My Collection of 3" x 3" Cards from the Swap

Hello Saturday!

I went to my Crop Night, last night, and we exchanged our 3 x 3 cards & envelopes for the swap. First let me say...WOW!!!...these are some talented and creative ladies! Each card was unique and wonderful and it was so interesting to see how each lady incorporated her talents into her works of art. Our organizer, and one of the participants, made each of us a handmade box with a belly band to hold all ten of our tiny cards. How awesome and sweet is that?!!

So let me show you my collection...

This is the top of the handmade box our organizer, Jodie, made for us. Each box was decorated differently and we got to choose which one we wanted. This is the box I choose.

A close up of the decorated belly band. Do you see the darling little blue bird? All of the detail in each flower with the addition of gems and buttons...ADORABLE!

The 'Bee' card was done by Melissa. The bee has glittered wings and is popped off the card with dimensional adhesive. It sits on top of a honeycomb die-cut (she must let me know where she got that die!) and has a black & white twine buzz trail. Her envelope was air-brushed with a honeycomb pattern.

The beautiful 'Floral' card was done by our organizer Jodie. She stamped and embossed the design with gold embossing powder and filled in the stamped image with Twinkling H2O's, using a thin brush, then tied with a ribbon. She added a gold filigree image to her envelope.

The cute 'Crab' card was done by Elizabeth. The adorable lobster has tiny 'googlie' eyes and the water behind him is a blue shimmery paper. Her envelope is adorned with two sea plants.

The pretty 'Thank You' card was made by Brenda. She added ribbon and a cute daisy with a 3D little bee sitting on top. Her envelope was lined with matching paper.

The wonderful 'Just a  Note' card was made by Andrea. She used cream/black/white themed paper and added a matching silk flower made by layering three flowers held together with a brad. Her envelope was handmade with white textured paper.

The awesome 'Happy Birthday' card was made by Vanessa. She used a 'circus' themed paper and put three tiny tickets on the front popped off the card with dimensional adhesive. Her envelope was made with matching pattern paper.

The adorable 'Heaven Sent' baby card was made by Shannon. She added tiny buttons and flowers to the front along with a cute baby pin. Her envelope was stamped with a matching theme.

The cute 'Have a Wonderful Day' card was made by Ruth. She stamped the front and added a   sparkly daisy with gem center, then tied it with gray and white twine. Her envelope was stamped with a daisy.

The beautiful 'Dream' card was made by Susan. She used alcohol inks with a silver mixative for the base and then stamped a flourish when dry. Her envelope was lined with matching paper.

And this is my 'For You' card. I posted a picture of this card previously, but am giving you one more look along with the others. 

I added a crochet edge and satin bow. My envelope is a box envelope with a stamped plaid scallop circle and glitter heart popped off the front with dimensional adhesive.

I am so excited to receive these little pieces of art and don't know if I can part with any of them! Everyone did such an amazing job and I appreciate all of the time and work they put into them.

Hope you enjoyed taking a look at this swap from the Douglas County Scrapbooking Group.

Enjoy your weekend and until next time...

*Karen*

Happy Birthday Card

Hello Everyone!

OK, today is May 1st and guess what's happening outside? SNOW!!! I woke to it snowing like crazy and as I'm writing this it's still SNOWING! Well, we do need the moisture here and it has been warm the last couple of days so the snow isn't sticking to the streets or sidewalks...so I guess I will accept the moisture and I know that the coming days are warming up again, so the snow will be gone in no time.

On to the card I made the other day. It is a card for my father-in-law and yes, it's not very masculine, but he has been in the hospital going through some tough times for the past three weeks. So I thought a cheerful and colorful card might lift his spirits and hopefully make him smile. 

I visited a scrapbooking store called Simple Pleasures this past weekend and picked up this adorable tree die from Memory Box called 'Row of Trees'. I made the scene 3D and adhered it to the front of the card. This was so much fun to make and was my first attempt doing a dimensional scene with a frame...not too shabby, huh?

Sure hope this card brings a little joy into my father-in-laws day.

Thanks for dropping by and until next time~

*Karen*

Art Journal Pages

Happy Monday!

I picked up a Mixed Media journal,  some time ago,  and it's been sitting in my craft space waiting for me to create some pages. I have been drawing since I was little, so I thought I might try combining my drawings with some painted backgrounds. I have finished two, so let's take a look.......

For my first page...I saw this quote, 'A Girl without Freckles is like a Night Sky without Stars'  by an unknown author on Pinterest, and immediately had a vision of a redheaded little girl in the dusk of the evening with fireflies (lightening bugs is what I called them growing up) starting to fill the yards.

Here's a close-up of the freckled-face little girl.

And for my second page...I also saw this quote on Pinterest, 'Creativity is Intelligence Having Fun' by Albert Einstein,  and had a drawing I had done last year that I thought would be cute to go with it.

Here's a close-up of the creating girl with her scissors, paints, brushes, papers and glue.

Looks like she is going to have some fun!  LOL

Well, just two attempts of using some different mediums and I think the more I play the better I will get. 

Thank you for dropping by!

Until next time...

*Karen*

3" X 3" Card Swap

Howdy Everyone!

     Hope you're enjoying  Spring-like weather! I think, where I live, that Spring has finally Sprung! We really needed the moisture, but I just wish it wouldn't have been in the snow form. Anywhoo...the snow is gone and the temps have now reached into the mid 70's...perfect!

 I just wanted to share my entry of a swap I entered with the Douglas County Scrapbook Group, a scrapbook group I belong to. We were to make a handmade 3" x 3" note card with envelope and we needed to make 10 total, since there are 10 of us who joined in. The rules stated that there needed to be at least two embellishments on the card and had to include some sort of sentiment...Happy Birthday, For You, Welcome Baby, etc. The envelope also had to be handmade with an option to stamp or decorate the front of the envelope.

This is my 3" x 3" note card. 

I used a dotted embossed navy cardstock as the base of the card. I cut a piece of pattern paper a little shorter than the front of the card and punched small holes along the bottom with a hole punch. I then crocheted a simple chain edge with white crochet string. Then I punched a scalloped circle with a punch and cut out a circle from the middle. Next, I stamped 'for you' and a heart with red ink onto white cardstock and cut that into a circle, adding red stickles to the heart. I added that to the middle of the scalloped circle using pop-dots. I tied a red satin bow around the pattern paper and then added three circles to the bottom that I punched from pattern paper. That all was then glued to the front of the card using my ATG gun.

This is the matching envelope.

I stamped a blue plaid scallop circle onto the front. I then stamped a blue heart onto some scrap cardstock, cut it out, added blue stickles and attached it to the envelope with a pop-dot.

This is a side view of the envelope. I added a 1/4" gusset to accommodate the bow from the front of the card. I also lined the envelope with blue polka dot pattern paper.

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Thanks to Sheryl ( gemzisle on YT ) and gemzisle.blogspot.com for the tutorial on how to  make this type of envelope!   : D

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This was so much fun and I can't wait to see the cards made by the other swappers! 

Have an awesome rest of your day and get out and enjoy the sunshine!

Until next time...

~Karen~

Altered Cigar Box

Hello All!

I belong to a scrapbooking group, here where I live, and the organizer is such a great person! She gives her whole heart into this group and we appreciate her so much!  A while back she was able to get her hands on about 100 old cigar boxes and as a result, our group shared in her haul. So, I made a keepsake box for my sister to store things in from her little granddaughter.

I used Graphic 45's 'Little Darlings' paper collection, handmade paper flowers, laces, flat-back pearls, crackle medium and pink rose ceramic drawer pulls for the feet. This was such a fun project and I'm hoping to make some more altered cigar boxes ( I have about 4 left )!

So here are some pics...

This was how the cigar box looked before altering.

This is now the top of the cigar box. In the small frame and to the right of it it says

Grandma's Keepsakes

I added handmade paper flowers, punched leaves, handmade stickpin, loops of lace and some colored sprigs. Delicate lace trims the perimeter of the box top.

I used pink acrylic paint as the base coat and applied Weathered Wood Crackle Medium over it, when it was dry. I then applied white acrylic paint over the crackle medium. I added flat-backed pearls, paper strips from the collection and delicate white lace trim all around the sides of the cigar box.

I painted the inside of the box white and on the inside of the lid I Modge Podged printed paper from the collection and then added organza ribbon so a picture or keepsake could be pinned. I added a  paper flower, some leaves and stick pin & a grunge board oval with 'Baby' stamped into it to the center. A white chain with a pearl on the end was added to the intersection of the ribbon. Tiny white glittered clothespins help attach mementos or pictures and a small cut-out from the collection dressed it up.

Thanks for visiting!

~Karen~

My First Mini Album

 

Hey Everyone!

  

     So I thought I would finally try my hand at a chipboard mini album. I have viewed many YouTube videos...took notes...got my supplies together and brewed up some creativity. I bought two little 6 x 6 chipboard mini albums from Michael's. I had some K&Co papers from a 12 x 12 paper pad I had purchased a year or two ago. I used some lace, glitter glue, some Cricut shapes and even made some paper roses and stick pins ( yes...also learned how to make those from YouTube, thanks to all of the talented ladies out there!).

 

Front Cover

 

Some Inside Pages

 

 

 

Well, back to the Kraft Room! Hope you enjoyed the album and you all have a beautiful day!

 

~Karen~

 



Back from the Crop

Hi Everyone!
     I had a great time at the crop this past Friday! There were only three of us, but it really was fun! I didn't get a whole lot done in my Anniversary album (about three pages), but then again, the visiting is what it's mostly about  :)  My friend, Kippy, had it set up so nice and the lunch she provided was DELISH! One of her friends joined us and she is so nice. We laughed, discussed stuff, created & laughed some more! I sure can't wait 'til the next crop! (Sorry for all of the exclamation points).
     I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend and CREATE something today!

Have a beautiful day!