Recent Swaps

Recently I was in a couple of swaps which were a little different for me, the first one, a stick pin swap, and the second one, a stick pin, and charm swap.

Here are the stick pins that I made for the stick pin swap that was hosted by Crafter's Digital Art Center. The first one is for the " Love" swap, where we had to make stick pins with the love theme.

I had a lot of fun trying to find heart shaped beads for this one, and I fell in love with the heart shaped bead with the wings. I'll have to pick up some more of these sometime, if I can remember where I got them. It seemed I was all over the place looking...lol!

This next one was for the Spring stick pin swap.

This one was also fun, looking for spring themed beads. I thought the butterflies made a nice touch for these, along with the flowers.

Decorating the cards that I put my pins on proved a bit challenging, trying to figure out how to mount them, but after a bit of research, and some creative thinking, I figured out something that worked pretty good for me. What I ended up using to pin the pins to was a long skinny rectangular box, that I taped down to the base of the card, then adhered ribbon along the front of it. I then slid the pins into the box, behind the ribbon. I cut the card base, and background paper with my Cricut, using my Sure Cuts Alot program, and I decorated it after the pins were attaches with various stickers that I had that went along with the particular theme.

I sent my stick pins off to the hostess a few days ago, now I just have to wait to get the pins from the other participants back. I think that is one of the hardest parts of a swap, waiting to see what everyone else has created...lol!

The next swap I was in was the Valentine's stick pin and charm swap, hosted by A Lil Scrap Of Heaven. Here is a picture of the charm that I created, and the pins were the same as the ones I made for the Love swap above.

This was also different for me, because I had never made a charm before, but with lots of research, again, I was able to figure out how to put together different styles of charms, and came up with one that I was pretty happy with. My partner, Glenda, really loved it, and she even made a video about it.

I thought that was so cool that she had done that! Thank you so much Glenda...:-) I received the stick pins and charms that she created for me, which were quite lovely, but I haven't taken pictures of them yet, but hopefully this weekend I will get to it, then post the pictures of the beautiful creations she made for me.

If you have the chance, please leave me a comment, and let me know what you think. I would really appreciate it....:-)

See you next time,

Jill...:-) 

My Prize!

Before Christmas, Cindy, form Stamping Scrapping, held a contest for everyone who purchased products from her store. She sent us all a little die cut gift with a number on it, she also sold stockings with numbers on them as well. She then held a drawing for prizes. After that drawing was over, she held a second chance drawing, for a chance to win one of two prizes. We had to make a card, featuring the die cut that was sent to us, and send her the card. After the deadline date, she posted the cards to her Stamping Scrapping Yahoo group, and we all got a chance to vote for our favorite. Well, guess what! I was one of the lucky winners!!! I was so excited! I received four sets of her custom made for Stamping Scrapping Spellbinder's Dies. The Dies that I won where, Anglaise Lace Circle Dies , Frou Frou Tags, Beautiful Brackets, and the Terrific Tabs Dies.

I couldn't wait to try them out, so I decided to use a couple of them on some Valentine's Day cards that I was making.

The Dies I used for my card were from the Anglaise Lace Circle die set, and the Beautiful Brackets die set. She also has stamps to go with these sets, and I will definitely be putting them on my wish list.

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.