Last Minute Holiday Cards

HI everyone.  I made a 3 more quick cards, rec'd some from friends and wanted to send some love back.  The items used to make the cards came from a Deb over at Society of Stampaholics , I won a challenge and the package included a ton of cool goodies to make cards with, Thanks Deborah!  Here are the cards, I made with them all in less than 30 minutes total....... The green and red background on the 1st  card was done with brusho powders on card stock.  Love my brusho powders!  


                Stamps used are from Stamp of Approval set, love these too.

     

        Gold Snowflakes are dies from Stamp of Approval set also.....

OK so that's it for me today.  House cleaning and Pet Sitting are calling my name.  Thanks for popping by and looking.  Have a fabulous day!

Until Next Time

Tootles

2 last minute cards

Hi I want to share 2 last minute cards I made yesterday.  One is for my Mom, I know I made one already for her, but I gave it to her b/c she was down in the dumps and she loved it.  So made another for her to open on Christmas Morning....And a Sexy Santa one for My Hubby.........

 

 So there you have it....  I found a Sizzix die in my stash that I got at Convention and never even opened it so that's the one I used to make DH's card.   He will be surprised b/c I never make "Sexy" Cards ever!   Hope he likes it....

Well off to finish picking up the house and freshen up the guest room so my Mom can stay with us with her adorable little dog Christmas Eve Day and Christmas Day.  Hope every one is having a wonderful Holiday Season.  Hugs and love to all of you!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Until next time

Tootles

Card for my Mom

Hi just popping in real quick with a card I made for my Mom for Christmas.  I have been so busy with something that I will be telling you all about in 2016.  But had to share this.  The stamps, snowflakes are from Stamp of approval set form Stamp Nation.  And the glittery snowflakes are punches.  Did it in blues cause that's Mom's favorite color........ Hoping she will love it.
Here it is......

 

I am also entering this in the Stamp Nation contest to win Next Months kit free.  Wish me luck! 

Until Nest Time,

Tootles

Shake, Shake, Shake :)

Hi friends and a very happy Sunday to you all.  It's a beautiful day here, hot and sunny. Weather man is calling for 99 and sunny for the coming week, I love it!   So now for some crafty goodness.  I decided after seeing some really cool shaker cards that I was going to have to try one of these.  I know, I know been making cards for so many years and never attempted one of these shaker cards.  Well after a few hours of watching videos and searching Pinterest. I decided it was time to give it a go.  I used a Sizzix stamp (flowers), I colored on some gelotos  sprayed with water and moved it around with a small paint brush then let it dry and stamped the image.  Set it aside.  Then I die cut the Spellbinder die that best fit to show the image.  I used a piece of foam and traced the die shape , hand cut it out to fit the outside edge of die cut.  Foam was a bit to thick for my liking would use fun foam next time.   Attached clear film to back  prior to adding foam then added some seed beads and sequins.  Then when all was set up enough I attached to the card base and added some flowers that I had in my stash.  This card is for a sweet older lady who will be 103 end of next week.  Hoping she will like it.  I am kinda happy with it, will change the foam type used for sure next time, so I can die cut it too, the foam I had on had was way to thick to die cut, live and learn I guess......Here is the card:

Please let me know what you think and if you would of done anything different, I am still learning how to make these pretty Shaker Cards, they are fun to make! Thanks for popping by and have a fun Sunday.

I am entering this card in the following challenge:

Glitter and Sparkle - Use Something that starts with B 

I used BEADS....

Until next time
Tootles

Accordian Card, my 1st one

Hello crafty peeps.  I ran over to my Mom's and used her camera to snap a picture of this accordian card I made for my niece's up coming birthday.  I have had this die form Elizabeth Craft for almost a year and decided it was time to put it to use.  I used outline sticker on sookwang, type of dble sided tape.  Then colored them with Copics and stuck them to the card. Sentiment is from Power Poppy, love their stamps!

Did the card in my niece's favorite colors, blue, green and yellow.  Well it was fun to make and I am very happy with the end product... Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful evening.

Also entering in the following challenges:

    Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Outlaws Color Challenge - Tuesday  Color Challenge

Until next time 

Tootles

Easter is on it's way...

Well Hello everyone!  It's a gorgeous day here, going to be in the high 70's and the sun is shining bright.  I am going out to lunch then home.  But before I leave I wanted to share some more cards I made yesterday afternoon.  These are for Easter and I need 3 more yet.  So here they are:

Well that's it until I finish the other 3 that are in pieces on my craft area, what else is new right, LOL.  Have a super Saturday all.  And thanks bunches for stopping by! 

Until Next time

  Tootles

Pocket Card

Morning everyone.  I had to make a card for my card groups weekly challenge this week and the idea was to make a shaped card of a thing, not just a square or circle.  It actually had to be something.  So I have been wanting to try my hand at a pocket card. And so I decided on a flower pot pocket card.  I am very happy with the out come.  There are so many tutorials out there for this type of card.  I watched several and then just made this one from memory.  I did not add a sentiment yet, because I am not sure who the receiver will be.  Here is a link to one tutorial that was the easiest for me to follow:  Steph's Paper Crafting.

 

                                                        flower pot all together

                                                Sentiment part out of pot pocket

Steph made it very easy to make this card. If you get the chance follow the link above to the tutorial and see for your selves.  And tell her I sent you, Please.  Well that's all for today.  Thanks so very much for coming by and do leave me some love.....

Adding this card to the following Challenge(s):

Through the Craft Room Door

Until next time
Craft On

A not so perfect card.......

Happy Friday!  It's another dreary gray cloudy day here.  I have been playing around with Peel off Stickers, micro-fine glitter and Copic markers.  So far I have only made 1 that turned out the way I actually wanted it to and tossed 3 others.  So today I thought I'd share the card that I made that has a few issues, it's still an OK card, but just not as great as I would of liked.  Apparently I need a little more practice with this card technique.  Well anyways here is my not so perfect card!  

So can you see where the purple color is leaching out into the yellow?  I think maybe I used to much pressure when coloring with the copics.  It's not horrible but it could be better!  All products except the card base and black stone bling are from Elizabeth Crafts.  I love this technique, just need to practice it a bit.  Elizabeth Crafts has some cool outline stickers and their transfer sheets and dbl sided tape sheets are all very reasonable.  If you have never checked Elizabeth Crafts out, you should.  They have a great gallery and face book page with tons of pics for ideas.   I actually learned about this technique from a dear online card making Friend, Deloris. She sent me a card that was "gorjuss" earlier in the year and I have been wanting to try to make one since.   Well this was just to show that even someone who has been card making for some time has trouble sometime too, LOL

So this card was made for the Tuesday Color Challenge over at Outlawz. here is a pic of the color theme:

 At least my colors look right, even if the card is not perfect, LOL!

This card is being entered in the following Challenge(s):

             Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge  

It definitely will not win, but just had to share it anyway..... :)
Have a fun weekend.

Until next time,
Bye by

Another new technique I learned.....

Hello all.  I just have to share with you a new technique I learned this week from another online card making friend.  I really had fun with this one.  It's called Burnished Micro Glitter, maybe you've heard of it or even tried it, but I had not. And I just had to try it out.  

First a Tip: It's tricky when you first start...try not to touch the sticky stuff on the Sookwang paper

use the covering paper that says Sookwang to hold your sheet while attaching sticker

 

You start by cutting card stock to the card size you want.  Then you attach your card stock to one side of the sticky Sookwang. Then remove the sticker from it's backing...carefully...and don't toss the negative as you can transfer that with transfer sheets as I showed yesterday.  Now remove the backing from the sticky side of the Sookwang, place your sticker where you want it.  Then using a coffee filter cover the entire sticky side with the sticker on with the warm highlights micro fine glitter.  You then take your finger and rub the glittter into all of the sticky parts and the sticker.  It will start to feel velvetty like and not rough and that will tell you it done. Then you can shake the left over glitter back into its container.  Now you color with copics or other alcohol markers.  Be careful to use a light hand when coloring and do not press hard just go lightly and carefully, the alcohol markers can bleed thru if not careful.  Takes a little practice but is oh so fun!

 

 WaLa you have a card front!  Here is the sticker image and the card:

 

 OK so now all you do is build your card.  That's all there is to it.  Fun right?  I really like this and will be doing more of this technique for sure.  You can get more info on this technique by searching You Tube for "Burnished Micro fine glitter technique" videos.  And you cane get the supplies at Elizabeth Crafts and/or Frantic Stamper, both have online stores.  I have also heard some stamp stores carry the stuff too but you will have to do your homework to find it.  Hope you enjoyed this technique b/c I sure did.

Have a great day...

Until next time.

Tootles