Butterfly tea bag folding and twisted easel card

Hi
I saw a twisted easel card on http://bevscrafts.blogspot.com/
and decided I needed to try it.
This card is only 4" x 4". I started with white cardstock. Layered the front with blue cardstock embossed with Cuttlebug folder. Added a nice layer of wrapping paper with corners punched and then added a piece of lovely lace from my stash. Added a square doily punched with Blue Hill punch Tweet, Tweet.The tea bag fold was my embellishement. On the inside I used the pretty wrapping paper and a little butterfly popped up with a pop dot. I lined the envelope with the same wrapping paper. That was it for me. A fun little card.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

My first, but not last, easel card

Hi
As I have said before, I love to try and do different shaped cards and so it was time to try an easel card.
I actually cut it out of the burnt orange because I don't like that card stock and so if it didn't work I wasn't going to be too upset. So of course I had to try and accent it so found some brown shiny paper that I had in the stash. Printed the picture from Graphics Fairy on photo paper and trimmed with some old lace I have in my huge stash. Found a butterfly in the stash and mounted it on pop dots and a spellbinder die. Guess if you want to see the verse you will need to click on the pic. It didn't come out as clear as I had hoped.
That's it for my first try and I will do some more now that I found out how easy it is.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Thanks Tim Holtz-winter roses

Hi
Besides gorgeous projects Tim Holtz took a gorgeous picture of an old wagon in a snowy field. It was on his post December 2010. I fell in love with it. Tim so graciously gave me permission to use his photo on my card.
I cut the window from an old Christmas card and then cut the same window on the Cricut on cardstock. The frame is from hhttp://imagesbyheatherm.wordpress.com/. I then placed the photo behind this with pop dots and layered another layer of cardstock on the inside with foam two sided tape so it was really popped. I am afraid you will have to click on the picture to see the photo better. There are two photos of the card because I think you can see the wagon better in one. (photography still leaves something to be desired lol).
The ivy around the frame was Penny Duncans svg and the little wispy leaves are Martha Stewart punch. The winter roses are little ones I made and, of course, Stickles. The ribbon was some from the Dollar Store.
So that was it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

A little feather, a little flower and a bit of ribbon

Hi
This ribbon was destined for a card last year but never made it. Finally I grabbed white card stock and embossed it with (what else) Victoria Cuttlebug folder. Tied the ribbon around the panel, added the wee rose colored with chalk to match and tucked a couple of feathers behind the rose and that's it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Blog candy giveaway

Christine at http://mudmaven.blogspot.com/is giving away some awesome blog candy. Pop on over and see what she has.
Myrna

Challenge #18 Lace card code RRR18

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I have a wonderful stash of gorgeous lace and decided to try and use some of it up by entering a challenge at http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.com/
This card is 5 1/2" by 8 1/2", a little big but I wanted to be able to show the whole pattern.
The pink might not be everyones choice but this was going to be a little different card so---.
I layered the lace on pink card stock. Made a medallion from a Blue Hill Punch (love that punch). Cut one of the flowers from the lace and put white cardstock behind it and fussy cut the both of them. Then I added another piece of lovely fragile lace in a flower and put a big pearl stick-on in the centre. In real life the little white lace flower shows much better. I used the Blue Hill punch as an edge and placed a burgundy strip behind it and that was it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Red and White

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I entered this card in http://bettybeesbuzz.blogspot.com/. The card is really white and red, not the yellowish tone you see. The sunlight wasn't being very good to me that day. lol
This linking back thing is still very new to me so hopefully you will go over and see what lovely creations the ladies have there.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Second Valentine

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This was going to be the first Valentine card. However, when I got the lace on the embossed panel I didn't have a clue where to go from there. Finally, I thought about all the lovely border punches I had seen people use on their cards so I dug out my punches and punched a couple in red and white. Then I ran the red one through the Cuttleug with Swiss dots border folder. Layered red cardstock on the white cardstock and attached the embossed panel to that. Cut out the hearts on fun foam and attached the key and lock. Inside I placed a couple of red hearts in a top and bottom corner and that was it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Card inspired by gift bag

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This is the card that was inspired by the bag. It was a Christmas gift bag and I thought it would make a great card. When I started to put the card together I pretty much drew a blank. lol I did know that the blue had to go so I colored it in with pencil crayons.
I attached it to the white card stock and laid it on my table. (along with a lot of other stuff). Finally the flower and ribbon caught my eye and I added some bling to the flower, found a butterfly to match and attached the ribbon. There is a lot of glitter on the bag, but of course it only shows up real well when you click on the picture to enlarge.
That's it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Winter Blog Candy Giveaway by Feline Creative

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I came across a lovely blog called http://felinecreative.blogspot.com/and Karen is giving away some wonderful winter blog candy.
Sorry don't know how to get the pic.


As for the blog candy, here is what you get:

•200 sheets of 6x6 designer paper
•20 sheets of Copic X-Press It Blending Cards (4 1/4 x 5 1/2)
•1 Bud Basics stamp set by Stampin' Up
•1 So Very stamp set by Stampin' Up
•1 Wedding stamp by Denami Design
•1 Heart stamp by Denami Design
•1 Frame stamp by Whipper Snapper
•1 Lady Bug Love stamp by Penny Black
•1 A Great Surprise stamp by Penny Black
•1 Labour Of Love stamp by Penny Black
•1 Edge Punch by EK Success
•1 Easter Eggs stamp by Great Impressions
•1 Cotton White StazOn Pad
•1 Glitter by Melissa Frances
•2 Bags of loose glitter
•2 Eyelets by Making Memories
•8 Tombow Markers
•1 Transparency Frames by Colorbok
•1 Sheet of stickers by Kelly Panacci
•1 Sheet of Spring Fling stickers by PaperLoft
•1 Sheet of Family Ties stickers by Pebbles, Inc.
•1 Package of chipboard by Scenic Route
•1 Package of chipboard clocks by Heidi Swapp
•1 Assortment of acrylic frames and embellishments
•9 Double sided ribbon

Valentine Card 2011

Hi
With so many Valentine cards all around I felt I needed to make at least one. I started out with a white card stock base. On the next layer I took watercolor paper and adhered white tissue paper with the hearts on it and then ran the whole thing through the Cuttlebug (Swirls is the folder, I think). I thought maybe the tissue paper would be thin enough to show the sparkles I sprinkled onto the glue before I laid the tissue paper, but it wasn't so the sparkles don't show through. Then I sewed around that layer with the machine and fancy stitches to hold the red lace on.
The butterfly had a thin layer of red tissue paper adhered to watercolor paper and then the heart tissue paper and then I used my Creatable die from Marianne Design to make the butterfly.
Of course it had to have bling so three stick on jewels (Dollar Store) and some red stickles. The background is a little whiter in real life. Now that's it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Victoria and vellum

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Thanks to Penny Duncan and her great svg's I finally was able to make a scalloped card. Something I have wanted to do for awhile. The sides are embossed with Cuttlebugs Victoria folder. The inside was stamped on the white cardstock with a vine and flower stamp from Michaels. Then I layered the vellum over that. The closure was the Battenburg lace die cut from Marianne design. (love that die) There was a little flower along with the lace die and it just fits so nicely with vellum and white cardstock to the center of the battenburg lace. Just a couple of little flowers on the bottom to finish it off.
That's it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

A little feather, a little flower and a bit of ribbon

Hi
This ribbon was destined for a card last year but never made it. Finally I grabbed white card stock and embossed it with (what else) Victoria Cuttlebug folder. Tied the ribbon around the panel, added the wee rose colored with chalk to match and tucked a couple of feathers behind the rose and that's it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Butterfly and chrysanthemum

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When I was making the wedding card my mind must have been somewhere else. When I folded the card I discovered that the sides didn't meet, they overlapped. That was not what I wanted for the wedding card. I hated to waste that lovely striped black cardstock so I grabbed a stamp and white ink and made it a friendship card. (stamps are from Michaels)
As I have said before, there are tons of things on my desk that need to be applied to a card so I thought the chyrsanthemum was rather pretty. Well then the butterfly beckoned to me and there you have it. Click on the stamp for clarification of the words. Of course I had to have some bling so put some Diamond stickles on the butterfly, which by the way is just sitting there. I may remove it (or not).
That's it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Wedding card for Matthew and Rachael

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My friends son is getting married and their colors are black and white. This is such a nice card to do. I used a striped black card stock and white card stock for the wedding dress. Ran the dress and panels through the Cuttlebug with the Victoria folder. Used a few diamond stick ons for the buttons on the shirt and the ribbon around her waistband. The template for the wedding dress and tux is by Lynn Pratt. The envelope is lined with black and embossed with the Victoria folder. I really love the Apache Wedding Blessing and so I printed it on velum and attached the ribbon to the inside. I think if you would click on the verse it would be totally visible. (a photographer I am NOT lol)
Well that's it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Butterfly and accordian flower

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There have been so many gorgeous accordian flowers on the different blogs and I just had to try one. They are addicting. lol
I layered patterned paper on white cardstock. Embossed the pink panel with Cuttlebug Victoria folder. I think it is a little bland and I would have liked some sparkle on it but maybe next time. Had a little scrap of burgundy which I made a band of to hold the flower and butterfly. I had the butterfly from another project so just put some shimmer glue on it. I lined the envelope with pink shimmery paper too.
That's it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Curts Lily Pad

Hi
Warning: Picture heavy blog
This one's for you Curt, Jay and "the boyz".
First of all I fell in love with one of Curts pictures of the week at http://curtsplayhouse.blogspot.com/ so with Curts kind permission I am using it on my card.
This card is 6.5" x 4.5" and had to be custom cropped. lol (sounds professional doesn't it?)
The butterfly is a Creatable from Marianne design and you will see a lot of it in the future.
The embossing is done with Cuttlebug die and embossing folder (sorry can't remember the name).
The interior is Curts photo of the week (can't remember what week but a long time ago). I also see that my blade on my cutter is cutting rough. Time for a new one. But before the card leaves my place I will have smoothed out the photo edges.
The envelope is a little oversized to accomodate the raised butterfly and "water lily" flower.
The "water lily" flower is one I made and instead of curling the petals I pinched them up.
All the paper used is from the DS or Staples. (No designer paper for this kid, yet).
Well, that's it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Running horse

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I have so many things on my work table to finish. This running horse has been waiting to be put together since before Christmas.
I layered plain white cardstock with handmade gold flecked paper, I didn't make it. It came in a huge big pack from a discount store. Then a layer of gold paper and then the negative cut from running horses. Sorry I didn't write down where I got the svg from, so if anyone recognizes it, please let me know so I can give you credit.
That's it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Butterfly from negative

Hi
After I made the battenburg lace and butterfly card I had this beautiful negative left. It just begged to be used.
Using Martha Stewart punch (sorry forgot the name) I made a border on soft blue card stock. Since I haven't quite learned how to go around corners yet there was a little boo boo on each corner so out came a couple of flowers from "the stash" and the little blue extra pieces from the punch seemed to work well for stamens. Had a little scrap of paper and used my hole punch to make a few little dots of textured paper for the wings and voila, that's it for me.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna