CMM # 45 -Envelope Washi Card & 2 Tutorials!

Good Morning to all of you! Today is Card Making Monday! 

For this card I used a window technique. You can find a tutorial here under the tutorial tab for window cards but I did something unique with this card. I added an envelope for a little cash. 

This card was made for my daughter's friend as a birthday gift.

I learned the envelope idea from the Insider class by Online Card Classes.

Here's My Card...

I made the washi tape myself and you can find a make your own washi tape tutorial here as well as lots of other tutorials under my tutorial tab here.

The cash fits nicely in the 2 x 2 inch envelope.

I hope you enjoyed my Card Making Monday card. Let me know what you think. I sincerely appreciate your comments. They keep my crafting.

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and if you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on my next Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too.  You'll also be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

 Take care and go make something beautiful....

Scrapbook Saturday # 40 - Simply 7

Hi There! Welcome friends for Scrapbook Saturday. This photo was taken several years ago of my step-son. One of our last parties before we moved to our new home. I used a sketch from Scrapbooks etc. You can find the sketches online and they are free. 

All the embellishments are cut from the Cricut machine

Products:

Doodlecharms Cricut Cartridge - Birthday Hats

Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge - Title

Gypsy Wanderings Cricut Cartridge -Large background tag

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I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Now...go make something beautiful!

UMT # 43 - Faux Metal Masculine

Welcome to my newest Using My Tools post. So for new friends and visitors Using My Tools posts are crafty creations where I pull something out of my stash and use it. This time it's this faux metal background. I made this background about 8 months ago and it's been sitting in a basket of To Do's ever since. I think I was just waiting for the perfect image to pair with it. 

I hope you enjoy my card. 

Here's a closeup of the metal background..

I used a tutorial here  to inspire me with parts of  this technique. You can also find many more tutorials on my tutorial page here.

Products:

Black Gesso

Winter Rust Opalite 

Basketweave embossing folder by Darice

Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge

photo corners

Sunset at the Sea digi image by Delicious Doodles

Have a fabulous day, take care and go make something beautiful....

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and if your visiting please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out my next Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

CMM # 44 - Watercolor Daisies

Hello to a brand new Monday! This is my first completed watercolor card. It certainly wasn't my foirst attemp at watercolor. lol Oh MY! I took the watercolor class at online classes and have been practicing. I'm a put everythig in its pace kinda person so the abstract look that can come with watercolor is out of my norm. For this card I used the distress markers.

I added some gens for the center and some silver sequins for texture and bling.

That's been the hardest part for me. I've used lots of watercolor paper and thrown out most of my attempts. For me, it's been hard to control the waterflow and have ended up with a bunch of mess. I should have started with a simple design like this one forst. Instead I started with a hug sunflower image with lots of details.

Here's the many messy attempts before this card.

I'm not sure which medium I like best. I bought a small box of tubed watercolors from Ocoean State Job lot, a bunch of distress stains and some distress markers. I''ve almost come to mix all three in some of my practice images.

Now it's your turn to go make somethng beautiful....

Products:

Hampton Arts Footlong Flowers Stamp Set

Tim Holtz Distress markers Forest Moss, Worn Lipstick, Victoria Velvet

Tim Holtz Distress stain Tumbled Glass 

Recollections gems

Silver Sequins

Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge-Tag

Black and Grey Twine

Hero Arts Sentiment stamp

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and Thank you if your visiting. Please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. You'll also be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address in a comment or email to me I won't be able to link it up)

Scrapbook Saturday # 39 - My Getaway

Welcome to my little spot on the blogsphere for first Scrapbook Saturday post in August of 2014. 

This time I caught a picture of the spa and pool at the resort I stayed in last year at a crop weekend I planned for myself. I needed some time away from the family and we had some points we had to use for our time share so viola! I decide to take only myself ( for the first time ever) on vacation for the weekend. I packed up my cropping supplies and my sister and I headed for the resort. 

lol...it rained all weekend so good thing I was making it a scrapbooking weekend. I got lots done but I did find time to go to the pool and jacuzzi. They even had an indoor water slide which you can see in the background that led to the big pool.

If your visiting please consider following me. When you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on my next Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. You'll then be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address in a comment or email it to me I won't be able to link it up)

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Now it's your turn...go make something beautiful!

Feature Friday 8/7/2014

Welcome to this week's Feature Friday. Let's welcome some new friends 

Howdy and a BIG "Shout Outs" to all this week's new followers!

Rachelle @ Scrapping 4 fun Challenge Blog

Now onto my Feature Favs!

Julia @ Paper and Scraps Creations
I just love the combination of colors in this card.
The image just pops and coordinates so well with the embellishments.
Make sure to go on over and check out some of Julias other projects.


&

Diane @ 1CardCreator
I love the vinetage feel of this card. The image is so striking
and it's all done with a click of a mouse.
She has all the instructions on her blog post so if you want to know
 more go on over and visit her blog

These are works of art created by my blog followers. 

Just another reason why you should become a follower of all things beautiful if you haven't yet. You could be my next Feature Favorite with your blog and project showcased right here on all things beautiful!

I hope you have a fabulous weekend and now it's your turn to make something beautiful!

UMT # 42 -Banner Bash

Welcome to my newest Using My Tools post. So for new friends and visitors Using My Tools posts are crafty creations where I pull something out of my stash that at one time, I thought I just "HAD" to have and finally use it. This time it's my banner punch from Stampin' Up and in one of the cards an SVGCusts file for the pop-up sentiment. I actually got this punch free from an order I place in March and I was so excited to receive it but hadn't put it to work yet. Well. I recently saw a card on Pinterest here with lots of banners and I was inspired!

I was so inspired I made two cards. I really should do this more often because it takes so long to design and making the second card took much less time once I had all the pieces ready to go.

I added some stitching to the border punch to add some texture. The decorative button I had in my stash and anytime I pull a decorative element out of my stash like a button, charm or brad it's usually been a while since I've used them.

I used embroidery floss to tie all the banners together.

Here's the sentiment pop-up. I'm sent the horizontal card to the gals at work for sending me well wishes and cards during my medical leave for my knee surgery.

I hope you've enjoyed my latest Using My Tools post and are inspired to use some of your tools, paper or embellishments that have gone long neglected.

Products:
SVGCuts - Premium Pop Up Cards
MME 6x6 Paper Pad
EK Success Punch-Binding Edge 
Ek Success Punch - Zig Zag
Elegant Edges Crucut Cartridge- Scalloped Circle
Cricut Embossing Folder- Swiss Dots
Button by Recollections
Black and White flower embellishment by SandyLion

If your visiting please consider following me. When you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on my next Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. You'll then be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

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 Take care and go make something beautiful....

GDT- Let Your Light Shine

Welcome back and Happy Monday! This is my first day back to work after a long recovery from knee surgery so things are a little hectic but I want to be sure I shared with you my last Design Team creation on Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog. You can find the blog here. For this post it's an Anything Goes. I seem to be in a nautical kick lately. I've recently bought some stamps with some lighthouses from My Favorite Things and Hero Arts. The sentiment on this card is from my MFT stamp set.  So I couldn't help but make a lighthouse card using my Life's A Beach Cricut Cartridge!

Here it is...

The entire card is made from Life's A Beach. I also added some embossing from a Divine Swirls a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder.

Hope you enjoyed my Card and make sure to pull out some of your cartridges and make a fun card. oh, and make sure to mail it to someone. Sometimes I get in the habit of making beautiful cards and not mailing them out. This one is already in the hands of the receiver. I mailed this one out to my mother. She loves all things from the sea so I knew she'd really love this one!

Take care and I hope you have a wonderful week! 

If your visiting please consider following me. When you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on my next Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. You'll then be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

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Creative Encouragement - Craft Store Icecream

Hello and Happy Sunday!

We've all heard about doing an act of kindness for someone else just to brighten our world and even our own day! A pay it forward sort of thing. I got the idea for my creative encouragement endeavour from Art Abandonment.  At least once a month I'm going to post my latest act of creative encouragement. You can find more about these posts under my post page.

Here's my latest act of random encouragement.

For all those cardmakers out there. I hope you join me with leaving a little Creative Encouragement and send me an email with a picture of where you left your card. 

If you have any questions on how I do it or if you'd like the word document I made for the tags feel free to email me using the contact form on the right.

Have a fabulous Sunday and go make something beautiful!