Reindeer Christmas 2012

Here's two of the cards I made for Christmas.  The following products were used.

8003 Reindeer embossing folder from cArt-US
98166 Deer Trio and Pixie 6x6 paper pad from Memory Box
960 Merry Christmas Happy New Year stamp and Brownie Shades Dye ink from SweetStamps.com
Red Pearls from Kaiser Craft
1/8" Super Sticky Tape
Candi Fix Foam Dots, Raffia, A2 and A6 cream cards

Tag Card

For this card I started with a white wooden tag and stamped on it using Distress Markers (Wild Honey and Shabby Shutters) and Candi Stamps Build a Bloom.  The paper is Madame Boutique from Kaiser Craft.  The doily is the Nautical Wheeler Doily Die from Cheery Lynn Designs.  I finished it off with some sheer gold ribbon and Hardware Candi legless brads.  Card measures 6"x6".

Patriotic Sparkles

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Thought this would work for a good Fourth of July card with all the sparkle.  I used the following products:

Glitz 6X6 Happy Travels Paper pad
Glitter Sticker sheets in Blue and Silver
Stamp-9107 Holiday Sparkles Duo
Distress Clear Embossing Ink
EP-Valentine Sparkle
Cheery Lynn Designs B181 Build a Flower set #1 (used the stamens for the fireworks)
MFD014 Rectangle 3 Multi Frame die
Flourishes from Marianne's LR0116, LR0111 and LR0112
Red Pearls, Silver Rhinestones and Royal Blue Liquid Pearls
Misc items Candi Fix Foam Dots, Micro Glue Dots, Embossing Pal Anti-Static Pouch and Ribbon

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Baby Girl Gift Tag

Front

Back

Here's a baby girl gift tag, made the same way as the baby boy one posted on May 7, 2012.  For this one I used Memento markers (Lulu Lavender, Rich Cocoa, Angel Pink, Dessert Sand and Cottage Ivy) and the Candi is Notting Hill.

Post-it Note Holder

The holder is from The Papercut, it comes with a white cover which is already scored and a pad of post-its.   I cut a piece of Coordinations Hazelnut Chocolate Box paper to fit the cover of the post-it holder, embossed it using the E143 XL Leaves embossing plate and sanded the paper using a sanding block.  The border is the B136 Anastasia Border and the flower is from the B181 Build a Flower set, all dies are from Cheery Lynn Designs.  To edge the flower and color the stamen on the flower I used a Gold Marvy LePlume pen.  The center of the flower is a Candi legless brad in Metallique Copper.

Finished Post-it Note holder

Post-it Note holder kit

Close up on Flower

Parchment

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For this weeks card I used the 7029 Forget Me Not Heart and the 933 Thank You Elegant stamps from SweetStamps.com.  I stamped the heart on 36# vellum using White Dye ink and heat embossed it in Queens Gold fine detail EP.  From the back side of the heart I dry embossed the berries and the open lines around the heart using a 31412 Etching/Embossing mat and stylus tool.  Also on the back side I colored the flowers using a Dove Blender pen and Pitt Artist pens (#167 Green Olive, #136 Purple Violet, #156 Cobalt Green and #125 Middle Purple Pink).  On the front of the image I used a Straight Grid, 31419 Piercing/Perforating pad and a PFTA001 Single Needle Tool to pierce the open area in the heart.  

To cut out the image I used the Piecing pad and a 10226 4-Split Perforating Tool, I also used the pad and 4-split tool to cut out the center of the heart.  The Thank You is stamped using Forget Me Not Shades Dye ink from SweetStamps.com.  The French Flairs were die cut using the XL13 French Flair Scalloped from Cheery Lynn Design.  I used a Gold Leafing pen to edge the smaller French Flair and used V2 Vellum Adhesive Spray to adhere the heart to the paper.  I attached the larger French Flair to the 5-3/4" x 5- 3/4" purple square and layered the ribbon over it, taping it on the back.  I used Candi Fix foam dots behind the smaller French Flair and layered it over the ribbon.  The leaves and border are glitter stickers. 

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Happy Belated Birthday

I was late with a card for my son's 37th birthday so I made this Belated Birthday card.  The papers are some I had in my many stacks of 6x6 papers.  The dragonfly is the DL146 Dragonfly Large with Angel Wings from Cheery Lynn Designs.  I heat embossed the sentiment 916 Happy Belated Birthday from SweetStamps.com using Distress Embossing Ink, Nightfall Shades Dye ink and Fine Detail Clear EP (to make the dye ink  embossable first ink your image with the Distress Embossing ink, then ink with the dye ink, then stamp on your paper, apply EB and heat set).  I added two different border stickers and Metalique-Bronze Candi.  I used a W-5 Copic marker to color a small wooded tag, outlined it with a Gold Leafing Pen and stamped the  9091 Son stamp from SweetStamps.com in Delicata Golden Glitx ink from Tsukineko.  I also used the Copic marker to color the piece of twine that I used to hide the seam between the two papers.

I used a Quickie Glue Pen in the open areas of the dragonfly to add Sugar Sand to the wings.  For the inside of the card I embossed the 9115 Happy Thoughts from SweetStamps.com using the same technique as before.  The flourish is the B170 Mini Flourish One from CLD.

Lord and Lady

For this card I used papers from the 6" Glitz French Kiss paper pack.  The dies I used for the Heart were DL110 Heartland America Large (largest solid heart) and DL106 Heart to Heart Doily (largest heart in set) from Cheery Lynn Designs.  I used the B150 Cuties 2 as a boarder under the heart and the B133 Lace Light Deco Border on the left side for a border, both dies are from CLD.

The swirl is B170 Mini Flourish One and the Flower was made using the SF-2 Stacker Flower #2 and XMC-5 Scalloped Window Stackers from CLD.  The small circle embellishment on the heart and flower are Candi-Seville Row legless brads that were attached using Candi Fix foam dots.  The LR0211 Lord and Lady are a Marianne Creatables die set.  You can find all of the items used at SweetStamps.com

Valentine's Day 2012

Well I finally got my cards done two days before Valentine's Day.  This year they are full of suckers and chocolates.  It just wouldn't be Valentine's Day without something SWEET.  

This one is a pop up card.  I started with 2 pieces of pink card stock 8 1/2" x 2 3/4" for the card base, stamped both pieces with Sunrise Orchid Shades dye ink using the 840 Heart Background both from SweetStamps.com.  These pieces were then scored on one end at 1 1/2" and  2 1/2" (this will create the fold in the card).  The front piece measures 2"x4".  For the front layer I used 36# vellum and stamped the 729 Heart and Flower Border on the vellum using white dye ink and Fantasy Silver Fine detail embossing powder then attached it to a pink piece of card stock using micro glue dots in the corners.  To attached this piece to the card front I used 1/4" Scor-Tape under the ribbon to hold it in place.  Use adhesive (I used 1/2" Scor-Tape) to layer both pieces together making sure to have a scored end and flat end together.

The pop up pieces of the inside of the card measure 2 1/4"x 3 1/4" and 1 3/4"x 3".  The larger  piece was stamped with the Heart Background using Sunrise Orchid ink and the small piece was stamped with the same ink and the 952 Happy Valentine's Day stamp from SweetStamps.com.  Attach the sucker or other cut out to the back of this piece using tape (I used a small piece of paper and scor-Tape because the sucker was heavy).  Fold back the lower left corner about 1" and attach about 1/4" down on the inside left.  When you pull the ends apart the message inside will pop up.

For this card I started with Large Scalloped Layer in Hopsack Red from The Paper Cut.  I scored the card in half and added the white dots around the outer edge with a Gelly Roll White gel pen.  For the red edging on the left side I used the netting from a bag of oranges I had, scrunching a long piece together and stapling it to the yellow dotted paper using my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher.  I then took 3 small pieces of netting and rolled them, stapled them, scrunched them open so they formed a circle and added the metallic Red Heart brad and attached this to the yellow dotted paper.  I rounded the corner of the dotted paper before adhering it to the red card stock.  I stamped Be Mine 993 from SweetStamps.com using Valentine Shades dye ink.  On the inside right portion of the folded red card stock I attached a 6x6 square of striped paper then layered it all to a 6x6 piece of white card stock.  Inside I used the Valentine Shades dye ink to stamp the 9045 Vertical Happy Valentines Day.

I layered the sucker to a lavender heart I cut using the smaller of the heart dies from the DL128 Two of Hearts die set from Cheery Lynn Designs, wrapped the stick with some of the netting and attached it to the striped paper.

For this card I started with an A2 white card and embossed the front using the EF3018 Hearts embossing folder from Crafts-Too.  The large heart is from the Cheery Lynn Designs DL106 Heart to Heart die set.  I used the Gelly Roll White Gel pen to add the dots to the heart.  I cut 3 different colors of flowers from the SF2 Stacker Flower 2 from Cheery Lynn Designs and attached them together using a red heart brad then used foam dots to attached the flower to the heart.  The ribbon on the sucker stick is some I had in my ribbon supply.

On the inside of the card I used another of the flowers and stamped the 9045 Vertical Happy Valentine's Day using Valentine Shades Dye ink.

This is an A2 white card that was embossed using the EF3021 Love Hearts embossing folder from Crafts-Too.  I used one of the hearts from the DL106 Heart to Heart die set from Cheery Lynn Designs.  All the ribbon was in my ribbon box.

Inside uses the same heart set and the 993 Be Mine stamp from SweetStamps.com stamped in Valentine Shades Dye ink.

This one is for my Dad.  He really likes suckers and LOVES Dove chocolates.  I used a 6x6 printed paper, cut out some lavender hearts using the DL128 Two of Hearts dies from Cheery Lynn Designs and  attached the chocolate and sucker.  Then I used Candi legless brads around the outside circle and highlighted the little circle bursts between them with a Gelly Roll Stardust Glitter pen.

Here is my take on a fast box of chocolates.  I embossed a 6x6 white card using the E134 Hearts and Rose Leaves EX embossing plate from Cheery Lynn Designs.  Layered the largest solid heart form the DL106 Heart to Heart die set from Cheery Lynn Designs and added dots around the border using a Gelly Roll White Gel pen.  I then used All Purpose Spray Adhesive on the back of the large heart doily from the same set and attached it to the heart pressing the outside edges down.  I then stuffed some red shredded paper I had under the heart and added the chocolates and sucker.

For the inside I used another of the large doily hearts, using adhesive spray to attach it to the card and stamped 952 Happy Valentine's Day using Valentine Shades Dye ink.

Flower and Dragonfly

For this card I used the DL102 French Pastry Doily die from Cheery Lynn Designs to cut out the green dotted paper and the DL102 French Pastry Doily Angel Wing die to cut out two solid backs for the doily using Double Mates Lovely Lilac card stock.  The Double Mates paper is great to use for layering as you get two coordinating colors on each sheet of card stock, a light and a dark.  For the swirl I used the flourish portion of the B135 Lace Rose and Flourish die from Cheery Lynn that I cut from a piece of text weight Hera Stardreams paper from The Paper Cut.  I used the same Double Mates card stock to cut out the DL152 Small Dragonfly w/Angel Wings and attached the Dragonfly to the Angel Wing using a Quickie Glue Pen.  I also used the Quickie Glue pen on the open areas of the Dragonfly wings and sprinkled with Sparkly Sweet Glitter from SweetStamps.com to give it some sparkle.  The flower was made using Iced Gems Candi legless brads.  I attached the center Candi to a Bazzill Really Big Brad (you could use a small circle of card stock) with a Candi Fix foam dot than folded the Iced Gems Candis down the center and attached to the brad using Ultimate Glue.  Using the legs for the Really Big Brad I attached it to the green dotted doily.  I used the Candi Fix foam dots to layer the flourish and the dragonfly to the green dotted doily than layered this to the lighter doily Angel Wing and off set the the dark Angel Wing behind the lighter one. I used the largest size of the XL13 French Scalloped Flair stacker from Cheery Lynn to cut out the plaid paper and layered the dollies to this using foam dots before layering it to a 6x6 piece of the dark Double Mates paper and then to a 6x6 square card.  I finished it up by using Lilac Rhinestones from Kaiser Craft.

Halloween 2011

Here are the Halloween cards I made this year for my Grandkids and Great Nephew.  I used the Cheery Lynn Designs DL162 Spiderweb Die, FRM123 Enchanted Flight Frame Die, C184 Judy's Blooms Die and DL151 Victorian Romance Flourish Die dies and the E165 Witching Hour XL embossing plate.  Also the small witch, bat and tree are from Cheery Lynn Designs.  On some of the cards I used the Candi brads.  To get the glitter on the Enchanted Flight frame I used 2-1/2" Scor-Tape.  The papers, ribbon and stickers were from my stash.