Think Spring!

Where I live on the West Coast we have been having lots of sunny days and highs in the upper 50's to lower 60's.  So there are lots of signs of spring popping up.  Now I know that is not the case for a lot of you so I made this card with you in mind.

I recently purchased a a few new Die-Namics dies and this was one of them.  My card base is 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" green card stock.  I cut an orange mat 4" X 5 1/4" and then the patterned paper mat was cut at 3 7/8" X 5 1/8".

I cut a mat for my die cut to sit on.  I found the mat in Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge.  I sized the mat to fit my image.  I cut the oblong  image and its shadow with my Cricut Explore.  Love that Bluetooth feature.  I ran the green mat through my eBosser and embossed it with some little flowers.  I also used my eBosser to die cut my watering can.  I didn't add a sentiment yet because I am not sure yet how I will use the card.

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Autumn Leaves

I recently received the new Tim Holtz Fall Leaf cutting die with the Texture fades embossing folder. I love the leaf. Of course I had to try it out.

I die cut my leaf with my eBosser out of some dark coral patterned paper. I then ran it through the embossing folder. I wanted the embossing to stand out more, so I inked the leaf with several distress inks. I used Rusty Hinge around the outside of the leaf to help it stand out. Then  I thought, it needs more yellow highlights and some shine to it. So I spritzed it with Sugar Maple and Sun Sister Glimmer Mist. Once that dried I still thought it could use more yellow gold highlights so I broke out my Twinkling H2O's and added some Mambo Mango starting at the center of the leaf and moving out from the center to each leaf.

While I waited for that to dry, I started putting  my card base together. I started with Kraft card stock and cut it at 4 1/4" then scored it at 5 1/2" to make a portrait style card. I added golden color mat and then some patterned paper. These were cut at 1/8" smaller from the previous layer.  I then added another gold mat cut at 1/4" smaller and the light tan patterned paper cut at 1/8" smaller than the gold mat. I adhered this to the card with some foam tape.

Finally I stamped my sentiment with some Rusty Hinge distress ink and adhered my leaf directly to the card. To finish I added some golden brown mosaic tiles to the upper right and lower right corner of the card.  I am in love with that die.

New Goodies, New Card

I received some new goodies from Kim the other day and OF course I had to play a little this weekend. This is what I made.

I started with some green card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" portrait card base. I add a yellow mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" then I added another green mat cut at 3 3/4" X 5". I then cut another piece of yellow card stock at 3 1/2" X 3 1/2 and ran it through my eBosser and embossed it with my new Anna Griffin Matelassé embossing folder. (I love this one, and Kim can and will order if for you, just ask her. You can contact Kim through the store site here.) I adhered all my layers together with my ATG gun. After I adhere the embossed yellow mat, I added a piece of Washi Tape to the base as a border. (OK, I admit, this is my free gift from Kim at the end of the club, but she can likely order this too.) Next I stamped a small piece of card stock cut to 2" X 2" with my flower image with some Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I colored my flower image with some chalk. I then went back and using a blue water colored pencil to add a bit of shading. I blended everything together with my Dove blending pen. I matted my image on another piece of green card stock cut to 2 1/4" 2 1/4" and adhered it to my card front with some Kool Tak clear foam squares. Finally I added my sentiment using some VersaMark embossing ink and the new Saraha WOW! Embossing Powder I just received from Kim. The new Desert Sand Limited Edition set. LOVE IT!!! So sparkly.  Okay, so now confession time, I really had bad luck and did not enjoy using embossing powders on my projects until Kim started selling the WOW! embossing powders. The others I tried to use just didn't melt and give me the results I expected. The WOW! embossing powders melt beautifully. If you haven't tried them yet, you should, you won't regret it. I would love to know what you think of my project and this embossing folder. I think it is beautiful and am so excited that I now own it.

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.

Hello Sunshine!

We have had some awesome weather the last few days and it just seemed like a good idea to make a card that  celebrated our sunshine. For my card I made a circle easel card. It was a fun a quick card to put together. The card base and all the pieces but the bee were made using dies and my eBosser. I used a Scalloped Spellbinder Die to make my card base, the front and the little part on the inside of the card so it would stand up. I also used a set of circle dies that Kim special ordered for me. Here are pictures of the die sets I used.

I started with a piece of  white card stock that I cut and score to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I then took my Scalloped Spellbinder Dies and using the biggest die in the set I cut the die shape out of my folded card base, being careful to place the die about a 1/2" above the fold line on my card base. This created the hinge in my card and gave me the scalloped circle card. I then cut the largest die again out of a second piece of white paper so I had a complete scallop. I took my scalloped card base and scored it down the middle so I could fold it in half. I also scored it at 2" from the top of one of the scallops.  Here is a picture of the inside of the card so you can see the score lines.

Next I the circle die set the Kim special ordered for me. I cut the largest of the circle out of black. I cut the next size circle out of some patterned paper from the Echo Park Country Drive paper pad. (The store is currently out of stock but if you are interested in the paper pad please contact Kim through the Customer Service link in the store.) Once I had adhered the different layers to the single scallop which would serve as my card front I attached it to my card base. I used my Scotch Quick Dry adhesive to put all my pieces and layers together. While the glue does dry quickly you still have a few seconds to move your layers around to be sure they like up properly. This is one of my favorite adhesives and I use it on almost all my projects.

The honeycombed pattern paper is actually the reverse side of the  blue bee paper. To get these layers, I used the scalloped dies starting with the largest and going one step down for each layer. I cut the base layer in white, the next layer in black and the final layer out of the honeycombed patterned paper. When I cut these I cut only half of the die out. Once I had them all cut I trimmed them down so I could layer them. The white layer is approximately 2", the black layer is approximately 1 3/4" and the patterned paper layer is approximately 1 1/2". I stamped my sentiment with some Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The Memento ink is my go to ink and I strongly recommend it. Now for my little bee! He was cut at 2 1/2" from the Create A Critter cartridge. This is one of my favorite cartridges and Kim can special order it for you. I cut the base layer out of black, the second layer out of the yellow and the wing layer out of some heavy tracing paper that my DH gave me from his work. For the wings, I wanted a bit of sparkle to them so I used some Butterscotch Glimmer Glam to the wings to give them some sparkle. I added the bee to my card front with some foam tape and added some Black Stickles to the ends of the antennas. I sure hope you have enjoyed my card. I would love to hear what you think.

Happy Birthday Card

For my project today I am sharing the birthday card I made for my mom who's birthday is later this month. My card base is a cream card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. All of my paper is from the Secret Garden paper pads by Graphic 45. I used papers from both the 8" X 8" and the 6" X 6" paper pad. I cut a purple mat at 4" X 5 1/4" and then cream paper at 3 3/4" X 5". Next I cut a mat using my Silhouette Cameo. I cut the shadow at approximate 3 1/2" and the base layer at 3". I ran the cream scalloped through my eBosser and embossed it with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. (If I could only have one embossing folder the Swiss Dots folder would be my choice. It is so versatile.) I inked all my mats with some Tea Dye Distress ink and a sponge dabber.  I had a piece of cream lace with pearls on it that I used a paint dabber to apply some of the Tea Dye distress ink to.  I applied the lace to my card with some Scor-Tape.My dress and hanger are a Memory Box die. (No Kim can't get these yet, but I keep asking her! One of these days soon I hope she can). I cut my Hanger from some Kraft card stock and then inked it with some of the Tarnished Brass Distress Stain. (Distress Stain is a special order item, but don't hesitate to ask). The pearls I added to the waist of the dress are some I cut off from the lace. I adhered the dress to the scalloped mat with some foam tape. I cut 6 flowers using the George and Basic Shapes cartridge and inked them with some of the Shaded Lilac distress ink. I used my Petal Roller by Imaginisce to make my roses. I hot glued the layers together. My leaves were cut at 1" and are from the  Flower Shoppe cartridge (Heart). I inked my leaves with Peeled Paint distress ink and a sponge dabber. I also creased the center of the leaves and inked them with the Peeled Paint distressed ink to create a center vein in the leaf. I adhered the flowers and leaves to my card with some scotch quick dry adhesive.  I added a pearl to the center of one rose using some bisque liquid pearls.  I stamped my sentiment with some Rich Cocoa Memento ink. Lastly I added a small butterfly from my stash.

Another Birthday Card

I was watching some youtube videos yesterday and saw a project that someone did using a white card base and a white mat with just a little bit of color added as embellishments. I wanted to try making my own version of that card and this is what I came up with. My card base is white card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. My card is a portrait card, I cut a white card stock mat 4" X 4" and ran it through my eBosser and embossed it with the Script Texture Cuttlebug embossing folder. I love my eBosser, it does such a wonderful job embossing and die cutting and I love that it is all electric, no cranking to help my white mat stand out from the white card base a bit I laid it on a piece of paper and using my Cool Gray 1 Copic Marker I traced around the outside edge of the mat using the brush tip. This applied a faint line of the light gray marker around the outside edge. I used my Scotch Quick Dry adhesive to adhere my mat to my card base. Now for my pop of color. I wanted to add a flower to my card and found this one in the Silhouette store. I used the print and cut feature to color it and cut it out. The center of the flower was originally a heart which I didn't want, so I cut a small circle instead. Again, I adhered my layers together with Scotch Quick Dry adhesive. I added my flower to my card front with some Kool-Tak Clear foam adhesives. To finish my flower I used my Buttercup Liquid Pearls to add some tiny pearls around the outer edge of my green flower center. That is what I love about Liquid Pearls, I always have the right color and size of pearl I want because I can make whatever size I need. Finally I added a White Opal pearl using Liquid Pearls again, in each corner of my mat to help anchor it. My sentiment is stamped in Rose Bud Memento ink. This was a super quick card to put together but I am really happy how it turned out.

Lin and Lene Designs Dies

I ordered a couple of adorable dies by Lin and Lene Designs and they came yesterday. This card is what I made with one set of the dies.

Want to see them? Here you go.

 

Now on to my card.  I started with a kraft card stock card base cut and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card. I added a white mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and then the blue gingham mat (from a My Minds Eye paper pad) cut at 3 3/4" X 5".  I used a black fine tip marker to add some faux stitching lines around the white mat of my card.

Using my eBosser I cut and embossed the two dogs from the set. These dies are stencil dies so once they were cut and embossed I used some black soot Distress Ink to ink over the openings in the dies to add some color. I also used a turquoise colored marker to add the blue color to the one dog. This was actually pretty quick and easy to do. I added them to my card front with some foam tape. I then cut a conversation bubble using my Silhouette Cameo and stamped my sentiment in it. I used my black marker to add some doodle lines to the conversation bubble and adhered it straight down to my card with my ATG gun. To finish the card I added 3 small black buttons to the lower right hand corner. I made this card for male co-worker who has a birthday in about 10 days. 

I had hoped to have the kitties done too today but my little helper has been a tad hyper, but shhhh... he is asleep right now.

Poinsettia Die Card

I recently picked up the Tim Holtz Tattered Poinsettia die and the embossing folder that matches the die. Here is what I did with it.

I started with a cream colored card base cut and scored to 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". I added a red mat cut to 4" X 5 1/4" and a patterned paper mat cut at 3 3/4" X 5". The patterned paper is from an Echo Park paper pad.

I ran my poinsettia die through my eBosser and cut the flower layers out of white card stock. I then inked them using the Festive Berries Distress Ink and Peeled Paint for the leaves. I used some Tarnished Brass distress stain for the flower center. Once I had them all inked and allowed them to dry for a few minutes I embossed them with the embossing folder and my eBosser. I just love how the flower looks after it is embossed. I will say that the flower is fairly fragile once it is embossed and I did tear off a leaf but just glued it to the back of the flower where it was supposed to go. Once I had my flower all put together I sprayed it lightly with some Gold Glitter Dust. It is really pretty in person.

I stamped my sentiment with some Memento Lady Bug red ink.

Quick but Elegant Christmas Cards

Today I have for you two versions of a quick but elegant Christmas card that would be easy to mass produce. I started with a prefolded 5" X 7" white card base. I ran each of my card bases through my eBosser and embossed it with a Spellbinders MBossabilities folder called Holiday Magic. This folder is not in the store but Kim special ordered it for me and I love it. It is a 5" x 7" folder and worked perfectly with this project. I sprayed my embossed card front with some Glitter Dust, I used gold on one card and silver on the other. Once that was dry I added some ribbon from my stash. The snowflake is cut from the Winter Lace cartridge at 4". I used the pink and irridescent glitter dust on the snowflake. I cut a mat for my sentiment out of elegant edges at 2" and stamped my sentiment. I used the pink glitter dust on the shadow for the sentiment mat. For the gold card I cut a mat out of the Once Upon a Princess cartridge at 2" and embossed my sentiment with some WOW! gold embossing powder. I adhered everything to my card fronts with some super stickly 3D glue dots. I have a short video for you because the photo does not do these cards justice. I hope you like the cards.

The Stockings Were Hung...

I  have a quick and easy card Christmas card today. It is not too early to start on yours as well. I started with a white card stock base scored and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I added a dark green mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and then my patterned paper mat cut at 3 3/4" X 5". My patterned paper is from the Echo Park Holly Jolly 6"x 6" paper pad. I then cut a red mat at 4 3/4" X 3 1/2". I ran that through my eBosser (love this great machine!) and embossed all but the last inch or so of the paper using the Tiny Mosaic Cuttlebug embossing folder. I then used a sponge dauber to sponge Black Soot and Fired Brick distress ink randomly over my "bricks". My stocking was cut from the Tis the Season cricut cartridge at 3". Again this paper is from the Echo Park Holly Jolly 6"x 6" paper pad. My sentiment was embossed using the WOW! Tea Garden Green embossing powder.  I attached my stocking to the front of the card with some foam tape and added an adhesive nail head from my stash. 

Cutters Creek Holiday Blog Hop

Welcome to the Cutters Creek Design Team Holiday Blog Hop! We want you to hop along with us and play for some awesome Blog Candy. The objective for our Blog Hop this weekend is to provide some inspiration to help you get your holiday crafting underway! Our Design Team has come up with some fabulous projects and we have a little bit of everything, from cards to gift ideas, and home décor items. So we invite you to hop along with us and get your creative juices flowing! If you came from Fran's blog then you are at the right place. If you just happened to pop and would like to start from the beginning then please head to the Cutters Creek DT Blog to start with Chris's wonderful project.

I have two projects for you today. My first project is a Fall/Thanksgiving Wreath. All of my leaves were cut using my eBosser and the Cheery Lynn Dimensional Large Leaves Die Set. I love this die set, you get 4 different leaf styles and sizes as well as an acorn die. For my wreath, I used all the leaves, and inked them with Distress Inks in fall colors. (I used Rusty Hinge, Mustard Seed, and Spice Marmalade, and Ripe Persimmon.  I then sprayed my leaves and acorns with some Gold Glitter Dust.I used some acorns that I found at my local LSS for added dimension. I adhered my leaves to a grape vine wreath that I picked up at my local craft store.with my hot glue gun as well as the acorns. Finally I cut my sentiment With Gratitude from the Phrases Cricut Cartridge at 3". If you need this cartridge Kim at Cutter's Creek can order it for you. I added some ribbon to hang my wreath.

For my second project, I went with a Christmas theme.

I found what was called a floating frame at my local craft store. The frame was already black but because it was on clearance there were a few nicks in it. I took some Black Soot Distress Ink and a sponge dabber and sponged the ink over the outside of the frame and covering the nicks. After letting it dry I sprayed the frame with some Silver Glitter Dust. If you don't have any of this product yet, get some, it is a must have for your holiday crafting, so easy to use and adds so much sparkle and shine.

The frame is 4" X 6". For my image I cut the Santa1 from the Quilted Christmas Cricut Cartridge using the Silhouette creative feature, at 3 1/2" out of red and white vinyl. I then cut the Believe banner at 1" from the Creative Memories Tis the Season cartridge. I used red, white and green vinyl for the banner. I cut two snowflakes from the same cartridge and used both the negative and the positives of the image on the back of my glass and sprayed it with Silver Glitter Dust  and Iridescent Glitter Dust. The glitter dust gives the glass a frosted sparkly look. Finally I used a Sizzix Snowflake die (Which Kim can likely order for you) and cut two snowflakes from the Tim Holtz Mirrored Paper and adhered them to opposite corners of my frame.

What is a blog hop without some blog candy?


I have the following blog candy I am giving away. To enter please leave a comment with a way to contact you by Monday October 29th at 6:00pm PDT. I will draw a winner using Random.org on Monday evening and post the winners name here. You don't have to be a follower to enter but I would love it if would like to follow me.

Don't forget about the awesome blog candy that Cutter's Creek is giving away. To win that blog candy you need to leave a comment on each blog as you hop along.

Here is the complete blog hop line up in case you get lost along the way:

Cutters Creek Blog (Chris) - http://www.cutterscreekdesignteam.blogspot.com/
Kim - http://kreativekim.blogspot.com/
Pebbles - http://sheissocrafty.blogspot.com/

Tee - http://tee-myspot.blogspot.com/

Melissa - http://www.ourmadhouseof4.blogspot.com/
Lori - http://savingmine.blogspot.com/

Laura - http://www.scrapaddict4life.blogspot.com/

Fran - http://scallopsandswirls.blogspot.com/
Deanna - http://deannaspapercrafts.blogspot.com/

Thanks for hopping with us and we hope you enjoyed the hop and got many wonderful ideas!

Wish Card with the eBosser

Here is my first card made with the help of my new eBosser that came to live with me on Wednesday. Oh my I love that little machine. No cranking! It's electric. Does up to 8 1/2" X 11" and it is awesome. I finally had some time to play with it today and this was one of the things I cut. I used the Poinsettia Die from Spellbinders that I got last winter and cut and embossed it with the eBosser. Before removing the flower layers from the die I inked them in the center with some Spun Sugar distress ink. I also inked the edges with the Spun Sugar ink after removing them from the die. I cut the leaf and inked it with some Forest Moss Distress Ink.

I also sprayed my flower layers with some of the Pink Glitter Dust spray. I did to coats of that and then did one light coat of the Gold Glitter Dust. My these flowers sure sparkle.

For my card I started with a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base from Kraft card stock. I added a black mat cut at 5 3/8" X 4 1/8". My patterned paper is from Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium that I had left from last year. I cut the music sheet paper at 4" X 5 1/4". I then used the back side of the music paper and cut a strip 1 3/4" by 5 1/4". I punched the edge of this strip with a Martha Stewart doily lace punch and backed it with a piece of cream colored cardstock that I inked with some Vintage Photo distress ink. I also inked all my patterned paper with the Vintage Photo distress ink.

To assemble my flower I placed all the layers together and used my paper piercer to poke a hole in the center and added a yellow brad. I then used some flower soft glue on the brad and added some citrus crush ultra fine flower soft to cover the brad for the flower center. I added my leaf to my card and attached the flower with some foam tape. I then added a Tim Holtz word stick that says wish. I inked this with some caramel alcohol ink before added it to my card. To finish my card I added some pearls with cream colored liquid pearls along the other edges.

I hope you enjoy it, and thanks for visiting.