Sending Smiles

  I'm done with winter.  If it's not going to give me a beautiful snowfall, let's just move along.  Haha - I wish it was that easy but it is in my craft room.  I needed a cheery card and I always love butterflies in season and out of season.  So here is my happy versions of Sending Smiles in a slimline format.

I started by using an old leaf stencil by Art Impressions and sponging in some different shades of green with my Distress Oxides.  I then cut the Symbol background out of pastel green foil by Recollection and used trimmed it to use the smaller halves to flank the sides of my slimline base.

The Sending Smiles and butterflies from the Butterflies Spray and Butterfly Pocket Insert were cut from the same slightly different shades of blue cardstock.

Supplies Used:

A Way with Words Sending

A Way with Words Sweet Smiles

A Way with Words Butterflies Spray

ECD Butterfly Pocket Insert

ECD Symbol background

Dream big slim line card

Switching gears from all things Christmas just briefly to play around with the new Spellbinders small die of the month.  Now, I am not a cat person at all but I do have friends that are.  It's just something I have to overlook.  Lol!  But I thought making a big window would work perfectly with the Dream Big die and it fits perfectly on a slim line card.

I kept it pretty simple so it came together quickly.  I made a sunset using Distress Oxide Inks.  I used the same size as my base would be so that I knew how much to ink up.

I die cut the tree branch twice and trimmed off some so that the tree peaked in between two window panes.  I added some stars using a white gel pen and made that top star into a shooting ones by adding some motion lines.

A black cat and a touch of gold on the word dies and my card is all done!

Dare we dream big for 2021?

 

Slimline Christmas Garland Card

I love decorating my house for Christmas but I have a love/hate relationship with my staircase.  I love the look of the garland along the staircase but putting it up and taking it down is a lot of work.  At least I have gone from twirling it around the wrought iron and banister to just using wires to have loops - way easier.  Every year I wonder if it's worth it but I'm also so picky that I don't let anyone else do it.  But as soon as the boys ask for it, I do it.  :)

Long intro into:  Look, the slimline card is perfect for a garland across!  

I started off with 8.25" x 3.5" layer of white card stock.  I sponged some light green and yellow along the edges for a nice glow in the clean white center.  

 

I divided the card roughly in thirds and drew a soft loop as shown below.  For my garland, I alternated between the soft rounded sprig and then the pinecone.  They were cut with different shades of green card stock,

I added a 1/16" red mat to the layer and then trimmed off the greenery off the edges.  Using the same red, I die cut two of the bows.

For the Merry Christmas, I die cut the Merry Christmas 3 four times.  The fourth layer I die cut out of a sheet of white card stock with a sheet of double sided adhesive on top.  I added Silver Sands Microfine Glitter over the adhesive.  A black card base turned the layer into a card.  I love how it looks in real life - so sparkly!

Definitely putting up the garlands this year!

Supplies used:

A Way With Words Merry Christmas 3

A Way With Words Create A Wreath

Challenges I am playing in:

Simon Says Stamps Christmas

Traditional design with Slimline Christmas card

 Hi! I'm over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today with a slimline Christmas card using traditional colors because I just don't have enough storage space to change out my color schemes for Christmas decorating each year.  Lol!  Full supplies list and instructions over there so hop on over!  Thanks in advance.

Glittery Christmas presents

 I've been having a lot of fun with the new release by Suzanne Cannon. This release will be available online on the 15th but it may be available at your local store already. Els of Elizabeth Craft Designs did a live video showing the new release yesterday.   This time around I used the presents from the set on a slimline card.  

I started by die cutting the bottom of the presents in gold card stock, the top in black cardstock and the bow in white card stock that had the double sided adhesive on the top side - each 3 times.  I chose a green, silver and red Silk Microfine Glitter for each of the presents.  The Merry Christmas was also cut out of white card stock with a layer of double sided adhesive.  I masked the snowflake and used a blue glitter on them but I decided to diecut a matching snowflake with the silver glitter popped up instead.

After all my elements were ready, I first sponged a white layer sized 8.25"x3.5" with a soft green in the top corners.  I also masked off a little line and sponged a bit of gray to give the illusion of a shadow or table so my presents weren't just floating.  The red and green presents are popped up with foam tape.

A nice and clean Christmas card but quite shiny in real life!

Supplies used:

Merry Christmas 4

Flourished Christmas Minis 3

Autumn Notes

 It is on my bucket list to see the Northeast portion of the United States in the fall - specifically Vermont and New York.  The Shenandoah Skyline Drive is gorgeous in Virginia but I want to see more red!  But I've been inspired by the changing colors to make another slimline card combining Autumn Notes by Quietfire Design word dies with the recent release from Elizabeth Craft Designs. 

To make my slim line cards, I start with 8.5 x 11 white card stock.  The base layer is 3.5" x 8.25" and the card base is from the leftover.

The Autumn Notes were cut from thick card stock and covered with Modern Gilding Powder Copper Scroll.  I also used the Modern Gilding Powder Gothic Black on the elegant ornament die - looks so rich in real life to have that added weight to it.

On a sheet of watercolor paper, I used all the fall colors that the Color Bursts (remember those?) because I like the mottled look that happens.

I also lightly sponged the edges of the card so that the white card base could act as a matting.

Supplies used:

4 Seasons metal dies

Notes die

Floral dies (leaves from the sets)

Modern Gilding Powder Copper Scroll

Modern Gilding Powder Gothic Black