First Christmas Cards of 2010

As usual, I am behind on my posting.  I am trying to catch up tonight.  My mom came for a visit a couple of weeks ago, which just happened to be when a friend has scheduled her  SU! Holiday Workshop.  My mom agreed to go because she enjoys crafting; she just doesn’t participate on a regular basis and doesn’t want to invest the time and money it requires (she’s been there, done that many times in the past – you all know what I am talking about  - when you go out and drop a bundle to buy everything you need to make the latest craft trend,  only to have it last one season and you didn’t even have the time to make it LOL).  I wasn’t sure if she would like making cards or scrapbook pages, but she had a great time and was so proud of her projects.  She made one of the scrapbook pages and gave it to me since she doesn’t have scrapbooks and I gave my cards to her (since I can make more and she can’t).  I think it worked out great.  I wanted to share the cards we made; I think they turned out great!

 

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Birthday Card for BIL

This is my first card using Sweet Treats. I used the card function for image #11 on the overlay (or page 34 of the handbook). The 'recipe' is below.

Cuts: (all images cut at 7 1/2")

• cards feature - cut with beige cardstock
• shift - cut with pink cardstock
• layers - cut with Coredinations Chocolate Box/mint green
• layers shift - cut with red cardstock
  

Cuttlebugged:

• cone/beige cardstock using Tiny Mosaic Texture folder
• top scoop of ice cream/Coredinations cardstock using Divine Swirls folder (make sure the stem isn't in the folder when running through the cuttlebug
• strawberry/red cardstock using Swiss Dots folder

I then inked the cone and strawberry to bring out the texture and all edges of each piece using Colorbox Cat's Eye Fluid Chalks. I then put a light coat of Glossy Accents on the strawberry to make it shine. Then I sanded the Coredinations cardstock to let the mint color show through. After that I adhered all the layers to the card and stamped with 'happy birthday' using Versamark and bronze embossing powder and applied heat. That's it!

By the way...I am very new to heat embossing. I learned on this card that it doesn't work so well with the small stamps ;)! Just a tip in case you haven't tried it before either. This is only my second try with heat embossing. Gotta start somewhere, right?

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For my wonderful parents...

I am so blessed to have parents that have been married for forty years. I thought I would share what I made for their anniversary. It was such a joy making this frame and card for them. It was my first attempt at glass etching, and I am VERY happy with the turnout. I just hope that they will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it for them. I can’t wait to give it to them tomorrow (well, actually today)!!!

Oh, and I must give props to Lesleyanne for making the wedding bands svg cut for me! Thanks chick...you are awesome!

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