Happy Easter 5: Plaid Easter

Recipe:
A2 card
Purple @ 3" x 4.25"
Plaid @ 2.75" x 4"
Yellow Banner @ 1" x 4" from Art Philosophy (resized using Gypsy)

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

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).

Thanks for looking,
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).

Thanks for looking,
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

Valentine's Day Card

Today is our first Card Club of 2013. I love Card Club and the ladies that participate in it, we have so much fun together. Anyway, January's theme is Valentine's Day.

Recipe:
A2 Card
Stamp mat - Elegant Edges - White Shadow @ 5"
Stamp mat - Elegant Edges - Pink Oblong @ 5"
Mailbox - Doodlecharms @ 3"
Letter - Doodlecharms @ 1.5"
Post - 3/4" x 2.5"
Banner - Artiste @ .40" (on Gypsy)
Tiny Hearts embossing folder - The Paper Studio
Woodgrain embossing folder - Tim Holtz

Thanks for looking,
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

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"

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Patriotic Cards

Patriotic Cards .... I love them, and there were so many on Pinterest that I had a hard time deciding who I was going to scraplift from. LOL

This one was lots of fun.

Recipe:
A2 Card
Stars cut at 1" from George & Basic Shapes
Blue Square 2.5" x 2.25"
Stripes 5.25" x 0.75" punched with the Scallop Trim punch from Stampin' Up

I made this card for Card Club. Lots of Fun.

Recipe:
A2 Card
Cream Star mat - 4" x 5.25"
Blue mat - 4.5" x 3.25"
Red mat - 3" x 4.25"
Blue and White star mat - 2.75" x 4"
Stars - cut at 0.75" & 1.75"

My Aunt found this one HERE. So, of course, I had to give it a try! I didn't have the horse stamp, so I improvised by welding three horses together from Old West.

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Welcome Spring!

My Grandmother and I always had a contest as to who saw the first Robin in the Spring. Of course, Grandma always won!!! Grandma has been gone for 10 years now, and every year when I see the first Robin I think of Grandma and I wish I could call and tell her. So, this card is a sort of tribute to my Grandmother.

Recipe:
A2 card
1.75" circle (body) - George & Basic Shapes
1.5" circle (tummy) - George & Basic Shapes
2.57" Tree Branch - Create a Critter
1" cloud - Stand and Salute
1.2" cloud - Create a Critter
1.2" cloud - Everyday Paper Dolls
6" wing & tail - 3 Birds on Parade (layer 1, button #6)
2" beak - 3 Birds on Parade (shift layer 1, button #41)
Woodgrain Cuttlebug folder

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Mother's Day

This is the Mother's Day card I created for my grand-daughter to give her mommy. I saw this on Amanda's blog.

Recipe:
Weld together a 5.75" x 5.75" square from Plantin SchoolBook to the flower (6.10" x 5.75") from Plantin SchoolBook.
Cut ladybug from Doodlecharms @1.25"
Green patterned mat cut at 5.5" x 5.5"
Orange face cut at 6.9" x 6.5"

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Easter Card

I made this card for Easter and for Card Club.

Recipe:
A2 card
Create A Critter - egg (bottom only) cut @ 4.4" x 5"
Create A Critter - pinecone (turned upside down for the "chick") cut @ 4.17" x 5.3"
Simply Charmed - beak cut at 1.36" x 4.4"
Black brads for eyes

This was created on my Gypsy. The egg bottom was welded with the Pinecone to create the card base.

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Dresser Step Card

The first time I saw this card was at Paper Art Princess. She also included the YouTube tutoral, which included instructions. You can also find that video HERE.

I bookmarked her post and had forgot about it until this past weekend.



This card was so fun to make!!!! So many possibilities!!!!!

Recipe:
A2 card
Baby (and diaper) - New Arrival - cut at 2" (Peachy Keen Stamps for face)
Crib - Everyday Paper Dolls - cut at 2.56"
Onesies - New Arrival - cut at 1.5"
Teddy Bear - New Arrival - cut at 1.5"
"Baby" - Nursery Rhymes - cut at 0.60"
Drawers - George & Basic Shapes - cut at 2" x 0.75" (real dial size on Gypsy)
Blocks - George & Basic Shapes - cut at 1" (real dial size on Gypsy)
Quilt - George & Basic Shapes - ct at 2.75" x 3.75" (real dial size on Gypsy)
Silver Brads for the drawer handles
EK Success Punches - Scalloped Scallop (top & bottom of quilt) & Large Flourish Square (bottom of dresser)

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

St. Patrick's Day Card - 1

I saw this St. Patrick's Day card on Pinterest and followed it to the blog address that was listed with it to Creative Cricut Designs.



Recipe:
Horseshoe - Create a Critter cut at 3.75"
4 leaf clover - Designers Calendar cut at 1.68"
Card & Card Layers - Elegant Edges cut at 5" (2 shadows welded together to make card), 5" for solid green, 4.5" for patterned paper.
Martha Stewart Baker's Twine
Peachy Keen Stamps for the face

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Valentine Treat Bags

I first saw these at My Mind's Dust Bunnies who saw this idea at Cardz TV with Mary. What a wonderful and fast way to do treat bags!!!! I whipped 15 of these up in no time on Friday evening.





Recipe:
Cuttlebug folder - Block Hearts
Ribbon
Decorative Cardstock - 0.95" x 4.2" rectangle from George & Basic Shapes
Holder - 4.25" x 11" cardstock - score at 1", 5", & 7".
3.75" x 6" clear treat bags
1/3 cup of plain M & M's per bag

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Man's Shirt Pocket Card

I saw this card on Pinterest and had to give it a go. You can find the pattern here. I created my pocket and collar on my Gypsy.



Recipe:
A2 card
Gypsy - weld a square and a triangle to create shirt pocket from George & Basic Shapes. After looking at TBBM, I notice I could have manipulated a tag (blackout - button number six) - that probably would have been a lot easier (lol).
For the collar I used a triangle from Wild Card.
Faux stitching using a white Uni-ball Signo pen.
Buttons from the dollar bin at Michael's.
Silver brads for the pocket rivets.

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Valentine's Day Card - 7

This is another fast and easy Valentine's Day card.




Recipe:
A2 card
Postage stamp image cut from Gypsy Wanderings (on the Gypsy) at 4" x 5.25" (real dial size)
Love image cut twice from Home Accents at 3"
Swiss Dots cuttlebug folder

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Valentine's Day Card - 4

I loved my white on white Christmas cards, so I tried to do the same thing with a Valentine card.



Recipe:
A2 card
Child with Snowman (and shadow) cut at 3.75" from A Child's Year cartridge
Heart cut at 0.6" from George & Basic Shapes

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Melissa

Ribbon Organizer

I had an absolute ribbon mess after making all of my Christmas cards and starting on my Valentine cards. I couldn't find anything, and once I found what I wanted it was all tangled up in knots.

I was complaining about my ribbon mess to my friend Rhonda on Monday, and she showed me what she uses, though she couldn't remember where she bought it (she thought maybe eBay). She then said that Kimberly at My Craft Spot had a cut file on her blog for something similar to what she uses. I, of course, had to go and check it out.

Besides the cut file, Kimberly also has some excellent instructions on her blog on how to do it yourself. You can find her wonderful instructions here. Kimberly cut hers out of cardstock. Knowing myself, I would have those shredded before too long. I had saved several clamshells from my Cricut cartridges and decided to use those instead. I could fit 3 ribbon holders per "sheet" of clamshell material.

Close up of cut clamshell material.


All of my organized ribbon.


Close up of ribbon on hangers.


Thank you Kimberly for the wonderful instructions, and thank you Rhonda for pointing me in that direction!!!

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Valentine's Day Card - 3

This is the card I made for card club at my LSS.



Recipe:
A2 card
"HUGS" heart cut at 1.2" on the Gypsy from the Simply Charmed cartridge.
Bug & all parts (except its heart) cut at 3" from the Simply Charmed cartridge.
Tag was created using Tags, Bags, Boxes & More and George. I used a tag from TBBM on the Gypsy at 2.19" x 1.25". When I made the tag this size the slits for the ribbon to go through were way too long, and it caused the tag to slide up and down too much. I created my own "slits" with rectangles from George. The slits were created at 0.05" x 0.5".

Thanks for looking,
Melissa