Crafty Wednesday / Card Design #4

Got another cute card for you today. This one is about using scraps, since there are lots of small papers.

{Supplies}

• 4.25” square card blank (The one I used was dark pinkish)
• 1.25” x 4” patterned paper (mine has flowers)
• 1.5” x 3” patterned paper (mine was green)
• 1.5” x 3” patterned paper (blue polkadots)
• 3 flowers of decreasing size (I used a Cricut something or other, but you could use anything you’ve got. Or make them the same size, like from a punch, and just layer them differently)
• mini brad
• button
• 3” + 2” ribbon
• vellum quote or some sort of sentiment
• black fine point sharpie
• small hole punch

{Directions}

Rip the blue polka dot paper on one of the 3” sides. Glue flower paper vertically and the green and blue papers horizontally, leaving gaps between each.

With the black sharpie, make zig zag stitch marks along the gaps. Glue vellum flush with right side and centered in the space remaining on the front card blank.

Glue the longer strip of ribbon overlapping the flower paper a little bit. Punch a small hole in the middle of all the flowers and insert brad. Glue to top of ribbon, overlapping the stitching.

Take the shorter ribbon and fold it in half. Glue down both ends about halfway up the flower stem. Add button.

This card will fit in a regular invitation envelope, which is why I made the card blank 4.25” square :)

~S

Crafty Wednesday / Card Design #3

This week I remembered, hooray!

This card does not require any fancy tools, just a paper cutter and a corner rounder.

Supplies:

• green card blank
• 5 1/4” x 4” blue cardstock
• 3 - 3” x 1.5” strips from a large patterned paper
• 4.75” x 1” pink cardstock
• 4.75” x .5” pink cardstock
• 5 buttons
• 10” thin blue ribbon
• blue ink

Round ALL the corners (except top two on smaller pink strip). Ink the blue cardstock, three front strips, and pink strip that goes on the front (hold the ink pad in your dominant hand and the paper in your non-dominant, brush the ink pad on the edge of the paper away from you just on the edge. The more you tilt the ink toward the front of the paper, the more ink you’ll be able to see).

Glue the blue cardstock onto the front, then the patterned pieces, then the pink piece. Then glue on the buttons. Tie the ribbon around the top of the card blank.

On the inside of the card, glue the pink strip on the bottom, then glue on the buttons.

As a side note, the reason you want a large patterned paper for the front is because then it gives a nice illusion of the pattern still being connected.

If you want a sentiment on the front, it would fit nicely on the pink strip :)

~S

Crafty Wednesday / Card Design #2

Right, completely forgot last week that I was going to post another card design, oops. Actually, I forgot a lot of things last week…maybe I’m getting old ;)

Copied the idea for this little cutie from a Cards magazine (I highly recommend these pricy magazines, btw, but look on ebay for them before you pay full price!)

Supplies:

• Green card blank
• 5.25” x 4” White cardstock
• 24 – 1/2” circles (used a punch) in 3-4 colors
• 1.5” circle I used the same color of dark green as the card blank
• 1.25” circle birthday paper or white paper with sentiment, inked
• Small flower stamps or other embellishments. Buttons would work well as would bling.

I glued the white cardstock on first, then laid out all the small circles on the front before taping them down. Notice they’re not in any particular order, I decided I liked that best. After those were all taped down, I used a small foam square to stick down the layered circles. I then embellished a few of the circles with small rubber stamps. You could use whatever type of embellishment you like, I was trying to go for a card I could give to a male if I wanted, so I stayed away from bling. I saved one of each color circle for the inside to add a little coordination.

I think I’ll definitely revisit this design using a different color scheme or maybe even a different theme all together!

~S

Crafty Wednesday / Card Design #1

I had a great time at the Crop Your Heart Out all-day crop last Saturday. Add to that my new Cricut Expressions machine, and now I have a new stash of cards that I’ve made. I decided a long time ago that I’m not really a scrapbooker, and that’s fine with me, but I do really enjoy making cards. So, every Wednesday, at least for awhile, I’m going to post a new card design. They’re mostly just for you to get inspired to make your own, but if you *really* like mine, I would sell them to you too :)

So, here’s the first one:

Supplies:

• 5.5” x 4.25” card blank
• Green cardstock 1.5” x 5x5”
• Green cardstock – two very small strips for stems
• Green cardstock – “grow” inverse image cut using Lyrical Letters cartridge
• Yellow quilling paper or strip
• White quilling paper or strip

I just took a quilling class at Capture about a month ago, so I’m still learning the techniques. I think this was the first one I tried outside of the class since I just bought a quilling tool this week.

~S

*Giveaway* ~ 8 Beautiful Handmade Cards

In honor of the Ultimate Blog Party '10, I decided to do my first ever giveaway!

I love giveaways, and I love to give things away too :) Another thing I love is any reason to make something crafty. I really like making cards, especially since buying a Cricut last year. So the winner will get 8 handmade cards and 8 white self-sealing envelopes.

All the cards are blank inside. All but the last two would be great for any occasion. The last two are birthday cards.

How to Enter (and yes my friends and family can enter . . . I will use www.random.org to pick the winner . . . and you aren't friends with Mr. Random.  No one is.) 

 

Mandatory: Follow my blog and leave me a comment letting me know which card you like the best

Optional Entries (meaning write a new and separate comment for each):

• Follow me on Twitter
• Tweet about this giveaway. Must leave permalink
• Add my button to your blog, and provide a URL.- 2 entries
• Blog about this Giveaway on your blog and provide post URL- 2 entries 

This giveaway will close on Sunday, 4/18, at midnight MST and I'll announce the winner no later than Monday evening. Good luck!!

~S

Crafty Wednesday - Card Designs

Not crafting too much this week. I've challenged myself to keep a better handle on my house, and so far I've been doing pretty good. However, that doesn't leave as much time for crafting! That and my little man has been slightly unpredictable this week, geez, like he's a baby or something :)
Anyway, here's some cards that I made back in October when we had a girly weekend up in Frisco. I hope they inspire you ;-) If not, you can always buy them from me on Etsy

The other thing I'm working on right now is Kahlen's second year scrapbook. So far, so good. It's about half done. I'm planning on scanning it when I'm done, but we'll see how far down the list that gets pushed.

~S