Enjoy the small things in Life

This is one of the new release for this Sunday called Sunday Sundae at DS4J

Isn't she a cutie? and yum yum Sundae. I could use one now as it is hot in Texas today.

The card I made using this lovely image

Colored with copics.

That beautiful label die is spellbinders and the the other two swirls are from Lifecrafts - called adornments

The image was colored with copics. And the label inked with chalk ink

I want to enter this card in some challenges

1. http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2013/04/challenge-224-colour-challenge.html
2. http://chalknstock.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-challenge.html
3. http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/challenge-59-diecutspunches.html
4. http://happycamperscc.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/happy-campers-challenge-no-14-flower.html
5. http://shellysimagesblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/ttt-challenge-use-scallops.html
6. http://myheartpiecesdigitalstampchallenge.blogspot.in/2013/04/spring-or-easter.html

A Baby Bottle Card

Hi Everyone,

Lisa from Lisa's Craft Room here to share my project for the month here at The Bugbytes and also on my blog. Thanks Pam for having me again this month.

My cousin is having a baby boy so I thought I would make a card for her baby shower, which is in June it's a little early, but at least it will be done. I still have to shop for gifts.

The baby bottle is from Gypsy Wanderings. I copied it and welded it together on my Gypsy. The size is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. I cut it out on blue card stock then again in a cream color card stock and cut off the bottom portion, then adhered the top portion to the base, sort of to resemble the nipple.

The cute little elephant is from Cricut Sampler. I added black diamond stickles to his eyes and outlines and Blush Copic marker for his ears and cheeks. The elephant represents my cousin's Nana who passed away, she loved elephants. The sentiments, Congratulations and for your BABY are from a My Pink Stamper stamp set called Happiest Moments.

For your BABY is stamped on a punch from Stampin' Up. The blue bow is hemp from Liz's Paper Boutique and the B is a letter bead from my stash. The baby's name is Robert, named after the Father but they call him Bobby, so I'm sure they will call the baby Bobby also :) if not, the B can stand for Baby :)

Well, I'm glad to share my project with you today. Thank you for stopping by. See you soon.

Gift Card Holder

Hi folks!

Ian, here, from A Newbie Crafter today with a very easy gift card holder for those last minute gift ideas.      Everyone loves gift cards, at least everyone I know does.  Why give them a gift card with the cardboard it comes attached to when you can dress it up?  This is the perfect way to get snazzy with a gift card!  Each year, we have Resident Assistant Appreciation Day.  At my current institution, each Area Coordinator (RA Supervisor) does something special for their own staff.  I decided to give each staff member a $10 gift card (something small, but does the trick) to thank them for all they do for us in Res Life.

I took an 8.5"x11" piece of paper and trimmed it down to 8.5"x10".  I then cut the paper at 4.25"x10". This will make 2 gift card holders when you use both pieces.  I then scored each piece of paper at 3", 4", 5", and 8".  I rounded the corners of each gift card holder before cutting and adhering the second layer.

For the extra pieces on the inside, I cut them at 4"x2.75", 4"x.75, 4"x.75, 4"x2.75" and 4"x1.75".  For the extra pieces on the outside, I cut them at 4"x2.75", 4"x2.75" and 4"x1.75".  For the pieces on the end (4"x2.75" and 4"x1.75"), I also rounded those corners and adhered all pieces to their respective places.  On the outside of the holder there will be two pieces that don't have a 2nd layer on them.  You will glue those pieces together.  I used Scor-Tape because I needed a strong grip on it to keep it together.  Once all pieces were assembled, I cut a thin strip off the two 4"x1" pieces I glued together so that I could stick the gift card in there.

If you use a solid piece of paper you can also jazz it up with a personal message.  On this, I used the Stitched Together stamp from Close To My Heart.

Once you have everything folded up, take some ribbon and wrap it around the holder (to keep it shut).  You could also use some Hook and Loop dots (similar to velcro) to keep it shut.  Voila!  A snazzy gift card holder!  I did not make a video - but hopefully this summer I can make one to show you.  I saw this idea from Gina K. and knew I wanted to do it for my next project!

Craft on,

Ian

Fill Your Paper with the Breathing of your heart

Hello Everyone,
I am a guest designer this month at Alicia.
She has lots of lovely images. Check it out at - Alicia's little shop
For this Tuesday I used this cute image called Amy Writing

My first card for this month for Alicia's. # more to go each Tuesday.

This was colored with copics. The swirls and doily are from silhouette store and the cherry blossom was handmade with ek success retro punch. The papers are digi paper from cosmo cricket. The cardstock is gold from paperandmore. I distressed the edges with a cream paint and  gold glitter paint (tulip gold )

I love this quote by William Wordsworth so decided to use that as sentiment.

Thank you for reading.

Sympathy Cards for a Special Lady

Hello! Lori here from ScrappinMyStressAway!   

I have such a hard time making sympathy cards.  I try to tailor the color scheme or theme to the individual.  This individual was very dear to me.  Helen was my SIL's mother.  My SIL is like a little sister to me and I just loved her mom!  I was so sad to learn that Helen's health was declining.

Helen's favorite color was orange.  She loved flowers and animals.  I made two cards, one for her husband and the other for Amie (SIL).

I just love these cards from CTMH Artiste cartridge.

I have a file in my Gypsy titled cards.artiste and I have all the cards saved with coordinating shapes.

I put two of each card (sized to 5 inches) on a page so that an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of cardstock will cut  both.

I used kraft cardstock for these cards.

I used this butterfly from Hannah Montana sized to 1.16 inches for one of the cards.

The circles came from Artiste and are sized to 3.51 inches.  I hid the scallops on two of them.

The flower shape is from Mother's Day Bouquet and sized from 1 - 1.82 inches.

I used cardstock papers to cut out the pieces.  I used my McGill stylus to round up the flower petals.

I added some crystals to the butterfly and outside of this card.  I also added a strip of orange patterned cardstock to the inside edge.

I stamped an orange scalloped circle with Sympathy from Pink By Design stamps

I adhered the scallop edge from the orange circle to the yellow circle and added the butterfly layers.

On the second card, I used washi tape to make leaves and adhered the flower on.  I added a crystal to the center of the flower.

Again, I stamped the sentiment on the inside.  I added some washi tape to the inside of this card.

Here is a close up of the flower.

I have many fond memories of laughing with Helen!  I am so glad she was in my life :)

I hope you have a wonderful day!!

Happy Birthday, Lil' Sis!

Hello everyone!  This is Melody from A Splash Here and There blog.  Thanks, Pam for letting me share my project with your readers once again.  Today's project is a birthday card I created for my younger sister who recently had her 42nd birthday.  This is a roughly 5 1/2 x 5 inches cake-shaped card, designed using the Silhouette Studio and cut with my Cameo. 

This is how the pieces looked like after cutting and before assembly.

The cake card cutout (brown) and the insert (pink) are by Daniela Angelova, purchased from Silhouette Store (Design ID #38894).  It originally came with a flower cutout but I replaced that with the butterfly by Hero Arts (Design ID #37857).  I created a bottom layer for the butterfly using the offset feature.  I created the innermost layer (in white) using the internal offset feature on the insert (again, in pink) layer of Daniela's design and typed my sentiment using the Abbeyline font and flood-filled that in blue.  I also let my Cameo do the faux stitching, flood-filled in pink. 

Here's a shot of the inside of the card after assembly. 

 

 

I used some foam mounts on the butterfly and added some irock gems to embellish the outside.  I also added some peach lacy ribbon to separate the layers of the cake.

The envelope I used is by Lori Whitlock (Design ID #29070).  I couldn't resist using up some of the perfectly cut diamonds from the cake image so I used some to decorate the outside of the envelope - minimizes waste, I'd say ;)

 

Thanks for looking and commenting!  Until next month  ;)

Pretty Please ? With Cherry on Top

We have some lovely new release at DS4J today (sunday morning in SA)
I just love this little fairy!
Look at those eyes!

At last I got an image where I could play with the feathering technique from copics lol

Don't you like that button cherry? I added a heart foam behind the red button and cut out a stem/stalk (Shhh.. don't tell my son but I snipped one of my son's projects - a foam leaf he had done for fall . He won't even know the stalk of his flower is gone) to make that cherry.

Now to enter this card in some challenges

1. http://brokenboxstock.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/challenge-23-think-spring.html
2. http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2013/04/challenge-177anything-goes-gdt-call.html
3. http://www.dillybeanschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/04/spring.html
4. http://digihaven.blogspot.ca/2013/03/spring-challenge-sponsored-by-mygrafico.html
5. http://myheartpiecesdigitalstampchallenge.blogspot.in/2013/03/angels-or-fairies.html
6. http://leftofcenterchallenges.blogspot.ca/2013/04/left-of-center-challenge-3-loc-theme.html
7. http://www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/2013/04/challenge-178-anything-goes-with-sparkle.html
8. http://www.inklingsandyarns.com/2013/04/inky-linky-10/

Shoes

Today is monthly freebie at http://www.digistamps4joy.co.za/eshop/
So do grab the cute images
I used one of the image for this card.

I have this ribbon stash and sliders for ages so I a=decided to use them. Simple card.
Now I do have fun linking the card up for challenges and I am entering this in some challenges

1. http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/challenge-42.html
2. http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/2013/04/challenge-58-and-tea-party-release-day-1.html
3. http://milkcoffeechallenge.blogspot.com/2013/03/anything-but-square.html
4. http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/monochromatic.html
5. http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/new-release-and-new-challenge-say-hello.html
6. http://theseinspiredchallenges.blogspot.com/2013/04/inspired-by69.html

Mother's Love

Hi
This is Pam from Papillondigitaldesigns & TheBugbytes today on She's a sassylady
Thanks Sheila for allowing us to post in your lovely and inspiring blog.
My Show and Tell today is this card "Mother's Love"

The image/sentiment is from bugaboostamps called Just a While

Isn't the sentiment so so precious....

Oops sorry for the long pause but just had to grab a hanky!

 The inside of the Gatefold card

Now for the mundane
The embossing folder is from craftwell called Regency
The trims on the sides is from Martha Stewart Blossom punch.
I love the eyelet lace as you can weave another ribbon through it so that you can match up your projects. here I weaved a pink/apricot color? ribbon to match up (of course you can always get seam binding and color it up using copic or any other inks to match up your project too) Added some pearls and there you have it a simple card. I love using whites. Guess I am in the whites color phase now
Thank you all for reading. And for those who are so kind to leave comments which so so inspire me - A big Hug and a special thank you.

Mother's Love

Hi
This is Pam from Papillondigitaldesigns & TheBugbytes today on She's a sassylady
Thanks Sheila for allowing us to post in your lovely and inspiring blog.
My Show and Tell today is this card "Mother's Love"

The image/sentiment is from bugaboostamps called Just a While

Isn't the sentiment so so precious....

Oops sorry for the long pause but just had to grab a hanky!

 The inside of the Gatefold card

Now for the mundane
The embossing folder is from craftwell called Regency
The trims on the sides is from Martha Stewart Blossom punch.
I love the eyelet lace as you can weave another ribbon through it so that you can match up your projects. here I weaved a pink/apricot color? ribbon to match up (of course you can always get seam binding and color it up using copic or any other inks to match up your project too) Added some pearls and there you have it a simple card. I love using whites. Guess I am in the whites color phase now
Thank you all for reading. And for those who are so kind to leave comments which so so inspire me - A big Hug and a special thank you.