I'm so thrilled to have you stop by for my first individual post for Creating Memories in Time. I'll be hosting my Monday Card Corner the 3rd Monday of each month, my little "corner" of the CMIT Blog where I'll share a sketch and card. Each Design Team member will have a separate and unique spot monthly here on our blog, so don't miss any of these exciting upcoming posts! A sketch to me is just a "jumping-off point" for inspiration and can be followed exactly or you can simply be inspired to go off in any direction with the sketch, flipping it/turning it/making it "your own" -- just having fun and being creative!
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All supplies used are available at
Creating Everlasting Memories EBay Store, except solid CS and stamp. Finished card size is 5"x7". For my snowy BG, I used
My Mind's Eye "Signature Christmas", distressing the edges with
Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink and creating my main focal image using 6 of the 8 dies from
QuicKutz Nesting Trees (#DC0016). These dies cut/emboss beautifully and are so fun to play with! I chose 3 complimentary blue-green CS colors, cutting/embossing dies 1-6 (1 being smallest) as follows, beginning with the darkest color: 6 and 3; medium: 5 and 2; light: 4 and 1, as shown below.
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| My Die Cuts |
ZVA Creative Self-Adhesive Pearls (#PE-02CB-110) in soft blue were adhered to my tree layers, gently curving them as I pressed them down and adding a large pearl to the tree top. Next, I assembled the layers by lining up the tree tops, using small foam dots near the bottom of layers for dimension.
I ran a long basting stitch through the center of
May Arts (C-1-04) "Sheer" 1" Teal Ribbon and ruffled it, adding it to the left side of my card, along with my sentiment and a gorgeous
Tim Holtz (TH92873) Idea-ology "Fanciful Button" with small pearl added to it's center. Hope you find some inspiration and create a card after seeing mine today. If you do, leave me a comment/link so I can see yours and thanks so much for stopping by today!
Happy 2011 and welcome to my Monday Card Corner for our Creating Memories in Time blog! Pennants are all the rage in paper crafting and scrapbooking right now, so I used the QuicKutz "Pennant" die to create my Love card. Designer papers used today are My Mind's Eye's "Love Nest", edge distressed with Tim Holtz "Antique Linen" ink. ZVA Creative pearls in a soft shade of pink were added atop my cream lace. This card was really fun to make and I LOVE how these dies worked perfectly for the look I was going for! This card fits a regular business envelope.
The die, pearls, ink and papers used are available at Creating Everlasting Memories, as well as many other wonderful products, so I invite you to visit our eBay store for all the unbelievable products/fabulous prices currently available.
