BYSH Cardmakers Christmas in July Linky Party Day 4

Welcome back for my project for Day 4 of the BYSH Cardmakers Christmas in July Linky Party. Today I have a mini slimline card for you that features some fun products from Sunny Studios. I used the Christmas Critters stamps and matching dies for this card. My pattern paper is from the All is Bright 6" X 6" paper pad.

I hope you will head over to the BYSH Cardmakers blog and join the party.
 

Boo!

 Today I have a mini slimline card featuring the new Boo die from the Halloween and Thanksgiving release over at Kat Scrappiness. My pattern paper is from the Creepy and Kooky 6" x 6" paper pad. The paper pad is double sided and 80lb cardstock. It's a really nice paper.

For my card I started with some heavyweight white cardstock that I cut and folded to make my card base. I die cut my pattern paper using the Mini Slimline Embossed Edge Dies.  I used the largest die for the black and orange paper and the third die for my star paper.

I added the pattern papers with some liquid adhesive. I die cut my Boo from black cardstock and the shadow from white cardstock. I love that the shadow die is included. I popped up the sentiment using some foam tape. I die cut a couple of ghosts and a spider using dies in my stash. I thought it would be cute to have the spider hanging from the O in the sentiment, so I took a black marker and drew a line from the O to the spider. Finally, I finished my card using some Boo-Who? sequins from Kat Scrappiness.

I hope you will pop over Kat Scrappiness and check out all the products in the new release. Thanks for stopping by.

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Be Joyful

 

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I have another mini slimline card for you today. I recently received this Mini Slimline Diamond Wire and Wood Grain die from Kat Scrappiness and just had to use it. I think it is so pretty and I love the look it gave my card front.

For my card I started with some heavyweight white cardstock that I cut, scored and folded to make a card base that measured 3 1/8" X 5 3/4". I made it this size to match the size of my card front panel. I wanted it to completely cover the front of my card.

Next I chose a couple of pattern papers from a 6" X 6" paper pad in my stash. I am not sure of the name of the pad, sorry. I wanted a kind of vintage look. For the background I chose a tone on tone red snowflake pattern that I cut with the Mini Slimline Never Ending Dies also from Kat Scrappiness. I used the largest die to cut the snowflake paper. I am really loving these Mini Slimline dies. Next I found this vintage looking paper that looked like a page of newspaper ads. I decided to use it with the Mini Slimline Diamond Wire and Wood Grain die. Because it is a pattern paper the wood grain embossing didn't show up as well as I wanted. I ran it through my die cutting machine using the embossing sandwich and that helped a little.

To help bring out that would grain pattern I decided to ink the edges of the frame with some Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  To do this I used the Mini Blending Brushes at Kat Scrappiness. You get 3 sizes of these brushes, I used the largest and it worked great. Definitely something you want to add to your stash. I adhered the two pattern papers together using some liquid adhesive.

Next I started on my nutcracker. I found him in Cricut Access. If you have a Cricut and don't have Access you really should. I sized the nutcracker to fit my card and cut out the layers and adhered him together. I then used my Vintage Photo and the same mini blending brush to distress him. I adhered him directly to my card panel with liquid adhesive. He has quite a bit of dimension from all his layers.

I heat embossed my sentiment with some Antique Gold embossing powder on a scrap of cardstock used to cut his pants.  To finish the card I added some Gold Pearls from Kat Scrappiness. Be sure to check out her embellishments she has some great ones for the coming holidays.

Thanks for stopping by today. I love when you come to visit. I hope everyone has a safe Halloween. I hope you will come again.

Hello Summer

 

When I saw this cute pineapple with his summer sunglasses on in Cricut Access I knew I had to make a card with him. I decided to create a mini slimline card with him.

First I brought my pineapple image into Design Space. Next I added a rectangle that I changed the color of to white and sized it to 3" X 5.75". I then resized the pineapple so it would fit on the rectangle.  Next I wanted to add a sentiment. So, I typed my sentiment and then went looking for a font. I filtered my kerning fonts in Design Space by looking for writing fonts. I finally settled on this one called DTC Sahara Smooth. I then attached my sentiment to the white rectangle. I then headed to my Cricut Maker to write and cut out the layers for my card.  I cut the base layer of the pineapple out of some dark yellow. I cut the second layer out of some Yukon Gold Bazzill card stock. I used some silver mirror card stock for the lenses of my sunglasses. Of course green was used for the pineapple top and black for the mouth and frames of the glasses.

I used liquid adhesive to adhere all my layers of the pineapple together. I used some foam tape behind the pineapple to pop him up on the card panel.  I used some heavy weight card stock that I cut to 6" X 6.5". I scored my card base at 3 1/4" so I ended up with a 3 1/4" X 6" card base.  I adhered the card panel  to my card base using more liquid adhesive. 

To finish my card I added  some sequins from the Simon Says Stamp Pineapple Sequins mix. I had to, what with the name and all. I also added some Nuvo Glitter Pen to his green top.

I appreciate you stopping by for a visit today.  I am scheduled for a total knee replacement on June 16th so may be missing in action for a short while.

Mini Slimline Easter Card

 

I know it has been a long, long time since I posted to my blog. Life has really gotten in the way of crafting. I finally had a chance to make a card.

I made a mini slimline Easter card for one of my granddaughters. My card base is heavy weight white card stock that I cut to 6" x 6" and scored and folded it to 3" X 6". 

I used some mini slimline dies for the layers on my card. The dies are from Taylored Expressions. I did some partial die cutting for the first time. That proved to be a bit of a challenge for me. My scalloped layer is cut from some lavender card stock. The patterned paper is from the new Doodlebug Hippity Hoppy paper pad. All the images on my card are from the mini icons sticker sheets included in the collection. The paper and sticker sheets were included in the Simon Says Stamp Limited Edition Easter kit that I purchased. The kit is sold out now.

To finish my card I added some heart stickers from the icon sheets and some small red heart sequins that I got from Sizzix.

I hope to be back soon with another project. I did fall about 4 weeks ago and broke my left foot in 3 places and can't walk on it. I did rent a knee scooter as I just could not get coordinated enough to use the crutches. But it has presented a bit of a challenge for getting into my craft room, so please bare with me.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today.