Handmade Greeting Card - Jingle All the Way

Hello crafty peeps! Just a quickie today since I've got to get back to getting these cards and other Christmas projects done :)   The theme for today's post is...  Making a card using paper that you skipped over and rejected time and time again. So today I'm sharing my latest Christmas card with paper I skipped over. I didn't skip it because it was ugly, but just because the other papers in the stack were so much cuter, prettier or just fit the look I was going for better. This particular paper looks so much nicer than when it was mixed with all the other papers. I may have to give this a shot with a few others. So pull one of those papers out and go for it! My supplies are listed below.

Supplies:
DCWV Winter Solstice Stack 
Darice Snowflakes embossing folder 
White Core'dination Carstock
Sizzix Snowflakes #3 Die
Fiskars Double Bubble border punch
Ribbon Trends thin, blue, sheer ribbon
Adhesive Flatbacked Pearls 

 Happy Crafting! 

Thank you Card in Chocolate and Pink

It's a dreary, cold day here in Pennsylvania, but I don't dare complain as I've been crafting away for hours already. Although I sure will be a lot happier when the sun comes out and makes picture taking easier. I took over a hundred photos of this card for a few decent ones. Thank goodness for digital cameras. I would be in big trouble if we were still dependent on rolls of film.

No sunlight in the windows led me to very tired arms; one holding the light up in the air and the other trying to steady the camera and push the button. We sure do go through a lot for a decent photo. I'm already planning on taking new photos when the sun returns one of these days, but I was too excited to wait. So here's my latest card.

 To make the tree I used the same die twice; once with the brown paper and then with the pink. I glued the two trees together slightly off center to let the pink peak out from behind on one side of it. The effect is gorgeous, especially in these two colors.

Happy Crafting!

Hippie Birthday Card

Hello everyone! Birthday card time!

A friend of mine is a nature girl. She likes greens and browns so I kept her in mind when designing this card.

I incorporated a wood-grained deep brown mat and a textured tan mat for that woodsy feeling. For the colorful embossed flowers on the front, I used white cardstock, a Darice embossing folder and 4 colors of ink that I allowed to smudge together as I went. I didn't do a lot of embellishing so the colors and patterns are front and center on this one. To make the large green flowers on the base card I used an old paper that I had punched flowers out of as a stencil. 

Flower Trellis Card

There is still snow outside, but it's Spring in my craft room! After cutting out an extreme amount of gold, silver and shades of red and green over the holidays it's so refreshing to say hello to pinks, purples and the rest of the color palette. Of course you aren't stuck with any particular colors during the holidays, but those were the colors I chose to use this season and after dozens of Christmas cards I need a break. I'm also enjoying coming up with new looks using the same dies to see how much I can do with them. 

I changed my mind and replaced the button I originally used with a purple bow. Either works, but I like the softness the bow gives my card.

Materials used:
Paper

• K&Company printed flower paper
• Craft card-stock in deep purple, dark green, mint green and white
• Chip-board (used under the scalloped circle to build it up)

Equipment used
Machine and Dies

• Sizzix Big Shot
• Sizzix "Flower, Build a Lilac" die
• Sizzix "Branch with Leaves" die
• Spellbinders Nestabilities dies "Lacey Circles" and "Large Circles"

Measurement for lattice was made using Martha Stewart Scoring Board Envelope Maker

Coloration

• Rubber Stampede Ink for the flowers in blue, pink and purple
• Leaves are edged with Rubber Stampede Ink in Dark green and colored in Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Peeled Paint"

Dry Embossing

• Cricut Cuttlebug "Polka Dot Page" embossing folder

Embellishments and Special Effects

• Offray craft ribbon medium purple
• Glossy Accents to edge flower petals
• Fabric Art Crystal Ultra Fine Glitter for lattice and flower petal edges
• One large and one small button fitted together and tied with a string of burlap
• Flat backed pearls were used for the center of flowers