Last Cards of 2025

Today I have a few more cards to share from the end of 2025.

First up is an anniversary card. I created the background by using an embossing folder. I used a blending brush on the indented snowflakes. I then rolled ink onto the background with a brayer to make the snowflakes stand out. I cut the birds with my Cricut from silver foil paper. I stamped the sentiment of on a strip of cardstock and added a silver sparkle strip of cardstock to finish it off.

My next card also used an embossing folder. This time I rubbed the raised parts of the folder with ink. I misted the ink a bit to make it transfer better. It resulted in the transfer being a little messy, but I thought it looked okay anyway. I cut the ball and pins with my Cricut and stamped and heat embossed the sentiment.

Finally, I have a first birthday card. This one was pretty basic. I stamped the banners on the background. Then I stamped the giraffe on some scrap paper. I colored everything with markers. I fussy cut the giraffes and the roller part of an extra one and adhered them to my card front. I used the Cricut to cut the number 1 and added it to the center car. I finished things off with a sprinkling of gold foil stars.

 

Stick It Down cards

Hello! I'm back today with cards I made using the Stick It Down card sketches from December and January. First up is the December sketch: 

I started by cutting the circle background using my Cricut. I covered the front of my card base with Black Soot Distress Oxide ink by dragging the inkpad over the paper. I cut the circle from kraft cardstock and stamped the deer. I used watercolor pencils to color the deer and add the clouds. I didn't blend them with water, I liked the look of the pencil strokes. I finished off the card with a printed sentiment strip.

Next up is the January sketch:

I got a set of masks that create a plaid pattern, so I started with those on my card front. I also got a Big Shot and some dies for Christmas, included a set of postage stamp nesting dies. I used those dies to cut the frames. I cut my cirlce and stamped the cupcake. I also stamped the sentiment and heat embossed it. Once those were all added to the card front, I added some Stickles to the cupcake and a sprinkling of paper sequins (also a die set I received for Christmas) finished off the card.

January Calendar Page

 Happy New Year! I have my January calendar page to share! I started with this sketch from the Creative Memories Crop group on Facebook:

I needed to fit more photos on my page, so I split some of the photo spots and added a photo to the right hand page. I used my Cricut to cut the borders and title. I used printed chipboard, stickers, metal rimmed stickers, and enamel dots to embellish my page. For the journaling, I did a combination of photo captions and a paragraph on the bottom of the page. 

Thanks for stopping by to check out my page. I should have some more posts in the next few days with some cards and scrapbook pages I've done over the last few weeks!

More Cards

Hello, I have a few more cards to share today. First up is a birthday card for my daughter. I started with a piece of sparkle Yupo paper and alcohol inks. I swirled the inks on the paper. I realized that my Yupo paper was a little small, so I offset it on the teal cardstock piece. I used my Cricut to cut the dancer and then draw the dancer and write the sentiment. The outline of the dancer made it easier for me to adhere the pieces in the right spots.

For my next two cards, I used the same base- I used a background stamp and ombre inkpad and then added cardstock stars that were in my scrap drawer. For the first card, I cut the sentiment with my Cricut.

For the second card, I stamped and punched the tickets. I added the recipient's age with a number sticker on one of the tickets. 

For my final card, I used a mask and ink blended the circles with a couple of colors of blue ink and some white pigment ink for a kind of tone on tone background. I stamped, colored and fussy cut the balloons and dog, adhering them directly to the card and with some foam adhesive. 

 Thanks for stopping by to check out my cards! Hopefully I'll get back to scrapping soon!

Cards- Starting Points

Hello, I have some cards to share today. For these cards, I went through my "scrap drawer" and found some pieces to use as a starting point.

First up is an anniversary card. I started with the background already stamped and colored, which saved a ton of time. Since the background was so colorful, all I did was use my Cricut to cut the sentiments and adhered them to the background. I layered the red one over a shadow in black to make it stand out a bit more. 

I had a pre-stamped background for this card too. I used a new inkpad when I had stamped the background and the pad was quite juicy so the imprint was kind of muddy. To help mask the issues with the stamped image, I started by adding a piece of vellum slightly smaller than the bakcground. I ran that through an embossing folder to add some texture and interest. I cut the sentiment with my Cricut and adhered it to the vellum. I finished things off with a scattering of gold sequins.

This card started with the sentiment strip. It is a piece of yupo paper that had been colored with alcohol inks and the sentiment was stamped with lift off ink. I then found ink pads in coordinating colors and stamped the background with the "Marbled" turnabout stamp. I then found coordinating cardstock and cut the party hat with the Cricut. Some sequins and Stickles add some sparkle to the card. 

 Come back tomorrow for a few more cards!

November Calendar Page

Hello, it's been a while! I've been spending my time taking and editing photos for my business. I was able to squeeze in making a calendar page and some cards (which I'll be sharing over the next few days. I started with the October two page sketch from Stick It Down:

I pulled out some coordinating patterned papers with some fall colors. I cut the pieces and found a grey that went with the grey on the floral paper. I stuck pretty close to the sketch for the photos, just doing four instead of 5 in the strip on the right hand page. I cut the title with my Cricut and stamped the journaling lines. I used some spray ink to add splatters to my page, both spritzing and tapping the straw for larger splats. I embellished the page with some fussy cut leaves and stickers. 

Thanks for stopping by to check out my layout!
 

Material Girl

I finished my older daughter's dance album just in time for her graduation, now onto my next daughter who graduates next year! 

For this layout I used this sketch from Stick It Down:

I started by finding a Cricut background cut that I could cut down for the background. I decided where I would trim it and laid it on my background. I marked where it ended and then took an ink pad and drug it across the cardstock. I then glued the cut background down. This cut had a frame that I cut off and then took some of the stripes and brought them to the edges of the paper. I layered my photos on top. Down the right side, I found some ribbon that was the right color and combined it with a torn sheet of patterned paper. For the title, I used my Cricut to cut the words from black cardstock and the offset from holographic silver cardstock. To embellish the page I found all the pink and black flowers I could. I also dug out the "It's a girl thing" and purse stickers from a sheet I've had for a very long time that I thought fit this layout perfectly. The chipboard flowers were inked to match the colors of the layout. I topped the fabric flowers with coordinating buttons. I finished off the layout with a journaling sticker/