Special Girl Christmas Card

This K&Co 3-d Sticker was so sweet and I thought it would be perfect to make a Christmas card for our Granddaughter. The card is for my parents to give her (it's hard for them to get out and shop for cards).

The polka dots on the red paper are actually glitter, so that adds some fun texture to the card. I used a 'Bow Easy' to tie the little bow. I'm pretty sure I Cricut cut the green scalloped border using the Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge.

I penned the inside with a black extra fine marker, and outlined some of the words with coloured markers.

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Sparkly Butterfly Card

My company has gone home, and I didn't get dressed until almost 1pm today.  :-)  I'm usually up and dressed and ready to start my day quite early as I'm a morning person. Today? After last night's birthday party and so much company - not so much. In fact, if I were moving any slower today I'd be going backwards!

But, I got into the studio to get my Dynamic Duo's Guest Designer card ready to post on Saturday. That makes me happy.

I have an older card to share today - a sparkly butterfly card:

This is an A2, topfold card and the butterfly was Cricut cut from the Paper Lace cartridge.

The background paper has some sparkle to it, and I added some bling to the butterfly. The butterfly was popped up with foam tape just in the center so I could gently fold the wings up. This is a perfect birthday card to hand deliver rather than pop in the mail. The birthday stamp is from Stampin' Up.

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Dad's Gift Bag Gift

I have another really quick share for you - this one is from Father's Day. I used patterned paper to decorate a gift bag, and inside the bag was a some of his favourite candy.  We wanted to add our gift of money and not just tuck it into the card, so I came up with this idea.

I used a Tim Holtz die to cut the little bag out of the same patterned paper, and also an ATC die.  I inked the edges of the ATC and attached it to the front of the little bag, then used the PTI dies to cut the letters DAD. I also die cut the bird/branch and punched a label (Stampin' Up) out of black cardstock.

Once the gift was rolled and tucked into the bag, I attached the folded black label & punched a hole through all the layers. Then I attached it all to the handle of the gift bag. Worked like a charm, and he got a kick out of the way his gift was packaged.

It's a busy day today, but hopefully tomorrow I will be able to get at least a few minutes in my studio.

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Doily Christmas Card

Tomorrow I will have 14 family members here for a birthday party, so this morning has been spent with the vacuum, mop and dusting cloth.  Our guests have gone on errands and I'm supposing a nice lunch out - so I'm free to scramble around and clean. Plus, they will pick up a few things I need for the party and that saves me a trip out!

Today's share is going to be a quick one - another large (5 x 6.5") card for my holiday stash.

I used a lovely K&Co print paper for the base - and a Martha Stewart punch along the bottom edge. The beautiful doily was cut with a die from My Favorite Things - and I was sure happy with how cleanly it cut!  I layered it with a die cut snowflake (Sizzix) and a K&Co 3D sticker.

I spritzed the white snowflake with several different glimmer mists for a touch of shimmer and shine.

Now that I'm done the cleaning, and both the washer & dryer are running ... I can start to plan the menu for tomorrow's celebrations.  All of this is getting accomplished because Jasper has gone to Dogie Daycare today.  It's amazing how much I can get done without a helpful Sheltie. 

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Sparkly Butterfly Card

We got home late last evening, and while my company sat relaxing and watching a bit of TV, I managed to get a card uploaded and today's post done!

I had several 'odds and sods' sitting on my stamping table, so I assembled them together to make this embellishment.

The white base label is a Cricut cut, the yellow base layer is from the Tim Holtz Regal Crest die, the butterfly is a Tim Holtz die, and the small white label is a Verve stamp. The word stamp is from Stampin' Up.

Lots of bling, some stickles, some inking and - surprise - foam tape!  I think this A2 card will have to be hand delivered because of the gems so into my stash with this one!

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Dynamic Duo's Challenge 19

We will probably not be able to join our daughter and family for Thanksgiving this year, so I decided instead of a card for the Dynamic Duo challenge this week I would make a wine bottle hanger. They can hang it on their dinner wine and know that we are with them in spirit.

I don't have any Cajun Craze, but I did get a package of Canyon Clay back when I placed my Papertrey Ink order and it seems pretty close. I usually have some Always Artichoke - it's one of those go-to-greens in my studio. These colours just say AUTUMN to me! 

I used the Papertrey Ink wine bottle die as the base, cutting it out of Canyon Clay. I cut it again out of Always Artichoke, lining up the edge of the green with the fold line on the die. Then I trimmed a little off the top and each side so the orange would show through on the base.

Almost everything on this project is by Stampin' Up!  (I'm such a fan, ha ha).  The pretty fabric brad is from my stash, and I added a little Stickles (spread with a brush).

The flower was made by punching a piece of the Canyon Clay, running it through a crimper several times to break down the fibres, then pulling the card stock apart. It reveals a lovely suede like texture!  (Thanks Vicky for reminding me about this technique - see her post HERE).

I see in the photos that the words are stamped crooked! Sheesh - I even used a stamp positioner. I will be popping that off and replacing it with one that is straight. I should have stamped first THEN punched it out around the words.  

Be sure to check out the wonderful submissions from the Dynamic Duo Design Team, as well as the other two Guest Designers for September!

The Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog

Allisa Chilton

Allyson Andersen (GD)

Anne Marie Hile

Anika Lerche

Karen Aicken (GD)   That's me!!

Kim Singdahlsen

Lesley Croghan

Lisa Elton

Michelle Bala (GD)

Melissa Chipperfield

Paige Grabau
Sue Joyce

Bright And Cheery Card Duo

It's been even busier than I thought - we have out of town guests and other out of town family have been dropping in. I am sure hoping to get some studio time tomorrow but it isn't looking good for that. I would sigh, but I'm enjoying our guests. 

So today I have another bright and cheery couple of cards to share.  I used the paper stack talked about in THIS blog post.

For the first card, I used the Stampin' Up butterfly punch and a couple of layers - one of card stock and one of patterned paper. They are joined together with Stampin' Up dimensionals, and the body is tied with Bakers Twine.  

The words are by Cornish Farms.

This 2nd card uses the Stampin' Up Butterfly die - one of my very favourites. The patterned paper on the blue butterfly card is by K & Co though, and not from the bright paper stack.

Once again, foam tape and bakers twine were used on the butterfly layers.

Ok - off to bed as we have another busy day tomorrow.

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