When I got my first set of Imperial Gold dies I instantly fell in love with the debossing and embossing on these dies. When i saw the Gold Majesty Circles in person for the fist time I was pleasantly surprised at how big they were. Immediately they reminded me of a picture frame and that was my inspiration for this project.
I cut and embossed some gold shimmer cardstock and layered it to four pieces of white chipboard (no circle cut out on the back) and created a small piece to be the easel. I wanted this to be slim so that it was barely visible from the front. Before I attached the back I cut the picture out with my spellbinders circles and a piece of transparency to protect the picture (slightly larger than the opening). I think these would also make great magnets so that will be my next variation (great gift idea for Grandparents).
Supplies used: Spellbinders Gold Majesty Circles, Spellbinders standard circles large and small, Core'dinations Pearlescent cardstock.
I made this birthday card for the Cuttin' and Stampin' use your scraps challenge. It's hard to believe that my beautiful niece is turning one, but she is (cant' believe how time flies). This card is made entirely from scraps including the card base (it was left over from the snow flakes on the gift card holders). I made about 4 different butterflies before settling on this one, it didn't seem right to emboss, or ink it, just seemed better plain, even though CAS is not my thing I just went with what works.
My favorite cardstock to use is Core'dinations and I have to be honest I tend to save it for only my favorite projects. What makes this cardstock so great is that it has a different color core and that means you can do wonderful things to expose it. I love to emboss and then sand the embossed area to show the other color underneath. It works so well with spellbinders, because when you emboss the die cuts you can sand them to show the color underneath. Here are my three projects:
Quad Easel Card
This is a such a hard card to photograph and I wish I knew a way to take pictures that show all aspects of it because its very dimensional and hard to photograph as a result. I love making easel cards and these are so much fun to make.
Supplies used:
Core'dinations Aqua/Pink/White
Core'dinations Whitewash
Spellbinders Flower Bouquet Miniabilities
Flowers
Brads
CTMH Ink
Easel Card
I have to admit I love making easel cards so for my next card I made a regular easel card. I made the flowers using the Black Magic Card stock, and I like the contrast it gives to the flowers. The top and bottom flowers were made using the same color I just rolled them in the opposite way to expose the other color.
Supplies used:
Core'dinations Black Magic
Core'dinations Rose/White
Spellbinders Foliage
Spellbinders Floral Doily Accents
Twine
Bling
Thank you card
This was a clean and simple card using the Core'dinations white for the base and flower and then I used the blue in behind the flower. The flower was made using Spellbinders Blossom 2 and the tutorial can be found here (just scroll to the bottom).
I know for a lot of people spring is on the way but it still feels like winter here and I have the snow to prove it. I got this set for Christmas and I love using it, this sentiment is so sweet and I love using it on cards for my daughter. I have been playing with Core'dinations this week and figured I would use one of those cards for this weeks Friends with Flair challenge. I love this card stock and the white wash is definitely my favorite.
Well its snowing here and its pretty nasty outside but I wanted to share a layout of our first trip to Disney World. It was a surprise for the kids and we had a blast. My daughter was 5 and she loved meeting all the characters and getting autographs. Some we did more than once and she filler 1 1/2 autograph books. When we got to meet Rapunzel she even got to dance with her and Flyn Ryder, she still talks about it and how much fun she had. Here is a great picture of her hugging Rapunzel, its such a great shot, its one of my favorites.
Here is a closeup of the title and journal box I cut with the Cameo
I made this anniversary card for my very sweet and wonderful husband. We recently celebrated out 13th anniversary. Time really does fly, I can't believe that it has been 13 years since the day we got married.
I still remember that day like it was yesterday, we had so much fun. My sweet husband also made me a card but I have to take some pictures first. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband, I look forward to the rest of our lives together.
Supplies:
EP Be Mine
Spellbinders Classic Heart
Spellbinders Scallop Hearts
MM Bling letters
Coredinations Pearl Paper
Sew Easy Floss
Our current challenge for the Crop Chocolate focus group was to create a subway art inspired project. It has to be with 50% crop chocolate products so that ruled out Vinyl for me. I have some but not the colors they sold and besides my vinyl is spoken for with projects. I decided to create a stamped background instead, this isn't my usual style but that's the great thing about challenges they get you out of your comfort zone.
Closeup of flowers
Supplies used
Trinity Paper Arts Sincerely Yours
Core'dinations Pearl Paper
Die Names Rolled Rose
Unity Stamps
Doodle Bug Birthday Stamps
Bling
Core'dinations is having a DT call for a card maker and since I love their products so much I decided to try out. One of my favorite things about their cardstock is the different color core. You can do so many things with it but my favorite is to emboss and then sand it. It is very heavy and makes a great base cardstock as well, so don't think you have to do anything besides use it. Here are my three cards
Whitewash Card
For my first card I chose this beautiful Whitewash cardstock, I love this paper and wish I could get it locally. Unfortunately I can only get it from the US and I have only been able to get a bit, but now that they have 6x6 pads I will be able to get it shipped in. I really love working with the Whitewash, it is so soft and elegant.
Supplies used:
Victoria CB Folder
Spellbinders Flying Beauties
Core'dinations Whitewash
Core'dinations Cardstock (teal)
Core'dinations Pearl Cardstock
Pearls
Faux Criss Cross Card
In the DT post, Core'dinations specifically mentioned that they were looking for people to create cards using A2 card bases. Even though I don't have Core'dinations card bases I challenged myself to start with an A2 card base. For this card I made a faux Criss Cross card from an A2 base. I used regular Core'dinations cardstock for the card pocket, some Black Magic for the belly band, and some Whitewash for the cupcake embelishment
Supplies used:
Core'dinations Cardstock (White, Teal)
Core'dinations Whitewash
Core'dinations Blackmagic
Spellbinders Big Scallop Circles
Spellbinders Lacey Ovals
Martha Stewart Swirling Lace Punch
Flower Card
I made a flower card for my final card, because I wanted to show a tutorial on the flower. I made a video for Crop Chocolate but I never made a step by step tutorial so I thought I would combine them together. I love making these flowers, and they are very versatile. I have used them on boxes, cards, scrapbook pages, and even altered items.
Here is the video tutorial I made for the flower, it was my first time doing a video and I remember having to do it over three times. Thankfully I later learned how to edit them, I don't think I would have ever done another.
Step 1:
Cut three flowers of the same shape but in different sizes (I used Spellbinders Blossom 2)
Step 2:
Emboss the flowers (I used CB folder Victoria)
Step 3:
Sand the embossing (this brings out the core color of the Core'dinations)
Step 4:
Cut the flowers between the petals, about a 1/2" for the larger flowers a bit less for the smaller ones
Step 5:
Curl the petals of the flowers up, you can use a bone folder, something round or just your fingers
Step 6:
Glue each layer together, try to offset the points of the petals between layers. Add an embellishment to the center you can use a button, brad, or another flower.
Supplies used:
Core'dinations Cardstock (white, light and dark purple)
I made this card for the Core'dinations hard core crop Pinterest challenge, Ellen's challenge was to scraplift a project from the Core'dinations Pinterest boards. Here is the project I chose.
I love grid type projects, something about the clean design really appeals to me. Here is my take on the layout. I really enjoy using the white wash paper, and this is what I wanted to make the tooth fairy card from but my daughter was very set on using the red and pink color core papers. So I used it on this challenge instead.
Here is a closeup of the Butterflies
Supplies used: Core'dinations White Wash Core'dinations Color Core Paper Spellbinders Flying Beauties Bling Various Cuttlebug folders
I made this card for the Core'dinations hard core crop journalling challenge, Char's challenge was to create a journalling tag and for an added bonus to include a child in the creation. I saw the challenge on Wednesday night and thought about what I wanted to make the next day when I got a call at work. My 5yr old daughter had lost her first tooth (where does the time go), but she must have swallowed it because she didn't know where it went. She was very worried that she wouldn't get a visit from the tooth fairy without her tooth to put under the pillow. My friend suggested we write the tooth fairy a note and then it hit me, I could get my daughter to help make a tag and we could put the note on the one side. When I told her the idea she was very excited and decided to help make the card as well. She picked the paper for the card (red) and the tag should as well (pink). To be honest these were not the colors I would have chosen but they were the ones she was set on so I decided to go with it. We created the card together and the pocket for her to put the tag for the tooth fairy. I wrote the note and she wrote her name at the bottom, and then we put it in the pocket and put it under her pillow. That night the tooth fairy sneaked in and created a small pocket and wrote her a note too. She even used the Core'dinations and sanded the score lines for her note. My daughter was so excited to get a note back from the tooth fairy, I am going to use both notes on the scrapbook page of her first lost tooth.
I made this easel card for the Core'dinations hard core crop. This was for Andrea's challenge, the challenge was to create a layered and dimensional die cut with Core'dinations paper. I made the flower from some purple Core'dinations I had and then embossed and sanded to get the other color to come through. If you haven't used their card stock before you should. It is very heavy but has the added benefit of a different color once you sand the surface.
Easel Card
Close up of the flower
Closeup of the bottom
Supplies:
Core'dinations card stock
Spellbinders Blossom 2
Spellbinders Floral Doiley Accents
EP Springtime Paper
Twine
Pearls
