Kick Up Your Heels - CAS (with a little sass!)

Hi Everyone

Michelle here from Lady of Leisure with another Dare To Be Sassy Thursday challenge from Sassy Studios.  This week the theme is 'Clean and Simple'.  If I am honest, this without a doubt was the hardest challenge for me - crazy right?  I mean it's just clean and simple - it's not difficult is it?  Apparently for me the answer is "yes".

After much scratching of my head I finally had an idea, and then I asked my daughters for help with the colour scheme - needed the right 'pop' of colour.  So this is what I we came up with.

These 'legs' actually belong to Dorothy from April's Wizard of Oz release.  I printed the image and sentiment (font is called 'Fling') from my Silhouette Cameo, and coloured with ProMarkers.  The shoe colour my girls chose is called 'Lime Green'.

So that's it - not nearly as painful as I thought that it would be.  I think I may even make a few more of these to keep on hand for girly birthdays or special events.

I hope you will visit the other Sassy Studios Design Team members to see what they have created, and maybe you will be inspired to join in with the challenge and win some sassy images for yourself.

As always Pam thank you so much for having me visit.

Michelle

4th of July Card with Washi tape and Paper straws

It's almost that time of year again!!! 4th of July!!! I love this holiday, yes to celebrate our independence but also because of all the excitement that surrounds it. I love the fireworks, the colors, how people show their patriotism and the family gatherings. I think the 4th of July should be a week long celebration!!!

Hello everyone, it's Danita from danitasdesigns.blogspot.com. In this month's project I am using paper straws and Washi tape. These two things are new to me in my crafting experience and I wanted to see what I could do with them.

Here's the front of my card

Here's the inside

 I have a bad habit of not sketching out my cards.  That is probably why it takes me so dang long to finish one!!!  I just tend to go with what comes to mind. I decided that I wanted to change a cut file in the Silhouette store to a Print and Cut file. I chose this Eagle banner. I cut out the banner but then I had no idea where to go from there.

So played around with another cut for the back ground, but I couldn't get it to come together so I trashed it! 

 I didn't want to waste all those cute little stars so I used them to go on top of the straws.  I colored them with my Copic markers.  Then I cut 3 pieces of straws at 2.25 inches and adhered them to the back of the banner, with my glue gun.

 The straws will act as pop-up dots for your image.

Next I stamped fireworks onto to the front of the card and added my Washi tape at the top and bottom.

Then I placed the banner and straws on top of the card.  You can see how the straws lift the image off of the page for that dimensional look.

For the inside, I cut out the phrase "Happy 4th of July" with my Cameo. I stamped on a few stars and a flag.  I cut another straw at 4.25 inches, flattened it out with my brayer and used it as an accent on the bottom.

 

 Again, the Paper straws and Washi tape is new to me, but I am thoroughly enjoying incorporating them into my crafts.  I am finding that when a card seems to be just "missing something" a little Washi or a decorative Paper straw goes a long way!!

 

 

See ya' next month and have a Happy 4th of July!!!



A Simple Father's Day Card

Hi Everyone,

Lisa from Lisa's Craft Room here sharing a simple Father's Day card. It seems like this month is flying by. I can't believe Father's Day is Sunday already and my husband's birthday is Tuesday. Thanks Pam for having me again this month and I am so glad you are on the mend. I hope you get lots and lots of rest and are spoiled while you recover. :)

I used a blue card base from my stash and added a layer from DCWV's The Guy Stack. The mustache and glasses are from Emma's (My Creative Time) stamp set and dies called What's Growing On? The sentiment is also from Emma called More Gift Card Sentiments.

I stamped Happy Father's Day around the card with black Memento ink, adhered the glasses with a two way glue pen and added dimensionals to the mustache.

Thanks for stopping by. I always appreciate your visits.

Easy Money Layout

Hello!  Lori here from ScrappinMyStressAway with a fun layout.

  Tanner finally lost his first tooth on December 30th.  He was 7 years old and one of the very last kids in his grade to lose a tooth!!

I saw the layout below on Pinterest a while ago and was finally able to scrap lift it!!

I really liked the title - substituting the tooth for the letter "o" - and wanted to copy that.

I used the font LD Mon Cherie from the Silhouette Store.  I left a space where the "o" would go.

I bought the tooth set also from the Silhouette Store and sized the tooth to fit the space of the "o".  I did cut the word Smile as well, but not the scary dental tools :)

Once I got the tooth the correct size, I moved it to another spot on the mat.

I cut out the letters in red cardstock.  I saved the negative piece so I could use it as a template.  I ran my letters through my Xyron.

I put my template at the top of my page and adhered the letters on.

I carefully lifted up the template and my title was perfect - just missing a tooth!!

I cut out the tooth and the word smile out of white cardstock.  It is hard to see here, but I inked the tooth with a little bit of blue before I pop-dotted it down.

I used some white DMC floss to make dental floss and glued it down.

I added a little stickle sparkle to the dot of the "i" and as I did I was thinking of the gum commercial "Dirty mouth, clean it up {ding}"

I wound some white DMC floss under my title so my title was not just floating on the top of the page.  It was a bonus that it resembled dental floss.

This layout was difficult for me because I usually draw the colors of the photo out onto my page.  I did not have much to work with here, but I think it turned out just fine.

I journaled across the top of the photos.

I am excited to share this layout with my friends at The Bug Bytes today!!

Stand Card, Photo Frame

Hi Crafting Friends :)

Today I get to share my project with you here and at my own blog Adele's Creations

I have been using my electronic cutting machines for many years now, I started with the Craft Robo, which Silhouette America bought a few years ago and renamed it Silhouette SD, after all these years of crafting and designing I have a ton of designs which I now use in my Cameo, I love to share my design's with you all but unfortunately very few leave comments on my blog, though hundreds take my free files, it is very sad :(

Although this is disheartening, I will continue to share my designs for free, even though I rarely get a thank you!!

Moan over.....now onto my design for this months design team......

This is a versatile Stand Card or Photo Frame

Excuse the bright colours used, I did it for the purpose of showing the layers :)

Here is what the file contains

I left my sample blank but you could add a photo or a sentiment or whatever, the stand is sturdy enough to take embellishment overload's hahaha.

I added some flowers to the 4 edges, though I didn't add them to my file share.

If you would like the FREE Studio file then you can get it HERE
Please leave a comment on my blog if you download, it will only take a second, that's all I ask in return :)

That's it for another month at Pam's, The BugBytes

Thanks for stopping by 

Until next month

Happy Crafting :)

Hugs

Adele

To dad

Hello
This is Pam  from TheBugBytes and Papillon Digital Designs today on She's a SassyLady
Thanks Sheila for having me as one of your DT
Today I want to share a card I made for Father's day.
CAS style is the most difficult style for me but I tried to attempt that .

The embossing folder is spellbinder industrial
The auto stamp is Tim Holtz and the DAD are from recollections set got from Micheals
I took a silver pearlescent CS embossed and distressed it with sand paper to make the embossing pop.
A funny thing was usually when I stamp I always get some smudge here or there. And this time I wanted the ink smudges but nope it came clean as whistle and I had to add the smudges later :)
After inking with memento I embossed both the word and image with clear embossing powder.
I added some buttons and (irock) glam rocks.
Well that's my card for today.
Do share your projects with us.
Happy Crafting
Pam

Sharing something a little different - for me :-)

Hi everypeeps.  Its Karon here, from Karon's Krafty Korner and time to share a little bit of craftiness with you all.  Thanks Pam, for letting me come visit.

So, todays bit of stuff is a bit of messy time in the craft room and here is what I ended up with.

I decided to try something a little different.  This is a 6" by 8" piece of artist board.  Firstly, I gave it two coats of Gesso.  After drying the Gesso with my heat gun, I then used some Tim Holtz Distress Stain in the following colours; clockwise, Victorian Velvet, Tumbled Glass, Bundled Sage and Mustard Seed.  Next time I think, I will use a little more ink.

Next up, I tore up some text paper and some handmade papers and just placed them randomly over the board.  Then stuck them down with Modge Podge.  Now I only had Satin Modge Podge, but think I will get some Matte for next time or some Glue n Seal.  Anyways, we use what we have at the time, don't we?

Now, I didn't really know where it was going, other than I wanted to include the words "Spread your wings and fly".  I typed up the words on my computer and just printed them off, then cut them out and stained them with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink.  I also added some twine to make the swirls and outlined the swirls with my Spectrum Noir marker BT5.  Also added some swirls with just the marker too.  I then gave the whole thing a couple of coats of Modge Podge.

Finally, I used my Silhouette Cameo and cut out some butterflies in various sizes to add to the final piece.  The butterflies are from Birds Cards and I only secured them at their bodies.  I added some little Recollection gems, that have been coloured with the Spectrum Noir marker. 

A close up of the butterfly.

Here is another view to the side to show those butterflies and bling.  I think I should have chosen a different colour for the butterflies, instead of the text paper.

So there you go, a little bit of mess to share :-)

Thanks for stopping by today.

Happy crafting.

Make A2 Wide Shape Cards, It Is Easy

Good morning.... Sheila here from She's A Sassy Lady, thank you Pam for having me here today. I just love coming over to visit. Isn't this card just too cute? This is one of my A2 wide cards that are so easy to make with your Gypsy. I am bringing it to our quarterly card party and I just love it.

Now wasn't that easy. You can set up your card for as many multiples as you like. I did 2 up on the first page, and then 6 for the bear. So for my 12 cards I cut the base 6 times and the bear card twice. This is great for card party cards... easy to duplicate.

This is a close up of the little bears cute little face. I have to tell you this was so easy to put together, you will love it.  Just follow the directions on the video and you will be putting this card together with ease.

I stamped the inside with stamps from May May Made It and they are adorable... I really had a hard time as the whole set was designed to go with bears. I finally settled on a thank you sentiment as you can never have enough thank you cards.

And just look how cute this is when it stands up. I cut out twelve! I will use 9 for the party and will keep the rest for my stash! I hope you enjoyed today's post I had so much fun with this little card and I can't wait to share it with all the ladies at the card party.
Thank you for joining me today and for your sweet sweet words of encouragement. Your comments inspire me to continue sharing with you.

First Communion Banner

 

Hello bloggers!  This is Melody from A Splash Here and There blog.   Thanks again, Pam for letting me share my projects with the Bugbytes readers once a month.  I normally post earlier in the day on my scheduled day but forgot it's already June :). Where does the time go?  Anyway, I wanted to show you all the First Communion banner my daughter and I worked on for her special day.  It is roughly 12 x 16 and all cuts were designed on the Silhouette Studio and cut with the Cameo.

The base of the banner is a white light foam material purchased from Michaels.  It is originally 12 x 18 but I folded a few inches back on the top to make a slot for a wooden dowel connected to a strip of ribbon to serve as the banner holder. 

Here's a screen shot of how I designed the banner in the Silhouette Studio.

I searched the internet for images of a Eucharist cup, Jesus and praying  hands, then imported them onto the Silhouette Studio. I then used the trace feature to make the images more crisp.

In this screen shot, the right image is the jpeg version copied from the internet

while the image on the left (in red outline) is the traced version. After tracing the

images, I converted the images to print only, then used the offset feature to create a

cut line around the images.

 

It maybe hard to tell on the screen shot above unless you click on the image to

enlarge it, but here the parts in black will print only, while the parts around the images

in red will cut. 

 

This is after printing.  The regisration marks on the three corners of the

page will guide the Cameo where to cut.

 

And here's a look after the Cameo had finished cutting around

the printed images.

 

My daughter colored the praying hands and the Eucharist cup before we attached them on the banner. We left the image of Jesus in grayscale and attached it in front of the the cross (image by Lori Whitlock - Design ID #26530).   The corner leaf vine flourish is by Samantha Walker (Design ID #7319), the rolled rose image is by Silhouette (Design ID #25432) and the banner is by Sarah Hurley (Design ID #38321).  I used the Choppin Script font for my daughter's name to print on the banner. 

 

And that's about it.  Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful week ahead. 

Birthday card and gift box

Hello all, it's Danita from http://danitasdesigns.blogspot.com/.  My project this month is a birthday card and matching gift box that I was asked to make, as a surprise, for a dear friend. Now this being a surprise and me not having a picture of my friend, I had to become a sleuth!! I stalked her facebook page until I found single picture of her that I liked and I copped it!!! lol  I blotted out the background with an ink pad, embellished and then made a matching gift box to put it in.

Here is the finished card.

Here's the inside

For those of you that may remember, I told you, in a previous post, about how I like to use the plastic domes with my cards. For details about how to use the domes, you can check out more information on my blog: http://danitasdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/03/acetate-dome-birthday-card.html

The Box

For the box I used my old trusty tool, the enveloper. It comes with instructions on how to make a box top and bottom, but you don't have to use this to make a box.  I'll show you how.

The first thing you want to do is place your card in the middle of an 8.5x11 piece of cardstock. Cut a piece of scrap piece of cardstock the length of the paper and as wide as the depth of the card.  In this case 1inch. Use this as your guide and mark each side of the paper 1inch.



 

Then you want to cut an angle on all four corners of the paper.

Fold and crease each side, turning the angle pieces inside.

Glue all the edges together with a glue you trust to hold. I use Scotch Quick Dry Glue. Paper clip the edges together and let dry.

There you have it! the completed box bottom. Easy!! 

Repeat the same steps for the top. 

See this 5x7 card fits perfectly in this size box!

Thanks for looking!!!