Card A Day Blog: Feel Better soon

Hi everyone! It's my turn once again, to post my latest creation for the Card A Day Blog. This week's theme is, Get Well Soon, and here is the card that I created.

Here are the materials I used to create my card:

• 5.5 x 4.25 piece of white card stock for base of the card.
• Medium orange card stock paper, or color of your choice.
• Light orange card stock paper, or any other coordinating color.
• Coordinating designer paper. I used Birdwatching Bird Cage, by Recollections.
• Spellbinders Dies, Bird Flourishes , Picot Edge Circles, and Beautiful Brackets
• Rhinestones in your choice of colors.

To make my card, I cut my designer paper 5.25 x 4 ", and attached it to the front of my card base. Then, I cut out a large Picot Circle in the medium orange card stock, then adhered it to the top of my designer paper. I cut out one of the large birds from the Bird Flourish die, and using a dauber, I  inked the edges using an orange ink pad, darker than the orange used for die. I then adhered the bird on top of the circle. I needed a label for my sentiment, so I thought one of the dies from the Beautiful Brackets die set would be perfect, so I cut the smaller bracket using the same card stock that I used for the bird, inked, and stamped it with my sentiment. I thought a little bling would add a nice touch, so I added rhinestones to the feathers, and one for the eye. There was one other rhinestone on one of the feathers, but it fell off prior to taking the picture, and I didn't realize it till I was writing this blog post...lol!

I hope you like my newest creation. If you would like to make a comment on what you think of it, please feel free to leave a comment. Also, don't forget to check out the monthly challenge on the Card A Day Blog.

Card A Day Blog Card, Valentine's Day

Hi everyone! The theme for this week at Card A Day Blog is, Valentine's Day.

Here is the card I created to share with you today. I fell in love with this tree, chock full of Valentine's ready to be picked. I got this beautiful digital stamp from, Priscilla Styles store. I just fell in love with it, and just had to have it...lol!

Here are the materials I used to make my card.

• 8.5 x 5.5 inch piece of white card stock, folded in half for card base.
• 5 1/8 x 4 1/8 inch piece of patterned paper.
• Copic markers, R05, R20, R22, G14, E08, and E35 
• Digital stamp from Priscilla Styles 
• Spellbinders Die, Stamping Scrapping Frou Frou tags dies, and matching stamps,
• Red card stock matt for image
• Viva Decor Glitter Liner, Holo Indescent

To make my card, I first attached my background paper to my card base,  I then printed out my image on white card stock, approx 3.25 x 3.25. I colored the hearts with Copic markers, R05, R20, R22, blossoms, R20, leaves and grass, G14, and trunk of tree, E08, and E35. I attached my colored image to a piece of red card stock just a bit larger than my image to matt it. I then attached my matted image to my background paper. For my sentiment, I stamped my sentiment and frame from the stamp set, and cut out a tag for it, using one of the Stamping Scrapping Frou Frou tags dies. I then attached my tag to the bottom of my card. I wanted to add a little sparkle to the card, so I applied a little dab of Viva Decor Glitter Liner, Holo Indescent on random hearts throughout the tree, and spread it around thinly over the heart to create a shimmery appearance. I also added a dot of glitter liner to each side of the sentiment.

I will be sending this card off with the next batch of cards that I will be sending to Operation Write Home. I hope you enjoy this card as much as I did making it. Please make sure to check out Card A Day Blog each day to see what our designers have created, and get lots of wonderful ideas for card making. Also, check out the monthly challenge, and maybe win a prize!

CADB Card, Christmas Friends

Merry Christmas everyone. It's my turn once again to post a card for the Card A Day Blog. This weeks theme is, Christmas and children. I found this cute little girl, and her reindeer friend digi stamp at Whimsy and Stars Studio.

I just fell in love with this cute little girl and her friend, I just had to get them.

Here is the list of materials I used to create my card.

• 8.5 x 5.5 inch piece of white card stock, folded in half for card base.
• 5 1/8 x 4 1/8 inch piece of patterned paper.
• Copic markers, E51 and E11 for skin, R59, R17 and C-1 for the little girl's hat and suit, G14, G07 and C-1 for her scarf, R59 and R17 for gift box ribbon and bow, G14 and G07 for gift box, R59, R17 for the reindeer's collar, Y08 for star, E37 and E35 for reindeer, and C-1, C-5 and C-7 for girl's shoes and reindeer's hooves.  
• Digital stamp from Whimsy and Stars Studio
• Spellbinders Die, large Fleir De Lis Squares die
• Red card stock
• Bow Easy, and ribbon.

To make my card, I first printed the digistamp on a piece of white cards stock, and colored, using the Copic markers listed above. I then cut out the die piece using the red card stock paper, then adhered my colored image on top. I then attached the patterned paper on to my card base, and attached my image and die piece to the middle of the card. I made a bow, using my Bow Easy, and attached it to the bottom of the die cut. 

This card will be one that I will give to one of my co-workers for Christmas, along with other cards that I've created. If you have the time, please leave a comment, and tell me what you think. If you want to see more cards created by our other designers, check out the Card A Day Blog, for more creative ideas, and if you get the chance, enter the Card A Day Blog Challenges that are also offered each month. You might just win yourself a prize!

CADB Card, Celebrate The Season

It's my turn again, to post a card for the Card A Day Blog. The theme for this week is, Celebration, and here is what I created.

I got the idea for my card from the site, Mojo Monday, which is a good source for card sketches, with examples of what others have created with their sketches.

Here is the list of materials I used to make this card.

• 8.5 x 5.5 inch piece of white card stock, folded in half for card base.
• Two pieces of card stock, one in a light pink, and one in dark pink.
• Three different coordinating sheets of patterned paper. I got mine from The Ultimate Scrapbook Kit in a Stack, Christmas, from Die Cut With A View.
• Viva Decor Glitter Liner, silver.
• Cricut
• Sure Cuts Alot 
• Scotch ATG tape gun
• Pop Dots

I started by cutting a piece of background paper 5 1/4' x 4', and attaching it to my card base using my Scotch ATG tape gun. I then cut out circles, using my Cricut and the Sure Cuts Alot program, one, four inches using the dark pink card stock, and another one, 3.5', in one of the coordinating papers, adhering the smaller circle to the larger circle, and attaching it to the card base. 

To make the rectangular banner piece, I used my Cricut, and Sure Cuts Alot program. I first chose a rectangle out of the basic shapes library, and sized it to the proportion that I liked. I then created two triangles, flipped then so the top points met in the middle, positioned and sized them to create the shape I wanted, then welded all pieces together, so that when I cut it, it will cut as one piece. I also grouped them together so I can move the piece as one around the screen, and re-size as needed. I cut one banner 4.75 x 3 inches out of dark pink cardstock, (also cutting out my small snowflake at the same time ) and the top piece 4.25 x 1.75 inches, out of coordinating paper, and adhering that piece to the solid card stock.

I placed the banner on top of my circles, then cut out two more snowflakes out of light pink card stock, then adhering them to the top left corner of my banner. I then added dots of Viva Decor to the middle of each snowflake.

On my computer, I typed out the words, Celebrate The Season, added a boarder, then printed it out on a piece of white card stock, trimmed it, then attached it to my card with pop dots.

Thank you for stopping by, and I sure would like to hear what you think of my card, so if you have the time, please leave me a comment, and tell me what you think. Also, you might also like to check out our monthly challenges at the Card A Day Blog Challenge. You might just win a nice prize.

Card A Day Card; Shop Till They Drop

It's my turn once again to post a card for this week's theme, Christmas Shopping, on the Card A Day Blog. Here is my card that I made following the theme, I call it, Shop Till They Drop.

Here is the list of materials I used to create my card.

• 8.5 x 5.5 inch piece of white card stock, folded in half for card base.
• 5.24 x 4 inch piece of green card stock paper, embossed using my Cuttlebug, and the Christmas Ornaments embossing folder, and another piece of yellow card stock paper, just a bit larger than the green paper.
• Red striped bakers twine.
• Copic markers, Y08, G14 and R46.
• Tall Presents stamps from, Outline Rubber Stamps, stamped on a piece of 2'x4.5' white card stock, mounted on a matt made out of a piece of burgundy card stock just slightly larger that the white stamped card stock.
• Viva Decor Pearl Pen, yellow.
• Words, " Shop Till They Drop," printed on from my computer, on white card stock.

To make my card, I adhered the yellow card stock to the card base, then I wrapped the baker's twine around the middle of the green, embossed piece, three times, spreading them out on the sides, and bringing them together in the middle, and adhering that piece to the yellow card stock. I then placed my stamped matted image on top of that layer. I typed out the words, Shop, then, Till They Drop on white card stock, cut them out, and inked around the edges of each piece, then placed them on my card using foam squares. I then dotted  some of the dots and stars on the printed image with a yellow Viva Decor Pearl Pen. I wanted to have it appear as if one of the gifts from the stack was dropping, so I used another stamped image of a gift that I had, also from Outline Rubber Stamps, and attached it using a foam square. On the inside of my card, I stamped the words, "Christmas is on its way".

Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment, and tell me what you think, and if you want to see more cards created by our other designers, check out the Card A Day Blog, for more creative ideas, and if you get the chance, enter the Card A Day Blog Challenges that are also offered each month. You might just win yourself some goodies. 

Ornament Christmas Card

It's my turn once again to post on the Card A Day Blog. The theme for this week is Christmas ornaments, and here is the card I created.

The materials I used for my card are:

• Ornament, cut out from my Cricut and using the Sure Cuts A Lot program.
• 8.5 x 5.5 inch piece of white card stock, folded in half for card base.
• 5.24 x 4 inch background paper from the Cloud 9 Design Seasonal Paper Stack
• Bow made out of yellow organdy ribbon, using a Bow Easy to create it.
• Color Box Petal Point pigment ink, dark green petal pad.
• Foam Squares
• Viva Decor Pearl Pen, gold
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Beaded Oval Dies
• Cuttlebug

To create my card, I started by adding my background paper to my card base, then after inking my oval die cut, I attached it to my card base. I then glued together my ornament front to the back, and I applied it on top of the oval with foam squares. Then using my Viva Decor Pearl Pen, I applied dots around the oval, and in various places on the ornament. After making a bow with my Bow Easy, and ribbon, I applied it to the top of the ornament. I stamped the inside of the card with a greeting. 

Thanks for checking out my car, and please let me know what you think of my card, by leaving me a comment.

Latest Operation Write Home Christmas Cards

Time is quickly closing in on the deadline for sending Christmas cards for Operation Write Home. Here are the latest cards that I have created, and I will be sending them off next week. I hope to get a few more whipped up before then, and if I do, I will try to post them as well.

This first card I made using the Spellbinders Die, Holly Motifs, That I purchased at Stamping Scrapping, one of my favorite online stores, where I find myself getting into more trouble than I should..lol!

These next three cards, I made using one of the Spellbinder Dies, Lacey Circles, and stamps from the Just Rite stamp collection, Holiday Cheer Set, also purchased from Stamping Scrapping. I thought these were just the cutest little dies, I just had to have them.  

Next up are cards I made with stamps from another one of my favorite online stores, Outlines Rubber Stamps. I just love these stamps, and often find myself getting into a bit of trouble when I visit there too...lol! I guess I love trouble...lol!

After I am done with Christmas cards, I will be starting on Valentine's Day cards. I can already feel the love...lol!