Winter Penguins Cards

Hello! It's a beautiful day here in Northern Michigan. We still have snow on the ground (and ice in the driveway), but the sun has been shining for most of the week. It got up to 40 degrees the other day, and I was feeling nostalgic with past springtime memories.

Before I move on to sharing some springtime/floral cards with you, I wanted to share some of my favorite winter cards with you. Other than the stamp of the months, I focused primarily on the Winter Penguins set in the January/February book. It was fun to pair them up with (retired) paper collections and embossed cardstock. They really can be combined with anything, not just winter paper.

Products used are by Close To My Heart (unless otherwise stated):

Pattern Paper: Claire, Every Little Thing, Boutique, Mix-Ins

Cardstock: Wisteria, Lilac, Mint, Sapphire, White Daisy, Glacier, Pewter, Sweet Leaf, Twilight, Charcoal, Peacock, Sugarplum, Peach, Hollyhock, Sunset, Outdoor Denim, Raspberry, Eggplant, Black 

Inks: Peacock, Pewter, Hollyhock, Eggplant, Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark

Stamps: Winter Penguins, Perfect Fit-Birthday, Say It In Style, Short & Sweet, Cherishing Her 

Tools: Tri-blend Alcohol Markers (Spectrum Noir), Paper-Piercer, Micro-Tip Scissors, Wisteria Ribbon, White Daisy Ribbon, Silver Embellishing Thread, White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Clear Sparkles, Bitty Sparkles, Chelsea Gardens Dots, Snowflake Embossing Folder, Birthday Embossing Folder, Fancy Border Thincuts, Oval Dies (Spellbinders), Stitched Square Stax (MFT), Nordic Frame Die (The Greetery), Stitched Sentiments Die (MFT), Border Bling: Tin Stitch Die (Papertrey Ink), Scallop Circle & Circle Die Set (Stampin' Up), Sentiment Suite Basics Die (The Greetery), Circle Shaker Thincut, Stardust Stickles, White Gel Pen, Thin 3d Foam Tape

Aren't these penguins just the sweetest? I really enjoyed letting my creativity fly with this set. These penguins are available on my website here.

Thanks for stopping by today. Wishing you a wonderful weekend.

Happy crafting!

Casandra

Chantilly Card Workshop

Hello, again. I'm back, as promised, with 19 cards to share from the Chantilly Card Workshop kit. I was a bit skeptical, at first, like some of you may be over the price point of a workshop on the go card kit. Once tax and shipping were added in, it would be well over $2 per card. Well...I was able to create 19 cards using this kit, so that brought my total per card down to just $1.79. Plus, I had leftover ribbon, additional B&T paper, and a stamp set to use again (and again).

My customers loved this kit and were very happy with the designs. Although I didn't get pictures of their creations, each person created something unique from their kits, including my genius decision (insert pat on back here, if you please) to emboss the blue squares for the "patchwork card". I pulled out an additional stamp set "For Every Occasion" that some of my ladies used to create thank you cards from the kit, instead of strictly birthday cards. They even used smoothie and hollyhock inks in place of the sunset orange, at times, along with flipping over the green paper to the flowery side. It never ceases to amaze me how creative my customers are.

So, here is a quick picture of the Chantilly Cards that Corporate created.

G1061 Chantilly Card Workshop Kit $29.95

I liked the designs so well, that most of mine are created pretty similar, with the exception of the birthday card cake where I added Hollyhock ink instead of Sunset. One of the variations that my customers did with that card, was to second generation ink the banners. They were so cute! I'm a proud teacher.

After the Lagoon squares were cut, we had a 9x12 piece of Lagoon cardstock left over. By cutting this cardstock vertically at 4 1/4" by 11", I was able to create 2 additional card bases. Then, peaking into my kit, I discovered happily that I still had a full sheet of B&T Duos paper and one sheet of white cardstock. This inspired me to create 2 more cards from the kit.

So there you have it. I am one happy customer and have restocked my birthday card stash with cards that work wonderfully for any gender and age group. AWESOME!

Hope you have a great day!

Casandra

Birthday Workshop Cards

Today, I would like to share with you the birthday cards we will be creating at our upcoming July 1st workshop.

I found inspiration for this card on the same page as the thank you cards you saw yesterday...page 13 of the current idea book. I changed it up a little to use Emporium paper again. And the title would've taken forever to adhere so I changed it to a quick label instead. That little label stamp has seen a lot of use, lately!

Our cricut cartridge saves so much time. Love it!

Casandra

More Fun with Hooligans

Hello, again. I spent some time last weekend crafting more birthday cards. I was surprised to find that most of my birthday cards were used up so I needed to restock.

Products Used:

Hooligans L2 Pack (Retired)

Cricut AP Stamp

Cupcake Sprinkles Stamp (Retired)

Sunset Mini-Medley Accents

Purple Ribbon

Brads

Prisma Glitter & Glue Pen

Wishes How-To-Program

Thanks for stopping by! 

Casandra

May Birthday Cards

Good afternoon. Life has been busy for my family, this past month. My daughter graduated from her first year of preschool yesterday. It was so cute to watch her sing on the stage with her little classmates. She did pretty well for just turning 4. My son graduated from kindergarten and today was his last day. They are my proudest achievements.

I have found a few opportunities to craft, though. So today, I would like to share a few of the birthday cards that I created this month.

I love the stamps that came with my Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. I decided to showcase our Hooligans paper so you could see that it isn't just for Halloween. It is still available in the "While Supplies Last" section of my website for just $3.00!

I used some of our fun Sunset Mini Medley ribbon, and I found this gorgeous purple ribbon at Hobby Lobby (actually the only thing I found worth buying there from the scrapbook section). My fondest wish is that we start carrying more purple accessories in our upcoming idea book that will premier August 1st. Also used on these cards are retired stamps "You & Me" and "Somethin' Special". I love our Wishes cardmaking program for creating cards when I hit a creative road block.

I made these cards for some of my wonderful customers that have May birthdays. I appreciate each and everyone of you. Hope your birthday was special. Have a wonderful holiday weekend.

Casandra