Happy Birthday Daisies card

Hello everyone, wow it has been a long time since I posted.  I wanted to share a card with you I made using an awesome fancy lattice background/cover svg my friend Cheryl from Creative Kuts made for me.... I love the gorgeous design.  I decided to use the fun sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches this week to inspire my layout design.

The beautiful Daisies are Stitched Daisies Wafer dies - Simon Says Stamp
I cut the petals twice for each flower
The Happy Birthday Stamp is from Paper Wishes HOTP Simply Susan stamp set
I heat embossed each word
I don't remember the maker of the stitched banner die, cut 3 times and layered
I added some flat back pearls to finish it off

For the inside I used another SSS die, stitched rectangle from Bundle of Stitched Shapes
The sentiment stamp is from Paper Wishes HOTP Lacy Things Stamp Set
The flower stamps are again from Paper Wishes HOTP Simply Susan stamp set

I am entering into these fun challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #492

CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #83

FFC #270 Always Anything Goes with LBBS!

DL.ART FEBRUARY 2019 Linky Challenge

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope to be back sharing a new project soon.
Crafty Hugs ~ Eva Scraps

Ornament Spread Cheer Card

I made 2 exactly the same for this card using a one sheet wonder template where you get 12 cards using only one 12x12 sheet of pattern paper.  This is the first two.  I used a new product to me for the glitter purple bow and the ornament flourish layer.... its called
3D-Stempel-Paint or Stamp paint.  I used just very little and smeared it all over the flourish area before adhering layers and the bow which I used a foam tape to pop up on ornament.  I kept this very simple as I make around 50 Christmas cards each year so some of them need to stay simple lol.

Fancy ornament - Cricut Celebrate with a Flourish
Scallop Stitched Oval - Scallop Stitched Oval Stack
Oval from Kraft for center - Cricut Basic Shapes
Spread Cheer Stamp - HOTP Fancy Christmas Greetings Stamp Set - Stamped in purple then heat embossed with clear acrylic over the top

 

Inside:

Stitched rectangle layer - Simon Says Stamp dies - Bundle of Stitched Shapes

From our Family to yours stamp - Winter Animals Stamp Set

We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Sheena Douglass Christmas Stamp Set - Crafters Companion

Heart Wreath stamp - Vintage Snowman Stamp Set - PSA

 

I am entering into these fun challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge #341-Christmas
Simon Says Monday: Stitch It Up
Crafty Creations - Challenge #380 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Wednesday: Christmas
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #78
YNS Fun Friday Challenge #104 – Anything Goes! Also Used YNS Stamp
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper December 2018 challenge
DiesRUs - Challenge #111 - Anything Christmas
Die Cut Divas - December's Challenge has a Winter Theme
Joy Clair December & January Challenge

Thanks so much for stopping by

Happy Skating Penguin Cards

More Christmas cards to share.

Stitched Pattern Paper(Pebbles - Welcome Christmas Pad) rectangle layer - Simon Says Stamp dies - Bundle of Stitched Shapes
Scallops & Circles -  HOTP - 8 Circles & Scallops
Red Scallop Circle -  Die-namics Stitched Circle Scallop Edge Frames
Background - Snow Globe Stamp Set - HOTP Heat embossed clear over white cardstock, plus inking with Mermaid Lagoon Distress ink
Penguin Stamp - Peachy Keen - Skatin' By Stamp set,
colored with Spectrum Noir markers
We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Sheena Douglass Christmas Stamp Set - Crafters Companion - heat embossed Black
Stiched Banner for sentiment - MFT - Die-namics Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax
Inside Sentiment and Penguin - Holiday Sentiments Stamp - Your Next Stamp

I am Entering into these FUN Challenges:

Simon Says Monday: Stitch It Up
Crafty Creations - Challenge #380 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Wednesday: Christmas
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #78
YNS Fun Friday Challenge #104 – Anything Goes! Also Used YNS Stamp
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper December 2018 challenge
DiesRUs - Challenge #111 - Anything Christmas
Die Cut Divas - December's Challenge has a Winter Theme
Joy Clair December & January Challenge
Thanks for stopping by, Have a wonderful day.

Penguin JOY Cards

Boy it has been awhile since I posted!  Time to start sharing some of the Christmas cards I have been working on.

Letters J & Y - Cricut Alphabet - Curl plus shadow layer
Embossing on letters - Cuttlebug Simply Charmed Emboss Folder Set, squares
Snowflake - Glitter White Card Stock - My Craft Spot Die - Snowflake Border
Snow and snowflake stamps - Heat embossed white - Cardmaker kit stamps
Plaid pattern paper (Cricut Christmas Cheer Paper Pad) cut - MFT - Die-namics Stitched Scallop Basic Edges 2
Blue snowflake pattern paper (HOTP Paper) cut -Stitched Hillside Borders - Lawn Fawn
Penguin - Peachy Keen Donna Rae Penguin - Colored with spectrum noir markers
Ice platform stamp - Colored with spectrum noir markers, Heat embossed with clear acrylic
Inside:
Stitched white rectangle layer - Simon Says Stamp dies - Bundle of Stitched Shapes
Plaid Pattern paper - Negative from die cutting
Stamped Sentiment & Penguin -  Holiday Sentiments Stamp - Your Next Stamp

Penguin colored with spectrum noir markers

I am entering into these fun challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge #341-Christmas
Simon Says Monday: Stitch It Up
Crafty Creations - Challenge #380 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Wednesday: Christmas
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #78
Cut It Up - Challenge #163 - Holiday Tic-Tac-Toe  Embossing - Red -Texture
YNS Fun Friday Challenge #104 – Anything Goes! Also Used YNS Stamp
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper December 2018 challenge

DiesRUs - Challenge #111 - Anything Christmas

Die Cut Divas - December's Challenge has a Winter Theme
Joy Clair December & January Challenge

Thanks so much for stopping by

 

Snow layered card

This card was so easy and fun and I love how it turned out.  This is another card file from Cheryl over at creativekuts.com

The snowflake pattern paper and the swirled vellum are from a card kit I never used and I thought they would be perfect for this card.  The teal striped paper is from recollections I believe.  After Layering up all of the letters for the word snow with the swirl the vellum at the top, I decided to adhere the background paper to the back but you could certainly leave that open to show through to the inside  if you wanted.  For the snowman I used some of the same pattern paper for his hat, scarf and gloves.  I also used a peachy keen face stamp – winter faces.  I stamped twice and cut out the nose on with the second one to layer over his cap.  I added some pink chalk on his cheeks and white gel pen inside the eyes.  I also used my wink of Stella clear glitter pen to go over his cuffs, his hat brim and his fuzzy top notch on his cap.  I never can get it to show up on camera but it looks so much better in person.

For the inside I used some teal paper card stock to layer under some white paper.   I added a tag that matched the snowflake paper and stamped the cutest sentiment from peachy keen Snow Me a Man stamp set saying if Santa brings you coal..... Build a snowman!  I love that!!!   I also took one of my very small snowflake dies from HOTP/Paper Artist - Snow globe die set  and cut several in white and teal to accent the inside.  Once again you can't see it in the pictures but I took my wink of Stella clear glitter pen and went over all of the snowflakes.

I will be entering into these fun challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday - Christmas
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #67
Jo's Scrap Shack - FFC #254 Always Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper October 2018 challenge
Scrapy Land {Challenge #99}
DL.ART October 2018 Linky Challenge
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog to check out my project today

Merry Christmas Gingerbread Cards

So I had to make two more cards with the adorable cut that was left over in the pattern papers from the last 2 cards.  I changed up the whole layout and card style but used some of the same papers, dies and elements including the cute little ginger stamps.  This time I used the leftover Pattern paper cut, backed with a stitched green mat I cut down to create with Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax Banner die.

Green & Red Pattern Papers - OTC

Brown Pattern Paper - Snow Day Paper Pad - Crate Paper
Stitched Squares - Stitched Square Stack - Ali
Green Backer - Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax Banner die
Stitched white Topper - Die-Namics Stitched Scallop Basic Edges - MFT
Brown pattern Mat cut - Simon Says Stamp dies - Bundle of Stitched Shapes
Gingerbread Man Stamp - Echo Park Joy Stamp Set
Merry Christmas Stamp & Holly - HOTP Fancy Christmas Greetings Stamp Set

Stamped Green, Heat embossed Clear Acrylic

Sending you Sentiment Stamp -  Darcie's Clear stamps - Spicy Sweet Holiday
inside Stamping Ink - Stampabilities Pigment Brown
inside Sentiment Mat - Torn Rectangle Stack
inside Flag Banners - Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax Banner die
Red Accents on Gingers & Berries - Red Tulip Dimensional paint

I am entering into these fun challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday - Christmas
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #67
Jo's Scrap Shack - FFC #254 Always Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper October 2018 challenge
DL.ART October 2018 Linky Challenge

Thanks so much for stopping by my craft room, hope you come back real soon.

 

 

Gingerbread Swing Cards

I had so much fun creating these Christmas cards.  I started out with a swing card base from Creativekuts.com

These pattern papers are from a Paper pad I bought years ago from OTC, they screamed out Gingerbread men to me lol.  The red pattern paper squares are actually scraps though from a HOTP paper pack.  The stitched tag for the Merry Christmas Sentiment stamp I created with a larger tag from Simon Says Stamp dies - Bundle of Stitched Shapes that I cut down using same die.  I loved this fun card so much I made two.

Main Pattern Papers - OTC
Red Pattern Paper - HOTP
Stitched Squares - Stitched Square Stack
Stitched Tag for sentiment - Simon Says Stamp dies - Bundle of Stitched Shapes (Tag)
Inside Sentiment Banner - Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax Banner - MFT
Gingerbread Man Stamp - Echo Park Joy Stamp Set
Christmas Tree Stamp & Die - Snow Globe Stamp & Die Sets - Paper Artist / HOTP
Merry Christmas Stamp - My Craft Spot Tiny Tags Christmas Stamp Set
Sending you Sentiment Stamp - HOTP Fancy Christmas Greetings Stamp Set
Red Accents on Gingers & Tree - Red Tulip Dimensional paint
Stamping Ink - Stampabilities Pigment Brown

I am entering into these fun challenges:
Mod Squad Challenge - Inching along
Simon Says Wednesday - Christmas
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #68
Jo's Scrap Shack - FFC #254 Always Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper October 2018 challenge
Scrapy Land {Challenge #99}

Thanks so much for stopping by, hope to have you visit again soon.

Fall Happy Birthday Easel Card

Today I want to share a cute fall themed Birthday card I made for my hubby's Birthday today.  I got this cute center style easel card base from Cheryl over@ www.creativekuts.com

The striped pattern paper is from My Minds Eye and the basket weave Looking pattern paper... I'm not sure where that came from.  The big label mat is part of the card base file.  The leaves are from Cricut - Creative bug that I used my Cricut embossing stylus to emboss the veins… Love!  I went over them again on a foam mat after the Cricut machine to really make the veins stand out. I used scraps from my scrap bin for the different card stocks used on the leaves, the top one is a brown shimmer card stock.

That adorable squirrel and sentiment are from Nuts about you stamp set.  I modified by cutting off the acorn he was holding and put a pistachio nut in his hands because that is my husbands line of work.... Pistachios.  I used my Spectrum Noir markers to color the squirrel - EB1 EB2 GB8,  nose IG4, Colorista - pistachio for the nut.  The sentiment I heat embossed with clear acrylic over the brown pigment ink I stamped.  I used stitched label dies for the sentiment stack and that is popped up on foam tape to hold the easel in place.  My friend Cheryl over@ creativekuts.com was kind enough to make me the pistachio SVG so I could make this card fit for my hubby, thank you so much Cheryl, YOU ROCK!  I tied a simple bow from a tan sheer ribbon to place on the leaf bunch and then decided to cut two more pistachio nuts in a larger size to place on the bunch as well.

For the inside I used a square stitched die cutting from Kraft card stock.  The sentiment is from a card maker set  that I stamped with the same brown pigment ink.

I will be entering into these fun challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #335-Leaves
YNS - Fun Friday – Challenge #98
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #66
Jo's Scrap Shack - FFC #252 Always Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper September 2018 challenge

DL.ART SEPTEMBER 2018 Linky Challenge
BBTB2 - Anything Goes with a Cricut Cut

 

Thanks so much for stopping by to see what I'm up to in my craft room today.  Have a wonderful and crafty week.

Love Story Anniversary layout

I really enjoyed making this layout for my husband to commemorate our love for our 12th Anniversary.  I was putting into a shadowbox frame so I was able to layer things up nice and high.  I used several elements from paper wishes from the On Butterfly Wings collection.

I started off with the main background, a beautiful 12 x 12 scrapbooking paper from the On Butterfly Wings paper pack.  I really love this paper and it helped add a lot of details before I even got started.  I cut two large heart shapes with my Cricut - Hey Diddle Diddle Cartridge out of coordinating papers from the same pack.  

I took my craft knife and cut along the edges of the butterfly wings on either corner so that I could slip the hearts underneath just a little bit,  I love how this technique added even more dimension to my layout.  I used a spellbinders Nestabilities Fleur de Elegance Oval Die to mat our photo onto.  Using the On Butterfly Wings Paper Tole set, I went with the beautiful type writer label that is layered up with four layers of foam tape in the end.  Before adding any layers I used my Cricut Explore machine to write my own sentiment on the label.  "The best LOVE STORY is the one you write TOGETHER and I love ours the MOST"  I used Burtons nightmare font just because I really like the way that it looked, Cricut fine tip moccasin pen used to write.  This was a little bit tricky but now that I know this technique it will come in handy.  I measured the label and where exactly I wanted the writing to be.  In design space I used a rectangle shape to represent the label and placed my sentiment to write and attached together so the sentiment would write with a pen onto the designated rectangle to be cut.  I removed the cutting blade from my machine just so that I would not make an error.  I practiced on regular white card stock realizing that I needed the pen to write out the rectangle for the first pass so I would be able to line up my label over that rectangle.  Once I had the rectangle and sentiment written onto the card stock still on the mat I used repositionable tape and placed my typewriter label exactly in place over that rectangle and had my Cricut write the sentiment again.  I am very happy how this turned out and will be using this technique in the future when needed.  I don't think you can see the layering from this picture but there is the base label Layer that has the writing, then a typewriter with rose layer and then a single type writer and then finally the butterfly is on top of that with foam tape between each layer giving it such dimension. The little butterfly on top I have curled the wings and raise them up.  The love banner at the bottom and the tag that I tied the bow to are both from the On Butterfly Wings free download printable artwork at paper wishes.  For the love banner I used a stitched banner die to cut from the brown pattern paper to back that with for a shadow layer.  For the cute little tag I decided to add a bow but I didn't have the right color ribbon so I took some white crinkle ribbon and sprayed it with Perfect Pearls Mists - Interference Red and Glimmer Mist Vanilla Breeze.  I am so happy with the final color and it matches perfectly with my layout.  I added a flat back pearl to the center of the bow.  For the roses at the bottom of our picture I started with a dazzle from the On Butterfly Wings scrapbooking dazzle set.  I placed the dazzle on some coordinating pink pattern paper from the paper pack, I first tried coloring in the leaves with a green marker but I didn't like the contrast of colors so instead I found some light green rice paper in my stash and I lifted the leaf and bud section that I wanted green and placed that light green rice paper underneath and then continued to cut around the edges of the entire dazzle, this flower is also popped up on foam tape.  I decided to use some of my spellbinder dies from Moroccan Accents to make a dimensional embellishment using the same papers, a bottlecap, my 1 inch circle punch to fill the bottle cap with paper and then placed 2 heart dazzles in the bottle cap before adding a clear acrylic cap topper.  Pinching the tips of the pink diecut to form a dimensional space around the bottle cap.  I  then took two different sizes of black jewel dazzles and placed all around the elements on my page to bring it all together, making sure that I placed them on the body of every butterfly including the flat ones on my Beautiful background paper.   I really like how this also popped and added more dimension and really drew your eye to each and every element.


In the Frame

I will be entering into these fun challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday: Pop It Up
Crafty Creations Challenge #374 - Anything Goes
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #64
FFC #251 Always Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper September 2018 challenge

DL.ART SEPTEMBER 2018 Linky Challenge

BBTB2 - Anything Goes with a Cricut Cut
Thanks so much for stopping by to see what I'm up to and my craft room this week.
Crafty hugs, Eva

Love You Blocks pop-up card

Today I'm sharing my Anniversary card that I made for my hubby, we have been married for 12 years now.  Every year I try to make him a special card usually on the more masculine side but this year I went with pinks and reds and hearts and love!   My friend Cheryl over @ www.creativekuts.com made this sweet card base for me because she's just awesome like that!

The gorgeous foil accented pattern papers are from Recollections Valentine's Day paper pad.  I used a different Valentine's Day paper pack for the pink cardstock that I backed the pattern mats with.  In keeping with the gorgeous foil accents in the pattern papers I decided to try cutting my red dollar store foil in the Cricut.  For the love you letters I used a font from my computer called Monterey BT that I cut in a shadow rounded style using SCAL.  I also got the heart for the letter blocks from SCAL – basic shapes.

OK for that gorgeous fancy heart I found that on Cricut.  It is from monogram motifs and it was a free file.  I'm not sure if it is free all the time, I do not have the monthly access so I check what is Free and what I've purchased most of the time first and I just searched Heart.  And to my surprise the search came up with that fabulous heart ... wow can you believe how intricate that is?  Gorgeous!  The heart is three layers, the bottom layer I cut from a deep red card stock the second layer I cut from the same pink card stock backing the liners & used my Cricut Explore to write the sentiment with my Cricut .03 black marker using the Fontastic Font DJ Smooth.  Then for the final top layer, that I cut the red dollar store foil paper with my Cricut explore... WOW!  I was so impressed how well and intricate it cut.  It took me three tries before I got the Settings right but that's OK at least all that was wasted was a partial piece of dollar store foil.  I ended up using the setting paper and cutting it two times.  I used that same red foil paper to cut a stitched label using my stitched labels die Stack.  I then decided to heat emboss Happy Anniversary using fine detail white embossing powder.  I honestly wasn't sure if it would work but it did and I was so pleased as I had never heat embossed on foil paper before.  The Happy Anniversary stamp is from Hot Off The Press - Stamp and Punch stamp set.

I added a pink loopy ribbon from my stash down the right side of the card and tied a bow out of the same ribbon and one out of a sheer ribbon & stacked them together with glue dots and placed a red foil flat back pearl in the center.

I will be entering into these fun challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday: Pop It Up
Crafty Creations Challenge #374 - Anything Goes
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #64
FFC #251 Always Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper September 2018 challenge

DL.ART SEPTEMBER 2018 Linky Challenge

BBTB2 - Anything Goes with a Cricut Cut

I hope you enjoyed my card today and come back again soon to see what I'm up to in my craft room.