Birthday Wishes...

This months challenges...

 

Cardabilities Sketch 118

 

 

Creative Embellishments March Challenge

 

 

Lindy's Stamp Gang March Color Challenge

 

 

Birthday Wishes...

 

I had so much fun creating this shabby chic birthday card for my daughter's 12th birthday.  For the base of the card I used kraft cardstock and papers from the Prima Princess Collection.  I distressed the edges and inked in Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink.  I pleated the top layer of paper and layered lace trim under it.

 

For the Lindy's Stamp Gang Color Challenge I sprayed the background with Kissin' Kenickie Coral

mixed with Clam Bake Beige, and then some of the C'est la vie Cerise Flat Fabio.  I mixed modeling paste with a couple sprays of C'est la vie Cerise and used the Dylusions Alphabet Border stencil.  I also used C'est la vie Cerise Embossing Powder on my chippy.



 

For the Creative Embellishment challenge I needed to use a flourish and I knew I wanted to use this beautiful butterfly from the Flourish Butterfly Set 2 for my card.  The mood board felt like Spring to me and my eye was drawn to the butterflies and flowers.  I embossed the chippy with the C'est la vie Cerise powder and then finished it off with 4 pearls.  Wow!  This butterfly is beautiful!!  I love all the intricate details in it!

 

 

The Butterfly chippy is layered on top of tulle, a doily that has been sprayed with Lindy's Stamp Gang Clam Bake Beige and then adorned with Wild Orchid Crafts flowers.  To finish off the card I dry brushed everything with some gesso and Diamond Stickles.

 

 

I tucked my sentiment under the butterfly and above my pleated area which I topped off with a flat back pearl from Wild Orchid Crafts.

 

Thank you for looking~Melissa

 

 

 

   

Love You

So, I've decided to enter this card in the Creative Embellishments February Challenge.  The challenge was to pick something from the photo that inspires you and to have an ombre effect somewhere on your project. My eye was drawn to the flowers, the shades of pink, and the ribbons throughout.

 

This is my favorite card by far! I made this card for my husband and I am in loooove with it!  I used my flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts to decorate it and I embossed a few chippies from Creative Embellishments.

 

 

The chippies that I used are from Creative Embellishments. The swirly chippy is Flourish 24 and it reminded me of the ribbons throughout the photo.  I love that it follows the height of the card.  The "love you" chippies are from the I love You Set which is perfect for this challenge.  I embossed all the chippies with my Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder.

 

 

Again, my inspiration from the photo were all the flowers.  A cluster of Wild Orchid Crafts flowers with a heart locket sit on a doily that has been sprayed with Prima color Bloom tea stained spray. Love it!!  This is where I tried to add the umbre effect by adding white gesso to the tips of some of the darker flowers and darker ink to the tips of the lighter colored flowers.

 

 

I layered my papers lighter to darker to create a subtle umbre effect and then rolled back the corners to reveal a stamped corner.

 

 Beautiful...

 

Love

My daughter is of course the princess of the family and she loves beautiful things. I knew that she would appreciate something a little more detailed and girly. I used my mulberry flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts to decorate this swing card. I also embossed the "love" chippy from Michaels. I love how you can really change this style of card up.

 

 

I love the cluster of mulberry flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts in the corner.

I embossed the chippy with my Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder.

 



 

So Stinkin' Cute

Here is another Valentine's Day swing card that I made my youngest son. He's always telling everyone they're "So Stinkin' Cute!"  The print and cut feature makes card making so easy!

 

Toad-ally Loveable

Happy Valentine's Day!! I've been busy in my craft room making cards for my kiddos and husband the last few days. Here is a swing card I made my son. I think it's Toad-ally awesome! wink emoticon

 

 

October KrEative Design Team Project!

SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN!!

 

So, here are my projects for The Village Scrapbooker KrEative design team!  I'm so excited about how these projects turned out! I chose the Spooky collection by Carta Bella to create all three of these projects.  I love how the orange pops off the black and white papers. 

 

Haunted Mansion

For my home décor project I decided to make this awesome haunted mansion. I used my silhouette cameo and the Maple Manor file from SVGCUTS to create it.  I used multiple sheets of black and gray Bazzill cardstock to create the mansion.  I like to use the Bazzill because it's really thick and sturdy and helps with 3D projects. I also used Scotch Quick Dry as my adhesive.

 

 

After I cut all my pieces out I used black and white inks to ink all my edges to add to the spookiness of the mansion.  For the windows I used vellum so that my battery operated tea light candles can glow through. 

 



 

The back of the mansion opens so you can use it either as a gift box or you can just add the tea light candles to make a spooktacular Halloween decoration. 

 

JACK O'LANTERN

I decided to make another home décor project and really wanted to make this adorable jack 'olantern from SVGCUTS Haunted Forest kit. I knew these pattern papers from the Spooky collection would work awesome with it!  To create this I used black, white, and orange Bazzill cardstock.  I also added some bling to the hat and a spider brad in the center of the flower.  Again, I like to ink all my edges with black and white ink.  Like the mansion you can lift the hat up and add a battery operated tea light candle to create a fantastic decoration. 

 

 

Bewitching Halloween

For one of my projects I had to create a card and I instantly knew I wanted to make a shaped card!  I love this witch boot shaped card that I got from the Silhouette store! So with my silhouette cameo I cut the pieces out from the Spooky collection kit and inked all my edges.  I added some grosgrain ribbon as a shoelace and black tulle at the top of the boot.  I used the Happy Halloween sticker that came with the Spooky collection and created a tag and tied it to the top of the card.  To finish off the card I sporadically added Stickles to the diamonds on the pattern paper. 

 

 

So, I hope everyone enjoyed my projects for this month! I really enjoyed working with the Carta Bella Spooky collection kit because the papers are really thick and sturdy.  The orange really pops with the black and white patterns and makes for some awesome Halloween projects!  Stop by The Village Scrapbooker to see these projects in person! 

DT~Melissa

 

Baptism Gift

Isn't it amazing what you can do with paper and glue? When it came time to get a gift together for a baptism I knew I wanted to create something beautiful and this was perfect! This church acts as both a beautiful light up display and a gift box! 

 

 

 The church is from the file Silent Night from SVGcuts.com and measures a massive 18 1/2" tall.

 

There is a large enough opening in the back to add any special gift/card.

 

I added a jingle bell to the steeple using twine.  Included in the extra folder of this file is a cross.  I decided to add it to the front of the church instead of on the steeple.   

 

Added tea lights makes this so beautiful.

 

 

At the last minute I wanted to add a coordinating card so I used my scraps to make this card. This 3D stand up card file is from the silhouette store.

 

 

Other products used: The paper is from Authentique Collection Favorite: Desirable, Collectable, Indelible, Foundation Two.  Coordinating cardstock, Vellum, and Scotch Quick Dry glue.

  

Yappy Birthday

At what point do I say enough is enough with the card in a box? LOL! I just can't help myself and they're sooo easy to throw together. They're just so versatile and all kids love to receive them! My daughter was invited to her friend's birthday party and her friend asked for a donation to an animal shelter as her girft. So, I decided to use the Little Yorkie file at Scrappydew Creations to create this.

 

 

 

Yappy Birthday was created using the Lakesight font from dafont.com. I created this by making an offset and then using the print and cut feature in the silhouette software. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have you ever wondered how you're supposed to write a little message on this style card or how to add a little money or gift card? Well, here is my solution to all this! I created a back panel to write a little sentiment on and also added a little pocket to add money or a gift card too.  This specific sleeve is item #23185 at the Silhouette store.

 

Baseball Card in a Box

In the hustle and bustle of planning my son's 7th birthday I totally forgot about his birthday card!! I couldn't understand why my son kept asking if it was ok to come into my craft room today. Then I realized he must have thought I was making his card!LOL!  He has been requesting a card in a box since I made my daughter's back in March.  After realizing what was going on I knew I had to get busy!  My son LOVES baseball and so I used the Scrap Factory Sports Expansion pack to create this card. 
 

 

I used the accessories from the Sports Expansion pack (ie glove, ball, bat) to decorate the card. 

 

Probably my most favorite of the card...I used a wood grain embossing folder and my cuttlebug to add the wood grain on the bats! I love the details it gave them! 

 

I did a print and cut Happy Birthday with an offset.  The font is Brannboll and is from dafont.com

Faux Stitching

 

I also added nesting stars to fill in some empty spots in the card.

Dinosaur Card in a Box

HI! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! It's been awhile since I've been able to sneak away to my craft room, but some how I found some time. I wanted to share yet another card in a box with you! lol! I swear these things are so addictive! I have all my kids requesting them! I used the Dino-Mite file from scrappydew.com and the palm tree and fern leaf came from the silhouette store.