Indie Chic card

The name of this line is called "Indie Chic" (from My Mind's Eye) and I used the "waste strip" at the bottom of the page for the below card. I layered strips of paper and a border sticker on the card and then trimmed out the center of a journaling for the "frame". I also used the part of the large journaling card that got cut off when I adhered it to the Daisy kitty layout shown in a previous post.

Such a Card

If you're a card maker, you should take a look at the Plumeria line by Basic Grey. The title sticker sheet has some great sentiments perfect for cards, including Just Because, Best Wishes, You are my Sunshine, Sweetheart, etc.  Below are a couple of the cards I made from this line, which they have at The Scrapbooking Studio. I just love the grey, orange, and teal colors.

On the top card, I raised the flower stickers with pop dots and put some Stickles on the flower.  Since I took the picture in the sunshine, you can see the glittery portions really well.  On the bottom card, I made a medallion with my paper scoring tool and cut a circular card using a Tupperware container to trace the circle onto my card stock.

Greetings

One of my assignments for this month's design team at The Scrapbooking Studio was the Teresa Collins Everyday Moments line. It has antiquey shades of yellow and blue and comes with some great die cuts and journaling blocks.  I supplemented the first card with some letter stickers from Authentique, which just happen to be in the same shades.

   

Thanksgiving cards

I hope you all had a safe and happy Thanksgiving and an "elegant sufficiency" of turkey and fixings.  (My Dad used to say "elegant sufficiency" when he was full. I usually tend more towards a "piggish excess".)

A couple of my Thanksgiving cards . . .

Halloween Cards

Just mailed off my Halloween cards.  Here's a peek at a few of them.

 

Paper includes Echo Park, Fancy Pants, Authentique and Pink Paislee.

Happy Birthday Cynthia!

Today is my friend Cynthia's birthday. Anyone that knows Cynthia knows that she has a little white dog whom she adores and that her favorite color combination right now is orange and green. So I made this cute little card for her on my Cricut.  She said the dog looked exactly like her dog.  :  )

Happy Birthday Cynthia!

World Card Making Day Giveaway!

Happy World Card Making Day everyone!  To celebrate, I'm doing my very first blog giveaway! Comment below and I'll choose one random person to receive all 4 cards pictured so far on this blog as well as one surprise card. 

The card above is from a make and take I recently did with my scrapbook club.  Thanks to Donna Dillon for designing and teaching this make and take. 

Instructions:

1) cut and fold card base

2) cut orange mat and adhere to front of card

3) cut out striped paper and emboss with a spider web Cuttlebug embossing template (so cute!)

4) add black fiber over striped paper, tucking around the back of the top of the striped paper

5) adhere spider with pop dots (this one is from doodlecharms cricut cartridge, but any spider will do)

6) put red Stickles or other glitter glue as the eyes

You Rock!

My scrapbook club is having another crop in a couple of weeks and it's my turn to do the make and take (I'm an officer of the club).  This is what we will make for my make and take.  I stamped the guitar image on white paper, colored it in with Copic Markers, and cut it out. Then I rubbed embossing ink all over the image and heat embossed it to jazz it up a little bit. I cut large pink flowers into 4ths to make wings and attached them to the back of the guitar.  Then I spritzed the pink paper with a little black ink and attached my guitar.

On the inside I stamped my message and added the cute little guitar stickers that inspired the whole project.

Supplies: stamps- Inkadinkadoo; markers- Copic; stickers- Sticko; flower- Bazzill

Bon Voyage!

One of my friends went on a trip today and really quick this morning I made up a little bon voyage card for her.  This is using Elsie Flannigan paper from my stash. If you ever saw Elsie's work in CK magazine, you know she did a lot of hand drawn and doodled things.  She would be proud of my little hand cut plane.  :  )

Tip: Next time you're at a crop or watching a movie, cut several colors of 8.5x11 paper in half to have ready for card making.  That way you can make one fast whenever the mood or the occasion strikes.  Plus when you finish a layout, before you put your supplies away, you can quickly create a card from your scraps. Buy a big box of invitation sized envelopes at an office supply store to have on hand for all the quick cards you'll be whipping up! 



My Type

I used the typewriter rubon and it came out really cute.  This card design is scraplifted from an October Afternoon card I saw at CHA.
Supplies: cardstock- Prism; ribbon- American Crafts; patterned paper- Oct. Aft.; rub-on- Michaels; letter stickers- Jenni Bowlin (round) and Oct. Aft.