Card A Day Blog: Snow

Hello everyone, I hope everyone is having a great holiday season so far. This week's theme on the Card A Day Blog is, Snow. Here is the card that I made for my entry for this week.

I got the idea for this particular card from a card made by Joan B, from Paperlicious Thoughts and Images. To make my card, I started off with a 5.5" x 4.25" white card base. Since the theme is snow, I chose a paper with snowflakes for my background paper. I cut a zigzag across it with my Cricut, and my Sure Cuts A Lot program, then cut it to fit my card base, just a bit smaller than my card base, and leaving a gap, approximately 1/2 inch across the middle.

For my snowflake, I used a Stitched Snowflake Dazzle. I placed the Dazzle on top of a piece of light blue card stock paper, cut around the middle, then placed it on the left side of the pattered paper gap. I then stamped Merry Christmas in the paper gap to the right side of the card, then placed two more smaller snowflake Dazzles from the same sheet on either side of my sentiment.

To finish off my card, I added a little sparkle, by adding a rhinestone to the middle of the large snowflake, then adding little dots of Silver Viva Decor Glitter liner inside some of the snowflakes on the patterned paper. 

I really love this card design, and I hope you do too. If you have the chance, please leave me a comment, and let me know what you think. Don't forget to check out the Card A Day Blog every day for some great card making inspiration, and also, check out our monthly challenge, for a chance to win a great prize!

Card A Day Blog Post: Christmas Ornaments

It's my turn again to post to the Card A Day Blog, this weeks theme is Christmas ornaments. Here is the card that I made for my post.

To make my card, I started off with a 5.5" x 4.25" white card base, then added a piece of green card stock  paper cut to 5.25" x 4" to the front of the card. I then added a piece of patterned paper cut to 3.50 x 5.25 to the top of the card stock. 

For my ornament, I cut out the pieces using my Cricut, and the Sure Cuts A Lot program. The file for the ornament came from the Merriment collection, from Lettering Delights. I cut my pieces out of red, green and yellow card stock, then glued them together. To embellish my ornament, I used Thin Lines Dazzles, Red Jewel Sticker Dazzles, and Green Jewel Dazzles,  from Paper Wishes. I adhered the ornament to the left side of my card front. For a little extra sparkle, I added 3 Red Jewel Dazzles to the right side. On the inside, I stamped " Merry Christmas " in green ink.

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my creation, and if you would be so kind, please leave me a comment, and let me know what you think of it. Remember to stop by the Card A Day Blog each day for some wonderful card making inspiration. Don't forget to check out our monthly challenge. One lucky winner will get the chance to win a great prize!

Mojo Monday 266 Contest

One of my favorite places for inspiration, and some really great card sketches is Mojo Monday. This week I have decided to enter a card of my own, using the sketch for this week.

I needed a card to send for a fellow group member's birthday, so I decided I would make a birthday card for her and use that for my entry.

The papers I used were from Colorbok, the circle die cut was from the Spellbinders Lacy Circles set, the flowers are from Prima, and the sentiment is from the Verve Stamps stamp set, Circular Sayings.

Card A Day Blog: Christmas gift cards

Wow, it's hard to believe it's that time again. It's only the beginning of November, and they are already playing Christmas music at the mall...lol! I guess that's one way of getting ready for some Christmas creating, and here is another, my latest entry for the Card A Day Blog. This week's theme is , Christmas gift cards.

Here is the outside of my card, 

and here is the inside.

To make my card, I started off with a 5.5" x 4.25" white card base, then added a piece of patterned paper cut to 5.25" x 4" to the front of the card. I then cut out and embossed a mat frame with my Cuttlebug, and the largest die from the Spellbinders Nestabilities set, Floral Ovals, using red card stock. I wanted to add a little something to the edges, so instead of inking the edges, I decided to try embossing the edges with some red Zing glitter embossing powder, to add some shine to the edges. To do this, I pressed the edges of my die cut piece onto my Versamark pad, then sprinkled it with the glitter embossing powder, then heat set it. I then adhered that piece to the top of my patterned paper.

For the trees, I chose two of the tree stamps from the Just Rite Clear stamp set, O Christmas Tree, I stamped two of one stamp, and one of the other with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and colored them with Copic Markers. For the gold trim on the trees, I used some of the border stickers from the Dazzles set, Gold Butterfly Dazzles. For the star on the middle tree, I embossed one of the stars from that same stamp set, added a dot of silver Viva Decor glitter liner to the middle of it, and glued it to the top of the tree. 

I placed the two trees that are the same, one on each side of my mat, then added the middle tree just a little lower than the outer trees, and adhered it with dimensional tape to raise it up a bit more than the other trees.

Now, for the inside of my card. I don't know where I got this idea from, but I know I saw it on another blog, that I lost track of when I wanted to make another card a while back that I wanted to add a gift card to, and I wanted to use the technique, so I had to go off what I could remember. So this is my version of it. I cut out two pieces of white copy paper, 5.5" x 5.25", and using my Scor Buddy,  I placed my paper with the 5.5" length going across, and scored one end at 1.5". I did this with both pieces of paper. I added adhesive to the sides of one of the 1.5" scored sections, and matched it up with the other piece, and stuck them together, leaving the inside open, so a gift card can be slipped inside. I then attached the two attached pieces to the inside of the card so that the gift card flap is on the fold. I then stamped my greeting on the bottom side of the inside of the card. 

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you like my card, and that this will help if you need an idea for gift card giving. As always, I would love to hear what you think about what I create, and would love it, if you have the time, if you could please leave me a comment. Please be sure to stop by the Card A Day Blog every day for lots of card making inspiration, and be sure to check out our monthly challenge, for a chance to win a prize!

Card A Day Blog: Thanksgiving

It's time again for me to make another post on the Card A Day Blog, and this week's theme is, Thanksgiving.  So I pulled out my Thanksgiving and autumn stamps, and found one I thought would be fitting. The particular image I chose is from a stamp set I just recently purchased on a shopping trip, it's from the Inkadinkado set, Autumn Foliage. I chose my favorite stamp out of this set, the pumpkin on a vine, which is the main reasons I purchased the set.

To start with, I cut and folded a 5.5" x 4.25" card base. I then cut out a piece of acorn and leaves patterned paper from the DCWV Paper stack, Amber Autumn, cut to 5.25" x 4", then I matted it with a piece of dark brown cardstock, cut to just slightly larger than the patterned paper, and adhered that to the card base.

Next, I stamped my image from the autumn stamp set on white cardstock  using a versamark clear embossing pad, sprinkled some gold embossing powder on it, then after pouring off the excess powder, I heat set it with my heat gun. I then cut around the image, leaving a bit of white edge around it. I placed the embossed image on a mat that I made with the second to the last die from the Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles die set, that had the edges inked with the Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany Distress Ink. I also inked my embossed image with the same ink. I then attached the matt and image in the middle of the card.

I don't have a stamp that says Happy Thanksgiving, so I typed the words out on my computer with a brown font color on white cardstock, cut around it, inked it with the same Tim Holz ink, and adhered it to the top left side of the mat.

As in a lot of my creations, I wanted to finish off my card by adding a little bling, so I took out my box of Viva Decor, and with the gold glitter liner, I put a dot on each corner of the sentiment  and a dot in the middle of each of the blooms on the image.

Thank you so much for checking out my latest card, and please, if you have the time, leave me a comment, I always love hearing what others think. Please be sure to check out our monthly challenge, a wonderful prize is offered to one lucky entry each month.

Card A Day Blog Post: Christmas Animals

Hi everyone, here is my latest card I created for the Card A Day Blog. This week's theme is Christmas Animals. I chose this cute little reindeer, titled, Funny Little Reindeer, from Mcmahon Five. This card will be going into the box with the Operation Write Home cards that I will be sending out soon.

To make my card, I started off with a 5.5"x 4.25" white card base. For the background paper, I used the mittens printed paper from the Jolly Holiday paper pack from Recollections, cut to 5.25" x 4", and adhered that to the front of my card base. For the striped paper panel, I cut a piece of the solid purple cardstock from the same paper pack to 3.25" x 2.5", then cut out a piece of the diagonal striped paper at 3" x 2.25", and adhered that on top of the solid purple piece, the attached that to the middle right of the card base. 

For my image, I printed up the reindeer image at about 2.25" x 3" and colored it with Copic Markers, E35, E33, and E53 for the reindeer, G14 for the coller, Y08 for the bell and stars, and R27 for his nose. I adhered  the image to a piece of green cardstock, also from the same collection, cut slightly larger than the image, then attached that to the left end of my striped piece.

For my sentiment,  I stamped the words " Merry Christmas" with one of the clear stamps I had on hand on white cardstock, and cut a piece of the green cardstock just a bit larger and added the sentiment on top of that. I attached that to the striped panel with dimensional tape.

To finish off my card, I dotted some silver Viva Decor Glitter Liner on the stars, and randomly around the image, and on the corners of my sentiment.

I hope you enjoyed checking out my little reindeer card, and I hope you have the chance to leave me a comment, and let me know what you think. Remember to check out the Card A Day Blog every day, for some great card making inspiration, and be sure to check out our monthly challenge for a chance to win a great prize!

Mojo Monday Entry #261

Hello everyone! I have been busy making cards for Operation Write Home, and one of the places I like to go to for some great inspiration is Mojo Monday. Here is the sketch for this week.

Here is the card I made using the sketch.

For my card I used the next to the largest die from the Spellbinders Die set, Lacy Circles, the lace is from Really Reasonable Ribbon, and the pennant is from the Spellbinders Nested Lacey Pennants set. My image is the Reindeer Cameo stamp set from Inkadinkado. I stamped the image on a piece of red cardstock using a clear embossing ink pad, and then added black embossing powder, then I heat set it with my heat gun. I cut around the edges of the image, and placed it on top of the die cut circle.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my latest card, and as always, I love to hear what you think about what I make, so if you have the chance, please leave me a comment, I would surely appreciate it.

Card A Day Blog Entry: Christmas

Christmas Snowman:

Hi everyone, it's time again for another entry for the Card A Day Blog. This weeks theme is Christmas, and here is the card that I made.

Since I will probably be sending this card to Operation Write Home, I started off with a 5.5" x 4.25" white card base. For my background paper I cut a 5.25" x 4" piece of holly patterned designer paper, and adhered it to the front of my card base.

For the holly panel, I used the Artistic brayer Stamping set, Holly Sprigs, from Inkadinkado. I inked up the roller with Memento Cottage Ivy ink, and rolled it over a white piece of card stock. I cut out one of the panels, adhered it to the top left corner of my card, then added little dots of ruby Viva Decor Glitter Liner, where the holly berries are on the image to give it a sparkly raised berry effect.

I wanted to add an image, and I found in some of my leftover stamped images, a snowman that I had stamped from the JustRite stamp set, Holiday Cheer, and colored with Copic markers, from last year that I never used. I had punched the image out using the next to the smallest Lacy Circles die, form Spellbinders. I inked the edges with red ink, then attached it to the corner of my holly stamped image. 

I hope you like my little card, and if you have the time, please leave me a comment, and let me know what you think of it. I love hearing what people think of my creations. Make sure to visit the Card A Day Blog each day for lots of wonderful card making inspiration  Also, be sure to check out our monthly challenge for a chance to win a wonderful prize...:-)

Card A Day Blog Post: Halloween

Hi everyone, hope you all have a wonderful weekend. It's hard to believe that the holidays are soon approaching, and it's time to start thinking about holiday cards. The theme for this week at The Card A Day Blog is Halloween, and here is what I created for my turn this week.

To make my card, I first started off with a 5.5" x 4.25" white card base. For my background paper, I cut a piece of black card stock at 5.25" x 4", and using the star and swirls stamp from the Bat N Moon Mini stamp set from, Inkadinkado,  I randomly stamped around the paper with Versa Mark clear embossing ink, added gold embossing powder, then heated it up with my heat gun. I adhered that piece to the top of my card base.

For my moon image, I used the moon and bats stamp from that same set, following the same procedure as the background, then punched it out with a 2" circle punch. I then cut out a piece using purple card stock, and the next to the last die in the Spellbinders Nestabilities set Star Circles, and adhered my embossed image to the middle, then with dimensional tape, I attached that piece to the left hand side of my card front. For my sentiment, I heat embossed with the same gold embossing powder, the words, Happy Halloween, cut the paper to size, then inked the edges with black ink, then adhered it to the bottom right side of my card front. 

Thank you so much for stopping by, and as always, I would love to hear what you think about my card, so if you have the time, please leave me a comment. Please make sure you check out the Card A Day Blog, every day, for lots of inspiration, and don't forget to check out our monthly challenge for those who like to enter challenges.    

Card A Day Blog Entry: Autumn

Hi everyone, here is another card I created for the Card A Day Blog, continuing with this week's theme  "Autumn". This is actually a combination card and tag put together that I had to make for a tag swap.

The base of my Tag/Card was cut on my Cricut using the Sure Cuts Alot program, and an SVG file created by Penny Duncan, at Penny Duncan Creations. On her video, she shows how to print using the cutter she's using, but since my Cricut doesn't print and cut, or at least I don't think it does, I used patterned paper that I had on hand, From the Harvest paper stack by Me & My Big Ideas. After I cut my pieces out, I assembled them according to the directions on Penny's video.

For my embellishments, I added strips of lace from Really Reasonable Ribbon to the top and bottom of the top layer of the tag, and then added  a dimensional sticker from Recollections across the top piece of lace. To hold the layers of my tag together, I made a band by cutting a piece of dark brown card stock at 1" x 6.5", wrapped it around the closed up tag, leaving it loose enough to slip off the tag, then adhered a piece of gold toned ribbon, also from Really Reasonable Ribbon. On top of the ribbon, I added some swirly bling, and some glittered and blinged leaves, that I'm not sure where they came from, because I discarded the packaging long ago.

On the inside layers, I added vellum maple leaf stickers from Sticko, positioning them so that they look like they're floating down the tag. On the bottom layer, I added the poem " Autumn Twilight" by Arthur Symons, that I found on the internet, at Black Cat Poems, that I printed on my computer.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you like my Card/Tag that I made, and if you have the time, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think. I would also like to take this time to thank Penny Duncan for her wonderful  generosity in sharing her beautiful creations, files, and tutorials with us.

 Please check out the Card A Day Blog each day for lots of wonderful inspiration, and don't forget to check out our monthly challenge, where we offer one lucky winner a great prize.

Card A Day Blog Post: Milestone Birthdays

Hello everyone! Here is my latest post for the Card A Day Blog. This week's theme is, milestone birthdays. Since I just turned 50 this past year, yes, I'll admit it, lol, along with a few others that I know, I thought I would use that one as my theme for my card.

To make my card, I started off with a 5.5" x 4.25" white card base. I cut a piece of designer paper from Hot Off The Press, cut to 5.25" x 4" and added a piece of purple checked ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon running across the width of it, then adhered it to my card base. For my embellishment, I stamped a medium Pointed Posy stamp, from Outlines Rubber Stamp Company, on a piece of white card stock, and colored it with Copic Markers, B12, B24, BV13, and BV00. To add a little sparkle, I added some small clear rhinestones around the edge of the center of the flower, and added a dab of Glossy Accents to the center. I then cut and embossed a piece using the second to the largest circle in the Spellbinders Die, Picot Edge Circles with dark purple card stock, inked the edges with dark purple ink, then adhered that to the left side of the ribbon. I then attached my flower, using a piece of dimensional tape, to the top of the die cut.

For my sentiment, I printed out the words, Happy 50th on my printer, cut it out and inked around the edges with purple ink, and adhered it to a cut out from the smallest die from the Spellbinders Die, Romantic Rectangles, cut out in the same purple card stock as the other die cut, and inked around the edges. I attached that using another piece of dimensional tape to the right side of the ribbon.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you like my newest creation, and as always, I would love it if you would write a little comment, and let me know how you feel. Please remember to visit the Card A Day Blog everyday for lots of inspiring themed cards. Also, if you like to enter challenges, please check out our monthly challenge, where you might just win a wonderful prize provided by one of our designers.

Card A Day Blog: Embossing

Hi everyone, here is my entry for this weeks theme, embossing, at the  Card A Day Blog. I had to make a card for a swap I'm in, and the theme was Christmas, so, I decided I would make a card for my post, and use the theme of Christmas so I can send it to my swap partner.

For my card, I used one of the sketches from the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge, posted on 7/16/12.

      

To make my card, I started off with a 5.5" x 4.25" white card base. I added a piece of designer paper with a holly print on it. I don't know who the manufacturer is, because it was a piece I found in my stash. I then cut pennants out of red card stock, using the smallest pennant die from the Spellbinders die set, Nested Lacey Pennants. I then embossed a piece of 4.24" x 3" green  card stock using the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder, and my Cuttlebug, and adhered the pennants to the back of the bottom of that piece, so that they hang down across the edge.

I cut another piece of lighter green card stock at 5.5" x 1.5", cut it into a pendant, and embossed it with the Swirl Cuttlebug folder, and added a piece of 1.75" x 4" burgundy card stock behind it, then adhered that piece to the left of my card. 

For my embellishment, I cut and embossed my poinsettia using the top 3 pedal dies form the Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia dies using red for the largest and smallest pedals, and burgundy for the middle pedals. I dabbed each piece onto a clear Versa Mark pad, sprinkled clear embossing powder on it, then heated it, which gave it some shine. Then I layered each piece according to size, adhering them together with glue. For the middle of my poinsettia I used three flat back pearls. I then attached my finished poinsettia to the middle of my green pennant.

I finished my card off by stamping the words "Merry Christmas" on a piece of white card stock, with red ink, cut it to size, then inked the edges with green ink, then attached it to my card using dimensional tape. To add a little bling, I attached little clear rhinestones to my small red pennants.

I hope my swap partner likes the card I made for her, and I hope you do too. I would really like to know what you think of it, so if you have the time, please leave me a little comment, I would really love to hear what you think.

Make sure to enter our Card A Day Blog Monthly Challenge for a chance to win a prize.

Card A Day Blog Post: Die Cuts

Hi everyone, it's time again for me to post another card to the Card A Day Blog. I will be starting off the week with the theme, " Die Cuts". My inspiration for this card came from the Spellbinders Grand Shapabilities dies, Wonderful Wings.

To make my card, I first started off with a 5.5"x4.25" white card base. I added a 5.25"x4" piece of designer paper from the Die Cut With A View paper stack, Pocket Full Of Posies, and added it to the top of my card base. I then added a piece of patterned paper from the same stack, cut to 5.25" x1.5", matted it on a 5.25" x 2" piece of purple card stock, and adhered it to the middle of my card front.

Now for the die cut part, I chose to use one of the butterflies in the Spellbinders Grand Shapabilities, Wonderful Wings set. I decided to use one of the smallest butterflies in the set. I cut and embossed the bottom of the butterfly with a dark purple card stock, then cut and embossed the top part of the butterfly using a medium purple card stock, then adhered that to the top of the first piece. I then attached that to the left of the matted strip that I added to the middle of the card. 

As usual, I decided it needed a little sparkle, lol, so I added some dots of Viva Decor, Holo Iridescent Glitter Liner, which added a little "bling" to my butterfly. To finish off my card, I stamped a " hello" directly on the patterned paper using one of the stamps I have in my collection, to the right bottom corner. 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed checking out my newest creation as much as I did making it, and if you would like, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think about it. Also, don't forget to enter our monthly challenge for a chance to win a prize!

Mini Dresser: A Lil Scrap Of Heaven Swap

Hi everyone, I'm here with my latest swap item that I made for the Mini Dresser Swap, at A Lil Scrap Of Heaven, that was hosted by Cynthialoowho. I made a video with a simple explanation on how I made it, and what I used to decorate it with. When viewing it, please keep in mind, I am not a professional..lol, it was recorded with on my iphone, and my cameraman/directer was my nine year old grandson, Ozzy...:-) You  will hear him asking a couple of questions in the background. I think he did a very good job for what he had to work with, and had a couple of good points that he brought up that I should mention...:-)

I would really love to hear what you think of my latest project, so if you have a chance, please leave me a comment, and I'm sure Ozzy would like to hear what you think of his cameraman/director debut...:-)

Jill...:-)

Card A Day Blog Post: Monochromatic Theme

I everyone! Wow, is it that time again so soon? I can't believe the summer is going too fast! This weeks theme on the Card A Day Blog is, monochromatic. My two favorite colors are blue and purple, and so for my card I chose purple.

To make my card, I chose three different shades of solid purple card stock, made a 5.5" x 4.25" white card base, and with the lightest purple cardstock, I embossed a 5.25" x 4" piece with my Cuttlebug and the Cuttlebug embossing folder, Victoria, and adhered that to the front of my card base.

To embellish my card, I chose to use die cuts from the Spellbinders Shapeabilities set, Moroccan Accents. With the darkest purple card stock, I cut and embossed the circular medallion piece, and two of the corner pieces, adhering the medallion in the middle of the card, and the corner pieces on the top right corner, and the bottom left corner of my card. I then made the piece to add to the top of the medallion with the label die with the mid toned purple. For the middle of the tag, I used a purple paper flower that I had on hand, and a smaller lighter paper flower on top of that. For the very middle, I chose to use a purple rhinestone.

I really was pleased with how this card turned out. I am sending it to my partner from the mini dresser swap that I am in at A Lil Scrap of Heaven , which I will post the video of after she receives it. I don't want to spoil the surprise...:-)

If you can, please leave me a comment, because I really love hearing what you think about my projects. Don't forget to stop by the Card A Day Blog each day for more card ideas from all the other designers, and be sure to check out our monthly challenge, where one lucky winner will win a great prize!

Card A Day Blog Post: Just For Men

This weeks theme for The Card A Day Blog is, "Just For Men," and this is my card that I created. This card will probably find it's way in the box of Operation Write Home cards that I will be sending off soon.

My card was based on a stamp I had from Inkadinkado. Here is how I put it all together.

First I started off with a white 5.5"x4.25" card base. I then added a piece of 5.25"x4" patterned paper from the "The Guy Stack", from "Die Cuts With A View." I wrapped a piece of brown and white baker's twine from one side to the other four times, then spread them apart as seen on the picture, then adhering the ends to the back of the patterned paper. 

On a piece of 1" x 4" dark brown cardstock, I stamped my gears stamp with Versamark, and then used gold embossing powder, applied heat with my heat gun to emboss it. I then adhered that to a piece of 1.25" x 4.25"  medium brown cardstock. I then attacked that to the left hand side of my card over the baker's twine using dimensional tape.

To add a little more to my card I added a metal wheel brad to the right of my gear panel on top of where the baker's twine cross. 

I didn't notice this until I went to post this, but I seemed to have used the same patterned paper and baker's twine that I used on the card for my previous post...lol! I really do like that paper...:-)

I hope you enjoyed my newest creation, and if you would like, please leave me comment. As always, they are truly appreciated. Make sure to enter the monthly challenge on the Card A Day Blog for a chance to win a prize.

Card A Day Blog: Just because

Hi everyone, I'm here with my entry for this week for the Card A Day Blog. This weeks theme is " Just Because".


I got my card idea from the latest sketch from Mojo Monday.

 

To make my card, I first started with a 5.50" x 4.25" card base. I then cut out a piece of solid medium green card stock, just slightly smaller than my card front, and attached it to the front of the card. 


For the larger side panel, I used a piece of lighter green paper cut to 2.25" x 5" and adhered a piece of 2" x 4.75" patterned paper to the top. I then took two pieces of brown and white baker's twine, and wrapped them around the panel length wise, and tied them in a bow about 1.25" below the top of the panel, then I adhered the panel to the left side of of the card.


 I stamped my sentiment on a piece of the darker green paper with Tim Holtz Distress Ink, aged mahogany, cut it out, and attached it so just the end of it is sticking up under the baker's twine.


For my little squares to the right side of the card, I cut out 3, 1.25" squares of the light green card stock, and inked the edges with green ink. On the top of the squares, I used the flower shaped Spellbinders Ribbon Buckles die, cut out with the darker green card stock, laced some of the brown and white baker's twine, and wrapped it around the squares. I used dimensional tape to mount the squares to the right side of the card.


Thank you for stopping by, I hope you like my newest creation, and if you get the chance, please leave me a comment. As always, I love to hear what people think. Be sure to enter our monthly challenge for a chance to win a wonderful prize!

Card A Day Blog Entry: Red, White, and Blue

The theme this week at the Card A Day Blog is Red, White, and Blue, and here is my entry, inspired by Mojo Monday designer, Debbie Carriere. Here is my take on her creation.

How I made my card:

First, I started off with a 5.5"x4.25" white card base,then I added a piece of red and white striped patterned paper, 5.25"x4" to the front of the card. I then cut out a piece of white card stock, 4.75"x2.25", and attached it on top of a piece of blue and white star patterned paper that measures 5.25"x2.75", I then attached that to my red and white striped paper.

For embellishments, I made four banners using the same star patterned paper that I used for the mat, placed them going in alternating directions, and then added a red button with a piece of red and white baker's twine tied into it, and placed them on the ends of the banners.

For my sentiment, I stamped the words " Thank You" on a piece of white card stock, cut around it, then added it to a mat using the same star patterned paper. I place it at the bottom of my card in the middle.

This card will be sent with my next shipment of cards to Operation Write Home, and be used for an Any Hero Card.

As always, I would like to know what you think of my card, so if you have the time, please leave me a comment. Also, if you like challenges, please stop by our blog and enter our monthly challenge. We offer a prize to one lucky winner each month.

Card A Day Blog Entry: Friendship

Hi everyone, here I am again with another entry for the Card A Day Blog. This months theme is " Friendship".

How I made my card: 

First, I started off with a 5.5" x 4.25" card base. I then cut a piece of patterned paper from the Bo Bunny Alora collection paper pack 5.25"x4", and attached it to my card base. I then cut out a piece of patterned paper from the Die Cut With A View Mariposa paper pack, 2.25"x5.25" and adhered it to the middle of my card on top of my first patterned paper.

The bird is from a stamp set from "ditto", which I purchased from a recent trip to Micheal's. I really thought this bird looked real neat, and it also came with a coordinating heart stamp. I stamped the bird image on a piece of white card stock, and colored it with 3 different Copic markers in the R and RV families. I can't remember which ones exactly, because I decided to clean up my craft area before I wrote this post, and put away all the markers I had been using. I guess that will teach me for cleaning up....lol!

I cut out my stamped image and placed it on the left side of the strip of Mariposa paper. I added an eye for my bird with a Viva Decor, Holo Iridescent glitter liner . For my sentiment, I used two stamps from the Woodware, Thank You 4, stamp sets. I like this set, because they have little sentence strips, one that says, Thank you for..., then several others that could be used to finish the sentence for several different occasions. I stamped next to the bird on the left, Thank you for..., then on the inside, " being such a good friend". I also added lace across the top and bottom of the Mariposa paper, that I purchased from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

I hope you like what I did with my card, and if you would like to leave me a comment, and let me know what you think, I would really appreciate it. Make sure to check out our monthly challenge, and if you enter it, you might just win a fabulous prize!

Card a Day Blog: Happy Birthday!

Here is my entry for the Card A Day Blog for today. The theme this week is birthday, and here is what I created.

To create my card, I started off with a 5.5"x4.25" white card base. For my card front, I added a piece of peach colored card stock, with the edges inked with pink. The patterned paper that I used to add my image to was from the Mariposa Stack by Die Cut With A View, cut at 4.5"x 2.75" and matted with a piece of  black card stock, 4.75"x3". 

The stamp that I used for my image was from a set I bought used, and since it was not in it's original packaging,  I'm not sure who made it, but if anyone recognizes it, and you know who made it, please let me know. It came with other bird images on the sheet. I stamped my image using clear Versa Mark watermark stamp pad, then I used black embossing powder to create my embossed effect. For the sentiment, I used the words Happy Birthday , from the Woodware stamp set, Pretty labels, also stamped with Versa Mark, and black embossing powder.

I thought it could use a little something more, so I added a piece of lace trim along the edge of the patterned paper, and a string of clear beads along the top of that. OK, I'll confess, I got a little glob of embossing powder stuck to the edge, and I needed something to cover it up with...lol! But I think it worked out pretty good.

I hope you like my little creation, and if you would like to leave me a comment, I would surly appreciate it. I love to hear about what people think of my creations. If you like challenges, please stop by and enter the Card A Day Blog monthly challenge, for the chance at winning a prize!

Card A Day Blog Post: Operation Write Home Any Hero Thank You Card

Here is my second of three entries I'm scheduled for, for the Card A Day Blog, this month. This weeks theme is " Thank You", and I chose to post a card I made for Operation Write Home, to be used as an Any Hero card.

To make my card, I started off with a 5.5 x 4.25 inch white card base, and since I am using it for an Any Hero Card, I usually like to use red, white and blue, so I decided to use a red white and blue striped paper that I had on hand. I cut the striped paper, 5.25 x 4 inches, and adhered it to the front of my card base.

For my embellishment, I decided to combine three different Spellbinder die cuts from three different sets. The first was from the Pecot Edge Circles, I used the second largest, and with my Cuttlebug,  I cut that one out in red. My second layer, I chose The Lacey Circles set, and used the next to the smallest die, and cut that one out in white. For the third cut, I used a die from the Moroccan Motifs set, and I used the next to the smallest die, and cut it out in blue. I stacked my white cut on top of the red one using a pop dot, then added my blue die on top of the white, and added a blue rhinestone to the center, then adhered it to the left side of my card.

For my sentiment, I stamped the words " Thank You" from one of the stamp sets I have, then matted it in blue, and then in white, and attached it to the bottom right side of my card.

Thank you for taking a look at my card, I was really pleased with how it turned out, and plan to make more of them to send with my next OWH shipment. If you would like to let me know what you think of my card, please leave me a comment. I always love to hear what others think of what I've created. Don't forget to visit the Blog A Day Blog often, for lots of wonderful card ideas from some really talented card creators. Make sure to enter our monthly challenge, for a chance at winning a prize.

Card A Day Blog post: Happy Father's Day

It's my turn again to post on the Card A Day Blog, and this weeks theme is Father's Day. The card I'm entering is a card I made a while ago for Operation Write Home.

Material used for my card are:

• A piece of white card stock, 8.5" x 5.5", folded in half, for card base.
• 4" x 5.25" piece of patterned paper.
• 3.25" x 4" piece of green card stock for mat.
• Digital stamp from Digi Stamps Boutique.
• Copic Markers.

I started off by printing my image on white card stock, then colored it with Copic markers. Since I made my card a while back, I don't remember what color Copic markers I used, all I can remember is that I used various browns, greens, black, and grays. I matted my colored image on green card stock, and then attached that on my patterned paper, that was attached to my card base. I didn't have any Father's Day sentiments either stamps or digis that would work well, so I printed the words Happy Father's Day in green, using my computer. I cut it to size, then inked the edges with brown ink, to make it stand out.

I hope you enjoyed checking out my card. I would really love it if you left a comment, and let me know what you think of it. Make sure you check out our monthly challenge. We offer a prize to one lucky winner each month.

Jill...:-) 

Two New Swaps!!!

Hi everyone. This Saturday, when I came home from a day of shopping, there was a notice on my door from the post office saying that they tried to deliver two packages, and I wasn't there to receive them, so I wasn't able to get them till today, but I did have an idea what they were. Sure enough, I was right, it was the two swaps that I was expecting.

The first one was an Easter egg ornament that Adrienne sent me for the Easter ornament swap at Lil Scrap Of Heaven. The second one was an altered Easter basket that was sent to me from Marisa. This swap was also through Lil Scrap of Heaven.

I made videos of what I got, so if you want to see everything, just click on the videos below.

Thank you so much Adrienne and Marisa. These swaps were a lot of fun...:-) Thanks to Cynthia also, for organizing these swaps for us! 

CADB Card, The Best Teacher Ever

It's my turn once again to put in an entry to the Card A Day Blog, and this weeks theme is " Teacher Appreciation ". Here is my card, The Best Teacher Ever.

Making this card was pretty simple, and here is what I used to make it.

• Die Cuts With a View, The Grade School Stack.
• Red, white and green card stock.
• Printer

I started off with a 5.5 x 4.25 white card for the base, then added a piece of 4 1/8 ' by 5 3/8 piece of the diamond patterned paper from the DCWV stack, then placed a strip of  5 3/8' by 2' piece of red card stock at the bottom of the card. My apples came from the apple patterned paper in that same stack. I cut out three different apples, and placed them across the red card stock, and then mixed up the stems, so each apple would have a different patterned stem. For my sentement, I typed out " The Best Teacher Ever! " on a piece of white card stock, and cut it down to  4 3/4" by 3/4'. I then placed that on a piece of 4 7/8 x 1' green card stock, and adhered it in the middle of the diamond patterned paper.

I hope you like my simple and quick card, and if you would like to leave me a comment and let me know what you think about it, I would surely appreciate it. Don't forget to enter our monthly challenge. We are offering a prize to the lucky winner.

Card A Day Blog: Easter

Hi everyone, here is my latest entry for the Card A Day Blog. I saw this adorable little guy and thought he would look so cute on my card.

Here is how I made it.

• 5.5 x 8.5" piece of white card stock for my card base.
• 5.25 x 4" piece of patterned paper.
• Medium blue card stock for die cut.
• White card stock for digi stamp.
• Digi stamp from, McMahon Five Designs.
• Copic markers, R000, RV10, RV42, YG11, YG23, YG63.
• Blue and white striped ribbon
• Pink My Moments rose.
• Spellbinder's die, Fleur De Lis Squares.
• Easter Greetings stamp.

I first printed out my digistamp, and then colored it using the Copic markers mentioned above. I then cut out my frame for my image using the medium Fleur De Lis die from the medium blue card stock, the adhered the image to the die cut. I then adhered my patterned paper to my card base, and attached my framed image on that. I made a bow using my Bow Easy, and attached it just under my image. I decided I wanted a little something more added to the bow, so I attacked the pink rose to the middle of it. Since it's for Easter, I stamped the sentiment, Easter Greetings with pink ink, on a piece of white card stock, cut it to size, and inked around the edges with blue ink and a dauber. I then attached the sentiment just under the bow.

I hope you like my little piglet Easter card. I sure enjoyed making it. If you would like to let me know what you think, please leave me a comment. I would surely appreciate it. Also, if you like challenges, you might want to check out our monthly challenge, Card A Day Challenge. There is a prize for the lucky winner!

Card A Day Blog: Thinking of you

I get to start off this weeks theme " Thinking of you" at the Card A Day Blog. I saw this cute little digital stamp over at Digistamp Boutique, and thought he would be perfect for my card.

Here is how I made my card.

Ingredients:

• 5.5 x 8.5" piece of white card stock for my card base.
• 5.25 x 4" piece of patterned paper.
• 3.5 x 3.75" piece of solid purple card stock.
• 3.25 x 2.75 piece of white card stock for digi stamp.
• Digi stamp from, Digistamp Boutique.
• Copic markers, RV13, Y08, BV08, BV13, G14, C2.
• Pink polka dot ribbon.
• Light purple Prima Flower.
• Glossy Accents.
• Viva Decor, purple.
• Fiskars, Leave It To Weaver, border punch.

To make my card, I first brought my digistamp into one of the scrapbooking programs that I have, so I could size it, and type in my sentiment. I printed my image on white card stock, and cut it to the size I wanted. I colored the flowers, leaves, grass, and edges of the fur on the puppy. I then punched the bottom edge of my purple card stock with my border punch, then attached my image above the punched border. I then wove my ribbon into the punched slots, and taped the ends to the back of the mat. I then attached that piece to my background paper. I dotted the inside of the flowers on the image with a dab of Glossy Accents. I thought it needed a little something more, so I added a Prima flower to the corner of the mat, and added a dot of purple Viva Decor in the middle.

I thought this card turned out so cute, I'm probably going to make more, and send them to Operation Write Home, an organisation that I try to be involved with as much as I can.

If you'd like to let me know what you think about my creation, please leave me a comment, I would really love to hear what you think. Be sure to enter our monthly challenge at the Card A Day Blog Weekly Challenge. There will be a wonderful prize offered to the lucky winner.

Card a Day Blog: Mamma's New Baby

It's that time again, for me to post my entry for this week's theme, baby, at the Card A Day Blog. Here is the card that I created.

Here are the ingredients for my card

• One piece of white card stock, 8.5"x5.5", folded in half, for card base.
• One piece of designer paper. Mine is from the Pocket Full Of Posies Stack from "Die Cuts With A View".
• Digital Stamp image from " A Day For Daisies" 
• Spellbinder's Die, "Lacy Ovals".
• Copic Markers, E50, E51, YR00, YR20 and YR61, for skin. RV02 and RV10 for Mom's dress. BG000 and BG0, for baby's gown, and mom's sash. E57 and E08 for mom's hair.
• One piece of blue organdy ribbon, approximately 20 inches. 

I started off printing out my image using my computer, then cutting it out using my Spellbinder's die. I then colored my image using above mentioned Copic markers. I added a bit of ink to the edges of the die cut, then I laced the ribbon through the scallops of the die cut, and made a bow at the bottom.

I adhered my designer paper to my card base, then attaching my die cut image on top of that. Inside, I used a sentiment from Stampendous stamps.

I hope you like my card, and if you would like to leave me a comment, I would really love it. Make sure to go check out our monthly challenge.

CDACPC Progressive Challenge

Here is another entry I have created for the Crafters Digital Art Center Progressive Challenge. We were given a choice of digital images, then asked to make a project using at least one of the images. I chose this cute little frog, which comes from, Happileigh Scrappin'. I highly recommend that if your looking for some awesome digi stamps, drop on by there, and take a look.

I would love to know what you think of my card, so if you have the time, please leave me a comment. I would truly appreciate it.

Jill...:-)

Card A Day Blog: True Love Stories

It's time again for me to post a card to Card A Day Blog. This week's theme is, "Wedding". I was making a lace flower for a flower swap I'm in and I thought one of them would be perfect for this project.

To make the flower that I used for this, I used one yard of lace, basted it across one side, then gathered it together to make a circle. I stitched together the ends. To decorate my flower, I glued on loops of pearl trim, with a hot glue gun. The theme for this swap was Valentine, so I attached a button in the middle, and added a piece that I snipped off some Crystal Stickers Clusters that I had, and attached it to the top of the button. I then adhered my finished flower to a die cut that I cut out using my Cuttlebug, and the Spellbinder's Die, Picot Edge Circles. My card base is made out of a piece of white card stock, 8.5" x 5.5", folded in half. My background paper is from Hot off The Press. I wanted to add a little something to it, so I snipped off a piece of trim that I had. I don't have the packaging anymore, so I don't know the brand name.

The inside of the card I stamped with a stamp that I had in my collection, again, I don't know who made it, but I thought it was fitting for a wedding card.

I hope my card has given you some insperation, and I sure would love it if you would leave me a comment, and let me know what you think of it. Don't forget to check out the challenge at the Card A Day Challenge. A prize will be offered to the lucky winner.