WEEK 2 of Christmas Cards

Today is another card for Week 2 of my Christmas cards.
This card is a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card made with Colonial White CS for the base card and a left fold.
I used Mistletoe B&T papers for the patterned paper pieces.
D1315 Evergreen stamp set. 
The Tree and stand are put down with foam tape.
D1388 Card Chatter-Christmas is the stamp set I stamped O Christmas Tree in the bottom right with Cocoa ink and then finished the sentiment on the inside.

Pieces:
A. 4 x 5 1/4 Cranberry Snowflake B&T
B. 1 3/4 x 4 3/4 New England Ivy Music B&T
C. 1 3/4 x 4 3/4 Sutle Striped B&T
D. 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 Colonial White CS
E. 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 and 1 x 2 Cocoa CS (Use scallop scissors on 1 log edge and 1 short edge on both pieces.

Assembly:
1. Ink all papers with Cocoa ink.
2. Center piece A on front of card.
3. Attach piece B 1/4 from left,top,bottom edges
4. Attach the larger of the 2 Cocoa scalloped pieces to the under side bottom right corner of piece C then attach to front of card butted next to piece B.
5. Attach the smaller of piece E under the piece D left top edge. Then attach to the center of the card.
6. Stamp "O Christmas Tree in bottom right corner with Cocoa ink from D1388 Card Chatter-Christmas stamp set.
7. Stamp the rest of the sentiment on the inside of the card with D1388.
8.Stamp Tree with New England Ivy on a scrap of Colonial White and the stand in Cocoa ink. Cut them both out and ink the edges with there corresponding colors. On the Tree use a glue pen and trace over the design and then sprinkle with Prism Glitter.
9. Add Tree and stand with Foam Tape to piece D.
10. Add Clear Sparkles to the scallop pieces.

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8 Weeks of Christmas Cards !!

WEEK #1

I know we are just in August but I am determined to be prepared this year with having my Christmas Cards done far in advance so I can concentrate on all the other Christmas projects, gifts etc. I thought maybe there might be other crafters wanting to do the same thing so I decided I am going to post at least one Christmas card once a week for 8 weeks.

Today is Week #1 of the 8 week entries. I hope it gives you all some inspiration for getting a jump start on your cards done early this year.

This is a 3 1/2 x 8 card. I used CTMH papers and embellishments. It is the Jingle paper pack, C1371 Holiday Jingle stamp set, Olive & Tulip inks, Organdy white daisy ribbon, Tulip Twinkle brads, and White Daisy, Juniper, Tulip card stocks.

One of the papers in the Jingle Level 2 (now retired) has many border strips that are curved. I used a piece from the Trees strip and the  Gift packages strip. The Ho Ho Ho is a stamp that I inked each "HO" in a different color using the Masking Technique. The first one is Juniper, then Olive and then Tulip. The ornament in the last one has a 1/4" strip inked with Blush across the center with 3 Tulip Twinkle brads added. I inked all the papers with Olive except for the stamped piece I used Tulip. I finished with adding a bow with White daisy  Organdy ribbon.

Check back next week for another card or cards.
See you then.

Butterfly Birthday Card

Today I have another card I made for a Friend who is having a Birthday. She is a long time friend who is also a crafter. I hope this one makes her smile. Let's get started...

I used CTMH products and it is a 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" card.

1. The card base is Colonial White CS cut at 8 1/2" x 4 1/4" and scored at 4 1/4".
2. The next piece is a B&T paper from the paper pack Passages. It is a subtle background with handwriting tone on tone.This piece is cut at 4 x 4. Attach it to the card front.
3. The next piece is cut at 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 from a piece of Petal CS. Don't adhere this down yet though.
4. The next piece is a Colonial White CS cut at 3 x 3 and random stamped with Bamboo Ink. I used a number of stamps from the set C1408 Live Inspired and bamboo ink to random stamp covering the entire piece. Then I stamped in Petal ink the butterfly from D1452 Find Your Style on top of the random stamping. I stamped another butterfly using Petal ink on a scrap piece of Colonial White CS and cut it out. When I cut it out I didn't cut the antennae with it. To finish this butterfly I stamped over it using a Glue Pad and sprinkled on Prism Glitter. Take the cut out butterfly and bend the wings up. Take some foam tape and place it under the wings. Use tape runner down the center portion of the Butterfly. Adhere it over the stamped image lining it up to the antennae. You get a shadow effect with this technique. This whole piece can be adhered to the Petal CS and set aside.
5. Using another scrap of Colonial White CS and the tag stamp from the set D1378 Notice the Details. This is the little tag at the top of the card. Stamp it using Petal Ink. Cut it out around the curve edge at the top but leaving about 1/4" at the bottom edge so it can be inserted under the Petal CS piece. Ink the top edge with Petal Ink.
6. On this same tag using Cocoa Ink and the stamp set D1303 Classmate Alphabet, stamp the word "Kindness" or any other word you want. Attach it under the Petal CS at the top right. Now attach this whole piece to the card front centering it on the "word" B&T paper.

I used real soft subtle colors but you could make this using a bold color like Cranberry and have an entirely different look.

Sympathy Card

There are times unfortunately when we have a loss of someone in our life. I made this card for that occasion. I had this happen recently and wanted to express my prayers and thoughts to the family. So I put this card together to send to them. I wanted it to be a peaceful and soothing card. I hope I succeeded with this one.

I used all CTMH products. This is how I put this card together.

I used papers from a Retired paper pack called It's A Guy Thing. It had the colors and patterns I was wanting to use.
1. I added a 3 1/2" x 7 piece of Cocoa card Stock that I dry embossed using my scoring board. I made my first line at 1/4" , then went over 1/2" scored again, go 1/4" and score, go 1/4" and score go 1/2" and score etc across the entire piece. It is a pattern of 1/2" spaces between 1/4" score lines.
2. Make the panel on the right side of the card by cutting 1 1/2" x 1 3/4" pieces. Two from a stripe B&T and two from the Olive B&T.
3. Ink all the papers edges with Cocoa ink.
4.Now start by attaching the Cocoa CS flush with the left side.
5. Add the little pieces flush to the right side and butted up against the Cocoa CS. Place them alternating papers.
6. Cut a 1" x 3" piece from another B&T paper. I used my corner rounder on the upper left and lower right of this piece and inked the edges in Cocoa ink. Then I took a Pewter photo hanger and attached one at the upper edge and lower edge centered. Add this over the seam of the papers centering it from top to bottom by attaching the Natural colored Hemp to each loop end of the Photo Hangers. I tied a knot about 1/2" down and wrapped it around to the inside of the card. I then covered the inside with another paper to cover the hemp from showing on the inside. This part is up to you. You can leave it showing or cover it.
7. The stamp came from the set called "Blessed". I stamped it on a piece of Colonial White CS with the solid stamp first in Olive Ink. Then take the outline stamp using Cocoa ink over top of the previous stamp. I used the corner rounder again only this time I did the upper right and lower left. I finished this piece with inking the edges with Cocoa Ink.
8.The last part was making the journal strips for my saying. I used the Tiny Typewriter alphabet set and stamped out "Wishing your heart Peace". I cut them apart, inked the edges with Cocoa Ink and added a Pewter brad to the left side of each strip. I attached them staggering them on the lower left of the card.
9. Add your inside sentiment or note and you're done.

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Covers for my Cricut Expressions and Cuttlebug

I have been working in my craft room again. I think I am done and there I go again seeing a better way to organize my "stuff"!!! Or is it?? Anyway I decided to move my Cricut and Cuttlebug to a space that is more at my reach to use frequently. Because of there new location in front of my window I thought it best to make covers for them so they were well protected. I was always going to make covers for them and never got around to it and this gave me that push or encouragement to do it now. I used the same fabric that I had used tin making the curtain at the top of my window and a table skirt all around the the "L" shaped desk. So I continued with the same material to make my covers. To decorate them just a little I used a pre-pleated satin ribbon and formed it into two flowers. I was going to make some of my paper flowers but because I was putting them on a fabric piece I felt ribbon was the better choice. For the Cuttlebug I made it so the handle is exposed. It seems to hang better and look better that way. They are quick and easy to make and had a bit more accent color to my craft room.

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Now I am off to continue working on a baby boy album for my Grand Child. As I get a bit further I will see about posting some of the pages. I have previously made a baby girl album which can be found by looking at my list of labels. It will say Baby album I believe.

I will have some other projects to show you soon as well.

Have fun scrappin!!!