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!

LSH Spring Mini Album

Here are some pictures of a few of the pages from the Spring Mini album swap that I participated in at A Lil Scrap Of Heaven. My partners name is Ree.

I decided to make this album in the shape of a butterfly, because I have been seeing lots of beautiful albums around made in this shape, and I thought it would go well with the theme. There were more pages to this album, but I only posted the ones that I liked the most, since I have lots more catching up to do with all these swaps...lol!

Card A Day Blog Entry: My Sympathy

Hi there, it's time again for another entry for the Card A Day Blog. This week's theme is Sympathy. Here is the card I made for this post.

This car was really rather simple. I started off with a piece of designer paper, cut to approximately 2.5" x 5.5" and positioned it on a white card base about an inch or so below the top. I then adhered lace across the top and bottom of the designer paper. I placed three butterflies across the patterned paper that are from Recollections. I then added a stamped sentiment across the bottom of the card base. That's it, easy peasy.

Thanks for stopping by, and checking out my card. I would really love to hear what you think, so please leave me a comment and let me know how you like it. Please visit the Card A Day Blog for some wonderful card making inspiration, and remember to check out our monthly challenge for the chance to win a great prize!