You are amazing in gold

Hi everyone!!  I just can't seem to get enough of gold lately.  I'm telling you last year this time this "silver girl" would have never believed all the gold I am using!  

 First I die cut the Hexagon openings into my cardstock and after carefully lining up with the openings, I applied the washi tape behind them to the card base.

My butterfly has 3 layers, the first is the glitter gold, the next is white cardstock with gold ink on the edges and the top is vellum.  To make the gold glitter butterfly, I layered the washi tape to cardstock and die cut.  The butterfly shown below ended up being too big, but you get the idea.

  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Here is a close up picture.

Card Deets:  
Spellbinders Dies: S4-395 Les Papillions Two Shapeabilities®; S4-368 Hexagons Nestabilities®

Stamps: JustRite Papercrafts, Bokeh Time

Other Supplies: Bazzill Card Shoppe cardstock in Marshmallow; My Minds Eye Metallic Washi Tape and Metal Dots; Little B gold foil chevron washi tape
Adhesive: Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares  
NOTE: You can also find Spellbinders dies at the The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

JustRite Papercrafts -Guest Designer Final day

Hi everyone!  Today is my 3rd and final day as this week's guest designer for JustRite Papercraft's!

If you have a moment, please head on over to JustRite's blog and check out my projects!

Here is a little peek of my cards:

I have step out pictures showing how I did the cut out on the left side of my first card, so check it out!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

JustRite Papercrafts -Guest designer day 2

Hi everyone!  Today is Day 2 of my JustRite Papercraft's guest designer posts!

Head on over to JustRite's blog and check out my project!

Here is a little peek:

I have step out pictures showing how I made my card, so check it out!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

JustRite Papercrafts -Guest designer

Hi everyone!  I have some fun news - I'm JustRite Papercraft's guest designer this week!

Head on over to JustRite's blog and check out my projects!

Here is a snippet of one of my cards:

I also show some tips on how to color your pumpkin images!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Pretty Petals card, part 2

Hi Everyone!  Welcome to my second post using the new Flower dies from the Pretty Petals die series.  This card uses Pretty Petals C, which is a set of 4 dies.  You can find them all in the "What's New" section on Spellbinders site and are on pre-order.  These sets are small and have a price of $10.

 See the leaves on the stem?  They are the negative pieces from the 1/2 daisy bloom!  Yep, I die cut it in olive and used the negative pieces for the leaves.  Double duty -love it!  I hand cut the stem.

 

This card was also made as a sample for Spellbinders to demonstrate these dies on the UK shopping channel called Craft and Create (kinda like our HSN).  Here is what the die set looks like:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Here is a close up pic.

Card Deets:  
Spellbinders Supplies:  S2-130 Pretty Petals C Shapeabilities®

Other Supplies:   
JustRite Stampers Stitched Flowers Vintage Tags stamp set for sentiment; Gina K Designs, Aqua, White, Yellow and olive cardstock; Glitter dots; Gold foil washi tape
Adhesive: Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares
NOTE: You can also find Spellbinders dies at the The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Sunflower congratulations

Hi everyone!  Today's card uses the Create-a-Sunflower die set.  I haven't had a chance to use this set and with fall around the corner (gasp!), I wanted to try it out.  I also used the Majestic Circles set.  Spellbinders has many many beautiful decorative die sets that coordinate with the basic shapes of circles, squares, rectangles and ovals -I just have to remember to use them more often!

It was actually pretty easy to make.  Here is a picture of the die cuts needed for the flower.

You will need to cut:

10 flower petals of each size (since the petals are on 1 die, you need to run it through 10 times)

4 petal bases (adhere the petals to each of the 10 "pointy" parts)

1 flower center

amount of leaves is optional

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Here's a close up of the flower details.

Card Deets:  
Spellbinder dies: S2-061 Create-a-Sunflower Shapeabilities®, S4-420 Majestic Circles and S4-114 Standard Circles LG Nestabilities® 
Stamps: JustRite Stampers, Large Elegant Sentiments
Paper: White, daffodil, chocolate and green cardstock; My Mind's Eye, In Bloom 6x6 paper pad
Embellishments - Stamp Simply Ribbon Store: Prima flowers Audrey in Turquoise Teal, My Mind's Eye Enamel dots; Wink of Stella glitter brush in clear
Adhesive - Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L foam squares
NOTE: You can also find Spellbinders Die Templates at the The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. 

Spellbinders Featured Designer

Hi everyone!  Today I am being featured on the Spellbinders' blog as their Featured Designer for June!  I am so excited and honored!  I've been with Spellbinders for over 3 years now and each day is as fun as the next.  They are an amazing, innovative and generous company and I am thrilled to be designing for them.

AND there is a fun giveaway for you all too!  Spellbinders will be giving away all the dies I used on my card to one lucky person.

Knowing about the giveaway, I made a card using my 2 FAVORITE things, circles and roses!!

To make the chevron cardstock strips I used my Zig Zag Edger die from Classic Ric Rac Edgeabilities set.  I made my first cut, then worked my way down the cardstock lining up the die JUST at the edge of the cut.  This way I made all my strips the same size without doing measuring.

To make the circle rings, I start out by cutting the larger circle first.  (p.s. notice my brand new clean cutting mat?  How pretty is that!?!) I wanted my circle rings 1/4" thick, so I used both the Circles LG and Circles SM die sets.  On the right, my second cut is with the nesting size smaller from the other set. If I used only one set, the ring formed would be 1/2" which is also nice.

To make the rose, I cut 2 of each size petals from my favorite flower set, Rose Creations.  I like to make my flowers combining pattern paper and cardstock, so I cut 2 of each size of both kinds.
There are many ways to shape rose petals, I do mine in 2 easy steps.  First step is to cup the petals upward, I use my pen cap against my piercing foam.  The second step is to fold the ends downward, I use the edge of my scoring tool.

Next I adhere the 2 petals of the same together.  I lay them all out and fiddle around to see how I want my rose to look.

 The dies come with a small hole in the center of the blooms which makes assembly easy.  I used a silver jumbo brad and alternated my patterns and had enough left over for another complete rose, which I put in my "extras" tin.

 For the chance to win all the dies I used on my card head over to the Spellbinders blog and click on the contest link.

The dies being given away are:

S4-114 Standard Circles LG

S4-116 Standard Circles SM

S5-050 Rose Creations

E8-004 Classic Zig Zag

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Here is a close up of the die cutting details.

Card Deets:  
Spellbinder dies: E8-004 Classic Ric Rac Edgeabilities®, S4-114 Standard Circles LG and S4-116 Standard Circles SM Nestabilities®, S5-050 Rose Creations Shapeabilities®
Stamps: JustRite Papercrafts, Buntings and Banners for sentiment 
Paper: Bazzill Paper Basics, Marshmallow, Icy Mint, Whirlypop and Candy Pearls Card Shoppe cardstock; MME "Necessities" Blue 6x6 pad 
Ink: Tsukineko Versafine Onyx Black 
Embellishments: May Arts Burlap String; Jumbo brad; clear rhinestones; Stardust stickles 
Adhesive: Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares

Summery Just Because card

Hi everyone!!  Long time no blog.  I have been super busy with end of the school year stuff and getting my garden in order.  Not too mention allergies have been kicking my behind and wiped out my energy!  Anyway, I have a fun card to share today.  This was inspired by a card I found on Pinterest.  Seriously, what did we do before Pinterest?  I love that site, not only for endless crafty inspiration, but for recipes and so much more!  But I digress...

My card uses some of my favorite cheery summer pattern paper from My Mind's Eye and matching enamel dots (I just love matchy-matchy).  I used the Blooms 3 D-Lite die for my flowers and the leaves are vellum cut from the Sprigs set (which I had left over from this card). For the chevron pattern, I used the Classic Ric Rac edger die and made 2 die cuts into my cardstock, separated them a tiny bit and adhered them over some pattern paper with foam squares.  Pretty cool, huh?!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Here is a close up picture of the flower details, I just love the emboss and DEbossing details with the Blooms 3 dies.

Card Deets: 
Spellbinder dies: S2-046 Blooms 3 and S4-430 Sprigs Shapeabilities®, E8-004 Classic Ric Rac Edgeabilities® 
Paper: Bazzill Paper Basics, Butter Mints, Sour Lemon and Robin's Egg Card Shoppe cardstock; Vellum cardstock

Ink: Tsukineko, Versafine Onyx Black
Embellishments - Stamp Simply Ribbon Store: My Mind's Eye Record It "Here is Happy" 6s6 paper pad and enamel dots
Adhesive - Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares 

NOTE: You can also find Spellbinders Die Templates and vellum cardstock at the The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Thinking of You

Hi everyone!  I have a fun card to share today.  This one uses the new coffee cup image from JustRite and I kept this pretty simple and colored it just like the packaging showed.

I created the shape and simple frame on the front of the card by using nesting dies from the A2 Curved Matting Basics sets.  These are part of the Card Creator series of dies and are my favorites because of the simple curved corners.  Here is a link to all the Card Creater set of dies which come in basic and decorative sets.

The little flourish peeking out from the coffee cup is from the Floral Flourishes set!  I don't use those cuties nearly enough.  And the scalloped piece on the image panel is from the A2 Scalloped Borders set.

Here are the dies I used

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Here is a close up detail picture.

Card Deets: 
Spellbinder dies: S5-182 A2 Scalloped Borders Borderabilities®, S4-327 Floral Flourishes Shapeabilities®, S5-171 A2 Curved Matting Basics A and S5-172 A2 Curved Matting Basics B Nestabilities®

Stamps - JustRite Papercrafts, Coffee Cup and Large Grand Sentiments
Paper: Bazzill, Card Shoppe Marshmallow and Taffy cardstock
Embellishments - Copic markers, Stickles
Adhesive - Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares   

NOTE: You can also find Spellbinders Die Templates at the The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. 

Simple butterfly cards

Hi everyone!  I have a couple fun cards to share today!  Both use the gorgeous Les Papillions Two butterfly die set, framed by one of my favorite labels shapes, Labels Twenty and sentiments are from JustRite called Large Elegant Sentiments (a must have set!).

First up is a card I made using the M-Bossibilities folder Quilted Delight to emboss the top portion of the card.  The pattern paper I used on this is from MME, Tangerine with a strip of 1/8" velvet ribbon along the bottom.

Given this is a one layer card, I turned the folder sideways to emboss only the top portion of my pre-scored card.  I taped it down so it wouldn't slip and get a skewed result.

For my next card, I did some criss-cross scoring with my Scor-Buddy.  It shows you can get a great embossed detail even if you don't have any folders.  For this butterfly, I cut/embossed the top layer in vellum and added stickles to it.  I discovered that when stickles dries on vellum, it curls the paper.  So I manually curled it so the wings curled upward.  The pattern paper used on this is from Webster's Pages, Recorded.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!  Here is a close up of the vellum butterfly detail.

Card Deets: 
Spellbinder dies: ES-014 Quilted Delight M-Bossabilities®, S4-395 Les Papillions Two Shapeabilities®, S5-026 Labels Twenty and S4-116 Standard Circles SM Nestabilities®

Stamps - JustRite Papercrafts, Large Grand Sentiments
Paper: Gina K Designs, Pure Luxury White and Innocent Pink cardstock; My Mind's Eye, Tangerine 6x6; Webster's Pages, Recorded 6x6
Embellishments - Stamp Simply Ribbon Store: Prima flowers Divine Collection and Rondelle Collection, 1/8" velvet ribbon; Vellum cardstock; Want2Scrap Nestabling Heart Circles rhinestones and pearls;
Adhesive - Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares  

NOTE: You can also find Spellbinders Die Templates and Embossing folders at the The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. 

Spellbinders Labels cards

Hi everyone!  Label shaped dies.  We all love them and they are EVERY WHERE!  Spellbinders was one of the first, remember way back when they first came out with Labels One?  I thought I died and gone to Heaven!  Well, if you can believe it, Spellbinders now has 38 Label shapes - see them all in this category!!

I have a couple cards to share today.  One using one of the new shapes and one using my old favorite. Labels add a big punch to your card with very little effort!  First up is a card using one of my favorite all time shapes - Labels 18!!  I used the Die D-Lite Blossoms Two for the accent flowers, the smaller is die cut from gold mirror cardstock.  I added more pops of gold with some cord and pearls and there is a touch of gold shimmer in the chevron ribbon.

Next up is a card using the new Labels 36.  This is a new label shape and will start shipping March 1st.  I used some MME Tangerine paper and I accented it with some Prima Abbey flowers.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Card Deets: 
Spellbinder dies: S2-045 Blooms Two Shapeabilities®,S4-418 Labels Thirty-Six and S4-310 Labels Eighteen Nestabilities®

Note: Labels 36 is on pre-order with shipping beginning in March 
Stamps - JustRite Papercrafts, Welcome Spring; Clearly Besotted Stamps, It's Your Day 
Paper: Gina K Designs, White cardstock; Basic Grey, Fresh Cut 6x6 pad and My Mind's Eye Tangerine 6x6 pad; Gold Mirror cardstock 
Embellishments - Stamp Simply Ribbon Store: Gold String, white cording, chevron grosgrain ribbon, Prima Abbey flowers in Coral 
Adhesive - Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares  

NOTE: You can also find Spellbinders Die Templates at the The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. 

Some more Christmas thank yous

Click here for my Season's Givings blog post.

Hi everyone!  I have a couple more Christmas thank you cards to share. These cards are really easy to make.  I just cut my pattern paper scraps into 1" wide stripes and die cut snowflakes from glitter cardstock.  Snowflakes are my absolute favorite shape for the holiday season and my card uses the 2013 Snowflake Pendant dies.  Each year Spellbinders comes out with a special snowflake pendant die set and this year's is GORGEOUS!

I love glitter cardstock, it makes such a high impact with no extra work.  The paper is thicker and "gummier" than regular cardstock, but it still die cuts very well, just run it though 2 times and emboss it.

Here's my first card with red and white glitter snowflakes.

Here it is with champagne and white glitter snowflakes.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets:
Spellbinder dies: S5-185 2013 Snowflake Pendant Shapeabilities ®  

Stamps: JustRite Papercrafts, Grand Sentiments stamp set
Cardstock: Bazzill Paper Basics, Butter Mints card shoppe; Best Creation glitter cardstock in red, champagne and white
Ink: Tsukineko, Versafine Onyx Black
Pattern paper - Basic Grey, 25th and Pine 6x6 paper pad 
Embellishments - Want2Scrap rhinestones and pearls
Adhesive - Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Tabs

You can also purchase these dies at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. 

Merry and Bright Christmas card

Hi everyone!  Only a few more days until Christmas and I am so behind!  Come on, I know some of you are just now mailing out your Christmas cards like me, right?!?  LOL!

Speaking of Christmas cards, I have a fun one to share using the new Mix-N-Match Ornaments die set by Spellbinders.  I LOVE this set.  There are 4 basic ornament shapes and 4 inserts that fit into each.  Giving you tons of combinations!

I still had my Peace Love Joy pattern paper pad out from my last Christmas card - I think it's my favorite Christmas paper this year. 

My card uses the same ornament shape with 2 different inserts, the snowflake and the tree.  Aren't they fun?!  The sentiment is from Christmas Inner Thoughts by JustRite Papercrafts. 

I added a couple scored lines at the top and some organdy ribbon along the bottom for some texture.  I also added some rhinestones to accent the ornaments.

Thanks for stopping by!  Here is a close up picture showing the ornament detail.