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It could be a 50th Wedding Anniversary card...

Hi Friends,

I want to start with telling you about my crafting nightmare coming true a few days ago.  You know I have an Ebosser machine if you are following me, that is.  Anyway, on Monday I was in the process of preparing this card shown below, for a class on Feb 9th.  Preparing about 8 kits with a card that contains so many different flowers, is quite the task.

I had been getting quite a few shocks while using my machine lately.  Knowing from that, I wasn't grounded for this to happen.  So when I could think of it, I would touch something else before running through my dies.  Well, I was on a roll, then all of the sudden, my machine decided to not turn on anymore.  Soooo, I called hubby over for him to check it for me, I was already feeling like even if he looks at it, my machine is gone!

After checking the circuit board, Mark confirmed what I had been afraid he would tell me.  He told me, unless we can order a circuit board from the Craftwell company, that will determine if we can just order the part and fix it or will it be more expensive to fix as opposed to buying a new one.

To make a long story short, I was online trying to find a machine that would be delivered within 48 hours.  We have written to the company and even today, 2 days later, we have yet gotten a response from them to tell us if we can buy a new circuit board to replace in my machine.  But, we found one online through Amazon that could be delivered within 48 hours.  So I am excited, I will be able to continue my kits today.

I had this machine since the first few weeks it was out on the market so more than a year and a half working the be-jesus out of it every single day.  Having wrist issues, I must have an electric machine given that I have so many kits to prepare at once, it is my only solution. 

As for the card share for today I must say, I have left out the Sentiment on this card because it is undertermined as of yet what this card will be for.  As the subject was suggesting it could easily be used for a 50th Wedding Anniversary or a Mother's Day card or wedding and even Engagement card.  It could easily be for a very special person in your life that deserves just a special card telling them "Just Because".

I hope you enjoy it and find some inspiration to make your own.  I will list the die cuts I have used for this card so you can try and make your own.

 

You will need:  Cheery Lynn Designs:

Mini fanciful flourish (left or right); Polynesian Sails Oval DL153; Shasta daisy B310 or ; Small and Medium rose B152 & B154; Tiny flower kit B376; Wheat heads B388; Italian Flourish tiny doily DL233; Lace corner Deco A B161.  Impression Obsession’s 5 flowers DIE042-I.  Lastly, Prickly pear’s scalloped oval PPRS D042.  Paper used eggshell from stash and shimmering gold card stock.   Memento ink Cantaloupe/ sponge dauber.

 

You will notice there are two different spots for the sentiment on the pictures.  I was trying to decide which one was looking better.

This card was so rewarding in the making of it.  The more I would add a variety of flowers the more this card was making me happy. 

There is a new product out there that is imitating pollen, it is used in the Susan Thierney Cockburn collection of her flower die cuts.  There are a selection of pollen colors, I have yellow for the time being but it does an even better job than Flowersoft since it is much much smaller and looks so much like pollen.  This is what I have used on the daisies.

 My all time new favorite die cut is the Wheat heads.  A great filler to replace some leaves when necessary or just because you think it is needed.

 February 9th class, this will be really fun to make

I hope my photos are doing justice to my card.  I was really pleased with it, that's what really matters in the end.  Satisfaction is one awesome feeling to have after working on flower arrangements on a card, at least, for me, it is.

Thank you for dropping in.  I'm hoping this will inspire you to try your own and I assure you, it looks more complicated than it really is.  If I can make it, you sure can too!  I was so happy to see your latest comments, it feeds my creativity, so keep'em coming....I will share more...

Have a fun day!  The more you create, the more your head wants to come up with more fun ideas. 

Come again for more creations...

 

Still preparing more to share

Hi Friends,

I hope this finds you well and smiling.  I am continuously working on some project so when there is nothing for a few days, not to worry, that means the bees in my bonnet are coming together for another card to share with you.  Give me a few more days and I will post something else.  I have another flower card in preparation.  The idea was born in the middle of my sleep, as it usually does.... So as soon as I can finish it I will share.

I hope you are all behaving and being very creative.  Try your hand at making flower cards from scratch, you will enjoy the pleasure to see it all finished it's a labor of love, one I never seem to get tired of.  The more I make, the more I want to make.

Once you start this craft you will see that it is more fun to add handmade flowers to your work.  It makes your cards so special and show how appreciative you are of people that are on your "special list". 

Until my next post, enjoy your weekend!

Have you looked back on the new daylight photos I replaced my latest flower card with?  Much better view I must say. Thank you for stopping by and leaving comments after your visits.

Birthday card mixed with a get well soon idea...

Hi Friends,

This card I am sharing today is one I really had to heart to create as I always get gorgeous cards from this lovely person, so this week I had a few more free minutes so I started to create this card like the other card you saw posted this week, I started as I had put on 3 tea roses on it I had no idea what was coming up next with this card, but I knew it would be beautiful.  So here is the Birthday/Get well soon card:

Tada!!!!!!!

The fan is a die from Tattered Lace and is so lovely to work with, keep in mind you need to make sure it cuts through because this die cut is Intricate with a capital "I".  Shimmer card stock was used and the pink was SU CS.  Hot pink was from unnamed CS stash.

I hope the recipient will enjoy this one! 

Thanks for the previous comments earlier this week, I was really happy you seemed to have enjoyed my other flower card.  So let me know what you think, I really mean it, I want to know.  I think the half pearls on the fan surely added more depth all the way around...

Have a fun day and thanks for stopping by

Mini class card

Hi Friends,

Happy day!  I hope Winter is easy on you.  We are having some really lovely days here, at least in our garden these days we are enjoying high 60F's which to me is ideal weather.  I can sit out there in the sun and enjoy my coffee while I can see my koi fish coming up to the surface to warm up, I bet it appreciates the lack of ice on the pond this year.

Back to the topic at hand, my coffee mug card.  This card had to be easy peasy and a quick card for a make and take.  It is sometimes hard to stop at simple but I had to pace myself and managed to do just that.  So here are the photos of it with a little recipe to it if you are interested to try your hand at something similar.

The two stamps are from Impression Obsession by Alesa Baker Designs.  The mug is E9160 and the straw C9158

I used Vintage Photo Distress ink for the coffee and the background as well as the edges of the main card.  This card is 4 1/2 in X 4 1/2 in square.  Unusual size but for this one I thought it was asking for a smaller card.  Works for me.

The mug I stamped 3 times in Love Letter Memento, the straw just once.  I had to try my old love, 3D'ing this mug and I did.  The first layer was the full mug, I cut around it, second layer was cutting around the mug again but this time I removed the top part of the mug and the handle, third layer was to cut out with a craft knife the heart, I distressed it with the Vintage photo ink with a sponge dauber.

I made a mask so I could ink up the coffee in the cup and made a slit in the coffee line to add the straw there.  Then I continued to build the coffee mug with second layer and the heart last.  All layers except for the bottom layer were adhered with the use of foam dots.  I inked up the white background edges.  Distressed the edges, and the rest is easy to visualize.

I hope you enjoyed this much simpler to make card.  A cute idea for a Valentine!

Have a fun day!

Thanks for stoppng by, I really do love all of your comments, either by email, or here in the comment box.  Encouragement words are totally free and so deeply appreciated, always!

Feast your eyes on this one (daylight photos were added)

Hi Friends,

This card is a pride and joy's latest addition to my card collection.  I have been preparing this one a little at a time and have been leaving it aside to see what it was missing, but when a card is made with a lot of elements such as a variety of flowers, rushing is not an option.  So this is my newly, freshly finished card to share with you, I hope you like it!

 

This card was a labor of love.

The focal Vanilla rose you see on this card, is one I created by trying different things with.  Starting with a mini doily die cut.  Once I have taught this flower in class, I may let you see how I made this one.  It is really pretty in the flesh...

A great deal of Cheery Lynn Designs die cuts went into this card.  Very little Memory Box as well as Impression Obsession die cuts are part of this.   Main frame, mini flowers, daisies, roses, wheat... is from Cheery Lynn Designs

This photo shows clearly the stippling I did on the silver CS for the purpose of imitating a mirror.  This is a technique I love to use whenever I need the extra depth in a design.  It is taking your eyes around the whole card as a whole.

 

This type of card is obviously a special card you could make for someone definitely important in your life.  This type of card, if not given to the recipient in person, is a card that is worthy making a special box for.   You wouldn't want this hard work, arriving to destination half or fully crushed.  It sure is a statement in itself.  At least in my eyes!

Thank you for looking!  I hope you had a great weekend.  Mine was so much fun, busy and creative, a few headaches along the way were all worth it in the end.  Next card to share is a make and take for the store, a quick and fun card to make and it is nothing like today's card.  I like to make different styles of cards as you already know that.

So come back soon to see what I have in store for you.

 

A square card with a heart!

Hi Friends,

Can someone tell me where does the time fly to???  Honestly, is that what aging does??  hee hee I feel like I am doing a little less than 10 years ago and yet I feel busier, I know it sounds so crazy but it is my reality.  Never a dull moment around here.

But, I thought if I don't post this card now, I will find it harder to come and do it later this week so here I am sharing another heart card, hoping to inspire some of you who are still in the "what to do" process.  Here is today's card:

This card was made with Impression Obsession "Heart of my heart" Alisa Baker designs E9173.  Authentique 12 X 12 paper.

The Sentiment stamp was also by Impression Obsession but that will be a testimony of the paper mess I am in right now, I can't find the set, it has many sentiments on it and loved it because it was one set I can totally use often on many cards.  If I do find it, I will add the name of it.  So sorry.

What I did with this heart, I stamped it in black.  I used some Prismacolor red and brown.  I colored the heart edge with red.  With some OMS Odorless Mineral Spirit and paper stump I lightened up the red by spreading it wider giving a red edge to the white edge I had left after hand cutting it. 

Before I went further, I used a large ball stylus and went all around the edge on the wrong side of the heart giving it a raised look. Added some foam dots by leaving the embossed edge without the foam.  I only added the foam dots about 3/4 inch passed the edge.  The heart looks raised but the edge is touching the card.  Hoping this makes sense to you.

I stamped the heart 2 more times.  I cut out the rope alone with the heart once and, then cut out the little heart medallion alone for a third dimension.  The sentiment was stamped in black (Memento).  Spellbinder simple circles, stickles around the card and around the sentiment.

I hope this shows the raised effect and the 3 dimensional effect.  You can easily make this card in about an hour and if you want to make many of them, it is an easy card to make many of, there is no specific coloring how to, you just can't get it wrong.

I have been creative recently but, haven't had a chance to take photos to publish them here yet.  So hang in there, I'm not ignoring you nor the blog, I have just little time to share but on the other hand that means I am taking time to create.  That's the good news.

I have a simple daisy card to share soon.  Some neat techniques to share and products I loved using to make this card.  To be continued.....

Thank you so much for dropping in, all of your comments are always appreciated, it makes me smile.  I aim to inspire you to be creative and if it worked for one of you today, well, I'm happy.  

Remember to smile, it is contagious!

 

 

 

Valentie's Day card 2

Hi Friends,

I am back with another Valentine's Day card to share with you.  I hope this can help you for ideas for your own projects before Valentine's Day comes.  So here is my card and I hope the list of products I have used will help you if you choose to make one of your own.

Here it is:

 

 

Impression Obsession’s Die cuts:  Leaf Clusters DIE066-C, Leafy Branch DIE055-N, 5 Flower die set DIE042-I.  Spellbinder Labels Twenty S5-026.  Cheery Lynn Designs:  Lace Corner Deco B-162 or 161 all sets are of 3 corners and any of them can be used, Baby’s breath Flower kit B-364.  Memory Box Tiny Bow #98623.  Memento dew drop Rose Red, 1 Sponge dauber.  Diamond Stickles.  Red, white CS, Authentique (THH) Collection Smitten “Engraved” (two sided-paper)

This card was easy to make, I loved making the dozen of roses.  Shaping them is the most fun to be had yet! 

This is to illustrate the thickness of the card.  Not very thick.  Cards like these are precious to make.  Usually if you make a card like this for someone, this someone is very special to you.  Most likely you will hand out this card to the person you made it for OR you may want to mail it in a padded envelope, making sure you take strip of card to about 1/4 inch thick, then tape it together to form a circle.  Place over the part that need no crushing, slide into the padded envelope with the 1/4 inch circle over the area and it should make it to destination without being crushed.  For extra precaution, you may want to close the circle with a circle the same size as if you were placing a cover on top of your circle strip.

Have a wonderful day and thank you for all of your comments or emails, your enjoying my posts makes it fun to share with all of you.  Special hellos goes to the ever so silent followers.  All are so appreciated.

Happy crafting!

 

Valentine's Day card freshly made to share

Hi Friends,

Here comes my favorite months of the year when we can start making flowers again on cards without looking too weird. LOL Well I love flowers so much that I can make an excuse all year round to give myself the permission to add them to everything.  But first we have Valentine's Day coming around in February so I have had to step it up a notch because of the classes I am teaching.  So I made two more for the weeks to come and teaching......Loving it!  I have such great ladies that enjoy everything I make, they sure know how to make me feel talented.  I won't take that for granted.  I makes my creativity be better.

Here is the first Valentine's Card of the two I made this passed few days.  I hope it inspires you.

 

Impression Obsession’s Die cuts: Cupids (pair) DIE125-M and Love DIE130-D.  Spellbinder Labels Twenty S5-026.  Cheery Lynn Designs: Tiny Flower kit B376.   Memento dew drop Rose Red, Sponge dauber.  Diamond Stickles.  Red, white CS, Authentique Collection: Smitten “Fusion” (two sided-paper)

Another fun card to make.

This photo was meant to show you the layers in the cherub, the other cherub is inside on the insert.  The photo was taken at the end of the day, it's a little darker, sorry.

Have a wonderful creative day!  I appreciate all of the lovely comments you are leaving after your visits.  Thank you thank you thank you!

***SMILES***

A card to share

Hi Friends,

I hope you all had a fun and festive season, Christmas and New Years were here and gone so quickly and yet we take a long time to get ready for it each year.  The more I age the nore I want an earlier start each year, I am sure I am not alone thinking along those lines.

We had fun and we took care of some little jobs that needed some fixing around the house.  It feels good to keep ahead on projects as well as for the first time when we decorate for Christmas, we had everything back into boxes on Jan 1st by 10 pm.  A record! 

For the card I wanted to share with you today, it was another truly fun card to make and in my scale from 1 to 5, 1 being the easiest, this card was a 2.  This was my masculine card version for this year.  So if you needed some ideas for a masculine card for Valentine's Day here is one for you.  It is an Easel card, more description down below.  Here is the card:

Dies you will need if you want to make the same exact card are:  Memory Box Love Script #98639 - Cheery Lynn Design, Two of hearts DL128 - Spellbinders Majestic Labels Twenty-Five.

The hearts come as a pair, I simply removed the scalopped off of the cut pieces to make it look more masculine.  Golden Carstock and red were the colors used for the card and some beautiful Authentique specialty paper for the background. 

6.5 X 4.5 card size.  This was an unconventional size card but I started with the outside frame to determine my card size.  It is slightly larger than an A2 card therefore you will need a special size envelope.  If you have an envelope punch board tool, you will need the 5 X 7 card size envelope.  

as you see here the scalopped edges were removed.

Neat little tool once you know how to use it.  Great You tube videos to be found

I hope you enjoyed the card today.  I hope it has inspired you to create your own or something similar to make it your own creation.  Have fun.  I will try and post another card sometime soon.  I have a card to prepare for the store class so I will be busy coming up with an elgant card.

Have a great week

Be creative, it feels good...