Treasure Life's Little Moments

I've had this Silhoutte paper by CTMH sitting around forever. So I pulled it out and this is the card I came up with.

Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

There isn't too much to say about how I made the card. I sponge daubed the edges to soften the image, and used 2nd Generation stamping for the flowers behind the main image.

I clear embossed the flower on the front.

Here's the inside of the card.

Recipe: CTMH Paper Pack-Silhoutte, CTMH CS-Black & Colonial White, CTMH Ink-Spring Iris, Black & Grey Flannel, CTMH SS-Treasure Life & Best Wishes, 3D Foam Squares, Grosgrain Ribbon, Clear Embossing Powder, Corner Punch.

Enjoy,

Deneen

Accordian Card

I wanted to try my hand at making an Accordian Card after seeing it in a card magazine. I really like the end result. After I'm back from vacation I want to make a boy one, and one for a teen girl.

Card Size: 2.75" x 8.5"

Here's a short Tutorial on how to make one.

STEP 1

Take a an 8.5" x 11" piece of CS and cut, and score as per the photo.

[I scored the first line at 2.75" and then measured the 1.5" on the opposite side, to find my 'cut line'. I cut my CS, and then went back and scored the other 2 lines.]

STEP 2
Decorate the front and back of your CS piece.

[To save on paper, I didn't cover what will become the back of my card.]

Step 3

Accordian fold your card, and finish decorating. And you're done!

Here's the 'inside' of my card. I used Nestabilities Scallop Oval for the sentiment 'Your Special', and then used Fiskars 1/16" punch to make holes in each scallop. For the sentiment 'Celebrate', I used Fiskars Mini Scallop Scissors. I added pink rhinestones to the sentiments, and the flower centers that the bear is holding. I attached the bear holding the flowers with 3D Foam Squares.

Recipe: CTMH Paper Pack-Sonata, CTMH CS-White Daisy & Baby Pink, CTMH Ink-Vineyard Berry & Black, CTMH SS-The Best Way, Cupcake Sprinkles, You're Special & All My Love, Martha Stewart Doily Lace Punch, Nestabilities Scallop Oval, Fiskars Mini Scallop Scissors, Fiskars 1/16" Hole Punch, Pink Rhinestones, 3D Foam Squares, Pencil Crayons.

Enjoy,

Deneen

Going Green

Sometimes I get stuck for ideas, so this time I used Sketch #312 from Card Sketch A Day. They were doing Christmas in July ideas, but I just received CTMH Damask Tiles SS and wanted to use it, and I thought this was a great layout to do that.

Card Size: 4.25" x 5.25"

Here's the sketch.

I gold embossed the image, here's a close-up:

The inside:

Recipe: Francis Meyer Paper-English Ivy, CTMH CS-New England Ivy, Cocoa & White Daisy, CTMH Textured CS-Sweet Leaf, CTMH Ink-Black & New England Ivy, CTMH SS-Damask Tiles, CTMH White Daisy Bigger Brads, Gold Embossing Powder, Cuttlebug Vintage Die.

Enjoy,

Deneen

Flyin' High...Again.

As I was putting together the other Flyin' High card (7/27/09 Post), I remembered the trick I learned on how to make a sky with a cloud template. And here is the card:

Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

I drew my own banner template. I stamped the sentiment on it, then clear embossed it. The plane and banner are attached with 3D Foam Squares. The 'tow rope' is CTMH Black Hemp.

Recipe: CTMH CS-White Daisy, Moonstruck & Indian Corn Blue, CTMH Ink-Black, Grey Flannel, Moonstruck & Tulip, CTMH SS-Flyin' High & Little Boys, Black Eyelet, Clear Embossing Powder, CTMH Black Hemp, Silver Brads, 3D Foam Squares

I put together a little tutorial on how to make a sky with clouds.

STEP 1

Cut cloud shapes out of scrap CS.

STEP 2

Put your template across the paper you plan to use. Take a sponge and tap it on your ink pad to load it with ink. Now tap the sponge along the the top of the cloud stencil. Keep loading your sponge with ink and applying it to your paper until you're happy with the amount on your paper.

STEP 3

Here's what your paper should look like after you've removed the cloud stencil.

Step 4

Reposition your cloud stencil and repeat STEP 2 until you have covered your whole page.

Here's what your paper will look like:

Wasn't that fun!

Enjoy,

Deneen

Wash Your Hands Young Lady!!

Okay, this card caused me stress the whole time I was making them. I was so afraid I was going to get it dirty...lol! I made it with thoughts for using it for a wedding card, but by not putting a sentiment on it, it could also be used for a Birthday or Shower or even Baby card.

I'm a card maker, unfortunately not a photographer. These cards are made using white CS, I just couldn't seem to photograph them well.

Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

There's not much to say about the card, it pretty much speaks for itself. I used Cuttlebug's Formal Circles EF & Martha Stewart Lace Doily Punch, added a white grosgrain bow, and voila, the card was done.

The inside:

Recipe: CTMH CS-White Daisy, Cuttlebug-Formal Circles EF, Martha Stewart Lace Doily Punch, White Grosgrain Ribbon. Inside: CTMH Ink-Blush, Vineyard Berry, Garden Green & New England Ivy, CTMH SS-Life Is So Good (I love that SS!!!)

Enjoy,

Deneen

Flyin' High

I was inspired by my own artwork...lol. The box I made last week (07/20/09 Post) got me thinking how I could use that airplane. And here's the card I imagined:

Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

I made the banner from a template I drew. Then I stamped the image and clear embossed the words. Both the plane and the banner are attached using 3D Foam Squares. The 'tow rope' is CTMH Black Hemp, I used a dot of Liquid Glass to hold the loop in the 'rope'.

Recipe: CTMH Paper Pack-Stardust, CTMH SS-Moonstruck, White Daisy & Honey, CTMH Ink-Black & Grey Flannel, CTMH SS-Flyin' High & Little Boys, CTMH Black Hemp, Clear Embossing Powder, 3D Foam Squares, CTMH Black Eyelet, CTMH Liquid Glass, Black Sharpie Marker

Enjoy,
Deneen

What A Great Day!

What a great day, isn't it? I made a happy, warm fuzzy feeling card for you today. Hope it puts a smile on your face. It's a top folding card.

Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

I used 3D Foam Squares to attach the image to the front of the card. The image is coloured with pencil crayons (I have so got to get me some Copics...until then, I'll use my trusty ol' pencil crayons). I sponge daubed the edges of the B&T paper. I used the edge of my stamp pad around the image to get the 'hatches'.

Here's the inside:

Recipe: CTMH L2 Paper-Let's Get Together, CTMH CS-Olive, Buttercup, Tulip & White Daisy, CTMH Ink-Black, Tulip & Topiary, CTMH SS-What A Great Day, Grosgrain Ribbon, Pencil Crayons, 3D Foam Squares.

Enjoy,
Deneen

It's A Card, It's A Box, It's Supercard!

I found a card that's part of the box, and the box has a little drawer to pull out. Now how cute is that!!

I found the instructions HERE, by Maya Stenshagen. But because they were in metric, I had to come up with imperial measurements. (On a side note--not that metric is a problem, but I didn't even realize that my cutter only had imperial on it until I went to start cutting the paper in metric...LOL).

(Click on photo to enlarge.)

STEP 1
The card/box piece:

STEP 2

The drawer piece:

STEP 3
Decorate your pieces before gluing.

STEP 4

Glue your pieces together.

And you're done!


Here's one completed with the drawer inside.

The little tag is attached using 3D Foam Squares. I used Ivory Organdy ribbon on the tag, it matches the handle on the drawer.

Here's the card/box part opened, and the drawer pulled out. I used a Stipple Brush to apply Vineyard Berry ink around the edges, to soften the look.

Recipe: CTMH Paper Pack-More To Adore, CTMH CS-Colonial White, Cocoa & Vineyard Berry, CTMH Ink-Cocoa, Vineyard Berry, Black & Grey Flannel, CTMH SS-Treasure Life, Pewter Large Conchos, Ivory Organdy Ribbon, Coluzzle Tags Template, Martha Stewart Lace Doily Punch, 3D Foam Squares, Pink Rhinestones.

Okay, so what little boy wouldn't want a box to put a few little treasures in?

The airplane is attached with 3D Foam Squares, the words, and stars under the plane, are clear embossed.

The big star is outlined with Prisma Glitter.

The sides of the drawer I left blank (I didn't cover it with paper), so that it wouldn't be too snug to pull open.

The 'handle' is Black Grosgrain Ribbon attached using Button Nail Heads.

Recipe: CTMH Paper Pack-Stardust, CTMH CS-White Daisy, Honey & Outdoor Denim, CTMH Ink-Tulip, Black, Grey Flannel & Honey, CTMH SS-Flyin' High & Little Boys, Mini Black Brads, Clear Embossing Powder, Prisma Glitter, Star Punch, Swirl Punch, Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Button Nail Heads

And one for all the little girls to store their treasures too!

What little girl doesn't love flowers and hearts? I added some 'bling' by adding Rhinestones to the heart and flowers.

Here's the inside, I wrote 'This Treasure Belongs To:' on the tag. The 'handle' is made from CTMH Hollyhock Ricrac Ribbon.

Recipe: CTMH Paper Pack-Daydream, CTMH CS-White Daisy, CTMH Ink-Tulip, Spring Iris & Outdoor Denim, CTMH SS-Annotations & All My Love, CTMH Ribbon-Hollyhock Ricrac, Prima Flowers, Rhinestones, Dollarama Punch, Flower Punch, Corner Punch


I hope you enjoyed them as much as I do! I sure had a lot of fun making them.

Enjoy,
Deneen

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Check out these ladies creations!:

• Jennifer Lee over at Scrappy Chic.

Pull-Out Card

I finally got around to trying out this template by Jeanette Lynton, the founder of Close To My Heart. It's a pull-out card, so you don't really need an envelope (unless you're mailing it, of course).

Card Size: 6" x 3.5" (6" x 3" without the round pull-out tab on the side)

You can find the template HERE.

I didn't make the inside piece as wide as the template calls for. Because of the fold, it wanted to stick out a bit, and it was hard to pull out because it was shoved in so far.

I used the Stipple Brush around the edges of the pull-out card piece to soften the edges. The flourish in the corner is 2nd Generation stamped and then 1st Generation highlight. I added some Rhinestones to the center of the flowers.

Recipe: CTMH Paper Pack-That's Amore, CTMH CS-Colonial White, CTMH Ink-Tulip & Chocolate, CTMH SS-My Mom & Free Spirit, Prima Flowers, Rhinestones, Grosgrain Ribbon, Colonial White Ricrac.

Enjoy,

Deneen

A...Whachamacallit...Card

I've seen several cards around like this, it's not really a pop-up card, it's more of a cut-out card.

Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

Here's what it looks like from the side:

And opened:

I didn't have a template, but I knew that I needed the finished card size to be 4.25" x 5.5". So I measured how big of a half-circle I would need so that the card would measure to 5.5". Here's what I came up with:

(Click on each one to enlarge)

Recipe: Francis Meyer Paper-Blue Damask, CTMH CS-Spring Iris, Lilac Mist & White Daisy, CTMH Ink-Spring Iris, Garden Green, New England Ivy, Blush & Vineyard Berry, CTMH SS-Life Is So Good, Cuttlebug Vintage Die, Martha Stewart Lace Doily Punch, Grosgrain Ribbon, Nestabilities Scallop, Coluzzle.

Enjoy,

Deneen