White Window Card

I used my Cricut and several different cartridges to make today's card. I had made a similar card for Thanksgiving and decided to make one in white. We don't have snow any more so I think this is as close as we will get.

 



I don't use purple very much but it looks so elegant on this card. I used a narrow ribbon for the bow in the corner and lots of pearls all over the place for the flower centers and some of the berries or buds.

 

 There is lots of layering and I believe it added to the card. For the flowers I used a paint brush handled and rolled them backwards to give them dimension.

 

 

The Cricut cutting instructions are on my Thanksgiving post.

 

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Paper: Recollections - white and purple; Provo Craft - Slab III, Stampin' Up - vellum
Ink: Distress Ink: Wild Honey, Scattered Straw, Broken China
Punches: Stampin' Up - Itty Bitty Punches (flowers), Boho Blossoms
Cricut Cartridges: Christmas Noel, Martha Stewart Seasonal, Paperlace
Die:Tim Holtz - Tattered Floral
Ribbon: white scrap
Pearls: Recollections - white and cream
Misc.: Adhesive,

Happy Thanksgiving

This week at the Card A Day Blog we are celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving.  When I think of Thanksgiving I think of going home, pulling up to the ranch house with the lights on inside and the vehicles parked in front, the meals and family and friends waiting inside.  Hopefully this card will have you thinking about the same things.

 

I used my Cricut to cut out the window, border and one of the branches.  I know there are dies out there that have similar cuts if you don't have a Cricut.  I then used the distress inks to color my window and the heat tool to dry it - I was impatient.

I made the flowers out of the punches, layered them together and added pearls centers.  I added pearls to the inside of the border section and a few around the outside of the flowers.  Tied a bow to the corner and a cluster of flowers to finish it off.

 

I kept the inside pretty plain as I my note will take up the page.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

 

Cutting Instructions:
Card Base: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Front: 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"
Window Frame: Christmas Noel - Button 41 cut at 3 7/8"
Window (glass): Christmas Noel -Blackout Feature and Button 41 cut at 3 7/8"
Border: Paper Lace: Lace 2 - Button 23 at 1 1/2"
Martha Stewart Seasonal: Base and Button 7 at 1 1/8"

Paper: Recollections - white and purple; Provo Craft - Slab III, Stampin' Up - vellum, DCWV - The Luxury Stack
Ink: Distress Ink: Wild Honey, Scattered Straw, Broken China
Punches: Stampin' Up - Itty Bitty Punches (flowers), Boho Blossoms
Cricut Cartridges: Christmas Noel, Martha Stewart Seasonal, Paper Lace
Die:Tim Holtz - Tattered Floral
Ribbon: Stampin' Up - 1/2" Crumb Cake seam binding
Pearls: Recollections - brown
Misc.: Adhesive,

Happy St. Patrick's Day



Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Today I'm posting for the Card A Day Blog and have made a hinge card for St. Patrick's Day.  Cutting instructions is at the bottom of the post.

 



 

I started out by cutting the card base and the white mat.  I originally had a green for my base but it was just too much green so I swapped it out the a gold to match the coins in the pot.  I then cut the paper for the flap and the belly band.  All of my edges are inked. When I had my placement I used the crop-a-dile to punch a hole through the flap then the card base and attached with a brad.  Then I attached the band being sure to keep the pop up dots below the the hing flap.

I used Cricut Designers Studio to weld and cut the hat from A Childs Year.  I inked the edges added a scrap of black card stock and attached the hat to the top of the flap.  I cut the sentiment using Martha Stewart Seasonal cartridge.

 

Since there is not much room for writing a personal note I have a another mat to the back of the card base.  My card does not fit into a regular envelope I did not take into account the hat at the top of the card.  If you want your card to fit you will need to make adjustment for that. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Don't forget to stop back tomorrow to see what Debi Barber has to inspire you.  She is starting off with a new challenge.

I'm entering this card in the Operation Write Home - Show Us Your Green Challenge.

Cutting Instructions:
Card Base - Gold: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
White: - 4" x 5 1/4"
Shamrock paper: 3 7/8" x 3"

Flap- Gold: 3 3/4" x 3 1/4"
Pattern Paper: 3 5/8" x 3 1/8"

Band - Gold: 4 1/4" x 1 1/2"
Stripes: 4 1/4" x 1 1/4"

Recipe: Paper: ATD Yearbook Seasons; DCWV - gold; Recollections - white and black; Crate Paper - green pattern for the hat.
Ink: Inkadinkadoo - burgundy
Cricut Cartridge: A Childs Year, Martha Stewart Seasonal
Ribbon: Stampin' Up - 1/2" Pear Pizzaz Seam Binding
Brad: Stampin' Up - Earth Elements
Misc.: Adhesive, pop up dots, Crop-a-d-dile

World Card Making Day and Unity Stamps - Part 2

Challenge #8 -
The challenge is a Color Challenge using Cream, Brown, Olive and Pumpkin as your primary color combo

Paper: Scraps from left over projects
Ink: Color Box - orange and green
Stamps: Unity April 2012 Kit of the Month {Follow your own}
Die: Stampin' Up - Lattice
Embossing Folder; Stampin' Up - Flower Garden
Misc.: adhesive, rhinestones, pop up dots.

Challenge #7 -
This challenge is all about coloring your stamps.

Paper: Scraps from left over projects
Ink: Versa Magic - Midnight Black
Stamps: Unity July 2012 Kit of the Month {Ol' Bag of Fun}
Misc.: adhesive, ribbon, color pencils, ribbon


Challenge # 6 - Happy Birthday card
This challenge is to make a border using a non border stamp. 

I have the brown car on pop up dots.

Paper: Scraps from left over projects
Ink: Versa Magic - Aegean Blue, Coffee Bean
Stamps: Unity April 2012 Kit of the Month {Follow your own} and February 2012 {lucky to have you}
Punch: Stampin' Up: word window; 1" Circle
Misc.: adhesive, pop up dots, brown ribbon

Challenge #1

The first challenge for World Card Making Day is to make a shaped card. 

Recipe:
Paper: Scraps from left over projects
Stamps: Unity Kit of the Month
Ink: Inkadinkadoo - Terra Cotta, Coffee Bean, Olive Green; Color Box Marigold
Cricut Cartridge: Martha Stewart Seasonal
Embossing Folder: Stampin' Up - Final Press
Misc.: adhesive, pop up dots, scissors, twine

For the Unity WCMD Challenge cards 2 - 5 click here.
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Tim's Tag - Day 1

Since I'm feeling better I started looking at Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas and I just can't resist. I thought I could just look at them and say next year but that just isn't happening. So here's my take on Tim's Day 1.

I used my Cricut and several cartridges to make this tag and will have a list at the bottom of the post.  I cut the tag out of kraft cardstock and used Desert Turquoise Acrylic Paint to paint my tag, and embossed with the Cuttlebug Snowflake Folder.  I forgot to distress the tag by sanding - 1 step skipped.  I used the Snowflakes embossing folder, the Xyron on the "Noel"

Entered in the Insiration Journal.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cricut Cartridges: Holly Leaves and Pine Branch - Christmas; Tag and pine cone flowers - Close To My Heart Art Philosophy; Banner - Heritage; Noel - Martha Stewart Seasonal; Swirl and Swirl for "Noel" - Sweethearts.

Recipe:

Cardstock: Recollections Kraft, scraps of brown, light green, dark green

Stamp: Stampin' Up - Music Notes

Ink: VersaMagic - Peralescent Ivy; Inkadinkadoo - Coffee Bean; Distress Ink - Faded Jeans, Vintage Photo; Stazon - Jet Black; Embossing Ink

Cricut Cartridges: Christmas, Close To My Heart Art Philosophy, Heritage, Martha Stewart Seasonal, Sweethearts
Acrylic Paint - Desert Turquoise

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug -Snowflake

Misc: Zig Brushables - Root Beer Float; Stampin' Up - Silver Glitter Glass; White Embossing Powder, pop up dots, adhesive, Xyron, ribbon, yarn, buttons. hot glue gun