Day 3 of 25 Days of Christmas-year 'Round Crafting

Hello crafty friends, Welcome to day 3 of my 25 days of Christmas and Year ‘Round crafting. Today I am sharing a project I created for my Scrapyland DT. So here is what I have for you....

Here is a look at my completed card. It is simple with clean lines. Believe it or not…there is no patterned paper on this card…YIKES…That may be a first for me…lol! The base is made from Kraft cardstock. I then matted in white and another layer of Kraft. All of the flowers and foliage were cut in plain white cardstock.

The large flower is a Momenta die. The foliage is an Elizabeth Crafts Curvy Leaves Die and the Swirled flowers were the Impression Obsession mini spiral swirled flowers. With this shot you can also see that I took my kraft mat and embossed the background with the Quickutz scallops and dot embossing border folder. Love the subtle effect this gave.

The embossed mat is the swirl Goosebumps Quickutz embossing die. I did the large square mat and then the 1” circle. I used a 1.25” Scallop circle punch for the red scalloped circles and then used the Quickutz Chandelier Fonts for the Letters JOY.

Below you will find a complete list of the supplies with links to Scrapyland.com. I was so excited to see they brought back some of these classic Quickutz (now Lifestyle Crafts) dies. I have always loved my 2x2 dies and thought they were perfect for card making. Scrapyland even has the classic Squeeze tool available if you don’t have one.

Next, I wanted to share a card my fellow PaperCraftingWorld.com design team mate Larelyn of Handmade from the heart created.

She used her copic markers to color in the Cardinal on the Branch Digi from PCW.  You can find a nice selection of Copics at Scrapyland.com. Be sure to head over to the PCW Design Team blog and get some details!

GIVEAWAY ALERT

TWO Prizes

Two $10 download Gift Codes from PaperCraftingWorld.com.

How do you win?  Be a follower of this blog and leave a comment on any post from today through Saturday for a chance to win one code.

AND…head over to PaperCraftingWorld’s blog and become a follower there and leave a comment on today through Saturday’s posts and I will pick one winner from there! You do NOT have to leave a comment every day to qualify. The more you comment, the better your chances...AND we LOVE to read your kind and encouraging words :-)

I will pick the winners and post them on Sunday.

Products used for creating my card

Quickutz 4x8 Chandelier Font Die	Elizabeth Crafts Curvy Leaves Die	Momenta Flower Dies
Quickutz Scallops & Dots Embossing Border	Impression Obsession Spiral Swirled Flowers	Quickutz Goosebumps Curly Embossing Die
EK Success 1.25” Scalloped Circle Punch	EK Success 1” Circle Punch

Additional Supplies Used:

Kraft, White and Red Cardstock

Various Adhesives

Today’s Freebie

Pine Cone Greetings Digi Set

CLICK HERE

This printable set comes in black, green, gray and red and is in jpg format.

Available free for 24 hours. Please note, the cart will say .99. Simply add it to your cart and check out and it will be FREE during this 24 hour period only…Until 12pm 12-2-13 Eastern Std. Time…USA.

Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your crafty time with me. I hope you are inspired. Please leave a comment and be sure to follow me….(Top left column)…it is always appreciated.

Day 2 of 25 Days of Christmas-Year ‘Round

Hello crafty friends,

Thank you so much for stopping by. Today I am sharing a card I created with a traditional holiday look. So let’s get started. Here is my finished card.

I created the base of the card by welding the double scallop frame  from the Deco Emblem Set B Cut File Set. I used some festive Die Cuts With A View, DCWV Christmas and Winter Value Stack. I cut the green foliage from some green patterned paper from the Die Cuts With A View Cherry Limeade Stack. I machine stitched the various mats and then created the Word Art sentiment.

Here is a closer view of the pretty poinsettia flower and the foliage. The emblem underneath the foliage is from the Deco Emblem Set A.

I used some foam tape to give a little “lift”from the foliage and the sentiment.

I used the following Products

Pazzles Inspiration	DCWV Christmas and Winter Value Stack	DCWV Cherry Limeade
Deco Emblems Set A	Deco Emblems Set B	Heartfelt Wishes DS
White Opal Liquid Pearls	Chisel Tip Glue Pen	CTMH Foam Tape

I also used the following products

Pearls from Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby)

Green, White and Red Cardstock

Here is today’s freebie

Heartfelt Word Art Digi Stamp

This printable set comes in black, green, gray and red and is in jpg format.

Available free for 24 hours. Please note, the cart will say .99. Simply add it to your cart and check out and it will be FREE during this 24 hour period only…Until 12pm 12-2-13 Eastern Std. Time…USA.

Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your crafty time with me. I hope you are inspired. Please leave a comment and be sure to follow me….(Top left column)…it is always appreciated

Day 1 of 25 Days of Christmas 2013

Hello crafty friends,

Welcome to Day 1 of my 25 Days of Christmas and Year ‘Round Crafting. This is the fourth year I have done this event. Each year has been different and this year is no exception. Last year I had over 30 designers help me showcase some wonderful and amazing projects. As with everything in life, there are changes, challenges and growth. This year has been quite a challenging year for me. Both “personally and professionally”. As a result, I did not have the time or “strength” to undertake the task of coordinating a massive event like last year….so….this year….it’s just me. So here is what I can commit to you my fellow crafters.  I will TRY my best to get a post up each and every day. “TRY” being the operative word.  I will post sometime around 12:30pm-1pm eastern time each day. I know that “seems” kind of late, but…there is a reason for this….which leads me to: 

I will do my best to offer you something “free” each day. I can make no promises that this will ABSOLUTELY happen, but I will sincerely try. Last year, I received a lot of emails about “WHY” the freebies are only 24 hours. I also received complaints that changing them out when the posts went live in the morning wouldn’t give those who visit during work hours in other parts of the country and or world a chance to grab them before they were gone. So the posting later helps to maybe give everyone a chance to get them. As to the “why”…quite simply, I need to keep things organized and have a system to give you my readers an opportunity to look forward to something new.  

Each day will be something different. As a crafter I try to use all my tools. So I may showcase a project using SVG cut files, Digital Stamps, Traditional Dies and or My Cricut. So you will have to just make the trip over here each day to see what I have. Because this event is low key this year…I did NOT secure sponsors to give away a bunch of great prizes. I will be giving away a few things along the way, so you will need to be a “Follower” of my blog and you will need to leave a comment. I will pick a random comment for some of the prizes and will check to make sure you are a follower. Asking you to follow me and leave a comment to win something really is small to ask….I think.

So now that I have given you a sense of how this event will work….let’s get to today’s project

Here is my card. Simple and not too flashy. I started with some great DCWV Die Cuts With A View Christmas and Winter Value Stack Paper. I used Kraft as my base and then cut some mats in plain black. I used today’s free cut file and some cut files from the Deco Emblems CF set from PaperCraftingWorld.com. I machine stitched on two of the layers of mats for just a little extra touch.

Here is a closer look at the pretty poinsettia. I cut it out and then inked the edges with some Cranberry Ink. I then used some Burgundy stickles to add some touches of glitter here and there. For the center of the flower and around the points of some of the elements, I used some Champagne Stickles. I really like the look of the Champagne over just regular gold. It has a few extra flakes of iridescent which makes it so much prettier…to me anyway

Here is one last side view. I used some foam tape to give the poinsettia a little lift as well as the sentiment.

Products used to create this card

Pazzles Inspiration	DCWV Christmas & Winter Value Stack	Deco Emblem 1132g
Goodness & Light DS	Cranberry Ink Pad	Chisel Tip Glue Pen
Foam Adhesive	Burgundy Stickles	Champagne Stickles

Additional Products

Red, Black, Kraft Cardstock, Sewing Machine

So now on to the freebies!

Today I have two freebies for you. A cut file and a digi printable.

Deco Emblem 1132g CF

Comes in: AI, DXF, EPS, GSD, KNK, SVG, STUDIO and WPC Formats

Available free for 24 hours. Please note, the cart will say .99. Simply add it to your cart and check out and it will be FREE during this 24 hour period only…Until 12m 12-2-13 Eastern Std. Time…USA.

CLICK HERE

This printable set comes in black and red and is in jpg format.

Available free for 24 hours. Please note, the cart will say .99. Simply add it to your cart and check out and it will be FREE during this 24 hour period only…Until 12pm 12-2-13 Eastern Std. Time…USA.

CLICK HERE

DON'T FORGET to check YESTERDAY's Post for The Pazzles DT Blog Hop. Enter To Win An SVG Download CD AND PICK UP ANOTHER FREEBIE!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your crafty time with me. I hope you are inspired. Please leave a comment and be sure to follow me….(Top left column)…it is always appreciated