Snowmen Peeking

I made two cards with the same strip of snowmen that I

cut from the Warm Wishes paper collection from Recollections

The background paper is We R Memory Keepers Christmas Collection

I added a few stickles to the hats

and gave their noses a shine with glossy accents

the stamp here is from a Christmas Recollections set, it's

fast become a favorite because the quirky font and snowflakes

the sentiment as well is cut out from the paper,

stickles make the inside shine

This is the second card and I put them so half the

little faces were hidden all but the eyes and hat.

Cute, like they are peeking out from behind 

This is a sentiment from that My Sentiments Exactly grab

bag I'd told you about, really like the font on this stamp

A little brad holds the mini mittens in the corner together

the scallop punch is Fiskars

Christmas has started!

Here's the beginning of my Christmas Cards.

This one went to my Grandson in Afghanistan

This is a digital stamp, Harry Needs a Hand by Mo's Digital Pencil

She's great check out her blog for tons of cool designs

Counting the Days was an acrylic word art from K & Co
The corner punch on the insde is from Fiskars
Papers are Recollections

Sweet Pea

 I ran across an old set of 12 CDs by ClickArt buried in my closet.  They are just loaded with all kinds of clip art.  While browsing I ran across this darling little cherub and decided to see how baby would look on a card.  Well darn now I have a whole new world of inspiration at my fingertips.  I'm sooooooo glad I didn't get rid of these CDs.  The formats on the CDs are a little wonky but nothing that saving here and resaving under a different format didn't cure!

I stamped the heart (it includes the script) onto some card stock.
It's a Fiskars stamp from a set just called 'Baby.

Edge punch is Moroccco Lace by EK Success, this is one of my favorite border punches!

Inside is a rub on from My Sentiments Exactly, shape cut from my Cricut.

Friendships

Another card made with the Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime Collection

Bling is Recollections

Butterfly is Prima

Flower is my own

 Inside reads:

Life's truest happiness is found in the friendships we make along the way. (Fiskars stamps)

Cardbase is American Crafts Brocade Cream

All Dressed Up

My good friend Vicky at Clips-n-Cuts posted a darling card she'd made using a dress form.  Well I just couldn't stand it.

 

I had the Cricut Cartridge of my friends sitting here: Forever Young, and on it was this darling dress form.  Well once I got started I just had to keep on making them.  The dress forms themselves are cut from the front and back cover of the K&Co 12x12 Paper Pad Olivia Rose.  It's heavier weight and the hit and miss of words, numbers and prints from the packaging gave for some interesting dress forms.

Here is a close up of each card - 

 

The background behind the dress form is a piece of lavender paper that I stamped with the  Prima clear stamp - Recital.  I then wet the paper and smooshed it all up in my hand, slowly pulling it back into shape and the using my heat tool to dry it.  When dry I added a layer of Lindy's Stamp Gang Desert Moon Antique Rose spray.

The next dress is bordered from one of the acetate sheets that's included in the above mentioned paper pack.  I used Glossy Accents on the belt and while wet sprinkled it with pink sparkle.

This is the first card I made, and what started the chain reaction.  The border punch is Morocco Lace by EK Success and the paper is from the K&Co Susan Winget Spring Blossom Collection.  The Sassy stamp is from Fiskars, I think it's called Girlfriends.  I used Glossy Accents over it and the mat again was cut from the paper pad backing page.

With this one I also cut the hat from the cartridge and used a little bling on it.  Inside the sentiment reads "It's Your Day" most insides I've left blank.  I used a Mrs. Grossman's sticker on the front and then used a combo of Smooch spray in gold, Perfect Pearls in gold and water to spray the front.

Here I added the Sweet sentiment from a dollar stamp from We R Memory Keepers and stamped the hat from the Fiskars set I mentioned above using Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink and Glossy Accents over the top.

Another hat from the cartridge and an strip of the ruler and paper from the Olivia Rose Collection.  The border punch is Apron Lace by Fiskars.

The checkered border was a die cut frame in the paper pack that I clipped and formed a smaller frame around my card, the heart was on some ribbon from Bo Bunny I had.

The mat here is embossed with my Cuttlebug and the Spots and Dots folder.  I used a sanding block to distress the circles revealing the under color.  The stamp is the same set, Girlfriends, from Fiskars.  The black lace is Bo Bunny.

This last card I sprayed the lace, which started out white, with Tattered Angels Cranberry and then stamped the saying with a Fiskars stamp (do not have the name of this collection).  The border punch again Apron Lace from Fiskars and the paper was Spring Blossom pack by K & Co.

And that's it.  A great set of cards and a whole lot of fun.  Thanks again Vicky for all your inspiration!

Trust Him Today

Another for my gift set of cards.  This is the back side of the paper from the previous post.  I used a new EK Success border punch I got for 80% off at JoAnns, what a deal!!!  The punch is called Graceful Heart which will be perfect for Valentines!

The die cuts are precut from K & Co in their Spring Blossom Icons Die-Cut Cardstock and Acetate Collection.

I really like this ribbon punch from Fiskars and must admit I often forget I have it and don't use it as often as I could.  It's called Leaver It to Weaver.

Sentiments are the Inspirations/Encouragement set from My Sentiments Exactly.  I sprayed the inside of the card with Gold Glow Smooch Spray, it's a little hard to see here but it gives the inside a great shimmer.

Thanks

I picked up a K&Company paper pak called Tim Coffey Fall and fell in love with the double side papers in it. These are all included in that pack. I used the Leave it to Weaver Fiskars border punch to thread the ribbon and punched the opposite side with the Apron Lace border punch. The butterfly was punched twice an EK Success punch. I put the bottom one flush then heavily Glossy Accented the top one and popped it up. The sentiment is a rub on from My Sentiments Exactly. Edges inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Wedding Card

Here is the card and envelope I made to go with the mini album.

Papers are from Graphic 45 Le Romantique Collection.

Sentiment is a rub on from My Sentiments Exactly. 

Paper is onion skin distressed with Vintage Photo Distress ink,

corners cut and embossed with a Fiskars corner/embosser punch

 
I lined the inside of the envelope with some of the matching paper.

Hugs and Best Fishes

Vicky, from Clips-n-Cuts, has inspired me again with her darling Back To School fishes card. A friend had this darling set of fish stamps (I'm trying to find out the brand) and they were perfect for my Hugs and Best Fishes card

I used Crayola Glitter Glue to sparkle them up a bit. The waves are cut with a shaped scissor and then inked and stamped with the little sprays of what looks like sea foam.

I punched the oval out with a Fiskars punch then stamped another with my sentiment (printed from my computer) and pop dotted it on the inside.

Holly and Ribbon

A friend came today with her new Woodland Wonders cart and we played all afternoon making cards. I had this one all done and then decided to add sprinkles. BAD MISTAKE, it just looked awful so I ended up cutting around the circle and reattaching it to the Kraft cardbase.

I like the Leave it to Weaver ribbon border punch by Fiskars. It just gives such a neat touch to the side.

Musical Paper is from the Song Bird collection by DCWV, Holly and Berries cut from the Peppermint Forest stack from JoAnns.