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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Be You

In my quest to use up as much of the Ariana papers and supplies that I could I ended with this card.  It has a combination of just a few small strips of paper and then 4 of the Dimensional Element pieces. A touch of glitter on the glasses and some inking and the card was born.

Ariana layout #3

Today I have a two page layout that I made from ideas in the current CTMH Idea Book. One was pictured in a wooden frame and the other was shown using the chipboard Bracket Frame. I made them into flat regular layouts.

The left page is very detailed. It has machine stitching, making a strip that looks pleated but isn't, 3D embellishments, spray pen splattering with re-inkers and pearl paint, stamping, the Black & Grey assortment of Epoxy Bubbles and using Dimensional Elements.

To start with I mixed up two Spray Pens with re-inker and pearl paint. One was a Outdoor Denim Re-inker and the other was Black. Adding the pearl paint gives it a nice shimmer when it is sprayed on the page. This was done to both base pages first. Then after that had a good chance to dry (very important or it will smear as you do the machine stitching.) I did the machine stitching all around the base page 3/8" in using white thread. Now set this aside.

The strip that appears to be pleated was a group of 3/4" x 3" strips of Ariana B&T. I inked the edges with Whisper ink and then added strip after strip attaching only in the center so I could sew across the top and bottom. I used the white thread again and the 3/8" seam across the top edge and the bottom edge.

The strip alongside the photo was stamped with Sorbet ink and cut out. A stamped flower was added with the D.E. flowers which added more dimension. It was a fun layout to make.

 
The right page has the spray pen splattering , stitching, and stamping also.  It is a little bit subdued because the left page was so full.  Another fun layout to make.

This one has a couple of Cricut cuts using the CTMH cartridges too.

I hope you enjoy.

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Ariana layout with a twist

 I wanted to see if I could use up as much of the Ariana paper and chipboard pieces and it's assortment of bows as I could. So I started with the  WOTG. Then the additional WOTG layouts. Next  I took  two ideas that are in the current CTMH Idea Book and made them into a two page layout.  Which brings me to this two page layout.
I was getting low on the papers and supplies but there were enough still that I thought I could make one more layout. I didn't have quite enough Ariana paper left so I got out an older pack called  Dakota. I felt the wood grain paper coordinated well with Ariana. There is a current paper pack called Timberline that has a wood type paper but I don't own that one so I used one from my stash.  In addition in putting these two pages together I even  used the Zip strips off the top of the B&T papers. It felt good to use up so much of the Ariana supplies and end up with a number of layouts as a result.

This is the left page. Because I ran out of my Ariana bows for this layout I used my Bow Easy Tool and made my own bows. I used  ribbon from my stash again. I had the  Sorbet ribbon rounds and a ribbon from believe it or not a Christmas kit called Mistletoe. I used quite a few of the Dimensional Elements and Epoxy Bubbles to finish it off.

On the right page below I finished much like the left page with a small difference. With the Dimensional Element Camera I added a  little Crystal Glass on the lens. I made another bow using a ribbon from the Sorbet ribbon round and the Bow Easy Tool.

It was fun to take a pattern from one of the How To books and then go to work putting this layout together.

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