Quick Graduation Cards

These graduation cards were quick and easy to make.  The congratulations circle is a free digi stamp from Scrap-a-licious-times and the mortar board and diploma are also free digital stamps (source unknown).  The images were colored with Copics and accented with glossy accents.  They were then cut with a circle nestie and mounted onto a scalloped circle nestie.  Tim Holtz bricked embossing folder was used on the white background and the letters were cut out using MFT By the Letters.

If you have never used digital stamps, you should give them a try.  There are tons of free stamps available on-line here: Free Digital Stamps Blog. 

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Bricked EF

My Favorite Things By the Letters

Circle and Scalloped Circle Nesties

Digital Stamps: Scrap-a-licious-times and unknown

Thanks for stopping by!

Carol and Cheryl

Crazy for Quilt Cards Class at ESB

Sunday, April 29, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., $15-Crazy for Quilt Cards. Do you want to quilt but don't know how to sew? Come to this class and "quilt" three different cards with paper. No sewing involved.  Class held at the Embellished Scrapbook Boutique, Sandusky, OH. 

Cheryl

Linked to:

A Bowl Full of Lemons

Skip to My Lou

Always Crafting

Tatertots and Jello

I Heart Nap Time

Another 90th Birthday Card

My neighbor wanted a special card for a friend who was turning 90 so I told her about the 90th card that Carol and I made for our uncle. Without seeing pictures of that card, she requested that we make one for her friend. Since the card was for a female, I decided a quilt pattern would be perfect for the front.

Carol decorated a clear box that a stamp set was packaged in for the envelope for the card.

Supplies:

Paper: K & Company, Bazzill, American Craft, CTMH

Ink: CTMH sunflower, Memento

Stamps: MFT Pure Innocence Caroler (music notes)

Accessories: Cheery Lynn dies, Cricut Plantin Schoolbook, flower punch, Martha Stewart punch, Cuttlebug embossing folder, SU two step bird punch

For more information on assembling this card and the size of the candles, please see the 90 Candles post.

Cheryl

Linked to:
A Bowl Full of Lemons

Easter Basket

I saw this cute little Easter basket on Splitcoaststampers and knew I had to try to make one for myself.  Unlike the one on Splitcoast, I did use adhesive to hold everything together.  It was too taxing on my brain to figure out how to do it without. 

I glued together two MFT picket fences by overlapping one of the pickets.  Fold after every 9 pickets to make a box.  There will be one picket left over that you will overlap and glue to the first picket to complete the box.  I then cut a 3 1/2" square and scored at 1/4" on all sides to make the bottom.  Fold sides up and put adhesive around the edges and fit inside the picket fence.  I used Martha Stewart punches for the grass, handle and butterflies.  The vine is a Poppystamps die.  I colored the Pure Innocence My Basket of Eggs girl with Copics and cut out.  I cut the bunny out of a scrap of Bella Blvd. paper.

I made this while I was at the Embellished Scrapbook Boutique and did not have anything to fill the basket.  I borrowed the eggs, chick and grass from another teacher (unbeknownst to her - Marianne, you can have it all back!) so that I could complete my project.  The store owner decided she is going to use it as a project this week when she has her MRDD class.

Supplies:

My Favorite Things picket fence, Pure Innocence My Basket of Eggs

Martha Stewart punches: Doily Lace Trim Deep Edge, 3 in 1 Classic Butterfly, Grass Edge

Poppystamps Ivy Tendrils

Copics

Thanks for looking!

Carol

Linked to:

Tatertots and Jello

I Heart Nap Time

Make it Monday

Always Crafting

Skip to My Lou

Paper Quilting

I made this card for a friend's birthday.  I found the instructions here: Flourishes.  I used scraps of K & Co McKenna paper.  I ran the quilt through the Paisley Cuttlebug embossing folder and mounted it on scrap cardstock.  The roses were made with the miniature rose die from Cheery Lynn Designs using the pink McKenna paper and the flourish die from Cheery Lynn Designs.

The quilted area is 4x4 and the finished card is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2.

This quilt pattern and other quilt pattern cards will be a future class at The Embellished Scrapbook Boutique in Sandusky.

Supplies:

Paper - scraps and K & Co. McKenna

Paisley Cuttlebug embossing folder

Dies - Cheery Lynn Designs miniature rose and fourish

Thanks for looking!

Carol

Linked to:

Cheery Lynn Designs



Upcoming Class at ESB

We will be teaching a class using various dies at the Embellished Scrapbook Boutique in Sandusky, OH on Saturday, March 31 from 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The cost is $15. To register and pre-pay, please call the the store at 419.624.4411. See their website www.theembellishedscrapbookboutique.com and click on the classes tab to see what you need to bring with you.

Dog Sympathy

A couple weeks ago, a former neighbor posted on Facebook that their boxer Roxi died. Roxi was such a sweet dog. She used to jump the fence to come see my bichon Chloe.

I made this card to send to Roxi's family:

Stamps: JustInkLined digi
Paper: American Craft
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, ribbon, Nestabilities, rhinestone, Sizzix EF

I used this picture my friend posted of Roxi to help me color the digi stamp:

Goodbye sweet Roxi!

Cheryl