Tiny cards

I love making those little cards!! 3 x 3 and 3 x 4 sized cards. They are nice for gift inserts and thank you cards. I have a few to share with you today.

The first one is 3 x 3. I cut the card with Outdoor denim CS and cut it with the Cricut. Then I used the Quaterfoil Embossing folder from CTMH to emboss the front side of the card. Then I added a couple strips from the Ariana paper pack and a layered butterfly also cut with the Cricut. Finally I added a few clear sparkles to the body of the butterfly.

 The second card is 3 x 4. This time a Ruby Cs card base was used. Then 3 strips of paper were added to the front. Two are from the Ariana paper pack and the middle one is Ruby cs that was embossed with the Damask Embossing folder from CTMH. Then I stamped a sentiment from the Inspirations Flourishes stamp set with Ruby ink and added a few clear sparkles on either side.

The third card is a 3 x 3 card. This one also uses an embossing folder from CTMH. This time it is the Chevron folder. The flower, leaves, and banner were all cut from the Cricut and stamped with a couple different stamp sets. The colors in this card are Indian Corn Blue, Pear, Honey. Lastly I tied some twine in a button and added it to the flower center.

I'm sure I will be back with more of this size card. I love them so much.

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Fresh Start...

I am using a stamp set called "Year Round Cheer" am going to be making a 3 x 3 card each month with it. It's a fun stamp set that was last year Dec SOTM from CTMH. It has a cute stamp for each month of the year. Today I have both January's and February's cards. After this I will be posting one each month.

 January's "Fresh Start" card. All CTMH products used except if noted.

1. Twilight CS 3x3
2. Flirty paper pack Outline flower B&T 1x3
3. Flirty paper pack Goldrush B&T 1/2 x3
4. Bamboo CS 2x2
5. Col. White CS 1 3/4 x 1 3/4
6. Goldrush CS 1/2 x 2 (banner)
7. Twilight Ink
8. Blue Button Assortment
9. Hemp
10. Staples (misc)

February "I Love You" Card

1. Twilight CS 3x3
2. Flirty paper pack B&T 1 1/2 x 2 3/4
3. Goldrush CS 1/4 x 2 7/8
4. Flirty paper pack B&T 1/2 x 2(banner)
5. Bamboo CS 1 3/4 x 1 3/4
6. Col. White CS 1 1/2 x 1 1/2
7. Paper flowers
8. Twilight Ink
9. Cranberry Ink
10. Olive Ink

See what the 3x3 cards looks like in March. See you then.
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Happy Crafting!!

6 Petal Flower

I love making these little 3x3 cards and in doing so I am trying my hand at making different flowers on each one. While browsing the internet I have come across a number of different flowers. I wanted to try my hand at making some of them.  So today I have a 3x3 card that I used the Lucy paper X7149B for the flower and card pieces. For the 1/4" strip I used Pear CS. The flower is made from another B&T in the Lucy paper pack. To make this flower first you need to cut 6 of Petal 1 on page 65 and 1 of Flower 7 on page 39 of the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.  The Flower 7 is the cut for the base to build your flower on. The 6 petals will make up your flower. To finish the fower I added a large Cream pearl from the Opaque pearls. The ink colors I used are Sweet Leaf,Pear, and Cotton Candy.
It is an easy flower to make but hard to describe in the written form. If you are interested in making this flower leave me a comment and I will put up step by step pictures for you.

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3x3 Lucy Card

I have a 3x3 card for all of you today. Isn't it Sweet?? I am interested right now in making my own Flowers either with the Cricut or Stamps or whatever way possible. This flower was made using the stamp set,  B1365 Spring Up. One of the stamps included in this set is a polka dot flower. It has lines that after it is stamped you cut along the lines to form the flower. To get the flower full looking like this one you need to stamp the flower twice. One is cut out and left flat. The other is cut along the lines and then rolled up with tweezers. Oh!! before I rolled it up I inked the edges and used a small round stick to curl the flower petal edges.  I added a couple of leaves and a tag stamped with "Spring" attached with Bakers Twine and some Color Ready seam binding ribbon to complete the card. The Color Ready Seam Binding is a ribbon that you can color any color you want or use it as it comes. I used the Pear ink in this example using a dauber. It covered it really nicely. This is going to be a fun product to use.
I will list the CTMH supplies below. If you would like step by step pictures leave me a comment and I will add them to this post.

Supplies (all CTMH):
B1365 Spring Up
Z1732 Color Ready Seam Binding Ribbon
X7149B Lucy Level 2 Paper Pack
Z1701 Neutral Baker's Twine
Z2108 Brown Bag Ink
Z2197 Pear Ink
Z2193 Cotton Candy Ink
Z2153 Sweet Leaf Ink
Z1375 Kraft CS
Z1686 Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge ( tag page 50 cut at 1 1/4")

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Thank You 3x3 card

Here is a little 3x3 card made with the Wings Creative Basics paper. My way of using it is as a Thank You card but it could be a gift tag and many other uses.

I added some Opaque Pearls, ribbon, Kraft border strips and some glittered flowers to add a bit of bling to this little gem of a card.  Enjoy!!!!

Supply List

1. 9033 Wishes card book
2. X5812 Creative Basics Wings
3. Z270 White daisy ribbon
4. Z1377 Kraft Color Ready borders
5. Z1333 Opaque Mocha Gems
6. 1385 White Daisy Card stock
7. Z2165 Juniper ink
    

A Tissue Paper Flower

 

Making Flowers are the rage right now. They can be made from a variety of products. Today I am posting a 3x3 card with a Tissue Paper Flower. I first made my card with a Bamboo base that is 3x6 and scored at 3”. I made this one as a top fold card. I added a 3x3 piece of Black CS. Then added a scallop border using the Fiskars Threading Water punch and Bamboo CS. Then I took a 2 1/2 square of Hollyhock CS and stamped “Thinking of You” with black ink and placed it in the right upper corner. I used the stamp set called  “Say it in Style” D1283. Now comes the Tissue Paper Rose. I used the Scallop punch (new this year in the CTMH Idea Book”} and punched 3 pieces of tissue paper. I used 1 printed and 2 solid pink tissue papers. After punching them out , scrunch them up in your hands. Now poke a hole through the center with your paper piercer and attach a black button brad. Add to the front of your card. To fluff the flower again take the whole group and scrunch in your hands. Peel off the bottom layer and scrunch the top 2 layers. Lay down the 2nd layer and scrunch the top layer again. Then open it up. You can scrunch a lot or a little. Even after putting it in the envelope it will still fluff back up after removing it. Have fun giving these a try. You can vary the number of layers from mine if you want a fuller flower.

Flower Pot 3x3 cards

Here are a few 3x3 cards. I just love this size card.
I used Hollyhock, Sunny Yellow and Indian Corn Blue to make my cards. I did some paper piecing, edge distressing and some embellishments.

Some more 3x3 cards

Here are a couple more 3x3 cards. I love making them these little cards for some reason. Anyway hope you enjoy. I'm sure there will be more in the days to come. These are primarily CTMH products.

My latest 3x3 cards

I have been busy making some more 3x3 cards again. I make these for a few different uses one being as a Thank You to all those who send me a Hostess gift for the Monthly Swap I run thought the Fiskateer message board. I make it and leave it blank so they are able to use it not just get a card from me. I actually should have waited to post this because some of these are going to be sent out with the March swap. Oh Oh!! Shhh we won't tell anyone.

I hope you enjoy these as much as I do making them.

Also in the next couple of days I hope to get a bunny and chick project I am working on. Plus remember the cupcake post I did a while back? I am working on that to and will post when I get it done. Thanks for stopping by.

Thank You Cards

I have been busy making some 3x3 Thank You cards. Here are a few I have made recently. I used a very simple design but I think they are still cute. What do you think? I used mainly CTMH products.The papers were a Creative Basic set with the colors of Vineyard Berry, Twilight and Sweet Leaf. The stamp set was a Thank you set. Ink colors same as the papers. I also used glitter on the center flower design.

3x3 Christmas Card

I am a Hostess for a Fiskateer swap every month in which we swap products. This month we had a Christmas Theme. Some of the people in the swap send me a Hostess gift. To show my appreciation and thanks for their generosity and thoughtfulness I make a 3x3 card that I leave blank so they can use it. Well because our swap was the Christmas theme I decided to make the 3x3 cards for Christmas also. I put this card together using almost all CTMH products. I used the following CTMH products. Christmas Melodies and Gratitude stamp sets. Colonial White, New England Ivy, and Olive card stock. Cranberry ribbon, New England Ivy and Cranberry inks. The tree was decorated with Fiskars Rain Dots. I forgot to take the picture of the envelope but I made that also and stamped to coordinate with the card.

If you are a Fiskateer and would like to join the swaps watch for my post on the first day of each month to see what we are buying to swap and to sign up. If you aren't a Fiskateer yet but would like to be one go to http://www.fiskateers.com/ and click on how to join to become a Fiskateer.

3x3 Card Box

This is a fun little box to make to hold those litle 3x3 cards you make. This was made with CTMH More To Adore paper, Adorable stamp set, blush and chocolate inks.

3x3 Hello Card

This is a little 3x3 card I make as thank you gifts. I used CTMH products with the exception of the flower center was from Chatterbox.