Thank You card

My crafty mojo decided to take a short vacation. Imagine that! I spent some time looking through my latest PaperCraft magazine and found some inspiration. Here is what I made for you.

I started with a coral card stock card  base cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card. I then cut a white mat at 4" X 5 1/4". I used some Doodlebug Twine and some Washi Tape from We R Memory Keepers (Kim can order this). I created a banner out of the Washi Tape. When I cut my "V" shape in the end of  Washi Tape I make a small cut right in the center of my tape, I then cut into the V from each lower corner. Makes it easier for me to get my "V" shape centered. Next I cut another piece of the coral paper at 3/4" X 4" and ran it through my eBosser and embossed it with the border embossing folder that came with my Anna Griffin Foundry embossing folder. I am part of a Cuttlebug Embossing folder Club that Kim is currently running. If you are interested in any of the Anna Griffin embossing folders, just let Kim know and she can order them for you. I adhere my coral embossed strip of paper with my ATG gun. I stamped my sentiment using some Coral Pigment Ink from my stash. The card is simplistic in design but I love it.This was a quick easy card to make. Now a short quiz. How many of you that order the Washi Tape dispenser actually have your Washi Tape on it????? I finally took the time this weekend to put all my tape on the dispenser and I LOVE IT!!! It makes using the Washi Tape so easy. It spins around so selecting multiple colors is a snap. So if you haven't added your tape to your dispenser you should. If you don't have a dispenser check with Kim to see if she can still order them.

Happy Birthday Card

One of my friends at work has a birthday coming up soon so I thought I should get her card done. This is what I came up with.

I started with a teal card base cut and scored to make a 5" X 5" card base. I then cut a piece of white card stock to 4 3/4" X 4 3/4". I embossed the white card stock using my eBosser and the Foundry Anna Griffin 5" X 7" embossing folder. I used my corner chomper to round all the corners of my card and the layer using the 1/2" side.

For my Happy Birthday image, I cut that using my Silhouette Cameo at 4" again using Teal and White card stock. I adhered the layers together and then added it to my card base with some foam tape.

I then used my Envelope Punch Board to make an envelope for my card. The envelope paper is a dark teal with light teal polka dots and I thought it went great with the card. I used some Scor-Tape to seal the edges of my envelope.

Love in a Jar-Cardz TV Challenge

It is time once again for a new challenge over at Cardz TV. The challenge this time is was to make a project using something you would put in a jar. This is what I came up with.

I started with white card stock, cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I added a black mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4". My patterned paper is cut at 3 3/4" X 5". (I believe the patterned paper is from the Lawn Fawn Pink Lemonade paper pad).

Next I stamped my jars using some Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white card stock and cut them out. I used a tan marker to color the lids of my jars, and used a light cool gray to run a line along the inside of the jars to help give them the appearance of glass. I then used my Peachy Keen stamps, Snow Cuties to stamp faces on my jars and added some pink rosy cheeks. I also used the Honey stamp from the set to stamp the labels on a couple of Jars. I stamped my sentiment, Preserved With Love, on the larger label stamp on cut it out, . Finally I also stamped Happy Anniversary on the card as I gave it to my husband on our 25th Wedding Anniversary.

This is such a fun stamp set, I sure hope you will join us for the challenge.

4th of July Wreath

I had a lot of fun making my project today. I found my inspiration on Pinterest and put my own twist on it. I go there sometimes when I need to give my mojo a kick in the pants! For my wreath, I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut my cones at approximately 5". I cut 4 red, 4 white, and 4 blue. I used my Scor-Tape to secure the cones once they were cut.

Next, I used my Gypsy and the George and Basic Shapes cartridge to cut an 8" circle out of white card stock. I wanted to use chipboard but didn't have any so instead, I cut 3 8" circles and adhered them together for my wreath base. I used Bazzill Simply Smooth card stock to cut my circles. This is my go to card stock for just about everything and I love it!!. I used my Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive to adhere my cones to my circle base.

 For the center of my wreath I cut two 2" X 12" strips of some card stock and scored it every 1/2". I did a mountain, valley fold and used Scor-Tape to adhere the two strips together to make a Rosette and adhered that to the center of my wreath.

 Next I used the print and cut feature with my Silhouette and print and cut my bear at approximately 7 3/4" tall. I used some of my super strength craft glue dots to adhere my bear to the center of my wreath.

Now what is the 4th of July without some sparkle and shine???? Once my wreath was assembled, I sprayed the entire wreath with Iridescent and Silver Glitter Dust. ( I used both colors because I ran out of the Iridescent).

The last finishing touch to my wreath was to add a dark blue ribbon using my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher to attach the ribbon to my circle base.(Kim can order you the tiny attacher if you want one). This is so easy to make and could easily be adapted for just about any occasion, or holiday. I hope you will give it a try.