Easy Card Layout Using Strips of DP

Hello All!
Here I am back again with the card I mentioned that used strips cut from decorative paper.  This is really a great card for using up the smallest sliver of paper.  We all just hate to throw away beautiful paper--don't we?   I added ribbon, rick rack, buttons, silk flowers, and washi tape to each of the cards. 

Here is a closer look at an adorable baby card I made using this layout.

Another fun way to make super pretty cards using your scraps.  Hope you are having a great day.  I will see you next time with cards for an anniversary.  See you soon!!
Karen

Vintage Baby Carriage in Pink

Hello Crafty Friends!
Have a vintage baby card today!  I made this for family members who are expecting a little girl.  I also sent a crocheted afghan and sweater.  Nice and snuggely for baby.

I also added lots of decoration to the envelop.  The card went inside a package, so did not have to worry about it going through the mail.

Image was stamped with black archival ink on white cardstock.  I added lots of pretty pink papers, lace, ribbon, and two sizes of rhinestones.

Inside:

So sweet!!  Hope you are having a lovely day!
Karen

Welcome Baby Card

Hello Everyone!
Welcome to the new year!  I thought I would start off the new year with a Welcome Baby Card.  This was a card made for a card order. I used lots of pink, as the baby is a girl.

• Stamps are from Stampin' Up and My Sentiments Exactly.

•  Used pink CS and DP.  Added a pink doily heart

Nice change up from all the winter and Holiday cards.  I am already looking forward to Spring.  I know I have a long wait though.


Two fun challenges for my baby card:

Crafty Hazelnut's Pattern Paper: anything with decorative paper-Jan
Simon's Wednesday: anything goes

See you next time for my crafty fun!!
Karen

Welcome Baby Cards

Hello Everyone!
How are you?  Doing good here, but keeping busy with the house selling and buying situation.  I still like to take some time out for a bit of therapeutic card making.  I made these Baby cards for an order.

The focus of the first card is dry embossing.  I used chalk to high lite the embossing.  Edge Punched an edge and added two different ribbons--pink and blue.

On the second card, I used a cute bird stamp set.  I used the same layout for both cards but, added a rounded corner on card two.  And, again, used two ribbons.

 

A Few fun Challenges!!!!
Dragonfly Dreams: flying high with wings
Craft-Dee Bowz: anything with a bow
Craft Your Passion: anything goes
Love to Scrap: anything goes

Lots of fun stuff going on in Dreamland.  Check back tomorrow for a fun project with Lost Coast Design stamps!!  See you then.  Love ya.
Karen

Guest Designing - Paper Girls Challenge

Hello Everyone!
Welcome to Dreaming and Creating!  Today I am Guest Designing for The Paper Girls Challenge Blog!!  The Girls have a fun challenge theme!  The theme for the next two weeks is:

BABIES

For my project, I made a sweet welcome baby card.  I stamped on  mixed media paper and watercolored with dye inks.  I thought the nest stamp would look cute with a tree background of some kind.   I decided on a tree trunk embossing folder.

Materials List:

Stamps: Pink Cat Studios

Ink: Stazon Jet Black; dye inks for water coloring

Paper: Strathmore Mixed Media Pad

CS: Almost Amethyst and Certainly Celery from Stampin’ Up

Embossing Folder: Tim Holtz

Ribbon and Pearls

Paint brush

Instructions:

• Make a card from Amethyst CS
• Dry emboss celery CS and add to the card base
• Stamp the birds on Mixed Media paper with Stazon ink
• Water color with a brush and dye inks -  get the brush slightly wet in water and pick up the ink
• Add to card front
• Tie ribbon in bow and glue to card
• Add Pearls

Isn't this sweet!  Love how the tree embossing looks in the background.  Stop over to the Paper Girls Challenge blog and check out the other Design Team projects and link up a card of your own!  So glad you stopped by!!
Karen

Welcome Baby

Hello Dreamers!
I hope you are enjoying some Spring weather in your little corner of the world.  I think it is trying to be Spring here in Michigan, but it just doesn't know how.  We have had cold and rainy weather all week.  No flowers up yet!  Boring!  
So, let's go to Dreamland for a little simulated Spring with a Welcome Baby card.  I made this card for a friend.

I punched three layers for the main focal point.  The top square was dry embossed and distressed with Milled Lavender Distress ink.  CS is all from Stampin' Up.

This card goes together very quickly and would also be great for Baby Shower invitations and/or Thank you's.

I wish you a lovely day filled with plenty of time to craft!  See you soon.
Karen

Guest Designing with The Sisterhood!!!

Hi Everyone!!
Welcome to Dreamland!  Today is the day!  My first post as a Step Sister for The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge Blog.  I will be guest designing this month!!  Check out their challenge blog.  They have two super fun challenges on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month.   And as today is the 2nd Wednesday, a new challenge starts today!!

The Challenge Theme: Baby --any baby themed card or project

And, here is my Baby themed card:

Materials List:

Stamps: Baby Carriage - Pink Persimmon

Ink: Rich Cocoa - Memento

CS: Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip - Stampin' Up; Blue textured - Bazzill

DP: Hope Collection - Authentique

Brown Lace Fabric

Blue and Brown Ribbon - Hobby Lobby

Standard Circles Small die cut - Spellbinders

Circle, Scallop - Sizzix

Blue Pearls

Fabri-Tac Glue

3-D Zots

Instructions:

• Make a square card from the Blue textured CS
• Add a layer of Chocolate Chip CS
• Cover with two different papers

• Stamp the Baby Carriage on Very Vanilla CS with Rich Cocoa ink
• Die cut with the Circles Spellbinder
• Cut a scallop circle from Chocolate Chip CS and layer with the stamped circle
• Make the ruffle:  Cut a strip of the brown lace fabric.  Run hand gathering stitches down one long edge.  Pull up the gathers.  Place a line of glue on the back of the stamp circle and press the ruffle into the glue.

• Glue this unit to the card front
• Add the blue pearls
• Tie a bow in the ribbon and add to card front

Now, I have a pretty vintage baby card to send out to someone!!
I hope you will join in with the Challenge!!  Make your project and link it up on the Sisterhood Challenge Blog.


******************A few fun Challenges for my Vintage Baby card:
Simon's Wednesday Challenge: die crazy
Penny's Challenge: anything goes
Cuttlebug Mania: baby
Craft-Dee Bowz: anything goes with a bow
Crafting from the Heart: anything goes




How is your week going?  Well, I hope.  Feels like summer here in Michigan.  Nice and warm--and sunny.  I did get some work done in the garden yesterday morning.  I will get out there today too if the rain holds off.  Lots going on this month in Dreamland!!  Next week is a new Love to Scrap Challenge,  15 Days of Terror with Leigh's Domino Art, Moon Goddess from Lost Coast Designs, another Sisterhood Challenge, and more of the Operation Write Home cards............  I have been busy!!  Have a super day!  Love ya
Karen

Baby Carriage on the Roll to Welcome Baby

Hi Dreamers,
Hope you are having a great day!  Today, I have a sweet baby card to share.  I saw this carriage on Pinterest and wanted  to make something like it.  By looking at the photo, I was able to figure out which punches and die cuts to use to make the carriage.  I also made a coordinating envelope with an Envelope Punch Board (Stampin' Up).  I used the Eyelet Edge punch to decorate the edges of the envelope.

Materials List:

CS: White and Pretty in Pink - Stampin' Up

DP: Cloisonne stack - GCD

Stamps Stampin' Up (retired)

Ink: Old Olive -SU

Dies: Scallop Circle - Sizzix; Circle -Spellbinders; Rosette - A Muse Studios; 

Punches: 3 sizes of circle punches; Scallop Circle punch; Eyelet Border - Stampin' Up

Decorative Tile Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug

Instructions:

• Make a card from white CS and layer with Pretty In Pink CS
• Dry emboss a piece of white CS and add to card front

• Make the carriage: 

1. Die cut a scallop circle from Pretty In Pink CS and cut out a fourth of the circle
2. Die cut a circle (slightly smaller than the scallop circle) from the DP and cut it in half
3. Glue half circle to pink scallop circle
4. Cut the DP with the rosette die--fold up a length that fits onto a fourth of the scallop circle and glue in place
5. Cut the border from white CS and glue to the edges of the carriage -- on the area where the fourth was cut away
6. Punch the wheels with circle punches

• Glue the carriage to the card front
• Add brads to the wheels and glue in place
• Add a pink ribbon
• Add the handle
• Stamp a baby sentiment and punch out and layer onto a scallop circle

Inside:

• Stamp a sentiment on the inside-Victorine Originals
• Stamp a carriage (Stampin' Up retired) and color with markers
• Add a strip of DP cut with the edge punch

Inside

******************Challenges for my Baby Carriage Welcome Baby Card:
Craft-dee bow: anything goes with a bow
Love to Scrap: anything goes
Shabby Tea Room: baby + photo
Emergency Crafts: red or pink
Feeling Crafty: dies and/or punches
Quirky Crafts: pile it high and make it 3D
Sentimental Sundays: pack a punch + sentiment

This card was made for my friend's son and daughter-in-law who are expecting!  Baby is due in April.  How exciting!!  See you next time for a peachy keen card - with a touch of Spring.  See you then.  Love ya.
Karen

Elegant Welcome Baby Card

Hi Dreamers!
What a busy week!!  Oh, and Happy October!!  Wow, I can't believe that it is already October!  Where did the summer go??!!  I have been busy running around getting some errands done, picking out a new truck, visiting with friends, doing a sewing project, and etc.......
Today, here in Dreamland, let's look at this dreamy elegant Welcome Baby card.  This was a special order card for my friend.  Her son and daughter-in-law will be having their first baby soon.  The request was for a baby card that was NOT cutesy.  I think I did good??!!

As you can see, I added some of the papers to the flap of the envelope for an extra special polished  look.

Materials:

CS: Cream, White, Blush Blossom (Stampin' Up retired)

Decorative Paper: Embossed creamy colored paper --This one is from the Bissette pad from SEI

Spellbinders: Circle and Picot Edge Circle

Eyelet Edge Punch

Corner Rounder Punch

Wide Satin Ribbon

Tiny Shell pink Pearls

Sentiment stamps

Instructions:

• Make a top fold card from Cream CS
• Cut and punch the layers:  

1. two strips of White CS with one edge punched
2. two narrow strips of Blush Blossom CS
3. Cut the Decorative paper
4. One large circle from Cream CS
5. One medium Picot Edge circle from White CS 

• Assemble the layers in that order (above list)

• Stamp the sentiment (Sweet N Sassy retired) with black ink on Blush Blossom CS and round the corners
• Add the sentiment to the die cut circles with dimensional adhesive
• Add the pearls 
• Wrap ribbon around card and tie in a bow

 Inside

• On the inside repeat the layers
• Stamp sentiment (Blue Ridge Impressions) on white CS

So, you can do a baby card that is elegant and not cutesy.  Just use soft colored papers and add the embellishments.  

********Challenges for my Elegant Baby Card:

365 Cards: must haves---I just had to have that Picot Edge circle die cut--It can be a background piece or as I have done here, the focal point.

Craftin Desert Divas Linky Party: anything with a sentiment

Simon's Wednesday: anything goes

There She Goes: decorate the inside

Avenue 613: anything goes

PaperTake Weekly: anything goes

!!!!!!!What is coming to Dreamland in October!!!

I will be Guest Designing for the month of October for the 4 Krafty Girlz Challenge Blog.  I will be making three project throughout the month---The first project will be posted on the 3rd.  

I will also be participating in the 31 Days of Halloween on Leigh's Domino Art Blog on the 5th of the month. 

So stayed tuned for all that fun stuff!!!!   A very busy month!!

I hope you are having a lovely October day!  Take some time to stamp and create.  Love ya.

Karen