Card A Day Blog Entry: Valentine's

Hi there, thanks for coming by. I'm here today with another card that I put together for the Card A Day Blog, for the theme, Valentine.

I started off my car with a white A2 card base, and added a background piece cut to 5.25" x 4" of designer paper. For the band going across the middle, I cut a piece of light pink card stock cut to 2.5" x 5.25, then attached a piece of the same designer paper that I used for the background, cut to 2 inches wide and the same length, then attached white ruffled ribbon that I purchased from Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

For my image, I cut and embossed a heart using the Spellbinders Die - De - Lites die, Swirled Heart, using burgundy card stock, then cut out the background piece with the same light pink paper I used for the center band. I glued the two pieces together, then added the heart to a piece of white card stock, cut to 3" x 3.25", that was embossed with the hearts embossing folder from Darice, inked the hearts with red ink, then adhered the heart to the top of that piece. I then attached all the layered pieces to the top of the band.  For a little added touch, I added Jewel Dazzle hearts to the ribbon and the heart.

I hope you like my newest creation, and that you give me a comment and let me know what you think. Be sure to check out the Card A Day Blog, every day for some great card making inspiration. Remember to check out our monthly challenge, where we will be awarding a prize to one lucky winner each month.  

CADB Post: Christmas Ornament Card

Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by. The holidays are fast approaching and it's time to get started on all the holiday cards that we need to get done. How time flies! This week's theme at the Card A Day Blog is, Christmas Ornaments. Here is the card I made.

I just love snowflakes, and I have quite a few on this one. To start with I used a 5.5" x 4.25 inch white card base. For my embossed background, I used a piece of white card stock, cut to 3.5" x 4.75", and embossed it with the Spellbinders Embossabilities folder, Holiday Magic, and matted it with a piece of blue card stock cut to 3.75" x 5". I added that piece to the top of my card base.

For my ornament embellishment, I used the third and fourth dies from the Spellbinders Die set, 2010 Heirloom Ornament. I used my Cuttlebug to cut and emboss each piece, then I stamped snowflakes on them using one of the various snowflake stamps that I have, and a blue ink pad. I inked the edges with the same blue ink, and stacked them up using dimensional tape. I added this piece to the top of the embossed background piece.

I thought it needed a little sparkle, so I dotted the snowflakes on the ornament and in the embossed pattern on the white background with Crystal Stickles. It really added a beautiful sparkle to the card. I think Crystal Stickles have got to be my favorite Stickles variety, because it really does add a beautiful sparkle to whatever you put it on.

I hope you enjoyed checking out my card, and that you leave me a comment, and let me know what you think about it. I always love hearing what others think of my creations. Be sure you check out the Card A Day Blog each day for some wonderful card making inspiration, and if you like entering challenges, check out our monthly challenge, where a wonderful prize is awarded to one lucky winner.

CADB Post: Die Cuts

Hi everyone! It's the end of summer break, and I'm getting ready to go  back to work, and the kids are getting ready to go back to school. Wow, how the summer just seems to fly by way too quickly, even though we had over ten weeks off. Today we will be getting in one last outing, which will be a trip to the movies, before we go back in a couple of days.

Anyway, getting to the topic at hand, my card for this week's them at Card A Day Blog, die cuts. Here is the card I made.

I started off with a 5.5" x 4.25" white card base. I then added a dark blue piece of card stock cut to 5.25" x 4", rounded the corners, then embossed it with the Victoria Cuttlebug folder. For my next layer, on a piece of white card stock, cut slightly smaller then the blue piece, I cut a window in the middle using the next to the largest die from the Spellbinders Labels Eighteen die set, rounded the corners, then embossed it with the same Cuttlebug folder. On the inside of the window, I adhered white lace seam binding on the back side, then attached that piece to the top of the blue paper.

For the butterfly embellishment I used the smallest butterfly dies from the Spellbinders die set,  Les Papillions Two. I cut the bottom layer out of the same blue card stock that I used on my card, and white for the top layer. I added a rhinestone to the middle of the butterfly, then added it to my card.

I hope you enjoyed hearing about how I made my card, and try to make something like this for yourself. Please make sure to come back every day and see what our designers have made to spark your card making creativity. Don't forget to check out our monthly challenges for a chance to win a great prize!

Mojo Monday 302

Hello, I hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far. I'm really enjoying mine, relaxing, spending some time with my grandsons, getting caught up on cleaning and organizing, and of course, crafting. 

Here is the sketch for this week's Mojo Monday challenge.

Here is the card I made following the sketch.

I really liked this sketch, nice and simple. I used my Cuttlebug and a die from the Spellbinders Fleur De Lis set to frame out my stamped birds, and the ribbon was from Really Reasonable Ribbon. I just love the color of this ribbon, and I'm glad I bought lots of it...lol! I made a few of these cards so I can put them in the box that I plan to send to Operation Write Home. 

Mojo Monday 300 Celebration: Red, White and Blue

Hi everyone,  Mojo Monday is celebrating their 300th challenge this week, and are giving out lots of fantastic prizes from several paper crafting companies. Here is the sketch to follow for this week's entries

Here is the card that I created using the sketch.

I decided to make my card in red, white, and blue, in honor of the 4th of July. I used my Cuttlebug, and the Paper Studio embossing folder, Tiny Stars, to emboss the solid cardstock pieces, The Spellbinders. Stars Five, smallest star die, and one of the shapes from the Spellbinders Persian Motifs die set.

I always love to hear what others think about my creations, so if you have a chance, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Card A Day Blog Post: Just For Men

Hi everyone, it's time for another entry from me for the Card A Day Blog. This week's theme is, Just For Men. Here is the card that I made.

To make my card, I started off with a 5.5" x 4.25" white card base. For my background paper, I cut a piece of silver metallic paper from Colorbok at 5.25" x 4", then embossed it with the gears Cuttlebug embossing folder. I then cut a piece of black netting trim from Really Reasonable Ribbon, a little longer than the width of the background paper, adhered it across the middle of it, then adhered the background piece to the card base.

For the panel on the left side of the card, I cut a piece of black cardstock, cut to 2.25" x 5", then cut a piece of  patterned paper from the Die Cut With A View, Rockstar Stack,at 2" x 4.75", and adhered that piece to the solid black piece, then added it to the left side of my card. For the guitar, I cut out one of the guitars in a scrap piece that I had from the same paper stack, and added it to the top of the panel with dimensional tape.

For the star accent on the right side, I cut out a star with black cardstock using the next to the smallest die in the Stars Five Spellbinders die set, then I punched out a star from the metallic paper using the McGill Star Silhouette Punch, and glued that on top of the black star piece. I then attached the star to my card using dimensional tape.

Thank you for stopping by, and if you have the time, please leave me a comment. I love hearing what people think about my creations. Also, remember to visit the Card A Day Blog every day, for a lot of great card making ideas, and be sure to enter our monthly challenge for the chance to win a great prize!

Card A Day Blog Post: Happy Easter

Thanks for stopping by, it's my turn again to post for the Card A Day Blog, and this week's theme is, Easter, and here is the card I created.

To make my card, I started off with a 5.5" x 4.25" white card base, then added a piece of green paper, cut to 5" x 4" and added that to my card base. 

For my Easter Egg cut out, I used my Cricut and my Sure Cuts A Lot program, to cut out a rectangle out of a piece of yellow checkered patterned paper that I had on hand, and also set it to cut out the egg shape with a file that I had in my collection. 

For the ribbon, I needed to know where the egg cutout would be when I adhered it to my card, so I placed it on top, and added little marks to the green paper that would be underneath, so I would know where I needed to put my ribbon so it would give it full coverage. I then cut pieces of various ribbon from " Really Reasonable Ribbon" and adhered them to the green paper diagonally across the area where the egg cut out would be. I placed dimensional tape around the back side of the cut out paper, then placed it on top of the green paper, so the ribbon would show through the cut out.

For my tag, I used one of the tags from the Spellbinders Fancy Framed Tags Two. I cut the bottom layer out of a medium peach color card stock, and cut the top layer in light peach card stock, inked the edges of both pieces with a touch of red ink, then stamped the words, Happy Easter on the top piece and attached it to the bottom piece of the tag. I then added this piece to my card using dimensional tape.

To finish off my card, I ran a piece of one of the same ribbons I used for the egg, across the bottom of the card, then for a little bling, I added gold Jewel Dazzles to the ribbon and to the sides of my sentiment piece.

I hope you enjoyed checking out my card as much as I did making it. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think of it, and make sure to visit the Card A Day Blog everyday, for some wonderful card making ideas. We also have our monthly challenge, for those of you who like to enter challenges.

Card A Day Bog Post: Baby

Hi everyone! Thanks for stopping by. It's my turn today to post a card for this weeks Card A Day Blog theme "Baby".

To make my card, I first started off with a 5.50" x 4.25" white card base. I cut a piece of yellow card stock at 5.24" x 4" and embossed it with my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder, then I adhered it to the front of my card base. 

I then cut strips of ribbon from the March 2012 Really Reasonable Ribbon ribbon club, and one strip of ribbon from different manufacturer, and adhered them vertically across the card front. 

I decided to use this cute little elephant, Emery, from Verve Stamps as my image. I stamped it on a piece of white card stock using black ink, then colored the image with Copic markers, C-0, C-2, and C-3. I then cut it out using the 4th largest die from the Spellbinders Standard Circles (LG) set. I decided I wanted a frame for my image, so I used the 3rd largest Spellbinders Picot Edge Circle on a piece of pink card stock to cut out a frame. I used dimensional tape to adhere my image to my decorative circle. I then placed this piece on top of the strips of ribbon. I added some tiny buttons that I had in my collection to add a little accent to my card.

As for a sentiment  I decided to wait till I was ready to use it, so I would know more about what type of message I wanted to convey.

I hope you enjoyed checking out my latest card creation. I really had a good time making it, and I was pleased with the way it turned out. Now I just have to wait for someone to have a baby, so I can give it to them...lol! Please leave me a comment if you have a chance, I always love to hear what you think. Also, remember to check out the Card A Day Blog every day, for some great card making inspirational  and don't forget to check out our monthly challenge for a chance to win a wonderful prize!

Mojo Monday 275

Hi everyone! Here is the sketch for this weeks Mojo Monday contest.

Here is the card I made using the sketch.

To make my card, I used various patterned papers that I had in my stash, and the Spellbinders dies, Picot Edge Circles, and Standard Circles. For my sentiment  I used the "Have a fantastically magical day" stamp from the Birthday Surprise set from Verve stamps. The ribbon is from the Valentine's Mix, 20012 January Really Reasonable Ribbon collection. The flower is from Recollections. I added a dot of Viva Decor to the middle of the flower to make a little pearl accent.

Thanks for popping in and checking out the card I made. I really love the weekly sketches from Mojo Monday. Go check them out, I'm sure you'll love them too.

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.

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: 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.

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: 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!