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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Valentine's Day Cards

Hi Scrappers! I hope that everyone is having a fantastic weekend. So I have started attending church here in town. I just felt like something was missing from my life and I was needing a little guidance. At the church they have a program called Girlfriends. In this organization women come together for fellowship. I attended my first get together this past Thursday at a local restaurant. It was a blast. I fit in so nicely there. What is even better is they have a scrapbooking get together as well. I think it was meant to be. Anyway, onto the cards. I have created 3 different Valentine cards. A goal this year is to have enough cards made up for different occasions. Trying to scramble to get  card designed and put together takes some time. I want to be able to grab, sign, and go. That's not to much to ask. So I'm trying to get ahead start. I hope you enjoy these 3 cards.

Materials:

--Card #1:
  • This is a 4x4" card cut from Stampin Up Crumb Cake cardstock. 
  • White scallop was punched using the Fiskers Threading Water punch. 
  • Red heart patterned paper is from the Martha Stewart Holidays Mat Pad and is cut at 1.5x4".
  • The heart is from the George and Basic Shapes cartridge and I used my Gypsy to place small holes inside the heart to show the pink background. The heart is cut at 2"
  • I used a pink button from my stash and attached it with a glue dot. I used some embroidery floss through the holes of the button.
  • A little white faux stitching around the heart and the kraft card stock and that finishes up this card. 
  • I used the We-R-Memory Keepers Corner Chomper to round the bottom corners.

--Card #2:

  • This is a 4.25x5.5" standard A2 sized card in white card stock.
  • Light pink layer is cut at 4x5.25".
  • Red designer paper is from the Martha Stewart Holiday Mat Pad and is cut at 3.75x5".
  • The stripped pink stamp layer is cut from the Create-a-Critter cartridge at 3.5"
  • White layer is cut at 2 3/8 x 1 7/8"
  • Love is cut from the Create-a-Critter cartridge at 3.5"
  • Brown ribbon was from my stash and I wrapped it around the light pink and red MS paper using the "cheater method".
  • I added two white buttons from my stash as well. 
  • I used a Zig brown pin to doodle around the white layer on the stripped pink paper.


Card #3:

  • This is a 4.25x5.5" standard A2 sized card cut in white card stock.
  • The pink background is from the Martha Stewart Holiday Mat pad and is cut at 4.25x5.5" and layered directly onto the white card stock.
  • The brown layer is cut from Stampin Up Early Espresso card stock at 4x3"
  • The tan layer is cut at 3.25x4.25.
  • The dark pink layer is cut at 4x3" and was ran through the tiny hearts embossing folder. 
  • I used  bakers string and tied it around the dark pink/tan layer.
  • The love stamps were cut using an exclusive Cuttlebug embossing/die set that came with my machine. I believe it's called the Celebration Stamps. I used the Love and cut it from Stampin Up Early Espresso, Real Red, and Pretty in Pink card stock. I attached the stamps together and popped the group up on foam squares. 
  • I used the We-R-Memory Keepers Corner Chomper to round the two right corners. 
All these cards were easy to do. Happy Scrappin!

Mom's Birthday

Hi Scrappers :)

So my mom celebrated a birthday on the 12th of January. I had her birthday card made way before then. I didn't want to post it just incase she checked my blog. I couldn't give away what her card looked like before she saw it. So I'm posting now :) She enjoyed it. I used an action wobble on the cake so it would wobble and have the appearance of laughing. My sister loved it and wanted to make a hand made card for Mom as well. My sis designed a cute cupcake card and I put it together for her. She picked everything out.

Materials:
--Round Cake Card:
  • Circle card cut by welding two circles together in my Gypsy. The card when folded together creates a 4.25" sized card. 
  • Stripped layer is cut at 4"
  • Cake is from the Smiley Cards cartridge (this was an exclusive download for Gypsy owners who registered their Gypsy before October 31, 2010). Cake is cut at 3".
  • The icing layers were ran through the Xyron and Martha Stewart fine glitter was applied.
  • Speech bubble is also from the Smiley Cards cartridge and it's cut at 1.75"
  • "Happy Happy Birthday" is from a My Pink Stamper stamp set.
  • Doodling around the edges finishes off the card.
--Square Cupcake Card:
  • This card is a 4.25" x 4.25" card.
  • Hot pink layer is cut to 4x4"
  • The cupcake is from the Sweet Treats cartridge. (This cupcake has a heart that is supposed to be attached at the top. I put the frosting layer on and trimmed the heart off.) Cupcake is cut at 3".
  • The cupcake wrapper was ran through the Xyron and Martha Stewart fine glitter was applied.
  • The candles are also from the Sweet Treats cartridge. (These candles were from another cut I just enlarged them enough to fit on the top of the cupcake using my Gypsy). 
  • The flower is from the Forever Young cartridge cut at 1". (The brown portion of the flower was also ran through the Xyron and glittered).
  • "Happy Birthday" is a from a My Pink Stamper stamp set.
Thank you for stopping by. Happy Scrappin!

4 Year Anniversary

Hi Scrapers! Sorry it has been awhile since my last post but I've been busy. Wes and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary on December 30. So what better thing than to receive a hand made card. So I did just that. The card was centered around the couple from the Sweethearts cartridge. I received a collection of Martha Steward fine glitter for Christmas so I decided to run the couple through my Xyron and apply glitter. 

Materials:
  • A2 size card in cream card stock
  • Blue Core'dinations paper cut to 5.25x4 and ran through the Cuttlebug using the swiss dots folder  and sanded.
  • Top notes are from Gypsy Wanderings (sorry I can't remember the size)
  • Couple cut from the Sweethearts Cartridge at 3.5 (I believe)
  • Happy sentiment is from a My Pink Stamper stamp set. The anniversary is from a cheap stamp set that was in my stash. 
  • Finished off this card with a few red harts and some doodling around the edges. 

Thanks for stopping by. Happy Scrapping!