Cuttlebug Challenge :: 12

This week's Cuttlebug Challenge is to use sanding on the embossing. Quite easy and a technique that looks very nice. I like the weathered look. I used Die Cuts With A View cardstock because it has a white core that would show once the sanding was complete.

I've combined this w/a sketch from the Hero Arts blog. I also like this card because it was rather easy and fun to put together. I managed to use some heat embossing, dry embossing, and sewing - and it was all pretty simple.

I hope that you all have a wonderful holiday and even if you don't celebrate Christmas, have a Happy Thursday.

Thanks for looking ... here's what I used:
cardstock: Bazzill and Die Cuts With A View (DCWV)
patterned paper: K&Co.
heart die cuts and dry embossing: Cuttlebug
stamp: Hero Arts
ink: Versamark
embossing powder: Ranger
other: sewing

Bless You :: 2 Sketches 4 You and Color Inspiration

It's has been a slow craft week for me.

But it was fun to coordinate this card. Actually, it should be much easier w/a sketch and the colors, but everything has to be just right.

I'm working w/the 2 Sketches 4 You card sketch and Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration.

I like the result. I used my newest craft purchase - or the most recent to arrive - the labels Nestabilities. Love those. For coordinating colors, I am having much success using my Die Cuts With A View (DCWV) Mat Stacks and Border Strips. They have lots of color variations so that helps out a lot. That's what I used w/the browns on this one.

I almost went overboard too by adding three felt flowers along the right side ... it was just too much and I again went w/the 'simple is best' approach. Oh, and I had wanted to do another 'Thank You' card, but I like this sentiment and I have not used it in a while.

Thanks for looking ... here's what I used:
cardstock: Bazzill and Die Cuts With A View (DCWV)
patterned paper: Basic Grey
die cut labels: Nestabilities
stamp: Hero Arts
ink: VersaMark
embossing powder: Ranger
ribbon: American Crafts
dry embossing: Cuttlebug
other: sewing

Simple Things :: cps 77

I finally got around to making a card based on this week's Card Positioning Systems (CPS) sketch. Their sponsor is Inque. I meant to use some of the Inque Boutique stamps that I have, but as you can see I did not do any stamping on this one.

It's a good looking card, I'll say for myself. At least one that I like. I did not like the first row of stitching when I started and I almost ditched the whole thing. But I kept sewing. I thought that the stitch was too wide. And I used craft thread, which is a bit thicker and the stitches need to be further apart.

I'm really into the grungy look = distressed edges. I pulled out the old guitar picks from AMM and the old American Crafts ribbon too. Good stuff. Using up the stash. Oh, this is an open-faced card.

Thanks for looking ... here's what I used:

cardstock and colored chipboard: Die Cuts With A View (DCWV)

patterned paper: Basic Grey and K&Co.

flower die cut: Sizzix

guitar pick: AMM

ribbon: American Crafts

heart die cut: CuttleKids

embellishment: Dress It Up

other: distresser and sewing machine

Happy Birthday Song on Paper

This is a scraplift! And an old one at that. I've been combing through some of my old CARDS magazines. I always go to my dog-eared pages first and sometimes wonder ... 'why did I like this?' I decided I would go to my mag stash more often for inspiration.

But this card is scraplifted from Alissa Fast and it's from the March/April 2006 issue (p. 99). I would have scraplifted more identically if I could have located my KI Memories note cards that she used as the base fo the card. Instead I had to use some note cards from Die Cuts With a View (DCWV); not a bad substitute just that I have those KI ones, but who knows where.

As for the happy birthday sheet music ... I just used Google Images to locate 'happy birthday sheet music'. I then imported the image into Photoshop and converted the image to a brush. That way I could better manipulate the coloring, which is a shade of brown.

Top it off w/stickers and it was a relatively easy card to produce.

Thanks for looking ... here's what I used:

note card and cardstock: DCWV
stickers: American Crafts
ink: VersaMagic
stamp: Katie & Co./Michaels $1
Happy Birthday sheet music: created using Photoshop

Tag Time

I made this clean cut tag because I thought that I wanted to use it for Papertrey Ink's July Blog Hop. Turns out I have another idea in mind for that ... two days and counting until the monthly Blog Hop. I just love the Blog Hop idea; so much creativity to take in.

Enjoy this treat ... here's what I used:

patterned paper: Papertrey Ink's Chocolate Remix
chipboard: Die Cuts With A View (DCWV)
stamp: Michael's $1 stamp
ink: VersaMark
embossing powder: Ranger
ribbon: Martha Stewart and ???
circle die cuts: Quickutz

Making Chipboard Shapes

Maybe the title is a bit misleading. Because making chipboard shapes is oh, so easy, when you have a die cutting machine and dies that cut through chipboard.

For this little pile, I used Cuttlebug dies with Die Cuts With a View colored chipboard. How cool is that? I'll be adding to this pile using some of my big red Sizzix dies. But I really like the colored chipboard. It has a nice finish that I love to stamp on.

I'm sending these cuties to my Secret Cupid (a swap that I signed up for on 2Peas). So much fun.

Note Cards

I had such a good time working on these note cards, like I do on most of my projects.

But these were ultra simple. Die Cuts With A View makes the cards w/the patterned paper front. So, I just added a few more layers and embellishments.

card base: Die Cuts With A View (DCWV)

sticker letters: American Crafts, Paper Studio

circle punch: EK Success

envelope seals: Die Cuts With A View (DCWV)

ribbon: unknown

A Bright Hello

This card was made with Junkitz paper. I like using the foam stamps w/the acrylic paint. And how simple was this ...?

cardstock: Bazzill and Die Cuts With a View (DCWV)
patterned paper: Junkitz
foam stamps: Li'l Davis Designs
paint: Plaid
rick rack: Wal-Mart

Here's another one!

I like this, but it seems too busy. As I was making it, I noticed that I have lots of brown and blue ribbon. Expect more from this color scheme.

This was too meticulous - putting the presents together. I like the circle concept - I read about it on the Two Peas in a Bucket board.

I used the Quickutz shape dies for the presents and some circles too; EK Success circle punches; Making Memories and Gin X pattern paper; American Crafts ribbon; Die Cuts with a View cardstock and craft supply; Hero Arts stamp; VersaMagic ink.