Look at what you could win:
Pretty sweet prizes huh? For full details on this contest visit MyGrafico.com. Don’t wait, deadline for entries is October 31st. All are welcome to enter, whether you are an embroidery business or printing company or a cardmaker, scrapbooker or crafter. WE want you to show us your best work!
Good luck and til next time happy crafting!
I had the idea to make the simple cards after seeing the sketch over at 2sketches4you. I gor the stamp from the dollar bin at JoAnns the other day (it’s one of the Studio G dollar stamps) and I thought of the cute button bits stamps from PTI (I want them but do not have them) and thought that this cherry stamp would be great to use in this fashion. I used a black marker to ink the stem and leaves and stamped that onto my punched circles then stamped the leaves again on a patterned green scrap and paper pieced it. Then I glued on the buttons, easy peasy!
For the card bases I cut a 11″x8.5″ white cardstock the long way to make 2-5.5″x4.25″ top fold cards. I used a cuttlebug folder (that a got with a set of dies for $2 at Big Lots in June) to emboss the front of the card, stamped “Hello Sweetie” on the front, tied on a ribbon and viola! It was done!
I wanted cool black and white envelopes for the cards but did not want to use up 2 sheets of this delicious paper to do it so I thought about it and trimmed the 12″x12″ sheet in half and using my scor-pal made the envelopes. I scored the envelope at 3.5″ and 9.25″ (you have to slide the paper down because there is no 1/4″ mark there) then I turned the paper and lined it up between the 3″ and 9″ and scored on the first triangle, then flipped the paper and scored the other side at the first triangle so it is symmetrical. Then I trimmed the rectangles on the top and bottom panels and glued up the bottom flap. It is great to get 2 envelopes form one sheet of paper! BTW if you want an envelope to cut in your cricut out of a 6″x12″ paper use the bb_envie file from my Envelope Bonanza SVG set 🙂 {{Shameless plug}}
This qualifies for the following challenges: 2sketches4you, All Sorts (paper piecing), Alphabet Challenge (punches), Aly’s Sunday (get dotty), Bee-Crafty (ribbons & Bows), I did It (anything goes), One Stitch at a time (punches), Sentimental Sundays (ribbon) and Stamptacular Sundays (buttons & bows)
Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!
Yep, another easel card, these things are addictive {you were right Cheryl!} Seriously, they are so fun and easy to make and use very little paper but the fold is so cool it looks like you slaved over it (like the lady in the rice krispies treats commercial who pats some flour on her face before she comes out of the kitchen with a plate of treats) I love faux effort LOL!
I used the Japanise Patterns Vol 1 collage sheet from Nicecrane Designs for this card.
Here is a tip: I wanted to print a bigger swatch of this paper rather than the ATC size that comes in the sheet so I cropped it in PaintshopPro and printed it the size I wanted. The papers are so well done that you an enlarge them quite a bit without noticing any image loss. I love that the Nicecrane design collage sheets are jpg, I can print them as-is or alter them so I don’t waste any paper or ink, yay!
I used one of my new CB dies that I got for $2 at BigLots friday, I love the ornate flowers on the die! Also I used a butterfly corner punch (McGill I think) on the top edge of the image and PP so between the flower dies and butterfly punch this card qualifies for the Sir Stampalot challenge.
Here is a look at the sentiment, it is from my sentiments exactly:
Another note, craft with your kids! My son {age 7} asked if he could pick the colors of Copic markers for me to use and I let him, I love the colors he picked, it gives you a fresh look at things!
Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!
I know, you hear it all the time___ is the “new black” but honey, kraft is every bit as versatile as black and it compliments every color. My favorite is kraft and pink:
When I saw the “use kraft” challenge at Gingersnap Creations (GC52) I knew I had to make something, after all I bought 2 reams of Kraft CS from my Stampin Up! lady (I love SU! kraft, it is lighter than most and smooth, thick and dense, great for card bases, I go through a ream of each size a year!) and I grabbed a few reams of cheapo kraft cardstock at JoAnns a few weeks ago when it was on sale (it is the paper company brand, it is darker and earthy with a nice warm grungy-ness to it and it is usually out of stock so if I see it I grab it:)
I used a new set of stamps from My Favorite Things that I won last week from a “use up your scraps” challenge, what a nice surprise to get that in the mail! And a birthday calender stamp from imagenescence. I will circle the date and month on the card when I am ready to send it.
Thanks all for today, give Kraft a chance! till next time happy crafting!
I was playing in my studio the other day and made this card, It qualifies for the current monochrome challenge at Caardvarks:
This card was all about using up leftovers and experimenting.
experiment 1: Watercoloring a digital stamp. I started by taking a digital stamp of a dragonfly from the Winged Things set from Lindsay’s stamp Stuff and I colored it with watercolor pencils, the printer ink did not bleed, I was amazed, never tried watercoloring a digi before because I was sure it would bleed but it didn’t!
Experiment 2: I used my new fleur-de-lis emb folder with silver cardssock because I had never tired it before, it is swell:)
experiment 3: I showed a friend how to make a “faux bow” and I left the long thin ribbon that I tied the knot with attached (instead of trimming it close) and wrapped it around the front panel.
Also I used a mistake die cut (there is some unfortunate stamping on the back) to add my sentiment and finish the card. Luckily all my experiments were of a blue-green color scheme so they all went together nicely!
Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!
Ha! I figured out how to emboss only a frame around a blank center with a cuttlebug folder:
The “stick pins” are head pins with beads and the stamp is from About Art Accents, they have a lot of ATC motifs that are perfect to stamp in a Frame like this, so simple and pretty!
It is so easy you will laugh! All you need to do is replace your bottom cutting pad with a sheet of rubber gasket and a cardboard photo mat so that combined they are about the same thickness as the cutting pad and since the center of the mat is open it applies no pressure to the folder so it remains flay while the outside is embossed. Here is the sandwich:
I added a little embossed line around the inside of the frame with my score pal to make it more finished:
I am going to make an oval one next, great now I will need to get more EB folders LOL 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!
Well the big news is that my sister had her first baby and I am an auntie! Woohoo! Actually was an auntie already since my SIL had kids but they are nearly as old as I am LOL! Little Mason was born yesterday and I took a bunch of pics and I just had to sit down this morning and scrap a few:
Isn’t her adorable!?! Also I am sponsoring the sketch over at Inspirational Card Sketches. You can win free stamps ($10 worth, that goes pretty far at my shop!) just by making a card and linking it up to their blog. Here are the cards I made with the sketch:
The Framed Sentiment is the freebie and you can download a jpg version here and a png version here.
In celebration of my sisters new baby I am putting my Babies and Bows digital stamp collection on sale for %50 off! That’s just $3! Here is a peek at the set, I have revamped it by offering the 4 large stamps as png and jpg, the accessories are together in a png or jpg file and I added a sheet of printable baby bingo cards too! *note, If you ordered this set before let me know and I will send you the updates at no charge, I can check back through my orders and check;)
Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!
*note: In this article I mention using the double piercing bug on the scor-pal. The Scor Pal company says to be sure to hold it at a 90 degree angle or you may damage the grooves in the scor-pal board. You will not damage the scor pal using the single peircing tool form EK Success or the Scor-Bug.
Want to increase your crafting stash without spending a dime and have a great time too? Have a crafty playdate!
My friend Tracey came over the other day and brought her awesome collection of cuttlebug embossing folders and dies along with some rubber stamp I didn’t have. over a cup of tea and great conversation I used her embossing folders to emboss tons of my paper scraps while she dipped into my rubber stamp stash. A couple hours later we both had a few new cards under out belt and a lot of new images and embossed paper to play with. Another bonus of getting together and sharing supplies is that you get to see your materials in a whole new way, seeing someone use a stamp you’ve forgotten about in an innovative new way makes you look at your whole craft stash with new eyes!
Notice the “Faux stitching” on the card, I did that with the scor-pal and scor-bug, see the double stitched lines? Well, I did that with my EK success double peircing bug on the two narrow rows on the scor-pal, it worked brilliantly and I never would have figured that out if I wasn’t showing Tracey how fabulous the scor-bug is! The only difference between the scor-bug and the single peircing bug is the color. To make it look like stitching I used a ruler and drew over my holes with a fine tip pen. If you love the look but don’t have the tools simply put your paper on a mouse pad, place a ruler where you want the holes to be and poke the holes with a thumbtack, Easy peasy!
Maybe while the husbands watch football (OK totally sexist, I know!) you can get together with the wives and make some cards, hey works for me, you could even set up a crafty table for the kids with paper punches, pom poms, paper scraps, googlie eyes and glitter glue to keep them happily crafting. Well, I know what I’m doing today when the Patriots are playing!
Have a great Sunday and till next time Happy Crafting!
Each week the folks over at Oriental stamp Art post a sketch and challenge their members to complete it. I don’t always get it done but today I found some time to make these:
On this card I flipped the sketch:
On this card I rotated the sketch:
And I made this from the scraps!
I used lovely Asian stamps from About Art Accents, they have one of the most extensive selections of Asian themed stamps and accents on the market, really lovely stuff and since you can buy the stamps unmounted by the sheet you save a ton of money, poke around the shop, they always have hidden goodies on sale too!
Thanks for stopping by and till next time happy crafting!
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