Online Card Class, Day 2

Here is my Day 2 card from the Online Card Class.  This was really fun and something I never would have thought to do with my dies.

I did the technique shown by the awesome Kristina Werner and used Distress Inks on watercolor paper to create the paper for the butterflies.  My ink colors were Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, Dusty Concord, and Mustard Seed.

The dies I used were from Spellbinders, Simon Says Stamp, and Heartfelt Creations.  Gotta have some sparkle so I added some clear Wink of Stella to the sentiment that I cut from my Cricut Explore.  I cut it 3 times and layered it for dimension.

I never thought I needed the sentiment dies, but now I am thinking I need to do some shopping for some!

Online Card Classes, Day 1 Card

This is my first online card class ever!  The lessons with the videos are so good!  Day 1 was taught by the awesome Jennifer McGuire, Julie Ebersole, and Debby Hughes.

Day 1 was yesterday so I'm a day behind but I hope to catch up tomorrow with Day 2 and Day 3.  Two cards in one day?  Hmm, we shall see!

Day One card is all Bo Bunny with Want2Scrap pearls.

Well, wish me luck to get two cards done tomorrow!   I have such a struggle choosing papers! HaHa!

Special Occasion Card

Happy Saturday!  It's been a fun day.  My sister and I hosted a bridal shower for our sweet niece.  I made a special card to go along with the gift we gave her.

I used Spellbinders Framed Label 18 3-D Em-Bossibilities folder.  I inked the embossing folder before running it through the Grand Caliber.  I really love this look!

The sentiment, leaf stems and butterfly are Heartfelt Creations stamps and dies.  I used VersaMark ink on velum and embossed it with white embossing powder.  For the butterfly I stamped and embossed it the same way as the leafs.  I used Distress Ink on the back of the butterfly to color it.

The pretty flower is one I bought at Michael's by Recollections.  Oh, I had to have a bit of sparkle, so I used a clear Wink of Stella glitter pen on all of the de-bossed portions of the card base.  I just love sparkles!

Here is a close up of the butterfly.

You can see how the Wink of Stella really shines here.

Thank you for looking at my blog.  I hope you liked my card and will say Hello in the comment section!

Happy Birthday w/Framed Labels 18

Happy Birthday Card

Yes, two posts in one day.  I'm in between projects and thought I'd post another one.  This is a birthday card I made for our sweet daughter who turned 25 last month.  My how time flies!  I'm sure I don't feel 25 years older!

I really had fun creating this card.  I struggle with the details so many times when I am starting to design a card.  I had asked my daughter what her current favorite color is.  She said blue, and light blue!  With that information, I chose the papers I wanted to use first before thinking about anything else.  It did seem to make the process go more smoothly.  I will try choosing paper first next time to see if it was a fluke, or not!

All of the papers are from a pack from Authentique.  The collection is called Original.  I used one of Spellbinders 3-D embossing folders called Framed Labels 18.  I carefully put VersaMark ink onto the debossed side of the folder, added the paper and ran it through my Grand Caliber.  I sprinkled on white embossing powder and used a brush to remove a little bit here and there.  After I heat embossed it, I  cut off the bottom section of the embossed piece.

The flower is Create A Daisy, also from Spellbinders, and the butterfly is a stamp with matching die from Our Daily Bread.  I love bling and always try to get it onto any project I can!  These pearls from Want2Scrap were perfect!

I hope you like my card.  Please say hello in my comment section--would love to know if anyone is seeing my blog.  Thanks and have a wonderful week!

Tags and Label with Cricut Explore

Cricut Explore Crafting

Can't believe it's March 1 already!  It has been a cold, icy, snowy last week of February here in north Texas.  I'm so ready for springtime warmth!

I'm hosting a bridal shower in a few weeks.  The bride's color is called Horizon Blue (David's Bridal) and she's using burlap decor.  Thought I'd tie into that some for the shower.  I found an idea on Pinterest for shower favors that I think everyone will like.  I always seem to want to "bling" up a project just a notch though so I used my Cricut Explore and Design Space to create the sweet tag on the seed packets.  Design Space is so wonderful and easy!  I added a tag image, text, and the flower bunch onto my mat.  Used the flatten function in order to print then cut the tag out!

I love how they turned out!

I also designed the label for this sign in Design Space.  Used Print then Cut, printing it on a sheet of Cricut's printable vinyl.  The little flower stems and butterfly were created with a stencil, white pigment ink, and of course, glitter! 

Thank you for visiting my blog!

Happy Valentine's Day w/Spellbinders & Impression Obsession

Happy Valentine's Day!

Even though I feel that this day is WAY overrated, I still enjoy making a few cards to give to my husband and our two daughters.  I made this one using Spellbinders' Delightful Tree & Garden Gate, & Impression Obsession's 6-in-1 Frames.  Oh, the tiny little hearts on the tree were cut with my Cricut Explore machine--amazed at the precision!  I cut the word Happy on the Explore too.

Have a wonderful day!

Happy Birthday w/HC Majestic Morning flowers

Happy Birthday

This is a birthday card I really enjoyed making!  I used stamps and dies from Heartfelt Creations.  The flowers are Majestic Morning.  The leaves are from the Leaf Medley set.  The butterfly is from Posy Patch Garden Delights and the corners are Decorative Blossom Corner.  Picked Raspberry Distress Ink was used to color some white ribbon to match.  I used some Perfect Pearls spray for the shimmery look on the flowers.  Bling from Want2Scrap finished it up.  I seem to always want some sparkle!

I love how it turned out!