With Heartfelt Sympathy

Welcome back to my blog.

And welcome to another month. Hmm, November, I am looking forward to turkey, are you?? It will be here before we know it.

And it's also time to welcome in a new challenge over at Love To Scrap. The challenge starts today (November 1)  and goes til December 15. Love To Scrap is a fun challenge blog and welcomes all types of scrapped projects - cards, scrapbook layouts, ATCs, mixed media, altered items, 3-D projects, etc. - using bits of new or leftover stuff.  And we all have leftover stuff don't we?? LOL

Well let me share my Design Team inspiration project with you. 

I needed to make some sympathy cards and thought I'd share this one with you. I used some older stamps and some scrap CS and DP.   No coloring, so this was quick and easy to put together. I mentioned I used some old stamps, I seem to never get rid of stamps, I just keep adding to my stash.  I have a treasure trove, LOL.  Maybe I need to thin the herd so to speak. (Nah!!)

Products I used:

CS - White CS, Dark Blue CS, DP
Ink - Memento - Tuxedo Black
Stamps - Stampendous - Flowers; MSE Sympathy Innie & Outies

I am submitting my project in the following challenges:

• Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday  - Anything Goes (#5)

Thanks for stopping in today and I will be back soon. Hope to see you then

Let It Snow

Welcome to my blog and welcome to November. And WOW!!! Christmas is getting so close.  

I'll bet you still have presents to wrap and cards to make and get out. I know I do!!! I have some great ideas for you that will be a great time saver. But first...................

A  new challenge has begun over at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog. The challenge runs November 1 thru December 15. Plenty of time for you to make a Christmas project and get it submitted it to the challenge. The Merry Little Christmas Challenge is an all-crafts Christmas challenge blog and welcomes any and all kinds of handmade Christmas creations all year long. 

Here's my time saver:
My project for this challenge is a 2'fer. I made a card and I made a bag topper to match. I love bag toppers and they are easy to make and really dress up a plain white gift bag. 

First I started out with a plain white gift bag (8X10).  I glued strips to the front of the bag. I embossed my strips but you can use left over CS or DP to add some additional beauty to the bag. Next I used an Accu-Cut die cut bag topper. I actually cut 2, one in white and one in blue CS and attached them off center. I embossed the blue CS one using a snowflake folder. I also used punched snowflakes to add additional interest to this topper. I added rhinestones to the center of the snowflakes and some glitter just to give the flakes more omph!!  I know you are saying you don't have one of those large dies to make the bag topper. Well I have a solution for you. Click on this link to check out how to make a topper with no bag topper die at all. It's easy peasy. 

OK lets go on the 2nd part of this project, the card.

The card is 5X7. The card base is white CS and the layered piece is DP. I cut a rectangle out on the left side of the card along with the DP. I embossed  a piece of vellum and put it between the card base and the DP. Next I added a silver frame. Lastly I added some punched snowflakes and put rhinestones in the centers, added some glitter and added the sentiment and that finished the card. 

These two, the card and the decorated bag, make a great duo for any gift.

Products I used:

CS used - White CS, DP, Silver CS, Light Blue CS

Ink used -  Momento - Paris Dusk

Misc used -MS Punch - Snowflakes, glitter

Dies used - Accu-Cut Bag Topper

Stamp used - Old sentiment

I am submitting my project to the following challenges:

• Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday M, Wed, E3 - Anything Goes (#4)
• The Crafty Addicts  M, 1st Wed, 3E,#7 - Anything Goes (#8)
• Word Art Wednesdays  (#100)

Hope you enjoyed my creations. I am looking forward to seeing one of your Christmas projects in the challenge submissions.

Thanks it for now. See you soon,

Triangle Pocket Card

 Hey there, welcome back!!!

If you stopped here yesterday, you saw a triangle pocket card project that I made in the monthly stamping card club that I host. That was such a great tutorial. Click here to access yesterday's post. 

The nice thing was, Carol, our instructor, gave us enough DP/CS to make another triangle pocket card, and with the cutaway pieces I was able to make an additional two cards. So from a 12X12 sheet of DP, I was able to make 4 cards. Not sure how to make a Triangle Pocket Card?? Well click here and visit this video for a great instruction presentation. 

Here is Pocket Card #2

Please notice this triangle pocket card is adhered to the front of a 5X7 card. 

Also I decided to make the pull out piece into a gift card holder

(You could add a sentiment to the top portion of the pull out piece.) 

On the pullout piece, please notice that I added a punched border piece to the bottom. 

That makes it an easy spot to slide a gift card into.

This leaves plenty of room on the inside of the card to write a personal message. 

OK, so now I had those 4 triangle shaped pieces left over, perfect to make made the 2 additional cards below. These cards are both 5X7 cards.

and

On these two 5X7 cards I used a pinkish CS to make the card base

On the bottom card I used washi tape to add some fill to the center open area.

Both of the stamps I used on these cards are older and I have had for a few years. 

(Sorry, no date on the packaging)

Hope this inspires to make the Triangle Pocket Card. 

Its quick and easy to make

I am submitting my project in the following challenges:

• Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - Anything Goes  (#34)
• The Crafty Addicts   - Anything Goes (#23)
• Digi Choosday Challenge  - #40 - Anything Goes (#17)
• A Place To Start  - October - Anything Goes *(#116)
• Pamm
• ie's Inky Pinkies Challenges  - #2340 - Anything Goes (#39)
• Retro Rubber Challenge -  #217 - Anything Goes (#7)
• Creative Creases -  must be a fun fold - No. 68   ANYTHING GOES WITH A FUN FOLD  (#5)

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I will be back soon. 

Happy Birthday

 Hi Everyone

Last night (Tuesday) was my monthly club meeting night. I thought I'd share the tutorial project we made. 

This was really easy to make and would be a great gift card holder. 

And here is a pic with that insert pulled out. 

This is a darling Happy Birthday card. 

Well its not a card as such. LOL

Carol, our tutorial instructor for this meeting and club member gave us enough DP papers and CS to make another as well. So I have made some other cards/projects using the additional paper/CS and left over piece parts from this project. One of my other projects looks similar to this one but is a little different.  

I will share those with you all tomorrow night So, stay tuned and come on back to see what I came up with. 

I am submitting my project in the following challenges:

• Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #40 - Anything Goes (#12)
• A Place To Start (M, 1st Mon) - October - Anything Goes * (#110)
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge (W, 5E) -  Explore (#20)

Well thanks for popping in and I will see you tomorrow night

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