It's A Girl! Shaped Card

I was recently asked to create a girly baby card.

So this is what I made, using this printable template I found on Pinterest.

It ended up being a little odd-sized (at approximately 4 1/2" by 5 1/4"), so I pulled out my envelope punch board and created a special sized envelope for the card.

Turned out pretty sweet.  ♥

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used are all CTMH (unless otherwise noted):

Paper:  Chantilly - retired; White Daisy CS

Stamp:  Wild Wonders 

Ink:  Black

Embellishments:  White Shimmer Trim, Clear Sparkle, Summer Posies Just Blooms - retired, Pearls (Hero Arts)

Other:  Micro-tip scissors

July Paper Trail Blog Hop... Surf's Up

Welcome to the Paper Trail Blog Hop for July!

You should have arrived from Mary's blog, but this is a circular hop, so it doesn't really matter where you begin.  ;)

This month we are featuring the Surf's Up Paper Packet.

I created this super fun card, perfect for Dad.

It is a little late for Father's Day this year, but it will work for next year, right?

And I figure it could always be used as a birthday card, too.

Perhaps you are wondering how I made it?

I simply made my base 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" with the fold at the top.

And with the removable mustache, it measures 5 1/2" tall.

I cut the tie at 5 3/4" using the Cricut Artsite cartridge.

For each of the collar tabs, I simply cut a 2" x 1 1/2" piece of paper.

Then I took a pencil and marked the center of the 1 1/2" side (at 3/4"), then cut from the outer corner of the 2" side to the pencil mark.

And then I repeated for the opposite angle. 

The shirt pocket is a 1 1/4" square.  

I cut a 1/4" strip to add to the top of the pocket.

And each piece was sponged with Black ink before adhering into place, using 3D Foam Tape wherever I wanted to add dimension.

I stamped the sentiment piece from Perfect Fit - Dad with Black and Juniper pigment inks, and then sprinkled Clear Detail Embossing Powder over top and heat set.

I cut out the sentiment with a 2" circle punch.

The mustache shape was cut using the Cricut Artiste cartridge.

I stamped the mustache from Perfect Fit - Dad with Black pigment ink, embossed it, and then I glued it onto a mini craft stick.

I made a little pocket just behind the tie (actually behind the paper that the tie is attached to, but on top of the card base) for it to slide in and out of.

Super fun card!

Here are what the papers in Surf's Up look like.

And with a new month, comes a new Stamp of the Month, available for $17.95 or for just $5 with a minimum $50 order.

Sweet Life

I hope you enjoyed my card today.

I'm a little sad to let you know that this is my last hop with the Paper Trail Blog Hop.
I've just been too busy lately to find the time to do much paper crafting.
And I can't remember the last time I actually added photos to a layout, if you know what I mean.
So I had to make the difficult decision to step away from the blog hop.
For now, I am going to focus on my busy Summer ahead of me with my family (which will also include gardening, photography, landscaping), being the best daycare provider I can be, as well as trying to squeeze in as much crafty time as I can.

And I'm hoping to get my workshops up and running again sometime in the fall.

So a big thank you to all my fellow Paper Trail Blog Hoppers for allowing me to be part of their group for the past 2 years.  :)


Also, I am currently away for the Close To My Heart Convention.
This year it is being held in Disney World in Orlando, and although Convention will be over by the time you are reading this, we are staying a little longer to enjoy the magic of Disney.
So I won't be sharing anything here until after I get back home.

Please continue along the Paper Trail Blog Hop by visiting Amy's blog.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):

Paper:  Surf's Up B&Ts; White Daisy CS

Stamp:  Perfect Fit - Dad

Inks:  Black ink, Black and Juniper pigment inks

Other:  Cricut Artiste cartridge, 2" circle punch (Fiskars), Mini craft stick (Elmer's), 3D foam tape, sponge

Open House Make-n-Takes

Yesterday I held my Open House for the launch of the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book.

I thought I'd share the make-n-takes each of my guests created.

It can either be used as a card, or simply add a couple of glue dots to the back of a gift card and use this as a gift card holder, by attaching the gift card onto the pull out cardstock piece.

I can't take credit for the idea.

I've seen many varieties of these coffee cup cards, and the inspiration for my card came from this one here.

These are the directions as to how I made

my card (5 1/2" x 4 1/4"):

• White Daisy CS Base:  4" x 9 1/2", scored at 4 3/4"
• Stella Damask B&T:  4" x 4 3/4"
• Lagoon CS:  4 1/2" x 2" (use paper crimper on this)
• White Daisy CS Insert:  2 1/2" x 5 3/8"
• White Daisy CS Lid:  3/4" x 4 1/4" (cut 2) (corner round), 1/4" x 4 1/4"

1. With the cardstock base folded and the opening at the top, mark with a pencil 1/2" in from both sides on the bottom of the card.  
2. Keeping the opening of the card base at the top, use your paper trimmer to cut from the corner at the top to the pencil mark at the bottom.  Repeat for the other side.
3. Open your card and run line of glue down both sides, keeping the top free of adhesive.
4. Adhere your Stella Damask B&T piece onto the front of your card.  Use scissors to trim off the excess on both sides.
5. Adhere your paper crimped Lagoon cardstock piece onto the front of your card.  Use scissors to trim off the excess on both sides.
6. For the lid, glue the 1/4" x 4 1/4" White Daisy cardstock strip onto one of the corner rounded 3/4" x 4 1/4" pieces of White Daisy cardstock.
7. Glue this onto the 2 1/2" x 5 3/8" White Daisy cardstock piece, making sure it is centered.
8. Then glue the second corner rounded 3/4" x 4 1/4" White Daisy cardstock piece onto the backside.  This will help give the lid a little extra sturdiness.
9. Decorate as you wish.

The sentiment I used on my card is from the February Stamp of the Month - Thoughtful Tidings.

I love this set!!!

It's only available until February 29th.

My guests also got to create this 6x3 card.

I grabbed the same design from this A Bowwow card (originally created by Kandi Gallegos-Garcia) and just adapted it for the make-n-take.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used (all CTMH):

Coffee Cup Card:

Paper:  Stella B&T; White Daisy, Lagoon CS

Stamp:  Thoughtful Tidings - Feb SOTM

Ink:  Chocolate

Embellishments:  Chocolate baker's twine, Paper flower, Clear sparkle

Other:  Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge, Corner rounder, Micro-tip scissors, 3D foam tape

Grandest Year Card:

Paper:  Florentine B&T; White Daisy, Sunset, Grey Wool CS

Stamp:  Hooray Bouquet

Inks:  Twilight, Sunset, Juniper, Black

Embellishments:  Glitter button, Licorice Opaques

Other:  Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge, 5/8" circle punch (EK), 3D foam tape, Paper crimper (Fiskars)

Acorn Love...

Yesterday turned out to be a snow day, with well over a foot of snow that fell overnight, and it continued to snow all day.  School buses weren't running in our district, and there was no way my little Jetta was gonna make it through to take Cole to school, so we took a snow day.

I played in my scraproom and created a bunch of acorn cards, and then I shovelled snow...

Aren't they super adorable?!

That's what I call acorn love!

I started with this shaped card first.

Inspiration came from two different people: Aaron's card, and Christine's card.

I cut the shape at 5 1/2" using the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge, then traced it onto a folded base, and hand cut the shape, with the fold at the top.

Then I created some 3x3 customer thank you cards.

For these ones, I cut the acorn shapes at 3".

And lastly, I made this card.

Inspiration came from this card by Jeanette Lynton. 

It had been sitting in my "lift" files for a year now.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used (all CTMH):

Acorn Shaped Card:

Paper:  Sonoma B&T; Chocolate, Colonial White CS

Stamp:  Tag the Occasion

Inks:  Chocolate, Bamboo

Embellishments:  Dk. Chocolate Striped grosgrain, Pewter designer brad

Other:  Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge, 3D foam tape, Sponge

3x3 Acorn Cards:

Paper:  Sonoma B&T, Zippidee B&T - retired; Chocolate, Colonial White CS

Stamp:  Tag the Occasion

Ink:  Chocolate

Embellishments:  Wooden buttons, Natural hemp

Other:  Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge, 3D foam tape, Sponge, Micro-tip scissors

Many Thanks Acorn Card:

Paper:  Olivia B&T - retired; Chocolate, Colonial White, Bamboo CS

Stamps:  Many Thanks - retired, Boutique Borders - retired

Inks:  Chocolate, Bamboo

Embellishments:  Colonial White organdy, Wooden button, Natural Hemp

Other:  White Daisy Die-cut card, Micro-tip scissors, 3D foam tape, Micro-tip scissors

Boy, am I outta SHAPE... for the H2H Challenge!

This week over at the Heart 2 Heart Challenge blog, the challenge is to create a card of any shape except a rectangle. 

I recently bought a tree shaped chipboard album from Michaels $1.50 bin, and used it as a template to draw the tree shape onto a piece of cardstock.  I trimmed it out and then started decorating it with the Chocolate cardstock trunk; gluing a scrap piece in place, trimming out and then sponging ink onto the edges.  Then I added layers of Mistletoe B&T, starting at the bottom and working my way up; scallop border punching the bottoms and sponging ink on all the edges.  Then I added some Mistletoe MyStickease for the sentiment and the tree topping.  First I stuck the stickers onto scrap Colonial White cardstock and trimmed them out with scissors, then adhered them in place with 3D foam tape.  Lastly, I randomly added some Tulip bigger brads. 

For the card base, I took a 12x12 sheet of Colonial White cardstock and folded it in half on the diagonal, as I wasn't sure how big I need it to be, then trimmed it to the size I needed.  The base size ended up being 8" tall x 6 1/2" wide, with the finished card measuring 8 3/4" tall x 6 1/2" wide.  I adhered my tree cardfront onto the card base, creating a fun, large size card.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):

Paper:  Mistletoe B&T; Colonial White, Chocolate CS

Inks:  Chocolate, New England Ivy

Embellishments:  Tulip bigger brads, Mistletoe MyStickease

Other items:  Double Scallop Border punch (Martha Stewart), Sponge, 3D foam tape, Micro-tip scissors, and Tree Chipboard Album as template (Michaels)

Christmas Coffee Cup Pocket Card

Isn't this the cutest to-go cup? 

You can purchase the template for this card from Ilina Crouse on her blog

 HERE.

(It also includes a cute cupcake card template.)

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):

Paper:  Mistletoe B&T; Chocolate, White Daisy CS

Stamps:  Tag The Occasion, Adorn-able, Festive Thoughts

Inks:  Chocolate, Cranberry, Olive

Embellishments:  Red Sparkle, 1 1/4" circle punch, Snowflake punch (Martha Stewart)

Other items:  Grey Chalk, 3D foam tape, 1/8" ScorTape, Sponge

Heard the SWELL News...

A friend of mine (who will be turning 41 this summer) just started telling people she's 3 mos. preggo... Another friend of mine was the one who told me and after I stopped laughing so hard (ROTFLMAO), I was like, "SERIOUS???  OMG! Thank goodness it's not me!"   LOL

Sorry peeps, but I'm closer to the being-ready-to-be-a-Grandma stage than being-a-new-(again)-MOM stage...   Actually, I think I'm still in shock!

Anyways, I just HAD to make her a card and thought I'd share my creation... the button didn't photograph well, as it actually matches the blush colour.  TFL


Supplies used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):
Paper: Blush, White Daisy CS
Font: CTMH Hippo
Chalk: Spring Soft Chalks
Embellishments: White Daisy floss, Light pink button (stash), White organdy (Walmart)
Tools: Micro-tip scissors, Cuttlebug, Sizzix Petals a Plenty embossing folder (SU), Sanding block
Adhesive: Tombo Mono Multi (LSS), 3D foam tape (other)