Re: http://www.sunflowers-dragonflies.ca/blog/

Hi
Just to get this on my blog I am doing it this way. This is an amazing blog and great giveaway.
Sorry I have no idea (YET) how to put her site on my side bar but I will figure it out. You will love her site as much as I do.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

The last three Christmas cards

Hi
I wanted to post the last three cards before I went away for Christmas. These are very quick cards using the Cuttlebug Swiss dots and snowflake folders, wire ribbon, and peel off sentiments.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and I will "see" you in the New year.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Pop up card

Hi
Here is a cute pop up card made with an svg from . http://extremecards.blogspot.com/ I love the black and silver glitter paper behind the rabbit scene. As usual card stock and glitter paper from the Dollar Store. Not too much else to tell about it. The rabbit scene was reprinted and cut to the size of the front of the card and a Seasons Greetings stamped and embossed in silver. (sorry no photo, I forgot). Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Winter scene Christmas card

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Just a quickie card. Really not too much to say about it. I used a Spellbinders die to cut out the window and a scene from an old Christmas card. The inside layer was puffed out a little with a blob of heavy glue to give it some dimension. A few snowflakes and a border and a stamped sentiment and that's it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Birthday card - butterflies

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I was asked to make a birthday card at the last minute. Not knowing anything about the recipent I just sort of looked around the craft table and spotted the butterfly card that I had cut out to see what it would look like. This is an svg from http://creatingincarolina.blogspot.com/
1. Pink cardstock
2. Purple self stick glitz paper (still wondering what glue will hold things onto glitz paper, sure would need to be strong anybody got any ideas)
3. Butterfly edged card
4. Peel off sentiment and butterflies cut from pink velum.
That's it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Hi

This is another homemade chip board card. Chipboard tutorial is thanks to Beth at Sunflowers and Dragonflies.

1. White cardstock

2. Layer of glittery red cardstock (finding it hard to get a glue to allow things to stick to it)

3. Chipboard sprayed with silver enamel and embossed with the Cuttlebug and the Christmas tree folder.

4. Sentiment peel offs from the Dollar Store and ruby bling from there as well. The little corners were cut using a Cuttlebug folder.

I will be posting a couple more in the next few days and this time they will be a wee bit different and not using the chipboard :). That's it for me.

Have a Blessed day.

Myrna

Myrna

Burgundy Christmas card

Hi

Another quick and simple card.

1. Cardstock is burgundy

2. Watercolor paper run through the Snowflake folder in the Cuttlebug

3. Another layer of burgundy

4. Watercolor paper run through the Swiss dots folder in Cuttlebug

5. A few peel off snowflakes and sentiment and a wee bit of ribbon

The envelope was lined with a faded burgundy snowflake design as was the inside of the card.

That's it for me.

Have a Blessed day.

Myrna

Another gold card

Hi

This is another homemade chipboard card. The color of the glitter paper is a lighter green and I tied a ribbon on it. Used fewer rubies. Added a peel off greeting and that's it for me. :)

The glitter paper is a bit hard to stick the paper to so I have scraped a lot of the glitter off but will still have to find a glue that works better. Maybe I will have to either sew it or use a few brads.

Have a Blessed day.

Myrna

Christmas tree with handmade chipboard

Hi

This was a fun card to do.

First of all I made my own chipboard thanks to a tutorial by Beth N at http://www.sunflowers-dragonflies.ca/blog

Take an old cereal box, spread with gesso, let dry and paint. Run through CB or the Cricut.

1. Covered card stock with glitter paper.

2. Ran my chipboard through the Cuttlebug Christmas tree folder

3. Added a few rubies and a peel off greeting and that was it for me.

I plan on making a few more but with different embellishments. For this card I spread the gesso really thick and made lines in it as I wanted a bit more character to my background.

Have a Blessed day.

Myrna

Dove Christmas card

Hi

Using some of the negatives from my svg cuts always taxes my imagination. This card is the product of many little cuts.

1. Base card is white cardstock

2. Green layer cardstock from DS

3. The red layer is the recycled front from a Christmas card

4. The sentiment is stamped in gold and embossed with the trusty old heat gun

5. Poinsettas are from a McGill petite petals punch and the leaves from MS punch

6. The dove was part of an svg and so I just cut out the circle around it and popped it up with dimensionals

7. Lined the envelope with what was left and that's it for me.

Have a Blessed day.

Myrna

Margies Birthday Card

Hi

Took a little detour from Christmas cards to make my sister-in-law a birthday card.

I was thinking it is sometimes hard to follow what a card maker has used when it is all in one paragraph so decided to try listing things by steps.

Here goes:

1. base card-- white cardstock

2. blue layer embossed with Cuttlebug folder and cut out with Cuttlebug folder.

3. Bird from http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/covered with cellophane from a package

4. Martha Stewart border punch Garden Trellis

5. Ribbon and peel off sentiment from The Dollar Store

6. Pink vellum flowers from a tutorial from http://selmasstampingcorner.blogspot.com/ and leaves from a Martha Stewart leaf punch

7. Envelope lined with leftover cardstock and MS border punch

That's it for this one.

Have a Blessed day.

Myrna

Another blue snowflake card

Hi

As you can see I have used the same design idea as the first card. I am in need of some real quick and simple cards and I have a ton of this ribbon and stickers so will be making a few of these with slightly different peel off snowflakes.

I also acquired a huge box of various sized envelopes so will be using them up. They may not fit my cards perfectly. I would like to find the time to alter them to fit. If any one has any good and quick ideas on how to do that I am open to suggestions.

Have a Blessed day.

Myrna

Blue snowflake card

Hi

Better get started on some more Christmas cards. I know I am way behind so here we go with some simple ones.

This is the snowflake folder run through the Cuttlebug using watercolor paper. Cardstock is from Walmart. Ribbon from Dollar Store and the stickers also. Sentiment is a peel off from the DS.

I like the idea of the envelope having some of the features from the card so the snowflake on the outside flap sort of gives it that little extra something.

Have a Blessed day.

Myrna

Red Hatter Christmas/Birthday Cake Dec.1/2010

Hi
My friend asked me to bake a birthday/Christmas cake for her Red Hatter Christmas party. This is what I came up with. It is a 16 inch pan so there was a double cake in each layer. The bottom layer is carrot cake. The top layer is Red Velvet cake and the filling and icing is cream cheese.
The icing in the first picture is yellow but blame it on the camera/lighting or even the camera operator lol but the second photo shows more detail and it is a nicer white color. The banner says "We are having a party- to celebrate our birthdays!".
Thanks to SVGShop.comBlog for the svg cuts of the Nativity scene. Cut out on the Cricut.
Hope they enjoy it.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna