Flowers, Stamps and More!

Wow, what a busy day, but I'm pleased to say that a nice shipment of supplies came in and I got most of them added back into stock. I've been out of these things for a while, so if you want to take a look, some of them are:

Prima Flowers
Autumn Leaves .99 Stamps
Ranger Distress Ink Pads
Heidi Swapp Ghost Snowflakes
Heidi Swapp Edge Distressers

There are lots more, but these are a few of the more popular items that I keep running out of, so hurry scurry if you want them this time :o) Happy crafting and I also wish you a safe and very happy new year!

Pretty Fairy Card

Here's a pretty fairy card that is just perfect to give to a friend! You will need:

Red A4 card

Beige Cardstock

Red Patterned Paper

Inkadinkadoo's Beautiful Fairies Stamps

Iridescent Embossing Powder

Gold Ink Pad

2 Gold Flower Stickers

Short Length of 1/8 beige ribbon

Fiskar's Threading Water Border Punch

Glue Dots/Glue Stick

Instructions:

Cut a piece of beige cardstock slightly smaller than your card front and adhere. Do the same with the red patterned paper.

Cut a piece of beige cardstock about the same width as the red patterned paper and make the length of it about 1/4" shorter. On each side of the width of the cardstock, punch a border with the Fiskar's border punch.

Stamp the fairy with gold ink and quickly cover in iridescent embossing powder while the ink is still wet. Tap off the excess powder and set the design with your heat tool.

Place a gold flower sticker in opposite corners.

Thread the beige ribbon through two holes in the border and tie a bow. Place the card front on your card using glue dots for added dimension. Happy crafting :o)

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Merry Christmas!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! It's hard to believe that another whole year is almost passed. I hope this next year brings you lots of wonderful happy times and that you can take time to preserve some more of your wonderful memories :o) Happy crafting & very Happy Holidays to all!

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Robot Card

With all the gifting going on this time of year, kids will be getting the movies Wall-E & Robots for Christmas, here's a cute little card that will work for any child's event and it's easy to make too! You will need:

A4 card

patterned paper -the more alien looking , the better :o)

2 robot or alien die cuts (mine are from Cuttlekids)

1 piece of white core cardstock

gold ink pad

glue dots, glue stick

black pen

Instructions:

Glue a piece of patterned paper to the front of your card.

Cut a piece of white core cardstock the same width as the bottom of the patterned paper. On the top edge, make a torn edge about 1.5" high from the bottom. Tap the white torn edge on the gold ink pad till the effect suit you. Glue this to the card front.

Make 2 aliens and adhere with glue dots to the front of the card and write your message in black ink. There, that's an easy card and I can tell you for sure that any child, especially boys, love these cards :o)

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Christmas Present Card

If you have a small envelope punch, such as McGill round envelope punch, this is an easy card to make and you can even put extra little messages inside the envelopes for fun!

You will need:

Red A4 Card

White Cardstock

Patterned Paper

3-4 scraps of coordinating paper, big enough to punch an envelope

Vellum

Optional:

6 mini brads

Small pieces of craft string

Glue Dots, Glue Stick

Or

Small piece of ribbon

Instructions:

Cut a piece of white card stock slightly smaller than your A4 card and adhere to the front of your card.

Cut a piece of patterned paper slightly smaller than the white and adhere. Do the same with the vellum, again making it slightly smaller than the patterned paper and adhere.

Punch 3 small envelopes and fold as indicated on the punch.

For the brad & string option, place a mini brad through the top & bottom flap and wrap a small string around both brads to complete your closure. Adhere the envelopes to the front of the card with glue dots.

For the ribbon option, simply fold the envelope as indicated on the punch, then tie a ribbon around and make a loose knot or tie it in a bow. When you put the glue dot on the back, make sure it goes covers the ribbon too, as well as the part of the envelope so the ribbon doesn't slip off when it's untied to reveal your special secret message inside :o)

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Another easy Christmas card...

Here's another easy -to-make Christmas card that you can whip together in a hurry! You will need:

1 red paper flower (2")

2 small red paper flowers (1")

1 green leaf

1 "joy" die cut

A4 red card

Beige Cardstock

Patterned Paper

Vellum Paper

Glue Stick

Glue Dots

3 mini gold brads

Instructions:

Cut a piece of beige cardstock slightly smaller than the front of your card and glue to the front (5.25" x 4").

Cut a piece of patterned paper (mine was a Santa Postage Stamp pattern), slightly smaller than the beige card (5" x 3.75") and glue to the front.

Cut a piece of vellum paper for layering on top of the patterned paper (4.5" x 3") and glue that on top of the patterned paper.

Place brads in the middle of the flowers and arrange them in the top left of the card along with the green leaf. I find it easier to attach the flowers with glue dots. It gives them a nice 3-D look, and the glue dots also stick better than any glue I've ever tried. The flowers I used were Prima, and already had the gold glitter on them.

For the "Joy" die cut, if you don't have one (I made mine with the Cricut), either write it on with a thicker tip pen, or stamp and cut it out. Either way, you will have an easy card that makes a beautiful statement. Find more free card patterns here: http://www.dinglefoot.com/how-to-make-a-handmade-greeting-card/


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Need a retreat to get some scrapbooking done?

You know the scenario...you have high hopes of getting a ton of scrapbooking done, but life happens, an unexpected glitch in your plans, the kids always need something the moment you get started, the doorbell rings, the phone rings...and you end up feeling very frustrated because you just can't get anything done! You need a retreat--- some place to go where you can get a ton of work done with no interruptions :o)

Right now, you can sign up to win a FREE scrapbooking retreat weekend to a beautiful town in eastern Iowa, near Des Moines. You have to hurry though and sign up right now!

Register now to win a free all inclusive weekend with Creative Hearts Inn ~ "Where hearts create works of art". Creative Hearts Inn is a bed and breakfast near Des Moines, Iowa, designed for the die hard crafter. We can accomodate up to 10 people in 4 beautiful bedrooms. There is a large craft room where each guest will have their own space to spread out for the entire weekend. Enjoy 5 home cooked meals along with unlimted snacks and soft drinks! Isn't it time to pamper yourself? Check out our website for additional information http://www.creativeheartsinn.com/ or call me at 515-210-9904. SEE YOU AT THE INN!

The fun begins the moment you arrive! You will be greeted at the door and shown to your beautiful room or to the crafting area, whichever your heart desires. Me, I go straight to the crafting!

What does this weekend include?
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*Several projects through out the weekend

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*Supplies and tools available for use. (You won't have to pack all of those heavy stamps!)

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How do I enter?
Just send an email to me by clicking here: CONTACT US and write Weekend Giveaway in the Subject box. I will then put your name in the drawing for the weekend. You will be notified if your name is chosen.

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Very Easy Hot Chocolate Greeting Card

Hate those last minute surprises that come around these busy holiday times? This is a super easy card that you can whip together in just minutes!

You will need:

Cricut cup & steam die cuts (or similar)
Red A4 Card
Patterned paper
glue stick
foam dots

Instructions:

Cut a piece of patterned paper slightly smaller than the front of your A4 card & adhere with glue stick adhesive.

Mount cup to your card front with foam adhesive squares for dimension.

Glue the steam flat to the card front.

Write in your sentiment, and seriously, you have a cute notecard that is ready to go in double-quick time!

You can always add extras to the card or cup if you have time, but this card is fun and festive as is.

There you have it, easy idea, but a fun card that anyone would love to receive for the holidays! Happy crafting :o)

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Christmas Elf Word Art..

Here's what I've been working on recently :o). Cute little elfin word art for you digital scrapbooking projects! Actually, they are in 300 dpi, so they're just perfect for printing too if you don't do digital scrapbooking. They are also great for your personal websites. You can use them for anything, as long as you don't sell what you make with them.

All 51 words are on a transparent background and are a very generous size so you can easily re-size them without compromising the quality of the graphics. (I had to re-size the word "Christmas" because it's too big for this screen.)

I hope all of you have a wonderful holiday season & get to spend time with your family and friends. :o)

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Christmas Cardinal Card

A friend of mine just made this cardinal iris folding pattern and graciously allowed me to have a copy! I just love it. I made this card with two different ribbons featuring red & silver patterns. The branch is made from a double-folded piece of patterned paper. I also used silver snowflake outline stickers & then I wrote the greeting with a silver glitter gel pen.

Hope you're all having fun crafting for Christmas! Seems like the time is going by too fast, as always. Best wishes to all of you for the holidays :o)

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Save those Cricut mats

I just have to tell you, I absolutely love my Cricut die-cutter. If you are a Cricut user, you know exactly what I'm talking about :o) With the holiday season coming up, I've been making so many things that the Cricut mats become "un-sticky" very quickly! Well, time for a wallet saving tip, and who doesn't need that these days!

I have no idea who came up with this, but a friend shared it with me...when your mat is used up and about ready to discard, try this instead. Take a baby wipe and wipe it off really, really well, getting all those little itsy bitsy pieces of paper and whatever else off (doesn't have to be perfect though). When it's dry, take a ZIG glue pen with a wide tip (they're blue and can be found in most craft stores), and make your mat wet all over, coat it REALLY well. Set your mat aside and allow it to dry overnight. Believe it or not, in the morning, your mat will be perfect for many, many more cricut cuts! It is very sticky and this process can be done over and over. I haven't thrown one out yet, but I suppose it will happen eventually. So, save that $12.00 that you would use for a new mat and buy more paper LOL.


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Free Fonts for Scrapbooking & Cardmaking

Do you love the look of stamped sentiments, but don't want to go to the trouble of actually getting out all the inks, stamps, try to get it all lined up evenly, risk of getting the ink on the paper evenly? Yes, clear stamp make all of these things A LOT easier than traditional rubber stamps, but maybe you feel lazy or just plain tired-- like me! There is hope...try some of the fun free font sites that are popping up everywhere these days. Here are a few:

http://www.urbanfonts.com/

http://www.abstractfonts.com/

http://www.fonts101.com/

www.kevinandamanda.com/scrapbook/fonts/freescrapbookfonts/

www.scrapbookingfonts.com/

For lots more websites that offer free fonts, just Google "free scrapbooking fonts". The fun things about these fonts are that you can just type out what you want, then push print and voila! there it comes out of your printer the size & color YOU want. No more being tied down to the sizes that your stamps are and just having to work around that. Happy scrapping & cardmaking :o)


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Shabby Butterfly Card

I have always loved the shabby look on card and scrapbooks, so here is a card that I made in honor of all of you that love the shabby look, like I do :o)

This card is a little more involved, but worth the time! You will need:

Brown Textured Cardstock w/ Beige Underside, White Core (DCWV)

Heidi Swapp Edge Distresser

Jeweled Brad

Butterfly Stamp or sticker

Beige Cardstock

Swirl Stamp (Rhonna Farrer)

Small Flower Punch

3 micro buttons (All Dressed Up)

3 Small Bling Jewels

3 Small Flower Punchies

Silver Embossing Powder

White Acrylic Paint & Brush

"It's Your Day" small stamp

Foam Pop Dot

Sandpaper

Red Ink Pad

Paper Glue

Instructions:

Make an A4 Sized card out of the brown textured cardstock with the fold to the left.

Cut another piece of the brown cardstock the exact size of the front of the card. Sand the edges a little on the top and side, exposing the white core of the cardstock.

Take white acrylic paint and brush back and forth on the front of the paper, not going to the edges. Set aside to dry for a few minutes.

Take another small piece of the brown cardstock and tear a piece the length of the front of the card, making it roughly an inch or two wide. Sand the left edge of the paper and then pounce the torn edge of the paper into your red ink pad. Take your edge distresser and tear up the torn edge a little. Also use the distresser on the painted piece of cardstock on all edges. Glue the torn piece of cardstock to the left edge of the painted cardstock. Then adhere the whole topper onto the card.

Stamp a swirl in red right on top of the painted part of cardstock. Adhere three small flower punchies on the swirl. Glue a tiny button into the center of each of the flowers and also put three bling jewels here and there on the swirl design.

Fold the right top corner of the brown cardstock and place a jeweled brad through it.

Stamp a butterfly onto beige cardstock and emboss with silver embossing powder. Trim closely around the butterfly and place it on the top part of the torn cardstock.

Stamp "It's Your Day" onto a piece of beige cardstock and cut a rectangle around the design. Adhere below the butterfly with a pop dot.

Whew! That was a lot of work, but I think you will be very pleased with how it turns out and you will get a lot faster every time you make this one. Happy crafting!

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What I've been working on...

Whew! Where does the time go? I just got a Cricut on eBay the other week, so I've been having a blast! If you are not aware of the latest things for crafting, (like I was not so long ago!), a Cricut is a computerized Die Cutting Machine. it runs on cartridges that are loaded with shapes. They have a huge selection of designs. I think my favorite so far is the Mickey & Friends, Winnie the Pooh and the Happily Ever After cartridge that features the Disney Princesses. Here are a few designs that I have made the past few days.

So yes, I've become a Cricut addict! The best thing is, you can make your shapes to the size you need for your specific project., anywhere from 1/4" to 23.5" tall! So if you're a serious scrapbooker, make sure you keep hinting to your loved ones what you want for Christmas :o)

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Iris Folded Shoe Pattern

As promised, I am posting a little more about iris folding. When you see the back of a completed pattern, it looks pretty terrible!

This is the first iris folded pattern that I made. I was just an experiment, or I would have used a more complimentary paper to cut the pattern out. Here is the front when the pattern was completed.

It's hard to tell, but the pattern is completely backwards while you are working on it, then when you are finished and turn it over, it looks just perfect. That wasn't so bad for a first project, eh? Usually when I start something new, it doesn't turn out quite right the first couple of times. If you want to give iris folding a try, you can get this pattern here: http://www.irisfolding.circleofcrafters.com/shoepattern.html

They also have instructions on how to do iris folding. Circle of Crafters is a really neat site with lots of free patterns for all sorts of paper crafts. Happy crafting!

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Incorporating Iris Folding Into Card Making

I saw iris folding somewhere in my internet wanderings, and thought it looked really neat, but looked difficult. In my quest to find out how to do it, I found a website called Circle of Crafters. There I found instructions on how to begin and lots of free patterns. It turned out that it's one of the easiest crafts I've ever tried! You can use paper or ribbon to make the designs. It's such a simple technique to learn and it goes really fast! As long as you can cut 1" strips of paper and fold them (doesn't even have to be that neat!), have lots of tape and can count numbers in order, you can do iris folding too. (I've become an addict....) You'll be left with a stunning design that will make any serious cardmaker drool! I made the card below using satin ribbon and when I presented it to the bride-to-be at her wedding shower, the card ended up being passed around instead of the gifts :o).

This card, I used satin ribbon for the ring and the white diamond part, I used sheer ribbon. Then I outlined the diamond in little jewel strips (I just cut off little sections so I could keep the octagon shape, then I placed a jeweled brad in the center of the diamond part. Add some outline stickers, and you're done! The iris folded card part was backed with another piece of cardstock so I could attach it to the front of the actual card, so it's actually a card topper. The ring pattern, I got at Revive! Iris Folding. It's from the wedding set. I will post more pictures later of what the back looks like. It's a mess! -- but the front looks wonderful when you're finiahed :o) Hope I've peaked your curiosity to try a new craft! As always, happy crafting!

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Using Clear Acrylic Stamps

I keep getting asked the same questions over and over about the new acrylic stamps, and what is needed to use them. I am an addict myself after taking a long time to become "just ok" at using rubber stamps!

I hated those smeared, the off-center greetings I used to stamp (so frustrating), not getting the ink all on the paper....so when I decided to try acrylic stamps, I got hooked really fast. Since they are clear, you can see exactly where you are stamping and can even stamp again in the same place if something goes wrong and your design doesn't turn out the way you wanted.

To start, you will need a clear acrylic block. This is the surface that you attach the acrylic stamp to. Acrylic stamps have a cling surface built right into them. Simply peel the acrylic stamp off the plastic sheet it comes on and place it on the acrylic block. No fuss at all!

When you are finished using your acrylic stamp, simply wash in soap and water and return it to the clear plastic sheet it came on.

The acrylic stamps are such a huge improvement over what we used to have to work with. They're so simple to use and simple to store. You can even punch holes along the side of the plastic sheet they come on and place them into a binder. Happy stamping!

Making a Greeting Card with HOTP Diamond Folds Template #2

Have you tried the Hot Off the Press Templates to jazz up your cards and scrapbook pages? They add flair without a lot of work. This card is one that I made quickly, but it has different focal point that I created using the Diamond Folds #2 Template. I used DCWV Metallic Cardstock for the base of the card. Then I took a piece of matching patterned paper and simply traced a diamond fold pattern onto the front of the paper. Then, using a craft knife, I cut the pattern. Before I folded the diamond shapes back, I inked the white side of the paper with a silver ink pad before folding the cut diamond folds back. I give these templates five stars! They're becoming favorites of mine. You can get one here: http://www.dinglefoot.com/store-products-7312-Diamond-Folds-2-Template_40934364.html

Here's an easy greeting card to make!

I just love getting a handmade card. It makes me feel like someone really card to go the extra mile just for me. Now you can do the same with this easy "Thinking of You" card. It's easy and fast and you can use supplies that you have to substitute for the things I used.

This is a very fast card to make, but it's simplicity makes a statement. You will need:

A4 beige card

beige satin ribbon

dark red card stock

beige patterned paper

sentiment stamp ( I used Kolette Hall ~ you can use any sentiment you wish)

embossing heat gun

gold embossing powder

glue stick

Birds Galore Stamp

black ink pad

2 different sizes of scalloped circle punches (

2" & 1.5" )

INSTRUCTIONS:
Using beige card stock, make an A4 card with the fold at the top.

Cut a piece of dark red card stock slightly smaller than the front of your beige card.

Cut a piece of beige patterned paper slightly smaller than the dark red card stock.

Adhere the beige patterned panel to the dark red card stock panel, centering it.

Tie a length of beige satin ribbon around the dark red and beige patterned paper panel. Place the ribbon towards the top 1/3 of your card and knot it.

Punch a scalloped circle out of the dark red card stock with the 2" circle scallop punch. Punch a 1.5" circle scallop out of the beige patterned paper (or out of a piece of beige card stock as I did).

Using the Birds Galore bottom stamp, ink just the bird and a couple of the flowers. Wipe away any unwanted ink from the stamp with an old rag or paper towel. Stamp the bird onto the beige scallop.

Glue the two scallops together with a glue stick, or to pop them off the page, add a pop dot under each layer and stick the scallops onto the satin ribbon towards the left side of your card.

Stamp a sentiment to the lower right side of your card with black ink, then quickly pour embossing powder over the ink while it's still wet. Shake off the excess embossing powder. Warm the embossed area with your heat tool till it melts.

All done! This is an easy and fun card to send for any sort of greeting. It's nice for a thank you card, thinking of you, even a birthday.

To use supplies from your own home, try tracing around two different sized drinking glasses and make plain circles instead of scallops. For the bird image, use a sticker or maybe some other rubber stamp. Above all, have lots of fun crafting!