Favorite Colors of Fall Card

Today marks the start of another Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge!!

This weeks theme is:

A Color Challenge!!

-pick your favorite fall colors-

I created this Fall Scene Card today. I've been a little of a creative funk...I really hope this might help me out of it. The card base is 5"x7" to get plenty of room for my scene. All the paper is from scraps! :)

This tree came from Everyday Pop Up Cards, cut at 3 1/2". I cut the base in yellow and using ink and a finger dauber, I tinted the outside orange to create this wonderful fall color! I cut leaves from Serenade in both yellow and orange and glued them randomly around under the tree.

The clouds are from Serenade as well, cut in random sizes from 1/2" to 2". I inked the clouds with blue and then with black on the bottoms. I don't know about everywhere, but here in Washington, it's super rainy in the fall and the clouds are gray... threatening to pour. The sentiment is printed using "Peanuts" font at 18 points.

I created this super fun pumpkins by using circle punches. I just love this simple dimensional element method and I thought it would work on pumpkins too. I punched three of each circle, folded them in half and glued them together to create this form that can stand on it's own but fold down to mail. :)

These rolling hills are from Country Life (cut at 6 3/4" wide). I inked them before building my scene. The blue sky layer was inked too (using blue ink). I love the dimension on this card. 

We'd love for you to come on over and play along with us at Die Cuttin' Divas!

This weeks theme is:

A Color Challenge!!

-pick your favorite fall colors-

Summer Sheep Scene Card

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

For my project today, I am featuring this summery county sheep card.

I just love summer!! For this card,  I used Preserves for the card base and the black and cloud layers.  The card measure 4 1/4 x 5 1/2". All the solid paper is Bazzill Cardstock.

I used Glossy Accents on the sun and Stardust Stickles to line the clouds. I used my white gel pen to stitch around the black layer (big surprise, huh!)  :) The background cloud layer is from Echo Park - so sorry, I don't have the paper pad name anymore.

I didn't have any yellow rhinestones, so I used clear ones and colored them in with a yellow Sharpie. 

The sheep is cut out using white DCWV glitter paper and then ran it through my Swiss dots embossing folder.  I also embossed the largest and smallest hill in the background.

I inked the edges of all layers on the hill in greens, the clouds (and cloud background) in blue, and the sun in black.

Supplies Used:

Bazzill card stocks for all solid layers

Craft paper for the card base

Cloud paper for the cloud mat

pink flower brads

DCWV glitter paper (for the sheep)

Stardust Stickles

Glossy Accents

Scotch Quick dry glue

3M ATG glue runner

Zig 2-way glue pen for the small layers

various inks to ink the edges

Cricut Cartridges Used:

Country Life : sheep cut at 1 1/2" tall

County Life : hills/sunshine cut at 5 1/4" wide

Create a Critter : clouds cut at 1", 1/2" and 3/4"

Preserves : scallop top label - welded with my Gypsy

We'd love if you'd jump over to the Ginger Snap Scraps blog and check out what the other DT ladies have come up with.  Don't forget you can pick up lots of papercrafting supplies at

Happy Birthday Banner Card

Today marks the start of another challenge over at Die Cuttin' Divas.

This week the challenge is:

Banner, Buttons and/or Birthday

I've been on a roll with the long cards!! Here is yet another card that fits into the standard business envelope (9" x 4" card base).  I love them because while they are larger than the A2, the envelopes are easy to find and don't require any extra postage! :)

Here is a fun card I made today.  The background paper is from DCWV's party stack.  This was a perfect project for using scraps... every layer except the base came from my scrap bin! :)

I printed the "Wishing you a very" and "birthday!" on white cardstock using Donto font at 30 pts. I cut them out and used a square punch to add the decorative edge. The little pennants are cut from Country life at 1 1/2" and I made a shadow for them too.  The lettering is from a stamp set I just found on clearance at Craft Warehouse.  It's called Hand Drawn ABCs by Printworks.

I strung the pennants together with some black thread, mounted them on pop-dots and traced the letters with Black Diamond Stickles.

I added some gel pen doodles to the black mat behind the background layer. Star Dust Stickles applied  to the birthday sentiment ties together the glitter in the background and on the pennants.

We'd love for you to stop by Die Cuttin' Divas and enter the challenge!

Banner, Buttons and/or Birthday

The sponsor this week is Dana from "Imagine What you Could Do".

A Witchy Kind of Day

Today is the start of a new challenge over at Die Cuttin' Divas. It's a color challenge this week:
black, orange, purple and green.

I used a mix of cartriges for this card... none of which were Halloween Carts! :)

The hat and broom are from Paper Doll Dress up (hat cut at 5 1/4" and the broom at 4 3/4"), the socks are from County Life (cut at 2 3/4") and the spider is from Doodlecharms (cut at 1"). I used my Gypsy to create this tall shaped card by welding a couple of rectangles (measuring 4" x 5 3/4") to the bottom of the witch's hat to from at 4" x 9" card base.

This cute little Halloween sentiement is a Studio G stamp punched with an EK Success Photo Label punch. I added some white gel pen stitches and black Glaze gel pen stitches too. The little spider is mounted on pop-dots and finished off with some red rhinestone eyes.

I added a purple band to the witches hat. All the layers (everything except the card base) were pulled from my scrap bin... how great is that!

I hung these adorable witch's socks from some black twine. A layer of pop dots keep them in place. The orange polka dot and Halloween striped paper is from a .97 cent paper pack from Walmart.

Here is the inside of the card. I love the little broom. I added some of the same purple paper to finish off the inside of the card after I printed the sentiment 

"Witching you a very happy Halloween!"

I hope you will take the time to jump over to Die Cuttin' Divas to enter the color challenge this week!

Fall Scene Card

I created this Fall Scene Card today. I've been a little of a creative funk... I needed to make a card for a DT post but made this one too. The card base is 5"x7" to get plenty of room for my scene. All the paper is from scraps! :)

This tree came from Everyday Pop Up Cards, cut at 3 1/2". I cut the base in yellow and using ink and a finger dauber, I tinted the outside orange to create this wonderful fall color! I cut leaves from Serenade in both yellow and orange and glued them randomly around under the tree.

The clouds are from Serenade as well, cut in random sizes from 1/2" to 2". I inked the clouds with blue and then with black on the bottoms. I don't know about everywhere, but here in Washington, it's super rainy in the fall and the clouds are gray... threatening to pour. The sentiment is printed using "Peanuts" font at 18 points.

I created this super fun pumpkins by using circle punches. Jess over at Kinder Stampo created some ornaments using this piecing method and I thought it would work on pumpkins too. I punched three of each circle, folded them in half and glued them together to create this form that can stand on it's own but fold down to mail. :)

These rolling hills are from Country Life (cut at 6 3/4" wide). I inked them before building my scene. The blue sky layer was inked too (using blue ink). I love the dimension on this card. 

Challenges:

For Fun Challenges : pumpkins - no faces

My Sheri Crafts : pumpkins

Cute Card Thursday : Trees or leaves

Paper Cutz Challenge : Halloween (Fall) + circles

Alphabet Challenge : S for soon to be Halloween

Kinderstampo : Color challenge

Hot Air Balloon Birthday

I've loved this hot air balloon since the first second I saw it in the "Everyday Pop Up Cards" cricut book.  For this card I cut it at 4 1/4" high to fit on my 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card.

The back ground hills and sun are cut at 4 1/4" wide from "Country Life". I inked all the edges of the hills and the sun using green or orange ink and my finger dauber.

I printed this adorable banner with the senitment and "pinafore" font. The cut it from the "Wedding" cricut solutions cart sized to 1 1/4" (to fit on the balloon), I then fit the sentiment to the banner.

The little clouds are from "April Showers" cut at 1 1/2" and 1", I inked those with blue ink as well as the background paper.

The inside would look naked with little of scraps of the patterned paper. :)

The blue polka-dot paper I used for the sky is a scrap of Heidi Grace paper, the starry balloon is from a DCWV stack called K&Co. Party stack. The rest is from my scrap bin. The last couple of things I did with this card is adding the white gel pen stitches and outlining the clouds, balloon and blue sky layer with Stardust Stickles.

Challenges:

Cricut Cartridge Chaos : Everyday Popup Cards

Scrappy Mom's : Country Life

Celebrate the Occasion : Birthday card + a balloon 

Sailboat card

The new challenge over at Paper Playtime is to "Cool off with Water!" I think it would be a lovely way to enjoy the summer weather by sailing into the sunset.  Here is my take on the challenge. The card shape is from Preserves.  I sized it to be an A2 portrait card.  I just love the shape! :)

This adorable little sailboat is from New Arrival. It's sized to 3 1/2".  All the pieces are cut from scraps. I added some Glossy Accents to the little port-hole windows and attached the boat with pop dots. I added an adorable little red button to the top of the mast.

The clouds are from Everyday Paper Dolls. I sized them at 2", 1 3/4", and two at 1 1/2". I used a finger dauber to ink them in royal blue and "trace" them with some Star Dust Stickles.  I did the same thing to the patterned paper for the sky.

The sun is from Country Life (cut at 2 3/4") and finished off with some dark orange ink (applied with a finger dauber) and Glossy Accents.  The wave are from ZooBalloo (the taller waves) cut at 3/4" and Plantin School Book cut at 1 3/4" and 1 1/4". I inked all those with royal blue ink too.  After layering them on the card front, I applied Stickles too.

The little rhinestones are from Craft Warehouse, the "hello" stamp is from Scrappy Mom's. As a finishing touch, I doodled some stitches using my white gel pen.

We'd love if you'd join in the Paper Playtime Challenge : Cool Off With Water

Pitcher Card

This is the second card like this that I've made.  The first was for Tracy @ CraftJunkieToo's birthday blog hop. This version is very similar... except it features Spanish sentiments.

My boys are friends with some wonderful little boy's in our neighborhood.  I know their Mom's birthday is coming up so we made her this card.  She doesn't speak much English as all, so I thought I'd make her a Spanish card.

I pulled this pitcher from County Life. I welded it so I could make it into an Easel card.  I adore easel cards and used to make them more often... I've been trying to get back into them! :)

Using Bow font, I created the sentiment with Photoshop.  I used Google Translate (because I don't speak Spanish) for both the outside and inside sentiment.  This one say's Happy Birthday. I added some super cute green and white twine around the pitcher.

I cut the flowers for the pitcher in pink, purple and teal. I also added some extra flower layers using an EK Success punch and little yellow flower brads.

How cute is that?? I love how this little card stands up! :)

I added the sentiment using pop dots after punching it with an EK Success Punch called Journaling tags. This sentiment says "Have a wonderful day!" One more flower finishes off the inside. 

Challenge:

Alphabet Challenge Blog : Easel Card

Happy Birthday to Tracy!!

*** For the Paper Playtime DT Challenge, please scroll down. ***
Tracy over at Craft Junkie Too is celebrating her birthday today!!
Happy Birthday Tracy!!

If you just came from Tracy's blog, you're in the right spot.  If you just happened upon the CJToo Birthday Bash Blog Hop, please jump one stop back to Tracy's blog so you won't miss a thing! :)


Here is the card I made for Tracy, I hope she likes it!

I got this wonderful pitcher of flowers from Country Life. I used my Gypsy to create the card base using the shadow and welding it together. I always cut an extra shadow to attach to the top of the card base to cover up that flat spot that the welding creates.  

Here is the cute little sentiment stamp, it's from Scrappy Mom's Stamps.

Lots of doodling on this card. I used my white gelly roll pen for the stitches around the shadow as well as the dots and dashes on the flowers. I built these flowers up with a small EK Success set I have (it includes both the 5-petal flower and the small one behind it).  The centers are yellow flower brads.

I created this wonderful easel card by folding the base to stand up against the inside panel.

This is also a Scrappy Mom's Stamp.  I punched it with an EK Success Journaling punch. This piece is mounted up on pop-dots to hold the card up when displayed.

Here is just one final shot of the card.  I adore this sweet card... I really should make some more for my birthday card stash!! :)

I didn't get a picture of my blog candy, but I've bought quite a healthy stash of birthday themed stamps for the lucky winner of my blog candy! Please leave a comment and don't forget to leave me a way to contact you if you win.

Winner will be drawn on Friday, May 27th, 2011

Now, head on over to Shelly's blog at  http://www.carleys-closet.blogspot.com/ to continue on the blog hop trail.

Birthday Banner Card

I've been on a roll with the long cards!! Here is yet another card that fits into the standard business envelope (9" x 4" card base).  I love them because while they are larger than the A2, the envelopes are easy to find and don't require any extra postage! :)

Here is a fun card I made today.  The background paper is from DCWV's party stack.  This was a perfect project for using scraps... every layer except the base came from my scrap bin! :)

I printed the "Wishing you a very" and 'birthday!" on white cardstock using Donto font at 30 pts. I cut them out and used a square punch to add the decorative edge. The little pennants are cut from Country life at 1 1/2" and I made a shadow for them too.  The lettering is from a stamp set I just found on clearance at Craft Warehouse.  It's called Hand Drawn ABCs by Printworks.

I strung the pennants together with some black thread, mounted them on pop-dots and traced the letters with Black Diamond Stickles.

I added some gel pen doodles to the black mat behind the background layer. Star Dust Stickles applied  to the birthday sentiment ties together the glitter in the background and on the pennants.

Challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge : Try this angle (use a rectangle and a triangle)