Shamrock Die Cut Card

Hello crafty friends,

Hope you’re having a great day. It’s another Terrific Tuesday and that means it’s time for another project featuring some wonderful goodness from Scrapyland.com So here is what I am sharing with you today.

Here’s a look at my finished card. This is another “unplugged” card. My definition of “unplugged” means no electronic die cut machines used. No electricity. The finished size of the card is 5.5. x 5.5. The patterned background paper is from the DCWV Sweet Stack.  made this super cute shamrock featuring a heart shaped die from die versions. I just cut three of them out of the Glittery green paper from the Die Cuts With A View Cotton Bloom Stack and then lined them up and then cut apart a piece for the “stem”

Here is a shot of the heart and I cut it apart for the stem.

Here’s a shot of how I put the hearts together to form the shamrock.

Here is a closer look at the shamrock on the card.

Here is one last look at the card. I finished off the card with some pretty corner flourishes from the Spellbinders D-Lites Corner die and some pretty little pearl embellies from Hobby Lobby The Paper Studio Gemstones 

Products Used To Create This Project

Spellbinders D-Lites Corner Flourish	Die-Namites Regal Heart	DCWV Cotton Bloom Stack
DCWV Sweet Stack	HB Paper Studio Pearl Gemstones

Additional Supplies Used

White and Yellow cardstock

Misc. Ribbon

Don’t forget to head over to Scrapyland.com and check out all the wonderful dies. You just may be able to get multiple use out of one! As always, thank you for stopping by. Check back tomorrow for another crafty project! Until then,

Sunshine Bendi Card

Hello crafty friends,

So glad you dropped by today. Boy this has been a last crazy week and a half. I have been struggling with lots of computer issues. I am glad to say that I have at least regained use of my blog writing software and that I can now concentrate on some other issues and then get past those too   Today I wanted to share a card I made for the Pazzles DT. The challenge on the Pazzles craft room this month is to create a Bendi Fold card. Here’s my take on this super fun card.

Here is a look at my finished card. It was created with papers from the DCWV Baby Boy Stack and the DCWV Cotton Bloom Stack as well as some cardstock. I started by using the Pazzles small Bendi Fold Card Base. I took one of the “arms” and substituted it for the dog and fence file. I also made the top of the other “arm” layer wavy.

Here is a closer look at the pretty little sun. I was speaking with my Sister in law a while back and they recently moved out of state and she said to me…send some sunshine our way….so that is why I went with this theme. So “T” this is for you The sun is made from patterned papers in the DCWV Cotton Bloom Stack.  I just made the eyes and the now in the file bigger and drew my mouth on with a fine tip pen.

I then used the tree file from the craft room and cut it out of some dcwv paper in the baby boy stack. I added a few tiny butterflies from my MS punch that was quickly and easily accessible. I cut out some clouds from the rainbow and clouds craft room file and inked the edges with some crystal blue ink from the Whimsy Ink Pad Set.

Here is a closer look at the fence. I created it by using the dog and fence craft room file instead of the base cut that came in the small base bendi file.

I wanted to use some of that popular “wood” looking patterned paper, but I didn’t have any that suited the cut well so I used some diaper paper from the DCWV baby boy stack….YEP that’s right….DIAPER PAPER. That is what gave it that great “wood” painted with lines kind of look.

Here’s a shot showing you the cuts from the diaper paper. Of course I will save the rest for another project, but I hope this will inspire you to look at your paper differently.

Here is a view of the card opened. There was a great open spot that I was able to put my sentiment on. I could have really gone wild decorating this card. But I purposely wanted to keep it really clean and simple.

Here is a closer look at my sentiment. One of the wonderful things about the Pazzles Inspiration software is that it allows you to print right from the program. This is a great design tool-feature in that you know exactly what size to make your sentiments, etc.

Products Used For This Project

Pazzles Inspiration	DCWV Baby Boy Stack	DCWV Cotton Bloom Stack
Whimsy Ink Pad Set	White Chalk Marker	Pebbles Dry Decorator Chalks
Micron Fine Tip Pen	Tombow Adhesive	Fine Tip Glue Pen
Foam Tape	MS Butterfly Punch

Additional Products Used

White, Pink and Cream Cardstock

I hope you will give the “bendi fold” cards a try. There is still plenty of time to enter the challenge over at the craft room! Don’t forget to pop back by tomorrow as I share some more fun, crafty inspiration  Until then,

Treat Boxes and Freebie

Happy Saturday crafty friends,

Hope you’re weekend has been a good one so far. Today I am sharing a couple of really cute treat boxes I made with files from PaperCraftingWorld.com. First up:  


Candy Corn Treat Box

Here is my Candy Corn Treat Box. I used some wonderful patterned papers from the DCWV Sunday Afternoon (Chevron) and Baby Girl (Orange Squares) Stacks. Along with some American Crafts White Textured cardstock. I used my Sakura black fine tip pen to do the faux stitching around the outer edge.

Here is a side view of the handle. It is designed to look like smaller versions of the candy corn attached together. I thought that was such a cute idea as opposed to just a regular handle.

Here is a top shot showing the handle. When layering the pieces of the handle together, you want to use a good strong adhesive to allow for the curve of the papers.

Here is a close up of one of the free printable tags from the Tag set offered by PCW. You can head over to the PCW  design team blog and pick up the link to get yours. Don’t delay as they are only available for a week and then a new freebie is available. A new freebie goes up every Friday.

Pumpkin Box

Here is my second treat box. A cute little Pumpkin shaped box. I used some more of the fabulous orange patterned paper from the DCWV Baby Girl Stack and for the green leaf and handle, I used a pretty green patterned paper from the DCWV Cotton Bloom Stack. On this side I used one of the nested layers and inked the edges with my Sunset Ink pad from CTMH Adventure Mini Ink Pad Set. I also used another one of the printable tags from the freebie set. I added an orange eyelet and threaded some burlap cord from May Arts through. I inked the stem with some of my Saddle Ink Pad and then edged the leaf and vine piece with my New England Ivy Ink Pad. I used my black fine tip pen to make some faux stitching around the edges of both pumpkin layers. I finished off this side with a pretty black with white polka dot ribbon bow.

Here is a view of the other side of the pumpkin box. The cut file includes nesting layers of the pumpkin shape as well as cuts for this cute face. Once again I inked the stem and vine as well as the face. For the face, I used my Sunset Ink Pad from the Adventure Mini Ink Pad Set from CTMH

Here is a side shot of the handle. I inked the edge of it with my New England Ivy Ink Pad and then added a green matching brad with some layered circle and scallop punch cut outs.

Both boxes come out fairly good sized. the boxes measure approximately 2 1/4 (2 1/5)  x 4 x 3. Several small candies fit nicely in each one.

Tag Printables

Supplies Used for these boxes

Pazzles Inspiration	Candy Corn Box Cut File	Pumpkin Box Cut File
DCWV Baby Girl Stack	DCWV Cotton Bloom Stack	DCWV Sunday Afternoon Stack
CTMH Enchantment Mini Ink Pad Set	CTMH Adventure Mini Ink Pad Set	CTMH Basics Mini Ink Pad Set
May Arts Burlap String	Sakura Black Fine Tip Pen

Additional Supplies Used

Candy Corn Box

White Cardstock, Misc. Polka Dot Ribbon, Twin and Misc. Button

Pumpkin Box

Yellow cardstock, Doodlebug Eyelet and Doodlebug Brad

7/8, 1”  Circle Punches and 1 1/4 Scallop punch.

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Thank you so much for sharing your crafty time with me.