Easter Cards

Easter greetings from Adrienne at Eagle Canyon Arts.  Thanks to Sheila for my continued participation on this talented Sassy design team.

This year it was fun using the CTMH Artfully Sent cartridge (Z3017) to create this cute pop-up Bunny card for our grandchildren.  Using 12"x24" Cricut cardstock in pastel colors with the 12"x24" cutting pad helped make it easy to cut out 3 cards at once.

Selecting the papers is always a challenge for me - so many choices!

I used the bone folder - sort of - then found "eyeballing it" worked better on this project with two layers of paper.

 

Cotton Candy ink (Z2193) daubed on the edges of the bunnies and bitty glitters on the eyes completed the look.  A simple card and the children enjoyed it. 

For the grown ups, I created a more seriously themed card, using a brand new CTMH paper collection called "Blossom" (X7196B).

"His Love" stamp (B1469), Lagoon (Z2195), Sweet Leaf (Z2153), Sunset (Z2191) and New England Ivy (Z2135) inks, with Junebug Puffies (Z3038) for accents.  The lily was colored with Shin Han markers Golden Yellow - Y222 (Z2452) and Leaf Green - GY234 (Z2454).  

The scripture inside is John 3:16.  He Is Risen, Indeed. 

Blessings to all for a sacred and peaceful Easter season.

Thanksgiving Card

Happy November!!!! Can you feel the chill in the air? It's Danita from danitasdesigns.blogspot.com. This is my post for She's a Sassy Lady this month. I hope you enjoy it!

But first let us remember, Thanksgiving, is to give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness!! Let the world know what he has brought you through! Have a Blessed Thanksgiving.

I made this card using my Craftwell eBrush for the background in the oval. You can learn more about this product here on their website. I'm still very new to using the eBrush, but I am having so much fun practicing! I can't wait to try different techniques with the eBrush!

Here's a close up few of the background. I used 4 different Copic markers to create this effect.

Here is a picture of the the card stock I colored with the eBrush . I started coloring at the top with the lighter marker and then gradually added the other colors until the entire paper was covered and blended.  I made sure to place the die so that I could get all 4 colors on the oval shape. I recommend that you go ahead and color a large area of card stock so you can use the leftover piece for another project later.

Products used:    Copic Markers 

                          Ebrush

                          Spellbinders Large Oval die

                          Anna Griffin Foundry Embossing folder

                          Colorbok Pearlescent Paper

                          Stampin Up Trust God Stamp

                          CTMH Treasures Stamp

Thanks for stopping by!

Summer Birthdays

Happy Birthday!

Howdy!  Adrienne Kirkey here from Eagle Canyon Arts.  Thanks to Sheila for having me as guest designer today.

Summer birthdays are always fun.  this year I made cards for the grandchildren using my Cricut machine with "Tinkerbell and Friends" and "Cars" cartridge layers.  I made two of each card so I have a "spare".  Using my Gypsy to lay out the different layers, I was able to get many of them on to one 12"x12" Cricut cutting mat.

Ready to cut Tinkerbell layers!

Oops - can you tell which one is "cross-eyed"?

Love the little Teddy Bear!

The inside sentiment is CTMH "Teddy Bear Birthday" (A1143) Happy summer time to everyone.  Hope you enjoy this project.  If you have any questions, drop me a note.
       
Matthew 7:1-12

Happy Christmas: April Christmas Card Inspiration

Hi everyone!  It's Sonya here today from Sonya's Paper Trail....is anyone making holiday cards all year long like I am?  This is my second year of spreading the holiday card making process out throughout the year and I enjoy it so much more than being flooded with card making at an already busy time of the year.  The card I have to share with you today is one of my favorites so far! 

Check it out:

 

Once again, this is a card design that could very easily be repeated over and over--and it uses up some scraps!  The paper I used is Echo Park Tis The Season.  It's become one of my favorite lines of holiday paper and I'm not wasting any scraps of it.

 

I had to show you the glitter "berries" I added to the grapevine wreath.  I simply added some dots of Stickles for some added shine.  

Materials used on this card:

Cardstock - SU

Patterned Paper - Echo Park

Remarkable Wreath Stamps - CTMH

Sentiment stamp - My Craft Spot "MistleToe"

Inks - SU

Other - Stickles

Die Cut Doily Shape - Silhouette Online Store

I hope you have a great day!  Thanks for joining us here at She's a Sassy Lady!

Thankful Cards

Hello everyone and welcome to the 2nd Thursday of September! It's Java Jen from JAVA JEN CREATIONS here taking my monthly turn to share with everyone here and over at CRICUT IS CLOSE TO MY HEART!  Thank you again, Sheila, for this opportunity!

Today I chose to make a great pocket and tags combo that is on the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge. If you don't already have a CTMH consultant that you purchase from, you are welcome to click HERE to visit my site and place an order for this amazing cartridge and so many other goodies!

Here is my finished project:

You can find this pocket and tags on page 25 of the cartridge booklet.

To make this project the size that will work with the coordinating stamp sets, you need to size the pocket at 7.5"H.  Adhere a wide strip of ribbon around the pocket after it is assembled, leaving the seam in the front. It gets covered up with a label.

Cut the tags at 3.5"H and if you have the coordinating stamp set - stamp the borders on them. This stamp set is S1109 which was the September 2011 SOTM called Limited Edition.

The sentiment stamps are from ABOVE RUBIES STUDIO.  I added some ribbon to make the tags pop! :-)

Next, make the label for the front. The label and layer is found on page 55 of the cartridge booklet. it is cut at 1.25"H.  I stamped it with a stamp from the Limited Edition set.

Adhere the label with pop dots on top of the ribbon on the front.

Time to put it all together!

 I'm thinking this will make a great gift for someone who needs an encouraging word or two or three!

Thanks for stopping by today!

JAVA JEN