Holiday Collage

Here is a card using the full die cut from Tutti Designs called Holiday Collage. The other day I only used a portion of the die cut but today's card shows off the whole design of it. I used a shim to get it to cut all the little details.

I took the red card stock die cut and placed it on some Sparkle N Sprinkle Super Adhesive Sheet which is a sheet that has a sticky surface on both sides. But first I removed one side of the sticky paper before placing the red die cut onto it. Next I took some silver glitter and sprinkled that all over the surface and with my fingers burnished it into the die cut open areas.

Once I had the glitter burnished in well I then trimmed around the edges with my scissors and then removed the back piece of paper to reveal the sticky surface.  I carefully aligned this panel onto the white card base. I did not quite get it aligned perfectly and once you have it adhered it is stuck for good. So I just left it even if it does have a bit larger white margin showing on the right side.

I am entering this in the Scrapy Land Challenge #106-Anything Goes.

Well, we did get to 30 below zero last night and today we have a high of about 20 below. I am not minding it though as I am staying put inside. I hope all others who were in this deep freeze are faring okay too.

Thanks for the visit and as always the nice comments.

God bless,
Verna

Heads Up! Enabler Post!

Hi Everyone,
I took advantage of the Crafter's Companion Mega Warehouse Sale ongoing now. I got some really awesome bargains and I thought maybe some of you might be interested as well. Check it out and see. And I don't get any kick back for telling you about it. I just thought it was such wonderful deals that I should pass on the news about it.

Hope your day is going well.

God bless,
Verna

Christmas Holiday Card

How did something that went so wrong turn out so right? At least in my opinion it was a great save and I love it. I hope you do too!

I used the large A2 size die from Tutti Designs called Holiday Collage and when I proceeded to die cut it I apparently had not adjusted my machine correctly and only the center portion of the die cut. And, it had slipped away from the paper and my tape did not hold it for some reason so I was a bit bummed that it did not work out. But I looked at it a bit longer and decided I could cut away parts of it and still make a great looking card. So that is what I did.

 I placed the white die cut design against gold glitter paper and added that to a white card base. I also stamped a sentiment from the Gina K. Designs Dashing set in black and on each side I added some circles I had punched out from the leftover glitter paper. Voila! I had a card I could be proud of. So remember sometimes we can salvage those die cuts that go wrong by using only portions of them.

I am entering this in the Scrapy Land {Challenge #106} Anything Goes.

Well, we got through the blizzard and now the deep freeze is starting to come to our neck of the woods. It sounds like tomorrow we could see 30+ below temperatures. That certainly is a good time to stay inside where it is warm and I hope everyone's furnaces will work great too. We still have two options....gas furnace and also a wood one. So we should be okay.

Stay warm those in the cold blast and until next time everyone have a wonderful crafty time. I love your visits too.

Thanks and God bless,
Verna

Bleached Heart Valentine

I used bleach and a brush to create a heart on red card stock for a simple design for this special Valentine for my sweet hubby. I am so pleased as to how it turned out too. So I am feeling my mission today was accomplished and I hope he will like it too.

Once I had the heart bleached out and dry I then proceeded to add the sentiment from the Gina K. Designs Lettered and Lovely stamp set. I used  black ink to add it. I also took a Zig fine line black marker to add some faux stitching around the heart and the edge of the red panel. My next step was to add the Gina K. Design Natural Plaid ribbon before I placed the panel onto a black card base. I added a few black rhinestones to finish the outside. Inside I added a Ivory panel to which I also added some faux stitching and another sentiment,

Well, that's my latest Valentine design. I am entering this in the Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K. Designs Stamp TV. It is entitled My Sentiment Exactly which means no stamping allowed except for the sentiment. 

Thanks always for the visits and I so appreciate all the wonderful comments too.

God bless,

Verna

Spring Garden

Even with all the snowy weather I am starting to look forward to Spring. So with that in mind I used a new stamp set from Inkadinkado called Spring Gardener Inchie Bundle.

This stamp set included an acrylic block as well but I chose instead to add the images to my Misti before I stamped them on a rainbow blended strip that I had masked off on Ivory card stock. I used the Life Changing Blending brushes for that.

Once I had my images stamped onto the rainbow strip with black ink I then took a Creative Expressions die which is from the Sue Wilson line and die cut the edging on the Ivory panel.Next I added this panel to a black card base. The last things I did were to add some off white pearls to the side of the card and also an Ivory piece of card stock inside so that I can add a sentiment or write a message.

Normally I would not use black so much with a Spring card design but in this case I thought it worked out quite well. I hope you like it too.

I am entering it in the following challenges:
Dies R Us Challenge #13 Anything**NEW**
Mod Squad Challenge-Use Multiple Images (sentiments do not count)

Thanks for dropping in and I hope your day is going great.

God bless,
Verna

New Die.....Had to Try!

Today a beautiful Happy Birthday die from Elizabeth Craft Designs arrived in my mailbox with a prize I won and so I immediately had to try it out. So I made a quick and easy card with it. I love it! I am entering this in the Dies R Us Challenge #13-Anything **NEW**. So my new item is this pretty sentiment die.

This card was so quick and easy to make as I used a stencil from the Sheena Douglas Groovin' 60's collection called Just Groovy to make the background. I went with bright happy colors and then simply die cut the Happy Birthday and added it to the front of my card design. I think that stencil makes up into a very cheery and fun design which to me speaks of a celebration. One could use it for any age and for many celebratory occasions. I hope you like my easy design and it took only ten minutes to make.

Well we got through the last round of snow but more is coming Wednesday again so it seems Winter is going full blast this week. At least the sun is shining today yet. This morning when the sun hit that white snow it just make it sparkle and it was gorgeous. It was a pretty world indeed!

Thanks for visiting and for commenting. I love to hear from you.

God bless,
Verna

Vintage Birthday Card

I made a vintage style birthday card using a Crafter's Companon Vintage Decor embossing folder and an old vintage style phone stamp. This card will be entered into the Double D's Challenge which is entitled Looking Back in Time.

The embossing folder from Crafter's Companion was a freebie with an order quite some time ago so I decided that design looked very much like the old wall paper designs did when I was younger. So using some Gina K. Designs Prickly Pear ink I swiped some onto the embossing folder before I embossed the design. I also used Prickly Pear card stock for my card base. 

Next I took the Gina K. Designs Just Calling to Say stamp set and with Gina K. Designs Amalgam Jet Black ink I stamped the phone and the sentiment onto Ivory card stock. Both the embossed panel and this panel then were die cut using the Cottage Cutz Double Stitched Rectangle Die set. The next step was to layer them onto black before adding them to the card base.

I finished the card by adding some black gems and an Ivory card stock panel inside so I can write a special message or add a stamped one.

Well, the snow quit yesterday evening and so today we cleaned out the yard and drive way. So until the next round of snow we are good to go again. We only got about 4-5 inches this time too. I heard other places were getting quite a bit more so we were lucky. So if you were in those areas I hope you stayed safe inside and warm. Good card making or crafting weather I guess.

I thank you for the visits and comments and I hope your weekend is a great one.

God bless,

Verna