Matchbook Gift Card Holder

Hi everyone.

Its Carol here from http://happyexpressions.blogspot.com and I am a guest designer at She's a Sassy Lady  blog this week. Thanks for having me join you this week Sheila.

I am in need of 2 gift cards for a couple of friends. One is turning 70 and the other 60. It always seems to be a bit more difficult to make men cards. I checked out you tube and came across this really cute gift card holder using the SU envelope punch board. Here is the link to her you-tube video.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvhXT1elFe4 

I have the we are memory keepers envelope board and it is the same as the SU. I followed the instructions in the video and decorated it more manly. I used colorbox for the card base. The DSP is from Recollections fall stack that was on sale at Micheal's for $5. 87. It has a lot of designs that I thought would be great for the men in our lives.

 The White piece for the image and the inside are SU white. I wanted vanilla but got it together and realized it wasn't vanilla. It looks fine so the other one will have the vanilla. The stamp set is Autumn Days by SU. I find it a great for men designs. It works great for envelopes too.  The happy birthday is also from SU. The ink used is more mustard, mostly grey and suede. old olive and artichoke markers. I did faux stitching around the image and layered it with the left over from the card base. I then added 4 brads to the image. I hope you like it and have learned something new. 

Thanks for stopping by, happy creating!

Holiday Cheer

Hi everyone,

It time for another challenge over at the neighbor hood of 613 Ave Create. Our sponsor this week is Rick St Dennis. He has some super cute Christmas images and I choose to use this snowman. The base card is neenah cs and I embossed it with the cuttlebug snowflake folder. I then used some faux stitching using a sukura aqua glitter pen. The image was printed onto neenah cs and colored with copic markers. N2,4,6,8, B12,14,E37,35,Y13,15, R22,24. The red rose and the leaves were made using the flower blossoms from spellbinders and sprinkled with glitter. SU red and green cs. The corner edges were made with the MS mold but I used a soft clay and colored it with copic YG63 and sprinkled with glitter, I am not too fond of the MS soft molding clay or foam that she sells so used another. I found that when her clay is molded it seems to crack when taken out of the mold. The sentiment is from one of my favorite stamp sets JustRite stamps called Noel Christmas Ornaments. I stamped it with black versafine ink pad. The red ribbon is from my stash.


Thank you all for stopping by, happy creating!

Mrs Claus Gift Card

Hi everyone,

Our sponsor this week at 613 Avenue Create is Kenny K digi. I choose to use Mrs.Claus and fussy cut her out after printing her onto neenah solor white cs. I colored her with copic markers. E00,000,21,35,31, R22,24,27, N4,6,8. I created a simple gift card holder die cut using make the cut software and cut with my cricut. Now I am not sure if it would be called a shape card but I  used it anyway.

 I used recollections kraft card stock and  S.E.I  DSP using  a Christmas paper stack. I have had this paper for a few years now, I am not sure if you can still get it. I took and embossing folder border edge to use on each side using the big shot. I took a blue geleto's marker to go over the embossing. 

I decorated the inside as well as the front. I made a snow drift with scraps. punched our small snowflakes, MS fern punch, and ribbon. The red flowers were cut with the same snowflake punch and I added a dot in the center. The white rose was make using a mold with soft clay. The inside snowflakes are from a larger punch. I die cut the white shape for the sentiment using a spellbinders. The sentiment is SU Best Yet . It too is an older stamp set. 

The Micheal's gift card is one that I got from my granddaughter for my birthday. It is just to show that a gift card fits in the space. I might still put a Velcro closure on it. I really enjoyed creating this card. 

Thank you for stopping by, hope you enjoyed. Happy creating!

KennyK ,Recollections,Neenah cs,  S.E.I.Christmas stack, MS punch/ ribbon, rose mold, geleto's  make the cut software, cricut, recollections snowflake punches, spellbinders, copic markers, sizzix embossing edge border, gift card holder, SU best yet stamp, 

Bal Masque

Hi everyone,

This week at 613 Avenue Create our sponsor is Rick St Dennis. I am using Bal Masque for a Halloween card. I love this image and had fun coloring her with copic and chromatix markers. The base card is a cut file from the MTC gallery. I printed the image onto neenah white cs. The copic colors used are E 21,00,000, N0,2,4,6,8. Chromatix colors used saphire 1,2,3. I fussy cut around the image. For the background I used SU bashful blue and Distress ink Denim. I stamped a Halloween image with moon and bats by Craft smart. The inside sentiment is also by Craft smart is spooktacular. I added a little tangerine tango inside the moon and on the swirls streamers by fiskars. I added dash lines around the center circle. Glitter was also added on the zig zag on the card layer and her mask. An orange ribbon was added to the top right corner. It needed just a bit more so I put a swirls with pearls coming from her hat. Hope you enjoyed.

Thank you for stopping by, happy creating!

Baby Swing Card

Hi everyone,

It feels like forever since I have posted anything. I know it isn't but I can remedy that right now. Our challenge at the Fairy's blog this week is baby using faux or real stitching. I have wanted to use this cut file for a bit now so here it is. The file is a swing card from the MTC gallery. It is so easy and fun. I cut one in solid and one in DSP. I cut the ends off the DSP and added it over the solid. It didn't quite work the way I wanted so I cut 1/4" off of all the ends. Our sponsor is Bugaboo. The baby is colored with copic markers. E21,00,000,31, BG10,13,N0,2, Y 13 R20,81,83. I traced a circle around the image and cut it out. The background is a stamp sets by SU. Hello baby is also SU teeny tiny wishes, Itty bitty backgrounds are the small little specks are behind the baby, SU best yet baby saying is on the inside. The last two are old sets but goodies. The cute dragon fly was punched from sticker paper and MS glitter was put over the sticky. I added 4 of the BG buttons on each corner with little twine bows. Thank you all so much for stopping by, happy creating!

Let's Celebrate

Hi everyone,
Today our sponsor at the Fairy;s Challenge is Rick St Dennis. I am using this cute Angel that I printed onto neenah cs and coloured with copic markers. E000,00,21,31,35,37, Y13,BG10,13,W1. I added glitter to all of the stars. I used put some clouds in the background behind the angel but it doesn't show much.  The card base is from SU and the DSP is from a 6x6 paper stack by GCD Studios called Chaleston. I really like the this soft colours in this pack. The pink polka dots is the opposite side of the yellow DSP I have used. The flower brad is from SU and it was in a package that I won from Jo's Scrap Shack. I didnt realize at first that is was SU but I just love these brads. I punched a small circle from the polka dots and added it to the centre. The ribbon is from my stash. I used sukura yellow sparkle faux stitching around the angel border and white around the card base. The celebrate is from Fancy Flexible Phrases by SU.

Thank you for stopping by, happy creating!

Unusual Friends

Hi everyone,

Todays our sponsor at 613 Avenue Create is The Paper Shelter. Her images are just so cute. I printed the image onto neenah cs and coloured it with copic markers. N0,R20,81.B12,14. I also added the N0 over the pink mice to tone down the brightness. All of the papers are from DCWV pet stack. I added a layer of Dark yellow behind the image to make a frame. I cut 2 1inch pieces of the same color and used MS border punch for the top and bottom of the image. I added 2 banners from the same papers used.  The butterfly was punched from a eksuccess punch. The last was a blue twine made into a small bow. I like how the colours all came together. I will add this into these challenges.



Thank you for stopping by, happy creating!

Thank you Swing Card

Hi everyone,

I am sharing with you today at She's a Sassy Lady blog. Thank you for allowing me to share with you and your friends Shelia.

I wanted to make a special gift and card for my sister in-law for pet sitting for me when I went to my grandsons wedding. I decided to make a box of hand made cards for her and this beautiful card to go with it. Sorry I didn't take a picture of the box before I gave them to her.

 The card stock is brazil textured. I went with a swing card. I haven't made to many of them so this one is quite simple. On the top and bottom edges I used a wheel stamp from SU but I have unmounted my stamps. I just find it a bit easier to control with a block than with a wheel. I used a grey SU ink pad.

 I then added dcwv pattern paper. I took a white rectangle to layer on top of the pattern paper. I used a MS corner flower punch on the corners. I did some faux stitching in sukura pink pen on the card base and the white layer. I added the thank you stamp also from SU.

I had some daisies and the pink flower in  my stash. I added two of the daisies on to the back panel with another SU Thank you. The tag on the right also has thank you on it. My sister in-law was just thrilled with her gift. I have made a few boxed card gifts for family and friends and they just love them. I have one friend that just can't give hers away. She says they are just too special. It sure makes me feel good when they fuss over what I have made for them.

Thank you all for stopping by, happy creating!

Let's Have a Picnic

Hi everyone,

Our sponsor this week at the Fairy's Challenges is Shelly's Design stamps. I had so much fun creating this card using 9 of her digi images. I used Word to create the design and printed it off onto neena cs and colored it with copic markers. I then cut around the image so I could use two different DSP. The card was busy enough withour putting in too many elements so all I added was the daisy flowers. I will add this card into these challenges.


Stamps - My Grafico
Papers - neenah white, DCWV DSP flower stack.
Ink - printer, copic E31,33,35, R20,22,24, B12,14, Y23,19, N8, G40,
Accessories - daisy's from stash

Thank you for stopping by, happy creating!

Miss Chrysanthemum

Hi everyone,

The weather here is still so hot that I am not venturing out much until evening.  Our second sponsor this week is Beccy's Place. I am using this cut little girl called Chrysanthemum. I printed her onto neenah solor white cs and colored her in copic markers. E00,000,21,R20,81,83, G14. I used a 6x6 paper stack from american crafts. I cut two different papers at 4x5.25 and then cut them in half twice. I decided to use an embossing folder on them, inked around the edges with brown ink. I added a solid color of DCWV solid green on top of the white card base. I fussy cut around the image and propped her up with dimentionals onto another pink layer. On the corners of the layer I used a fleur delis punch. I added a small banner the same colour as the brown cs. The flowers are from my stash and ribbon is from MS. I will enter this card into these challenges.

A Gem of a Challenge- use two backing papers
Crafty Calendar - anything goes
The Kraftyhands - anything goes
Totally Gorjuss - texture

Thank you all for stopping by, happy creating!