I Heart Christmas Layout

Hello Everybody!

I have been working on a scrapbook page.  It's for 2 challenges at the same time!  Whew!  When you combine 2 scrapbook layout challenges--challenge is definately a good word to describe it!  So let me show you!

The scrapbook challenges are as follows:

Scrapbookers Anonymous
Holiday (Christmas)
Tag
Glitter

Let's Scrap: Challenge 124
1 Big or 2 Small Photos
Use a Let's Scrap Sketch
Handmade Embellishment
Title--at least 1 element not a letter or word
3 pattern papers
1 ribbon
2 brads


Here my page:

Here is the sketch by Cheri O'Neill.

My base paper is black cardstock.  Then red snowflake paper from KI Memories, and then I put a shiny green Bazzill cardstock-Emerald City, on next.

The strip on the right side is from Creative Imaginations.  The sketch called for journaling or a quote so I thought this paper fit that perfectly.

I almost missed that one of my pictures needed to be framed!  Yikes!  So this Reminisce Candy Cane Stripe came in handy!

I used my Cricut for my handmade embellishment.  The cartridge I used was Celebrate with Flourish.  This Christmas tree is perfect!  Originally you had a red star to cut out for it.

I used Glossy Accents and filled in the flourishes and now they are shiny!

That red star wasn't cuttin' it.  I punched out a yellow one from some scrap paper.

Awesome!  The ornaments that I cut out were red also.  I put red Stickles glitter on them. 

For my brads I used a Snowman Brad Buddy.  3 Brads--done!

I used 2 photos and a tag.  My heart is a heart shape in the title.  Followed the sketch.  It's a Christmas page.  Oh there are 2 ribbons--one on the tag and 2 red ribbons with snowflakes next the journaling on the left.  Yay!  And I really lik how it came out.

Until next time my friends....do a challenge!  They are lots of fun :)

Merry and Bright Card

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Happy Friday to You!  Today's project I am submitting to the Moxie Fab Challenge: Deck the Halls.  Go check it out--there is still time to play!

This is a Tuesday Trigger challenge and here is the inspiration picture:

So pretty all of those ornaments.  And do you know what I like best about them---they're shiny!

So my inspiration was color and shiny and smooth.  So what could I make that would incorporate those 3 things?  Well I went back to my friend foil.  I like foil because Ranger's Alcohol Inks like foil (nonporous and all).  So here's my card and scroll down to see how I did it...

First I took these chipboard pieces....

and covered them with foil (regular plain o' household foil).

Then I added alcohol inks, all from the Bright collection.  Green on the green one, Red (watermelon) on the red one, and Blue on the blue one.  I waited for them to dry.  Then out of foil I also made the ring at the top.  From wire I cut the loop and used glue dots to glue it onto the paper inside of the ring.

This is the paper I used for my background-a shiny Bazzill cardstock.  I used the larger card for this also--6.5X5 inches.

I added my sentiment and it's from a set of stickers from Phrase Cafe.

So here is my card again.  I didn't cut just circle out of the foil because I wanted a little depth to the ornaments.  Until next time my friends...stay festive!  (You knew I was gonna say that didn't you?)

All in a Santa Hat!--Tidbit Tuesday

Hello Everybody!!

Christmas is in full swing, and I'm so excited!  First let me say Welcome! to my new Cut and Paste Pals!  Thank you and everybody who is a Pal! 

Second--I found this awesome site called Let's Scrap.  It's a community of scrappers where there are challenges, sketches, and folks who send you emails welcoming you to the community.  It's very cool so check it out if you have a chance!

Ok last but not least--Today's Tuesday Tidbit.

Santa Hats!  I recently bought the Jolee's Santa Hats at JoAnn's and I have had the sticker Santa Hats for quite some time.  I believe it was back when Scrapbook stores would sell stickers from rolls--I don't think they do that anymore ;)

Depending on what stamps or stickers you have, you can transform them from cute characters to festive Christmasy characters.  Here is a hippo stamped onto paper.

I cut hippo out and put a Santa Hat on him.  Normally I would color him but even uncolored he is instant Christmas!

I got a little lazy here.  I didn't even pull the sheep out of the package....but with a Santa Hat he is ready to go!

So Santa Hats can help your ordinary stamps, stickers, or other embellishments go from everyday to Holiday!

Until next time my friends....stay Festive!  (I will probably say this one a lot...just to let you know!) ;)

Pretty Thank You Card

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The following card is for the Playdate Cafe Challenge: PDCC109: Smokey Purple, Blush, and Champagne.  The sketch I used came from Let's Scrap -sketch 5-20-09 (no challenge just the sketch).  A copy of the sketch is at the end of this post.

So here's my card.  The colors are different than I'm used to, so the sketch came in very handy.  I really like how it came out.  Scroll down, and I'll show you what I did!

First I picked out an Anna Griffin paper.  I thought it showcased the pink and champagne.  (I think I may have interpreted the champagne color a little different than the challenge showed.  I think I had the drink in mind) ;)

I used a larger 5X6.5 card for this.  Since the pattern was sort of big, I wanted to make sure it didn't get cut off using a smaller card.

I added a 1 inch strip that was about 5 inches or so long and embossed it with polka dots.

I used my Slice to cut the scalloped circle.  I used the Noteworthy cartridge.

Then I embossed it with the Thank You embossing folder.  I positioned it to make sure I got the Thank You.

Success!  I love the deep impressions that the folders make!

Next I got out my Perfect Pearls and put gold on and then the pearl color to soften it.  I put the Pearls on just the Thank you so that is my sentiment. 

Then I took a piece of "champagne" colored lace and put it on the bottom.  Then I added a Prima flower to the intersection of the lace, circle, and strip of paper.

 And here is my finished card.

Here is the sketch from Let's Scrap, created by Debby de Wilde.

Until next time my friends....try something new! :)



Moustache Card

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I love Moxie Fab.  If you haven't been there before go check it out!  There is so much inspiration and lots of fun challenges!

That is where this Moustache Card come in.  I made it for the The Random Fun Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.  There's still time to play so come on!

Here's my card...

I used this herring bone pattern for the base of my card.

It came from DCWV Guy Stack.  Love these papers!  That is where everything for the card came from except the stars and circles.  Those came from American Crafts Thickers letters: Jewelry Box.

I left the inside blank.  This way I can use it for a birthday or Father's Day card.  Whichever comes first :)  Until next time my friends...stay fabulous!

Santa Claus Christmas Card

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I hope you all are having a great weekend!  We have put up our tree and decorated so I am feeling really productive!  And Festive!

And being Festive I created this Santa Claus card for 2 Challenges:

1. City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #85: Santa is Coming...

2. Wee Memories WMC77: Free for All

Both are awesome blogs so please stop by!  For the City Crafter Challenge, we needed to use a Santa Claus which is what inspired this card...To see how I put it together, please scroll down!  :)

I used Core'dinations cardstock for the background.  You can see the different colors in the paper.  It's cool because when you emboss it, a different color comes through.

I dug out my old school Fiskars embossing plate.  It is the only embossing thing I have with snowflakes.  But I don't emboss my hand.  I use my CuttleBug and tape the paper to the embossing plate.  Then I stack up the inserts for the Cuttlebug...however Sizzix had a rubber mat that came with a beginning embossing set so I use that and then the B plate (all on top of an A plate) to emboss.  I am sure that is very confusing so if you have any questions, please let me know.  Anyways it works somehow....

And this is what I got after I used a sandpaper block and rubbed some of the raised snowflakes.

My Santa is a sticker from Me and My Big Ideas.  I mounted it on white cardstock and cut around it.  If I had put it directly on my embossed paper, the image wouldn't have turned out so bright.

Here's Santa...

So before I adhered the blue cardstock to the card, I wrapped Martha Stewart twine-red and green-around and made a bow.  I put Santa on and a Merry Christmas that I think my mom-and-law gave me (a pack of like sequin-ish Christmas things like that), and snowflake buttons.

Here's the inside with a great Ho Ho Ho! sentiment.  Until next time my friends....stay festive!

Owl Christmas Card

Happy Friday Everybody!!

This is a cute card that I am entering into Wee Memories: WMC#77  Woodland Animals. 

Their main logo is an owl (very cute too I may add).  The rules said they especially wanted to see owls.  So I have been obsessing over owls in my head!

So I obsess no more!  Here is my card!  To see what I did, please scroll down....

On my base card I used a corner rounder.  It's amazing the effect of a corner rounder...

Then I covered the front with this Christmas tree paper from Reminisce (called O Christmas Tree).  I rounded the corners before I adhered it to the base card.

Now to make my owl.  Originally, I was going to stamp him on white paper and color him in.  But I wanted to do something different than that.  So I have this paper from Tim Holtz, and decided I would make his body from this which is Christmas sheet music.

Here's my owl.  I don't know what company he is from but I got him from Michael's a year or so ago.

I center the stamp to make sure I get the title of the song for the owl's body.  "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" is the song and it even has the words to it!

After a few tries I mark on the back where the song is and then I trim out using some of the stamp outlines.  I kinda don't know which is which so I cut and hope :)

Next I restamp the owl so I can cut out his eyes and beak.  I'm going to piece my owl stamp together.

He needs legs!  I cut a piece of quilling paper and fold it into a V.

Here is the back of the owl.  I put a glue dot and put his legs on.  For the eyes I make sure they don't cover the title of the song.

I set the owl to the side.  I put red velvet ribbon on my card to look like a present.  I used Large Zots to adhere it.

Now it's time to pick out the owl's eyes....so many eyes!  Also, I just a black Copic marker to darken the beak.

I put this sticker on white paper and cut it out.  Then I put it inside the card.

After putting the owl on the front with glue dots, it is now time for one last finishing touch...A Santa Hat!  Look at how cute these are!  Don't be surprise if you see these pop up somewhere else!

And that is how I got here :)  Until next time my friends...."Owl see you later"!!