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We were forced to cancel our party....the first time we have been snowed on in the 20 plus years we have been hosting it. Bombay (my kitten) was so confused. She was ready to party and no one was here!
I promise I will get the template up on how to make the card as soon as I can get the pictures taken. It is a very simple fold and makes a great presentation. This card was done using Evensong papers, White Daisy and Cranberry Cardstock.
Back to more card making. For Now, Happy Crafting!
It is time to go back to the stack of unmade cards on my desk! For Now, Happy Crafting!
The page is framed with the glass present. Using your wipe off pen, you can write in the sections right on the glass and then erase when the information is no longer needed!
Driving home after Friday Evening's event, I had an idea. I quickly altered a binder clip with Christmas pattern paper and added a candy cane. What a great place card or buffet marker for your Holiday table.
The visitors to Sunday's affair liked the idea....what do you think? I did this very quickly so think of all of the possibilities of how you could make a festive Holiday table!
For Now, Happy Crafting!
I covered 4x4 inch chipboard with pattern paper. The binder clip was altered to match the chipboard, the circles were stamped with a matching image and the sticky note stack was attached. I also was made a few more of those chipboard picture frames that I showed here. They work up easily also, but take a bit more time because of the cutting and matting.
Oh, what else have I been doing? Friday evening we also had a card making party at the house. Lots more Christmas Cards got made! I even made some time to practice with my new camera.
I'll post more Craft Fair goodies as I get them done. For Now, Happy Crafting!
The card is made on an A2 (5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch) base. (BTW - that is the easiest size for OWH to ship) The large mat is Garnet and was embossed using a Cuttlebug folder. The pattern paper is from the That's Amore paper pack. The silhouette image was heat embossed on Colonial White using Cocoa powder and is from Childhood Portrait. "Be Mine" is from Thoughtful Seasons and stamped in Garnet on chipboard that was sponged in blush. All items used are Close To My Heart.
Oh well, I guess everybody is a critic..... :o) That's Bombay, my five month old kitten adjudicating my work.....
It's time to hop over to Cathy's blog and check out her contribution. She has some wonderful layouts and a great altered tin posted so I can't wait to see what she has done for the hop! Remember the Hop starts here.
Thank you for visiting. And, Thank You to all of the Troops who have and continue to serve our Country. God Bless America. For Now, Happy Crafting!
The mat and ink colors are Lilac Mist. I was waiting for an opportunity to use this color. The images are from My Acrylix Stamp sets Picture Perfect and Thank You.
I did the cleaning while I was waiting for my new camera battery to charge. If you have noticed, my pictures have been appearing a tad peaked the last couple weeks. I don't know what happened but the sensor must have gone....oh well. When I bought my old camera (3 years ago) I said that my next camera would be a digital SLR. I researched and studied. I surfed the net to try and figure which one was best. I finally decided on a Canon Rebel XSi. Back in the day, before digital cameras became popular, I had a wonderful Canon SLR that I used for many years without a single problem. I am hoping that my lenses will fit my new toy. Does anyone know? I haven't tried yet.
Remember I said the weather was beautiful today? I was lucky enough to be able to take some pictures in my garden. I have a handful of straggler flowers blooming. Humor me and allow me to share one of my first pictures...BTW - for the photographers the settings were f/5.6, 1/25sec and 800 ISO. For those of you who aren't familiar with photography, don't worry, I was just playing with the buttons until I got a good picture. :o)
For Now, Happy Crafting!
Here are the steps I took to make this altered picture frame:
1. Score the chipboard at the 4 1/2 and 5 inch marks.
2. Cover the chipboard with pattern paper.
3. Sand and sponge the edges. BTW - an emery board works great for sanding chipboard.
4. Cut mats and squares for photos using Nestabilities.
5. Drill holes in the spine. For example a Fiskars Craft Drill was used.
6. Thread ribbon through holes and tie bow.
7. Attach flowers or any embellishment making sure that space is left to slip the photo underneath.
Supplies used for this project include: Bella B/T Duo pattern paper, Smokey Plum and Vanilla Cream card stock, Colonial White Ribbon, paper flowers and adhesive backed pearls. Ink colors include smokey plum, hollyhock and blush. All supplies, except for the chipboard and Close To My Heart.
I think I'll make a few more of these for my craft fair. What do you think? For Now, Happy Crafting!
This card is done on a 5 X 7 White Daisy base that was sponged with Cranberry. There are three mats each cut 1/8 inch smaller than the preceding one and those colors are Cranberry, Vanilla Cream and Garden Green. The top color is Colonial White and was sponged with Heavenly Blue and Crystal Blue for the sky. The sidewalk was sponged with Cocoa and Gray Wool. The house and door was stamped on Vanilla cream, the windows on Colonial White and the roof on Cocoa. All pieces were heat embossed using cocoa powder. Each piece was cut out. I also cut out the "glass panes" of the windows. I hand drew the tree and candles on the house base before I attached the windows. I wanted to give the appearance that you were looking through the window at them. The curtains and accents on the door were colored using my Copics. The wreath was done with Vintage Christmas Flower Soft. A white gel pen and glitter was used to create the snow on the roof.
To finish off the card, the tree from "Neighborhood" was used to stamp the bushes. I masked off the trunk and rock and rolled the leaves in Garden Green and New England Ivy. The white pen and glitter were used again to add the snow accents. "Merry Christmas" was stamped in Cranberry and is from "Ornate Ornaments." Whew, that was a lot! :o)
Here is another card made from the "Around the Block" stamp set.
This card is done on a 6 x 6 inch base in Indian Corn Blue. The pattern paper is from Grace and it is accented with Garnet. The images were embossed in Cocoa and colored with my Copics.
It's time to hop on over to Laurie's blog to check out here creation using "Around The Block."
If you get lost on the hop, the full list of participants can be found in this post. For Now, Happy Crafting!
The card is done on a 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch base. I cut a piece of white daisy card stock 3 x 3 inches and wrapped it in tin foil. OK, I called it tin foil....that is what my Mom used to call it. I ran it through my Cuttlebug using the snowflake folder. It worked really well and the foil seems to "mesh" into the paper. Close To My Heart card stock is great for this technique because of the weight of the paper. I had no worry that the foil would rip. The rest of the card is completed using a pattern for the Jingles Creative Basics pack, Juniper and Tulip card stock. Yes, you've seen the tree before as I used it in my post about how to use a blender pen. A little bit of Prisma Glitter and some edge distressing and the card was done. I think I will do this technique again. What do you think?
For Now, Happy Crafting!
