Christmas Gift Layout

 

Oh my do I love my little man.  He's all dressed up, showing off his Christmas gift he received.  How adorable is that.  This layout features the Saint Nicholas Christmas collection from KaiserCraft. I doctored my picture so it would give a bit more of a vintage feel to it, to blend with the paper. 

 

Again a lot of fussy cutting was done on this layout to feature some of the stunning pictures on the paper.  Yum.  Have a great weekend and I'll see you next week. 

 

Fun with Texture

I'm so intrigued as of late with texture and colors and I sure did have fun with this card.  I created it for KaiserCrafts Design Team and I really do love the way the wooden flourish turned out. 

 

I painted, embossed and sanded the snowflake flourish to get the above variegated finish.....now it just has be wanting to experiment more.  Color sure is fun.

Merry Christmas Pop Up Card

 

I bet you thought I forgot about you guys out in blog land....Oops I really didn't but I just go busy creating so many projects this weekend to share that I did forget to create a post.  So even though it's a bit late here ya go. 

 

This is a pop up card I created for KaiserCraft's Design Team using their Christmas Collection " Saint Nicholas".  I love Kaiser's vintage collections and this one is the ultimate in vintage. 

 

Many of the features on this card have been fussy cut from the paper, like the boy and girl and even the leaves and berries.  It takes a little bit of time, but the effect is just stunning. 

 

 

 

 

A Christmas Carol Layout

Today I have another layout I created for KaiserCraft with one of their many Christmas collections " Christmas Carol " .  This was my youngest son and I last year at Grove Park when we went to go see the Gingerbread Houses with this class.  We had such a fun day.  The tree that we took this picture in front of was huge....gotta love large, LOL. 

 

 

See you on Friday.

 

Botanical Gardens

This is a layout I did for KaiserCraft last month using the " Take Note Collection" .  It's of my most favorite little person in the world, my son.  He was so cute running and playing in the gardens the evening we went for a walk at the Botanical Gardens of Asheville, NC. 

Get Your Scary On

I have to admit I love Halloween.  I'm not sure why but I do, so I loved making this eerie card for Cheery Lynn Designs.  I thought the steampunk pocket watch die fit in perfect with the spider web border and even the little bird die that I tried to make look like a raven.   Of course, since it was one of my cards, I had to throw some flowers in.  Yeap flowers and creepy, LOL. Hope this will inspire you to start your spooky cards for the fall season.

Here is a list of all the dies used on this card. 

 

Spider Web Mesh Border B322

Daisy Strip B259

Ankara Lace Border B332

Birds of Earth and Sky B349

Pocket Watch w/ Angel Wing B362

 

See you next week,

 

 

 

Customized Birthday Wishes

This is a birthday card I made for my sweet grandmother.  She didn't even notice at first that it was made especially for her with her birthday highlighted on the front.  To me the card had a steampunk retro elegant feel...it's not sure what it wants to be, LOL.  The paper collection is from KaiserCraft " Top Note" and the dies are Cheery Lynn Designs. 

Jolly Ole Saint Nicholas

 

I always love the vintage Christmas collections that I think KaiserCraft has become known for.  This years collection is called St. Nicholas and it's just beautiful. 

 

I created this adorable shadow box with a handmade mini album that is stored in it.  Many of the detailed paper pictures were fussy cut and attached with foam tape. 

 

I discovered this wonderful little tip for foam tape....purchase a piece of foam sheet at your local craft store and then run through a Xyron Creation Station machine.  You have handmade foam tape in no time and then you can use away just the way I do. 

 

Here are numerous pictures of my project to give you a good idea of the piece. 

 

 

The handmade flower centered at the top is made from Cheery Lynn Dies.  I always love their stunning flowers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vintage Christmas

Today's Cheery Lynn card is one that I have just fallen in love with.  First I'm using the latest Christmas collection from KaiserCraft, St. Nicholas.  It has such a great vintage feel that compliments my style of card perfectly and really goes nice with my die cuts.

I love the way the handmade poinsettias show their veins from the die.  It adds to the realistic look of the flowers.  Cheery Lynn Dies make it so easy to just layer and layer and come up with some fantastic creations. 

Here is a complete list of all the dies used on this card, so you can create your own.  Have a great weekend and I'll see you next week. 

B216 Wreath Strip

FRM 140 Fiona's Magic Window

B324 Poinsettia Strip

B188 Build a Flower 2 Embellishment

B166 Lace Corner Deco F

DL251 Horizon Coved Doily Stacker

Top Note: Film Strip Style

This is a film strip frame I did for KaiserCraft using the Top Note Collection and I just love the way it turned out.  Granted it doesn't have a lot of fuss but sometimes projects just don't need that.  My son was acting like such a goof one night in the hot tub and I got these great shots of him...perfect for this frame.  I loved the finished result so much it now graces my office, so I can smile at it everyday.