Christmas butterfly

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My love of butterflies just had to play a part in my Christmas cards somehow. lol
When I first got my butterfly die cut from Marianne Design I just had to try it out and the handiest scrap of paper I had was a bit from my Christmas cards. It has been sitting in "the pile" for awhile so I used Glossy Accents to make it shiny etc. and popped it up with a pop dot. Added some Christmas papers and the sentiment and some bling.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Glitzy snow flakes

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Sometime one of negatives just lays there begging to be used for a card. This was one of those cases. The snowflake negative was laying on top of my pile with the glitter paper underneath. So in order to make a dent in the pile I put it together and called it good. I added a peel off snowflake or two and added a snowflake paper on the inside and the envelope. I believe the snowflake paper was from Jak Heath. http://www.jakheath.com
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Re Frosty card

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Whoops, forgot to post the wee story for the Frosty card.
The cardstock was embossed with the Cuttlebug Snowflake folder. The bottom card is the true blue color of the cardstock. A little ribbon, a snowman peel off that I colored, a sentiment stamped in silver and embossed and a few snowflakes and that was it.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Fans, butterflies and accordian flowers

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I have been reading about using some of the paper we have been saving for a "special" card. I decided that every card is special.
This is a 12" by 12" piece of gorgeous cardstock by Forever in Time. I cut only a small portion of it to make this card. There are gorgeous swirls and flowers on the other 3/4 of it. They will become another card very soon.
The fan is made from a CD cut in half and then very carefully popped into the micro between several layers of paper towel for only 5 seconds. It popped and crackled but the result was this gorgeous crackle effect. (the paper towel had burn marks on it so be very careful and watch it). My friends husband cut the CD's for me. I believe he used a chop saw. The center of the accordian flower is a piece of bling I found among my stash. Pretty isn't it?
The camera picks up multi colors but in real life it is silver with soft brown cracks in it. Again, clicking on the photo shows the detail of the DP.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna
P.S. In my Frosty post (which came in two parts) I forgot to mention that I stole the card idea from my friend Gail at What's Normal. http://scrappintimes-gail.blogspot.com Thanks Gail.

Frosty Snowman Greetings

Deer Christmas Greetings

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Such pretty background paper needed something gorgeous to go with it. The forest scene was a picture from the computer and printed on photo paper. The DP was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder Brocade Window. The sentiment was written with Amy Chomos gel pens on the Cricut and then I placed it inside the tab and cut it out on the Cricut. The envelope was lined with more of the DP paper. Of course if you wanted to see it better click on the photo. Camera is still misbehaving.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Mitten Christmas Card

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I was visiting a few blogs and Juliets blog http://ballpointbliss.blogspot.com/ gave me an idea. I had just seen mittens on Lynn Pratts blog http://stampndesign.blogspot.com/ and thought it would be such a snap to do a card like that. Well it was in a pdf and I figured I could just trace it into SCAL and away we go. Not so. There were too many nodes to cut smoothly. It took forever and it was cutting in dashes not one long smooth cut. Finally it got done. So of course it had to have bling. The poinsettia is an svg cut from Birds Cards http://www.birdscards.com/. The snowflake is one I have had in the computer for awhile. Sorry that was before I kept track of whose work it was. If you recognize it please let me know and I will give you credit. A little dollar store felt and there it was. Also a little glitzy silver paper behind the snow flake for added interest.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

My first Stampscape

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This is my first Stampscape. I think the card is pretty standard. Black cardstock for a base. The gold trim is the inside of an envelope from a card. The Stampscape is Lakeside Cabin 147F. I used Perfect Pearls Powder gold. The only thing that worries me is that the PPP seems to smudge even after 2 or 3 days. Will have to do something about that.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Clouds and blue flowers

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I thought I had posted this little card but then I discovered it was hidden away under the pile of "to do" things. Here it is. The DP is from The Dollar Store. It has clouds all over and a darling baby boy in the corner. I will use him another time but for now I wanted clouds.
The daisy frame is from http://www.birdscards.com/
I absolutely love her blog and she has great svgs (free) which I use a lot of. The little flowers are the ones I use all the time. The leaves are a Penny Duncan svg.
I have been having lots of trouble with getting my pictures into blogger. My camera insists on putting them into Windows gallery instead of my files. Time to talk to my computer buddy and see if she can fix this annoying glitch. It takes a very long time to find them. Ok so now I have vented I will post this. I really must get at the Christmas cards.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

On another note

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Just had to use the title-lol It is just a slight variation from the note card I posted a couple of posts back. The little difference is the note is angled, I have some corners from Cuttlebug die cuts. Different musical sheet music paper. Different matting. Isn't it amazing how just a few little changes can change a whole card?
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Another flower

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The background paper, along with a big yellow flower had been sitting on my desk for awhile. If you saw the last post with the big yellow flower (chrysanthemum)then you know which flower I am talking about. When I went to put it together it was way too bright for the yellow in the background paper. Back to the drawing board. Now the flower has been cut partially from DCWV The Old World Stack and the rest from cheap card stock.
The border punch is from EK and I think called braid. I ran some ivory card stock through the Cuttlebug Swirls folder. The bling is just a peel off from the Dollar Store. So much of my stash has been from the Dollar Store or just things I collect along the way. Sorry that I hardly ever know where they came from or the names of them.
Of course I lined the envelope with some of the blue floral paper that the flower is made of.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Bees and Blossoms

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I have a tendency to see an SVG cut that I like and so have to try it right away. I end up with piles of cuts that need something done with them. This was one of them. It is called Mat, Bees and Blossoms by http://cafexpressions.blogspot.com/. It has lain on my desk begging to be put together. Seems I am on the music sheet kick lately. I offset the layers on purpose so it looked shadowy. The daisy has been kicking around the desk for a long time too and needed a home. The little bee is just a peel off that has been in the drawer since I started card making.
I actually have gotten a couple more cards done and learned a new technique. Maybe not so much learned as finally figured out how not to screw it up. I will show that card in the near future.
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Second post today Thank you card

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I thought I might be able to use my Cricut and Amy Chomos pens to make the sentiment on this card. So I set out to learn something new and imported the saying into the Cricut.
I printed some sheet music and printed the sentiment on that instead of cutting. The background is black cardstock, then some dollar store grey cardstock I have had on hand. Cut out the music note on the Cricut. Popped it up with pop dots. The music is printed on a soft shade of grey but the camera didn't pick the grey up very well. Tied a bow and that was it.
Inside the card is another music note and I lined the envelope with some of the same grey used as the grey mat.
Learning how to import into the Cricut sounds fairly easy but it took me quite awhile to figure it out. But now I have a whole new way of doing sentiments and they might just look a little bit professional. lol
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna

Whimsical birthday card for Breanne

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Just a whimsical birthday card for my grandaughter who loves shoes of all kinds, the more far out they are the better she likes them.
The boot is cut from SVGCuts freebies and covered in sticky leopard skin. The background is sticky red glitter paper. These two sticky sheets are called crop-it stickers from the Dollar Store. The boot lifts up to reveal a message.
Just a real quickie as I needed to get it into the mail.
I am not fond of it but--------------sometimes that's the way it is. LOL
Have a Blessed day.
Myrna