Tying the Knot Gate Fold

A wedding card today made with the Sweethearts cartridge.   The Tie the Knot was cut at 3" with the shadow.  The mat paper is Me & My Big Ideas, the Monochromatic stack.  I decided to make this a gate fold card and then offset the frame, which I corner punched with a Fiskar's punch.  I added sheer gray ribbon under the frame and under the mat on the right side so that both pieces could be tied together.   And, on the inside, I added a Fiskar's stamped sentiment.

Tying the Knot

Wedding season is here so, I am getting prepared.   I used the Sweethearts cartridge to cut this 'Tie the Knot' phrase at 3".   The mat paper is from Me & My Big Ideas Kay Monochromatic and then a Fiskar's corner punch on the corners of the mat and the frame.   The yellow strip is embossed with the Victoria folder and then a sheer gray bow added.

For My Mom

I knew I had to have the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge when it came out.   I'm not a flowery kind of gal but, the layering is really cool.  I finally busted it out for what?  Well, Mother's Day of course, and the My Pink Stamper 3D challenge over on her blog.  I won't see my mom until next weekend so this works out perfectly.   My mom loves yellow flowers and I LOVE the new Lemon Flower stack from DCWV so, off I went.

All of the flower layers were cut with paper from this stack and here is how it went:

Bottom Layer was flower 30 cut at 3 1/4" and the tips were glittered with yellow stickles

Second Layer was flower 30 cut at 2 3/4" and the tips were glittered with yellow Studio G stickles

Third Layer was flower 29 cut at 2 1/4" and I added some glitter 'petals' with silver stickles

Top Layer was flower cut at 1 3/4" and the tips were just shaded with a yellow stamp

Assembly was a little different.   I pop dotted between every later but, only in the center of the flowers, not out toward the petals and I added a large brad from My Mind's Eye, in the center.   Once I did that, I decided to add some dots of platinum stickles to the third layer, right through the cuts of the top layer.  The stem is the Branch 2 top layer from Cindy Loo, cut at 4 1/2" and then a small piece of scrap, from the flower cut, used in the one 'bud'.

My mom is also a huge fan of hummingbirds so, I decided to cut the hummingbird 2 from the Pagoda cartridge at 3".  I cut it in a solid green and then a second time using a shimmer green velum type paper.  I cut the feather layer using green glitter scrap.  While trying to apply ATG tape to the back, I ripped the bird's bottom feather's, almost completely off.  UGH.   I quickly recovered with using the last tiny piece of the green glitter and cutting a hand made layer for the bottom, which I think turned out very nicely.   Then, I added a green feather to the back, to appear like the bird is fluttering as it approaches the flower and last, a black gem for an eye and it's pop dotted on with the wing sticking up a little higher than the body.

The base of the card is gray with a yellow layer and then another fantastic piece of that Lemon Flower stack.   I added a yellow ribbon from Michaels and then mounted the cartouche, with the layer, from the Sweethearts cartridge at 4 1/2" in the center. 

On the inside, I used some larger, left over pieces from the front and cut another cartouche, at 1 1/2", with the top layer and then stamped a sentiment from Studio G and three more black gems.   I really do love how this card turned out!

Kiss Me Frog

Today's card was inspired by the Kiss Me sentiment that came in a card making kit that I picked up 2 years back after Valentine's Day at Target and a couple challenges that are out right now.  The sentinment is glittered and pop dotted and then my crafty little sis, Ashley, the Cricut Crazed Lady, suggested a frog.   I picked the frog from the Sweethearts cartridge, cut at 3 1/4".   I only cut the shadow, in a light yellow, and the main cut, in a green/yellow dot paper from Making Memories.  I inked them is the moss colored Cats Eye pigment and then used Studio G cranberry and inked the crown that it cut,   You can still see the dots but, it's red and not green which is good.   I added some small black gems to the crown, google eyes to the frog and a black string for his mouth. 

I used a red A2 card base and then matted a strip of the green dot paper onto the striped sheet from the DCWV Citrus stack.   I ran a ribbon over the seem that is pink, green and red, it's from Michael's.  ONce I had it assemebled, I thought it needed something else so, I added the shiny heart confetti .  

Oh, and on the inside, I mounted pink paper with a strip of the green dot that I punched some hearts out of.   I inked them with the same green as the rest.   I think it turned out adorably!!!

Birthday Shopping Wishes

Today's card is for my bff and shopping partner! I used the My World cartridge to cut the shopping cart (or buggy as she would call it) using a mirror silver paper, at 2". I trimmed up the wheels a little to make them a little more proportionate to the girl. Now, here's a tricky one on making the girl. I cut two different girls from the Sweethearts cartridge, both at 3 1/4", and put them together. The top of her is the wedding dress girl with the dress and bouquet trimmed off and the bottom of her is the 'first kiss' girl with the top trimmed off. I trimmed the hair as well to make it look like a style closer to hers and added an arm on the side so that she looked normal. The paper on the side is from The Paper Studio Poteeka Souffle, the sentiment from Fiskars and the ribbon on each side is from a set of ribbon cards I found at Tuesday Morning.

Wedding Card

My cousin's wedding is finally here! This is the card I made. I used the sweethearts cartridge to cut the honeymooners. I used some stickles on the bride: gunmetal for her ring/diamond and white on the bottom and top of the dress. The mat paper is from the DCWV Linen Closet stack. The red ribbon is from Michael's and I added the four black gems.

Best Little Monkey

I made this mini card (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") for the MPS Challenge to make or use an envelope in your entry. I thought this would be a good opportunity to make a little lunch card for my son. I cut the envelope using the monkey key, using the envelope creative feature on the Sweethearts cartridge at 3". I glued a brown piece on the inside to show off the monkey better. The card is just a piece of paper from DCWV Animal Crackers stack at 2 1/4" x 3 1/4". I stamped the 'You're the Best' to a couple mounted sheets of card stock and added it to the front. We will write a little note inside and put it in his lunchbox!