Create-A-Card sketch 1-11-11

Another CAC sketch card for you.
And here's the card I came up with...
I embossed the top green piece then used glue to add glitter. The bottom was a piece of scrapbook paper that I stamped "thank you" over and over and over again. LOL
I am trying to make several cards in the new envelope size. I can't seem to find at my local Walmart the 5 3/4 by 4 3/8 inch envelope anymore. All I find is 6 1/2 by 4 3/4. So this card {and last week's cards (and next week's card too)} is 4 by 6 inches.

Thanks for looking.

Create-A-Card sketch 1-4-11

After Christmas break, it's time to get back to making cards and time for create-a-card sketches. Here's the first sketch of 2011.
And I made this card first:
I use an image I had already colored (by Sweet and Sassy), mounted it on the same green cardstock that is on the side and that has the sentiment on it. The sentiment was framed with a Creative Memories pre-cut frame and the ribbon was a peel and stick from Walmart.

I thought the green one was a little plain so I made this one next.


I used a cuttlebug folder to emboss the card base and the cardstock on the side. I use a red CatsEye inkpad to color the the raised image on the pink cardstock and I sanded the raised embossing on the red. I used a Fluffles image, colored with watercolor markers and a glittery paint in the middle of the largest flower. I had some tiny flower punches that I had ran thru my xyron a while back so I decided to use them here. The Thank You sentiment is a Studio G stamp that I cut out, and mounted on some bright pink cardstock (same as around the image above).

Thanks for looking and Happy New Year.

Angels

The picture isn't the best, but here's the angels that Zachary and I made for his and Nathan's teachers. I got the instructions from Crafters Digital Art Center. I couldn't find at Hobby Lobby the exact materials so I had to improvise (1" ornaments, and black or hot pink were my only choices so I chose the black ones). I also didn't have gold pipe cleaners so I used some glitter glue to make color coordinated halos (green angel has green halo, etc.) These angles were given as gifts to my sons' teachers. I intended to make some for the teachers I work with but was too sick (it only took an evening to make them but that tells you how ill I was). I want to try again someday and keep some for me.

One three strand necklace, three bracelets, two earring sets

More beading

CAC sketch card: 10-20-10

I made this card for a Congrats on the Baptism/Happy Birthday party-in-one. Luckily, I took a photo of it in the car before I gave it to her or else you wouldn't get to see and I wouldn't get to remember it later. I used more of the photo paper with alcohol ink (I so enjoy playing with them) and got a new design. I ran the big piece thru the cuttlebug using a quickcutz embossing folder then used a fiskar's decorative corner rounder. I inked the raised parts a tiny part with green. The sentiment is a Angel Company stamp and the Owl is by Sew Many Cards. The ribbon, also with an owl, is from JoAnns.

CAC sketch card: 10-13-10

Here's a quick little card I made to today's Create-A-Card sketch. All the papers were made using the alcohol inks. I have a child's birthday party to go to this weekend, and if I don't get a child-like card made, I'll just have to use this one.

CAC sketch card: 10-5-10

Here's another Create-A-Card sketch card. I did use a fancy edge cutter for the sentiment rectangle but otherwise it looks like the sketch. I used my alcohol inks to make my 'papers'. I used Stylized Flowers embossing folder for the background, inked with Dusk Blue to help it show up better and to tie in with my edge color. I also used a teal blue glitter glue for the dots.