Warm Winter Wishes

I've got another Christmas card to share with you today and show you another way to use your dies over at the Dies R Us Blog. It's never to early to start on your Holiday cards! 

I wanted the Poinsettias in this Tutti die cut to be red so I decided to emboss some red cardstock using the Poinsettia Corner die and then die cut it using some white cardstock.

I then fussy cut the poinsettias out of the red cardstock. It wasn't easy and they don't look very pretty by themselves.

Then, using some ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, I glued the fussy cut pieces to the back of the white die cut.

To put the card together, I used a white card base and embossed some light blue cardstock with a snowfall embossing folder. It really made the Poinsettia Corner die cut pop. The sentiment, from Lawn Fawn's Winter Scripty Sentiments, was stamped and embossed.

Supplies Used

Tutti Designs Poinsettia Corner

Lawn Fawn Winter Scripty Sentiments

ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever

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Oh Happy Day! MFT Superstar Card Design Challenge

I've created another card for the My Favorite Things SuperStar 2019 Card Design Challenge. 

This card is for the Innovation Master category. I haven't made a shaker card in a while so I thought why not give it a try. I started with some Neenah Solar White cardstock and sponged in the clouds using a couple different colors of ink and also sponged in the grass. I stamped and die cut the cute little piggy from the MFT So Much Cuteness set and colored him in using some Spectrum Noir pens. The balloon was cut using the MFT Mini Balloon Shaker Window die so of course I used the matching MFT shaker pouch. I added some seed beads and star sequins to the balloon and used some black floss for the balloon string. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and stamped on the MFT Essential Fishtail Sentiment Strips dies. I popped up the little piggy and sentiment and then used some more Neenah Solar White cardstock for the card base.

This card brings a big smile to my face and I hope the recipient finds it as cute as I do!

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Christmas Birds

We've got a new card sketch up today over at the Atlantic Hearts Sketches Blog. I hope you'll stop by and play along with us.

I've decided to get a jump on my Christmas cards this year and I'm really enjoying using these sketches for ideas.

Here's the sketch

This sketch forced me to get out some old Martha Stewart punch around the page punches. Had to start all over figuring out how to use them again but I managed and I love how this came together.

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Snowflake Mandala - MFT Superstar Card Design Challenge

I created this card for the My Favorite Things SuperStar 2019 Card Design Challenge. 

I was just at the My Favorite Things store with my husband (aka my enabler) and he pointed out this mandala die and called it a snowflake. So of course I had to have it! I cut it out using Neenah Solar White cardstock and then sponged several different shades of blue ink on it. To add some sparkle to it I used my clear Wink of Stella pen all over it. The base of the card is also Neenah Solar White cardstock and I used some craft foam to pop the top panel up to give the card some depth. I stamped and embossed the sentiment and then layered it on a blue fishtail strip.

I created this card using the My Favorite Things Captivating Mandala Die, Essential Fishtail Sentiment Strips Dies and the Snow Globe Sentiments Stamps. I just love how this clean

 and simple card turned out.    

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Whoa!

We've got a new sketch up today over at Sketches in Thyme. You have the rest of the month to play along and there will be a new sketch every week.

Here's a cute page about my granddaughter on a ride when we were at Ocean City, NJ. She had a dress on and as the ride went down her dress went up. I just love the expression on her face.

 Just had to scrap it!

Here's the sketch

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Fall into a Good Time

It's Sunday so that means we have a new card and new layout sketch up over at Creative Inspiration. We'd love for you to play along with us!

Here's the sketch

I fell in love with this sketch and even broke out my sewing machine to do the stitching. My machine is so old and I have to fight with every time I use it and today was no different. The first line of stitching came out perfect but not the rest.  Anyway, these are my 2 granddaughters who go to the Topsfield Fair in Mass. every year and we were lucky enough to go with them this year. We had a lot of fun and took tons of pics which you will be seeing for the next several months.

Anyway, I hope you'll stop by Creative Inspiration and join us!

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Star Christmas Card

I've got a Christmas card up at the Atlantic Hearts Sketches Challenge blog this week. We have a new card sketch posted each Monday and then on Wednesday we show all the DT members take on the sketch. You have all week to play along with us. 

Here's my card

Here's the sketch

I've had this stamp and die cut set for a while and as soon as I saw this sketch I knew it would be perfect for this card.

Pop on over to our blog, we'd love to have you join us!

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Happy Birthday Gift Card Holder

We're celebrating our birthday over at Creative Inspiration starting today through Sept. 8th with a Birthday Bash Mini Crop. We have lots of great birthday themed challenges, some fun games and of course prizes! Come on over and join the fun!

For my challenge I decided to make a gift card holder. Everyone in my  family seems to want gift cards for their birthday gifts so I'm always on the lookout for new types of holders. I found this one on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KZkV8mFw7c

Here's the inside

This was super easy and I love how it came out! I hope you'll come by and play along with us!

Hope to see you there!

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Celebrate

I've got a celebration card up on the Dies R Us blog today. Everyone seems to be celebrating something lately, so I like to keep a few on hand for these special occasions. 

I decided to try something new with this buttercup frame from Precious Marieke. It's a large die so this is a pretty big card at 5 1/2 x 6". The die only cuts the flowers on one side and I wanted to cut them on both sides. This took some time and finagling.  I cut the first side and then had to line it up and position it so my die cutting machine wouldn't cut the straight edge. It took a while but I finally got it to work. 

Then it was time to cut the other oval die cuts.

To put it together I used a light purple cardstock for the card base that showed through the cut flowers beautifully. Using some ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever I glued the white flowered piece down and then decided I didn't like all the white so I added a strip of the purple cardstock down the middle. I stamped and embossed the sentiment and then added the two die cut stitched ovals along with a punched butterfly. I decided it needed something else so I broke out some Nuvo drops in crushed grape and carnation pink and added them randomly around the flowers.

                                    

Supplies Used

Precious Marieke Buttercup Frame

 

Tutti Designs Stitched Nesting Ovals

ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever

Nuvo Crystal Drops Carnation Pink

Nuvo Crystal Drops Crushed Grape

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Merry Merry

I've got a Christmas card up today over at the Dies R Us blog. I thought I'd get a jump start on my holiday cards.

To start I took a panel of white cardstock and sponged some Distress Oxides in faded jeans, wilted violet and iced spruce all over it.

Then I cut out all my die cuts using Impression Obsession Hill Landscape dies and Lawn Fawn 

Birch Tree Dies.

Once I got it all assembled I added the silver deer and tree which I've had in my stash forever and then stamped and embossed the sentiment strip and popped that up on the card. I also added some Nuvo glitter drops in white blizzard to give it some sparkle.

Supplies Used

Lawn Fawn Birch Trees

Impression Obsession Hill Landscape Layers

Nuvo Glitter Drops-White Blizzard

ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever

Distress Oxide Inks

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