Christmas Gift Card Holder

This year I have a LOT of gift cards to give to the people I'm shopping for.  It makes me a little sad that my nieces and nephews have grown up so much that they want gift cards instead of presents. Oh well.... I saw a blog post by Paul - which you can see HERE.  He made a treat holder.  I really liked the look of it and wanted to try it but I made mine to hold a gift card instead of a treat.  He has easy step by step instructions on an older post that you can see over here.   If I can follow them, then anyone can follow them!  LOL.

So here's what my first attempt looks like:

The only alteration I made to his instructions was instead of an oval punch,  I just cut a slit using my paper trimmer. So that way I could put in a gift card instead of a treat.

I plan to add something on the inside to sign our names and wish him a Merry Christmas but other than that this project is done. It was really easy and I plan to make at least a few more of them. 

Pattern Paper is My Minds Eye Holiday Glitter Book

The Snowflake is from Tags, Bags Boxes & More 2 cartridge, page 47

The gem in the center of the snowflake is from Recollections

I used Stickles Glitter Glue

I inked all the edges with Color Box ink. 

Thanks so much for taking a look. 

Hope your Christmas season is off to a wonderful start. 

God bless.

Chris

Fairy Dust Birthday

I'd like to share with you a birthday card I made using some digi-stamps from Bugaboo Stamps.

I wanted to participate in their Stella Says Sketch Challenge 109.

I'm getting used to these digi's and am really starting to have some fun with them. 

If you haven't tried them, I highly recommend it. 

Here's the sketch:

So here's my card:

I used the digi image of Girl Fairy Birthday Dust from Bugaboo.

It comes with the sentiment. "Birthdays are regular days sprinkled with fairy dust"

I colored her using colored pencils.  

I added Stickles to her petal skirt. And on the circle of the sentiment.

You can't see it in these pictures but I added Glossy Accents to her wings.

I really like the effect of the Glossy Accents.

The glitter paper for the mat is from DCWV.

The calendar paper is from Foof-a-la's Hall Pass collection.

I trimmed the paper with the Fiskars grass punch and added some ink and stickles.

The pink ribbon is from my stash.

I added some gems and doodled around the edges.

That about covers it. 

Hope you found something to take away from this card.

Pop on over to Catch the Bug Challenge Blog if you'd like to participate in any of their challenges.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Be Mine card

I am posting this card to participate in the January-February Card Sketch challenge over at The Craft's Meow. I had recently won the Happy Owlentine's stamp set from them and I just purchased one of her Grab Boxes that was loaded with goodies.  She still has Grab Boxes left for sale. You can check it out HERE.

This is the sketch for the challenge:

Here is my version of it:

Everything I used on this card was from The Craft's Meow Grab Box or was the Happy Owlentine's Stamp set.   The only thing that wasn't is the Stickles Glitter glue and the Liquid Pearls.  Oh, the ribbon was from my stash.   I cut the brown circle from my Elegant Edges cartridge at 3.75 on the "shift" level and the white circle was cut at 3.50 without the shift.

Here's a close-up:

I stamped the owl/arrow image all in red but I didn't like the way it looked when I was done. So I stamped the image again in brown ink on the same background paper and then cut it and paper-pieced it over the red. I really am pleased with the way it turned out. I colored in the heart eyes in red and put a little Stickles glitter glue over them and also over the arrow.   The felt flowers needed a center and I chose the White Opal liquid pearls.  I inked the edges of the card base and the papers in brown Studio G ink. 

Thanks for looking. I'd love to hear your comments.

You can also participate in this challenge up until February 14th.