Circle Mania, T-shirt and Calling Card

Hello everyone, it's Danita from danitasdesigns.

This month has and is going to be just crazy for me. I have a crop every weekend up until Thanksgiving and even one after that. Whew!!! There was not much crafty time for me to come up with projects other than what I did for the crops, so I'll share them with you.

I attended a crop last weekend at a friends house where I was able to get 30 card bases ready for Operation Write Home, (OWH) cards for soldiers. This may not sound like much, but those who know me now I never do ANYTHING at crops other than socialize!!!

This weekend I am attending a 3 day crop called Circle Mania. It's a huge semi annual event hosted by Paulette Trent (Scrapalette) in Alpharetta, Ga.  Crafters from all over attend. Provo Craft(the makers of Cricut/Cuttlebug) came last year bearing gifts and is schedule to attend this year as well. They are providing us with lunch on Saturday and bringing a special guest!!!  I can't wait to see who it is!!  We always have a lot of fun and leave with a lot of gifts and crop bags!!!  I will post more pictures throughout the coming weeks. Also, the Maniacs always turn in cards for OWH. Our goal is 1000 cards, so far I have 70 made. Be sure to click on the links to get more information about the events I mentioned above. OWH is great for those you who like to make cards and it serves a great purpose. Check out the link.

Okay, lets start with the calling card. It is a 3"x3" trading card for crafters. It usually has a theme, and you make a card for however many are attending the crop, in this case 50. Here's mine for mania:

I use the Crafty Girl Stamp, scaned it into my Silhouette software (ya, I know, not Cricut) and colored it. Normally I would use my Copics, but this was 50 cards!!! The actual size of the girl is 2.50 inches!!! I also did the Chevron background with my software.

Here's a close up shot.

I put my name on the craft bag and I made my Cuttlebug the new Anna Griffin one! See all the supplies in the bag?? Every little thing was colored in the Silhouette software!!

 

I try to make a gift for each Mania event I attend.  This time I made a charger. It's not clear whether or not this will be a give-away or a hostess gift. So far none of my gifts have made it to give-ways!!!  lol.

 

 

I also made "me" a matching T-shirt with my heat press.

Here's both together

Here's the back of the shirt

Thanks for looking and be sure to check back soon as I will be posting more pictures from Mania and my other upcoming crops.

 

 

Merry and Bright!

Hi Everyone...it's Sonya from Sonya's Paper Trail today and I'm sharing a holiday greeting card today.  I have a lot of holiday cards yet to make so I'm making cards in "bulk".  When I make cards like this, I like to do them in multiples of six.  It's enough to quickly build up a supply, but not so many that I get tired of making that design.  Here's the card I would like to share with you all today:

 

Want in on a little secret?  

Everything on this card is really, really old!  The papers are from a DCWV stack from several years ago.  The papers were not meant to coordinate, but I love the striped paper against the polka dotted blue paper.  The stamped image was a RAK I received from a friend on the Cricut message board a couple of years ago.  I colored it with my Copic Markers and added some Stickles for the snowy effect.  The snowflake brad is also rather vintage!  And the little sentiment is from My Craft Spot.  I used my Cricut for the shape I stamped on, as well as the little tag.  The cartridges were Storybook and George and Basic Shapes.  

 

Here's a close up of my coloring for you.  Oh how I love snowmen!!

I hope I have inspired you to look at your crafty supplies to find some treasures that you may have been holding onto for awhile.  I know one of my goals in 2014 is going to be to use more of what is already in my craft room.  Want to join me in that challenge?!

Have a super day!

Hugs,

Sonya

Matchbook Gift Card Holder

Hi everyone.

Its Carol here from http://happyexpressions.blogspot.com and I am a guest designer at She's a Sassy Lady  blog this week. Thanks for having me join you this week Sheila.

I am in need of 2 gift cards for a couple of friends. One is turning 70 and the other 60. It always seems to be a bit more difficult to make men cards. I checked out you tube and came across this really cute gift card holder using the SU envelope punch board. It looks like a matchbook card. Here is the link to her you-tube video.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvhXT1elFe4 

I have the we are memory keepers envelope board and it is the same as the SU. I followed the instructions in the video and decorated it more manly. I used colorbox for the card base. The DSP is from Recollections fall stack that was on sale at Micheal's for $5. 87. It has a lot of designs that I thought would be great for the men in our lives. It also works great for envelopes to match your cards.

 The White piece for the image and the inside are SU white. I wanted vanilla but got it together and realized it wasn't vanilla. It looks fine so the other one will have the vanilla. The stamp set is Autumn Days by SU. I find it a great for men designs.  The happy birthday is also from SU. The ink used is more mustard, mostly grey and suede. old olive and artichoke markers. I did faux stitching around the image and layered it with the left over from the card base. I then added 4 brads to the image. I hope you like it and have learned something new. 

Thanks for stopping by, happy creating!

5 Christmas Cards And Mail Call For Prizes

Good Day! I hope all is well with you and your family today. I have been super busy working of my Christmas cards and with the addition of these 5 cards I now have 5 completed... only 70 more to go! Join me today as I share with you card 2 of the Close To My Heart Frosted Workshop On the Go Card kit. This was just so much fun, I just know I will be doing more of these kits.

Now wasn't that easy and we go to spend a little time together. I can't wait to get my new CutterPillar Pro I think it will help me with exact cuts in the future. I love my cutter now but it is hard for small cuts.

Here is a photo of the front of the card.

This is a close up of the second generation stamping. Isn't it awesome..... it is like it doubles the number of colors you already own.

Well I am done with this batch and must run because I have 5 more cards cut and ready to put together!

 

 

I Challenge You to ENTER this contest and have the opportunity to win one of these great prizes! You could win the Seasons Tweetings Gift bag Kit or a set of 3 Collector Stamps that were only available in the month of September! Don't you just love Close To My Heart Stamps? Well all you have to do is mail me a Christmas Card!!! Mail it by November 15th and the winners will be announced Saturday morning November 30th. Just mail your entry to:

Sheila McShea - Mail Call

3005 Stonecreek Trace

Helena, AL 35080

 

Make sure your name and address is on the envelope. I will make a video showing off all the beautiful cards so be sure to also include your blog address so I can direct people to your blog! So hurry up and get those entries in. Enter as many cards as you want. There will be 2 winners.

 

Thank you for spending your time with me today. I hope you enjoyed today's post and will enter our little contest. Thank you for your sweet sweet words of encouragement. Your comment inspire me to continue sharing with you. Have a blessed week.

Mail Call For Prizes Along With Fast, Easy Christmas Cards

It's that time of the year again where we start making our Christmas cards and this year I am starting early.  Last year I bought all kinds of papers and never put then together. This year I am on top of things as I purchased the Close To My Heart Frosted Workshop on the go for only $24.95 and got everything I need to make 15 cards. I had paper left over and have a wonderful stamp set that I can use for years to com. Join me today as I put together this quick and easy kit from close to my heart. I made all 5 cards in around 45 minutes and that is great for the quality of the card.

Now wasn't that easy and this was only the 1st card in the set, I have 2 more sets of 5 to go.

Here is a close up of the front of the card, isn't it beautiful? And the great news is each card although mass produced is just a little bit different but all are beautiful.

 

 

This is the inside of the card I used the Polar Bear On Ice set and it works perfect for the inside of my card.

 

 

I Challenge You to ENTER this contest and have the opportunity to win one of these great prizes! You could win the Seasons Tweetings Gift bag Kit or a set of 3 Collector Stamps that were only available in the month of September! Don't you just love Close To My Heart Stamps? Well all you have to do is mail me a Christmas Card!!! Mail it by November 15th and the winners will be announced Saturday morning November 30th. Just mail your entry to:

Sheila McShea - Mail Call

3005 Stonecreek Trace

Helena, AL 35080

Make sure your name and address is on the envelope. I will make a video showing off all the beautiful cards so be sure to also include your blog address so I can direct people to your blog! So hurry up and get those entries in. Enter as many cards as you want. There will be 2 winners.

 

Thank you for spending your time with me today. I hope you enjoyed today's post and will enter our little contest. Thank you for your sweet sweet words of encouragement. Your comment inspire me to continue sharing with you. Have a blessed week.

Scarecrow Sassy

This is Pam  from TheBugBytes and Papillon Digital Designs today on She's a SassyLady.
Thanks Sheila for having me as one of your DT.
Today I want to share with you one of the cards I made for Sassy Progressive challenge at Paprecraft Planet with the image Scarecrow Sassy. This is free on request on the challenge link at papercraft planet till the challenge runs.

I have used Anja LR0236 die which can be got from here http://dutchpapercrafts.blogspot.com/2013/01/marianne-creatables-lr0235-lr0239.html

The webs are from paper trey ink dies.

Yes I am using my washi :)

Thanks Sassy for having me here.