Thinking of You!

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

Today I am sharing a "Thinking of you" card that may brighten someone's day! The card is cut from white Colorbok cardstock and measures 5" x 7" folded. My pretty patterned K&Company papers are left over from previous projects. I like to work with patterned papers and combine as many as I can on a project. I frayed and inked the background papers.

Cricut Cartridges:
Cindy Loo - Sentiment "Thinking of you" cut  2.41"w  x 1.27"h

Elegant Edges - White and pink oval mats cut 4"h.

Kate's ABC's - Mason Jar cut 2.4"h. This image has several butterflies included, but I edited the image cut so I could have only the jar. I used the blue paper and topped it with the pretty floral paper and added a little heart to the jar. Finishing touch is the twine bow.

Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots on the white mat

Other supplies include an eyelet lace with pink ribbon woven through it, pearls, and a pretty Spare Parts pink paper flower.

Challenges:

CardzTV - Ribbon

My Time to Craft - Ch. 280  Lace 

Simply Create Too - Ch.79 Anything goes

The Shabby Tea Room - Ch. 246 Mason Jar Love

Thanks for your visits and comments!

My Sheri Crafts - Ch 78 Love is in the Air

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

Thanks for stopping by today and also a big Thank You to my new followers!

It is Saturday and time for another fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts! Design team member Sarah has chosen the theme for Challenge 78. It is "Love Is In the Air". In addition to Valentine's Day coming up, Sarah reminded us that February is Heart month. Sarah's theme is Love your Valentine, love your Heart and let's see at least two Hearts on your project!

Yes, Valentine's Day will soon be here!  Are you finished with all your cards? This may be perfect challenge to create that special card! For my special card, I tried another unique card style called Double Dutch Fold. I have a list with card styles to try and thought this style would be a great Valentine card! I found the tutorial at SplitCoastStampers.

The card started with a piece of 4 3/16" x 9" rosy pink cardstock. For the dutch fold bottom, I used a 2" x 8 1/2" piece of the same cardstock. My pretty double-sided patterned papers are K&Company Kelly Panacci Designer Paper pad. This is a good card style to make use of small left over papers.

Cricut Cartridges:

Love Struck - The couple image is the third image on the top row and the shadow cut is the third image on the second row. Image was cut at 3 1/2".

On the inside of the card, Love is the second image on the last row. It is cut 1.75".

I hand cut the small hearts that you see on the front of the card from tiny scraps of papers.

Other supplies include Martha Stewart inking and Recollections pearls on the heart. Sentiment stamp is a dollar stamp from Michael's. Martha Stewart Daisy corner punch was used on the corners of the white paper.

Inside view of card

Be sure to visit My Sheri Crafts and see the lovely projects by the design team and this week's guest designer! We appreciate you visiting our blogs and leaving comments! Now it is turn to play along with us. Just follow the theme and be sure to include at least 2 hearts. One person will be chosen to be the next guest designer and several Ooh La La awards are presented. Deadline for entering is Friday Feb. 17. We look forward to seeing your pretty projects!

Challenges:

Cricut Cardz Challenge -  Ch 101 - Be My Valentine -any cartridge, any colors

CardzTV - Ch. 5 Tickled Pink - Use Pink as primary color

More Than Favors -Wacky Wednesday #64 - Love- Any project as long as it has a Love theme.
Little Scrap Pieces - Use Pink

Hope you enjoy my first try at this card style! Your comments are always appreciated!

Spring Birthday Card

Card is 6 1/2 x 5. It is white cardstock and I covered the base with a pretty spring looking patterned paper. Martha Stewart Layered Arches punch was used on the lower edge of the paper. I placed a small piece of green paper under the punched edge.

Needing a Spring birthday card, I used the Cuttlebug Happy Birthday embossing folder on the pink mat. Then I run the white mat through the same Cuttlebug folder trying to line it up with the words on the pink mat. I am pleased with the results of the embossing.

Cartridges:

Walk In My Garden - Rose cut  3 inches

Lacy Labels - White and Green mats cut at 4 inches. This is the last key on the keypad called "Hugs". I only used the mat cuts.

Home Accents - "Corner 1" cut 1 1/2 inches. Two of the cuts were cut using the flip function on my Expression.

Wild Card - inside sentiment - "Love and Joy to you" cut at 7 inches. Was unable to load the photo of the inside.

Martha Stewart inking, MS bow, and buttons in the corners complete the card.

Challenges:

My Sheri Crafts - #50 Spring

Creative Sisters Monday Challenge - #4 Punches

Die Cuttin' Divas - #7  Spring - gardening cut

Cricut Cardz Challenge - card for Spring - pink, green and white only

Fantabulous Cricut - Spring

Birthday Sundaes -- Spring Birthday

I will add this card to the Linking party going on at Passionately Artistic.

Silk Ribbon Flowers/ Recessed Window Card

I am so excited to post a new card. It has been awhile! Thanks friends for bearing with me as I have been adding some of my older cards to my blog.

Wanting to enter a project at My Sheri's Crafts this week had me considering what could I do with stitching. The challenge is stitch something on your project- it can be real or faux and manuel or machine. I love both cross-stitch and ribbon embroidery and have done many projects as my walls are loaded with cross-stitched framed pieces. Knowing I would not have time to finish a cross-stitch project in two days, I am incorporating silk ribbon embroidery on my card. Stitches include decorative spider web rose,  ribbon stitch, lazy daisy, decorative lazy daisy, and split stitch. I am really pleased with my little bouquet!

I followed a great tutorial at Split Coast Stampers for making a recessed window card. I needed a way to mount my stitched piece. This is my first try making this window, but I will probably do this again. My piece of paper was cut 5 1/4 x 10 3/4, scoring at 5 1/4 and again at 5 1/2 as instructed in the video. The two scoring lines make a little spine to allow the card to lay flat.

Rather than making a frame for the entire front of card, I chose a frame from Cricut Lite Lovely Floral cartridge, cutting one frame at 3 1/2 inches from K&Company paper and the same frame again at 3 3/4 inches from a glitter page of My Mind's Eye Home Glitter Book.

The butterfly is also cut from Lovely Floral at 1 1/2 inch for all the cuts. Flowers were cut from Plantin Schoolbook using  1 1/4, 1, and 3/4 inches. Pearls, gemstones on butterfly, ribbon and lace are from my treasure chest.

Cricut cartridges: Lovely Floral, Plantin Schoolbook

Paper: K&Company double sided paper, My Mind's Eye Glitter Book
Martha Stewart: Ink, Scoring board

I will enter this card in following challenges.

My Sheri Crafts    ---      Stitching
Cricut Cardz Challenge - #46 Anything Goes
Paper Cutz Challenge -   #63 Anything Goes
The ABC Challenge -     F - Flowers
Cooking with Cricut -     Love - Things you love or people you love...  This card has many techniques on it - I love making something with ribbon embroidery.


Hope you enjoy the card! I appreciate your comments.

Pink, green, brown / Vellum overlay

Another card  made using one of RAQ's Challenge sketches for week 8/18-8/25 2010. I enjoy working with these beautiful sketches and these great ladies!!

Cartridges: 
Storybook- page 38 - paper circle cut 3 1/2 inch and vellum circle 3 inch
Plantin Schoolbook- Flowers cut 1 3/4, 1 1/2, 1 1/4 and layered. Button tied with pearl cotton thread.
MS Doily Lace Trim Punch
Sentiment is a rub-on.

Challenges were cricutcardzchallenge. Challenge #38 - Anything Goes
 Ad Inspiration Challenge  - Challenge #72--pink, green and brown.

Thanks for visiting and I appreciate your comments!