A Center Step Card

Hi Everyone,

I finally tried my hand at making a center step card.  I found instructions at SplitCoastStampers, and I adjusted some of the cuts so that the card would be a finished size of an A2 card, instead of a 5.5 x 5.5 card.  I will admit that filling in those small side and bottom sections was challenging, but I do like the way it turned out.  What do you think?

I took pictures outside for better lighting, but it seems that doesn't always guarantee a perfect photo either.  In this case, the chocolate on my cupcake appears much darker than it really was, which is why I also took some photos inside too, shown a little further down.

Ingredients for this card:

White cardstock cut and folded following this tutorial

Brown cardstock scrap

Patterned paper from DCWV Sweet Stack

Pink mat paper and confetti top of cupcake from MS Modern Festive

Two cupcake brads

My Creative Time "More of My Favorite Sayings" clear stamps

Red glossy cardstock punched with Fiskars circle punch

Cupcake from Hello Kitty cartridge

Inside sentiment is TPC Studio Happy Birthday stamps

These photos taken inside.

Thanks for stopping by; I appreciate your visits and comments. 

I'd like to enter this card into the following challeges:

Craftin' Desert Divas - anything goes linky party

Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge

Hi Everyone. 

Time for a new Die Cuttin' Divas challenge.  

Thanks for all the great entries for our sketch challenge last week; they were tops!

This week's challenge is...
use pastels

This card is made using Cricut's Creative Cards cartridge.

This is a square shaped card cut at 5".

Paper is from Heidi Grace.

Sentiment is a wooden stamp from Michael's.

Embossed the bird with Houndstooth.

Added some Stickles.

Easy Peasy!

Our sponsor for this challenge is 
The Twinery.

We hope you'll join us for the challenge this week at Die Cuttin' Divas. You'll have one week to enter your card, layout, or altered project.  Please remember to include which die cut you used and provide a link back to our site.  

We look forward to seeing what you create! 

Happy Easter Everyone!

Wanted to share two Easter cards I made.

Art Philosophy egg-shaped card cut at 5-3/4"

Chick cut from Create a Critter at 3-1/2"

Pink, blue, green and yellow cardstock

Cuttlebug Baby's Breath Embossing Folder

Yellow, pink and green glitter glue

Pink Liquid Pearls for the necklace!

Typed sentiment on computer

2 Black brads for eyes

Kraft card base

Gold, blue and pink cardstock

DCWV patterned paper

Bunny face from Doodlecharms cart

EK Success border punch

Spellbinders Ribbon Banners

Typed sentiment from computer

Blue gems

And here's the card my husband gave me!

It's like a foot tall!  I can pet the bunny!

I'd like to enter the following challenges with at least my first card.

Little Scrap Pieces - Bunny or Easter

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - anything Easter

Pause Dream Enjoy - anything goes

HIMCR - Freestyle, anything goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hello Friends

and

Happy Valentine's Day!

I'd like to share the card I made for my hubby, and I must say I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out!  I've probably only made 3 shaped cards in my 2 years of card making, so it was really fun putting this heart shaped card together.  I found it on the Cricut cartridge Life's a Party which I recently purchased.

I used a number of cartridges to make this card:

Life's a Party - Heart shaped card cut at 5"

(the card measures 5" x 6" wide so it fits nicely in a
5x7 envelope)

3 Birds on Parade - "Love Shack" cut at 1-1/2"

Chore Chart - Bird cage cut at 2-3/4"

(no shadow with this image, so I cut it by hand and embossed it with Swiss Dots)

Tie the Knot - Love birds cut at 1"
Heart flourish cut at 2-1/4"

Embossed the red heart background with Cuttlebug Geometric Rings

(I love this new embossing folder!)

I tied a small bow with twine to the bird cage, and added some dimensional heart stickers from
EK Success. 

Aren't they just so sweet?!

Finished off the inside with a few more paper hearts, matching the one on the front.  Typed the sentiment on my computer and then used the Center Point feature to cut the white heart.  Couldn't resist using "Tweet-heart"!  But I did have to cover up the rest of my sentiment!

Hope you liked my card.  I appreciate your visit.  Thanks for stopping by.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Pause Dream Enjoy - Mainly Red

DL Art Thankful Thursday Linky Party - Anything Goes

Scrappy Moms Stamps - Valentine theme
Celebrate the Occasion - Valentine Anything Goes
Bitten by the Bug 2 - Use heart or cupid
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Be My Valentine
My Craft Spot - For Your Sweetheart
My Creative Time - Use embossing
Pumpkin Spice - Valentine
Every Day is an Occasion - Linky Party