Home for Christmas

Hi everyone, today I'm the designer for A Card A Day Blog and I'm continuing with the theme Home for Christmas. 

For today's card I made a Recessed Window card.  Splitcoaststampers has a great tutorial on how to make this type of card. I started by cutting out my window frame as it is a different size than the tutorial. I centered the window frame onto my card front and traced the inside and outside frame dimensions.  From there I used a 1/4" just like the tutorial to make my box.

 

The card layers are the window frame with snow and a wreath, acetate, glitter card stock and card base.   I cut the window, wreath, fireplace and Christmas tree with my Cricut.  Then I did a bunch of fussy cutting using paper that had the stocking and presents on it.  I punched the rug and placed it in front of the fireplace.  I have a little bit of foam tape behind the presents and stocking and between my two layers of Christmas tree to extra dimension.

 

 

I used a bunch of stickles for to decorate my Christmas Tree and the wreath. I used Snow-Tex to add some dimension to the snow on the window frame. 

For the inside of the card I covered my frame with a snowflake pattern paper.  I again cut a couple of Christmas tree to my mat.  The recessed window card is a thick card and I will be attaching it to a present that is being hand delivered.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Be sure to check back tomorrow to see what Tina from Tina's Scrap Corner has to inspire you.

Cricut Cutting Instructions:
Christmas Noel: Brown Cardstock - window cut at 5 3/8"; Acetate - blackout feature cut at 5 3/8; and White - using the shift feature for snow in the window.
Christmas Noel: Green Cardstock - Tree cut 2 at 2 3/4"
Joys of the Season: Brown, red and black -  Fireplace cut at 1 1/2" and Yellow, red, gray fireplace layers cut at 1 1/2"
Joys of the Season: Green cardstock Wreath cut at 1 1/2" for base, layers and shadow.

Recipe:
Paper: Recollections cardstock - brown and white; Recollections Bright and Jolly paper pack; DCWV - gray, green, red and yellow; Making Memories - {note}worthy Addie Pattern Stripe for run and wall covering; acetate
Ink: VersaMagic - Red Magic and Pearlescent Ivy
Stickles: Aqua, Crystal Ice, Fruit Punch, Gold, Holy, Lavender,  Xmas Red and Crystal Ice
Cricut Cartridges:  Christmas Noel, Joys of the Season
Punch: Stampin' Up - Boho Blossoms
Misc.: Adhesive, foam tape, hot glue, Xacto Knife, scissors snow-Tex

Snow Day

I made this layout for a challenge at ScrapBookClasses, a group on Yahoo.  We were required to use this Sketch from Page Maps.

I'm still in winter mode even though we do not have any snow remaining. 

I used Design Studio to both design the layout and do a little bit welding.  I wanted to use the bracket from the Elegant Edges cartridge so I welded that to a rectangle from George to create the upper background photo mat.  I just didn't want to do scallops.

I did ink all the edges with either Sea Lavender or Dark Blue except for the snowflake and the white part of the sled.  I really like how the Sea Lavender ink looks on the kraft and brown cardstock.

I used the sled from the Joys of the Season cartridge for the journal spot, and just love how this turned out.

Thanks for stopping by.

Recipe:
Paper: DCWV carstock - blue; Recollections cardstock - Kraft (for the photo mats); DCWV Holiday Collection "The Christmas Stack" pattern papers; Unknown -scrap of white and brown cardstock
Cartridges:  Elegant Edges, George, Joys of the Season, MS Elegant, and Winter Woodland
Ink: Martha Stewart - Sea Lavender and Dark Blue; Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
Misc.: pop up dots, adhesive

Carousal Mini Album Part 2

I have a few more pages to show you from the Carousal Mini Album.



On some of the pages I did not add my journaling spots as there was some paper paper with lines on it that works beautifully for journaling.

The lace is from my stash and was a scrap piece that was left over from another project. I was able to use up some of my scraps by adding a little bit to the edge or bottom of the pages.

To line my journaling spots I used template for journaling and just lined it where I wanted the lines to be and then used a matching ink pen for the lines . It was much faster than using a ruler and measuring the lines out.

These rhinestones were ones I had in my stash but went well with the kit.

Thanks for stopping by. Click here for file of the journaling spots I used. My file is set for 12x12 cutting but you can rearrange the spots for using 6x12 mat.

Recipe:

Scrapbook Heaven Kit, DCWV cardstock - white, green, red, blue; Pattern paper for accents - scraps from my stash

Punches: Ek Success - Wrought Iron Corner Punch; Martha Steward Artch Lattice, Unknown flower punch.

Cricut Catridges: Accent Essential, George, Going Places, Graphically Speaking, Joys of the Season, Indie Art, Mini Monomgrams

Misc: Rhinestones, ribbon, adhesive.

Nutcracker from 2009

Every year DH gets me a nutcracker, he wraps it up and puts it under the Christmas Tree. Sometimes he doesn't find one until the day before Christmas, sometimes he finds them right away. This year I will be taking pictures of each and every one and making a scrapbook page for their own album.


Here is the one I received from him last year. Last year we opened presents early - a couple of days before we went to Montana. The only decorations that we put up were the Christmas wreath on the front door, a live one from the Boy Scouts, and the 5 Christmas wreaths that go on the outside lights on the front of our home. So this guy never got wrapped up and put in with the other decorations and he was easy to grab quickly and take a picture of.

I used red line tape behind the ornament back, sprinkled glitter on the tape and then glued the ornament front on top. The leaves have pop up dots behind them so that the ornaments look like they are hanging. I'm starting my album at 8 1/2 x 11 but I don't know if I will keep that size or not. It's a work in progress so I'll just have to do a few more pages then decide.

Thanks for stopping by.

Click here for the cut file. Please note that I was having issues cutting the blue photo mat so please make sure the they are welded together before you cut the.


Recipe:
Paper: DCWV cardstock -white, tan, blue, black and brown; Pattern Paper - Scrapbook Heaven Kit - Basic Grey - Blitzen Collection" Snowballs.
Cricut Cartridges: George, Home Accents, Joys of the Season, Very Merry Tags, Winter Woodland
Misc: glue, red line tape, pop up dots, white and blue glitter

A Partridge in a Pear Tree - Day 18

I used Unscripted Sketch # 81. Today's card is not for the weak of heart. I cut the saying "A partridge in a pear tree" a couple of times before I was happy with it. I am using the negative space for this card and mine kept tearing. I finally broke out a new mat.

I have my snowflake on a clear button and a brown pearl for the eye. With the exception of the card base and the pattern paper everything is cut from scrap paper.

I welded the gift box from Joys of the Seasons to a rectangle from George to get the present shape for the inside.

Thanks for stopping by.

Click here for the cut file.

Recipe:

Paper: DCWV cardstock - white, pink, green, yellow, maroon, green pattern paper - unknown

Cricut Cartridges: George, Joys of the Season
Misc: glue, glue dots, clear button, ribbon, pearl

Stamped Snow Globe - Day 6

The pattern paper in this card was from my guys a couple of years ago, so I don't know the name of the kit.
Inside of card.

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Thanks for stopping by.

Recipe:

Paper: Cardstock - White, pink, blue, red, orange, black, brown; 3 pieces of pattern paper

Ink: VersaMark - Aegean Blue

Markers: Black, tan, brown; Stampin Up Markers - Poppy Parade, Bermuda Blue, Melon Mango

Stamp: Snowman Stamp- It's an old stamp and I have no idea who made it.

Cricut Cartridges: Doodlecharms, George, Joy to the Season

Cuttlebug Folder: Argyle

Misc: Transparency, glitter, foam tape, pop up dots, glue

Snow Globe -Day 5

Non traditional Christmas colors can make some cute Christmas cards. Keep that in mind when you are pulling out your papers to make Christmas cards.

The Doodlecharms cartridge has a border feature on it. It makes it easy to do the inside of the cards, but you can also use it for anything else scrapbook borders, photo mat borders.

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Thanks for stopping by.

Recipe:

Cardstock: White, pink, blue, Orange, black, brown, red; 3 different pieces of pattern paper

Ink: VersaMagic - Aegean Blue

Cricut Cartridges: Doodlecharms, George, Joys of the Season

Cuttlebug folder: Argyle

Misc: Transparency, glitter, foam tape, glue, pop up dots

Stamped Snowman Shaker Card - Day 4

Same type of card. If you don't want to do the small pieces how about a stamp instead.

Same type of card but this one has a stamped image in side the shaker card.

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Thanks for stopping by.

Recipe:

Cardstock: White, red, blue

Cricut Cartridges: George, Joys of the Seasons, Mini Monogram

Cuttlebug Folder: Snow Dots

Stamp: Inkadinkadoo - 96095-J

Ink: VersaMagic Agegean Blue

Misc: transparency or clear packaging, glue, foam tape, glitter

Snowman Shaker Card - Day 3

How about a shaker card and an ornament in one. The ornament on this card can actually be strung up in a window or on your tree or how about as a tag on your packaging.
For the inside of the card I welded the ornament accents together.

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Thanks for stopping by.

Recipe:

Cardstock: White, red, blue black, brown, gray

Cricut Cartridges: Christmas Cheer, George, Joys of the Season, Mini Monograms

Cuttlebug folder: Snow Dots

Ink: VersaMagic - Aegean Blue

Misc: transparency or clear packaging, glue, foam tape, glitter.

Joy to the World - Day One

How about a Joy Fold card for Day one.


Inside of card.

Click here for the cut file. Please note if you use double sided patterned paper you will not need to cut the Card for or the inside of the card.

Recipe:

Paper: white and red cardstock, DCWV the Christmas Stack - Leaf stripe and argyle patterned paper, Sunburn paper pack - paper for the house and trees

Stamps: My Sentiments Exactly - Holiday Tags

Ink: Stampin Up - Real Red

Cartridges: George, Joy of the Season, Mini Monograms

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug -Snowflakes folder

Misc: glue, pop up dots, Smooch - pearlized white, ribbon

Tissue Paper Covered Tag

Crumble the tissue paper and then ink it. I used three different kinds of tissue paper and brown ink. I just wanted a little distressing. I used a piece of white card stock cut to 5 x 2 1/2 inches. Mod Podge the tissue pieces onto the white card stock.









While this was drying I took a part a silk flower and put the plastic stem through a silk daisy so that the stems are at the back. To hold this together I used the Clear Adhesive dots and glued them to the leaves and the leaves to the card.






I cut "joy" from Joys of the Seasons cartridge along with the shadow at 2 1/2. I used pop up dots to attach "joy" to the card. Here is a view from the side.






For the back of the card I cut two pieces of card stock one at 5 x 2 1/2 and the other at

5 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. My ribbon hanger is sandwiched between these two pieces.




Recipe: Paper: White Card stock, Tissue Paper, two coordinating card stock; Ink: brown; Misc: Mod Podge, Flowers, Ribbon, Pop up dots and Clear Adhesive dots.

Sled Tag

I used George for the shape of my sled, but you can use a square and round the top. The size of the square is 3x6 inches. I used a circle punch to cut the half circle out of the bottom of the sled. I then cut my sled into three parts; I cut the left and right sides to 1 inch. I used a scrap of card stock for the slats under neath the sled. The holly and the skate are cut from Joys of the Seasons and the mini tag is cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More.

I inked the edges of the holly in green and the skate and mini tag in brown. The flower on the tag is punched from two different scraps of red and layered onto the tag.

Underneath the flower is the holly berry stem that I had a piece left over from another project. It was cut from the Joys of the Seasons Cartridge also. I used Rhinestones for the holly berries and for the flower center. I used pop up dots behind the holly berries and the one leaf and underneath the skate. The mini tag is strung with candle wicking thread and attached behind the skate and holly.

This is a really quick tag to put together and is baby bug compatible. Click here for the cut file.

Recipe: Paper: Card stock for sled, scraps of green, red, white, silver and black. Ink: green, brown; Cartridges: George, Joys of the Season, Tags, Bag, Boxes and More; Misc: Rhinestones, glue, pop up dots, candle wicking thread.

Shaped Tag

Using the Christmas Cheer cartridge I cut the stocking on page 94 in red, shadow in maroon and the accents pieces in white glitter paper. I embossed the red stocking with the D'Vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder. I scored the maroon about a 1/4 inch from the right side of the stocking. I used the white stocking top to trace the corners on the red and maroon stocking and cut of the handing tag, as I will replace mine with a piece of lace. I inked the white accents with antique distress ink.

From Accent Essential I cut the flower on page 57 using the Shadow Shift function. I cut two out of dark red, I only used one inked the edges in red. I cut from white the label on page 79 using the Shadow Shift feature and inked the edges in red.

From Joys of the Seasons I cut the Holly on page 69 at two different sizes out of green card stock. Each piece is inked. I used a whole holly cut on the top of the stocking and cut the second one apart and placed the pieces behind the flower. I cut off the left leaf and the bottom of the stem from the large holly cut and used it at the bottom of the label.

Click here for the cut file and is baby bug compatible.

Recipe: Paper: Scraps of white, red, dark red, maroon, green, white; Ink: Distress Ink- Antique, Color Box- Red, Green; Cricut Cartridges: Accent Essentials, Christmas Cheer Joys of the Season; Misc: glue, ribbon, lace, buttons