Long Tea Gift Certificate Card

I made this card a while back to give a long skinny tea shop gift certificate and never blogged it until now. I also didn't take a pix of the inside- sorry. But I do love the embossed front (Craft Concepts) and the lovely t-cup from Stampin' Up stamped in my favorite aqua blue ink by Versafine. I added some tiny punched butterflies and a pretty ribbon and attached to a long yellow card after rounding the corners.

I am entering this card into the Anything Goes challenges at Simon Says Stamp and Crafty Ribbons.

Nothing better than friends and chocolate...

It's Crackerbox Palace Friday and I am sharing a card I made for a friend recently. Who doesn’t love chocolate? My friend sure does and the sentiment on this card from Crackerbox Palace certainly is true! I love the inlaid die look on a card and putting the pieces back in after cutting a die in two colors is as fun as putting a puzzle together. I cut Simon Says Stamp’s Mod Circle Frame out of pink and white and put all the white pieces back in the pink frame. Then I stamped the sentiment. I stamped the chocolates on a dark brown paper, cut them out and added some gel pen coloring. I attached them with a pop dot for dimension.

**As a present to you from Crackerbox Palace, all the  stamps  on this card will be 20% OFF for one week! What a deal! **

 I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Simon Says Stamp and Penny's Paper-Crafty.

NBUS Masculine Valentine

I was  in Michaels the other day with a 40% off coupon in my hand and everything on my shopping list was on sale. So of course I had to keep shopping and find something not on sale that I just had to have (and use my coupon on.) I found this fun heart wood pattern background stamp by Recollections (which is Michael's brand.) I decided it would make a cool masculine Valentine. I stamped it in a reddish brown and attached to a brown card base. I just bought the Braid Border set of dies from Dee's Distinctively and used two of them in a cool pattern along the side of the card front with some brown pearls in the intersections. I punched out some hearts in brown and kraft and the love (from W Plus 9) in dark brown.

I am entering this card in the Something New challenge at Top Tip Tuesday (background stamp and braid border die are both brand new), and the Love or Valentine challenge at Crafty Sentiments.

Repeat Impression's Sketch Challenge

Happy Wednesday everyone! It's time for another fun sketch challenge at The House that Stamps Built and we are challenging you to make a card using the sketch below and link it up for a chance at some great Repeat Impressions rubber! For all the details on what you can win and to see the other Rock Stars cards using this sketch, please visit our blog.

I make Christmas cards all year round so I am not in a rush to make them in time to mail them out to friends and family in December. I started with the musical background stamp from Repeat Impressions stamped on the red square and green oval. Then I cut another oval (Nestabilities die) and stamped the Winter Birds in green ink. I paper pieced the blue birds and their cute stocking caps, added a strip of washi tape and “Joy to the World” to complete the sketch card.

Here is the sketch for you to follow when you create a card for our challenge. You do not need to use Repeat Impressions stamps to enter our challenges, but you get an extra chance to win if you do!

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Love to Scrap and Craft Your Passion.

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Happy Birthday Friend Screen Divider Card

I love fun folds and making a screen divider card allows the designer to have fun on all four flaps of this card. I started with a 12 x 8 piece of embossed cardstock from Coor'dinations and scored at 3. 6 and 9 inches. I punched the top with a large present border punch from Martha Stewart and punched the bottom with a Stampin' up label punch. The front is a blue foil cardstock that was embossed with an embossing folder from Embossalicious and then sanded. I added a "friend" diecut  from Paper Smooches. I die cut Classy Girl and her shopping bag accessories from Creative Time, then created a shopping bag money holder to match. The circular word dies are from IO Dies. I punched happy birthday with another Martha Stewart punch and left the floral piece blank for a personal greeting and signature. I did a little sponging and added a couple gems to complete the card. The folded card fits into a business sized envelope.

This is what the card looks like closed and from the top:

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at 613 Avenue Create and Scribble and Scrap.

Card Club Snowmen

I saw a few snowmen made out of square boxes on Pinterest and I decided to try to make some for my friends in card club to use to present small gifts for Christmas. I have made boxes with my envelope punch board by WeR Memory Keepers, but could not figure out how to make them open and close to give gifts. So I purchased the gift box maker also from WeR Memory Keepers and made three square white boxes. I decorated the bottom two with large snowflakes and square gems for buttons. I made a snowman face with gems and a handcut carrot nose on the smallest white box. Then I made a smaller black square hat, added a brim, a red ribbon and some punched greens. The girls loved them and the little chocolate goodies inside too.

I am entering this snowman project in the Anything Goes challenge at Penny's Paper-Crafty and the any holiday challenge at Hiding in My Craft Room.

Batman Lego Heart Valentine for my Grandson

My grandson loves Legos and super heroes so when I saw this punch art card here, I knew I wanted to try to make the Lego Batman for his Valentine. I started with an embossed candy hearts background made with an embossing folder from Cuttlebug. I also cut out the UR GR8 heart for Batman. I used a variety of punches to make Batman. It took a long time to make, but for someone as special as my grandson, I don't mind.

I am entering this card in the Hearts challenges at Simon Says Stamp and Wags 'n Whiskers.