4 Fold Card

I came across a new to me fold at: you tube. Here is a link to her blog which gives the sizes to cut the papers but not where to score them, that information is in the video: Dawn's Stamping Thoughts.

All of the patterned papers are from Craft Smith. The tree was cut with my Cricut and the Ribbons and Rosettes cartridge, the ribbon and jewels are from my stash.

 

The stamps:

"Christmas Cookies" - from Plum Purdy, I have had it about 3 years.

 

 

"Merry & Bright" - 12 Days of Christmas from My Mind's Eye, I have had it for 5 years.

 

All of the rest are from an old set I got as a freebie from a British craft magazine I used to subscribe to and I have had them for at least 5 years.

 

I am entering this card into this challenge:

 

 



Retro Rubber Challenge #53
And this one:

Not Just Cards December Challenge

Blue and Silver

Did anyone else ever have one of those silver Christmas trees with the turning color wheel? Sadly my family had one so that will tell you were I got the idea for this card from.

I really tried to get the, "sparkle" to show up in the pictures.

 

 

The blue papers are from my stash, the snowflake and silver tree are from a Craft Smith paper pad.

 

I added small blue jewels to the middles of the snowflakes and blue sequins for the bulbs on my tree. I cut the tree with my Cricut and the Ribbons and Rosettes cartridge. The star is a die from my stash.

 

I am entering this card into this challenges:

 

Blog Quick Quotes Silver and Blue

 

Connie Can Crop - Baby it's Cold Outside

 

Robyn's Fetish Challenge - Christmas Cards with a Die Cut

 

Not Just Cards - December Challenge



Pile It On

Butterflies

This is my first easel card. It was a whole lot easier once the block in my brain was able to make a connection about how to fold and attach the easel panel.

 After seeing the Butterfly Challenge for this month I went with 3 shades of olive for the card and an oval die cut for my stamp.

 

The tiny olive butterflies are negatives from the cut shown below. Somehow or other I managed to lose 1 of them going between the craft and living rooms and being so small it was impossible to find in the carpet.

The card folds flat for mailing.

I used colored pencils to color the image. The bigger butterflies are cut from papers my kids sent me from Japan. I cut the ovals using Cricut Craft Room Basics and the butterfly panel with the sentiment is from Ribbons and Rosettes.

I am entering this into these challenges:

Butterfly Challenge - O is for Oval/Olive.

Robyns Fetish Butterfly Challenge.

Happy Birthday Renee

My girlfriend's birthday is coming up so I made her a couple of things.

 

The papers for the gift bag and rosette pin are from Craft Smith's Tea Party pad, the card is a decoupage set from Docrafts I won one of their facebook giveaways earlier in the summer.  

 

The gift bag and it's tag are cuts from Cricut's Tags, Bags, Boxes & More2.

 

The rosette pin is a cut from Cricut's Ribbons and Rosettes, the Birthday Girl is a print and cut from Silhouette's online store. I kept trying to figure out the print and cut feature but gave up and just did a cut and assemble. A few hours after I finished this, I sat down and played around until I did figure it out. I added a couple of stick pins, stars, ribbon, twine and some gold keys that you can't see in this picture.

 

Renee loves cats so I thought this would be the perfect card for her. This is from Do Craft's Little Meow Collection.

I am entering this into these challenges:
Glitter n' Sparkle's Challenge #155 Use a Punch or a Die Cut

Little Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #18 Anything Goes

 

HIMCR #196 - Freestyle - Shop Pumpkin Spice

HIMCR #196 - Freestyle!

The sponsor is Shop Pumpkin Spice!

 

The giveaway is a bundle of goodies from Shop Pumpkin Spice!

 

 

 

My son and his wonderful wife who is without a doubt the BEST DIL EVER live in Tokyo, we keep in touch through email, snail mail (on occasion) and Skype. These kids are up to SOMETHING, I'm just not sure what I'll find out this weekend during a Skype session which they requested. Not knowing what to expect from them, I thought it would be fun to have these pins on hand just in case there is a little one on the way. Right now my thoughts are: little one on the way or they will be stopping by on their way home from a planned trip to Belgium, Paris and London this summer. I have been on pins and needles all week wondering what these two little monkeys are up to.

 

Recipe:

 

Bazzill Basics papers

Cream paper scraps

DC WV Adhesive Fabric (layered onto the hearts, I added a bit of color with my eBrush)

Ribbon, tulle

Baby embellishments

Cricut Ribbons and Rosettes cartridge

Cricut Beyond Birthdays cartridge

Pin backs

Adhesives including glue gun

 

I used the Heart 2 cut at 2.5" to cut the rosettes and medallions, I used 2 pink papers and 2 blue papers. After assembling the rosettes I used the glue gun in the center to hold them together and added the heart medallions as well as circles on the backs (not pictured).

Then I added my embellishments, ribbons, tulle, etc. as well as the pin on the back.

I think these would be really cute for a baby shower.