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All Occasions Mini Album

2016-02-09T17:34:00.000-05:00

The past two weeks I have been making the All Occasions mini album designed by Kathy Orta King of Paper Phenomenon. It is an eight page mini album with numerous areas to add photos and journaling. I used a 12 X 12 DCWV Le Tres Chic stack throughout. Because the paper would possibly crack at the spine edges, I decided to first wrap the album with black cardstock followed by piecing the DCWV paper to the front cover, spine and back cover. I used a Tim Holtz Ideology Curio Knob, Ball Chain and Long Fastener as the closure. I hand sewed a string of pearls from my stash to narrow black ribbon, then glued that to some Martha Stewart lace. This was used to enhance the simple beauty of the cover.

The mini album may be viewed on the following YouTube url.https://youtu.be/bAhL0Q_Z0tU

Front Cover

Spine

Back Cover

Halloween Card

2014-10-06T17:43:00.003-04:00

This is a card I made for a challenge on the YouTube channel of Gloria (Spyrorocks346) to celebrate her two year anniversary as a YouTube contributor. She gave us a sketch (mojomonday.blogspot.com) week 120 as a card design reference. Because the challenge is in October, I decided to make a Halloween card for the challenge.

This is a 6 X 6 inch card

I used the Cricut Happy Hauntings cartridge for many of the diecuts(witch, bats, frame, and pumpkin), Martha Stewart Creepy Fence punch(fence) and Alterations Tim Holtz Tapered Fringe die(grass). The papers used are LYB Boo Ville(purple paper), Bazzill Basic Witchy Poo Shoe(witches shoes), Recollections(Orange Pinstripe), Paper Layerz(pumpkin) and other paper from my stash.

The witch and the bats were enhanced with Black Diamond Stickles(Ranger). A little bling Jewel Stickers(LYB) was added as well.

Glossy Accents(Ranger) was used on the frame. The sentiment(craftsmart) was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on the reverse side of the piece cut from the frame.

Black Diamond Stickles was used for the pumpkins facial features.

Closeup of the witch

Side view to show the layering of the witch and the sentiment, as well as the grass.

Inside of the card

Cricut diecuts(bats and pumpkin), Martha Stewart border spider punch, sentiment(craftsmart) and the same papers as used on the front of the card.

The signature I put on the back of paper items I make.

I used Distress embossing ink(Ranger) with an embossing powder I have in my stash, as well as a Ranger Heat it craft tool.

Adhesives: Scotch Quick Dry, Scotch ATG, Ranger Glossy Accents, Recollections Foam Squares, Thermo-o-Web Foam Squares

CC3 Challenge #6 Altered Burlap Panel

2014-07-18T16:30:00.001-04:00

Challenge number six Altered Burlap Panel in the Linda Ledbetter challenges is found in Tim Holtz A Compendium of Curiosities Vol. III on page 37. This challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

I must say this was a very interesting challenge for me to do. I have never gotten my hands so dirty creating anything, but it was so much fun.
I decided to make a piece of art about my favorite thing to do and my most favorite place in the world.

Close ups of the panel

Supplies used:Idea-ology 6 X 8 Burlap Panel, Tissue Wrap(Melange), Paper Stashs- Lost and Found, Wallflower, and Retro Grunge, Philosophy Tags, Word Bands, Word Stick, Pen Nib, Remnant Rubs-Words, Filmstrip Ribbon
Sizzix Alterations Fleur de Lis and Eiffel Tower
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink-Raspberry, Distress Paint-Weathered Wood, Wild Honey, Brushed Pewter Picked Raspberry, Distress Marker-Black Soot, Claudine Hellmuth multi-medium matte
Cardstock-Recollections
Labels-Avery Multi Use

CC3 Challenge #5 Distress Watercoloring

2014-07-04T23:06:00.000-04:00

Our fifth challenge is another one of the techniques in Tim Holtz A Compendium of Curiosities Vol. III on page 39 Distress Watercoloring-Part I. The challenges are lead by Linda Ledbetter on her blog. The fifth challenge is sponsored by Inspiration Emporium.

6 X 6 card with each layer 1/4 inch smaller than the previous layer.

Spellbinders Labels Twenty-three die, WRMK Scallop Corner punch, Bazzill Cardstock, Graphic 45 Botanical Tea 6 X 6 printed paper, TCW stencil, Ranger Distress Ink, Graphic 45 Botanical Tea #3 stamp

Graphic 45 Botanical Tea #2 stamp, Ranger Distress Markers and Archival Ink

Therm-o-web foam squared used to elevate the artwork

Ranger Distress Markers used worn lipstick, picked raspberry, seedless preserves, crushed olive, peeled paint, pine needle, vintage photo, pine needle, mustard seed, spiced marmalade, salty ocean, black soot

CC3 Challenge #4 Layering Stencil: Texture Paste

2014-06-20T22:02:00.002-04:00

Our fourth challenge is to do another one of the techniques in Tim Holtz A Compendium of Curiosities Vol. III on page 49 Layering Stencil: Texture Paste. The challenges are lead by Linda Ledbetter on her blog. the fourth challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Boutique.
This is an interesting technique and it gave me an opportunity to put the first thing in an art journal I bought months ago.

I used TCW stencils: Mini Dartboard, Mini Butterflies Meadow and Mini Art Is; Golden Molding Paste; Ranger Distress Stains: Spiced Marmalade, Broken China, Victorian Velvet, Squeezed Lemonade; Ranger Distress Ink: Spiced Marmalade, Dusty Concord, Black Soot; Ranger Distress Marker: Black Soot; Stamps: Inkadinkado, JudiKins

Close ups of the different sections

Tinker Bell Just Because

2014-06-16T13:22:00.001-04:00

A just because card I made for my youngest granddaughter to put in a package I’m sending her.

This is a large card 6 X 12 inches. The card base is Wausau cardstock. All of the remaining paper and cardstock are from my stash. Rubons from my stash were used for the sentiments.

Using the Gypsy and the Tinker Bell & Friends cartridge, I cut the Iridessa character (page 60) and mushroom (page 69) and all their components at 5.98 inches width by 5.47 inches height with the Cricut Expression. All the parts were adhered with Zig 2 Way and Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive.

Close up of the mushroom and grass. The grass is made using the Alterations Tim Holtz Tapered Fringe die. The paper flowers are from my stash with gems by LYB.

Close up of Iridessa, she is popped up with Scotch Foam Mounting Tape. The fringed layer of her wings is EK Success Laura Ashley vellum. The butterflies are from K & Company. Various markers were used for accents such as Sakura Gelly Roll and Zig Millennium. A little Glossy Accents was used on the pupils.

Patchwork Birthday Card

2014-06-09T16:40:00.001-04:00

This is a card I made for my sister Joan. She is three years younger than I, but we share the same birthday.
The card is 6 X 6 inch. I chose the printed papers from daisyd’s cardstock Sweet Baby Jane 8 X 8 inch pad.

2 X 8 inch strip of the printed paper

Cut the 2 X 8 inch strips on an angle at opposite corners to form triangles.

I used the Xyron 900 to apply adhesion to the triangle pieces.

Using a piece of Georgia Pacific cardstock cut 6 X 6 inch as a base pencil mark the center of the sheet.

Starting at one corner of the base adhere the first triangle with the tip placed at the center point of the base.

Continue adhering all the triangles to completely cover the base.

Using scissors or paper trimmer cut off the excess paper from the base.

Used Bazzill cardstock for the card. Adhered a 5 3/4 inch piece of printed paper using ATG adhesive. Made a 5 3/4 X 2 1/2 inch decorative strip using the Martha Stewart Swirling Lace punch.

Closeup of the front showing a more detailed look at the triangle piecing, WRMK 1/2 Corner Chromper, Imaginisce bling, Martha Stewart Swirling Lace punch and Recollections Stamp.

CC3 Challenge #3 Faux Tea Roses

2014-06-06T10:47:00.000-04:00

Our third challenge is to do another one of the techniques in Tim Holtz A Compendium of Curosities Vol. III on page 65 Faux Tea Roses. The challenges are lead by Linda Ledbetter on her blog. And this challenge is sponsored once again by Inspiration Emporium.

I utilized a tag I started to make for challenge #2. Ranger #8 Kraft tag, Tim Holtz Rays stencil, Goldens Molding Paste, Tim Holtz Honeycomb die, Spiced Marmalade Distress Stain, Spiced Marmalade Distress Glitter, Ranger Glossy Accents, Distress Vintage Photo Ink

Close up of the tea roses and leaves. Cardstock:MME and LYB

Butterflies are from Tim Holtz Remnant Rubs Elements.

The eye is a Tim Holtz Remnant Rub Elements. The bow is made with Tim Holtz Crinkled Ribbon colored with the following Distress Stains: Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey and Shabby Shutters

Distress Glitter CC3 Challenge 2

2014-05-23T23:59:00.000-04:00

Our second challenge is to do another one of the techniques in Tim Holtz A Compendium of Curosities Vol. III on page 56 Distress Glitter. The challenges are lead by Linda Ledbetter on her blog . The second challenge was sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique.
I am not a big fan of using glitter, but it was fun using this glitter. It was also my first time to use molding paste and gesso.

I used #8 Kraft and Black Ranger tags. Using the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Rays Stencil and Goldens Molding Paste on the Kraft tag and Ranger Claudine Hellmuth Gesso on the black tag.

Using the Sizzix BigShot I cut the Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Trellis die. I used Rangers Tim Holtz festive berries Distress Marker and Distress Glitter.
The flowers are cut from Ashland Spring Bushes and the leaves are Recollection. They were adhered with hot glue.
Other adhesives used on the tag were Rangers Glossy Accents and Scotch Quick Dry.

CC3 Challenge #1 Paint Marbling

2014-05-08T19:03:00.001-04:00

I decided to take part in a challenge to use the techniques in Tim Holtz latest book A Compendium of Curiosities Volume III.

The first CC3 challenge paint marbling can be found on page 43 of the book. This challenge is sponsored by Inspiration Emporium. I used a 6 1/2 X 3 1/2 inch manila tag I had made with the Cricut machine using the Picturesque cartridge.

I used Distress Paints: Peeled Paint, Spun Sugar, Seedless Preserves and Mustard Seed; Distress Ink: Spiced Marmalade and Peeled Paint; Distress Stain: Peeled Paint (to color the Crinkle Ribbon); Ink: Archival Jet Black was used for stamping. Stamps: Stampers Anonymous Urban Tapestry, Stampers Anonymous Simple Sayings and Inkadinkado Sunday School Inchie.

The finished tag is used as the focal point of a 7 X 4 1/4 inch card (white base). The card layers are 6 7/8 X 4 1/8 inches (green layer) and 6 3/4 X 4 inches (purple layer). The tag is popped up with foam squares. A Tiny Attacher staple is used to secure the stained crinkled ribbon.

Finished card

Side view of the lifted tag

Sentiment inside of the card,

Xyron Frame 2 Thin Dies were used for the shape.

Close up to show splattering

Valentine’s Day Card

2014-02-10T13:24:00.000-05:00

This Valentine’s Day card was made to fulfill two challenges. The first for a challenge by Gloria (Spyrorocks346) on YouTube wanted us to use a Mojo Monday sketch she had chosen for us to emulate. The second is for last week’s SOC Blogger challenge for something containing a heart.

Front of the 6 X 6 card made with Wausau cardstock for the base and papers from the Recollections Love Letters stack, Recollections Black cardstock, Recollections Black Rhinestones, Sizzix Heart and Scalloped Heart Framelits.

Inside of the card finished with layers of the same papers used on the front of the card.

Elements on the front of the card are popped up with foam tape.

Close up of the inside showing the Tim Holtz mini blueprint stamp and the Fiskars heart border punch.

Cardstock: Wausau, Recollections; Punch: Fiskars; Diecuts: Sizzix Framelits; Diecutter: Sizzix Big Shot; Stamp: Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Mini Blueprints2; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Embellishments: Recollections Rhinestones; Adhesives: Scotch ATG, Scotch Quick Dry,EK Success Zig 2 Way, Thermo-o-Web Foam Squares, TM Foam Tape

Sushi Layout

2014-02-04T13:04:00.000-05:00

Sushi is one of the favorite foods my family loves to eat. We often eat it here at home and we seek out good restaurants when we are out of town on vacation.

I made this layout to fulfill the requirements for two challenges. Week 5 on the SOC Website we were to craft something with an Asian theme. And for FCCB this week we are to craft something using red and a Cricut cartridge.

I used the Cricut Pagoda cartridge (screen and all the icons) and Lyrical Letters (title). The larger sheets of cardstock are Bazzill, Wausau and DCWV Far East stack. All the icons and title were cut from cardstock in my scrap stash.

My Visit to the MLK Memorial

2014-01-26T16:43:00.000-05:00

In June 2013 I was in Northern Virginia to attend my oldest granddaughter’s high school graduation. My son Daniel had flown in from Texas to attend as well. The morning of the day before graduation we drove into DC to see the MLK Memorial. An added pleasure close by is a marvelous gift shop.
I had taken numerous pictures while I was there. Now I have a great reason to move them from my computer to a layout. So, I made this two page layout to fulfill a SOC website third week blog challenge.

I decided to use the photo of the signage for the title. Blue is the color of peacefulness and that is how I felt being there. When I saw this monument after passing through the towering stone passage way I was awestruck. It is such a spectacular site to behold. Click on the pictures to get a closer look.

close up of left layout

close up of the right layout

full frontal view

close up of the face

two profiles of the monument

one of the numerous engraved MLK quotes on the surrounding inner wall

Cardstock: Bazzill, Wausau and DCWV; Ink: Ranger TH Ice Spruce Distress, Ranger Archival Jet Black; Stamps: TH Stampers Anonymous; Banner: Cricut December 25th Cartridge; Cricut Expression diecutting machine; Adhesive: Scotch ATG; Perfect Layers

Botanical Explosion Box

2014-01-08T15:03:00.000-05:00

This is an explosion box I made for a Christmas gift. The two part tutorial to make this beautiful box is on YouTube by kristinclarkmckee here. The way she explained how to make one these boxes are so easy to follow. There are at least thirty-two places for tags that can be used as small photo mats or journaling spots.

I used DCWV Botanicals stack for all the printed paper and DCWV Spring Fling matstack was used to back all of the tags.

All the paper edges were inked with Ranger's TH Iced Spruce Distress Ink or Markers.

Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive was used for adhesion, along with Claudine Hellmuth multi medium matte for all the fussy cut pieces.

Lid of the box with fussy cut butterfly

Inside of the lid

Exploded box

Martha Stewart Vintage Doily corner punch was used on the pocket flap of the hidden pocket and the border punch was used on the visible pocket. The buttons were attached with Glue Dots and American Crafts bakers twine was used for the closure of the flap pocket.

Pocket tags

The half pocket without and with tag on the inside of the outer layer of the box. A half circle was punched in the full pocket with a Fiskars small circular punch for easy access to it's tag.

Pocket and tag with fussy cut feather

Pocket with tag

Another pocket with tag

Another view of the box fully open

Christmas Cards 2013

2013-12-21T13:35:00.000-05:00

For Christmas 2013 I made a dozen cards to send out to my family.

The images were stamped on Strathmore Mixed Media 400 series paper using Ranger Archival Ink. On most of the cards I used Tim Holtz Distress markers and a water brush. On various cards Stickles were used for enhancement. DCWV Christmas Stack Combo 2010 was used for the 6 X 6 card base and mat layers. WRMK Scallop corner punch was used for shaping the card. The glitter papers used are from Best Creation Inc. Diecuts are Spellbinders Label Four.

The Merry Christmas sentiment that is on some of the cards is from the Tim Holtz Stamper Anonymous Christmas Memories.

Tim Holtz Stamper Anonymous Christmas Memories

Santa’s hairs and fur highlighted with diamond Stickles. And his eyes accented with black diamond Stickles.

Sentiment(Hampton Art); Snowmen(Luni)

Poinsettia(Stampendous); Snowman(Luni)

First I stamped the snowman, then I made a mask of him and stamped with the Poinsettia stamp.

Impression Obsession, Inc.

I just highlighted all the snow with diamond Stickles.

Impression Obsession, Inc.

Colored with markers and water. All the snow was highlighted with diamond Stickles.

Stampendous

Colored with markers and water.

Impression Obsession, Inc.

Gloves colored with markers and fur highlighted with diamond Stickles.

Wishing everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Healthy Happy New Years.

Birthday Cards

2013-12-17T19:15:00.001-05:00

Between November 11th and December 9th there are five birthdays in my family. I managed to get the five cards made and mailed or given to the recipients. This was not an easy fete to accomplish, Because I had been away at a four day crop the first weekend in November, went on a 10 day vacation that included a 7 day Caribbean cruise. Came home in time to celebrate Thanksgiving with two daughters, two grandsons and a sister. Then proceeded to get a sinus and upper respiratory infection.
So I am not going to give the detail I usually put into this blog. I just had to get these four cards posted before too much time had gone by.

Two of the birthdays( my youngest sister and my son-in-law) were on November 11th. I made a Z card for my sister and wrote a previous blog all about it.

Inside

This 5 1/2 X 4 1/4 card for my son-in-law is one I had partially made while making another card in March. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the front, then I sanded it to help the embossing stand out more. Gave it a little more detail with faux white stitching. The inside was finished by adding a mat, a band and a quote.

Inside

My youngest daughter /child celebrated her 40th birthday on Thanksgiving Day by running in a five mile race. It was freezing cold that day in Connecticut, but it was a lot of fun watching the race, because the participants dressed in costumes.
Her 6 X 6 card was made using DCWV Butterfly Garden stack and AC Cardstock for the base. The sentiment on the inside is a Recollections acrylic stamp.

Inside

My second granddaughter celebrated her 12th birthday the day after Thanksgiving Day. Her 6 X 6 card was made with AC Cardstock, K & Company printed paper, Martha Stewart butterfly punch and Dear Lizzy Thickers.

Inside

Another sister celebrated her birthday on December 9th. Green is her favorite color. I had a lot of fun making her 6 X 6 card. All the papers used were in my stash.
I used a Rubbernecker stamp and Ranger Adirondack Espresso Ink. I hot glued two of the flowers (Fiskars flower punch) together after shaping them, then hot glued them onto the stamped image. Added Imaginisce I Rock pearls to the centers of the flowers and gem to jeweled strand. Stickles were used on the earrings, necklace and the strand.
The lacy border on the outside as well as the inside are Martha Stewart Vintage Doily punch.
The sentiment on the front is a Sylvia Yu rubber stamp. The sentiment on the inside is a Fiskars acrylic stamp. It was shaped and matted using two different sizes of Spellbinders Labels 18 dies.

Birthday Card for My Youngest Sister

2013-11-12T23:08:00.000-05:00

My youngest sister was born on Veteran’s Day when I was six years old. And she made us a family of four sisters. Like me she loves to travel and she will be retiring at the end of this month.

Front of the card

I made a 5 3/4 inches X 5 1/4 inches “Z” card for the first time. I learned how to do this by watching the YouTube video made by Linda Duke. The card is 5 1/2 inches at the highest end and 3 1/4 inches at the lowest end (pink Bazzill Basic).

DCWV Ciao Bella paper used

The bouquet of flowers on the front of the card were fussy cut(DCWV Ciao Bella stack). The edges were inked with Fired Brick Ranger Distress Ink and Distress Marker. I used Rangers Claudine Hellmuth Studio multi medium matte on the delicate parts ie. leaves to give them enduring stability. It was adhered to the front of the card( Recollections Foam Squares).

Back of the card

The ribbon( Studio 18) was attached to the card before the Vellum was adhered.
Light green vellum(Emagination Crafts) was embossed with the Cuttlebug Birthday folder using an eBosser.
The doily lace trim( Martha Stewart Vintage Doily Punch) was made from white cardstock(Georgia Pacific).

Inside of the “Z”

The butterfly( Inkadinkado) and Happy Birthday( Recollections) were stamped with Rangers Archival Jet Black Ink. The happy birthday is stamped on the card under the light green vellum.
Flowers (Fiskars punch) were made from the papers and vellum scraps. Two flowers were adhered together with Scotch Quick Dry. Ice White pearl( Viva Pen) added to the centers. Then they were adhered to the card with hot glue.

Card peeking out of the envelope

The envelope was made using the Martha Stewart scoreboard and DCWV paper. Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro High Tac adhesive was used for assembling the card and the envelope.

Anniversary Card for My Grandson

2013-10-15T00:10:00.000-04:00

This is a card I made for my grandson and his wife who celebrated their 5th wedding anniversary last Friday.

The cardstocks used are from my stash ( light blue 4 1/2 X 6 inches, dark blue 3 3/4 X 5 1/4 inches, white 3 1/2 X 5 inches). The corners were cut with the WRMK Scallop Corner Chromper. The layers of the card were adhered with Glue Glider Pro Perma Tac.

The stamp (Inkadinkado), Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink

Foulard embossing folder (Anna Griffin) set using the very pretty new teal Sizzix Big Shot machine.

Flowers (Fiskars punch) were cut from silver cardstock in my stash. Each flower was shaped with the Imaginisce Stylus. Two were adhered together using Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive then adhered to the card. Magenta Pearls (Viva Pearl Pen) were added to the centers of each flower.

Scroll (3 1/2 inches Teresa Collins December 25th cartridge, Bazzill Cardstock) inked edge with Tombow Watercolor Marker. The sentiment was handwritten with a Zig Millenium Blue Pen.

Note: I have a stash of scrolls that were cut with the Cricut Expression using the Autofill feature.

Closeup of the Top

Closeup of the Bottom

Anniversary Card for My Son and Daughter-in-Law

2013-10-04T18:33:00.000-04:00

My son and daughter-in-law will be celebrating their 7th wedding anniversary this coming Monday.
This is a 6 X 6 card made from cardstock (probably DCWV) that was in my scrap stash. The inside of the cardstock is a pretty orange with embossed glittered flowers.

Card Front

I rounded all the corners 1/2 inch (WRMK Crop-A-Dile Corner Chromper) then inked the edges ( Rangers Salty Ocean Distress Ink). Vellum (Emagination) was embossed (Teresa Collins eBosser and Intertwined Ring embossing folder), a 5 1/2 X 5 1/2 piece was adhered to the front of the card.

Inside

On the inside the sentiments (Fiskars and Martha Stewart) were stamped ( Rangers Archival Jet Black Ink and Fiskars Stamper)

Inside

Front

Flowers (Petaloo, Prima and Recollections), and Brad (Stash) were adhered with hot glue to the front of the card.

Front

Ribbon ( American Crafts) and Flourish ( Want 2 Scrap) were also added to the front of the card. The ribbon is aided to staying in place with Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive.

Front

The sentiment on the front of the card is a piece of stash cardstock with all corners rounded I/4 inch. The edges were inked ( Ranger Fired Brick Distress Ink ). It was stamped ( Susan Branch Letters & Numbers) with Rangers Distress Embossing Ink. Then it was heat embossed ( Ranger Heat It) and was adhered to the card front with Recollections Foam Adhesive.
NOTE: The vellum is sticky backed

Floral Anniversary Card

2013-10-03T20:03:00.000-04:00

What to do with all the small pieces of scrap paper in my stash? Well, I bought a Fiskars flower punch and made a large quantity of flowers while watching TV.

Bag of cut flowers

Some of the flowers were used to make an anniversary card for my daughter Donna and her husband Edwin’s 22nd wedding anniversary.

The 4 X 6 card is made from green cardstock I had in my stash. I embossed vellum (Emagination Crafts) with the Anna Griffin Rosa embossing folder using the Sizzix Big Shot. The flower petals were given a lifted character by rubbing the center of the each flower with the rounded ball of an embossing stylus. Then I adhered two flowers together using Scotch Quick Dry adhesive for each blossom.

Close up of the flower blossoms

The blossoms were adhered to the front of the card with quick dry adhesive. Rhinestones (Studio 18) are adhered to the center of each blossom with quick dry adhesive.

Close up of the sentiment

The sentiment was printed on vellum using Georgia font then adhered to some floral scrap paper in my stash. It’s shape was cut with scissors. Then it was adhered to the front of the card with Glue Arts Perma Tac.

Inside of the card

Printed paper from my stash and vellum were cut and embossed using the Sizzix Big Shot and Spellbinders Label twenty-three. The quote on the floral cut is from a DCWV book of quotes. The message on the vellum was printed using the Georgia font.

The green and white envelope (DCWV paper) was made using Fiskars paper trimmer and the Martha Stewart Scoreboard. It is adhered with Glue Glider Pro Perma Tac.

NOTE: The vellum is sticky backed.

50th Birthday Card

2013-09-23T16:42:00.000-04:00

My nephew celebrated his 50th birthday at the beginning of September. As usual I made a card for him. The card is 6 X 6 with four layers on the front.

The papers are from DCWV. The gold glitter paper is from my stash, so I'm not sure who is the manufacturer. I embossed the black denim with a Cuttlebug birthday folder, then I sanded it with a Tim Holtz sander.
The fonts used are from Cricut cartridges Birthday Cakes and Elegant Cakes for the 50th and Birthday Cakes for the sentiment on the inside of the card.

inside

Machines used Cricut Expression, Gypsy and Sizzix Big Shot. ATG and Zig 2 Way adhesives were used.

Boy Fishing Birthday Card

2013-08-21T22:15:00.000-04:00

Another grandson celebrated his birthday this Monday. It is his eleventh. He has many interests especially science. For pleasure he likes swimming and fishing.

The 6 X 6 card is a denim print from the DCWV Blue Jean stack. Using the Martha Stewart scoreboard I made double score lines all around the borders then sanded them so they would have a distressed look.

From the Cricut A Child’s Year cartridge using the Gypsy and the Cricut Expression I cut the boy fishing(4.17 inches) and sentiment(3.04 inches), as well as their shadows at 4.24 inches and 3.12 inches respectively. They were all cut from paper in my scrap stash.

To give the card a little pop of color I used strips of paper also from my scrap stash.

The envelope was made with paper from me & my Big idea airmail stack using the Martha Stewart scoreboard.

The fishing boy was adhered with popups behind the boy and the fishing hole. The fishing pole and fishing line, as well as everything else are adhered with Zig 2 Way. ATG was used for adhesion of the envelope.

Strips of paper were added to the inside of the card to make it not so plain.

28th Anniversary Card for my Oldest Daughter and Her Husband

2013-08-01T16:01:00.000-04:00

My oldest daughter and her husband will be celebrating their 28th anniversary this weekend. Purple is her favorite color, so the colors for the bridal party were lilac for the women and grey for the men. So it is time to make them a card.

I made this shaped card with the Cricut Expression using the Cricut Sweetheart cartridge. I am also using the card for this week’s Fantabulous Cricut ChallengeWebsite challenge to make a shaped card.

Using the Gypsy the hearts(5.46 inches X 4.62 inches each) were welded together.

Folded heart card made from DCWV Mademoiselle Stack paper.

The sentiment( 2.89 inches X 1.27 inches) was welded to overlay heart( 5.46 inches X 4.62 inches) at the “A” and “y” of Anniversary.

The contrasting color of the sentiment was cut at the same size as the welded sentiment.

I was able to see how it would look all put together with the use of my newly acquired Scrap n’ Easel.

Because I didn’t want the white edging to show all edges were inked using the Gelly Roll purple pen.

It needed some bling, so I embellished the overlay heart with Viva Pearl Pen Ice White pearls.

That looks better, but it needed a bow, so I used some of Martha Stewart’s lace ribbon.

The inside of the card needed some decoration, so I fussy cut some flowers from the beautiful DCWV Mademoiselle Stack that was also used for the base of the card.

Because the bottom of the heart card is pointed, the card can not stand open. So I made a base for the card by fussy cutting some of that same beautiful embossed paper, folded it and cut a slit in the fold so the card could be inserted. And I added a couple of paper braces to the inside of the stand for stability.

The envelope was made from K & Company paper using the Martha Stewart Scoreboard. The inside of the stand is stamped with my signature stamp.

I used several adhesives: Zig 2 Way, ATG and GlueDot PopUp(to adhere the overlay heart to the card base).

SOC Christmas in July Blog Hop

2013-07-26T06:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to SOC's Christmas in July Blog Hop! I, along with some very talented crafters, are coming together to deck the halls by sharing Christmas themed projects! Of course Christmas is the season for giving, and this hop is no exception! There will be giveaways on various blogs throughout the hop! Plus, there will be an SOC blog hop gift awaiting one visitor!! To be eligible for that prize, you must comment on all the blogs by Sunday, July 28th at 11:00pm EST. From all who are eligible, one lucky reader will be randomly drawn. The winner will be posted on all the participating blogs on Wed, July 31st.

Dorothy here

Double layout

1st layout

2nd layout

Close up of the title enhanced with Glossy Accents

Close up of the sentiment enhanced with Glossy Accents

Close up of mats for 3 X 5 photos and the tree for journaling

Close up of the embossed flocked tree and the stickled star

Close up of the snow

The papers used are DCWV Christmas Combo 2010 for the snowflake mat, photo mats for 3 X 5 pictures, tree journaling space, and the large trees. Other papers used are Sizzix Textures Handmade Paper for the tree trunks and Wausau for the snow. The red cardstock is AC Cardstock.

Using the Gypsy and Cricut Expression the following Cricut cartridges were used Paper Doll Dress Up(large trees), Joys of the Season(star and sentiment), George(photo mats), Create A Critter(journaling tree), Lacy Labels(mat behind Joy) and Teresa Collins December 25th(title).

The large trees were embossed with the Vagabond using the Sizzix Evergreen embossing folder.

Other items and tools used were the Perfect Tears(snow), WRMK(little white snowflakes), Stickles(star and flower), Colorbox Chalk Warm Red(mats), EK Success Chalk(snow), Stampendous Cotton Ball White Flock(large trees), and Spellbinders Large Labels(behind title). And the adhesives used were Glossy Accents, ATG, GlueDots and Zig 2 Way.

Butterfly on Toadstool Birthday Card

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Tomorrow my oldest granddaughter will be eighteen years old. It is hard to imagine it has been that long since our beautiful blue eyed baby girl was born. But, I did just attend her high school graduation last month and she will be off to college very soon.

Purple is her favorite color, so I incorporated it into the making of this 6 X 6 birthday card. DCWV Flower Shower Spring Stack 2010 was used for the 6 X 6 base and the 5.5 X 5.5 mat. The corners were decorated using the WRMK Corner Chromper Cloud punch.

It has been awhile since I have used the Cricut Imagine. I used it along with the Lori’s Garden cartridge. That is my favorite Imagine cartridge. The butterfly layers (page 11) are print/cut at 1.3 inches and the toadstools layers (page 12) are print/cut at 3.0 inches.

Side views

All the layers were inked with Colorbox Q Brown ink before they were assembled with Recollections Foam Squares for the layering and Zig 2 Way for assembling other parts. The grass is pieces I had leftover from a Tim Holtz tag and it is made using the Tim Holtz Alterations Tapered Fringe die and inked with TH Distress Peeled Paint ink. All assembled pieces are adhered to the card using the ATG.

The butterfly is embellished with Black Diamonds (antennae) and Platinum (back wing) Stickles. Recollections Rhinestones were used on the body.

The birthday sentiment is a Sylvia Yu stamp using TH Distress Dusty Concord ink. I then heat embossed it using clear embossing powder and the Ranger Heat It tool. I cut it using a Fiskars scallop punch. The edges are inked with TH Distress Dusty Concord ink. It is adhered to the card using the Recollections Foam Squares.

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