BYSH Cardmakers Challenge Sketch 35 Project 2

 

Hey everyone! I'm up on the blog at BYSH Cardmakers with another inspiration post for our July Challenge.

I followed the measurements on the sketch. pattern papers are from an old My Minds Eye paper pad in my stash. I used my corner chomper to round the two corners on the diagonal stripe paper.  For my two embellishments I found these snowflake stickers in my stash and thought they would be perfect. I stamped my sentiment and popped it up with some foam tape. To finish my card I added some small clear rhinestones to my trees and around the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you will pop on over to the BYSH Cardmakers blog for more wonderful inspiration from the design team then add your project to our Facebook group. 

The Best Things in Life are Friends

I have another birthday card for you today. I started with a 5" X 7" white card base. I added a pink mat cut to 4 3/4" X 6 3/4". My hot pink mat was cut at 4 1/2" X 6 1/2" . I embossed all but the lower 1 3/4" with the Anna Griffin Smitten Embossing Folder. My patterned paper is from the My Minds Eye Memoriable 6" X 6" paper pad and was cut at 4 1/2" X 5". The pink polka dot piece is the reverse of the paisley print. I then added a thin strip of the pink mat to cover where where the two patterned papers meet. I don't have sizes because these two pieces were scraps left after I trimmed the papers for the card.

My sentiment is on a white mat cut at 2" X 3" and stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The pink mat is cut at 2 1/4" X 3 1/4". I wrapped some bakers twine around the bottom of the sentiment and then tied a bow and adhered to the card with some foam tape. The Happy Birthday sentiment is also stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I added some rhinestones to the card to finish it off.

Thanks for visiting.

Advent Calendar

Here is the advent calendar I made this year. The tree is from Kaisercraft and Kim special ordered it for me. (Thanks Kim!) I painted the edges with some green acrylic paint as well as the little wooden pieces for the numbers. I used some Glue and Seal to adhere my paper to the front and back of my tree. The paper is from my stash. I added some Washi Tape by My Minds Eye for my garland. Next I cut a star from the George and Basic Shapes cartridge at 2 1/2" and I covered the whole thing front and back with some WOW! Gold Rich Ultra embossing powder. Next I cut the countdown to Christmas out with my Silhouette out of some red card stock and then embossed it twice using the Clear Gloss WOW! embossing powder. Finally I cut my numbers out of red vinyl and adhered them to my wooden pieces.

Winter Wonderland Card

My card for you today is a 5" X 7" white card stock base. I added a black mat cut a 4 3/4" X 6 3/4". I then added some snowflake paper from the My Minds Eye Winter Wonderland  6" X6" paper pad. I then cut some white card stock to look like a snow mound and added some Flower Soft Glitter Frosting Hint of Green. I wanted to cut my pond from some of the Tim Holtz Mirror Sheets. I will tell you it did not cut well with my Cricut. I cut the pond from the Create a Critter cartridge at 1 1/2" and used my Gypsy to hide the little ripples that cut. (The pond is found under the accessory feature on the hippo cut). I used a multi cut of 4 and did that twice so 8 times but it still didn't cut. I did use the line cut by my cricut and my Tim Hotlz scissor to cut out my pond. I cut my ice skater at 4 1/2". I used paper from my stash for her. I then stamped my sentiment. Sure hope you like her. It was a bit hard to photograph the mirrored paper and it is picking up the reflection from the "white snow".

A Very Merry Christmas Card

Over at Cardz TV the Design Team is have a Holiday, Pick One! Challenge. To make a project for any holiday! This is what I came up with.

My card base is white cardstock cut and scored for a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card. I added a red mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" then a green polka dot mat cut at 3 3/4" X 5". I added another red mat cut at 3 1/2" X 4 3/4" and then another patterned paper mat cut at 3 1/2" X 4 1/2". My patterned paper and stickers for my card are all from the My Minds Eye Winter Wonderland paper pack.

Snow Angel Card

It has been hot here for the last week so I decided it was time to make a cool weather card. I started with a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" white card base. I added a mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and then snowflake paper cut at 3 3/4" X 2 1/2". I then used the D'Vine Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss a piece of the Core'denations Whitewashed paper and sanded it. I then inked the raised swirls with my Versamark pad and sprinkled it with the Neutral Ultra Shimmer WOW! Embossing powder. Finally I added the strip with the little houses on it which is the back side of the first mat. My patterned paper is from My Minds Eye Winter Wonderland paper pack. I sprayed the snowflake paper with some iridescent Glitter Dust.

Not sure you can really see the sparkle and shine from the glitter spray in the photo. I cut my Snow Angel from the Winter Frolic cartridge at 3". I adhered her to the card front with an Action Wobble and stamped my sentiment.

Thanks for visiting.

Gnome Home Card

Today I have for you this cute Gnome Home card. My card base is Kraft card stock cut and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. My patterned paper is from a My Minds Eye Six by Six paper pad called Gnome Sweet Gnome. This paper is not yet in the store but Kim can order it for you. I added a Green patterned paper mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and then the striped cross stitch patterned paper cut at 3 3/4" X 5". I then cut a strip of the reverse of the green patterned mat that had the flowers on it at 5" in width and ran that across my card. My Gnome Home is from the Gnomes and Mushroom Cricut Digital cartridge but I just thought it was so cute. I cut the Gnome Home at 3" and all the layers are cut from scraps. I adhered the home to the card with some foam tape and added a small onyx liquid pearl for the door knob. I inked all my edges with some Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink. For my sentiment I heavily inked a small white piece of card stock that I used Faded Jeans Distress Ink to stamp my sentiment. I mated that with a piece of brown card stock and added a couple of buttons from my stash.

Birthday Card

I have a fun birthday card for you today! I made this for my son's girlfriend. Sure hope she likes it. My card base is white card stock and is cut and folded to make a 4" X 9" card. This card will fit in a regular #10 business envelope. I added a pink mat cut at 3 3/4" X 8 3/4". My next dilemma was that the paper pad I wanted to use was a 6" X 6" paper pad but I need an 8 1/2" tall paper for my card. So what I did is I took two different coordinating papers from the My Minds Eye "Life's A Party" paper pad. This paper has not been added to the store yet but if your interested in it, let Kim know. Here is a picture of the paper pad.

 I cut the blue patterned paper in the middle of my card at 3 1/2" X 4". I then found a piece of paper in the pad that had strips for borders and cut that at 3 1/2" X 2 1/2" and placed that at the top of bottom of the blue piece on my card. Then the reverse of the border print paper had the same pattern as the blue but it was pink so I cut a 1/2" X 3 1/2" piece of that paper to place over the seams, My birthday ice cream cone is cut at 6 1/2". I ran the cone part through my Cuttlebug and embossed it with a Sizzix Argyle embossing folder. (This Cuttlebug embossing folder is very similar and would work well.) To finish my ice cream cone I added some Key Lime Liquid Pearls for my sprinkles and some Orange Peel and Paprika stickles to my candle. I added my Ice Cream Cone with some foam tape to my card front.

Window Card

I saw the idea for this card last December in a card making magazine and have been wanting to make one. My card base is white Bazzill Smooth card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. My patterned papers for the curtains is from the My Minds Eye paper pad Miss Caroline All Dolled Up. Using the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge I cut the scallop at 1" and then trimmed it to fit across my card. My "curtains" are cut at 1 7/8" X 4". I ran the paper through my paper crimper to get that pleated look. For my window I cut the image from the Christmas Solutions cartridge at 3" out of the Mod Squad Cut and Emboss Paper by Core'denations. I then cut the view for my window from a scrap from the Echo Park Summer Paper pad from last summer. I adhered the view down straight to my card. I attached the window with some of the ASI 3D Clear Foam. I also attached the curtains and the valance with some foam tape. To finish it off, I added a couple of bows.

Just Saying Hello Card

I have a fun spring card for you today. My card base is white smooth Bazzill card stock cut and  scored to 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". I added a mat from the My Minds Eye Fiddlesticks 6" X 6" paper pad. The new My Minds Eye paper pads are fabulous. I cut the wood grain mat (don't you just love it!) at 4" X 5 1/4". Then I added a strip of the reverse side of the paper cut at 1 1/2" X 4". I cut my image from the Kate's ABC cartridge at 3". I used the Cricut Imagine Nursery Tails cartridge for my pattern on the watering can and my flowers. I used a white gel pen to add some doodle dots to my flowers and some faux stitching to the watering can and the polka dot mat. I then adhered everything to my card front and used some Flower Soft Adhesive and some Meadow Flower Soft around the edge of my watering can. I wanted it to look like it was sitting in the grass. Finally I added my sentiment with some Memento Rich Cocoa Ink and added some stickles to my flower centers.

Merry Christmas Card

Today I have for you a simple and quick Christmas card. I got the idea for this card from a magazine where I saw that they had stamped a simple Christmas tree shape on patterned paper. Of course I looked at that and said, I can recreate that with my Cricut and this is what I came up with. All of the patterned papers is from the My Minds Eye 12 Days of Christmas 6" X 6" paper pad which is two sided paper and I used both sides of the paper on my card. I started with a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" cream colored card base. I cut a mat from some red paper, which is the reverse of the middle tree, from the paper pad at 4" X 5 1/4" and then cut a mat from the Merry Christmas paper at 3 3/4"X 5".  My trees are cut at 3 1/4" using the base layer of the Christmas Tree on the Celebrate With Flourish Cricut Lite cartridge and the reverse of the two red mats. My small red mat is cut at 2 1/4" X 5" and I used a scalloped border punch on it. I then cut a blue patterned paper, which is the reverse of the Merry Christmas paper. This was cut at 1 3/4" X 5" and I used the same scalloped border punch on it. I added the trees with foam dots and finished them with some Golden Rod Stickles on the stars and I painted the tree trunks with some Cowboy Glimmer Glaze. This card is colorful and went together quickly so would be easy to produce multiples.

Co-Worker Gifts

Here are some little gifts I made to take to work and give the people I work with. I cut the Popcorn box from TBBM at 5". I laid the box out on my gypsy and was able to get two boxes per 12" X 12" sheet of card stock. The patterned paper are from two different My Minds Eye Christmas Paper packs. The tan boxes with Twas The Night Before Christmas on them are from a pack I bought last year, the other papers are from one I got at Michaels this year. I used Scor-tape to adhere the boxes together. I bought a variety of snack mixes from the bulk food section of a local grocer and filled some clear treat bags that I bought at Michaels. A trick I learned to make filling the bags easiest is to place them empty inside the popcorn boxes and then I used a scoop to fill the clear bags. Since the popcorn boxes are narrower at the bottom then the top this made it easier to get the bags into the boxes and still get them fairly full. I used the twist ties that came with the bags to close them and then tied some ribbon around them. The ribbon is some I got from Michaels and it says Naughty but Nice on it in red and green text. I then used the Winter Frolic cartridge to cut a 2 1/4" tag and stamped it with a little stamp I had that says Hope Your Holidays are a Treat. I inked the ends of the tag with Memento Lady Bug ink and used the same ink to stamp the sentiment on my tags. Since I was having some trouble with my hands cramping I opted to not tie the tags to the ribbon like I had planned. Instead, I added a gold mini brad and attached the tag to the front of the box with some foam tape. Thanks for visiting.

Cupcake Card

Here is a quick card I made for my sister for her birthday. I used a pre-made A2 card base from a pack of cards by My Minds Eye. I then used a piece of scrap paper and a punch by EK Success for the scalloped bordered paper. The cupcake is from Sweet Treats and the pearls are some I picked up in the dollar bin at Craft Warehouse. The flowers are Prima Flowers. Thanks for looking.