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!

Card A Day Blog Post: Invitations

Thank you for stopping by today, It's my turn again to post on the Card A Day Blog. This week's theme is " Invitations".

For my invitation, I decided to make a single page card, instead of a folded one. For my image, I chose a digital stamp from Bugaboo Digi Stamps, Party Pig Trio. When I saw this digi stamp, I thought it would be perfect for this project.

I used one of my scrap book programs on my computer to size the image, then I used the text tool to add the title, date, time and place. I then printed the image on white card stock, then trimmed it to 4"x 5". I colored the rest of the image with Copic Markers, RV10 and R22 for the pigs, and for the balloons, hats, and confetti, I used, B24, B28, G05, G14, R05, R29, Y08 and YR07. 

To finish my card off, I adhered my image to a piece of 4.25" x 5.25" red card stock. The back of my invitation was left blank, but it could be used to add some other information, such as directions, etc.

I hope you like my little party invitation, and if you get the chance, please leave me a comment, and let me know what you think of it. Be sure to visit the Card A Day Blog every day, for lots of great card ideas, and be sure to check out our monthly challenge for a chance to win a great prize!

Card A Day Blog Post: Get Well Soon

Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by. It's time again for me to post on the Card A Day Blog. This week's theme is, "Get Well Soon".

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 a piece of white cards stock at 5.25" x 2", inked the edges using Recollections dye ink pad, Marine, which I also inked my patterned paper with, and adhered it to the middle of the card. Over my white card stock piece, I attached a piece of dark blue card stock cut to 5" x 1 3/4", embossed with my Cuddlbug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder, For my sentiment, I used stamps from the Stamping Scrapping Designs Fancy Accents. I stamped the frame on a piece of white card stock first, using the same recollections ink pad that I used for my inked edges, then stamped the "Get Well Soon" sentiment from the same stamp set, then cut it out around the edge of the frame.

For the label that my sentiment is attached to, I used a die from the Spellbinders die set, Fancy Tags, out of yellow card stock, attached it to the center of my dark blue embossed piece, then adhered the sentiment on top of it using pieces of foam tape, to add dimension. Both die and stamp sets are designed to coordinate together.

I just had to add a little "bling" to my card, as I often do, so I added blue  Round Jewel Dazzles to the corners of my sentiment, and the corners of my card. I just love these little jewels, and I'm finding that I've been using them quite often on a lot of my projects.

I hope you like the card that I've created, and I would love if you leave me a comment. I always love to hear what people think about my creations. Please make sure to visit the Card A Day Blog every day for some wonderful card making ideas. Remember, if you like challenge, to check out our monthly challenge, for a chance to win a great 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.

CADB Post: Hearts and Flowers

Hi everyone, it's a new year for us at the Card A Day Blog. This weeks theme is Valentine's Day, and here is my entry.

To make my card, I had to decide on an image that I want to use, I chose to use a section from the Lovely Layering Collage stamp from Outlines Rubber Stamps. I stamped the image on white card stock, cut out the section I wanted to use, then colored it, using Copic marker colors RV10, R32, R29 and BG34. To frame my image, I cut out a piece with the Lacy Squares die from Spellbinders, with red card stock, the placed my colored image to the left side of the piece. On the right side of the die cut piece, I adhered a piece of ribbon from the January 2012 Really Reasonable Ribbon Club Assortment. I then attached the die cut piece to a piece of white card stock measuring 3.5" x 3.5", then added that to a piece of red card stock cut to approximately 3.75" x 3.75".

To finish up my card front, I cut a piece of  red polka dot paper at 5.25" x 4" , then I placed my framed image to the top of the pattered paper. I then attached a strip of the shear red ribbon from the RRR assortment at approx 1/4 inch from the bottom of the patterned paper, then added a strip of red heart ribbon from American Crafts to the top of that. I then made myself a 5.5" x 4.25" white card base, I then placed my card front to the front of the the card base.

This card was intended to go to Operation Write Home for Valentine's, but I missed the deadline, so I might just send it off with my next shipment, because since it doesn't say Valentine's Day, it can be used for a general love card, or maybe I might put it aside and send it out for next Valentine's Day.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed my latest creation, and if you have the time, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think. Remember to visit the Card A Day Blog every day, for some wonderful card making inspiration, and make sure to enter our monthly challenge for a chance to win a great prize!

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!