Thinking Of You Cards

I'm working on the 2nd Million card Challenge for Operation Write Home,

So here are some Thinking Of You cards for the Challenge


Card One

This may be the simplest card ever!

To Make this card:

You Will Need

• Black Card stock
• 4 brightly colored scraps
• White A2 Card
• Thinking of You Stamp (or Other Sentiment)
• White Studio g ink

Cut

• Black Card stock to A2 size (4.25in x 5.5in)
• Using a CM Rotary cutter with a straight blade, cut inside the A2 rectangle 1/4in on 4 sides creating an inside rectangle
• Trim the smaller rectangle 1/2in vertically and horizontally so that it is 3.75in x 5in
• Using the Creative Memories Pocket Butterfly Punch, cut one Butterfly from each color of scrap paper

Adhere & Stamp

• Adhere the black "frame" to the edges of the A2 Card
• Using White Studio g Ink, stamp you sentiment in the lower right corner of the black rectangle
• Adhere the black rectangle in the center of the "frame" so that there is a small white strip showing between the rectangle and the frame
• Adhere the 4 Butterflies to the center of the black rectangle in a straight line - equally spaced

Done :)

Card 2

To Make This Card

You Will Need

• Lime Green A2 Card + scrap
• black scrap 
• Creative Memories Black & White Storybox (burst design)
• Thinking of you Stamp ( or other 1/4in lettering sentiment)
• White Studio g ink

Cuts

• Lime Green 5.5in x 1in
• Black 5.5in x 0.5in
• Storybox 5.25in x 4in

Adhere & Stamp

• Adhere Storybox to Lime Green Card
• Stamp sentiment onto right side of black strip
• Adhere black strip to lime green strip
• Adhere black and green stack to lower section of card, leaving about 3/4in  space below

Bonus Card

To participate in this challenge and have a chance to win some really cool Blog Candy visit the Operation Write Home challenge page. The Deadline is June 30!

Back in Business!

Now that I've graduated from LR, I have time for Cards again! :)

Here is my first dive back in.

This is also my first stamp-coloring adventure! 


To make this Card


You will need:

• Make A Wish - House Mouse Stamp
• Grey Ink - I prefer Studio g ink
• Anna Griffin Designer Mat Sheets
• Hot pink Swirl Paper, Hot Pink Tye Dye Paper and Black Snake Skin Paper
• White Cardstock

Cut:

• Cut Designer Swirl Paper : (2) 3.75in x 2.5in pieces
• Cut Hot Pink Tye Dye paper : (2) 4in x 2.75in pieces & (1) 2.5in x 3.25in piece & (1) 1in x 1.5in piece
• Cut White Paper: (1) 3in x 2.25in piece
• Cut Black Snake Skin Paper: (1) 4.25in x 3in piece

Adhere:
1) Adhere the 3.75in x 2.5in swirl pieces to the 4in x 2.75in hot pink pieces 
2) Adhere the 2.5in x 3.25in hot pink piece to the 4.25in x 3in black snake skin paper
3) Stamp the Make A Wish House Mouse onto the white 3in x 2.25in piece and color as desired
4) Adhere the White stamped paper to the pink and black stack from step 2
5) Stamp Happy Birthday (or other Birthday sentiment) onto the 1in x 1.5in Hot Pink piece
6) on an A2 Card Horizonatallly - adhere the 2 Swirl design and Hot pink stacks side by side, leaving about 1/4in white in the middle
7) Adhere the stamped black, hot pink & White Stack in the upper Left side - leaving enough room for the Sentiment piece
8) Adhere your Hot Pink Sentiment Piece

Blog Hop Candy Winner!

Thanks To all who participated in the Blog Hop for OWH!  The winner of the Blog Candy for my blog is 

Erika! She will be receiving the awesome prize pack for Hopping by my site! 

OWH Blog Hop 2011

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Lots of Spring Cards For the Hop!
So, The first card is my favorite, so it has detailed instructions. However, I just couldn't leave the others out so they have shorter instructions
Easer Card 1

To Make this card you will need :
       Pastel Yellow, Pink, Purple and Blue card stock
       Off White Card Base
       Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge
       Creative Memories Oval cutter and Red blade
       Creative Memories Rotary Trimmer with wavy blade




Cut 4 little Chicks from Yellow Card stock using the Cricut (1 1/4 ") 
Cut 1 "egg" from Creative Memories Small Oval Cutter using the red blade inside the smallest oval in pink, yellow, blue and purple
Use the Creative Memories Rotary Trimmer -with wavy blade - to cut 1, 5.5" strip of blue and purple
Use the Cricut to cut .75" letters to spell HAPPY EASTER


Easter Card 2

For this card you will need 
     To Make this card you will need :

       Pastel Yellow, Pink, Purple and Blue card stock

       White Card Base

       Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge




Easter Card 3

For this card, use your Cricut and Create a Critter cartridge to make the hatching chick

then make grass by slicing jagged "blades" into green paper, layering 3 strips. Attach to a light blue card base....Voila - Easter Card!

AND, Easter Card 4

This is another pretty straight forward card. Use Cricut and Create a Critter to make the chick and the letters for HAPPY EASTER. Attach to a white card front. 

Mother's Day Card

For this card, cut 2, 2" Ms using your Cricut. 
Then cut layered flowers using coordinating colors, also using your cricut. 
           2" large flower; 1.5" middle flower; 1" center 
           3/4" small flower and center
Stamp "You are turly amazing" - or equally mom loving sentiment in the left corner


This is a simple yet pretty card for you Mom on her special day :)


Mother's Day Card 2 / 3

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Don't Forget the upcoming Operation Write Home Deadlines:

The Easter Card deadline is March 18th 
The Mother's Day Card deadline is March 31st

For more ideas checkout These Awesome Sketches at Operation Write Home's Website!

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OWH Sketch #54

For this card, you will need
            Brown, Teal, and Dark Blue paper.
            Creative Memories CSC circle patterns (Largest Circle)
            Creative Memories CSC Green Blade
            Creative Memories Brown Chalking Ink
            {Foot Longs} Warm Fuzzies Clear Stamps
            studio g brown ink
            Creative Memories Personal Trimmer


1) Using your personal trimmer, cut
            Brown - 5.5" x2"
            Teal - 5.5" x 1.5" & 3" circle (using the Creative memories CS Large    
                     Circle and Green blade, using the inside pattern)
            Dark Blue - 5.5" x .75" & 1.75" x 4.25"
               


2) Use the Warm Fuzzies {Foot Longs} stamps - the skunk and Sending warm fuzzies on the 3" circle using brown Studio g ink, so that the skunk is looking up at the sentiment


3) Use Creatvie Memories Chalking Ink in brown to chalk the edge of the 3" Circle. 










4)Attach all of your pieces together on an A2 size card according to the sketch - also found on The Stars and Stamp Blog

This is my card for Sketch #54

My little helper

Meet Molly,

She decided to help make cards tonight.

 I must admit that I do like the card that she is working on here!

Neutral Tone General Card : OWH Sketch #52

This card was inspired by OWH sketch #52. I decided to use mostly neutral colors - tan, black, white and mint green, and my new owl stamp

You Will Need:

     Tan, black, white and mint colored paper
     Creative Memories Custom Cutting System :Large Circle Pattern 

                                                                  Green Blade
     Creative Memories Tape Runner
     studio g - i-cling Hello Own stamp (found at Michaels)
     Black ink pad

To Make Your Own

1) Cut the tan paper to 5.5" x 2.5"

    Cut the black paper to 5.5" x 1.75"

    Cut the white paper to 1.5" x 4.5"

   

 

2) Cut the mint paper using the Creative Memories Custom Cutting System 

         Large Circle - Use the green blade on the inside pattern as shown below

3) Stamp the Hello Owl onto the Mint Circle using black ink - use additional greeting stamps to put "Hello" on the sign ("For You" and "Guess Who" are also options in this stamp set)

3) Attach all of the strips to an A2 sized greeting card according to the sketch

Enjoy Your Card!

Valentine's Day Card - OWH Unloved Card Supplies Challenge

I made this card from paper I never thought I'd use. I found my stack of "maybe later" paper for this weeks OWH Midweek Throwdown. It was a 6x6 sheet that came in a large pack - I really thought the stripes were just too harsh for a background on a card - and I don't know what in the world you could cut out of it using Cricut. I had almost resolved to cut the black strips out and use it up that way - but looking at it tonight I had another idea. And Bingo Valentine's Day Card! 


Want to make your own?
You will need :
      Black and White Striped Paper - with thick black stripes and thin white stripes 
      Creative Memories Rotary Trimmer
      Plantin School Book Cricut Cartridge
      Creative Memories Precision Point Pen 
      Creative Memories Tape Runner


1) Cut the 6x6 sheet down to 4.25 x 5.5 and then using the Creative Memories Rotary Trimmer.


2)Cut the edges of the stripes, stopping about 1/2" from the edges.  


3) Using the Plantin School Book Cricut Cartridge, cut 6 1" hearts and 5 1/2" hearts from Red cardstock. 


4) Tuck the hearts randomly underneath the slits in the 4.25" x 5.5" striped paper - so that the hearts are peaking out of the stripes and attach using the Precision Point Pen


5) Use the "Love You" Vertical stamp from "Hero Arts CL351" clear stamp set, stamping "love you" down the white stripes in black. 


6) Flip the card front over, use the tape runner to make rows of adhesive along the cuts on the back of the paper - covering the tucked parts of the hearts - this will further secure your hearts so they don't sneak out.


7) Attach Card front to an A2 sized card

Never Buy a new Cricut Mat Again!!

Lets face it, Cricut mats aren't cheap - especially if you use your Cricut as much as I do. I found a way to prevent having to buy a new Cricut Mat Ever Again!!! Make your mat brand new in 3 easy steps

You will need Krylon Adhesive Remover and Krylon Easy-Tack - I found both at Michaels on the spray paint row. You can buy both for less than the price of a replacement mat - especially if you have one of those handy 40% off coupons!


1) Use the Krylon Adhesive Remover to get all of the old sticky off your mat - spray LIGHTLY, it will eat the color and grid off of you mat if you're not careful. Do this in a sink so that you can scrub, rinse and repeat until all of the old sticky is off. Don't stress if you don't get it all off, it's OK.


2) Tape around the edges of your mat - the green strip that you don't want to be sticky


3) Spray the mat with the Krylon Easy-Tack, let your newly sticky mat dry for about 5 minutes


Viola! You Have A New Mat :)

Slider Card How To

There are several Slider Methods around - this is he one I favor. You are more than welcome to use your own slider method on slider cards featured on this blog or take a stab at this one. I will use the Easter Egg Slider Card as the example, but you can adapt it to any card.


1. cut 2 strips about 1" wide and about 2/3 the length of the card from your scrap card stock - make sure it's think card stock so that it will hold up sliding repeatedly.For the Easter Egg Card - 1" x 3.5"


2. Cut slits in each strip - about 1/4" in from the sides. Stop slits 1/2" from the bottom of the strip and 1 1/2" from the top of the strip


3. Cut a 1/2" x 1 1/2" strip of card stock. Weave this piece of paper through the slits of the longer strip.


4. Attach the small strip to the back of the card about 1/2" from the top of the card.


5. Fold the top of the strip over the top of the card and attach to the back of the sliding piece of the card.


6. Adhere a piece of paper to the back of the card to hide the sliding mechanism


Hopefully this diagram will help.