BYSH Cardmakers Challenge Sketch #28

 

There's a new challenge at BYSH Cardmakers, Sketch #28. Today I have this cute reindeer card for you. This uses the BYSH Cardmakers Sketch #28. Here is a peek at the sketch.

I followed the sketch measurements. My pattern paper is from Doodlebug. I die cut my reindeer from colored cardstock. The die is from Spellbinders. I assembled my deer with liquid adhesive. I added some tea dye distress ink around the outside of his head and nose pieces to give it some shading. I cut an octagon out of some kraft cardstock and adhered my deer to that with liquid adhesive. I popped that up with some thin foam tape. For my sentiment I cut a label using my Cricut then white heat embossed my sentiment which is from Papertrey Ink.

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Joy

I found this gorgeous print and cut card front in the Silhouette store and just had to make a card with it.

I started with a cream colored card stock base cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base.  I added a mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" gold foil mat.  I then cut the Joy card front at 3 3/4" X 5".  I added some clear wink of stella to some of the yellow dots to add some bling to the card. Very quick and easy card.

Christmas Magic!

With the stormy windy, rainy weather we have been having, I decided the best place for me was my craft room, it is time to get started on my Christmas cards.  Here is the card I came up with today.

I cut the Poinsettia from Anna's Holiday Home Decor cartridge using Cricut Design Space and my Cricut Explore.  I cut the flower at 3.5".

For my card base I started with white card stock cut to 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" and scored and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" landscape card base.  I cut a black mat at 4" X 5 1/4" and then my patterned paper at 3 7/8" X 5 1/8".  I adhered all the card layers together to make my card.  I then folded the flower petals on the score lines and glued them together in the center.  For the flower center I used some Citrus Flower Soft and added it to the piece that was cut out for the center.  It gives the flower center a bit more dimension.  I added the leaves that were cut out with the flower and adhered the whole thing to my card front using a couple of glue dots.

To finish the card using the Martha Stewart Pine Branch punch I punched a bunch of the little pine branches and hot glued them all around the back of the flower.  Finally I stamped the sentiment Christmas Magic using some Memento Tuxedo black ink.

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Dear Santa. . .

I have made my first Christmas card of the season!!!! This is what I came up with.

I found this adorable little squirrel on the Jolly Holidays Cricut Lite cartridges.  I cut the squirrel and his layers at 3.5".

My card base is white card cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base.  I added a red mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and then a patterned paper mat cut at 3 3/4" X 5.  The polka dotted mat is actually the reverse side of the striped mat and is cut at 1 1/2" X 3 3/4".

Once I got the different layers adhered to the squirrel base I added some Hero Arts Prisma Glitter to the white ball on top of his hat, the hat trim and the white stripes on the candy cane.

It was a quick and easy card to make.  Thanks for stopping by.

Snowman Card

Here is a quick Christmas card I made today. My card base is white card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card. I added a red mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and then my patterned paper cut at 3 3/4" X 5". My little snowman is cut from the Snow Friends Cricut Cartridge at 3 1/2".  I hid the eyes, nose and mouth before I cut it out and stamped it with a Peachy Keen stamp. I added some rosy cheeks with a copic marker and some stitching marks with a white gel pen. I also used a Spica glitter marker in Lipstick to add some sparkle to the red on his scarf and hat. I added him to my card front with foam tape. My sentiment is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and I added a snowflake button that I adhered with a glue dot.

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas!

The new challenge over at Cricut Cardz Challenge is to make a Christmas card using the card feature from any cartridge and any colors, so this is what I came up with.

I used the Quilted Christmas cartridge and cut my card at 5 1/2" which gave me a a scored and folded card very close to 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". I then cut the base layer out of some silver glitter card stock and adhered it to the inside of my card behind the sleigh. Then I stamped my sentiment with some Versamark and embossed it some WOW! Gold embossing powder. I added some small rhinestones and I was done.

This cartridge has some really beautiful cards that are really quick and easy to do.

Embossed Resist Christmas Card

I picked up this Penny Black stamp today and knew right what I wanted to do with it. I started with a piece of white card stock cut to 4" X 5 1/4". I stamped my image with some Versamark and then embossed it with some WOW! Clear embossing powder.

Next, I used my Tim Holtz Blending tool and some distress ink to ink the entire piece of card stock. I used Tumbled Glass, Broken China, and Chipped Sapphire on my card. I then used some Rouge Liquid Pearls and randomly added some red berries to my tree for a pop of color. Once those were dry I used my big Chisel tip Zig Two-Way glue pen and created a snow drift under my tree and added some Hero Arts Prisma glitter to it and let it dry. Finally I stamped my sentiment with some Colorbox White ink and then embossed it with some WOW! Neutral Ultra Shimmer Glitter embossing powder.

Finally I adhere my card front to a piece of white card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card.

Snowman Winter Wonderland Card

This card is 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" white card stock base. I added a dark blue layer cut at 4" X 5 1/4". The patterned paper is from DCWV's new seasonal winter paper stack and is cut at 3 3/4" X 3".   I then cut a white piece of card stock to look like a snow drift it is approximately 3 3/4" X 2".  After I attached the mats to the card I used my Polar Fleece White Flower Soft and my Flower Soft glue to add some "snow" to the top of my snow drifts.The snowman is from the Winter Frolic Cricut Cartridge. I ct the snowman and his layers at 3 1/2". I added some cotton candy stickles to his pink cheeks and some Christmas red stickles to his ear muffs and gloves to help them stand out and to add some bling to the card. The ribbon is some I picked up at Michaels this past weekend. For the sentiment, I used a Studio G $1 stamp and stamped it with some Versamark ink. I added some Winter Wonderland Embossing Powder and used my heat gun to emboss it. I love how it stands out on the card. I am really happy how this card turned out. Thanks for visiting.

Card Contest

This is a card I made for a card contest on the Cricutlovers and cutterscreek yahoo groups I belong to. The theme of the contest was "A Season for all Greetings" and was to be a December holiday or winter theme. We also had to use something on the card that Cutters Creek sales. The paper I used I purchased at a garage sale last weekend for .10 cents a piece. The card is 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". The pattern paper was cut at 4" X 5 1/4".The marquee in the middle of the card was cut at 4 3/4" from the Storybook cricut cartridge using both the Accent Blackout and Accent Frame features. Season's Greetings was cut at 3" from the Wild Card Cartridge. Once I cut out the sentiment I embossed it using an embossing pad which I ran the wording across and sprinkled with a red and gold embossing powder and used my embossing heat gun. I love how it turned out. I am pleased how it turned out. Thanks for looking.

New Card

First I have to thank Penny Duncan from my Sure Cuts A Lot yahoo group who created the SVG file for me to make this card. I first made this card in my weekly Friday card class. While making the card in class I kept thinking two things, that I could use my Cricut to cut out the ovals and what ever I wanted to put in the center of the ovals. The other thing I kept thinking about was that I thought this would make a great christmas card with a snowflake. I used the SVG file that Penny created to cut the card. I than ran card through my snowflake cuttlebug folder and embossed it. I cut two snowflakes from the Accent Essentials cartridge and ran both of them through my Xyron. I covered them in white glitter then ran them back through my Xyron and stuck them together back to back with a ribbon down the middle so I could have the snowflake dangle from the middle of the card. For more great SVG files please check out Penny Duncan's blog. She does fantastic work and is such generous person. Thanks for looking.

An Experiment

I just recently bought the Cricut Cartridge Lyrical Letters. I was amazed at all the extra stuff there is on the cartridge besides the 6 font styles. One of the designs I wanted to cut out was a lacy Christmas tree that is on the cartridge. I cut it out just using some scrap paper I had in peach. Once I cut it out I got out my craft mat and spread a bunch of the Ranger's distress ink in Pine Needle on my mat and lightly misted it. I then ran the tree through the ink to color it green. When I do this again, I will just sponge the ink onto the tree. With all the little twists and turns I had a difficult time getting it covered completely in ink. I decided I wanted to emboss the tree so once it was wet with ink I covered in embossing powder. All I had was a transparent powder Kaleidoscope in color, which gave it an iridescent look. I cut this one out at 5" and it is too big for a quarter-fold card front. I think if I cut it at 4" it should fit the front of a card. I have other ideas floating around in my head about this little tree and what I could do with it but wanted to share what I came up with. The picture above shows the tree before and after the inking and embossing and does do the embossing justice. Thanks for looking.