Easter Card 4: Bunny in a Basket

Recipe:
A2 card
Pink mat @ 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Printed mat @ 4" x 5.25"
Purple mat @ 5" from Elegant Edges (button 5)
Bunny in a Basket & all parts @ 4" from Baby Steps (button 41)

A very special thank you to Glora at Glora's Crafts for helping me figure out this cut.

I contacted Glora and asked her about, what appeared to me to be, 2 missing egg cuts. She agreed and said that she had recut her base cut for one of the eggs and hand traced the other one. Me? .... well I am a little lazy and I usually mass produce my cards to send to family. So, I went to my handy-dandy Gypsy and sized the "green" egg cut to fit (for the yellow and plaid egg).

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Melissa

Easter Card 3: Egg with Bunny

Recipe:
Egg Card @ 5.5" from Art Philosophy
Bunny # 2.5" (RDS) (button 14) from Kate's ABC's
Embossing folders used: Baby's Breath & Polka Dots

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Melissa

Easter Card 2: Bunny

Recipe:
A2 card
Blue mat @ 5.25" from Elegant Edges (button 28) - emboss with Cloudy Day by Stampin' Up!
Grass @ 2" x 4 5/8" embossed with Stripes by Stampin' Up! then torn or cut to create a "hill"
Bunny (& all parts) @ 3.5" (button #14) from Kate's ABC's
Emboss grass with bunny cut with Swiss Dots embossing folder

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Melissa

Easter Card 1: Bunny-Bear

Recipe:
A2 card
4 1/8" x 5 3/8" blue mat (emboss with Cloudy Day by Stampin' Up)
3" bear from Teddy Bear Parade
3" bunny clothes from Teddy Bear Parade
12" purple ribbon - tie around Bunny-Bear's neck
Eggs in basket @ 1/4" from Art Philosophy
Eggs in grass @ 1/2" from Art Philosophy (emboss)
Grass @ 1.25" & 1" from Plantin SchoolBook
Action Wobble

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Melissa

Multi Purpose Card

This is another idea I saw on Pinterest. You can find the original post HERE. This is a great card. It could be used as a birthday card, thank you card, or thinking of you card. Very multi purpose!!!




Recipe:
A2 card
Outside Mat @ 2 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Inside Mat @ 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Embossed with Daisy Delight embossing folder
Sides punched with Martha Stewart punch around the page (I can't find the name of it, so if you know the name, please let me know and I will update this post).

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Melissa

Monogram Note Cards

I saw this on Pinterest. You can find the original post HERE.



Recipe:
A2 card
White mat @ 4" x 5" embossed with Polka Dots embossing folders
Scallop Circle @ 2" from Art Philosophy
White Circle @ 1.4" from Art Philosophy
Initial @ 1.66" from Calligraphy Collection

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Melissa

Valentine 4

The idea for this card came from here. I was in the process of looking through my Lyrical Letters cartridge (in order to make the inspiration card) when I came across this heart and thought it would make a great Valentines card.

Recipe:
A2 card
Red Mat/rectangle @ 4" x 5.25" from George
Framed Heart @ 4" (hide outside cut with Gypsy and layer onto the 4" x 5.25" rectangle. Group the two cuts and weld together.)
Heart @ 3.5". Emboss. Ink edges with Rhubarb Stalk (Momento). Layer on top of original heart with pop dots.
Tiny Hearts embossing folder (The Paper Studio).

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Melissa

Valentine

I saw this card on Pinterest and followed it here. I love the simplicity of this card. Jeri used the Jubilee cartridge, which I don't have. I used this banner from the Artiste cartridge.

Recipe:
A2 card
White Cardstock @ 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Heart Blocks Cuttlebug folder
Banner @ 3/4"

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Melissa

Embossing Folders

I saw someone online make these tags for their embossing folders and of course had to give it a go.

Here are all of my tags/embossing folders. I love having them on this ring. I keep it hanging close by so I can look through it when I am making my cards.

I write the name of the embossing folder on the tag before embossing the tag.

I love that Provo Craft is now printing the name of the embossing folders on them. My folders that don't have the pre-printed name on them have a label from my label maker. Of course all of my embossing folders are in alphabetical order (as are all of my sample tags).

I created my tags using my Gypsy and Plantin SchoolBook. As you can see, I can fit 5 tags on a 8.5" x 11" piece of paper by cutting my tags at 4.8". I keep a ring of blank tags ready at all times (because I am constantly picking up new folders).

I hope you give this a try.

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Christmas Card 10

My friend Gayvien made a card for our Card Club class in December and I fell in love with her idea. I didn't have the stamps that she used to reproduce her card, but I did have a large background stamp of snowflakes that I had picked up this summer on sale, so I decided to use it.

My Recipe:
A2 card
Cream card stock @ 2.75" x 5.25" stamped with snowflake stamp
Cream card stock @ 1/2" x 5.25" embossed with Snowflakes cuttlebug folder
Place jewels in center of snowflakes
Banner @ 1" cut from Artiste (CTMH) cricut cartridge

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Melissa

Christmas Card 9

This is another Pinterest find. You can find the original post here.

My Recipe:
5" x 6.75" white card
Punch bottom edge and corners with the Martha Stewart Holly Set (punch around the page)
Red Mat @ 5.75" x 3.25"
White Mat @ 5.5" x 3" embossed with the Holly Cuttlebug folder

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Melissa

Christmas Card 8

Recipe:
A2 Card
Red Mat @ 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Printed Mat @ 4" x 5.25"
Elegant Edges mats (pg 38) @ 3.75" & 4"
Gingerbread Man - Create a Critter 2 (pg 73) @ 3.25"
Holly Embossing folder - The Paper Studio

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Melissa

Christmas Card 7

I found this card in the Cricut Cards magazine (on page 26 & 27). I did make a few changes. Charity Hassell embossed the entire piece of white card stock and I ended up only embossing half of it. My recipe follows:

Recipe:
A2 Card
White card stock @ 4 1/8" x 5 3/8". Emboss half using Holly Stripes Cuttlebug folder.
Holly Leaves @ 2.5" & 2.25" using the Art Philosophy (CTMH) cartridge.

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Melissa

Christmas Card 1

Gift Card/Cash Holder:

Recipe:
A2 card - portrait
Score at 3" & 8.5"
White card stock - 3/4" x 5.5" (punch both sides with the EK Success Punch Scalloped Scallop)
White card stock - 1/2" x 4.25" (punch one side with the EK Success Punch Scalloped Scallop)
Black card stock - 4.25" x 5/8"
Buckle - created on the Gypsy using George & Basic Shapes
Beard - Elegant Edges (pg 27) cut at 4" then cut in half and ran through the D'Vine Swirls Cuttlebug Folder.

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Melissa

The End of 2012 .....

Sorry I haven't posted anything since Halloween. Life seems to be getting in the way of my crafting. I will be posting my Thanksgiving and Christmas cards in the next couple of days.

Thanksgiving Card 1:

I scraplifted this adorable fall card from Mary over at CardzTV. You can find all of her instructions here.


Thanksgiving Card 2:

I saw this cute card here.


Thanksgiving Card 3:

Recipe:
A2 Card (in brown)
Mats: Cream - 2" x 3.25"; 3" x 4.25"; 4" x 5.25"
Mats: Brown - 2.25" x 3.5"; 3.25" x 4.5"

Put cream mats together using repositionable adhesive. Stamp design starting in the center working outwards. Take apart and add brown mats.

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Melissa

Bat Card

Recipe:
A2 card
Printed mats cut at 2 @ 2" x 5.25", 1 @ 4" x 5.25"
Solid mats cut at 4" from Elegant Edges
Bat cut at 2.5" from Hello Kitty Greetings
I used a bat Cuttlebug folder from the Midnight Hauntings set
I also used an Action Wobble behind the bat

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Melissa

Nephew's Birthday Invites

Recipe:
A2 card
Campin' Critters - forest cut at 3.9" - all parts and pieces (on Gypsy)- page 62
Create a Critter - fire cut at 1.25" - all parts and pieces
Create a Critter - alligator cut at 1" - all parts and pieces - top piece ran through Mesh cuttlebug folder
Campin' Critters - s'more stick - cut at 4" - this is the first tree trunk from Layer 2 (pg. 62) all other tree trunks hidden on Gypsy.
Campin' Critters - marshmello - cut at 1.5"

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Melissa

CTMH Halloween Card

Recipe:
A2 card
Orange mat 5" x 3.75"
Black mat 3.75" x 2.5"
Orange strip 0.25" x 3.75"
Artiste Cricut Cartridge - page 77 - at 1.75"
CTMH Spellbound Cricut Workshop Holidays (C1526) stamp set
Midnight Hauntings (bats) cuttlebug folder

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Melissa

Winter Woods Birthday Card

Recipe:
A2 Card
Black mat 4" x 5.25"
Kraft mat 3.5 x 4.75"
Cuttlebug folder - Forest Branches
Black mat 3.5" x 2.5"
Kraft mat 3.25" x 2.25"
Rubber Stampede Winter Woods stamp

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Melissa

Argyle Birthday Card

Recipe:
A2 card
Green strip - ran through Fiskars paper crimper - 1.25" x 4.25"
Kraft strip - 0.75 x. 4.25"
Black button
Black embroidery floss
Argyle cuttlebug folder

Thanks for looking,
Melissa