Bride-to-be

Posted by Roxinda-head
My daughter was invited to a Bridal Shower, so I gave her this idea for a card. It's a departure from your normal card for a bride-to-be, but I thought it was a cute idea. I can't take all the credit for the idea though, I saw it on someone's blog as an Anniversary card, and this was my version. I think she did a great job on the card, and it turned out so elegant!
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Happy Mother's Day to All!

Posted by Roxinda-head
To all the beautiful ladies out there, I made you a card for Mother's Day, and in it are my wishes for a wonderful day surrounded by those you love and cherish. ♥


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Mother's Day 2012

Posted by Roxinda-head

I created a quick Mother's Day card with a few items in my crafting arsenal.


I used a black and cream colored striped card from DCWV's La Crème assortment of cards as my base.


I took a piece of vellum to fit the A2 card (5½" x 4¼") and embossed it with "Grace's Frame" embossing folder. I adhered it to the front of the card with my Zig two way glue pen.




Next I used a piece of cream pearl cardstock from the coordinating DCWV La Crème assortment mat stack.






I used the Cricut cartridge "Fancy Frames" to cut a small 2¼" frame from the cardstock to place on top of the embossed sheet of vellum.




















I embossed the frame with a hearts and flowers folder from "Love is in the Air" Cuttlebug bundled set and used pop dots to add on top of the vellum.




Then, I took out my Cricut "Mother's Day 2010" cartridge to cut the phrase and shadow at 3" which was also adhered on top of the embossed frame with pop dots.








I used this scrap of pink paper from a DCWV mat stack to cut the phrase from the Cricut "Mother's Day 2010" cartridge.
















The finished product!


Thank you for visiting. I hope you like my card, and I hope it inspires you to make your own wonderful creations.

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Sizzix and Cuttlebug!

Posted by Roxinda-head

I received this Sizzix Hello Kitty (Kathy) Die as part of a treasure-trove of prizes as the winner in a monthly drawing from Buy4Less.webstore.com. 


They are also on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shopbuy4less.

Here is the original die on the Sizzix website:
http://www.sizzix.com/product/655789/sizzix-originals-die-kathy

I didn't think I would be able to use this cute little die cut because I don't own a Sizzix Big Shot machine...HOWEVER...my brain got to churning, and I tested it in my Cuttlebug using just two "B" plates (one under and one over) and the paper under the die...


I used some left over scraps from another project to test it out, and low and behold...it worked fantastically!


Now, I'll be looking for more deals on Sizzix dies to use in my Cuttlebug machine!
Can't wait to use my 40-50% coupons at my local craft store to get more of these wonderful die cut templates.


Thank you for allowing me to share and taking the time to look, and I hope it inspires you to make your own wonderful creations! :D

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Home-made Rub Ons

Posted by Roxinda-head
I'm sharing a technique, which I used several years ago, and had forgotten all about it until today when I came across the transparency while cleaning out a craft drawer. Transparencies are normally used in the office environment for presentations...I used mine for crafting! :D


This is a photo of a regular transparency sheet which I used to print out some nice pictures I found on the internet. Note, in order for this to work if there are words printed on the graphic, you must print in reverse, same as for t-shirt print settings.



I place the print side down on my paper, and using my score pal embossing tool, I rub the image until it transfers onto the paper.


This is a rough draft of how the transferred image will look. You can now color it in and embellish if you wish. 


I colored my image using gel pens for a glossy look...it's a bit messy, but you get the idea! You can cut it out and place it on a card, or you can transfer and rub directly onto your card stock. 

Thank you for allowing me to share and taking the time to look, and I hope it inspires you to make your own wonderful creations! :D

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Cupcake Birthday card

Posted by Roxinda-head
I made a card from a post I saw about a pop-up cupcake birthday card on this blog: http://zakkalife.blogspot.com/



Here is my finished card. I didn't use all the cupcake cutouts as the original card contains. Instead, to add my own personal touch, I embellished it with some spring flowers. I also made an envelope to fit, since it wasn't quite A2 size by using these guidelines: Scorpal envelope tutorial

To download the two-file document for your own card, follow these links.

This is the main card pdf file.

http://www.marieclaireidees.com/data/fichiers/carte%20popup%20planche%202.pdf

This is part 2 pdf file to cut all the pop-up parts.


http://www.marieclaireidees.com/data/fichiers/carte%20popup%20planche%201ok.pdf



Here is a side view (above), and the finished envelope next to my card (below).



If you'd like to follow the video tutorial (it's in French, but you get the main idea by watching), click on this link: Cupcake popup card tutorial (French)

Thank you for allowing me to share and taking the time to look, and I hope it inspires you to make your own wonderful creations! :D
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Thank you cards II

Posted by Roxinda-head
My daughter needed to make some thank you cards for her January birthday gifts she received, and came up with these simply-embellished, yet stunning cards.

She took this simple pre-printed Thank you card with silver foil print...
and added a few simple embellishments which made the cards more personalized for the recipient.



Here, she added just a simple ribbon rose, which changed the whole look of the card!


On this card, she added a die-cut package and some corner flourish stickers.


Here she added some girly stickers for that ultra feminine touch.

Thank you for taking a look and hope you enjoyed this post and that it inspires you to to create your own wonderful cards.
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Holiday Cards 2011

Posted by Roxinda-head
This year, my daughter made our Holiday cards (she's 24). Here is some of her work. Mind you, this is really only her second attempt at making embellished cards! I think they came out fantastic...of course, she had the best teacher...ME!

A cute reindeer embellishment on a snowflake card.

Here is the base card used to make the card above
with the DCWV Holiday Collection, Winter Box of Cards

and some K&Company stickers


K&Company Brenda Walton Grand Adhesions Peppermint Twist die cuts
This particular sticker set is discontinued :-(


This is another card made from the DCWV Holiday Collection, Winter Box of Cards
embellished with rhinestones and silver dots. The silver dots are from the
Stampendous line of dot sparkler stickers>

Here is how the card looks without any embellishment



A simple card embellished with a clear Santa die cut,
some red rhinestones and some holly leaves.
Here is the card before adding embellishments


Another cute reindeer card embellished with rhinestone flowers and some glitter gel.

Here is the card before being embellished


Both of the above cards are from the DCWV Christmas Box of Cards set


A simple snowflake-theme card

Here is the original card

This card was made using the DCWV Winter Box of Cards
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Martha Stewart Punches

Posted by Roxinda-head
While watching 24-Hour Craft night on HSN, I noticed a bundle of Martha Stewart Punches on special. I almost clicked my remote to order this set (via my wonderful Cable TV remote option), but luckily I didn't make that impulse purchase as I remembered that my local craft stores carry Martha's Punches. So, with my 40% and 50% coupons, I realized I could get these for at half the price their asking for on HSN.

I had plenty of coupons, unfortunately, you can only use one coupon per day. No problem...I made several trips. But, what about the extra gas used to get to the stores? Not an issue, as I stopped off at these stores on my way home from work, so no extra trip or gas used! Thus, my savings were enormous (by scrapbooking standards)!

Here is the Martha Stewart Special being offered on HSN:


Here is a look at my treasure-trove after buying the same punches with my coupons (I might have added one or two extra since I couldn't resist the savings).


I substituted the Heartbeat Pattern Punch with the Starry Sky punch (not because the Heart punch wasn't available, but because I prefer the stars).

Here is how I calculated the savings. The following punches were available with this bundle:

•Snow Flurry Punch Around The Page set (24.99) - $14.99 (40%)
•Flower Shower Punch Around The Page set ($27.99) - $16.74 (40%)
•Heartbeat Punch All Over The Page ($17.99) $10.79 (40%)
•Nordic Snowflake Punch All Over The Page ($19.99) $11.99 (40%)
•Lattice Heart Deep Edge Punch ($17.99) $10.79 (40%)
•Gifts Deep Edge Punch ($17.99) $10.79 (40%)
•Fall Leaves Edge Punch ($17.99) $10.79 (40%)
•Pumpkin Stamp and Punch Pack ($12.99) $7.79 (40%)
•Sitting Bunny Craft Punch ($9.99) $5.99 (40%)
Retail price is in parenthesis and my coupon price follows showing the discount used. Total Retail value is $167.91 – HSN price is $139.95 – Craft Store prices (with 40% off coupons = $100.75) (with 50% off coupons = $83.95).

Moral of the story; I believe you can sometimes get a better deal at your local craft store than the impulse HSN marketing that sucks you in without you realizing it. I know from experience because that's how I got my Cricut Expression machine! :D
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Mother's Day Gift

Posted by Roxinda-head
I took a vintage family photo, had my daughter "Photoshop" all the cracks and imperfections out, and made a Mother's Day gift.

I matted the photo on some DCWV cardstock.


I added some embellishments on the corners.


I put it all together in a frame I purchased from the dollar store.


This is the finished product. This gift was rather special to my Mother, as this is the one and only photograph in existence of her Father from 1925.
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