Card Drive Cards

 Hi all!

Today I thought I'd show you some more of the

Christmas cards I made for the

Caring Hearts Card Drive.

You can find all the information about this

wonderful drive on 

Vera Yates Blog

All the cards from this drive are sent to 

residents of nursing homes and senior care facilities.

I made several of the same cards.

Once the stamps are set up in my

MISTI stamping tool, it is simple 

to make several at one time.

I was inspired by Julia Altermann

to make this card.

Here is the card that inspired me.

I set up the stamps on my MISTI,

then removed the star stamp.

I stamped all the sentiments with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

I then re-positioned the star stamp,

removed the other stamps and

stamped the stars with 

VersaMark Ink

and heat embossed them with 

WOW Gold Sparkle Powder

I glued a few small star sequins

around  for a little more sparkle and

tied "bakers twine"

that I made, around the panel and

tied a bow to finish it off.  

See how I made it on 

this post

I accidentally got some black ink smudges

on this panel, but went with my motto

"There are no mistakes in crafting,

only opportunities to be more creative"

and I cut the panel down, adhered it to the

card front and added a bow at the top.

It's a little different than the others, but just

as nice, don't ya think?

Thanks for stopping in.

I hope you've been inspired in some way

and I hope you'll join in the

Caring Hearts Card Drive

and help bring smiles to the faces

of some of our seniors.

Until next time,

have some fun 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.

Shaker Cards

Hello friends!

Today I have a couple Christmas cards to show you.

I was inspired to make these when I saw

this video from Jennifer McGuire

For both cards I used  Christmas papers

from my scrap stash,

which happens to be quite extensive.

I really shouldn't keep everything, 

but it served me well in this instance.

I decided to make them into shaker cards.

I do wish I had put more bits and pieces

into the shakers, but I haven't done that many shakers

and it sure looked like more than there actually were.

I used some bakers twine to string the 

Christmas Lights together as well as at the tops

of the ornaments in the second card.

For both cards I cut the openings with 

Sizzix Dies.

Thanks for stopping in today to see what

I've been up to.

Come again soon,

until then

have some fun 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.

Eureka Challenge - For the Kids

Hello Blog friends!

Today we are kicking off another challenge on the

 Eureka! Stamps Blog

You can find all the particulars there on the blog.

The theme this week is

"For the Kids"

I thought a cute gift card holder would be fun to make.

I used 2 stamps from the Balloons and Holder series 

from Eureka! Stamps.

"Christmas Balloon" (#16402) and

"Elf Balloon Holder" (#6509)

I used rubber stamps, but these are also available in digi format.

The Elf and Balloon were colored with FlexMarkers

and fussy cut, then adhered to the polka dot paper with

foam tape.

I used "bakers twine" that I made

for the string holding the balloon.

I made a pocket with red card stock to hold the gift card.

Here you can see the card for inside that holds the gift card.

Maybe not the appropriate kind of gift card for a kid,

but it's what I had.  LOL! One of my favorite restaurants!  Chili's!

I hope I've inspired you to join in the challenge

and show us what you make.

These balloon holders and balloons are such fun to work with.

Stop in to the Eureka Store and check them out,

there are many different ones for

every holiday and occasion.

Thanks for stopping in, come again soon.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!