Beach Bird

Today's card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4."  I used white card stock for the base.  The purple mat is 5 3/8"x4 1/8" and the pink polka dot mat is 5 1/4"x4."

The bird is from "3 Birds on Parade" (page 33) and was cut at 3 1/2."  The waves are from "Life is a Beach" (page 45) and they were cut at 1 1/2."  The sand was hand cut and covered in glitter.  The stamp shape is from "Elegant Edges" (page 37) and was cut at 4 1/4."  I embossed it with a Darice embossing folder called "Clouds."

I gave the bird a set of eyes from Peachy Keen Stamps, the Cartoon Bombshell Face Assortment.  I accented the eyes with a white gel pen and used some magenta chalk to add a little blush to her cheeks.  I then adhered her to the card with foam tape.

The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps.  The "warm" is from a sentiment that actually reads "cocoa warms the heart," from the Winter Wishes set.  I masked off all parts except the "warm."  "Birthday Wishes!" is from the Simple Sentiments set.  I then added some pink gems for a little bling.

I made this for the following challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut: project related to the beach

Cardz TV: child's birthday

Die Cuttin' Divas: beach inspired project

Chilly Bird

So, I completely went off track from my recent s'mores themed cards.  I didn't even keep it summer themed, or even warm weather themed.  Instead I made a Christmas card.

This guys is a shaped card using a cut from "3 Birds on Parade."  The image is on page 42 of the handbook.  I cut the shadow feature at 5 1/4" twice.  Then I glued the top 3/4" together to create my card base.  All the layers were also cut at 5 1/4."  I didn't use the piece of the bird that cut the eyes since I wanted to use Peachy Keen stamps for the eyes.  I covered the beak in yellow glitter, then covered all that with glossy accents.  The pom pom on the hat is covered with a dark green flocking powder.  I adhered the beak with a pop dot at the bottom of it and glue at the top for a little dimension.  The legs are covered in crackle accents for a little texture.  I also did a little doodling around the edges with a white gel pen.

The eyes for the bird are from Peachy Keen.  I used the largest set from the In the Garden Face Assortment.  I then used a white gel pen to accent the eyes and covered them in glossy accents.  The sentiments are from My Pink Stamper.

I used the current color challenge at Christmas Card Challenges as a jumping off point.  I used the reds and blues, but added in green as well.

More S'mores

I seem to have gotten on a s'mores kick recently.  I think I may need to make myself some s'mores soon.  So, here is my latest s'mores themed card:

The card is 4 1/2"x6 1/4."  I used brown card stock for the card base.  I cut a mat of white card stock at 4 3/8"x6 1/8."  I then cut some tree patterned paper at 4 1/4"x6."  This paper is from The Paper Studio, the Woodland Retreat stack.  I also cut a strip of grass patterned paper (from Debbie Mumm) and hand cut it to look a little more like ground.  

The bird and the fire are both from "3 Birds on Parade."  The bird is on page 57 and I cut it at 3."  It is adhered to the card with foam tape.  I added glossy accents to the bird's eye and inked the edge of one side of the marshmallow to make it look toasted.  I used tea dye Distress Ink for the toasty marshmallow.  

The fire is created from various cuts on this cartridge.  The logs of the fire are part of a nest, found on page 75.  I cut it at 1."  All pieces of the flame are from the bird carrying a baby (layer 2) found on page 70.  I hid the inner cut of this piece and cut yellow pieces at 1 3/4," the orange piece at 1 1/2" and the red piece at 3/4."  I outlined the flames with star dust Stickles to give it a little shimmer.  The sentiment is from the Happy Camper set by Scrappy Moms Stamps.

S'mores

Today's project is a matching gift box and card set.  This is a great way to package a gift card for that special guy in your life.  Especially if that guy loves s'mores, but let's be honest, who doesn't love s'mores?!

The s'mores gift box is part of a the Camp Firefly cut file set from SVG Cuts.  I used my Silhouette to cut it out.  I hid all the holes that are supposed to cut from the graham crackers, because I wanted to emboss the crackers instead.  I used the Swiss Dots folder, the debossed side, for my crackers.  I inked all the edges of the cracker pieces with tea dye Distress Ink and the chocolate pieces with vintage photo Distress Ink.  I also inked the marshmallow with tea dye Distress Ink to make it look nice and toasted.

The card is 6 1/4"x4 1/2."  I used brown card stock for the card base, then cut a kraft mat at 6"x4 1/4."  I cut some patterned pieces of card stock to create a sun burst shape for the top part of the card.  I then wrapped the card with brown ribbon.  I used my Cuttlebug to cut two circles from a Spellbinders Nestabilities die from brown and kraft card stock.  The raccoon is a Peachy Keen stamp.  I used their SVG file to cut it from white card stock, then stamped and colored it, adding glossy accents to its eyes and star dust Stickles to the fire.  I adhered it over the circle with foam tape.  The sentiment and other marshmallow are also from Peachy Keen.  I colored the edge of the marshmallow with some tea dye Distress Ink to make it look toasty.  The raccoon and marshmallow are from the Burnt Out Camping Raccoon set, the sentiment is from the May 2014 Stamp of the Month kit.

I cut another piece of kraft card stock at 6"x4 1/4" for the inside.  I then cut some white card stock at 5"x3 1/4" as a mat.  I cut a strip of patterned card stock at 1"x4."  The sentiment and the s'more are both from the May 2014 Stamp of the Month kit.  I used the SVG file to cut the s'more out as well.  I then paper pieced it and added a face.  I used some tea dye Distress Ink on it as well, also adding some glossy accents to its eyes.

I made this for the following challenges:

Scrappy Moms Stamps: BBQ (because it just isn't a good BBQ without s'mores for dessert)

Cardz TV: 3D masculine birthday

My Craft Spot: anything but a card

Exploring Cricut & More: anything goes

Peachy Keen: sketch (I flipped it)

Sailboat

I used a file from SVG Cuts to create this card, it is called Seaside.  I cut it at the size it came in the file, which makes it about 6 1/2" tall.  I gave it an extra layer, the blue background layer is the same as the ivory layer, just sized smaller.  I inked around the edges of the card base, the middle of the sun, the banner, and the sails.  I also sanded the edges of the waves to make them seem a little like white caps.  The sun and clouds are both files from the Silhouette Store.  The sun is by Sweet Afton (#57829) and the clouds are from Snapdragon Snippets (#44219).  I covered the clouds with white flocking powder.  The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps, the Sun Kissed set.

I made this for the following challenges:

The Friday Mashup: summer theme using color combo (hello honey, lost lagoon, mossy meadow)

Stuck On U Sketches: die cut challenge - going somewhere

Huge Birthday Wishes

This card is 4 1/4"x5 1/2."  I used white card stock for the base, then cut some dark blue card stock at 4 1/8"x5 3/8" and some light blue card stock at 4"x5 1/4."  I embossed the light blue card stock with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  It is part of a set called Animal Prints, this particular one looks like lizard or alligator hide, at least I think so.

The dark blue rectangle is 2 7/8"x3 5/8," and the orange rectangle is 2 3/4"x3 1/2."  The dinosaur image is a stamp from Paper Smooches., as is the sentiment.  Both the sentiment and the image are from the Party Posse set.  I colored the dinosaur and fussy cut him.  The word bubble was cut with the Silhouette Cameo.  I got it from the Silhouette Store.  It is called "3 Thought Bubbles" and is by Lori Whitlock (#7507).  It was cut at 1.834"x3.206."  I stamped the sentiment inside the bubble.  The whole rectangle was added to the card with pop-dots.  I finished it off with some buttons in the corners.

I made this for the following challenges:

Paper Smooches: anything goes

Color Throwdown: color combo

Big Balloon

I was browsing Pinterest one day and came across a CAS card that I thought would be really easy to reproduce.  Here is the card on Pinterest:

Here is my version:

My card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4," and made from a turquoise card stock.  I cut a white mat at 5 1/4"x4."  The balloon is from the "Create a Critter" cartridge.  It is on page 30 of the handbook, I used the layer 1 (shift) function and cut it at 5."  I tied a piece of turquoise baker's twine around the base of the balloon; I then placed it where I wanted it on my card and trimmed off the rest.  I glued down the tail end of the twine and finished off the front of the card with a sentiment from Paper Smooches, the Birthday Sampler set.

Here is the inside of my card:

I cut a piece of pink card stock at 5"x3 3/4" and some white card stock at 4 3/4"x3 1/2."  Both the sentiment and the balloon are from the Birthday Sampler set by Paper Smooches as well.  I drew in the string with a turquoise marker.  I used two colors of ink to get the color I wanted for the sentiment: bahama blue and turquoise gem.  The sentiment on the front and the balloon are stamped in rosebud ink.  All the ink is from Tsukineko.

I made this for the following challenges:

Color Throwdown: color challenge

Fantabulous Cricut: anything goes

The Friday Mashup: card with minimal layers, or CAS

CASology: cue word - "float"

Paper Smooches Sparks: anything goes

Baseball Shape Card

Here is one for all you baseball fans out there:

This shaped card is 9"x3 1/2" when all assembled.  I used Cricut Craft Room to weld the shadow images of the bat, mitt, and baseball together.  All three of these images came from the "Baseball" cartridge, a Solutions cartridge.  

I used a stamp from Scrappy Moms Stamps for my sentiment.  It is from the Game Day set.

Patriotic Cupcake

A little red, white, and blue in the days leading up to Independence Day!

The card base is 4 1/4"x5 1/2," and made from white card stock.  I cut a blue mat at 4 1/8"x5 3/8," then a red striped mat at 4"x5 1/4."  The blue strip is 1 1/2"x5 1/4," the red strip is 1 1/8"x5 1/4," and the white strip is 1"x5 1/4."

I found the cupcake in the Silhouette Store.  It is called "PPbN Designs Delicous Cupcake," and is by PPbN Designs (#46480).  When it is all assembled it is about 4 3/4" tall.  I added diamond glaze to the white "shine" on the cupcake icing and also to the darker blue and red candy dots.  I covered the lighter blue dots with waterfall Stickles and the lighter red ones with x-mas red Stickles.  I also embossed the icing with the D'Vine Swirls embossing folder.

I used a stamp from Scrappy Moms Stamps for the sentiment.  It is from the Quirky Quotes set.  I stamped it in faded jeans Distress Ink by Tim Holtz.  I finished off the card with some blue gems.

I made this for the following challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations: cupcake photo

My Craft Spot: Patriotic