Serene Silhouette

We took a break from blogging but not from stamping.  We've made lots of cards over the past few months so hopefully they will get posted on the blog.

I made this card using THIS tutorial from Michelle Zindorf.  The stamp is an old one from A Stamp in the Hand (are they still around?) called Country Tree.  I embossed SU Chocolate Chip cardstock with a CB Paper Lace II EF then lightly sponged PTI Vintage Creme ink on top.

Thanks for looking!
Carol

Supplies:
CTMH Ink - Buttercup, Sunflower, Sky, Ocean, Heavenly Blue, Juniper, Olive
Memento Tuxedo Black
PTI Vintage Creme
CTMH Outdoor Denim cardstock
SU Chocolate Chip cardstock
Cuttlebug Paper Lace II embossing folder



Santa Cards

This year I made a few Christmas cards using my Cricut and SCAL program.  The Santa hat and holly are free downloads from Birds Cards. I ran the trim and pom pom through the cuttlebug to emboss and used foam squares to pop up just the one edge of the hat.

These next three Santa's were done using a kit I bought from SVG Cuts.  I first saw this card HERE on Splitcoaststampers.  I love how she used the Peachy Keen stamps for the face.  I don't have those stamps so I hand drew the eyes myself.  Those eyes are what really makes the card. On the card above, I glittered the trim and pom pom and ran the beard and mustache through the cuttlebug to emboss. The holly is a button I had.

This card I used paper from My Minds Eye for the hat, the holly svg from Birds Cards and ran the hat trim, pom pom, beard and mustache through the cuttlebug to emboss.

This card is actually smaller than the previous two.  Those are about 5 1/2 inch square.  I reduced the files down to about 80% for this one so that it would fit into a standard envelope.  The hat is paper from My Mind's Eye.

I made this card a few years ago.  I saw similar cards on Spitcoaststampers.  Using them as examples I free-handed the hat, trim, beard and mustache.  The nose and brows are an SU! punch.  I ran everything through the cuttlebug to emboss. The eyes are brads.

 

Supplies used:

Paper: SU! Real Red and Black, My Minds Eye, CTMH Parchment and Blush, Hollo's White

Black and White Glaze Pens

White Gel Pen

Ink: SU! Real Red and Cameo Coral, CTMH Crystal Blue

Red Rhinestones

SVG files: SVG Cuts and Birds Cards

Cuttlebug folders

 

Thanks for looking!

Carol

 

Mom's 85th Birthday

(front)

(inside)

(last page of candles)



(last page)

(card inside clear box)

 

Here is another candle card.  This one was for our mom's 85th birthday.  You can see the details on how to make a candle card HERE.

Supplies used:

Graphic 45: A Ladies Diary 6x6 pad

K&Co. Bailey

American Craft: Peach, Mediterranian, Vanilla, Olive, Truffle

CTMH: Buttercup

Distress Ink

Cheery Lynn: Miniature Rose

MS Pine Branch Punch

Small Retro Flower Punch

SU! Bird Punch

Outline stamp birthday verse

Glossy Accents

Rock Candy Distress Stickles

Rhinestones

String Pearls

Glitter

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Carol and Cheryl

Christmas Digi - Birdie Brown

I found this digi called Happy Santa on Etsy in Birdie Brown's shop.  It is so cute, I had to have it.  I have a friend who collects Santa's.  Every year I make her a card with a Santa and every year it has to be a different Santa.  This may be the card that I send her.  Or maybe I will make another using one of the other Santa's in this set.  We will see.

 

I used Spellbinders Circle Nesties to cut the circles out of the card.  I used a larger one on the top layer with the trees then a slightly smaller one to cut through the blue layer and the base of the card (use removable tape to tape everything in place before cutting so that the layers don't move).  I attached a piece of acetate behind the blue layer before I adhered it to the card base.  I used foam squares to attach Santa, girl and conversation bubble.  The tree was cut out of a scrap of the tree paper and glued to the inside of the card base.

 

Supplies used:

Birdie Brown Happy Santa digital stamp

Patterned Paper - unknown

Copics

Acetate

Ribbon

Spellbinders Circle Nesties (large & small sets)

Foam Squares

 

Thanks for looking!

Carol



Christmas Cards

I saw this CARD and knew I had to CASE this card using the wisemen from the Hero Arts Heavens Rejoice set.  I did not have the full set to use, though; I had a teacher's set that Hero Arts sent to The Embellished Scrapbook Boutique so I had to use a different sentiment on the front of the card.  I used MFT Fishtail dies.  I used a Tim Holtz script stamp on the white fishtail.  The larger white is a glitter paper.  I had a request for 70 of these cards.  The same person also bought 70 of my nativity cards last year:

I used the Hero Arts Greatest Gift set for this card.  For the yellow, I used a piece of cardstock with a circle punched out and sponged CTMH Buttercup.

 

Supplies used:

Hero Arts Heavens Rejoice, Greatest Gift

MFT Fishtail dies

 

Thanks for looking!

Carol

 





Baby Shower Card

I made this card to go with a shower gift for my niece, Sarah, who is due January 5.  She is having a little girl named Avery.  The card matches the gift that my sister and I made for her - a First Year mini scrapbook.  Stay tuned for pictures of the scrapbook.

Directions on how to make a criss cross card can be found HERE on Splitcoaststampers.  Just scroll to below the video at the bottom to get the directions on how to make the vertical criss cross card.

Supplies used:
American Craft cardstock
Bella Blvd Baby Girl pack
Punches: MS lace, SU! tab, Marvy scalloped circle (blue & pink punches)
SU! ribbon
Cricut Create A Critter cartridge
Glitter (bird is outlined)

Thanks for looking!
Carol

Folded Christmas Tree

The scrapbook store that I work at (The Embellished Scrapbook Boutique) had their annual Christmas Card Round Robin event this past weekend.  The teachers make up card kits and our customers can go around the room and make as many of each card as they would like for $1.50 per card.  This year we had 29 different designs and about 20 kits of each one (click on the above link to see the cards).  This is one of the cards that I made for the event. 

 

I found the pattern on Splitcoaststampers.  You can find a tutorial HERE.  I just found this tutorial today.  It is a little different than how I did mine, but this will work for you.

 

Supplies:

WRMK Yuletide Red Plaid paper

American Craft rouge & olive cardstock

Gold glitter paper

WPlus9 Clear Cut Stackers Stars

WPlus9 Iconic Christmas (sentiment)

EK Success small star punch

MFT Fishtail dies

Spellbinders M-bossibilities folder

 

Thanks for looking!

Carol

 

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