My First Card!

I am really back now! 

Here is the first card that I have done in aver three months! I am having a card class at my house tonight and this will be one of the cards we will do. A little sneak peak for them... 

Make sure you check back soon to see the other cards we are going to do!

And... here are the measurements for the card!!

All of the edges of the card stock I roughed up, you can do this with the edge of the scissors.

Night of Navy: 4-1/4" x 11" folded in half

Cherry Cobbler: 4-1/4" x 3-3/4", 1-1/4" x 5-1/4" with a V cut out of the end

Very Vanilla: 4-1/4" x 3-1/4" embossed with the Petals-A-Plenty folder and the Big Shot, and three Snow Flurry flakes cut out with the Big Shot

Early Espresso: 1-3/4" x 4-1/4"

A Basic Pearl Large Jewel is in the center and the snowflakes have a Dimensional between each of them.

Simple & Easy Paper Snowflakes!

I found the greatest directions to make paper snowflakes really easy! I thought I would just share straight from the source! You can print out the directions to make each one!

CLICK HERE for her post and HERE for the FREE template and directions!
I can not wait to do these with my kids!

Jingle Bells Ornament

Here is the ornament that I made using the little Jingle Bells from the Holiday Mini Catalog! I also used the pearl beads from the old retired Pretties Kit, but you can use any type of beads between the bells.

Here is how I made this:

I used a small paper clip and straightened it out. I put the bells and pearls on it and bent the ends with a pliers to keep them on. Clip off the excess paper clip.

I unbent another paper clip and put it through the hole in the middle of the center jingle bell, and put the beads on both sides. I did this with another one also, three total. So you have one going through the top hole on the bell, and the other two go through the center slits.


I put a glue dot over the center to keep them all in.


Then I used a hot glue gun to put the flat pearls on the top and keep it all together good. If you don't have the Pretties Kit (retired) flat pearls, you can use the Jewels pearls in the main catalog and the Large Pearl Basic Jewels (upcoming Occasions Mini Catalog) for the center. Do this on both sides to keep everything together really well. Add your string and you are all finished!

Lattice Fold Ornament

I saw the Fleur de Lis ornament tutorial on Splitcoast by Becca Feeken and just had to change it around to work with the Lattice Die. I will show you a few steps below to make it work with the Lattice shape, but the rest you can get from the original tutorial for more help. This one took a little while to finish with all the scoring on the Simply Scored, but was really simple to do.
It is stunning in person!

Here is how to make one:

Using the Lattice Die on the Big Shot, you will need to cut out four shapes. Each one will be scored and folded the same way. Score like shown below. Cut to the center on the bottom side. Fold them up like shown on the right. The red lines are folded to the top.












Using the Two-way glue pen, stick together the center ovals like shown on the left. Then just stick your next one right to the edge oval and keep going with all four. I used the 2-1/2" Circle punch for the red circle in the back. This helps add some stability to it.












I used the Lace Ribbon and Striped Grosgrain for the back, and then just used Sticky Strip to add another circle to the back of that so you don't see it all glued together. Add a string and your ornament in finished!

I love this one! Hope you guys have the Lattice Die, because I have some more too! Check back soon.

Exploding Triangle Gift Box

I found this great little box and traced it back through blog land to the creator (I think!). The directions are on the With a Stamp and a Song blog and I love it!
I did make my own directions with pictures because I made my box larger because the other size seemed too small for me. I used the 25 & Counting stamp set and the Northern Frost Decorative Strip with the Bog Shot for the snowflakes.
I thought these would make the greatest Advent calendar gift boxes! You could use the 25 & Counting stamp set and make different little boxes for each day!
I have a feeling my kids are going to get spoiled this December...

See all of the details below!

Here is how you will fold your paper. The one that I saw uses a 6" square piece of paper but I found that made the boxes too small for my taste, and my gifts!
I used an 8-1/4" square piece of paper. With this you will score at 2-3/4" and 5-1/2" in both directions, then put the diagonal scores on.

Here is what your paper will look like once its scored and folded, I used Night of Navy. You will cut a 2-3/4" x 5-1/2" piece and score it down the middle. You attach this to one of the flat center pieces on your scored piece. This is the flap that keeps your box closed. (I changed my blue to white before I glued it on. The layer in Night of Navy is 2-1/2" x 5-1/2" folded in half that I layered on top of my white.)


You will fold like shown below to make the sides go together to make the box. You have to fiddle with it a bit to get them to match up and close. (No top flap on in this photo)


After doing this blue one, I had to use Velcro dots to keep it closed, so I changed around the top flap to keep itself closed. I used the 3/4" Circle punch in white and the 1/2" Circle punch in Cobbler. I put a dimensional on the back and punched a hole with the small hole on the Crop-a-dile and put through a Rhinestone brad. I used a few inches of the Cobbler Bakers twine and stuck it to the Dimensional. Do the same thing to the second one, only don't stick the twine in.


I made the top flap on this one 2-3/4" x 4-1/8" (in white) and scored it at 2-3/4. (The cobbler layer over it is 2-1/2" x 3-7/8" and scored at 2-5/8".) I put the circles in the top and bottom half of the front so all you have to do is wind the twine through them in a figure eight style and it keeps the top closed.


Simple and easy to close!

Hope you liked my version of this great little box!

Mitten Card- FREE Template!

I was getting ready for my stamp club class tonight, and decided to make a mitten card. Since I made the template for my ladies, I will share it with you too!

For the top, I cut a white strip that is 1-3/8" wide and about 4" long. I used the Scallop Edge Punch on both sides and then rounded the ends slightly by hand (on the full scallop). I made the holes with the Paper Piercer and then used the White Gel Pen to make the faux stitching.
The sentiment is from the Warmest of Wishes Hostess stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog. Then I embossed around it with the Designer Frames embossing folder with the Big Shot and cut that out by hand. I used Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White card stock and sponged with Crumb Cake ink.

Hope you like it!
Click on the template image below to download it for FREE!
(Please let me know if you have any problems downloading it, I have been having a tough time finding a good free site for downloads.)

Vintage Christmas Cards & Box Set

Here is my Vintage Christmas Cards & Box Set. These vintage styled square cards fit inside the matching box to make the perfect gift for Christmas! You can also easily change out the stamp sets, and keep the same layout, to make different themed cards for any occasion! Don't forget about the slide out box with gorgeous paper bow!

CLICK HERE
to see more details or get the tutorial!

Mommos' Circle Snowman Card

I don't know if you guys have seen these great circle cards that are all over the place now, but my Mommo (and fellow SU demo, Gerry Dyer) came up with a great idea.
She thought it would make the perfect snowman card!
Here is the card that she thought up and I put together. If you are lucky enough to get into a swap with her at convention, you might get one of hers!

First I punched/die cut 1-3/4", 2-1/2" and 3-7/8" circles in Whisper White card stock. Then I sponged the edges with Bashful Blue ink.


Take off the top circle, and you are going to put a brad through the two larger circles, while they are centered on top of each other.


Then put the smallest circle on top and put a brad through this one and the middle size only (not the bottom one). Do this lined up right on top of the other brad like shown. (I changed the color of brads at the end to black and white so they would blend in better.)


Now when you open them up, this is what you have! When they are closed, they fit in an envelope!


For the hat, I used the Word Window and Cupcake (bottom) punch. The circles are from the Cupcake punch also.


The arms are from the snowflake punch and the nose is cut with scissors. When he is all folded up, he looks like he is starting to melt!


My Mommo is so talented!
This would be the perfect card for a Christmas in July class!

More Beaded Snowflakes

I decided that one wasn't enough so here are my two little ones to go with the big one. These use other beads and jewelry making eye pins (I think they are called that). However the pretties kit does come with the white pearls in this size.

These are the eye pins that I started with. You have to make sure there is enough space in the straight wires to attach the other wire to them or it doesn't work good.To see the other post for the large snowflake using the Pretties Kit CLICK HERE.