I Love Castles

Hello and welcome!  Christmas celebrations are behind us and I am ready for a project that is NOT Christmas cards.  I needed to make a birthday card for a little girl.  Who doesn’t like the whole castle and being a princess for a day?  So I made her a very detailed castle birthday card.  Let’s start off with the lyrics…

~ScrappyDew Royalty Palz cut file #2 and #17
~Card base Core’dinations gemstones Amethyst
~Heidi Glace rube on stickers
~Costco Silver tissue paper pack holiday
~ScrappyDew Snowflake File
~Envelope Imaginisce Baby Doll

First thing I did was to take the base of the castle and duplicate it in Make The Cut.  Next   I mirrored the second castle and welded them to create a castle card base. Decorating the castle was the fun part.  The rub on stickers look so cute. 

The borders were perfect

I love how the snowflakes fit the cardNow this castle has a very special door.  The Royalty Palz file for the castle has a door but I wanted it to open.  In MTC, I added the phrase to the door (an abbreviated print and cut) and then made another door.  I split the second door down the middle and added some grommets and threaded a pretty pink ribbon through to tie the door closed.  I very carefully barely glued the edges so the second door would stick to the first door.  Here is a pic to better explain.

Door open

Door ClosedNow for the inside.  This little girl is such a girly girl.  She has hair that in the summer goes white and she is just a firecracker!  So I made her a princess that I hope see likes.  On the other side is a happy birthday greeting.

Princess

The inside of the cardNow one last picture to show you.  I had the cutest package of paper from Imaginisce called Baby Doll.  This just made the whole card come together.  So here are the finished card and the envelope. 

All done!Thank you so much for joining me today.  I hope you had the very best Christmas celebration.  Now next week I have a gift tag to share with you that is for my DIL.  Tell you all about it then.

Happy and Blessed New Year 2015 to all!  Bright Blessings, Jana

Santa December 26th 2014

Ok, so I really didn’t call this weeks project this (giggle giggle).  But I sure wanted too!

Gosh only 4 days until Christmas Day.  I have been one busy crafter.  Grand total of Christmas cards made for the bazaar and for myself is (drumroll please) 209!!!!  Just received a check in the mail from Holiday House for $105.00.  Not to shabby for my first bazaar (i’m not counting last year because it got snowed out). 

So for the last batch of Christmas (these are for me) cards I used the ScrappyDew file called Beach Santa 2013.  It is a fabulous file with a lot of elements.  This is what I came up with but of course lyrics first…

~Card base is 12x12 Recollections paper
~Inside Merry Christmas downloaded for MTC Gallery
~Elements are all cut out from Recollections paper
~Sand is 3M 220 grit sand paper
~Envelope is Graphic45 Sugar Plum Fairy

So here is the very last Christmas card for the 2014 season (YIPPEE!!!)

G45 Sugar Plum Fairy EnvelopeI think that these cards are just that ‘something’ different from the traditional cards.  Who wants traditional when you can have fun. 

I have one last very girly girl card for next week.  Still waiting to hear if you would be interested in a step by step tutorial on how I make my cards.  I want to wish each and everyone of you a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

Bright blessings, Jana

X-mas Luminaries

For my last 2014 Christmas project, I made a set of Xmas luminaries for my nieces rooms.

 

This is how the project looks when is not lighted 

 

This is how it looks when is lighted but is not dark

 

 

And this is the final look in the dark

 

 

To make this sweet project I used the new 

 

Christmas Jammies

This is an expansion pack for the Scrap Factory, so you must have the Scrap Factory to be able to use it.

Wish you all a peaceful Christmas!!!

Too Much Holiday Cheer

Hi and welcome back for another weekly post of my crafting adventures.  Just to let all of you know, I haven’t heard about how I did at the bazaar last weekend.  I am supposed to get a check in the mail by the 15th.  So I will keep you posted.  This weeks card is a super cutie!  But first, the lyrics…

~I made a total of 16 of this type
~ScrappyDew file called Up on the Housetop.
~Recollections paper in various colors
~Core’dinations glitter silk Regal Royal and Snow White
~DCWV Glitter Stack
~For the envelope Graphic45 12 Days of Christmas Collection

I went ahead and made this a 6”x6” card. (for me it’s just easier, this way I can see exactly what I am trying to put together)  I have also found that making all the back and inside first helps speed up the process.  Then I cut every piece and slip those into their own envelope.
Anything to help speed up making large amounts of cards is greatly appreciated!

So here is what I came up with…..(drumroll please)

 

Graphic 45 12 days of Christmas envelopes

I really like how these turned out.  Now only 20 more to go!  This new batch is all for in state friends so when mailed they should get them within a few days. 

I am toying with an idea for the new year.  Would you like to see step by step instructions on how I make my cards with photos attached?  Let me know.

So bright blessings for the next week!  Love to all, Jana

A Different Kind of Mustang

Hello, gosh are you finding that this time of year just gets more busy as Christmas gets closer?  After the marathon of card making for the bazaar (which is happening THIS weekend) I just needed a few moments to collect my thoughts and make a simple birthday card.  (even though i still have about 35 more Christmas cards to make for ME) 

Here are the lyrics~

~Recollections paper
~Zenith Zing and Make the Cut software
~Some really old stickers
~Dessert background that has been hanging around

I used the Scrappy Wild West file.  It has a lot of very cute western themed pieces that you can get really creative with.  I just love that about all the ScrappyDew files!!!

Now a little story about the person getting this card.  Max is the brother of one of our employees and has been helping Bob get our boat back to perfect.  He also has a red 1965 Mustang.  It is just beautiful.  So I thought why not a play on words.  So here is the birthday card I created. (sorry about the pic)

I also made him a big plate of my man catcher brownies.  He just laughed and laughed and then ate all the brownies.

Next week I hope to show you the christmas cards that I made for me to send out.  

So until then, Bright Blessings, Jana

Christmas Cards

Everybody is working hard to have their Christmas card ready on time to send them to their friends.

 

ScrappyDew´s files are a great choice to make stunnig and original 

Christmas cards.

 

 For this week I made a set of 4 Christmas cards, all with a lace background and just added an ScrapDew´s character to add all the bright and the color of Christmas.

 

 

For my Santa card, I used Classic Christmas file

 

 

For my reindeer card, I used Oh Deer file.

 

 

For my blond elf card, I used Christmas Elves file.

 

 

And for my brunnette elf card, I used Thanksgiving Expansion Pack for the Scrap Factory.

 

 

Hope you can find useful this ideas to make your own Christmas cards.

 

I Believe

Hello everyone! 

Whew…the last 28 days have been very very busy.  I have a grand total of 150 new Christmas cards for Holiday House this upcoming weekend.  I also have 36 additional cards. So a grand total of 186 cards that I now have to get price tags on.  It’s Saturday and my cards are being delivered on Tuesday. 

But first let me show you the last 2 cards that I have made.  Here are the lyrics…

CARD #4 I BELIEVE
~Recollection paper for the bases
~ScrappyDew Snow Flakes 2013
~Snow scene card cover from Birds cards.
~Georgia Pacific Card Stock #110
~Cor’dinations Glitter Silk Regal Royal
~Costco Silver 4pk wrapping paper
~misc. gems

CARD #5 Christmas Ornament
~Google + Community “The Cut Zone” community challenge file created by MichelleMyBelle
~Recollections Card Stock Navy and Gray
~ColorBok Silver embossed Floral Vine Texture
~DCWV Glitter Stack
~Cor’dinations Glitter Silk

Boy howdy now that’s a list. 

So here is how the newest cards turned out…

MMB Card 

MMB Card Inside

Group photo of the cards I created for this years Holiday House 2014. 

My box is overflowing!  Ready for tags!So that is a wrap for Holiday House this year.  I hope you have enjoyed seeing what I have created.  Leave me a comment to let me know.

Now I don’t have any plans for a post next week.  Thought I might just take a few days off. Get the tree up and decorate for Christmas.  (but knowing me i will have a post for next week, just can’t stay away from crafting)  So come back and see what I have been up too!

Bright blessings, Jana

Christmas Traveler Smash Book Swap

This Christmas I was invited to take part of a beautiful swap.

 

I have to send one Christmas smash book page, made by me, to three of my crafty friends -that also love to smash-.

 

So, as I´m a huge fan of ScrappyDew cutting files, I chose to decor my pages with their lovely files, and this is the result:

 

Made with Nut Cracker file

 

 

Made with Tis the Season file

 

 

Made with Nativity Scene file

 

 

Aren´t they lovely???

 

I added a tag to each one of the pages, so my friends can write up their own Christmas memories.

 

In Everything Give Thanks!

Aren´t you bless enough to be thankful???

To make the indians boy and girl, I used the new "Thanksgiving" expansion pack for the Scrap Factory.

For the tepee, I used the "Indians" file (this file also includes the indians, if you don´t have the Scrap Factory).

 

Remember:

 

In everything give thanks!!!!

Oh My Deer

Gosh I just made it!  These Christmas cards are taking a lot of time and effort.  Oh, hi there!  So glad you could spend a few moments with me this bright and shiny Saturday morning.  Have the next batch of 30 Christmas cards to share with you today.  Let’s get to it!!!1st the lyrics~~

~The file used is called Reindeers from ScrappyDew of course
~Recollections paper for card base
~American Crafts POW! glitter paper in Evergreen and Blush Rose (scarfs)
~Cloud 9 Joyful Sparkle paper (scarfs)
~Inside paper Imaginisce #400145
~Inside paper (girl reindeer) Paper Heart Dazzle Circles
~Envelopes will be made out of cheap yucky paper that isn’t worth beans

This was a really fun one to put together.  If you read last weeks post, you got a clue as to what was coming next in the series of 5 Christmas cards for each bundle.  First here is the male reindeer.

One set has green scarf, the other red

Inside of cardNow I really wanted to create a female reindeer.  I copied a hoof in each size, made it smaller and cut off the bottom to make pretty nails.  Put a shiny pink scarf, red lips and purple earrings and you have a girly girl reindeer. 

The background paper is from Costco

Girl reindeer insideNow I want to share with you what I do with the back of all the cards I make.  I usually find a really small but relevant stamp.  Stamp the back and then I put on a sticker made out of address labels that has all my information.  

One last picture and this set is complete….

Group photo!!!

That’s it for this week.  Have a bright and merry week. So until the next episode, bright blessings, Jana