Pennant Punch Christmas Tree Cards

Pretty easy card to make using

the Pennant Punch from Stampin' Up!

Decorative paper, Lasting Impressions.

scraps of card stock

Punch three triangles,

score and fold down the center.

Glue together on the backsides.

These will fold fairly flat.

Star punch, unknown

Stamp image, Stampin' Up!

I made 10 of these and sent them to

Operation Write Home. 

Thanks for looking =)

Bird Punch Cardinal Christmas Card

All supplies, other than the ferny branch punch

and yellow acrylic craft paint for the birds beak and eyes,

were from Stampin' Up!

Petals a Plenty embossing folder

Two Step Bird Punch

Die

Greeting inked with markers

Paper piercer

Grosgrain ribbon

Silver eyelet

I made several of these cards to donate to

Operation Write Home. 

Peace On Earth Christmas Cards

I'm back to sharing cards I made and donated to

Operation Write Home.

Two cards I made with the old 

Peace On Earth 

stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking =) 

Double DVD Case - Made From Scratch

I created this box

from 12" x 12" chipboard covered with

decorative paper. I made it to hold two DVD cases.

The embellishments were reused from the

table place cards I made for a wedding

last weekend.

We did the video taping of the wedding

and I took some photos,

making a digital scrapbook album, too.

I also made a  

fall themed wedding card.

My Digital Studio came in handy for the "titles"

that I printed out.

Thanks for looking =)

Silver Wedding Anniversary Card

My cousin and his wife recently celebrated their 25th wedding Anniversary. This is the card I made them.

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up! except for the shimmery silver paper.

I used an embossing folder for the flower images. I went over the raised areas with Lumiere paint then lightly painted in the petals with pink ink from my ink pads.

Thanks for looking =)

Wedding Digital Scrapbook Pt 2

The second half of the digital scrapbook album I made a cousin that was recently married. I started with a designer album in My Memories Suite software, but ended up changing or deleting nearly every page then creating my own with elements from that kit (and a few others).

Note that these are not the exact pages. I removed the photos for privacy issues then had to go back in to add shapes in place of the photo boxes. Mats, drop shadows, arrangement and layering are all missing.

I used My Memories Suite V4 (remember, you can get the full version program FREE until October 14th using the promo code FreeTreatNH23 at Mymemories.com; download size 4.5 GB).

 The two pages above I made from scratch and they are a different color because they show the reception décor. The decorations were all fall colors: mini pumpkins, mums, oranges, yellows.
The wedding was red and white so most of the pages are using those colors to coordinate with the bridesmaids gowns, décor, etc.

The flowers will be on top of the photos.

The smaller white boxes are for journaling.

Thanks for looking =)

Digital Scrapbook Album - Wedding

Another digital scrapbook album I made for yet another cousin that was married ! This has been a year of weddings and babies in our family =)

I used My Memories Suite V4 (remember, you can get the full version program FREE until October 14th using the promo code FreeTreatNH23 at Mymemories.com; download size 4.5 GB).

I started with a predesigned album that comes in the software, Love Love. I changed up or deleted many of the pages and created most from scratch to add to the album. That is such a terrific option, having the ability to change the designers pages to suit your project.

Here are the first set of pages , more will be shared tomorrow. I'll be back to sharing more of the 250 cards I sent to Operation Write Home next week. I'm nearly done sharing the holiday cards and will be moving on to posting the all season cards I made soon.



NOTE: The pages are not exactly as I made them, layers will be slightly off as are the photo boxes. I removed  the photos for privacy issues.  I thought I could save the blank pages to publish. The photo boxes did not save to share so I had to go back in and add shapes in place of the photo boxes (what a lot of work!!!!). Shadows and mats as well as the proper layering of embellishments are not shown in these images.

This is the cover I made . I used one of the papers in the kit. I added a heart shape, white, reduced opacity. I copied the rose element from one of the predesigned pages and pasted it over and over, moving it each time to create this heart shaped wreath. Insert text boxes with Lavendaria font for the title. I used the "global search" to find a white bow and the rhinestone heart element.

I made the above two from scratch.

Altered quite a bit from the original design.

This is the only page that I used almost as is the way the designer made it. I did move the photos a bit and added a white bow behind the roses to the right. The photos would be layered in the roses.

I made the above two from scratch.

These are altered quite a bit from the original design,

using different papers and removing many embellishments.

One page is mirrored from the other.

Thanks for looking =) I'll share the rest tomorrow.

Free Digital Files - Halloween Take Out Boxes

Check out these great freebies! 

Perfect for your Halloween candy and treats!

For complete assembly instructions

Click Here

Available free until Oct 20th !

These can be used with almost any digital design program
if you download the general files.
I use My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up! a lot
and the general files will work,
 just be sure to save them in a place on your
hard drive that you can easily remember to
access them.


Reminder, you can get the full version My Memories Suite V4 program FREE until October 14th using the promo code FreeTreatNH23 at Mymemories.com; download size 4.5 GB or buy the disc for a small shipping fee.

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_1

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_2

http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_3

Swing Card How To

Here are the basic instructions for the swing / flip flop

card I made for the blog hop this past weekend.

Cut your card base to size.

I used an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of 

card stock to start.

I folded it in half creating a 

4 1/4"  x 5 1/2" card base. 

Take the right side edge of the 

card front and fold it back over

to the left folded side of the front.

Crease the fold line.

Open it back up.

Lightly trace the shape you wish to make

the swing part on the right half of the fold.

NOTE: There are tricks to

making this type of card using

dies and die cut machines,

there are even special 

dies or cartridges to make them

with die cut machines.

I am showing you how 

to make one without 

these fancy tools. 

Carefully cut around the 

traced line on the right half 

of the card front.

Be sure to open the card flat first,

you don't want to cut through both layers ! 

Fold the card front back over

along that fold line you made,

leaving the cut out portion flat.

You will want to cut out another piece,

the entire shape and size of the "swing "

part, to cover the creased piece.

I traced and cut out the same star shape,

but I cut it slightly smaller

than the original stencil size.

Stamp and adhere to the "swing" part.

You can add layers of decorative paper,

emboss, stamp, etc to decorate 

the sides of your swing card

if you like.

I cut two pieces of card stock to fit,

trimmed out the star shape,

ran them through and embossing folder

and glued them to the card front. 

Thanks for looking =) 

Wedding Table Markers

My aunt called me one week ago today 

and asked if I could make table markers for her

daughters wedding -

this weekend !!!!

Going out of town for a few days

shortened the amount of time

I had to get things done,

but I accomplished it. 

She has since called me to ask

us to videotape the wedding

as they did not hire a videographer.

Needless to say,

the past couple of days have

been crazy hectic for me

to get all of these things done in time

to set up the reception hall at noon today.

Then it is rehearsal and dinner tonight,

wedding tomorrow with a not so 

favorable weather forecast. 

I think just the fancy printed script

would have been fine and 

I would have been done in very little time.......

Of course I had to take it up a notch and 

add extras (and maybe should have dialed

it back a bit....... but I did since I did not add rhinestones!).

I spent hours and hours making these,

they are two sided with lots of inking,

cutting by hand and die cutting.

There will be small paper ribbon bows

attached to a strip of cardstock that 

runs between the front and back

to help hold it in place. 

I was afraid they may slide down

out of position

after sitting on the tables for over

twenty four hours before the reception. 

I'll glue them together this afternoon

when I set them up.

I hope they like them.......

I'll find out this afternoon.

I'll try to get a photo of them

on the decorated tables. 

This sign will go in a basket of mini pumpkins.

I am not happy that I had to try to

hand write like a child with a crayon,

but my printer refused to work

and I was out of time. 

I left space at the bottom in case they 

want their young daughter to sign it.

 I'm not certain, but I have a feeling the 

mini pumpkins are supposed to be a sort of

parting gift from her to the young children

as a thank you for coming to her parents wedding.

Needless to say, 

my gift of a night out I had already bought

I will be keeping for my family.

All of my crafty work

and now the video job

will be their wedding gift.

I would also like to make a 

digital scrapbook for them

like I did for my other cousins 

earlier this year.

That is, if I am able to take some 

decent photos in the dimly lit

church and reception hall

during my video taping duties !

Thanks for looking =)