Triple Layer Card - Snowman

We learned to make the triple layer cards last month at Stamp club.  I thought the layout would be perfect for my little snowman stamp.  He called "Snowman Skates" and is made by Whipper Snapper Designs .

The paper is white confetti purchased at Office Max.  The blue is Pacific Point from Stampin Up.  I also used Pacific Point ink for the stamped images.  Snowflake embellishments were done with a border punch for the sides, and a Cuttlebug die for the full snowflake that is layered and glittered.

Graduation card

It has been too long since I have posted.  I made this card for the daughter of a dear friend that graduated high school this year.  I scraplifted the idea from pinterest.  I wish I could give credit to the original pinner, but I do not have the reference now.  I used the congratulations embossing folder with my Cuttlebug for the background.  I welded and cut the monogram letters with my Cricut (using my gypsy to weld).  I cut an extra "S" and glued it on top of the monogram, using the school colors.  The cap was also a Cricut cut, but it has been too long and I cannot remember which cartridge was used.  I believe the letters were cut with the Art Philosophy cartridge.

Altered notebook

A simple little project. I believe the stamp is from SU--it also had children making a snow angel in this set. The snowflakes are Cuttlebug die cuts.

Fall Thank You card

I was looking for a candy corn cut on my Cricut cartridges and could not find one, so I made my own with George & Basic Shapes. I am happy with it, but I need to redesign it with my gypsy so that I can resize it easier with the group feature. Maybe I will see about that today.

Anyway, this is a simple little card with an embossed "thanks" square. The ribbon is from the $1 bins at Target, and the printed paper is from DCWV fall stack--2009, I think.

Fall Birthday

Here is a fall birthday card made with both Cricut and Cuttlebug. "Happy Birthday" is cut with Opposites Attract. I need to use this font more often. The pumpkins are from Pooh & Friends, and I think the leaves are too.

The orange square with embossed pumpkins is done with a cuttlebug folder and highlighted with orange ink.

I just love plaid for fall cards. I wish I could have a mat stack full of fall plaids. They are the first to get used up from my paper stash.

Autumn Card

This card is mostly cuttlebug. I love embossing folders, and have used Autumn Type and the Maple Leaf die/emboss set (both by cuttlebug). The maple leaf has been pop dotted. The Autumn bookplate is made with a piece of ribbon and Fabulous Finds, and attached with copper colored brads. All of the embossing has been highlighted with ink, and some of the dots on the Autumn Type folder have copper color dimensional paints on them.

Winter Card

This is a very simple card. The background paper is from last year's DCWV Christmas stack. I cut strips of white cardstock, stamped the SU snowman border, and used the Martha Stewart snowflake border punch. The coloring was done with Prisma watercolor pencils.

The snowflake die cuts are pop dotted. The larger snowflake is a Sizzix sizzlit die and the smaller one is a Cuttlebug die.

Christmas Card

This will be my main Christmas card this year. I mass produced them. The card is navy/white, and the navy has flecks of white in it. I printed the sentiment using Annabelle Script--4 to a sheet-- on the computer before cutting it out. The white part was embossed with the Cuttlebug Winter House folder, and the deer silhouette is cut from the Cricut Lite Wildlife cartridge. I may further embellish before sending. I am thinking about adding a couple die cut snowflakes to it, too. Still pondering that one!

Merry Christmas!

This is a prototype of one of my Christmas cards this year. If you are on my Christmas card list, pretend you didn't see this!

This is called a tent topper card (I think), and it was fun to make. You basically make a 4.25" square card, embellish the front however you wish, and when you add the "topper"--you make sure that it does not extend beyond 5.5" so that your card will fit into an A2 size envelope.

The circles/scalloped circle were cut with Nestabilities on my cuttlebug. The navy front was Cuttlebug embossed with a Sizzix snowflake folder. The bunny stamp & sentiment are a "slapstick" set from Penny Black. The SU ticket punch was used on the corners of the navy cardstock, as well as on the sentiment piece.

Overall, this is a very easy card to make, and could be planned out to make a large quantity of them at a time. I am sure I will be making more of these type of cards. Hope you enjoyed looking at it!

Vintage Birthday

My MIL recently had a birthday and I made this card for her. She loves cameos, so I used the Heritage cartridge for that cut. It actually has 2 cameos, one popped over top of the first layer to give it some dimension. However, I forgot to take a photo showing that before I gave the card away.

I made the folded frame with paper from the K & Company 'Roam' mat size pad. I used coordinating solid blues for the background, and the lighter one was embossed with the Script Cuttlebug folder.

The ivory "lace" was made with a Martha Stewart PATP set -- Scallop Three Dot. Also, I added a small vintage heart with some scroll work by hanging it from a little ivory brad.

I hope you like it! It was a bit of a fussy card, but it was so worth the extra time!

Horse Series #3

Another horse from Old West. The mane, tail, & hooves are colored with a Prisma watercolor pencil. I cut a star with my Cricut--I have no idea which cartridge it is from--probably GBS or PS.

I used the Stars Cuttlebug embossing folder on just over half the navy card front, and then used the EK Success star corner punch on the other end to allow the white from underneath to show through. Not my most favorite of the group, but at least it is sort of patriotic!

Horse Series #2

This is another in the series of horse cards. I used DCVW Rustic stack for the background, and stamped the trees with Stampin Up's Lovely as a Tree set. I decided the horse needed to be ivory to contrast with the card elements, and I shaded its mane and tail just a bit with a Prisma watercolor pencil. The horse and fence were both cut from Old West, and I also ran the fence through my Cuttlebug. The folder is called Distress Stripes, and I inked the fence to show the embossing. The fence also has been "popped" to make it stand out from the card & horse a bit. The colors are better in person, and it has a really nice autumnal feel to the coloring. Thanks for looking! Please leave a comment. I would love to hear from you!

Wedding Card

I have been just a little too busy lately to play. But I made up for it so far this week. I have been working on some ideas for wedding/bridal cards. I am quite happy with this one. The background paper is from K & Co., and has been embossed with my Cuttlebug--it is very hard to see in the photo. The lacy square is cut at 3.25" and then punched with a Martha Stewart punch around the page set. The silhouette cut is from A Child's Year Cricut cartridge cut at 2.5" shadow is done in a matching blue solid cardstock. I also added a few butterflies from an old punch. There are 3 butterflies: 1 blue and 2 pink. They were "stickled" with Star Dust. The butterflies and silhouette were all pop dotted, and there are also 2 small pink pearl beads added to each side point of the lacy square. The color is much better IRL.

Zooballo Christmas

I believe this card was also done for the Zooballoo cartridge challenge. I just love the penguins on this cartridge. The white background was embossed with snowflakes with my Cuttlebug, and the snowflakes at the top are a Cuttlebug die. This is a shaped tag card, which opens to read the sentiment.

Butterfly card

Another butterfly card...love them! A simple white embossed background with a white stickle embellished butterfly. The background is Cuttlebug Stylized Flowers, and the butterfly is a Cuttlebug die/embossing combo.

Super simple, but very elegant. You just can't go wrong with butterflies!

Friends

I just love Penny Black stamps. This one is from the Valentines acrylic set. I added a bit of stickles to the flower.

The white lace doily shape is from Lacy Labels, the yellow piece is embossed with the Welcome Baby Cuttlebug card combo folder. The purple strip is punched with the EK Success Swiss Cheese border punch.

Thinking of You

I was very happy with the way this card turned out, if I do say so myself. The butterfly border is a MS punch, and the large butterfly is a Cuttlebug die/embossing combo. The sentiment was stamped on black with the SU! white craft pad. I think it looks like writing on a chalkboard. The patterned papers are from DCWV Mariposa mat stack.

Cherish

I love the clean simplicity of a two-tone card. The white is embossed with the Welcome Baby Cuttlebug card combo folder. The butterfly is an SU! punch. The sentiment is also by SU!

Tilda--Happy Birthday

Here is Tilda again. She is just too cute sitting on top of the cuttlebug embossed pumpkin. The tree, grass, & Happy Birthday are from Zooballoo. The maple leaves are a small punch.

Halloween birthday

My sister's birthday is on Halloween. I made this card for her in 2008. It uses many Cricut cuts: Paper Doll Dress ups - black cats, fence & bats; Pooh & Friends - pumpkins, grass, & moon; the trees are also Cricut, but I can't remember from which cartridge. I also ran the fence thru my Cuttlebug to give it some texture.