Mailbox postage card

I have a Cute Cricut card to share with you today.

Birthday Bash for the postage stamp card base, doodle-charms for both mailbox and envelope.  Hearts embossing folder on the mailbox, used a pink metal brad to attach the flag.  Peachy Keen face stamp - basic paper dolls.  I added wink of Stella on the envelope Heart.  Mailbox embossed with Heart bubbles from Sizzix Love Set.  Sentiment written on with Cricut and med black calligraphy pen.  Tied together embossing folder from couture creations for the main background.  Scattered heart mini jewels.

I am entering into these fun challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge #319-Valentines Day
Bitten By the Bug 2 - Valentine's Anything Goes
Monday Simon Says: Love Is In The Air
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #34
Wednesday Simon Says: It Must Be Love
Cut it up Challenge #141 - Layers of Love
HIMCR #338 - Pinks and Reds!
Die Cut Diva's - Love is in the Air
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #222 "Pink or Red"
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes #220
Sketch and Color Challenge #82  ( Colors both pinks and red)

Thanks for stopping by, I hope to be back with another project soon.

Candle Christmas Easel Card

I worked on some Christmas cards today, trying to do at least 2 each month along with the fun group at Creativekuts posts group on FB.  This card design will be available in March for the 12 Months of Christmas card train over there.

I used a double sided pre-embossed cardstock for the shades of Purple.  The candlesticks were embossed with Tied Together Latice folder - Couture Creations and inked with purple. I used spectrum noir markers to color the flames and then I brushed over the flames with wink of Stella.  I also dabbed each crossing point of the embossing on the candles with clear wink of Stella, I sure wish it showed up in the photo.  I added some leaf branches in green and then added some purple gems for the berries.  I used my Simon Says Stamp dies - Bundle of Stitched Shapes large rectangle die to cut the purple layers on the front and inside.

On the inside I used two different stamp sets for the sentiments.  We wish you a Merry Christmas is from Crafters Companion, I stamped with a light purple and then clear embossed over it.  I used an unbranded stitched rectangle for the white sentiment Layer. The chill of Winter is warmed by friendship is from an unbranded set, I just stamped in a dark purple.


I am entering into these fun challenges:
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes #220
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #33
Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Love Shaker Card

I have another fun Valentine's Shaker card to share with you today.  This is a fabulous
5x5 inch card.  File is from www.creativekuts.com

I really enjoyed making this card for my Hubby.  The 5X5 inch card base is cut from Red Recollections card stock.  I cut the back Love frame from Black Recollections card stock.  I used a heart pattern paper from Recollections Valentines Day Paper Pad to back the entire black frame. I used a fun Basket weave looking hearts pattern paper from a 6x6 paper pad also by Recollections called Galentines Day for the center Letter layer and top of heart frame.  I used about 12 black layers of heart frame to build up for the shaker adding the acetate on top and the a layer on top of that cut from the pattern paper.  For the top letters layer and the bottom of the heart I used the same solid red as the base.  I also ran the bottom red heart through my Darice Basket Weave embossing folder.  I filled the shaker with red shades of sequins, some pink hearts and some red rolled sequins.  The sentiment flag I cut from solid pink card stock that I edged with my black ink pad.  I stamped forever in red ink, then added clear embossing powder over the top and heat set.  The Forever stamp is from  HOTP Janie's Girlfriends Stamp Set.

For the inside of the card I used some of my dies.  I used an unbranded stitched scallop frame die for the black frame.  I backed it with Pink paper and added another unbranded Valentine's Day Stamp using Black Ink.  I used my Stitched Heart Die from Simon Says Stamp dies - Bundle of Stitched Shapes and cut from coordinating pattern paper to match the front.  I also made a matching envelope on my WRMK 123 punch board out of the same pink paper and added the leftover heart cuts from the front of the card.

I am entering into these fun challenges:
Monday Simon Says: Love Is In The Air
Mod Squad Challenge - Valentine – LOVE
Wednesday - Simon Says: Anything Goes
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #33
HIMCR #338 - Pinks and Reds!
Die Cut Diva's - Love is in the Air
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #221 "LOVE"

Thanks for stopping by to see what I'm up to in my craft room today.
~Eva Scraps

Mason Jar Shaker Card

It has been a LONG time since I have been crafty!  Feels good to be back to it.
I loved making this very fun Shaker card filled with cute conversational hearts and some small heart and clear iridescent sequins. 

I used my pen in the Cricut Explore to write on the hearts and cut them out.  I added the 4 hearts at the bottom on top of the acetate so they stay in place, all the rest shake around.  I used a Basket weave Embossing folder from Darice for the red layer.  I used mirror card for the lid layers.  The With love on the tag is from HOTP Decorative Card Flaps Stamp Set.  The card SVG is from www.Creativekuts.com

For the inside of the card I used some of my dies.  Unbranded Stitched Rectangle cut in white that I used the Die-Versions Corner Concepts - Hearts cut in Red to slip under two of the corners.  I stamped with a Happy Valentine's Day stamp from an unbranded Valentine Stamp Set and used some of the tiny heart innies created from the dies to scatter about the sentiment.

I am entering into these fun challenges:
Monday Simon Says: Love Is In The Air
Mod Squad Challenge - Valentine – LOVE
Wednesday - Simon Says: Anything Goes
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #33
HIMCR #338 - Pinks and Reds!
Die Cut Diva's - Love is in the Air
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #221 "LOVE"

Thanks for stopping by to see what I'm up to in my craft room today.
~Eva Scraps

Christmas Door Gatefold Card

 This was such a fun and easy card to make thanks to Cheryl's awesome files over at creative Kuts.

For the front I simply inked the edges of all pieces and adhered all of the layers, I added foam tape under the top rectangle for each of the rectangle panel sets.   I used gold brads for the door knobs and gold glitter card stock to back them and popped that up on foam tape as well.  Both of the Wreaths I ran through my Cuttlebug textile folder I added a red pearl to the center of each bow and added the red berries with Red Beads in a bottle.

For the inside I simply used some pretty red and white striped pattern paper for each side panel and stamped the center panel with a Green tree and Merry Christmas from a small stamp set in my stash.

I am entering into these fun challenges:
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #20
FFC #214 Always Anything Goes with A Cutting Cafe!
DL.ART NOVEMBER LINKY
Mod Squad Challenge - Merry & Bright

Thanks so much for stopping by to see what I'm up to in my craft room this week.
Happy crafting to you all!

Skeleton Coffin shaped card

It doesn't get much easier than this!  Making this simple SVG file card from creativekuts.com, Thank you Cheryl!!!

The adorable skeleton from the file is just 2 main pieces and a few small pieces, the face and the pelvic bone pieces... so easy!  The writing inside and out are both from the file also as a print and cut.  I used my cuttlebug spiders folder on the front purple layer.  I inked edges of everything in Walnut stain distress ink. 

DONE!!!

I am entering into these fun challenges:
Simon Says Monday: A Walk On The Dark Side
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #213 "Halloween"
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #16
FFC #209 Always Anything Goes
HIMCR #321- Halloween Colors!
Thanks for stopping by to see my quick and simple SVG card today

Mummy Easel Halloween card

Oh my goodness what a super fun and easy Halloween card to put together.  This is an SVG file from  creativekuts.com

oh my gosh he is so adorable!

So I cut the whole card base out of black and ran the front portion only through my cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.   I then took my lightest blue ink pad to rub all over it and give it a grunged look.  I used my crafters companion wood grain embossing folder for the fence ... running the pieces thru in either direction.    I then took my black puffy paint to add the nail spots in the fence.  Using my Martha Stewart punch I added the purple border of drips at the top of the card.   I also went around the bat with the light blue ink so that it could stand out from the background.

I absolutely love how this card looks once it standing up in the Easel position.   I printed the Happy Halloween sentiment from my computer using the font - Gypsy Curse.  I then cut out both of the label shapes from the file and used foam squares to pop that up to act as the stand for the easel.  I added a couple of more smaller black bats from the file to the label.  The purple plaid pattern paper is from an old DCWV The Fall stack.  

I stamped trick-or-treat from Craftin Desert Divas - Frightfully Cute Stamp set and the bat Stamp is from HOTP Halloween Small Stamp - Bats on a piece of white card stock and cut that out using one of my pierced rectangle dies.

I will be entering into these fun challenges:
Simon Says Monday: A Walk On The Dark Side
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #213 "Halloween"
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #16
FFC #209 Always Anything Goes
HIMCR #321- Halloween Colors!

Thanks for stopping by to see what I'm up to in my craft room today

Flip-flaps Fall card

I bought this embossing folder (Fall Square - Darice) a while ago and have yet to use it before this card.  I recently purchased a die set that had the cool Square stitched die that leaves a folded line at the top instead of cutting out the whole square.  This embossing folder popped in my head and I grabbed it out to see if the Die would fit around the squares in the folder.  It really looked pretty close so I began creating the card front so that I could try cutting.  

The card front is card stock from recollections.  Using my spellbinders card creator die I cut the A2 size card front with that.  I then took that piece of card stock and taped it into my embossing folder centered exactly where I wanted it to be.   I then took my glue ink pad and rubbed and tapped all over the embossing folder before closing it onto the card stock I had taped inside.  After running it through my embossing machine,  I removed the tape and took my gold  perfect pearls powder and swept over the entire card with the brush leaving this beautiful gold finish on the areas that the glue adhered to.  I took a paper towel and rubbed the panel down to just leave the golden areas where it attached itself to the glue.

I then took the stitched flap die and placed it over each square and ran it through my machine  four times.  Yay!!!  I love it when an idea pops in your head and it works out just as you envisioned.  I grabbed some stamps, a sheet of gold dazzles from HOTP and a few of my spectrum noir markers  to decorate inside each of the flaps.  I wanted to do this before adhering to the front of the card  so I drew some pencil marks in the corners of each square so I knew where to place everything.

The first top square is a dazzle - squirrel, I used my markers to color in the face tail and acorn.   The second top flap I used a stamp from an old card maker set - feels like fall,  I stamped in a brown pigment ink and colored in the leaves with my markers in orange.

The bottom left square I used the same stamp set to stamp a pumpkin and the sentiment - count your blessings above it.  I used the same ink for stamping and colored with the same markers.   I also added a couple more dazzles in that square, a mushroom and an acorn.  The final bottom square I placed a hedgehog dazzle and colored in with my markers once more.

For the Inside I created the sentiment on my computer.  I cut it out with my Simon says stamp bundle of stitched shapes - Stitched rectangle die.  I added a leaf stamp using the same stamp set as I did on the front of the card.  What a fun interactive Fall card to send someone on my list.

I will be entering into these fun challenges:
Mod Squad Challenge - Color Me Fall - Rust, Gold & Orange
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #15
FFC #208 Anything Goes with Lawn Fawn!
DL.ART October Challenge
HIMCR #320 - Freestyle!
Die Cut Divas - October challenge

As always thanks again for stopping by to see what I'm up to in my craft room.  Have a wonderful day.

Trick or treat Mr. Pumpkin card

Using lots of new dies and a couple of old too and a cute new Halloween stamp set for the sentiment  I created this fun spooky Halloween card.

I started with a cream color card base folded at the top in the landscape style.  I used my Simon says stamp bundle of stitched shapes - Stitched rectangle die for the wavy pattern paper layer.  I cut a black mat to layer behind that and another fun Halloween polkadot pattern paper to go between the two for the opening in the center.  The papers are from DCWV.   I used  a Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Three die for the inside cut out.  It is third from the largest in that set.

The fun Mr. Pumpkin head die ... I cut several times, once in orange, once in black, once in purple.  I then trimmed and paper pieced the different colors together and cut a yellow circle that I trimmed down to go behind the Face.  I used some dark chalk to rub over the lines of the pumpkin to give shading.  I used this fabulous die set of spiderwebs to add accents on the card.  On the large web I trimmed the spider off of the web and moved it over to the left-hand side of the card.  For the purple hat band and the bodies of both of the spiders I added clear wink of Stella to give sparkle and shine.  The sentiment Trick or treat is from my newest Halloween stamp set called Happy Pumpkin Day.  I first stamped with a purple pigment ink I then stamped over that with versamark ink and then I heat embossed with clear enamel embossing powder.  I really like how that turned out.  I added some dew drops as accents and this card front is finished.

For the Inside I created the sentiment on my computer.  I cut it out with my Simon says stamp bundle of stitched shapes - Stitched rectangle die.  I added some stamps using the same stamp set as I did on the front of the card.

I will be entering into these fun challenges:
Simon Says Monday: A Walk On The Dark Side
Cuttlebug Mania - Hello Sweet Pumpkin
Scrapy Land {Challenge #75}
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #213 "Halloween"
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #15
FFC #208 Anything Goes with Lawn Fawn!
YNS Sketch and Color Challenge #74 - I did Sketch & Color
HIMCR #320 - Freestyle!
Die Cut Divas - October challenge
Connie Can Crop Challenge #63 - To Die For

Thanks for stopping by to see what I'm up to in my craft room this week.

Double Z fold jumping in the leaves fall card

This is my first ever double Z fold card and I had a blast with it.   So using my Cricut, several stamp sets and one stitched die I created this fun scene.  My card base is 4 1/4 high by 5 1/2 wide to make an A2 sized card.
Main card panel - 4.25 X 11"  Score @ 2.75" & 5.5"
Strip for Z -         1.25 X 11"  Score @ 2.75" & 5.5"
Mats (2x)  2.5 X 4" & 5.25 X 4"  &  (2x) 2.35 X 3.85"  & 5.1 & 3.85"

After cutting and scoring the bottom strip to make the Z ... I attached the fence and scored where it would need to fold.  Then I attached the whole thing to the card.   I thought it would be fun to color up these hedgehog stamps and let them jump in the piles of leaves for fall.  I really had a lot of fun with the entire project.

Fall stamp on front panel – Craftin Desert Divas Simply Holidays Wordart Stamp Set
- heat embossed w/ platinum embossing powder.
Stitched Hills – Craftin Desert Divas Outdoor Landscape Dies
Fence –  Cricut paper doll dress up
Tree – Cricut  paper doll dress up
Bushel Basket - Cricut doodlecharms -  I added 4 gold metal brads I trimmed down bottom of basket for a better fit.
Leaves and acorns – Cricut doodlecharms -  acorn tops colored with Colorista - sand
Pumpkins – Witch Way is the Candy Stamp set – colored w/
Colorista Satsuma, Nectarine  Stems EB2
Hedgehogs  -  Hedgehog fun stamp set -  colored with  Spectrum Noir
Body EB1, EB2  Quills TN2, Sand, TN7  Nose IG2, Sand  Mouth IG2, Rose
Stamped Pumpkins & Hedgehogs with Walnut Stain Distress Ink

I am entering into these fun challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge #310-Fall
Simon Says Monday: Heavy Metal
Mod Squad - Fall Colors
Simon Says Wednesday: Anything Goes
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #15
FFC #208 Anything Goes with Lawn Fawn!
HIMCR #320 - Freestyle!

Thanks so much for stopping by to see what I'm up to in my craft room,  have a wonderful day!