Scrapping by Design

This hand made Easter card is going to a teenage boy.  I think it would probably work for any age, but its one of the few that may be suitable for the masculine recipient.

The images are made by stamping with two different stamps. I added some Sparkly Fluff (Rockin Pink) for accents.

The “To” embellishment is cut with the Cricut using a shape from A Walk in my Garden cartridge.

I embossed the background papers using the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and the Big Shot.

This hand made Easter card is intended for a young child.

The words “BE Happy” are die cuts, as is the wheelbarrow and flowers. I did them using the Cricut Expression 24-Inch Personal Electronic Cutting Machine. The cartridge is Cricut 29-0223 Walk in My Garden Shape Cartridge.

The background is actually white, although it looks blue in the picture. It is dry embossed using the
Sizzix Big Shot and the small flower flower embossing folder from Cuttlebug.

I glued on a few punched flower shapes to add to the flowers in the wheel barrow, and I used a little Sparkly Fluff in the center of the alphabets.

Those Christmas cards from the CST group are still coming.

This beautiful silver and blue card features snowflake embossing on the metallic blue paper and a swirly embossing on the silver paper.

The star at the card top is a punched shape, I think, and the Merry Christmas is stamped in blue ink.

Another interesting feature of this card was the gorgeous envelope it came in. The envelope is hand made out of a calendar. The outside has an attractive design that could be any kind of paper, but when you open it you can see the calendar boxes inside.

I plan to save calendar pictures to make envelopes from now on. What a great idea.

Thanks to Melanie Wortman for making and sending this lovely Christmas card.

Yesterday, I received this lovely Christmas card from Ardelle McFarland, a member of the Canadian Stamp Talk (CST) Yahoo group. We are participating in a Holiday card exchange.

As always, Ardelle’s card is perfection. It combines  Cuttlebug embossing, a Spellbinder Nestability shape, stamped images, a small punch art flower with a beaded center and striped ribbon. The inside is just as lovely.

All elements in this card are perfectly color coordinated. Even the gray and maroon striped ribbon is an exact match of the card stock and the stamping ink.

Thank you Ardelle! Yours was the first card to arrive.

Today I was delighted to receive a surprise birthday card RAK (Random Act of Kindness) from Ardelle McFarland, a member of my online stamping group, Canadian Stamp Talk.

I’m not entirely sure how this card was made, so I’ll give my best guess.

The pink background is definitely embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder, possibly the Diamond Plate one.

The word “hello” I am almost certain is cut with the Cricut Expression Personal Electronic Cutting Machine.

From now on, it gets a little tricky. I’m not sure how this talented lady created the flower and leaf. Her  workmanship is so good that I can’t tell whether this is a stamped, cut and layered shape or whether its a die cut made with any number of possible dies and die cutting tools.

The white component on the flower is dimensional and soft. I saw this product in a craft store recently, but do not recall the name. I believe it is Fun Flock,  but that’s a guess.

I love this card and receiving it in the mail was a pleasant surprise.  Thanks to the sender. I have posted her name with permission.

This Halloween House is a cute Halloween craft project, at least in my opinion. I made it using the same pattern that I demoed in an earlier video, St. Patrick’s Day House Craft Project

I cut the pattern pieces out of a light cardboard box and covered with the pieces of Halloween scrapbook paper left over from the Halloween cards that I made a few days ago.

I embossed the roof and the pathway with a Cuttlebug folder (Elegant Swirls) used with  the Sizzix Big Shot Cutting-and-Embossing Roller-Style Machine.

Many of the embellishments are store bought Halloween stickers, but I made the larger items myself.

The “ghost” in the doorway is fashioned from a flexible, lacy paper with “eyes” glued in the appropriate location.

As for the tombstone in front, reading  RIP, I cut that from card stock and wrote the letters with a glaze pen.  After I took the picture, I removed the RIP tombstone and put it at the bag, along with a second stone reading “Izzy Dedyet.”  I decided the tombstone in front gave a cluttered look to the project.

The jack o’ lantern pumpkin is done with paper piercing, drawn freehand. I used an orange glaze pen to mark the pumpkin’s veins and draw the facial features. I applied 3-D dimensional glue (yellow) to the eyes, nose and mouth.

The Halloween House was an economical project. Other than the stickers, I made it entirely from items in my stash.

I plan on donating this Halloween craft project to the community center where I take my Tai Chi classes. They have a lot of children passing through and I expect the kids will like it.

This birthday card uses yellow card stock and two patterns of scrapbook paper.

I dry embossed the yellow polka dot background with the Birthday Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

The three circles are cut with the Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Circles Die Template. I colored the outer scalloped circle with pink chalk ink along the edges. In the inner scallop, I fit a purchased pink paper flower with  a pink and white dotted sticker for the center.

Lastly, I added a few pink rhinestones for trim.

I did the embossing and the die cutting with my Sizzix Big Shot Cutting-and-Embossing Roller-Style Machine
. If you haven’t used this wonderful tool, please check out my video tutorial of the Big Shot.

I made this birthday card using a layer of blue card stock, a layer of glossy blue card stock and a layer of embossed, floral card stock.

I did the embossing using the Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, D’vine Swirls and the Sizzix 655268 Big Shot Cutting-and-Embossing Roller-Style Machine.

The green flower and stamens is a  product purchased from the craft store. I added ribbon tied in a bow and stamped Happy Birthday on the bottom using a rubber stamp from Hero Arts.

I really think the embossing is a great touch to card making. It turns a simple card into something quite lovely — and what a time saver that can be if you are as busy as many of us are.

This birthday card was made for my friend’s mom on her 92 birthday.

This birthday card incorporates a number of techniques — layering, rubber stamping, embossing and die cuts — not to mention ribbon trim and a few yellow rhinestones.

The Big Shot played a major role in making this card. If you aren’t familiar with this machine, I invite you to check out my Big Shot Video Tutorial

First, I used the Cuttlebug Birthday Embossing Folder to make the background.  I brushed the embossed finish with a little navy decorator chalk to make the text stand out.

I cut the three scalloped circles on the Big Shot, using Wizard Nestabilities: Classic Scallop Circles Large

The text in the center of the inner scallop is a rubber stamp from Hero Arts.

I made this birthday card using leftover card stock and papers from the Prayer Shawl Accordion Fold Book Project that I made a few days ago.

This is an Easter Bunny House craft project that I made yesterday.

The top picture is the front view. The bottom picture is the view from the back.

It’s made using the same pattern as the St. Patrick’s Day House I made awhile back. You can get the pattern and a video tutorial for the St. Patrick’s Day House at this link and adapt it to the Easter Bunny House.

This time I added a little pink chimney with a tulip growing in it, and some little wooden shapes that they sell at Michaels. Otherwise, its scrapbook paper, some of it embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder done on the Sizzix 655268 Big Shot Cutting-and-Embossing Roller-Style Machine

At the back, I placed a small bunny picture that I decorated with the burnished velvet glitter technique described in an earlier post

This is a video demo of the Easter Bunny House. I didn’t show how its made since I showed that in the St. Patrick’s Day House video tutorial linked to above.