Thinking of you

The owl folder from CUTTLEBUG has been begging my to give it a try and I just didn't have an idea for it until I started playing with it. The CORE'dinations papers are wonderful with all the CUTTLEBUG folders, but this Vintage piece has the added color texture.

Materials:

PAper: CORE'dinations "Sugar and Cream" & Vintage "Burnt Sugar"

WorldWin

NESTABILITES: Fancy Tags

CUTTLEBUG "Owl Flourish"

Stamp: Impression Obsession

Ink: Judith "Black"

Sanding block from Making memories

O' Christmas Tree

Betcha thought I wouldn't get one out for today...well, here it is...lousy photo and all.
My materials:

Paper: WorldWin "Hot Fudge" and "Heritage White"

NESTABILITES: Nested Pine Trees

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo

Judith "Black"

Stamps: JUSTRITE "Celebration Demi and FISKARS "BIRTHDAY"

Cut-N-Dry foam

Sewing machine

I used the sewing machine for the border holes and inked them with the foam sponge, embossed the tree into the middle of the front of the card and then left the die on it and inked it again with the foam. Then I took the "Sprinkles" stamp from the FISKARS sheet and put my tree parts in.

Wildflowers

A JOY FOLD card

With great fall colors

Materials:

Paper: My Mind's Eye "Boo to You"

CORE'dinations "Curry"

Paper Cut cardstock

Stamp: Inque Boutique "Page seals"

Ink: Tim Hotlz Distress Inks "Walnut Ink", "Mustard Seed" and "Orange Marmalade"

Heidi Grace flowers and brad

Sewing machine

Just a little layering fun with fall colors for this one.

Got Snow?

Simple card with ink and color.....but wait Dawn, how did you get those snowflakes embossed on that paper??
With chipboard and a CUTTLEBUG die of course!!
MAterials:

Paper: WorldWin and Paper Cut cardstock

Stamps: A*Muse (girl and words)

(old snowflake stamp)

Ink: TIm Hotlz Distress Inks: "Faded Blue Jeans" and "Broken China"

Markers: COPIC and Tombo

Stickles: Diamond Dust

CUTTLEBUG: Snowflake die

Cut-N-Dry foam

So, I figured out a new trick with my CUTTLEBUG....not so much a new trick, because I have been cutting out chipboard with my dies for a long time...but gluing the chipboard to a piece of paper and running it through the CUTTLEBUG with my rubber mat....well, that was a new idea! So, since the chipboard cut with my CUTTLEBUG die is so perfect..why not create my own CUTTLEBUG embossing sheet?? I just cut out the snowflakes, arranged them on a 4x5.25 piece of cardstock and glued them down. Once dry, I placed the "new embossing sheet" that I created on the A and B plate of my C-Bug, the paper I wanted to emboss goes next, the rubber embossing mat, and then topped it off with the B plate and rolled it though. What I got was an embossed piece of paper with an un-embossed center for stamping. I can do this with all my dies!! Heart for Valentines, stars for birthday's...just imagine!!

I colored in my embossed areas with my cut -n-dry foam and some ink to highlight the raised areas. I then stamped some more snowflakes othe front (and no I did intend for the flakes to not be perfect...I just wanted a hint of snowflakes stamped on. A little Stickles for the snow effect and I was done! Now I have a template for future snowflake cards to emboss with!

Thanks a LATTE

Another easel fold card....I am having such fun with this!

All my materials laid out for this one.

Materials:

PapeR: McRice: cardstock from their paper packs

Scrapworks "Florabella"

Twill Ribbon

Stamps: "Celebration Phrases Demi" from Just Rite and Inque Boutique "Page Seals"

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Walnut Ink and Vintage Photo

CUTTLEBUG "Victoria" embossing folder,"Border Frills" and "Thank You"

Making MEmories brads

Go back a few posts to find the instructions for this fold if you haven't done one before. I basically did the same thing again, with some different paper and stamps this time! Embossing a slightly patterned piece of paper and then inking over it gives the background a different look. With the subtle color change in the patterned piece you get a nice look without all the work of distressing....even though I had to ink it up a little.

CLASS, yes I am teaching a class

I am going to have a birdhouse class on November 19th from 5:30-7:30.

This one is a little different from the one I did a few weeks ago.

Less angles to work with for the class version!

Sign up now...this class is limited to 8 people and class cut off for sign up is November 17th.

cost is $15

please bring a sharp tip scissors and a liquid glue to class

(Beacon's 3-in-1 is perfect, but other waterless glues work great too)

Spooky Halloween

Ok, this hardly qualifies as truly "SPOOKY" with this adorable little ghost.
Again, using leftovers from the page kit project I finished up this week..."BOO", the NEWEST Page KIT at PICTURE THIS in Eau Claire.....I made this cute little card for Halloween. You have GOT to love double sided paper when it comes to card making....you can't beat the matching ability of a small piece of paper...cut it up, flip it around...voila...card magic

Materials:

Paper: Paper Cut black

My Mind's Eye: Boo to You " Candy Dots", "Frightful Friends" and "Bewitching Webs"

NESTABILITIES: Standard Circle

Marker: American Crafts Slick Writer Black

Stamp: Just Rite "Celebration Phrases Demi"

Ink: Tim Hotlz Distress Ink: "Black Soot"

Thank You card with flowers

Hand cutting these cute flowers from the patterned paper isn't easy, but it make for easy embellishment matching when you are working with double sided papers...plus it is really economical to make your own embellies!
Using up your leftovers is great too! There is always a little tiny piece of something left over from a project or two laying around here and since it is all coordinated....just put the pieces together for an easy card. The flower paper is still available at Picture This in Eau Claire, but I can't remember the name of it...I literally had only a tiny piece left to work with.....but look at the results!! The green dot circle on the inside of the card and the strip down the left edge of the front is the other side of the flower paper.

Materials:

Paper: My Minds Eye (dot pattern)

WorldWin cardstock

Bling: Kaiser Craft

Cuttlebug:" Thank You" set

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Scattered Straw"

Pop-dots

Thanks Thanks Thanks

Another card with the easel fold....fun!
I like making cards with different folds and shapes but I don't want them to be really complicated. This one is easy. See instructions here

Materials:

Paper: McRice papers (this is from a paper pack that includes prints and cardstock)

Flowers: Heidi Grace

Punch: Martha Stewart "Butterflies" hand punch

CUTTLEBUG: "Victoria" embossing folder, "Thank You" embossing set, and "Border Frills" embossing borders

Stamp: Just Rite "Celebration Phrases Demi" set

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Peeled Paint" and "Vintage Photo"

Brad: Making Memories

Cut-N-Dry Foam

Another card with a simple fold that gives your card a little different look. The whole card is made with cardstock except for the flower embellies, so it is economical too. Investing in my CUTTLEBUG MACHINE was the best tool purchase I have ever made. I use it BY FAR the most of all of the tools I own....so investing in Cuttlebug folders and dies and Spellbinders dies....well, it just makes sense!! A little embossing on a piece of cardstock makes such a huge difference when creating a beautiful card. Of course, you can purchase ALL these materials at Picture This is Eau Claire Wisconsin!!

Happy Birthday to you

I AM Loving my Diamond Plate embossing folder right now!

Materials:

Paper WeR "Cornflower" double sided paper

Paper Cut cardstocks

Creative Imaginations "Old Guys Rule" patterned paper

Stamp: "Celebration Phrases Demi" from Just Rite stamps

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Fired Brick" and "Black Soot"

Eyelets (yes, I still have them) from Making Memories

Nestabilities "Octagon"

I used a grey small dot print paper this time to create the background and then sanded off the high spots and then went back and rubbed in some black ink. The fact that my guys are totally into cars makes it easy to create a TON of car related cards with my Diamond Plate embossing folder from Provo Craft....available at PICTURE THIS in Eau Claire. Adding in my Octagon shape from Spellbinders Nestabilities was an easy choice too! The Demi Phrases from Just Rite made filling in the half circle around the hand cut car easy peasy too!

Vintage Santa and an Easel Fold

Stands up

Side view of the brad holding the top in place

Fully open where sentiment or a nice note can be written before sending

Folded flat for placing in the envelope and sending

Materials:

Paper: WorldWin "Hot Fudge"

Scrapworks "Florabella"

Cosmo Cricket "Wanted: journaling cards"

Paper Cut "Cream"

Graphic45 "Christmas Past Collection: Letters to Santa"

Stamps: Stamper Anonymous "Letter to Santa" and "Urban Tapestry"

Inque Boutique "Page Seals"

Just Rite "Celebrations Demi Set"

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks: "Vintage Photo", "Antique Linen" and "Walnut Stain"

Tim Holtz "Washers"

Brads: Making Memories

I just had to try this new fold I have been seeing on the blogs and websites. Check it out for the pattern. The pattern does make a 4x4 card and I modified it to make a normal A2 size for regular envelopes (4 1/4X5 1/2").

After getting the pieces cut for the card the rest was a matter of layering and arranging my favorite goodies on the card. I have an awesome new stamp that I got from Stampers Anonymous (at Picture This, of course!!) and had to play. I also had to get out my awesome inks from Tim Holtz too! The background paper for the front of the card is actually part of a journaling print sheet. I trimmed it to work for the card front. I stamped out the images and then stamped out the santa on a different piece and cut it out and placed it in the corner. The green part of the postcard made Santa look ill..so I did the handcutting thing to make it look better. I loved getting out all my inks and things....super fun.

Fall notecard

Simple card.

Materials:

Paper: Fancy Pants (pattern)

WorldWin

Paper Cut cardstock

Buttons: Kimberly Poloson

Punch: Martha Stewart Fence

CUTTLEBUG "Swiss Dots" embossing folder

Stamp: Imaginisce (only two left in the store)

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Orange Marmalade, Vintage Photo

Craft Sponge

You could easily put a sentiment in the upper right corner of the card before you sent the paper through the CUTTLEBUG. I used my craft sponge to rub on a little more color in the white area of the card with the MARMALADE and VINTAGE PHOTO inks. Buttons are attached with some Wacky Tack tape. You could put some thread through those to make them look like real attached buttons.

Candy Cane Christmas

OK, the only candy cane in the card is the word, but it needs a title so I am going with that.
Materials:

Paper: WorldWin DoubleMates "Berry Red"

Paper Cut "White"

Scribble Scrabble patterned paper "Rosy Winter Wonderland"

Pop-Dots

Stamp: Inque Boutique "Page Seals"

A*Muse HOLIDAY 2009 Collection "Season's Greetings"

Ink: Fired Brick

Stickers: Reminisce "Buttons"

Jenni Bowlin "Tickets"

Nestabilities Scalloped Edge Frame

Stickles "Distress: Fired Brick

Cut-N-Dry foam

FISKARS "Corner Rounder: squeeze punch"

CUTTLEBUG : "Snowflakes"

I have a ton of things going on with this one! I am usually partial to blue and white snowflakes, but these red ones were too beautiful to pass up....plus I got to play with my Tim Holtz Distress inks....

I took the corners off the card base this time, just to be different. A simple way to change things up when creating cards or even scrapbook pages. After cutting out the center die cut with my NESTABILITIES die I ran the middle part through the Cuttlebug to add some more snowflakes. I used my cut-n-dry foam to add the distress ink color. I also distressed the stamped image and the ticket. The Stickles was used to highlight the heart on the ticket. I used the pop-dots to raise up the stamped image on the front. Inside, the patterned paper is repeated with the double sided paper making it SOOOO easy to make it look like more work than it was.

If I keep creating a card a day I might have my Christmas cards done by early December...lol

By the way....the Inque Boutique stamp set I used is actually 50% off.....and we have a few sets left!!

Wishing you a Merry Christmas

More playing this weekend. I took a bunch of different things and put them together for this one.

Materials:

Paper: WorldWin Treasures

Scribble Scrabble patterned papers

"Merry & Bright" (red)

Paper Cut cardstock

Bingo card from Jenni Bowlin Collection

Stickles: Candy Cane Red, Distress "Peeled Paint", and Star Dust

Cuttlebug: "Winter Jelly"

Stamp: Just Rite "Celebrations Demi Phrases Set"

INK: Tim Holtz Distress "Peeled Paint"

Cut-N-Dry foam

More simple layering with patterned papers and embellishments. I inked the edges of my papers and the bingo card to add a little more depth to the card. I stamped the word on the paper before I cut it out so I could see how big the circle I needed would be. After cutting it out I embossed it with the Cuttlebug folders and inked the whole thing with the same ink. I used the Stickles to "color" in the images I wanted and then mounted it all to the card base. the inside of the card also has some of the same patterned paper with a spot for the signature and sentiment.

Old Guys Rule!

I have been wanting to get out the Mirracard to play with my *new* Diamond Plate embossing folder from Cuttlebug...and I finally got to.
Since Mirracard is SUPER SHINEY I had to try it out with the Diamond plate folder. Does it NOT look like a chrome plate on a truck or other vehicle?? Too cool.

Materials:

Paper: Cardstock: Paper Cut

Silver Mirracard

Creative Imaginations "Old Guys Rule" patterned paper

Pop-dots

Cuttlebug "Diamond Plate" embossing folder.

Simple.....I hand cut the images from the patterned paper piece and placed them on the embossed card front and there you have it...a cool guys card...simple as that.

Baby Card

I am sharing this card because it is adorable if I do say so myself. Everything EXCEPT the baby stickers can be purchased at PICTURE THIS. The main thing is the IDEA....you can use this idea with patterned paper cut into squares and mounted on cardstock and made to look like stamps. GRAPHIC45 has some AWESOME papers for Christmas that even have the "Stamp" look around the images in the patterned paper!!! Change the cardstock colors and you have a completely different card based on the same concept!

Materials: Paper: WorldWin cardstock

Daisy D' s patterned paper

CUTTLEBUG: Organic Flourish, Herringbone and Swiss Dot

Pop-Dots

Pearls (Kaiser Craft)

Brads: Making Memories

TIM HOLTZ Philosophy Tags (cherish)

TIM HOLTZ Adage Tags (HOPE)

INK: Tim Holtz Distress Inks "Vintage Photo"

Since the stickers had an old fashioned distressed feel to them I followed that concept by distressing my cardstocks with brown inks. A little rub with a foam square (or sponge) and you can make the paper look older in a few seconds.

My background paper was a random piece of leftover yellow patterned paper with some blues and greens and reds kinda swished around the paper....no pattern really just color, but with some swipes of color from my inks and the little holes created by running it through my sewing machine, I made it look like it fit the theme. The rest is just layering and pop-dotting. I also used a piece of the patterned paper on the inside of the card too with a few more stickers (that are not available at the store)

Warm Winter Wishes

When I made this card,

I wasn't thinking that TODAY would snow

and winter would actually BE HERE!!

Materials:

Paper: Bazzill cardstock (green)

Paper Cut cardstock (brown)

BASIC GREY "Infuse: Extract"

NESTABILITIES: Ribbon Tag Trio 2

CUTTLEBUG: Textile Texture

INK: VersaMagic "Hint of Pesto" and Judith "black"

Stamps: A*Muse Holiday 2009 collection

Pop-dots

I thought this paper from Basic Grey looked like it would work for a potential Christmasy card. Nice greens and some pine bough looking twigs. With the "pine cone" and "warm winter wishes" stamps from A*Muse, they are perfect! I cut out and embossed the tag, inked the inside while the paper was still in the die and then stamped on my pine cone in the "hint of pesto" and the "warm winter wishes" in black right over the top. After that I layered the paper pieces and stuck the embossed tag right over the top with the pop-dot and my fake "ribbon" created with the Cuttlebug embossing and a piece of paper.

Happy Holidays

Another card...can you believe it?? I am on a roll right now...wonder how long that will last?

Materials:

Paper: My Mind's Eye "Snowed in Trees"

Graphic45 Botanicabella "Secret Garden"

WorldWin cardstock

Paper Cut cardstock

INK: Versa Magic: "Hint of Pesto"

Stamp: A*Muse

NESTABILITIES: Ribbon Tag Trio 2

Dew Drops

Cut-n-Dry Foam

Pop-Dots

HI!

Another simple..."let the paper work for you" card

Materials:

Paper: Treasures by WorldWin "Berry red"

WorldWin cardstock (brown)

Paper Cut "Cream Felt"

SEI "Playday" Playday and Tag

Cuttlebug: "Friends Forever"

Nestabilities: Standard Circle

Again, a simple card using the patterned paper. The brown dots are the reverse side of the animal print....easy matching with that option! The green dot on the inside is another SEI print called tag. It has little elephants on it...super cute! What you can't see in the patterned paper is that some parts of the print has a glossy sheen to it...like the dots on the giraffes back and the birdie. You have to see that in person to appreciate it.

NUTS about you

I'm back with a simple card using patterned paper...why not make it work FOR YOU?

Not much more needed for this than a simple stamp and a few punched butterflies. The little squirrel sitting in the trees is the top corner of this patterned paper, trimmed to size and placed on the card front and viola...a done deal. I used some of the paper from the bottom of the patterned paper piece to do the inside of the card and then used the border strip for the stripe!

Materials:

Paper: WorldWin cardstock

TCP Studios "Woodland Whimsy: Hedgehog"

Basic Grey (butterflies)

Punch: Martha Stewart

Stamp: A*Muse

INK: Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Walnut Stain"