SPECIAL

I made this for a friend's birthday.  I thought it had a real masculine feel about it and that's what I wanted.  I saw one similar in the June 2010 CARDS magazine.  I loved the idea of using the eyelets as embellishments.  I so seldom use eyelets and yet I really like the look of them

The 'special' is a JoAnn Essentials which came in six pack of metal embellishments.  I used Versamark and black embossing powder.  This is the first time I've tried embossing powder on something like this and it worked so cool (except it got pretty hot and I really warmed up my fingertip).

I Distress Inked  the inside papers with Frayed Burlap and ran them (plain white printer paper with sentiment printed) through my crinkle crimper.  Another thing I rarely use but I sure do like the effect.  I also used it on the front mat paper of the world map.

Secret Santa Gift Box

I belong to Your Paper Pantry and if you so chose you could join and participate in a Secret Santa Swap.  You filled out a questionnaire about what you liked and what you'd put on a wish list for Santa, in return you got someone elves to fill.  I received my Secret Santa box in today's mail.  What super fun was this.  Many many thanks to my Secret Pal - Jane Bain - for filling my box full of goodies!

Bravo!

We have a young friend who recently competed in the Bands of America which had their regional finals here in St George. Well low and behold they took first place (Clovis West High School in Clovis CA). We are so proud of him and his accomplishments and I wanted to make a card just personally for him.

The colors are his school colors gold and maroon. Papers are a mat stack I bought from Target (yeah can you believe Target?) they also came with matching color envelopes. The card base is AC Damask that I picked up at Tuesday morning, just love this cardstock, if you see it grab it!

The gold mat has been embossed with my Cuttlebug and the Musical embossing folder. Grungeboard # and Number 1 are Tim Holtz run through my XYRON upside down and then glittered (Yah Wooo I finally remembered to do this, works so slick). Bravo is a rub on from My Sentiments Exactly.  All edges inked with Distress Ink.

Congrats Jer, we are super proud of you!!!

Graphic 45 Tin Box

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.

I Want My Mummy

I made these three easel cards for my adult kids, they still 'want their Mummy' I'm sure

Cricut Cartridge Mini Monsters


(the card wasn't my idea, I saw one similar one another blog and just had to make them myself so sorry can't remember or find the blog, if it was you please let me know so I can give credit for your inspiration!!!)

Fall Thank You

I saw this wonderful card in the November issue of Cards Magazine by Vanessa Menhorn and took my inspiration for my card from her.

I've had the pack of Autumn leaves for a year or two. I had picked them up after the Holidays for next to nothing at JoAnns and this was just the perfect use for them!

Adding a button and a tad of ribbon just set off the front. The edges are inked with Vintage Photo Distress ink and so sorry but the papers were scraps and I'm not sure who they are from.

I used my Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge to cut the tag out.

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.

My First You Tube Videos!

Have you wondered where I've been????  Hopefully you've noticed I've been gone, lol!  We were away on vacation (check out my pics on my other blog Reflections of My Year) and then I've been working for a long long time on my first Mini Album.  This was made from Paper Bags and a tremendous amount of time pouring over other creative divas on You Tube!  The videos are uploaded to You Tube and  are available for you to watch.  (This was a whole other learning experience just figuring out how to upload and add a few online notes here and there - and it's taken forever!!!  I now admire all those You Tubers out there I've been taking so much for granted!)  And, yes, it took me two videos to go through the book, it's gonna take some time and experimentation to figure out the editing portion of this You Tube thing.

Please leave me a note and let me know what you think of the video (oh how I hate my voice lol) and the book!  Thanks for stopping!

Lovely Ladies!

I have entered this card in the Artful Inkables Think Ink #28 Challenge -  

To create something "Distressed Out"!

This stamp is one of my favorites. I love the tone on tone effect here. I used Martha Stewart's Trellis border punch along the edge, inked the lace and added the button. The papers are double sided card stock I got several years ago from Costco.  So wish they'd offer it again, amazing quality and designs.

All the outer edges were distressed with the Tim Holtz distressing tool

I really didn't care for this paper, but once it was cut out on the Cricut and then inked it transformed before my eyes. The center thought is a rub on.

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.

God's In Charge

Sentiment is a rub on from My Sentiments Exactly - Butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch glittered with Crayola glitter glue. I'm not sure you can tell from this picture but the paper has been overstamped in violet with a Delta stamp called Saldage Sprig.

This lace is actually laser cut paper ribbon, it comes in a three pack roll (self adhesive) from Basic Grey Kioshi collection.

This tiny butterfly is a rub on from Basic Gray and then I put Glossy Accents over the top. Pearls are Kaiser crafts.

Victorian Lace

I went to a friends last week and we made Vintage cards. I love the way this one turned out. You could have it either open at the top or the side.

I believe all the papers are Graphic 45 and this gorgeous flower came from our LSS - I don't have the name of the company, but it sure made my card pop!

Halloween Cards

I saw the video on You Tube for a Double Slider Card using a plastic strip from a bag.  I thought I just had to try one!  When you pull the ribbon at the top then the card slides out from middle towards the top and bottom.  Pretty cool huh?  (See the next two pictures)

The papers are from Creative Imaginations and the Boo is a rub on from Michaels

Halloween Card #2 is a tri fold card.  I found this adorable ghost on Little Scraps of Heaven blog.  It's a SVG file and I cut it out with my Cricut and then stamped the face with Peachy Keen Stamps Everyday Character Faces.

 I used Kraft cardstock for the base and inked the edges with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink.

Halloween Card #3  is another tri fold card.   It's called something else when it's in this style but my minds gone tonight and I can't think of it.

The witch is a chipboard piece from Michaels.  I used the Mosaic embossing folder on the one paper (papers are from Imaginations and Fancy Pants).

The chipboad BOO is from Melissa Frances' Fall Chipboard.  I used Versamark on it and embossed several times with clear embossing (the same as I did the spiders).  The spiders were cut from the Doodlebug Cart on the Cricut and then I added bling for the eyes.  I got the eyelash yarn (the spiderweb) at JoAnns and attached it with glossy accents.

 

Halloween Card #4  is made by putting an acetate over the top of part of the card.  The polka dot is actually and acetate sheet overlayed over the tree, fence and witch.