Summer "thanks" card

I am a proud member of Cori's Design Team over at Ginger Snaps Scraps and today I have a fun card to share with you!

I love making shaped cards (as you'll know if you are regular visitor) but I like to look beyond the usual shapes for my inspiration. This card, believe it or not, is created by re-sizing a tag shape.

I love summer!! This would be a wonderful birthday card for someone special, but this one is a fun thank you card.

My little sentiment tag is hand cut to about 3/4" x 2". The stamp is from Scrappy Mom's Stamps. I mounted the tag up on pop dots and tucked the end under the tree just a little. I finished off the tag with some white gel pen stitches.

The sun is from Celebrate with Flourish, cut at 1 3/4". I added Glossy Accents to the center (it's still wet in the picture). The clouds are from Serenade, cut at 1" and 1 1/4". Both layers of the sun were inked with orange ink, on the clouds I used blue ink.

This tree is from Simply Charmed, all layers cut at 3 1/4". The grass is from Paper Doll Dress up cut at 1" and 3/4". The little bird is from Serenade, cut at 3/4".  I also used green and clear Glaze pens to add the details on the tree. I inked the tree and grass with green ink and the sky layer was detailed with the same blue ink I used on the clouds.

I hand drew the little daises with my white gel pen and added the centers with a yellow self adhesive rhinestones.

Here you can see the full card base.  I used Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cart.  This tag is from page 91 (button #10) using the mirror creative feature. I sized the base to 4 1/4" x 11". The front layers were sized down by 1/4" each. The black layer measures 4" x 5 1/4" and the blue sky layer measures 3 3/4" x 5".

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Summer Scene Card

I love making shaped cards (as you'll know if you are regular visitor) but I like to look beyond the usual shapes for my inspiration. This card, believe it or not, is created by re-sizing a tag shape.

I love summer!! This would be a wonderful birthday card for someone special, but this one is going to a blogger who recently sent me some blog candy I won. :)

My little sentiment tag is hand cut to about 3/4" x 2". The stamp is from Scrappy Mom's Stamps. I mounted the tag up on pop dots and tucked the end under the tree just a little. I finished off the tag with some white gel pen stitches.

The sun is from Celebrate with Flourish, cut at 1 3/4". I added Glossy Accents to the center (it's still wet in the picture). The clouds are from Serenade, cut at 1" and 1 1/4". Both layers of the sun were inked with orange ink, on the clouds I used blue ink.

This tree is from Simply Charmed, all layers cut at 3 1/4". The grass is from Paper Doll Dress up cut at 1" and 3/4". The little bird is from Serenade, cut at 3/4".  I also used green and clear Glaze pens to add the details on the tree. I inked the tree and grass with green ink and the sky layer was detailed with the same blue ink I used on the clouds.

I hand drew the little daises with my white gel pen and added the centers with a yellow Glaze pen.

Here you can see the full card base.  I used Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cart.  This tag is from page 91 (button #10) using the mirror creative feature. I sized the base to 4 1/4" x 11". The front layers were sized down by 1/4" each. The black layer measures 4" x 5 1/4" and the blue sky layer measures 3 3/4" x 5".

Challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut : Summer Sun

The Paper Variety : It's Summer

Celebrate the Occasion : Celebrating Summer

Cricut Cartridge Chaos :  Tags Bags Boxes and More

My Sheri Crafts : Summer

My First Scrapbook Page

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If you are a regular visitor of my blog, you know I love making cards, crafting with my kiddos and making 3-D projects too.  However, I am not a scrapbooker!!  Michelle over at Queen of my Craftroom assigned her design team to make an Easter Scrapbook page.... well, that certainly was a challenge for me!

I used my nephew as inspiration for this scrapbook page. He is six months old and celebrating his first Easter.  So, I grabbed this picture from my sister and using the colors in the photo, I went to work!

I cut four layers of grass from Everyday Paper Dolls and six eggs from Doodlecharms (1 1/2"). I love this green and white gingham ribbon. The little flowers are a punch by EK Success. I used light yellow dimensional paint for the flower centers. I inked the grass with green and the eggs with orange ink.

The clouds and sun are from Create a Critter. I inked the sun with orange ink and all the clouds with blue.  The title is printed using Floral font. Some clouds are attached straight to the page while some are mounted on thin pop-dots and the title cloud is up on thick pop-dots.

I added two additional mats so my sister can add a couple more pics.  These are 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" using light green DCWV  glitter paper while the picture of Connor with the Easter bunny is on light blue DCWV glitter paper. All photo mats have the corners rounded.

I used my Bow Easy to make this double looped bow.  I love the Bow Easy so much, I'll be adding one to my 400 follower giveaway goody bag!!

I had to add a little Easter bunny to the scene.  This bunny one is cut from Celebrate with Flourish at 2" on the black out feature.

I'll also be adding this to the challenge over at More Than Favors:

Wacky Wednesday Challenge : Easter Theme

and

Sentimental Sundays : Easter or Spring + a sentiment

Please let me know what you think... being my very first scrapbook layout, I am very nervous about presenting it to all you wonderful and talented crafters that visit me here on my blog! I know many of you are seasoned scrapbookers! :)

Sun and Clouds Card

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Depending on where you live, Spring may be showing it's face.  Here in the Great Northwest, we are breaking all types of cold temperature and rain fall records so we are SOOO ready for Spring to get here.

I have a card I made today hoping that the clouds will part and we will at least SEE the sun in the next week or so!  If the weather forecasters are right, we just might have some dry and warmer weather coming our way.

Look how the sun is shining through the clouds on this Birthday card. I love the shimmer paper on this card! I attached the circle layer of the sun's center with pop dots.  I also attached the cloud with pop dots.

I love these little stamps from Close to My Heart. I punched the sentiment circle with a 1" circle punch.I inked the edges of the three layers of the sun in orange ink with a finger dauber.  I inked all other layers with blue ink. 

I added white gel pen stitches to the shadow of the sun and clouds layer as well as the blue layer of the card base.

I looped hemp around the card base layer before attaching it to the card base.

The card measure 3 1/2" x 6". A while ago I found a stash of envelopes so occasionally I make cards to fit them... I find it easier to make cards to fit envelopes other than the other way around. I inked the edges of the envelope to match the card.

Cartridges used:

Celebrate with Flourish Lite

Sun and it's layers cut at 3"

Other supplies:

ATG glue runner

Scotch Quick Dry Glue

white craft hemp from Dollar Tree

Bazzil card stock in blue shimmer

DCWV autumn mat stack - adhesive backed

blue and orange ink

finger dauber

pop dots

Gelly Roller white gel pen

CTMH sentiment stamp from "Seasonal Celebration" D1112

Challenges:

Paper Playtime : Weather

Cute Card Thursday : Weather

Throwback Thursday : use a lite cartridge

CJT DT Project: Winter Birthday Card

I am a very proud member of Tracy's design team over at Craft Junkie Too.  Tracy asked the design team for this week to share a Winter themed project. My project today is a card designed for a winter birthday.

I used Celebrate with Flourish for the ice skates.  I love this cut, so pretty and simple too. I've really been resisting buying any of the lite cartridges because they never go on sale (at least not at my Walmart), but I finally broke down and grabbed this ONE.

The inside of the card got matching bg paper and matting... even a little of the sheer ribbon too.

The front features a pair of ice skates, complete with glittered and rhinestoned snowflakes! I added gel pen stitches on the laces, silver metallic paper on the skate blades and mounted the ice skates up on pop-dots. Including a beautiful sheer blue ribbon across the top. 

The back ground paper is a wonderful print with ice skates and snowmen in a blue color scheme by DCWV. I inked all the bg paper with navy ink before matting it on the navy blue card stock.

The sentiment reads "Wishing you a cozy winter birthday." I matted the sentiment onto more silver metallic paper and then on a navy mat, and attached it with pop-dots.

 It is perfect for that special person celebrating a birthday this time of year.

The card measures 4.25” x 5.5” and is made out of white card stock. 

I am selling this card in my Etsy store.  Feel free to stop over there and take a look at everything I have for sale.  If you are interested in this card specifically, here is the link:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/65372121/winter-birthday-card

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