Cards for Heroes

Hi Everyone, I hope each one of you is having a wonderful week! Today I am featuring Any Hero cards, featuring a variety of card samples to inspire creative patriotism within you. Take Care,

Scraps to Treasures - Valentine Treats

Welcome to the Scraps to Treasure Valentine Treats Blog Hop.  Scraps to Treasure is a group of crafty people who take their leftover scraps and come up with beautiful and fun projects that center around a monthly theme.  This month's theme is Valentine Treats; our crafters were put to task in creating something that used only scraps, but was also Valentine-Treat related.  Jessi Buehrle at My Life in Arts N Crafts (http://mylifeinartsncrafts.blogspot.com/) is our hostess for this hop, and is giving away some goodies.  To be entered to win this fabulous prize, you must...

1. Follow all the blogs in this hop
2. Comment on all the blogs in the hop as well
3. Head on over to My Life in Arts’ n Crafts’ fan page and give it a like

     a. If you come back to Jessi’s blog and leave a comment saying you did so, get entered in for a second chance. 
And don’t forget to check out Jessi’s etsy store - new items added monthly. 

Now let's see what Valentine treats await us!

We were asked to create a Valentine Treat Bag, Topper, or Container - of course, using scraps.  I created a treat bag holder using cream cardstock embossed with circles, with a decorative punched border.  I used a Valentine image (from Graphic 45 Place in Time) I had left over from Valentine cards I made for my local customers.  I matted the image with Peacock Blue Glitter Ritz - embellished with a flower given to me by Avania Floral Embellishments at 2012 CHA - topped off with a ribbon.  The package contains some red hot hard candies in a bag.

 Tahi - http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com (You came from here)

 Camille - http://shortonideasaz.blogspot.com/ (You are here)

 Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com (Your next stop)

If you get lost, Jessi has the entire hop list on her blog.  

Create a Card - or Four - AND a Tag - or Two! from the Robin's Nest

Today I am sharing samples made from one of the new tag kits from The Robin's Nest - the Regency Tag Kit.   The Regency Tag Kit includes ribbon, dew drops, chipboard tags, and stickers to match. The kits are very fun and easy to use. The picture below shows everything included in one kit. Use items from the kit to adorn your scrapbook pages, add to your cards, embellish gifts -  even add to your mini book albums.  The Regency Tag Kit is just one of 31 tag kits available . . . click here to see them all.

So, my task - make ONE card using the Regency Tag Kit.  But, oh no!  I couldn't stop there!   

I was having so much fun with the challenge! So here are four cards and two tags - all made from one kit! 

  

Just add paper, adhesive, your favorite tools, bling, and - of course - die cuts from this month's partner - Heartfelt Creations!

Scroll down for close-ups, supplies used, instructions - and be sure to check out the inside of some of these cards!

Supplies used to complete all six items:

• Regency Tag Kit 
• Paper:  Belgian Chocolate Glitter Cardstock, Gold Classic Glitter Cardstock, Peach Classic Glitter Cardstock, cream cardstock for base, green scraps for leaves
• Die:  Delicate Asters (Heartfelt Creations)
• Border Punches
• Embossing Powder:  Red Dragon (Stampendous), Gold (Ranger)
• Stamps:  Geometric Shapes, Thanks
• Texture Plate:  Feathers (Fiskars)
• Glitter:  Bronze, Cool Highlights (Glitter Ritz)
• Pearl Strip
• Inks:  Sepia (VersaFine), Festive Berries and Iced Spruce (Ranger)

Card 1

I cut a cream cardstock base 5-1/2" x 5-1/2".  Using the striped side of the Belgian Chocolate Cardstock, I created a border by cutting four strips 5-1/2" x 1/2".  I beveled the edges of two of the strips for a frame effect.  I covered the front with Gold Classic Cardstock cut 5-1/4" x 5-1/4".  Using Peach Classic Cardstock, I cut a border 5-1/4" wide.  Just above the border, I added a strip of the Belgian Chocolate Cardstock.

For the tag, I embossed the file tag in the kit with Red Dragon embossing powder.  I glued the back of the to the large Royal tag...but I used a pop-dot in the front for dimension.  I glued the tag to the front of the card...then embellished!  Some Dew Drops on the Tag - some Delicate Asters cut from Peach and Belgian Chocolate, a Dew Drop Center, and a bow made from the ribbon included in the kit.  But something was missing!  As I searched my flourish stamps to add so pizazz...I came across a geometric stamp set I bought when I first started scrapping...a set I had really never found a use for!  I know now why I can't throw anything away!  I pulled out the diamond-shaped stamp, creating four diamonds embossed with Reg Dragon.  (You can do this without a stamp...cut a diamond, cover with ink, and emboss - no stamp needed!)  I added Dew Drops - and started showing my card off to everyone I saw!  I didn't stop there...I took the theme to the inside for a regal finish.  Pictures below show card detail and the inside.

Inside

Card 2

This card is a standard 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" card - with a cream base.  Using Belgian Chocolate Cardstock, I created a frame as in the first card.  I add a piece of Gold Glitter Cardstock cut 5-1/4" x 4".  The sentiment was created using a word processor and printed on Cream Glitter Cardstock.  I added the lion tag from the kit - and finished off the inside for another regal greeting with another matted greeting created on the computer...and another tag from the kit.

Inside

Card 3

For this card, I made my base smaller than usual (4-1/4" x 5") so I could hang my tag at the top and still fit in a standard envelope.  The base is cream cardstock - embossed on the top half.  I add strips of Gold Glitter Cardstock, Peach Glitter Cardstock, and Belgian Chocolate Cardstock in the middle.  Embellished with a stamp tag from the kit, along with three regal circles from the kit.  I topped everything off with some Delicate Asters cut in Gold, Dew Drop Center, and ribbon included in the kit.  Here is a close-up of the flower center.

Card 4

This card is 5-1/2" x 5-1/2.  I stamped a sentiment in the scroll tag included in the kit.  Cardstock used for matting include Peach Glitter, cream, Belgian Chocolate, and Gold Glitter.  The Delicate Aster is covered with Bronze Glitter with a Dew Drop center.  The leaf is cut from green and covered with Cool Highlights Transparent Glitter.  I finished it off with flourishes using pearl strips.  The inside includes cream cardstock, Belgian Chocolate Cardstock, and three regal circles included in the kit.

Inside

Tag 1

For this tag, I used the plain tag in the kit - kind of a gold color.  First, I stamped a couple Delicate Asters and leaves onto the tag and embossed in Gold.  I distressed the edges with Festive Berries Distress Ink, then Iced Spruce Distress Ink.  (These colors matched the berry-colored Dew Drops and the blue in the Belgian Chocolate Cardstock perfectly!)  Then I finished the tag with Delicate Asters cut in Belgian Chocolate Cardstock - with Dew Drop centers, of course.  A couple leaves glittered with Cool Highlights glitter - and some fancy tulle and fiber...close-up below.

Tag 2

My last sample is a smaller tag in the kit.  The tag is already black with a regal design.  I simply added some Delicate Asters cut from Belgian Chocolate Cardstock - complete with a green leaf glittered in Cool Highlights.  A little added embellishment are two small squares cut from Gold Glitter Cardstock - topped with Dew Drops from the kit.  All finished off with a fancy gold tulle.

I'm telling you - it was so much fun seeing what I could make from this product new to me!  Now you can join in the fun!  Use code cardkitpromo for 20% on Robin's Nest Card Kits and Tag Kits - offer good for the month of January.  Be sure to check out the website, because there are many more than just the Regency Tag Kit.  Enjoy!

Camille

Tsunami Rose - Wednesday Challenge #3

My Christmas decorations are nearly put away...Valentines are finished, and next up is March and St. Patrick's Day.  It's time to grab my Graphic 45 A Place in Time, sit down, and relax as I enjoy creating inspiration with March's papers.  Graphic 45 has made it easy to get creatively rolling with papers for each month.  In this and future blogs, March and St. Patrick's Day will be represented as I get my green on! In this case, for the Tsunami Rose's Challenge Color Challenge...GREEN, PURPLE, and PINK!

Be sure to visit Tsunami Rose Designs' blog for other entries - in fact, why not join us?  

Tsunami Rose - Wednesday Challenge #2

Anyone else out there too busy to take down there Christmas tree?  Well, maybe it's not so much too busy as it is priorities - and I couldn't resist take time away from my Christmas tree to join the Tsunami Rose Designs card challenge... 34 days until Valentine's Day, so I have time - or maybe I just need to cover everything on the tree with hearts!  Actually, one of my New Year's Resolutions is to enjoy every minute of every day - and right now taking down the Christmas tree does not sound enjoyable.  :D So taking time to do something enjoyable - sharing some Valentine cards made using a variety of scraps - embellished with Graphic 45's A Place in Time images, flowers from Petaloo International, and Robin's Nest Dew Drops.    Be sure to visit Tsunami Rose Designs' blog for other entries - in fact, why not join us?

Midweek Throwdown - Sentiment Free

Supplies Used:

• All papers from Graphic 45 - A Place in Time
• Red Flower - Petaloo International

Simple enough...use tan cardstock to cover front of card base.  The tan cardstock has the flourish design in the corner.  The cardstock is framed - I cut off the framing, but used one strip in the middle of the card - on top of a strip of hearts.  The flowers set at an angle are also from the Graphic 45 paper - fussy cut.  And, of course, no sentiment...really my favorite kind of card to make.

Thanks for visiting - be sure to leave me some blog love!

Camille

38 Days Until Valentine's Day

The Christmas rush is over, and now you find yourself scrambling to get cards and gifts made for the Valentines in your life.  Here are just a few that I've been playing with.

Magical Christmas Blog Candy

You know me....love, love, love a good blog hop.  Back in November, Petaloo International and Graphic 45 partnered in the Magical Christmas blog hop...complete with blog candy.  I don't think the words "blog candy" does justice for the big box of goodies I won at the blog hop.  Here is just a sampling of cards I made using just some of the flowers Petaloo sent me.  I'm saving the Nutcracker Suite Graphic 45 paper for Christmas next year (I mean this year!)  But for most of these cards, I chose Graphic 45's Place in Time paper.  

Thanks again, Petaloo! 

Valentine Medley

We are planning to pop into Valentine's Day with a pop-up Valentine Card class at AZ on January 24 - details here.  Spent way too much time trying to figure out the first card...but after hours and having to reinstall Sure Cuts a Lot and my Cricut not playing nice, Voila! Very pleased with the results.  Really loving the tunnel card down below!

 

 

Baby Girl Wishes from The Robin's Nest

Everything I love about making cards is in the Robin's Nest Baby Girls card kit I used to make this baby card . . . "to-die-for" colors, glittered cardstock, pretty stickers, and we can't forget the bling!  Today I want to share with you a simple baby card - in a couple different versions - one entirely made from the kit, the second adding Delicate Asters from Heartfelt Creations, this month's partner.

Supplies I used for this card include

• Baby Girl Card Set (which includes) 
• Little Girl Crown Glittered Cardstock
• Pink Glittered Swirl on Pink Cardstock
• Easter Dew Drops
• Princess Paper Clips
• Subway Art Baby Girl Stickers
• Three embossed cards
• Three Envelopes
• Stamps:  Delicate Asters - Heartfelt Creations (2nd version)
• Copic Marker - Light Suntan (E13)

I cut Pink Glittered Swirl Cardstock 5" x 3-1/2".  The bottom is trimmed with a border punch.  After distressing with brown ink, this piece was popped up on Pink Cardstock cut 5-1/4" x 4" - all matted on a white card base (5-1/2" x 4-1/4").

I then assembled a frame.  Cut a piece of white cardstock 3-1/2" x 2-1/2".  Use a craft knife to cut out a center piece slightly larger than your sentiment - in this case, 2-1/8" x 1".  I covered each side of the frame with strips of striped paper (Little Girl Crown Glittered Cardstock), beveling corners (and distressing each piece).

I centered the baby sentiment sticker in the middle of Pink Cardstock (4" x 2-3/4"), gluing this in the center of the card.  The assembled frame is pop-dotted over the sentiment.

To embellish the card, I cut two crowns from the Little Girl Crown Glittered Cardstock and added a Princess Paper Clip...as well as a nice line of Easter Dew Drops along the bottom.  To be sure my dew drops were evenly spaced, I taped a piece of cardstock across the card to use as a guide, as well as a ruler for spacing.

I like the clean classic look of this card...but couldn't help but wonder if adding flowers would make it more girlie-girlie.  So I added Delicate Asters (Heartfelt Creations) with a crown embellishment.  The Delicate Asters were stamped in brown on Pink Cardstock.  I used a Copic Marker to add light brown to the center of flowers...and Dew Drops for flower centers, of course.  

Let's not forget our envelope!  I added some Delicate Asters to the corner of the envelope and colored with Copic Markers to match the card.  Great thing about Heartfelt Creations Stamp/Die sets - making quick masks for multiple stamping.

Sweet, don't you think?

And know what's even sweeter?  Use the code cardkitpromo for 20% on Robin's Nest Card Kits and Tag Kits - offer good for the month of January.  Be sure to check out the website, because there are many more than just the Baby Girl Card Kit.  Enjoy!

Camille