Christmas Cardinal - Acrylic Embossing

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

Today I am sharing a Christmas card that was made for a special friend! Now that she has received the card, I am able to make the post. I am showcasing features similar to a previous card that I posted last year here. 

The card is 5" x 6 1/2" and is inspired by the pretty sketch at Card Patterns. Designer paper is Martha Stewart Holidays that was purchased last Christmas.

Cricut Cartridges:

Winter Woodland - Page 59 Bird is cut 2 1/2". Red glitter paper is also from the Martha Stewart Holidays pack.

Joys of the Season -  Page 69 Holly and Berries

Cuttlebug:

The embossed acrylic background is a piece of Cricut cartridge packaging. It is embossed with the Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls folder.

Other supplies include Christmas Red Stickles on the berries and Martha Stewart punch. Inking is Dew Drop Versa Magic Gingerbread. Christmas sentiment is Holiday Time Crystal Sticker. I hand cut a piece of the red glitter paper to run through the openings.

Challenges:

Card Patterns - Sketch 146

Little Scrap Pieces - Winter - Holiday

Simply Create Too - Ch 2 Embossing

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas

Passionately Artistic - Linking Party
Robin's Creative Cottage - Link Up Party

Hope you enjoy my card!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Fantabulous Cricut Ch. 90 Rolling in Ribbon

Welcome to Glenda's Cards! Thanks for stopping by today!

It is time for another fun challenge at Fantabulous Cricut! This week we are Rolling in Ribbon! We are asked to use ribbon somewhere on the project plus the Cricut cut.

Cricut Cartridges:

Joys of the Season -- The pretty double-sided paper is from K&Company Yuletide (last years's paper pad). I chose the Ribbon Frame card feature on page 65 and using Cricut Craft Room the paper was cut at 5 1/2" using the relative feature. The cut size folds to be a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card.

The ribbon frame was cut in green and the layer image was cut in red at 3" to fit the front cutout of the card. I hand cut the beige oval to fit the opening and it was embossed with Cuttlebug Allergo folder. The card opening is backed with a piece of vellum.

Page 77- Peace was cut at .75" using the main image from a gold shimmer paper and the shadow from red paper.

Christmas/Noel - Candle and candle holder. Oops, I failed to record the size! Candle is pop-dotted on the embossed mat

I made the bow from The Paper Studio Glitter Velvet Red Ribbon. It is pop-dotted on the card. Christmas Red Stickles was used for the holly berries.

Hope your enjoy my card and are inspired to join our challenge this week. Be sure to visit Fantabulous Cricut to see all the great projects by the design team. Remember you must include ribbon and a Cricut cut on your project. We look forward to seeing your pretty projects!

Challenges:

Little Scrap Pieces - Winter Holiday

Cooking with Cricut - Ch. 63 Sounds of the Season

My Sheri Crafts Ch. 75 Let It Snow

Hi and Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

Today begins a new challenge at My Sheri Crafts with "Let It Snow"! This is the last challenge of the year and we have a fun theme! We are asked to create a card/project with a snow or snowflake theme. We do not have snow very often in my area so I really got carried away with the snowflake theme! My card was cut at 6 3/4" x 10" from Colorbox white cardstock. I used the Martha Stewart Aspen Snowflake Punch Around The Page punches to achieve the snowflake edges on my card.
The snowflake mat is cut from Deja Views Fair Isle Christmas at 4" x 51/4".

Cricut Cartridge:
Winter Lace - The snowflake "Hearts" is the second image on the first row. It was cut using the Cricut Craft Room at 3". I thought the hearts on this image were so pretty. It does take awhile for the Cricut to cut out the snowflakes.

I am sharing a couple more similar cards but with a different snowflake cut. Did I say that I am loving this cartridge! For a little extra bling, I added a red gemstone in the center of each snowflake. The snowflake is pop-dotted on the mat.
The handmade sentiment stickers are Holiday Time which were purchased during an after Christmas sale last year.

Hope you enjoy my cards and are inspired to play along with us at My Sheri Crafts! Be sure to visit the design team members to see the lovely projects they have created!  Now we would love to see your projects for this theme "Snow or Snowflakes"! Deadline to enter is midnight CST Friday, Dec. 23. Remember the chosen winner will be the next guest designer and several Ooh La La awards are awarded!

 We will be back in January 2012 with more fun and inspiring challenges!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Challenges: Celebrate the Occasion - Ch. 42 Christmas -no green (Card in first photo)

Make A Wish Birthday Card - Flower Shoppe

Welcome to Glenda's Cards and thank you for stopping by today!

My white card is 5" x 6 1/2' and is layered with a 4 3/4" x 6 1/4" patterned paper from ColorBok. I like the vintage look of the papers in this pack. Sometimes the paper is so pretty that it can stand alone, but I do enjoy adding Cricut cuts to make it more personal.

I am enjoying the Cricut Flower Shoppe cartridge. I thought I would check out You Tube to get more ideas and was pleased to see that Kimberly at My Craft Spot has some great videos sharing techniques of making flowers with the Flower Shoppe cartridge. To see her videos, look for Sentimental Scrapper.

I was inspired by the crumpled flower by Kimberly. I used Scallop 4 on page 13 and cut two of the images. I worked in the Cricut Craft Room--think the flower was 2.5 and 2.25. The center is Basic 4 on page 12 cut at 2.5. I get carried away in the CCR and forget to write down the actual sizes. I spritzed the cut papers with water, crumpled, and let dry. Edges are slightly inked. The layers are glued together and pop-dotted on the mat. This is my first try spraying water on a flower but I am pleased with the results of the flower. I will be making more!

Cricut Cartridges:

Flower Shoppe - Flower Scallop 4

Elegant Edges - Eyelet 3 page 68 --Oblong image cut at 3.00w x 3.861 h. It is embossed with the Cuttlebug Script folder. Small pearls are glued in the centers.

Birthday Bash -  Phrase "Make a Wish" on Page 52 cut 1.833w x .472h. I love the banner look on the paper and thought that was a great place for the sentiment!

Hope you enjoy my card!

Challenge:

Birthday Sundaes-- Birthday card with birthday sentiment on front

Fantabulous Cricut Ch 88 - Holiday Cards

Welcome to Glenda's Cards! It is time for another fun challenge at Fantabulous Cricut! This week we are thinking Holiday cards. Can you believe that Christmas holidays will soon be here! If you have not started on your holiday cards, this challenge is for you!

I am happy to share a lovely embellishment from our sponsor Creative Charms with you! Be sure to visit their site and see all the gorgeous embellishments! They have beautiful brads, charms, ribbons, and embellishments for scrapbooking and card making. Thank you Creative Charms for being our sponsor this week at FCCB and for letting me share your product.

My card is 6 1/2" x 5" and is layered with a pretty K&Company SW Glad Tidings paper. I love the Musical Notes/Noel embellishment from Creative Charms and I wanted to continue the musical theme of Glad Tidings! What better way to do that than with the angel from Cricut Christmas Noel. I think this is a very pretty angel and I am happy to use this image for the first time. I am singing The First Noel the Angels did say! Such wonderful news!

I pop-dotted the angel on a double mat cut using Cricut Lacy Labels Asian image. This is the fifth image on the first row. The K&Company patterned paper for the mat is run through the Cuttlebug using the Allergo folder.

I am happy with this card and hope you enjoy it!

Be sure to visit FCCB and see all the lovely cards by the design team. We appreciate when you visit our blogs and leave comments. Now it is your turn to share your Holiday cards with us. As always, you must include a Cricut cut. You have until midnight Sunday Dec. 4th to submit.