Fall with handmade paper and leaves

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope your turkey day has been wonderful.

Today I thought I'd share a fall themed card with y'all.

I had some handmade paper in my stash

that I picked up somewhere quite a while ago.

Don't know why I hadn't used it yet, but it

is beautiful.  There are small leaves embedded

into the paper and I love the look of it and it feels

so nice too.
I used that as a panel adhered to a card base.

I then embossed some leaves onto

metallic gold card stock with embossing folder and

my Cuttlebug.  I fussy cut them and glued them

to the front panel of the card.

Here is a better picture of what the leaves look like.

On the inside I stamped this sentiment onto

a piece of the handmade paper and adhered it inside

the card.  I love the different look on the inside of this

card.  Something a little unexpected.

I'm so glad you stopped in to see what I've been up to

lately, I hope you have been inspired in some way

and will come again soon.

Until then,

enjoy the fall season.

 

Birthday Cards from Self Challenge

Hello everyone!

My last post was about a self challenge,

this is a continuation of that challenge.

I had these poppy images colored and just

waiting for the right time to use them.

And I found it.

I fussy cut this image with a small white boarder and

adhered it to a blue card base.  

The sentiment was heat embossed with white

embossing powder.

This Happy Birthday sentiment is from a 
Kelly Creates set

The card didn't look complete until I used a 

Uni-ball signo broad white pen 

to add the dash lines around the card.

For the sentiment I used this one from 
Impression Obsession Stamps, but 
I couldn't find it sold anywhere online.

Next I fussy cut this image and made a card with it.

I love the colors on this card and poppies are one of 

my favorite flowers.

Again I use a Happy Birthday sentiment for this card

and the same sentiment inside the card.

I think these were the two easiest cards that I made

while doing this challenge.  What could be easier than 

using a beautiful image that I had already colored?

Thanks for coming by today, I hope you have been 

inspired in some way and will come again soon.

Until then,

use your stash!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

 

Small Journal with Leather

Hello everyone!

I hope you're having a crafty day.

Today I'm sharing a little journal I made

with y'all.

This little gem measures 3.5"x5.5"

and I'm just loving it.

I have some pieces of leather in my stash and

thought I'd give embossing them a try.
I ran the leather through my Cuttlebug

in an embossing folder and it worked

beautifully.  I will be doing more of this

for future projects.  I love this technique.

All the signatures are hand sewn and

then glued into the cover, which is also 

hand made.

For the pages, I have a file that I created

that prints lines on paper, I used different

colors of paper, printed them and cut them

to the size I needed.

The leather piece was glued to the front

of the journal with 

Beacon 3 in 1 glue.

Here is the back of the journal.

This coloring is actually closest to the 

real color of the paper I used.

I'm very pleased with how this journal

turned out.  Now my only problem is,

who will I gift it to?

 

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then,

try a new technique. 

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

 

Embossed cards

Hi Everyone!

Today I have a few cards to show you.

I made these cards using an embossing folder.

I inked the one side of the inside of an embossing folder,

put card stock into the folder and ran it through

my Cuttlebug.
By inking one side of the folder, when it is run

through the Cuttlebug, it presses the ink into the 

embossed area, coloring it.

This image was inked and embossed with 

yellow Color Theory ink

creating a nice crisp image.

After doing the first image, I did a second

generation print for this card.

I ran the folder through the Cuttlebug

again with a piece of card stock,

but did not reink the folder,

giving a much softer look.

This card was done with the same 

technique using an 

Orange Color Theory Inkpad

second generation  printing.

The embossing folder I used was

Rose Mosaic from Darice

Thanks for spending time with me today.

I hope you have learned something and/or been

inspired in some way.

See you next time, until then;

Get inky!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Using Embossing Folder with Ink

Hi All!

Welcome to my blog.

Today I have a card to show you that I absolutely

love.

I used an embossing folder, sorry I can't give you the name

of it, as I don't have the packaging for it.

I inked the inside of the folder with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

then ran it through the Cuttlebug.

This embossed it and left the ink 

 around the embossed areas.

I cut the birds with a set of dies that I have,

added that one to the card and made an envelope

for the card and used the others on that.

I used a silver mat, then adhered the panel to a

white card base.

I love how this card turned out.

Very clean and simple.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you'll try inking up your embossing

folders and see what kind of impression you get.

Just remember to clean them after inking them, 

so you don't ruin the next piece you emboss.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

HB2U

Hey crafty people!

Today's card is another birthday card.

For this card I used the Whole Shebang

stamp set from CAS-UAL Friday Stamps

for the outside and inside sentiments.

I also used a piece of pink vellum and ran it

through the Cuttlebug in an embossing folder.

The embossing folder is a very old one and I can't find 

a link for it. Sorry!

Here is the sentiment on the inside of the card,

I love the sentiments in this stamp set.

Thanks for popping in today to see what I've been

 up to.  I hope you'll be back again soon.

Until then,

Happy crafting!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Cards for the Card Drive #1

Hello all!

The Caring Hearts Card Drive

is near and dear to my heart.

I have been participating for a few years

and this will be the 3rd year that I have the honor of

delivering cards to 

Brothers of Mercy Nursing Home and Rehab Center

as well as Sacred Heart Adult Care Home,

where my Mom lives.

I posted some of the cards that I made in 

earlier posts and the next several posts will be the

rest of the cards I made.
I set a goal to make 100 cards this year and I ended up 

with over 100.

I made several different styles of cards, 

I really didn't want to make them all the same

and I also wanted to use supplies that I already had.

Here is the first "installment" of  

"Cards for the Card Drive"

For these cards I used silver embossing powder to

heat emboss the ornament and sentiments.

The background panel was embossed with a snowflake

embossing folder.  I then applied Ranger Alcohol Inks to color

the silver card stock.  I believe I used watermelon and cranberry.

For these two cards I embossed the silver card stock,

but didn't apply any alcohol inks.

I heat embossed the sentiment and snowflakes

with silver embossing powder.

I love how they all turned out.

I made several of each style

and I hope the recipients like them.

Thanks for stopping by, come again soon,

to see more of the cards I made for the 

card drive.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Boo!

Hello blog friends!

I have a few young great nieces and nephews

and this year I decided to send out Halloween cards

to them.

Today I'm showing you the 2 ghost cards I made for a

couple great nieces.

I used a die to cut the "body" of the ghost.

To make the fold at the top, I simply made sure that the

cutting edge of the die was off the fold so it didn't cut.

Since the die cut was a little smaller than a standard size,

I adhered it to a piece of black card stock.

I hand cut the eyes and mouth from scraps.

Here you can see better that I embossed the front 

of the ghost, by running it through the Cuttlebug with

an embossing folder.

Inside the cards I stamped BOO and drew in

the little spiders.

I think these cards turned out adorable,

I hope the girls I'm sending them to do too.

Thanks for stopping by today,

in the next few days I'll be posting the 

other Halloween cards I made,

so be sure to come back and see 

how they turned out.

Until next time,

Happy Crafting!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Sympathy Card

Today I have a sympathy card to show you.

I used a very light purplish color of card stock

for the front panel.

I inked up an embossing folder with purple ink

and ran it through my Cuttlebug with the card stock.

The ink enhanced the embossing.

The flowers and leaves were made with a pretty old

layered stamp set from Stampin Up.

I hadn't used the set before as I didn't have a clue

how I would line the layers up and get it right.

With the MISTI stamping tool, it was much easier,

but I also have to say it would have been even easier 

if the stamps had been clear acrylic rather than red rubber.

I used only one color of ink on the flowers and the leaves.

Using multi layers of the same color just intensifies the color

and gives the look of having different colors.

I fussy cut the flowers and leaves and adhered them to the

embossed panel.  One flower is adhered directly to the panel

and one was adhered with foam tape.

Here is the final card.

The sentiment was printed from my computer and 

trimmed down, adhered to a piece of the same purplish 

card stock and trimmed with a very narrow mat.

Here is a close up of the embossing and the dimension

of the flower.

I sometimes struggle with sympathy cards, as many do.

I know the family receiving this card will appreciate it.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come by again soon.

Until then, create something wonderful!

Bundle Up It's Cold Outside

Hello crafting friends!

I hope you've been staying warm through the "Polar Vortex"
The theme for this weeks

Eureka! Stamps Challenge

is coincidentally
"Bundle Up It's Cold Outside"

for my card I chose to use

"Snow Background" (#27301) and

"Snow Scene Circle" (#17301)

both from
Eureka! Stamps

 

I stamped Snow Background onto white card stock with

Versa Mark ink and embossed it with white

embossing powder.
I then used Distress Inks to color over the embossed image.

The embossing resists the color leaving snow in a blue sky.

I stamped the Snow Scene Circle onto white card stock and colored

it with water color crayons then fussy cut around the scene.

There are snowflakes around the whole scene, but I cut them out.

The particulars for the challenge can be found on the

Eureka! Stamps Blog.

I hope you have been inspired and will join

the challenge and check out

 the other inspiration pieces on the blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Stay warm!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Halloween Colors challenge

Halloween is pretty close and this week's challenge is

"Halloween Colors"

I used

"Ghost" (#3904) from

Eureka! Stamps

for my card.

I stamped Ghost 3 times with Versa Mark Ink and

embossed them with white embossing powder on

black card stock.

The "Boo" I wrote with a Versa Mark Pen

 and embossed it also.

This was a very simple, quick card to make.

I'm sure you can create something for our challenge too.

You can find all the particulars at the

Eureka! Stamps Blog

I hope you'll play along.

Eureka! Stamps has a lot of great Halloween images in both

red rubber and digital format, so hop over and take a look.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Come again soon.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Congratulations! Inspired by Kristina Werner

Hi all!

Today I have a card that I was inspired to make by

this post that Kristina Werner posted on the

Simon Says Stamp Blog

I embossed the "Cling Dots" (Hero Arts) background

with clear embossing powder.

I used scraps from my stash

for the strips of paper that I adhered

to a scrap of kraft card stock.

I added a bit of baker's twine at the top

for a little more texture.

The "Congratulations"  is from the

"Tilted Banner Sayings 4x53/4" set

from Simon Says Stamp

I was lucky enough to win a $50 gift card from

Simon Says Stamp a while back and I'll tell ya,

it was tough deciding what to buy.

They have so many wonderful things

and their prices are very reasonable.

The banner stamp set and the dies to match

 were one of the things I purchased

 with the gift card and I'm loving them already.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you will leave a comment and

come again soon.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

 

 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!

The new year has begun and so has a new term for the

Eureka! Stamps Design Team!

Maribeth, the company owner gave us

"Father Time" (#24347)

to work with and as a freebie for our fans

on the Eureka! Stamps facebook page.

So be sure to hop on over to our facebook page and download it,

it will only be available for New Years Day!

Some of the members of the team have made projects with this digi image to celebrate the new year and kick off this term as a design team.

Here is the card that I made.

I colored this fun image with FlexMarkers

then went over the "magic dust" with a

Perfect Medium Pen

and embossed it with gold embossing powder.

Then simply mounted the image to make this adorable card.

Thanks for stopping by today.

And be sure to stop in at

The Eureka! Stamps Blog

and see what other wonderful projects the team has to inspire you.

Be sure to stop back here and the Eureka! Stamps blog often

for more inspiration.

And stop in at the

Eureka! Stamps store

 and see the wonderful images offered. 

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!