Dangerous Glitter Christmas Card

The title is compelling. The card base was made with a piece of glitter paper. It was an 8x8 piece of paper that I cut the top down to 6”. I scored it at 4” and used a bone folder to burnish the edge. Then I went over it with my hand and the glitter literally cut my hand. The JOY die is by Spellbinders. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Peace, Love and Joy Big card

This card is from Craft Roulette #244.

 The parameters were:

Project-Joy fold

Color-Bold/cold

Element-family 

Random-ribbon 

The gold paper, letter dies and the white die cut layered at the bottom of the cluster are from Sizzix. The embossing folder is by Gina Marie. The die cut that the ampersand sign is on is by Creative Expression. There’s Rick Rack on the left side of the card on top of a snowflake background stamp that I heat embossed in green embossing powder.  The joy tags on the right are sewn up there with not twine, but like hemp ribbon. 

It’s a very heavy card. I would probably have to add extra postage. Thanks for looking.

Cricut Drawn Christmas Tree Upcycled Card

 

Every month a friend and I make Christmas cards. We call it 5on5: the goal is to make 5 Christmas cards on the fifth of every month at 5:00 PM. Each month we have a theme and  February’s theme was to reuse, recycle, or repurpose. Which brings me to this card that 

I received this 3 years ago. It had a noticeable smudge of green ink in the upper left corner. It 

took this long to figure out what I could do to the Cricut pen on the 

I tried a white gel pen, which made the green ink smear more. To make it not look as though I’m covering up a mistake, I would have to go around each area just like it smear the green and cover it with a white gel pen. 

This is what I have to say about that white gel pen wasn’t very consistent so I bought some off of Amazon that are amazing.

Anyway, the flaw needed to be covered up with something solid. I pulled out these not rhinestones or gems or enamel dots. Nope, none of those. They are a product by Imaginisce. You heat set them to your project with this tiny little thing that applies heat. They match the green marker used on the tree. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Cricut border with added Christmas trees card

This border is a Cricut cut with a rhinestone in the center. Then I added Christmas tree die cuts. Some of them have been inked with distress ink. Some of them are also upcycled wallpaper samples. I did add dimensional adhesive behind two of them. Then I cut brown scraps to make the tree trunks. Thanks for looking. 

Manly Monday Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Green with Stars Card

Merry Christmas. This is a fatter slimline card with Basic Grey patterned paper and DCWV green opulent cardstock. I stamped this old sentiment stamp from my stash onto a Dreamweaver Stencils die cut. The jute is by Tim Holtz. The stars are the bits that fell out of a Marvy corner punch. 

Thanks for looking.

Cricut Snow Globe Christmas Card

The snow globe is a Cricut draw and cut out of textured cardstock. I colored it in with colored pencils. The background stamp is by Stampin Up. The Merry Christmas is a rub-on. The smallest snowflakes are sequins by American Crafts. I added Stickles to the star and snowflake punch. Thanks for looking.

Mini Happy Holidays Card for Mom

This card base is an upcycled thank you card from my Mom’s funeral memorial. It sounds morbid but my Mom would have liked that I was using them. The size is smaller 3.5 x 5 and it has dry embossing around the edges that I lightly inked with distress ink. To explain this card I’m going to start with closest layer to the card, which is a Creative Memories journal card. On top of that is blue cardstock followed by a card from a Craft Smith paper pad. I didn’t like the sentiment so I covered it up with a stamped sentiment. I’m happy with how it turned out. I have a few cards using similar products that I have to watermark. Thanks so much for taking a look at my blog.

Manly Monday Curtains are open for the Nutcracker

The card is for Craft Roulette challenge. 

Parameters: 

Split down the center-curtains made by me. 

Jolly colors-jolly red with blue and green Christmas colors.

 Fruit-nuts are a fruit (nutcracker Cricut draw and cut. Colored with Copic markers)

A Heart-on his hat-die cut by Scrapbooking Made Simple. Thanks for looking.

Floral Friday Poinsettias in circles Cards

Check out these Poinsettia cards.

I clear heat embossed the poinsettia stamp, then inked it with distress ink to give them color, and circle punch by Creative Memories. The background embossing folder is by Creative Expressions (That's a guess). Thanks for looking I think I have a few more of these flower stamps to bore you with.

Brown and Off white Joy Christmas Card

The background paper is from Stampin Up and the Peace, Hope paper by American Crafts. The off-white die cut is from Spellbinders. The sentiment is unknown. Thanks for looking.

Floral Friday Cricut Wooden Basket Card

I used the draw-and-cut feature on my Cricut for the flower box. The sentiment was from a friend and the two papers were scraps. Super easy. Thanks for looking.

January Calendar layout Holland Party

I made a border using very old Creative Memories die cuts and then put holly stickers inside the open square. The letter stickers are by The Girl's Paperie. The paper is so old. Thanks for looking. 

Merry Christmas A Child is Born card

Merry Christmas. A friend sent me this die cut and so I made a background using distress ink and flicked a little bit of water on it. I put wood-patterned paper behind the words. The patterned paper behind the front panel is by Colorbok. Thanks for looking.

Floral Friday Gatefold Christmas cards

Some of these cards have flowers in them so why not post them on Floral Friday. Here are  4 gatefold cards. Each picture of a new card is followed by a list of supplies used.

   

The patterned paper is by Stampin Up and Anna Griffin. The stamp is by Stamp N Plus Scrap N. I colored it in with Copic markers and chalk.

The patterned paper is by Provo Craft. The sentiment stamps are by Hero Arts. The flower die cuts are by Spellbinders and stickers by EK Success.

The patterned paper is by My Mind’s Eye with border punch by Martha Stewart. Square image is unknown. 

The patterned paper is by glitter paper by Die Cuts with a View and The Paper Studio.

Thank you for looking.

Christmas cards using the same blue Patterned

The snowmen stamp is by Stampin Up and I colored them in with Copic Markers.

This next card is what I started with but I didn’t think the red in the sentiment matched the red in the patterned paper. So I found a rub-on that matched better and changed it.

BEFORE...

And AFTER...

Thanks for looking.

Gingerbread Man Easel card

I used a polka dot background stamp by Hero Arts with pink Umbrella ink. The gingerbread stamp by Stamp N Plus. I stamped it onto a Spellbinders die cut before coloring it in with powdered chalk mixed with paint. I gave the icing some dimension with Liquid Pearls. The border is washi tape and the sentiment was typed up on the computer. 

I did not to take into account that there was another design on the other side of the paper, duh!

The circle is punch by Creative Memories. The pink door stopper is a former hair clip.  Thanks for looking.

Gold Frame around a Candle Christmas card

For my card today I have a candle that was cut out with my Cricut. I glued it onto a tag from my stash. (I have no clue as to where it came from.) The frame shape is the negative of a Simply Refined die. Idk how to explain this...I trimmed around the outside of the negative frame because when I ran the original die thru the Gemini I had another die too close to this die and therefore I didn't have enough gold to cover the entire card front. I think in five years when I come back to this post I will understand what I wrote. Maybe. 

The gold cardstock by Creative Memories is no longer being made. Such a bummer. Thanks for looking.

Simon Says Stamp has a new challenge- Tag it.

Decorated in pink is a Christmas Cookie Card

 I used the Christmas Cookie image by Robyn's Fetish. ( No longer in business). I watercolor painted the cookie with a combination of Distress inks (Tea Dye and Antique Linen) and a little water mixed with Perfect Pearls. The inside of the cookie is colored with Copic markers. Then I colored the frosting of the cookie with a paintbrush using Platinum Liquid Pearls and water. From there I used the White Opal Liquid Pearls and made the frosting dots.

Here is another card using the same Cookie stamp. You have to scroll down to the bottom of the post. I like that I was able to pull another image out from the drawer.

Thanks for looking.

Happy Holidays card with a wheel stamp border

The patterned paper in the center is by Sunborn. The red borders are stickers by Creative Memories. The patterned paper on top is unknown. the drool mark is by my dog, Rusty. I should probably cover it up unless you didn't see it until I pointed it out. The wheel stamp border on the right is by Stampin Up. The sentiment sticker is intended to go inside a bottle cap. Thanks for looking.

A picture of the card after a few additional stickers to get rid of the bad water spot. I don’t like it with the stickers but too late now. 

Thanks for looking. 

Manly Monday Santa is outside the window Christmas card

The brown patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket. The window die is an oldie by Tim Holtz. The patterned paper inside or rather it's outside the window it's another oldie by Martha Stewart. The sentiment sticker is by Mrs. Grossmans. Thanks for Looking.