Christmas Treat boxes.

Hi everyone.  How are things here at The Bug Bytes?  Pam, thanks for having me come visit each month. It's Karon from Karon's Krafty Korner, come to say hi and share a little something with you.

I have two adorable treat boxes to share with you today.  I made a snowman and penguin the other day, you can check these out here on my blog.

I decided they were so cute and easy to make that I had to make another couple from My Scrap Chick and the file Winter Paver Favor Boxes.  I used my Silhouette Cameo, to cut all the pieces.  Father Christmas is almost done, but I will have to share him on my blog another day.

Today, I have Rudolph and the Gingerbread Man to share with you.

I so enjoyed putting these together.  For Rudolph, I inked around all the edges with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink, also rubbing some of his face.

For the Gingerbread Man, I again inked all the edges, this time with a little red ink.  For the cheeks, I used some chalks.  Using a black fine line marker for the smile.

For Rudolph, I finished off his nose with some glossy accents and the heart on the Gingerbread Man with some nice red glitter.

As this is my last post of the year at The Bug Bytes, I wish you all the joys of the season and a very Merry Christmas and see you all in the new year 2014.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Happy crafting.

Eight Easy Christmas Cards

 

Good Morning, Sheila here from She's A Sassy Lady. Aren't these cards beautiful. These cards are so simple that you can prepare them and finish them on the run. I cut these cards out on standard A2,  ran them through my Cuttlebug using the new Anna Griffin embossing folder Dancing Holly. I used the leftover scraps to adorn the inside and just made one simple little stamp and the inside was done.

 

 Then I packed up all the little pieces and my adhesives for the outside of the card placing them in little baggies. I took them to work and finished them on my lunch break.

 

I used my Zip Dry glue to adhere the wreath to the Joy base.

 

 

Then I used foam tape and adhered them to the front of the card.

 

I used Christmas red stickles for the little bow on the wreath.

 

Here is a close up of the papers. They are from the DCWV Christmas Memories stack and really looked beautiful on the finished card.

 

In just a half an hour I had 8 cards completed and finished all the cards I am making this year! I then spent the next 2 days addressing envelopes on my break and then stuffed and have even mailed all 65 of my cards out. I am so thankful they are done!
Thank you for joining me today. I hope you enjoyed today's post. Thank you for your sweet - sweet words of encouragement. You comments inspire me to continue sharing with you! Have a blessed day.

Keep Calm and Craft Gift Bag

Hi Everyone

Michelle here from Lady of Leisure Ink ,and as always I want to say a big thank you to Pam for having me.  My project is a real quick and easy one - a plain red gift bag that I decorated up with a digital stamp which was a 'freebie' from Tamara of The Stamping Chef for her Face Book Fan Page - thank you Tamara.

I actually did not colour this with my ProMarkers but instead using my Silhouette Cameo to colour it then print and cut.  This fun image is very detailed, and so colouring with the Cameo took quite some time.  Here is a close-up.

I have a special purpose for this bag, it is going to hold some cards I have made for a swap I am doing in the next couple of weeks with some local crafting friends.  I can't say anymore in case one of them is reading this post, but I will post pictures of the card I have made and all the cards I receive after the swap.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Michelle

Folded Card, Tag and Gift Card Holder

Hello Everyone, it's Danita from danitasdesigns.blogspot.com.

Some of you already know that I have been posting about my crafting retreats this month.  I had 3 back to back!  While they were a lot of fun, I am tired!!! I'll share with you one of the cards I made at the retreat this past weekend.  It's a folded card with a gift card tag. I bought a cardstock pad and matching brads and I wanted to see what I could come up with. I've never used brads. The collection is called "Bonjour" by GCD Studios.

The card is 6 x 6 with a pocket in the middle to hold the tag. I added gold washi tape and I used  Spellbinder dies for the flourishes on the front.

I cut the inside tag by hand along with the flowers at the top. The 2 brads are from the collection. I left a 2.5 inch open slot for the gift card

                

Thanks for stopping by!!!

My Brave Sister

Hello crafters it is Felisa again, well tonight I thought I would make a SIMPLE mini for my sister to add her military pictures in.

 

Sorry about the light but I snapped it at night but I really like how it turned out. I used some ribbon from Hobby Lobby and I used several Lindy sprays to color the lace. I used K & Company for the paper except the cover and inside sheets.

 

I started with this Close to my heart 3 Ring Album

 

I used chipboard from Micheals

 

I painted the edges

 

 

I used a guide to punch my holes with my big bite

 

 

 

 

I got this embellishment from a craft store in Memphis when I had visited my sister

 

Simple right :) I will go back and add mats for my sister just to lay her pictures in since she is not a crafter and I will go back and trim that lace since it isn't even.

 

Well that is it for my simple mini tonight until next time be bless.

 

 

 

 

Sewing Shadow Box

Hello and Happy Veteran's Day!  I want to say thank you to the vets and their families who fight (and support those who fight) for the freedoms that we enjoy!!

This is Lori from Scrappin' My Stress Away and I am excited to be on The Bug Bytes blog today!!

I have been working on some Christmas gifts for family and friends.  I saw an idea on facebook that was perfect for my step-mom who loves to quilt.

I purchased this phrase from the Online Silhouette Store.  Using the vinyl settings, I cut it out in red vinyl.

I purchased an 8x10 shadow box at Michaels.  I transferred the vinyl to the glass of the shadow box.

I found this image online:

I printed it on a piece of Square 1 Masterpiece 8 1/2 x 11 printable adhesive back fabric.  I trimmed it to 8x10 and adhered it to the back of the shadow box.  Good thing it is repositionable since I put it on upside down (so the hooks on the back would not work if she wanted to hang it).  I was able to peel it off and put it on the right way!!

This product is a safe alternative to vinyl and easy to work with.  If you want more information on it or want to order some, just go HERE.

I used glue dots to adhere some spools of thread from my grandmother's sewing kit on the inside. 

I included a card of buttons and a green wrapper from a needle along with another spool.  Since this gift is staying in the family, I did not mind using my grandmother's pieces.  Similar items can be found at flea markets.

I was really happy with the way it turned out.  I like the red because it will match her sewing room.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope I have inspired you a little!

A Rosette Tree

Hello, Lisa from Lisa's Craft Room here to share my project here and over at Pam's. Thank you Pam for having me :)

I bought this darling rosette die from Emma at My Creative Time and thought I would try my hand at a little tree for my mom as a decoration. I really wish I could have made bigger ones for the bottom and smaller ones for the top so that it would look more like a tree but the die only makes this size and a small size. I looked to see if any of my cartridges had rosettes on them but none of them did, then I tried to make them on my own but I was making them way too big. Well, I think it still came out cute. It was a little bit of work putting them together, then gluing them together, then gluing them on top of each other, but the result is so pretty.

I glued a skewer stick to the base, then glued the scallop die and the stitched circle die to it, I stamped the little tree and colored it in, then added some green ribbon and some red tulle.

Well, that is my project for you. Thank you for stopping by and I will see you soon.

Oh Christmas Tree :-)

Hi everyone.  Karon here from Karon's Krafty Korner, to share a little something with you this month. Thanks so much for putting up with me, Pam :-)

I decided to have a play around with the Silhouette Design Studio.  So after a couple of hours - yep a couple of hours or so LOL and messing around with triangles and different measurements I came up with this layered tree.

The tree is made up of four layers.  All I did was layer them together, but only secured down the centres. Then, just turn up the sides a bit to give the tree a little dimension. (I didn't use the tree pot on my card.)

I do have cut file available (my first ever), but I have no idea how to add it to the post.  If you are at all interested in receiving it, you can email me (click on my profile on my blog) and I would be more than happy to send it to you.

The backing paper was from my stash, and I'm sure it is probably from a Recollections stack but I couldn't find the top - sorry!  The rest of the papers are from a Recollections 12" by 12" stack called Bright Christmas.  I inked all the edges of all the papers.

I added some extra stamped snowflakes to the background and also the Merry Christmas stamp.  Then I added some holographic snowflakes and star on the top of the tree, with pop dots.

For the inside, I used the same papers as the front, stamping four small snowflakes in the corners of the centre panel.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Happy crafting.

Playing with some window cards

Hi all!  This is Melody from A Splash Here and There blog.  Thanks once again Pam for allowing me to show my projects with your wonderful readers.  These cards were designed using the Silhouette Studio and cut with the Cameo.

I was perusing my collection of cards and card bases purchased through the Silhouette Store and wanted to play with some I've always wanted to but haven't.  The two cards above started out as card base images called "2 abstract cards" by Daniela Angelova (Design ID #38691) and were sized at 5.5 square.  I cut 2 layers of background mats for each, embossing the top mat layer with Hearts Block (the brown card) and Swiss Dots (the red card) CB folders.  Then I imported digi stamps by Scrapper's Delights that were already pre-colored (big time saver for me!). I sized the images to fit in smaller rectangles then wrote the sentiments using the Choppin Script font already in my library. 

I also created an inside mat for the sentiments, personalized, again using the Choppin Script, flood-filled in my choice of color. I used the internal offset feature of the Silhouette Studio to create the faux stitching in coordinating colors. 

For the left side of the inside mats, I turned a couple of images into sketched images.  The heart border is by Alaa' K (Design ID #15744) and the set of balloons  is by Snapdragon Snippets (Design ID #24866).  Below are closeups of the sketched images.



I finished up the cards with ribbons from my stash, Card Candies, and some irock white gems.  Thanks for stopping by today!  

Masculine cards

Hello everyone, it's Danita from danitasdesigns.blogspot.com. 

I have been practicing making Masculine cards all month. I find them to be most challenging because of the lack of bling, flowers and ribbons. I decided to challenge myself this month with this task. I started out really slow and wanted to give up several times, but I pushed on. I have a few more on my blog, if you would like to take a look (I hope you do).

Here's the first one in this set:
I used the Tim Holtz Retro Grunge Paper Stash and Candi dots colored with my Copic Marker. The badge is a die from Spellbinders.

 Teehee, I was playing around with an image from the Silhouette store to see if I could turn it into a card. I did.  This one was kind of fun to make.

 DCWV Natural Cardstock, gears, spirals and Thickers was used to create this one.                           

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!!!