Pull and Reveal Gift card die

Today I am participating in an Insta hop over on Instagram.  The Dare 2B Artzy team is sharing this new product, th Pull & Reveal Gift Card Holder Die just in time for the Christmas season. 

This die is super easy and so fun to use.  Unfortunately I do not have a gift card to put inside as of now so to show where it would go I just wrote on the tag.

The set I used is Special Delivery and I colored it using OLO markers. You can count on seeing more of these befoe the season ends. 

Stay Crafty With Hero Arts - December Edition

Today starts our December challenge for A Blog Named Hero.  Our theme is Gold, so all you have to do to be eligible to win a $50 gift card to the Hero Arts shop is create a project using Gold and at least one product by Hero Arts. Upload you project to the Hero Arts blog by the end of the month.  

To make this card, I started with a white top folding  A2 card base and a white panel cut to the same size. I used the Varying Butterfly Wings Fancy Die. I cut one out of white and ink blended color over it and then cut one out of gold foil.  For the background , I created a stencil by using two sizes of the Arches Infinity Dies and then ink blended in the space. I added a butterfly body from the Special Day Butterfly set, colored it and then added the wings. 

To finish the card, I added a sentiment from that same stamp set. 

Addicted to CAS - Metallic

Today starts a new challenge at Addicted to CAS. Nancy is our host and she chose the code word ...

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel. I cut the panel down a quarter of an inch and ran it through the die cutting machine  with a snowflake cover plate.  I used a couple metallic snowflakes  by Kristina Werner and the image from a stencil/die set from Pinkfresh Studio. 

Reindeer Interlock Card

Today's card is the first interlocking card that I have made. I used one of Cindy's tutorials over at Dare 2B Artzy. 

To make this card, I started with a white A2 card base cut 8 1/2 X 5 1/2. I cut two pieces  2 X 5 3/8 and one 4 1/8 x 5 3/8. I scored the base at 2 1//8 from both sides and attached the red patterned paper strips to those side panels. I added the lights patterned paper on the inside. I cut an oval frame by using two of the nesting oval dies and then cut a circle to attach the reindeer.

I put it al together by adding glue only to one side of the oval and the circle. 

AAA Cards - Game 304 - A Sketch

Today starts a new challenge and t's a sketch.  We all know I love a good sketch. I hope you will play along.

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base, a white panel and some left over trees from an earlier card making session.

I ran the panel through the die cutting machine using a snowflake cover plate from Waffle Flower and cut it down to 3.5 x 5. I stamped the sentiment directly on the panel and added the trees which are leftovers from a previous project which uses the Tree Pattern cover plate by Hero Arts and distress inks.

Color Cube Inspiration

Today's card is for a new hop that I am participating in over on instagram. It's the Cube abd Create hop where a group of us crafty friends are using Sarah Renae Clark's color cube combos are inspiration for our card. Each month two cards will be drawn, we can use one or the other or both.

The one I chose was No. 127 pictured below. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel. The products I used are from one of my favorite companies, Concord & 9th.

I used the Cara Medallion stencil pack, the Elegant Holiday Greetings and the Gift Bow Dies. 

I thought that I matched the colors pretty well. The inks I used for the colors are Pimento, Clementine and Avocado by C9 and Sherbet and Cadette by Simon Says Stamp.  

For more inspiration or for the deets to join in December be sure to hop over to Instagram.

Postage Party Hop November Edition

Today's card is for the Postage Party Insta hop. This is a group of crafty friends that are addicted to all things postage so we host a hop on the 3rd Wednesday of every month. If you would like to join us, hop over to instagram for all the deets. 

To make this card I used products from several different companies.  The postage die and postage cost are from Waffle Flower, The sentiments, the star and the nativity silhouette is from Simon Says Stamp. The other silhouettes are Creative Worship Stamps.

Christmas Mail

Today starts a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More. Its time to make you mark using any coloring medium you would like. 

My card uses products from Dare 2B Artzy. To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a kraft panel.  I randomly stamped the postage elements over the panel of kraft cardstock using Pebble ink. I stamped the mailbox image, colored it using OLO markers and then cut it out along with several other pieces to give it dimension. To finish the card, I stamped the sentiment and cut it out with the coordinating die as well. 

Sweet!

Today starts a new challenge at Addicted to CAS. Melanie is our host and she chose the code word....

I needed a baby card, and babies are sweet so it fit the challenge. To play along with us create your "sweet" project and link it to our challenge.

This card uses a retired set from Picket Fence Studios.

Sending Some Sunshine

Today's card is for the Sending Sunshine Instagram hop. This hop is a spinoff of the Suicide Awareness hop that we do once a year. A group of us send out encouragement cards each month and send a little sunshine.

My card uses products from Creative Worship Stamps. The florals are from the Bloom With Grace set and the sentiment is from the Lord is Near set.

I used OLO markers to color them.