Easel Card

For April I challenged our card swap group over at Cuttlebug-Itis Swap group to make an Easel Card. I must say the members really make cute and gorgeous cards.

Here is my card for the swap:

Top of Easel card

Easel card opened

I used the following items to make the card:

Spellbinders for blue frames

Cricut Imagine Elise cartridge for floral paper in background behind blue frames. 

Cricut Southwest cartrdige for Vase. Slightly bent vase on sides to make it rounder to accomodate the flowers and attached with SU Dimensionals.

Spellbinders Poppy Patch for the flowers. (I outlined the vase lightly with a pencil, attached adhesive inside the lines and stuck the flowers down).

SU White paper - where greeting or message can be written

core'dinations blue cardstock for base of card

WeRMemoryKeepers Washi Tape  in Yellow

Blue metal flowers that are brads. I snapped the bottoms off and attached with rolled glue dots.

That's it for the card! Simple and fast.

Happy Crafting!

Debbie

Cuttlebug_itis March Swap

I am having so much fun swapping cards over at Cuttlebug-Itis Swap group. This month we made Cascade cards for the single swap and a Gate Fold card for the group swap. Both swaps critieria were to use the colors of the Spring season. Oh my the cards everyone  made are so pretty.

The first card I made was the Cascade card. I think they are so pretty when the top of the card is punched so here is my first card.

Cascade Card

 

 

 

For this card I used the following:
1. Bazzill White Cardstock
2. SU cardstock and ink pads of Baby Blue, Cameo Coral, YoYo Yellow and Perfect Plum.
3. Martha Stewart punch to make the fencing on top of card. Inked the fencing with SU Perfect Plum.
4. Front panel is using Spellbinders Butterfly Circles. The butterflies used on the fencing are from the die and colored with matching SU markers.
5. Stamp reads "Rebirth of Spring" from Just Rite Nature's Nested Sentiments.
6. Stamps used on main white panels are butterflies and flowers from the Martha Stewart Stamp       Around the Page 10 piece Starter Set.
7. Impression Obsession "Flower Mound" die
8. Spica pens used on the butterflies for a soft shimmer.

My second swap was a Gate Fold card.

Gate Fold Card

For this card I used the following:
1. Bazzill White Cardstock
2. SU cardstock and ink pads of Baby Blue, Cameo Coral, YoYo Yellow and Pixie Pink.
3. Trellis was cut from an SVG file on my computer out of Wausau Papers White Pearlescent stock.
4. Impression Obsession "Flower Mound" die.
6. Sizzix Sizzlits Little Leaves
7. Inside stamps are from a clear set I purchased at Michael's. Manufacturer unknown.
8. Spica Pens used on butterflies for a little bit of shimmer. I love these pens. 

If you would like to play along, please join us at the  Cuttlebug-Itis group. It's so much fun!

Have a crafty day!

Debbie

CuttlebugItis Group Swap for February

In February, we had a card swap at the CuttlebugItis Swap group. Oh my, the members that participated made some very beautiful cards. Here are my 2 submissions.

First card was for the One-on-One swap. Each member is paired with a partner and they exchange cards.

Items used Cuttlebug Victoria embossing folder, Spellbinders Butterfly Circle Die, Flowers from Cricut Walk in My Garden cartridge, Martha Stewart Pearls, Green Flourish Die Cuts on the Wishblade and White ribbon with satin.

 

 

 

The second card is a Gate Fold card and I love how it came together.

This uses the Cuttlebug Forest Branches embossing folder, Spellbinders Lacey Circles,  Just Rite Birthday Wishes Sentiment set and inside I layers WeRMemoryKeepers Blue Washi Tape.

 It was a fun swap and I can't wait to do it again for the March swap. If you would like to play along, please join us at the  Cuttlebug-Itis group. It's so much fun!

Have a crafty day!

Debbie

Goodbye Dear Friend

This past week, quite unexpectedly, our very dear friend Tim passed away. He was part of our family for 20 years. There were so many things we did together. We went to the local and Nascar races, celebrated family events, and did so many other things with him. One of his greatest joys was hunting. He was a Hunters Education instructor for many years. His friends and family will be missing a very rare individual. It is hard not rushing to grab the phone everyday, knowing it was him calling us. We will never hear his voice or his laughter again.

 Here is a card I made for his family. 

I used Spellbinders Lacy Circles, Spellbinders Fancy Tags, Just Rite "With Sympathy" clear stamp set, Stampin' Up Chocolate cardstock, Green cardstock, Sizzix Dots embossing folder,  Copic markers, white pearls and ribbon is from GinaK Designs.   

Cuttlebug-Itis Group

A few years ago I joined the Cuttlebug-Itis Yahoo Group. Recently Martha Rose retired from it and Beverly Bohannon took over ownership. Beverly owns Classy Cards 'n Such. Check out her store,  her prices are very competitive on many things. I volunteered to help out with the Cuttlebug-Itis Swap group, where we swap cards One-On-One or in Group swaps. We just held our first swap for the month of February and there are many talented and crafty members. Beverly asked me to become a moderator for the groups and I said yes. So I'm having fun!

Baby Shower

Recently I received a box of photos that my grandmother had stashed away, before she passed away. I found photos of my cousin Catherine's baby shower.

I found a layout that I cased from Melinda at http://www.mypapercrafting.com/.  It is listed under her 1 page layouts and it was just so darn cute that I had to make it.

My cousin picked Noah's Ark as the theme for the baby's room so I'm having a blast cutting & making animals from the Animal Kingdom cart, to put on the rest of the pages. I used the following Cricut carts:

Cricut Imagine cart Elise for the background paper
Christmas - Teddy Bear cut out at 5.01"
Nursery Rhyme - Letters cut at 1.12"
Disney Pooh & Friends- Umbrella cut at 2.53"
Tags, Bags, Boxes & More - Flower cut at 1.12"
Square Punches used are 1 1/8" & 1 1/4"
Spellbinders Fancy Frame for under the mat photo
Crystal Flowers sent to me by a friend - on mat and photo


I'm just having to much fun and that's a good thing right?! It's a great way to spend time when it's way to cold to be outside. Right now it's -4 degrees, brrr.

Happy Crafting!

Debbie

Happy Thanksgiving

Just want to wish everyone a very blessed Happy Thanksgiving.