T13:57:00.001-05:00

I have another card to share using the same dies.

For this card I just used the largest die and a couple of the negative bits from a previous card and a round Nestie. The rose is colored with Prismacolor pencils and I added a little sparkle to the petals with glitter. I also used, and messed up, liquid pearls but I thought I would share my boo boo too!

In Spades

2011-10-09T07:00:00.001-05:00

I bought the Spellbinders Pendant In Spades dies and forgot about them! Anyway now that I have discovered them I thought that I would try making a few cards using the dies and try to make them as different as possible.

On this card I used two of the dies and some of the negative pieces. The frame is made with a Martha Stewart Punch Around The Page set.

For the second card I used the same large die but with a different smaller die. On both cards I used a Nestie oval to cut out the image. Stay tuned for more using this die set!

Snowman Face

2011-10-08T07:59:00.002-05:00

I bought a new-to-me-punch around the page set of Martha Stewart punches so I had to use them. What I have discovered with these punches is that you have to cut your cardstock exactly the right size for the marks on the punches to line up exactly. I use a very old office type guillotine cutter that has rather a thick line for the inch mark and I learned that I have to have the edge of the cardstock exactly in the middle of the line. Not easy to do!

After punching the edges I used a square Nestie to make a frame. The doily is from a Marianne Designs Creatables die and I used a Martha Stewart punch to make the rosette. What doesn't show is the glitter on the rosette.

Golden Butterfly

2011-10-06T07:41:00.002-05:00

I have a stash of special papers that I have had for quite a few years. I don't know what I have been saving it for but it is paper that has always been too special to use! LOL Anyway after looking at it I decided to use a little of this beautiful gold paper that is all crinkled and soft.

I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder Textile Textures for the bottom panel and then a Spellbinders Label 14. I used a Nellie Snellen MFD 031 die on the label and then cut a smaller label and embossed it with the same embossing folder. The tag is Spellbinders Parisian Accents the butterfly a Martha Stewart punch and the flourishes are from a Marianne Designs Creatables LRO 116 die set. I was surprised that the beautiful gold paper showed up so well in the picture but it is even prettier in real life.

Birthday Wishes

2011-10-05T07:28:00.001-05:00

This card has been mailed to someone whose birthday is today so hopefully she has gotten it.

I was inspired by a card kit to make this stand up card. I used Spellbinders Labels 20 dies and Parisian Accents also from Spellbinders. The 3d flower is from a sheet in my stash.

Challenge card

2011-10-03T15:28:00.001-05:00

This is my first post for October! After the marathon in September I needed a break! Although I took a little break from posting I have still been busy making sample cards that I can't share yet. I can share this card though that I made for a challenge to use vellum on Card Camp.

I used a Cuttlebug folder on vellum and a sentiment from PTI Signature Christmas that I stamped with Colorbox Frost White ink. This is the first white ink that I have tried that really works! A few blue rhinestones finished it off.

Tropical Floral Side Step

2011-09-30T09:13:00.013-05:00

This is the last sample card I made using the Heartfelt Creations stamp sets that coordinate with the Spellbinders Rose Creations dies.

Again I used HCPC 3409 Tropical Floral Swirls and the single flowers from the Botanical Floral 2 set. I love these stamp sets! The flowers were stamped, colored and cut out and adheresd to the side step card. The sentiment is a $1 stamp I bought at Michaels at least 2 years ago but it is one of my favorites.

This is the last card for this month. I made it! I had a contest going with my friend Gloria of Gingerbread and Pansies to post every day for the whole month. There were times when I didn't think I would make it. Thanks for the challenge Gloria it was fun but a lot of work!

Black and White

2011-09-29T09:01:00.007-05:00

Another Heartfelt Creations stamp. HCPC 3409 Tropical Floral Swirls.

I stamped the image on black cardstock with Versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder. I then used the individual flowers from the Botanical Floral 2 HCPC 3407 to stamp and cut out three extra flowers that are attached with dimensionals. The border is a Martha Stewart punch Swirling Lace. A few red gems finish it off.

Heartfelt Rose

2011-09-28T07:51:00.003-05:00

For this card I used Heartfelt Creations HCPC 3406 Botanical Floral that coordinates with Spellbinders Rose Creations dies.The stamp set is available at Dutch Paper Crafts.

I stamped the three largest flowers on pink paper with a darker pink ink and then made the flower. The medallion is from Spellbinders Parisian Motifs set and the flourishes are from Marianne Designs.

Leaf Medley

2011-09-28T07:45:00.000-05:00

This is the second sample card I made using another stamp from the Heartfelt Creations HCPC 3405 Leaf Medley set.

I drew a circle lightly with a pencil and then stamped the wreath erasing the pencil mark when the ink was dry. A few red gems and a bow finished the wreath off.

Samples

2011-09-27T08:28:00.000-05:00

This is a card I made as a sample for Dutch Paper Crafts using Heartfelt stamps and Spellbinder Rose Creations dies. I will be sharing the rest of the cards over the next few days. You can go to Darlene's blog to order the stamps now.

This card uses Heartfelt Creations HCPC 3405, Leaf Medley. The aperture is cut with Spellbinders labels 18 and backed with vellum with a sentiment from Stampin up.. I stamped the leaf image twice, colored them and cut them out. The flower is made with the Spellbinders Rose Creations die. I put a piece of DP and a piece of vellum together and punched the butterfly with a Martha Stewart punch.

More Tealights

2011-09-26T13:35:00.009-05:00

As I bought 50 of the tealights I have been going to town! My biggest problem is that I don't have many solid stamps. I tend to buy outline stamps that I can color. I did find this solid flower stamp from Stampin Up in my stash and as I don't have many colored ink pads I used markers to color on the stamp. Very time consuming when you are using different colors!

While mulling over the fact that I don't have solid stamps I came up with another idea. Use printed tissue paper. I usually buy pretty tissue paper at Christmas time. When I went into my Christmas wrapping box I didn't have one single sheet! I know it will work so the next time I am at the Dollar Tree that is what I will be looking for!

Let It Snow!

2011-09-25T13:29:00.000-05:00

Here in South Texas we will take any kind of wet stuff be it rain, sleet, hail or snow!

I made this card using a clear stamp set I bought last year but never used. The DP is punched with a Martha Stewart snowflake edge punch. The image is colored with pencils and the sentiment is from a clear $1 stamp set.

Tea Lights

2011-09-24T08:21:00.003-05:00

I found the directions for making this box and candles HERE and had to try it.

I did find however that the tealights, found at Walmart for $2.25 for 50, did not fit in the box so I had to make a slight adjustment to the length.
For the box cut a piece of cardstock 3-3/4" x 8 -3/8" On all four sides score at 1/2" and 1-1/8". I found it easier to turn my cardstock and score the sides this way than adjusting for my new measurements.
For the lid cut the cardstock 5" x 6-1/8". The adjustment is only 1/8" to the length but the tea lights fit!

Thoughts of you

2011-09-23T12:40:00.001-05:00

I think this card would qualify as a CAS (clean and simple) card. I used a Heartfelt Creations stamp Botanical Floral 1. I stamped the flower with Versamark ink onto watercolor paper and embossed it using white embossing powder. I then used markers to color the image and cut it out using scissors. The stamp coordinates with the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Rose Creations die set but I prefer to cut with scissors as the dies never seem to line up properly. The Rose Creations dies are great for making flowers though
I used a smaller stamp in the set with Versamark ink to stamp a background on the card base. A Martha Stewart punch on a white panel, a $1 stamp and some pearls added to the center of the flower finished it off.

Birthday cupcakes

2011-09-22T11:22:00.002-05:00

Yesterday was my daughter's birthday...the one who bought the punch. This is the card I made for her. She isn't into all the flowery cards I make! She should have received it by now so it is safe to post it.

Thanks

2011-09-21T08:00:00.000-05:00

Today I used two items that I have never used before to create my card.

The edge punch I used is from Martha Stewart. My daughter bought it for me a long time ago when she found it on clearance. The other thing I used was the digi image I found on the net somewhere and printed but never colored. I really thought that I would never use the punch but I quite like it used in this way.

Best Wishes

2011-09-20T08:00:00.000-05:00

Day two of never been used before stuff! For this card I used another embossing folder that had never been used....and there are more!

This folder is a Quickcutz embossing folder. Behind the DP is also embossed but it left a lot of white space...even for me who loves white space! I cut a piece of DP slightly smaller than the embossed rectangle and then used a couple of Nestabilities to cut the ovals. The sentiment is from Stampin Up.

Stars but no stripes

2011-09-19T10:49:00.002-05:00

As I have put my foot in my mouth and taken on the challenge of posting every day for the whole month I though I should get organized in what I am doing. A bit late half way through the month but better late than never! Starting today and for the next few days I am going to be making my cards with stuff I have and have never used and believe me there is plenty. ;-)

For this card I used an embossing folder from Crafts Too that I have never used before. I also used star dies that I think I have used maybe once and the word is cut with a die from Cuttlebug that I have also never used. I think the die probably was discontinued a long time ago! To get the white dots on the stars I used cardstock from DCWV that has a white core. After cutting the shapes I put them in a Swiss Dots embossing folder and then sanded the dots so that the white core showed through.

Gracias

2011-09-18T07:16:00.000-05:00

Continuing with Spellbinders this card uses the Fleur De Lis squares.

I cut and embossed two of the largest squares and one of the next smallest. To join the two large squares together I cut a piece of cardstock 3.25" x 7.50" and scored at 3.25", 3.75" and 4.25". The squares will fit exactly in the center of the outside squares with a valley fold in between and allows the card to open..

The stamp I used is an old $1 stamp that I colored with pencils. Three pearls colored with a Copic marker completes the card.

Don't throw away the bits!

2011-09-17T13:02:00.001-05:00

This is the third card in the series using Spellbinder dies.

First I stamped the image which is an old $1 stamp from Michaels and then cut it out and embossed it with a Fancy Tags die. For the frame I used 2 sizes of Labels 14 and glued the tag to the frame. I used the bits from the negative spaces in the tag to decorate the frame. The DP was cut with the largest size label I used for the frame and adhered to the center of the embossed panel. The frame/tag combo was then attached with dimensional tape.

Thank you pendant

2011-09-16T07:46:00.000-05:00

Here is the second card using Pendant and Label dies from Spellbinders.

I used two sizes of Labels 18 to cut and emboss the frame. The image was stamped and I used a Fleur De Lis Accent die to cut and emboss around the image. I cut another FDL accent and cut it in half. These halves were then adhered to each side of the frame leaving a gap in the middle. The second pendant was attached with dimensional tape to hide the gap and then the whole pieces was attached to the card with dimensional tape. I stamped and colored another image and cut out the flower and attached it with tape also.

Birthday in black & white

2011-09-15T12:23:00.001-05:00

I have been playing around with some of my Spellbinder dies. For the next few days I will be showing you what I came up with.

For this card I used a Fleur De Lis Pendant die from Spellbinders. After cutting and embossing the die I found a Nestabilities square that fit the die and cut a square from the center of the panel and then used a Martha Stewart Punch around the page punch set. The border still looked very bare so I cut 4 of the small dies in the Pendant set and adhered them to the corners.
It still needed something else but the only stamp I had that would fit was part of a wood mounted $1 stamp that had a candle on it along with the words. Into the microwave the stamp went and off came the rubber. I cut between the candle and the words and it is now 2 unmounted stamps! A little Tack It Over And Over glue on the back and now I can use it as one stamp or I can use it separately. Do you ever cut your stamps up?

Challenge

2011-09-14T13:09:00.001-05:00

The challenge this week at my Card Camp Yahoo Group is to make a card with three different shapes on it. This is my card for the challenge.

I cut and embossed a long rectangle, circle and lacy square from Spellbinders and a butterfly from a Martha Stewart punch and inked the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink. From the DP I used the next smallest circle die and a Parisian Accents die. A few half pearls and the card was done!

It's nearly Fall....somewhere!

2011-09-13T07:00:00.003-05:00

Although it is not anywhere close to Fall here in South Texas I thought I would do a fall card with a technique I haven't done in a while..... 3D decoupage.

Fall colors are my least favorite so I am not really happy with this card. I do hope you get some inspiration from it though!

Birthday in white

2011-09-12T13:45:00.000-05:00

There was no plan when I started to make this card except that I wanted to use some of the flowers I bought from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I used a Martha Stewart punch on the bottom of the card and on the flap. I fitted a corner of a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder into the triangle and then used a scoreboard to make lines between the dots and the edge. A Spellbinder labels 13, a stamp from Just Rite and a Marianne Designs Createables Frames and Swirls LR0116 finishes it off.

Ribbon!

2011-09-11T12:45:00.000-05:00

As those of you who follow my blog have probably noticed that I very rarely use ribbon on a card. Mostly because I never seem to have the right color even though I do have a fair amount of ribbon. So I am very proud of myself for using ribbon today! This card was inspired by a card in a gallery I saw on Splitcoast Stampers.

I used a Fleur de lis die combined with Labels 13. After cutting and embossing the smaller label I then used a small Cuttlebug embossing folder for the center sentiment and used the little cut out bits from the die and half pearls. Don't throw away those little bits from the dies they can be used in all kinds of ways!

Just Because......

2011-09-10T09:27:00.000-05:00

The image I used on this card is a digi, Faith, from Sugar Nellie. I colored her with pencils and them cut her out with Spellbinders Shapeabilities Contemporary Hearts die. The sentiment is a $1 stamp with Spellbinders Fancy Tags.

Cut it out in circles

2011-09-09T10:18:00.000-05:00

I used the same die for this card as the cut it out card but this time I used circle apertures.

The butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch and for the center of the flowers and butterfly bodies I used tiny hole-less beads.You can find the beads HERE

Cut it out

2011-09-08T10:00:00.000-05:00

This card started out as an experiment. The flower die is from a Marianne Designs set Flowers and Leaves LR0156 that I hadn't used before. I also had a very old die from Cuttlebug that I had never used that they don't even make any more! I combined the two and came up with this card.

I first laid out the three flowers to see how they would line up and what size I would need to make the aperture. I needed the aperture to be 5.25" x 1.75" on a 4" x 6" card. If I did it again I would move the aperture up a bit but it is what it is at this point! LOL I glued the three flowers together before gluing them in the aperture and then glued on the die. To finish the card off I scored lines above and below the aperture and used blue crystals in the center of the flowers and tiny ones for the dots over the i's.

Little Elf Mim

2011-09-07T07:30:00.003-05:00

This is the last card in the Little Elf series.

I have had so much fun with these delightful elves! Mo has lots of delightful holiday images. Hop on over and take a peek!

Little Elf Kin

2011-09-06T07:20:00.001-05:00

This is the third card in the Little Elf series made with digis from Mo's Digital Pencil.

Nothing much to explain about this card except that I used a different kind of glitter on the 'fur' parts. It is a glitter I found in a drawer that I have had for goodness knows how long....many, many, years! It is a fine glass glitter and it looks lovely but doesn't show up well in the picture.

Little Elf Pippa

2011-09-05T12:59:00.001-05:00

This is the second of the little elf cards made with digis from Mo's Digital Pencil.

These are so cute and so much fun to color!

Little Elf Finn

2011-09-04T07:00:00.000-05:00

I recently purchased some Christmas digis from Mo's Digital Pencil to get a head start on holiday cards. This is the first card.

The image is colored with Prismacolor pencils and the sentiment is a $1 stamp that I bought last year at Michael's. I really need to look through my holiday stamps as I tend to buy them after the holidays when they are on sale to keep for the next year. The trouble is I forget what I have!

Star Angel

2011-09-03T07:21:00.006-05:00

This is another digital stamp that I had already colored and not used.It is another from Crafts and Me.

After cutting the half circle I used a star punch to punch around the curved edge. I colored the punch-outs with a yellow marker and glued them on.

A friend has said that she is gong to update her blog every day during September. So that she doesn't feel alone I am going to try and match her! You can take a peek at her lovely blog HERE

Angel in green

2011-09-02T07:11:00.001-05:00

I found this image amongst the stuff on my desk that I had put aside. It was already colored and cut out so I decided to make a simple card with it.

A Martha Stewart punch and Spellbinders Labels 1 made short work of making the card. The digital stamp is from Crafts And Me. It is colored with Prismacolor pencils and Turpenoid.

Exploding box

2011-09-01T19:11:00.000-05:00

I thought I would do something a little different from a card so I made this exploding box.

This box is small, 2.75" x 2.75". I don't know what I am going to do with it that is why the inside panels are blank. It was fun to do. I used flowers from Wild Orchid, Martha Stewart punches and dies from Marianne Designs.

Precious Memories

2011-08-29T18:11:00.000-05:00

I recently purchased the Spellbinders Rose Creations dies. This is the first rose I made with the dies. I only made one and didn't add any color as I was experimenting with watercolor paper to make the rose but I liked the way it turned out well enough to use it on a card.

I used kraft cardstock for the card base. The aperture was cut and embossed with Spellbinders Labels 18. For the sentiment I used a smaller die from the same set. After stamping with Versamark ink and embossing with white embossing powder cut out the sentiment then used the same die as a stencil, tracing around the outside of the die and cutting it out with scissors. The other die is from Marinanne Designs and the butterflies were punched with a Martha Stewart punch. There are tiny holeless pearls on the butterfly bodies but they are hard to see!

Side fold diamond card.

2011-08-29T08:55:00.000-05:00

I am finally getting everything in order on my newly restored desktop. The directions, in inches, for the side fold diamond card (2 posts ago) can be found HERE I will be back later with another card.

Nellie Snellen dies

2011-08-27T17:24:00.000-05:00

These are some sample cards I made for Dutch Paper Crafts with Nellie Snellen dies. You can order the dies from Darlene HERE

Nellie Snellen die MFD029

MFD030 The image is a digi from Sugar Nellie.

MFD031.

This package has 2 corner dies. One is a positive die that I cut and glued onto the card. The second is a negative die that I used 4 times to make a border.

MFD032

I used dies from 2 different sets for this card. MFD029 and MFD030.

MFD033.

I think this is my favorite. The die cuts tiny holes in the scallops so that you can stitch if you would like. I saved the cut outs from the die and glued them onto the inside.

Upright diamond fold card

2011-08-15T11:39:00.002-05:00

I found the directions for making this card HERE. The problem was the directions are metric so I had to work things out for inches as I don't do metric! Now I have another problem I saved my directions that I planned to share with you to my computer but that computer is having problems so I don't have access to my files .( I am doing this post on my laptop) I will add my directions as soon as I can get to my files.
Edited to add:- You can find the PDF with the directions in inches HERE

This is the front of the card. The stamp is from Flourishes stamped, colored and cut out with Spellbinders Labels 10.

The inside of the card I decorated using a part of a stamp from Stampin Up. The corners and hearts are from Cuttlebug and the rest of the embellishments from Marianne Designs Createables

Beccy's Front Door

2011-08-11T07:02:00.010-05:00

My friend Beccy drew a lovely front door that she is sharing on her blog. I love pictures of doors so I just had to make a card with it. You can find a line drawing and a colored image HERE.

The image is colored with Prismacolor pencils and Turpenoid. I used the Tiny Mosaic Cuttlebug folder on the green frame around the image and then used dimensional tape to raise it up. The sentiment is a 1989 Stampendous stamp from my collection. I have no idea why I bought it all those years ago because I have only been stamping and card making for 3 years!

One year ago today I launched my Yahoo Group Card Camp. It has been a fun year with a lot of learning, sharing and caring. Happy Birthday Card Camp!

Chill Out in stitches

2011-08-10T17:01:00.000-05:00

This is a card I made for a swap 'Dog Days Of Summer' on Card Camp. Here in Texas we are certainly in the dog days of summer with temperatures in the 100's every day.

The stamp is an older $1 stamp from Michaels. It is colored with Prismacolor pencils and Turpenoid and cut out with Nestabilities lacy squares.

This card is for the second swap I joined for August on Card Camp. For this card we had to have stitching on the card....real or faux.

The floral image I used for this card is a free digi image from Beccy. You can find it HERE I used a Nellie Snellen die MFD 033 and faux stitched with a blue Micron pen.

Rose and Cream

2011-08-04T19:17:00.001-05:00

In my wandering around blog land I saw a card on I think a Polish blog that I fell in love with. I forgot to bookmark the page so I tried to CASE the card from memory.

This is the front of the card. The front and back are cut separately and joined together.

This is the card opened. I should have put ribbon to hold it together when folded as It has a mind of it's own and springs open. If I I will remember that the next time I make a card like this....if I ever do!

A close-up of the left inside of the card.

A close-up of the right inside of the card, There is a pocket with a tag to write a message on.

Edited to add. This is the link to the card I cased. Thanks to those who pointed me in the right direction!
http://monika-jot.blogspot.com/2011/08/czy-to-mozliwe.html

Gate fold challenge

2011-07-29T07:45:00.000-05:00

The challenge last week on Card Camp was to make a gate fold card. This is the card I made.

The digi stamp is from Sugar Nellie and her name is Grace.

Birthday Card.

2011-07-28T07:00:00.008-05:00

These are birthday card I made for Card Camp members who had birthdays this month.

I used Spellbinders Labels 14 and 18 and one of the Spellbinders Fancy Tags 3 dies cut and embossed with the Cuttlebug and edged with a gold leaf pen. For the flower I used Marianne Designs Flower Set LR0145
and for the leaves Flowers and Leaves LR0156.

I CASEd Cathleen's card, ctorina on Splitcoast Stampers, but I changed up the labels and DP. I cut a rectangle and rounded the edges then used Spellbinders Labels 4 and 14 all edges with a gold leaf pen. The flower is made with Marianne Designs LR0145, the leaves from the LR0156 set and the flourish is from the Decorative Elegance set LR 0157.

Verity

2011-07-27T10:44:00.002-05:00

For this card I used another lovely digi stamp from Sugar Nellie, her name is Verity. I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils and Turpenoid and cut her out with a circle Nestie and adhered her to a pleated circle made with the same Martha Stewart edge punch I used for the strip behind it. The flourish was made with the first Marinanne Designs Createables die I ever bought, LR0116.

Createables

2011-07-26T10:44:00.001-05:00

I have been absent again but not unproductive. I have been working on cards for Dutch Paper Crafts that I am unable to share with you yet. I can however share these cards and you can go to Darlene's blog HERE to order the Marianne Designs Createables that I used. As usual Darlene has the dies at a discounted price that you won't find anywhere else and her shipping charge is just what it costs her. Tell her Jennie sent you!

For this card I used LR0162 for the flowers and leaves.

The flower and leaves for this card is from the LR0164 set.

The set I used for the flower and leave for this card is LRO163.

Joy

2011-07-18T09:49:00.000-05:00

Another digi from Sugar Nellie that I just love is Joy.

I used Spellbinders Labels 14 in two different sizes for the image panel and the sentiment. To get the borders I traced around the outside of the dies and cut them out with scissors. For the edge on the white panel I used MS Punch Around the Page edge punch Vintage Floral. The sentiment is from the Forever Friends cling set from JustRite .

Connie

2011-07-15T06:27:00.001-05:00

This is another card with a digi from Sugar Nellie. Her name is Connie.

I used just the corner punch from a Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page set Swirling Lace to punch the corners on two layers. After coloring Connie with Prismacolor pencils and Turpenoid I cut her out. I used a long oval and a large scallop oval Nestie and a Spellbinders tag from the Fancy Tags set. Connie's feet are glued to the tag and then I used dimensional tape to attach her and the tag to the ovals. The sentiment is a $1 stamp from Michaels.

Faith

2011-07-14T07:00:00.002-05:00

I have been getting a guilty conscience lately because I haven't been doing much coloring. Somehow it seems like cheating to me when all I do is run cardstock and a die through the Cuttlebug.I used dies and a punch for this card but I also did some coloring!

This lovely image is a digi from Sugar Nellie. Her name is Faith. You can buy her HERE I also used a Martha Stewart Daisy Punch Around the Page and a Marianne Designs Createables die. Faith is colored with Prismacolor pencils and Turpenoid.

Parisian Accents and Pearls

2011-07-13T15:49:00.000-05:00

Wow I didn't realize how long it has been since I posted! I have cards made just not photographed and shared.

This card was made with the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Parisian Accents dies and Nestabilities Labels 13. The DP is from a 6"x6" pad from Prima called Fairy Flora. It really does have some pretty papers in it.

Swirls

2011-07-08T12:11:00.000-05:00

I appreciate your comments very much but if you comment as 'Anonymous' I don't know who you are and cannot reply if you have a question. I had 'Anonymous" ask yesterday how I did the corner within the frame. There is a tutorial on my blog HERE
Punches and the Cuttlebug got a workout for this card! It was made for a challenge on my Yahoo group Card Camp. The challenge was to use a punch, a die cut and an embossing folder.

I used two different Martha Stewart punches, Swirling Lace and Scallop 3 Dot both Punch Around the Page. The embossing folder I used is Cuttlebug Textile Textures and the dies are a Marianne Createables set Designer Doily LR0130. I sponged all the edges with Peach Pastel Colorbox Fluid Chalk. Each layer is raised with dimensional tape.

Positive/Negative

2011-07-07T07:21:00.000-05:00

Can you be both positive and negative at the same time? Probably not but your cards can!

I recently purchased the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Parisian Accents set and wanted to see what I could do with it using all the dies in the set. In my post yesterday I used one of the dies tucked behind a label. The die I used is the same die that I have used for this card.
I began by cutting out and embossing the shape from a square piece of card stock. I used the positives on the corners and saved the tiny arrowhead shapes. he panel is raised with dimensional tape and then I glued the arrowheads down onto the DP. A square cut with a Nestie and a couple of Martha Stewart butterflies and I was all done!
I am going to experiment with the rest of the set now!

Pretty Sweet Peas

2011-07-06T13:15:00.000-05:00

My sweet peas stamp was still out on my table....I am bad about cleaning and putting stamps back...I wait until I have a few and clean them all at once. As the stamp was already out I decided to use it again.

I used Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page Deco Flowers for the border.... I have also seen it called Vintage Flowers. After stamping the sweet peas I used a Spellbinders labels 14 to cut it out and then used a smaller label with a Spellbinders Shapeabilities Parisian Accents behind it. A piece of satin ribbon and half pearls finished it off.

Daisies for you

2011-07-05T13:14:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. My first card for July 2011 is just for you.

After coloring this digi image I found that I didn't have the right shade of any of the colors I used so I used the old standby black and white and I like the way it maked the image pop. When I saved this image I didn't make a note of where I got it so I can't share it with you. If you know please let me know so that I can give credit where credit is due. It sure would help if the designers would indicate who they are when they name the image! For the border I used Martha Stewart Daisy punches, a border and a corner punch. As far as I can tell these punches are not sold as a set but come separately.

I had had the border punch for sometime before I realized that it had the markings to line up the corner. Looking at my other border punches I found another one that also had the markings to line up a corner punch and so I ordered both the corner punches and now I have 2 more punch around the page sets to use!

Are you looking?

2011-06-30T11:50:00.000-05:00

I just love this digital stamp from Mo Manning. I love the way the little girl has one eye open to see if anyone is paying attention to her sulking!

This was a pretty simple card to make. After printing and coloring the image I cut and embossed it with a Nestabilities labels 4 die and before removing it from the die I used chalk around the edge. Using the same die I traced around the outside edge onto the turquoise. card stock and cut it out with scissors. Behind the image is a Shapeabilities fancy tags. I also used a Martha Stewart edge punch and a Cuttlebug folder.

Bella Rose

2011-06-24T10:38:00.000-05:00

These are some cards that I did for Dutch Paper Crafts that I haven't been able to show you until now. The stamps are from the Bella Rose collection by Heartfelt Creations.

I stamped the image and then stamped the large rose and colored them and then cut the rose out with the matching die and raised it with dimensional tape.

This is another of the stamps I had to work with. After stamping and coloring the image I cut it out by hand. The sentiment is hung from the trellis with a piece of twine.

I love this image! It is one of the images from the Bella Rose Pre-cut set that co-ordinates with the Dies.

This is another stamp in the collection that also has a co-ordinating die. I stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with gold embossing powder before using the die to cut out the image. To see more about these stamps and die and to purchase at a great price go HERE

Sweet Peas

2011-06-22T13:29:00.000-05:00

This is the card that I couldn't upload earlier. It is made entirely with Spellbinders dies. Nestabilities petite scalloped circles, classic circles and labels 13 and Shapabilities fancy tags. The stamp is from Sweet Pea, a clear set from Flourishes.

Blogger problem

2011-06-22T11:21:00.000-05:00

There is a problem with blogger right now. I cannot upload my pictures to my blog. Just when I have a card to share! will keep trying and as soon as the problem is fixed I will be sharing again.

Flip and Mirror

2011-06-20T09:36:00.000-05:00

I called this card flip and mirror because that is what I did with the positive parts of the die. The DP I used is from a 6"x6" pad from Prisma called Fairy Flora. I love this paper! The die I used is from Marianne Designs Creatables Frames and Swirls LR0116. The die I used under the butterfly is the Spellbinders Shapabilities Fleur De Lis. The butterfly is a Hero Arts stamp colored with Prismacolor pencils and coverd with glitter.

Antique Rose and Tutorial

2011-06-17T13:26:00.000-05:00

For this card I used Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page set Vintage Floral. As you can see I punched a corner inside the border. I had seen this on another blog but couldn't figure out how to do it to save my soul! While surfing yesterday I found directions on a Dutch blog but the translation wasn't very clear. After finally figuring it out I thought I would write a tutorial on how to do it. You can download the tutorial HERE in PDF format. It will work with all the regular size Punch Around the Page sets the have a defined corner. I haven't tried it with the deep punches though.

The punched panel is raised with dimensional tape and a frame made with scalloped circle and plain circle Nesties is also raised.The rest is die cut with Marinanne Designs Creatables.

A different angel

2011-06-15T17:05:00.000-05:00

This was a pretty simple card to make using a digi of an angel and Spellbinders Shapabilities Fleur De Lis pendant dies. Each die was cut in pink and white and then before gluing together I moved the white over to the right and down slightly to make a pink shadow.

Challenge

2011-06-13T08:18:00.000-05:00

I made this card for a challenge on my Yahoo Group Card Camp. The challenge was to make a center step card. If you would like to join a fun and friendly group of card makers we would love to have you!

The image is a digi from Mo's Digital Pencil

Lifestyle Crafts dies

2011-06-12T11:14:00.000-05:00

I have been busy behind the scenes working on cards for Dutch Paper Crafts but I am unable to show them to you yet. I do have some I made earlier that I can show you using Lifestyle Crafts , formally Quickcutz, dies.

Lifestyle Crafts Blossoms #DC 0073

Lifestyle Crafts Spray #DC 0075

Lifestyle Crafts Bloom #DC0074

Lifestyle Crafts Petals # DC0076 and Leaves # DC0077

If you would like any of these dies Darlene has them at a great discounted price on her blog but when they are gone she cannot get any more.

Book box card

2011-06-08T08:00:00.001-05:00

As I was blog hopping I came across a book box card and wanted to try it. Unfortunately the excellent directions were in metric measurements and as I needed to use my score board which isn't metric I had to figure out how to do it in inches!

I will give you the measurements I used but for metric and for the directions I am sending you to the Sassy Scrapper blog.
These are the measurements I used for an A2 card (5.5" x 4.25")
For the folds cut 2 pieces 9" x 5.5" and 2 pieces 9" x 4" from cardstock and score at .75" intervals
For the cover Cut one piece 9.25" x 5.5" and score at 4.25" and 5.5"

I made my cover with white CS and then used aqua CS and DP on the front, back and inside. On the front I cut 2 white rectangles, used a Cuttlebug folder on one piece and then used a die (Heartfelt Creations HCD711)on the top piece and raised it with dimensional tape, The butterflies are Martha Stewart punches covered with glitter.

On the left inside of the card I stamped the sentiment, Let Your Dreams Take Flight, with Versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder on a panel cut with a Marianne Designs Creatables die. Inside the box I used the positive part of the die I used on the front with the same butterflies and glued them between different folds of the book.

June Swap

2011-06-07T15:01:00.000-05:00

This is a card I made for a Wedding/Anniversary swap on my Yahoo Group Card Camp. The recipient has received it so I can show it to you.

I used a Martha Stewart punch and various Marianne Design Creatables.

Pretty Peel Offs

2011-06-02T11:32:00.000-05:00

This is a sample card I made for Dutch Paper Crafts using peel off stickers. You can find the stickers HERE

I used both the positive and negative of the stickers on this card. The stickers come in a strip. To get the frame effect cut 4 pieces the size you wanted your frame to be then on a cutting mat lay the stickers down using the markings on the mat to keep them square, overlapping at the corners. With a craft knife and ruler cut from the inside to the outside corner at all four corners and then removed the excess. The stickers peel off the mat easily and I assembled the frame on the cardstock.

To pick up a negative flower from the sticker sheet used a piece of Scotch 'invisible' tape (not the shiny kind as it is too sticky) Burnish the sticker with your finger to make sure that the tape is stuck to all the pieces and then transfer the pieces to your cardstock burnishing to get the pieces to stick and remove the tape.
I used a sentiment from Just Rite Forever Friends set stamped with Versamark and embossed with silver embossing powder.

Missing

2011-05-31T09:21:00.001-05:00

With vacations and company for the best part of the month May has been dismal for both creating and posting. To finish out the month I want to share some more cards I made using the angel stamps. I printed lots of copies so that I could practice the coloring. Here are 3 that made the cut to become cards.

Angel # 3

2011-05-21T07:48:00.002-05:00

Here is the third angel I promised. This one is called Twilight and you can find her HERE

I think this one would make a lovely Christmas card which I might do when I feel like getting out holiday paper and stamps again! When you read this I will be in New Orleans exploring the French Quarter listening to great music and eating great food! I will be back home again tomorrow unfortunately as this is just a quick weekend trip.

Angel #2

2011-05-20T07:35:00.006-05:00

I have finished the cards for Dutch Paper Crafts but I can't show them to you yet but I do have another angel card to show you.

This angel is Dusk and you can find the digi HERE at Crafts And Me. I colored her with pencils and OMS. She has glitter on her wings but it doesn't show up in the picture. I used a punch around the page and a butterfly punch from Martha Stewart. Spellbinders Oval and scalloped oval dies and Creatables Rose and leaf dies. I will have the third angel in the series to show you tomorrow.

Edited to add the MS punch I used is Punch Around the Page Vintage Floral.