Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Connie M's January Swap Card

Connie M's gorgeous Valentine's card had a bit of an adventure through the mail that kept it from getting to me in time for the post I did of the January SUper Friends swap cards; however, it is too good not to share!!!  And, even though it was designed for Valentine's, I think you'll agree with me that this card would be wonderful to express some loving thoughts on many other occasions as well!!!

Connie created her card with the Adoring Hearts Bundle and the Most Adored Sale-a-Bration paper.  


I had to give you a closer view so you could see the beautiful glimmer of the Irridescent Foil Gems Connie embellished her card with:


The inside is finished with a beautiful stamped image:


Connie cased her card from Meg Loven at lovenstamps.com, and she notes that Meg's post has an embedded video that shows how she made the card and gives good tips on using the brayer on an embossing folder.

- Michelle



Thursday, March 7, 2024

Peek a Boo: Sneak Peek at One of My Swap Cards for OnStage Houston!

 I'm so excited for OnStage Houston next week!  I'm feeling a little behind in making cards to swap there, but have managed to finish one, and I couldn't resist showing it to you!!!  

I used the new Online Exclusive Simply Zinnia Bundle for my card, along with the Flowering Zinnias Designer Series Paper.  I love the happy, spring colors in this paper so much!!!  



I did a special technique on the greeting piece, coloring half the back side with the dark Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blend and the front side with the light one, for a fun ombre effect.

You might also notice that I used the holes in one of the Everyday Details Dies and stitched them with the Flirty Flamingo Baker's twine from the Baker's Twine Three Color Pack (it is part of the Balloon Suite in the January to April Mini Catalog, but goes nicely with the Zinnia Suite as well).  


Inside the peek a boo card, I tucked some stamped zinnias in the bottom right corner, and colored those with Blends.


What do you think?  Would you be happy to receive this as a swap card?

- Michelle

  

 

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Simply Zinnias from the New Online Exclusives

 There are new Online Exclusives available today!  My favorite products from this are the A Little Latte Suite Collection and the Flowering Zinnia Suite, though there are certainly other wonderful products in this release as well!  I recommend checking them all out here.  


Today, I have a fun fold card to share with you created with the Flowering Zinnia Suite Collection.  This was one of the cards we made during my February Fun Folds class, so may look familiar to some of you!  And, thanks again to Joyce for bringing this style of fun fold to my attention!  (It is a Curtain Call Fun Fold, originally created by Susan Campfield).








This is such a fun Suite to use!  I'm looking forward to creating more cards with it!  How about you?  

- Michelle



Monday, March 4, 2024

Merry Monday: Christmas Everywhere Kit Alternative Cards

 Merry Monday!  Today I have some alternate cards made with the Christmas Everywhere kit to share with you.   If you create the kit as designed, it makes 9 cards.  However, I decided to cut the printed tree pieces that come in the kit in half and cut apart the card bases.  I added some whisper white card bases and some other card stock in colors coordinating with the kit's colors.  So, I ended up being able to make at least twice as many cards!  Here are how my cards turned out:












I also used supplies from the kit to create a simple fun fold that would hold a gift card within the card:






This kit is still available in case you'd like to pick one up and get a head start on your Christmas cards for this year!  

Please let me know if you have any questions about the kit or how I created my cards!

- Michelle

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Watermelon Wonder Cards

Since it is the last day of Sale-a-Bration, and I had some rainy day crafting time this afternoon, I finally inked up my Watermelon Wonder stamps!  I decided to stamp up a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" sheet of Basic White and then cut it to use on two cards.  I inked up the watermelon and leaf images in Garden Green and Melon Mambo, with Memento Tuxedo Black for seeds.  I heat embossed the greetings ("Enjoy the Moment" is from the Sale-a-Bration Heartfelt Hellos set and "thank you" is from the Something Fancy set).


  






These were pretty quick and fun to make!  Hope you are able to enjoy some creativity, too!

- Michelle




Wednesday, February 28, 2024

2 Projects for the Final 2 Days of Sale-a-Bration!

The final 2 days of Sale-a-Bration 2024 are here--Sale-a-Bration ends tomorrow, February 29th!  Guess we got a bonus day this year with leap year, so that's pretty neat!!!!

Today, I have 2 projects to share with you, each made with designer series paper from Sale-a-Bration.  These were created specially for a private class for two friends last week!  

The first is a rocker card made with the Sunny Days Sale-a-Bration Paper.  I love how bright and happy this paper is!  


The card base is Pool Party, cut with the Deckled Circles Dies, which I also used to cut the striped Pool Party designer series paper layer and the floral designer series paper layer.  The Garden Green layer is cut with the Everyday Details Dies.  I added some flowers cut from Basic White with the Sentimental Park dies, and those flowers have Champagne Irridescent Dots in their centers.  The greeting is from the Timeless Arrangements Bundle, and I used more stamps from that for the inside of the card as well:



The second projects are purses made with the Most Adored Specialty Designer Series Paper.  I added flowers cut with the Paper Florist Dies where the handles meet the purse.  








Please let me know if you have any questions about these projects or would like to place a Sale-a-Bration order before it is too late!

- Michelle




Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Personalized Sunny Day Tags for Fun Fold Class

Sunday was my Fun Fold Class, and I decided to create a little something special for each person to hold her cards and instruction sheets and carry them home.   

I had some cute little brown handled bags, and I decorated them with personalized tags.




 The main circle for the tag is cut out of Pool Party with the Everyday Details Dies.  The  cloud behind each name is cut from Basic White with the Basic Borders Dies.  The little flowers are cut from Basic White with the Sentimental Park dies, and have a dot of Gold Enamel Effects in the center.  The letters are cut out of the Sale-a-Bration Sunny Days Paper with the Mini Alphabet Dies.  I tied the tags onto the bags with Lemon Lolly Baker's Twine and Pool Party Crinkle Ribbon (another Sale-a-Bration item).