lots of cards- up close

Here are some more designs for the gift card holder cards I made :) thanks for stopping by have a great day! I will post the last ones tomorrow. I used Stamped for the tags and CTMH stamps. I also added adhesive jewels, flower brads and snaps.

Lots of cards!

 A couple weeks ago, I got a call asking for 100 thank you cards, I was really excited as I haven't had a lot to do lately and this was just what I needed! I got busy asap, pulling out paper and cutting. I went with this design for all of the cards because the person asking for them puts gift cards in them so they had to have a "gift card" spot. I used lots of DCWV papers and matched up twine and ribbon. The tags are cut from Stamped at 2 inches and then I used various stamps from CTMH. I used adhesive jewels on the tags. The bottom right hand picture is all 100 of them with coordinating envelopes behind each section. I will show you more of the cards tomorrow so stay tuned :) Have a great day!

Simple cards for any Occassion

This is a great "go to" card for some quick gifts. I love using this and then just adding whatever sentiment I need at the time. This is all Die Cuts With A View papers, stamps are from Close To My Heart. You might remember some similar to this from this post HERE!

Aqua/Black Happy Birthday cards

Seems like I have a theme lately... these cards are super easy and super quick and have minimal scraps leftover so I have been using it a lot lately. All Die Cuts With A View paper and card stock, this pattern card stock is from the Tahiti stack :) I cut a cut little tag from Stamped I think it was 1-3/4? then with my exacto knife I made a slit on the right hand side so my ric-rac would go through. I used some close to my heart stamps for my sentiment and then added a prima flower and a brad. Like I said super easy and I let the paper speak for itself :)

More Pocket Thank You cards

I made more of these for my craft fair since I had sold all the others to the guy at the office. You can scroll down a couple to find the original post. I used Stamped again for the tag and a Close To My Heart stamp for the sentiment. I used all DCWV cardstock and paper.

Cupcake box

I made this cute box for fun, I cut the box from Sweet Treats at 3-1/2 and used all my different colored stickles for the sprinkles, the flower is cut from green shimmer paper and then I added a button with some sparkle fibers through the middle. The yellow cardstock was ran through my paper crimper and inked with platinum planet ink. The tag was cut from Stamped at 2-1/2 I inked the yellow cardstock again with platinum planet ink and stamped a sentiment from Scrappy Moms Stamps. I also made the filler paper by running it through my paper shredder and then through the paper crimper. I added a wire handle to carry it.

Whooo's still crawling along with me? - Owl cards

So this card is for the ClearlyiStamp Challenge #17 going on right now. You had to include an Owl so I chose the one from Storybook and cut him at 3-1/4 with the fancy corner feature. I also cut a scalloped cirlce from Mini Monograms at 1-3/4 and then I used an EK Success punch for the white circle. The stamps are from Clear Dollar Stamps called "Baked For You Tags." I also added some googly eyes amd a Martha Stewart border punch at the bottom. All the paper is from BoBunny's Abby Road collection... it's double sided :)

On this card I cut a tag from Stamped at 1-3/4 and added a saying from Papertrey Ink called "Wise Owl"

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St. Patrick's Day Wood Blocks and Kiss Me Pot with Leprechaun

This was a great project, so fun and I got to visit with a friend while making it. The wood letters are from a 2x4 I painted them all green and then cut the letters out of white vinyl with George and Basic Shapes on the shadow feature at 3-1/4 then I tied some jute around twice and tied a knot.

For the Leprechaun I used my Gypsy and cut everything at 4 on Paperdoll DressUp (I love that thing by the way) then also using my Gypsy I welded "kiss me" together with the shadow feature and cut it at 2 inches. After that I just used the regular letter and cut the "kiss me" again from some green sparkly paper by DCWV at 2 so it would fit on the shadow nicely.This is just a regular 4 inch clay pot I painted black then wrapped the jute around the rim 3 times and tied. The green frilly thing in the center is a balloon weight I found at the Dollar Tree. I stuck that in and then pushed it down to anchor it, then I added the rocks that were spray painted with gold paint from Krylon.I made this one for my sister using the Stamped Cartridge and the shorty feature cut at 3 inches. These probably could have been a it bigger but I didn't want to waste the vinyl. I also tied some jute (or you could use twine) around the blocks. Thanks for stopping by! :)

Ice Cream box with peek-a-boo window

I love it when I make something and it actually turns out better then I had hoped. I made a few of these but this was by far my most favorite. I found this idea on Inking Idaho's blog and gave it a try. I used Doodlecharms ice cream cone cut at 5 inches (Inking Idaho used a big stamp and hand cut it out but I thought to myself "my CRICUT can do that") it took a few tries to get the blade set to cut center on my box top but now its a breeze. I used My Mind's Eye paper for the box and the ice cream parts. I cut the cherry off the bottom layer (brown layer) and added some red flocking to it. I inked the bottom of the cone in brown so you could see the detail. I stamped happy birthday down the side and then used the cartridge Stamped and cut a small tag and then stamped "2 U" on it. I added some brown ribbon around the outside of the lid and called it done :)

Birthday Banner from Mini Monograms and Stamped

A couple weeks ago someone sent me a picture asking if I could duplicate a banner similar to this, here is what I came up with. I used Mini Monograms for the scalloped circles, scalloped squares, smooth circles and smooth squares, all cut at 5 1/2 except the smooth circles they were cut at 5 3/4. And here I am with my paper I wrote down those sizes on and what do you know I didn't write down the size of the letters :( dang it! I also have to mention that I DID NOT tie this together, that was all her. It turned out super cute though, I love it! Thanks for letting me help you with your darling daughters special day ;)

Chirper Challenge #17

This was the sketch we had to work from this round. You couldn't use patterned paper, it had to include bright colors and have doodling in black or white.This is what I came up with and it was a real challenge to say the least. It just wasn't coming together the way I had hooped so this is what I ended up with. In the end I think it turned out pretty good.

Supplies:

DCWV~black cardstock; pink texture cardstock; rub-on stitches

CTMH~ ink Hydrangea; happy birthday stamp set

Stampin' Up~ white embossing powder

Making Memories~ double dipped green paper; magnetic stamps "4" "U"

Stampendous~ glitter

DMC~ floss

Ice stickles~ silver

CRICUT cartridges~ Tags, Bags (circle in blackout at 5 1/2)

Hello Kitty Greetings (cupcake at 3 1/2 blackout and silhouette)

Stamped (tag at 3/4 shadow)