Day 7 of "Seven Days of Quilt Cards" Bloopers and a Give-A-Way

Hello Again Everyone. Today is day 7 of my series "Seven Days of quilt cards" I can't believe how fast this week flew by. As promised here are the quilt cards that didn't make the cut.

I like it but I sent it out before taking a pic.

I loved this card until I decided to add the ribbon. Note to self: add patches after ribbon so they are centered.

Sloppy zig-zag edge. I might tear it apart and rework it.

Now for some blog candy.

If you would like to enter my give-a-way for a roll of Faux Stitch Tape, Just leave a comment on this post, letting me know which day's card you liked best, and some way for me to get a hold of you, (blog, mb name, email spelled out Ex: sueataoldotcom) To see the whole weeks worth of cards just scroll down, Give-a-way ends Tuesday 11:59 pm EDT.

Good Luck Everyone

Jana

                                                                              

Seven Days of Quilt Cards and Give-A-Way

Hello everyone, Today starts a new series I'm calling "Seven Days of Quilt Cards". Two of my favorite things to create are cards and quilts. So this seems like a natural project for me. If that isn't enough for you, lol, I'll be having a small give-a-way at the end of this series. Here's a hint, it's small in size, new to me and very cool.  If you like stitching on cards, you'll love it.

This first card I created in honor of the Forth of July, but could be used for Patriot's Day too.

It's a Z shaped card cut at 4.25" X 11". I scored it from the left at 2.75" and 5.5". It finished into an A2 card. The solid blue and red pieces were cut at 4.25" X 2.50". I then added faux stitching around the boarder. The quilt finished at 3" X 3" and then mounted on a piece of red cardstock that measures 3.25" X 3.25"

Here's a photo of the card open

I used all Stampin' Up paper and cardstock. Tomorrow I'll be posting the details on how I piece these cards. If you want to play along you'll need:
A 3/4" square punch
Graph paper, 4 squares to an inch.
Ruler
Zig 2 way glue
Scrap paper in varies designs and colors that pleases your eye.The basic quilt uses a light, medium and dark color. Some of these cards will and some won't. It's really up to you.
It's going to be a fun week so be sure to stop by often.
Jana

Kimono Card

Hi All, This week starts my family's birthday madness.
Last winter my sister and I went to a showing of antique kimonos in Rochester, NY. We were in awe if the details and workmanship. With that in mind I made her this card.

Using the Pagoda cartridge I cut the Kimono on page 72 at four inches.
The A2 card base is Stampin'Up Ballet Blue Cardstock
1st layer was cut at 5.25 X 4"
2nd layer, SU Brilliant Blue, was cut at 5 X 3.75"
Kimono base, vanilla cs, was spritzed with iridescent gold Glimmer Mist.
After I layered the Asian print on top I outlined it and the cut floweres with a Gelly Roll clear star pen.

I finished the inside with the base of the Kimono. I inked the edges and stamped the sentiment with SU Ballet Blue.
Thanks for stopping by, Jana

Patchwork Pumpkin Card

Hello Everyone, I promised myself I wouldn't start any Autumn projects until after Labor Day.  Our summer's are to short,  in my neck of the woods, to spend any time on the "next season". But today it sure felt like fall. The sky was so gray I need lights on to get any work done and with a high of 62 wet degrees, I sure didn't want to be outside. So here is today's card.  I saw this in the September issue of Cardmaker. I knew I would love to make this card. It incorporates my two favorite hobbies,  papercrafting and quilting.

I used the paper pack from DCWV called Amber Autumn. The leaf was cut from the Cricut cartridge A Child's Year. I inked the edge of the very vanilla cardstock with Always Artichoke. The pumpkin edges were inked with Pumpkin Orange, both from Stampin Up, I embossed the pumpkin stem with the Cuttle bug folder With Love Borders, I used the flower stems. The leaf and a pumpkin piece were embossed with CB Snow Swirls.  The sentiment is from Gina K.Designs stamp set Thanksgiving.

Here's a close up of the pumpkin.

I plan on redoing this card with Straw colored raffia and a different card design. I'll post it on day 8 of my next seven day series.

Always, Jana

Day Six of the "Seven Days of Owls"

Hello Everyone and Welcome to my series "Seven Days of Owls". Today is day 6 and as promised I've made a masculine card.

I cut this owl out using my Cricut and the Campout cartridge. I cut the image, blackout and shadow features at 3.25". The plaid and leaf papers are from the DCWV mat stack "Amber Autumn". I love the sentiment, it's from a Gina K. Design set.

Here's a pic of the inside of the card. I made a major boo-boo when I was making this card and needed  to redo the front. I was planning on finishing the inside because the green is so dark. Not one to waste what can be salvaged, I simply cut off the top and bottom and turned it so the plaid is on the bottom. As a bonus it helps to keep the card from being too front heavy.

Be sure to stop back tomorrow for Day seven, I've saved the best for last.

Always, Jana

Day Five of the "Seven Days of Owls"

Good Afternoon Everyone and welcome to day five of my series "Seven Days of Owls". Today's card has a winter theme. Something I find difficult to do when the weather is hot & humid. Never the less here is today's card.

This is an A2 card. The owl was cut  at 3.25 using my Cricut cartridge Hoot & Holler cut #34. This is a lite cart. that is exclusive to Walmart. I like it because all the images are all Owl related. The images are all very easy to layer too. I did modify this image by snipping off the leaves on the branches to give it a winter look. The colors I used were a true white and SU's Boarding Blue. The owls themselves were cut using some cardstock from my stash.I stamped the images using SU's retired stamp set Bundle Up. I used whisper white craft ink but wasn't satisfied with the results so I used a white Gelly Roll pen to outline the Brrr and to draw over the snowflakes. Then after it dried I went over a few of the snowflakes with a Gelly Roll clear Star pen to add a bit of shimmer. Hope you've enjoyed today's card. If you've missed the last few days scroll down to see them all.

Blog Candy coming soon. Don't forget to stop by my blog next week. I'll be having an unadvertised giveaway for my loyal followers.  By unadvertised I mean that you won't read about it anywhere but here.

Remember to stop by tomorrow to see a day six. It's a masculine card.

Jana

Day four of the "Seven Days of Owls"

Good Evening All, Today is day four of my "Seven Days of Owls" series. If you missed day one, two or three be sure to scroll down to see all of them.

Today's card is way out of my comfort zone. I love the vintage look but I really struggle with it. I think maybe I don't like to make cards look dingy, lol. I really prefer clean lines.

This card measures 4 X 6.  I used basic grey cardstock for the card.  I cut and embossed vanilla light cardstock using a cuttlebug embossing plus  named "lace door". I cut two Nestabilities labels from the "labels eight" set. One in vanilla and the other in Going Grey. The owl was stamped with a Studio G. stamp in a dark grey metallic studio G. pigment ink. I then heat embossed him with a fine detail black embossing powder. I thought he needed more so using a embossing pen I filled him in and used Sweet Stamps pearl and medieval metals embossing powders. I put it together and then sprayed the entire front of the card with Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist. I made the prima flowers by inking them with Tim Holtz Distressed  Tea Dye and Vintage Photo inks. The half pearls are from my stash.

A word about the CB Embossing Plus by Provo Craft. I found this to be a total P.I.T.A. I have tried using every weight of paper and cardstock. It's very difficult to remove from the folder. The tiny pieces have to be pushed out or they stick in the folder and are very time consuming to remove. I may in the future try another of these folders but only if the cuts  aren't so small.

Have a great evening everyone and I'll see you tomorrow, Jana

Day Three of the "Seven Days of Owls"

Good Evening Everyone,  I'm posting a bit later than usual tonight because I got a late start today and it's thrown my whole day off. Today's card was super simple and IMO super cute. I started with a white card.

The first layer is SU's pink passion.  The second layer is Kiwi's embroidery paper that I purchased at Jo-Ann's. The Owls where a strip of paper I cut from a sheet called "Honey I'm Home" by Bella Blvd. The button is from my stash. The ribbon I bought at my local scrapbook store.
I just love the clean lines of this card. I hpe you like it too.
Until tomorrow, Jana

Day Two of the "Seven Days of Owls"

Welcome Everyone to Day Two of the "Seven Days of Owls". Today's card is a pedestal card  and was made with my Cricut and the Hoot & Holler cartridge. The Owl I used is the number #15 and the cut size is 3 1/2".  The first layer or base layer is the new red from Stampin'Up called Cherry Cobbler, This may be my new favorite red. The second layer is black. The third layer is a plaid from my stash that I believe I bought in JoAnn's.  I didn't care for the eyes so I simply punched out two small gold circles using a small hole punch.

The base of this card (red) is cut at 4 1/4" X 8 1/2". Then scored at 4 1/4" and 6 3/8" . The base paper(plaid, behind the Owl) is cut at 4 1/4 X 4 1/4". Because this is paper and flimsy I backed it with a piece of the cherry cobbler cardstock cut to the same size The gold cardstock is cut at 4 X 4.

For the sentiment area I cut a piece of gold card stock again at 4 X 4". Then add layer of black at 2 X 3 1/4 and a Layer of 1 3/4 X 3" to stamp a sentiment on.  I used a Happy Birthday stamp issued in 1993 from SU, and stamped it in Cherry Cobbler. I popped up the sentiment with EK black pop dots.

Black Pop-Dots? Really?? Who knew? not me. I was so excited when I found them at a local scrapbook shop. Perfect when using dark paper and cardstock.

Until tomorrow, Jana

Seven Days of Owls

Hello Everyone, Please forgive me for not posting lately. I came home from a wonderful vacation to a ton of laundry, housework, lawn and garden work, and then company here last weekend.
Today I'm starting a series I'm calling "Seven Days of Owls". My Niece has asked me to make a set of Owl themed cards to give her Mother-in-law. If Owls aren't your thing, hang in there. I think you like the card designs.

This is the first card I made. The cardstock is SU as is the designer paper. The Owl is a SU rub-on.  The eyelets are from Gina K. designs and the flower I cut with my Cricut using the George cartridge.

The card is an A2 card. The first layer was cut at 4 1/8 X 5 1/4. The two long blocks were cut at 3 3/4 X 1. The two shorter blocks were cut at 2 7/8 X 1 1/4. The center block was cut at 2 1/2 X 1 7/8.  The dimensions may change depending on your center piece. This size worked for me because of the size of the owl. I left a space for a sentiment along the bottom in case she wants one, if not I think it looks fine with out it.


At the end of this series I'll be offering some unadvertised blog candy just for my followers, so keep checking back.
Always, Jana

Pulley Card

Good Morning everyone, I'm posting early today because I was just too darn tired last night. Today's card is another that has been making the rounds for a while. Whenever I find a video tutorial that looks interesting to me I save it. Lately I've been going back and I'm sure some of you have seen or tried this card.  This is my first attempt.

I used a bit of everything for this. DCWV and ki memories paper ( now on clearance at JoAnn's) and SU Pixie Pink. SU Little flowers,Big Flowers and vintage labels stamp set. A small saying from a Gina K. stamp set. SU's crushed Curry, Pixie Pink and Bravo Burgundy inks. And a jelly roll orange star pens for just the small flower center on the cover.
These are not my usual colors. I'm trying to work outside my comfort zone.  I made this card for my daughter and I think she'll enjoy it.
There are a few tutorials floating around out there. This one is the best I've seen: http://www.michellesrubberroom.com/2010/04/how-to-make-pulley-card.html
Until next time, Jana

Hello Kitty Graduation Card

Hello Again Everyone, Today was one of those days when I needed to keep busy. It was to be moving day for my DD.  She happens to be the youngest and last to leave the nest. Well, she was all packed and ready to go, when she decided to wait until the morning. So it looks like I'll need to keep busy tomorrow too. She'll only be 2.5 hours away, but I will miss her dearly.

On to happier occasions.  My niece graduated High school last month.  She's holding her party next weekend so I needed to get her card ready. She just so happens to be a "Hello Kitty" fan too. I think this card will be perfect for her.

This card is 5.5 X 4.25.  I cut Hello Kitty using my Cricut and the Hello Kitty cartridge. She was cut at 3".  I used my nieces school colors of green and white with gold. All the paper is from Stampin' Up, except the glitter paper I used for Kitty's face, hands and feet. The gold was just a scrap from my scrap bin.  The congratulations was stamped in Handsome Hunter on a Martha Stewart label. I'm very pleased with the way this came out.  I hope you enjoyed this too. Until next time, Jana

Heat Embossed Split Negative Card

Welcome Friends, I'm back today with a technique that is new to me.  I had this tutorial saved for sometime but I hadn't gotten around to trying it until today. I'm surprised at how easy it was.

A great tutorial on the split Negative card can be found here: http://stamptv.ning.com/video/split-negative

Gina K. is an amazing artist and her tutorials are so easy to follow. Just substitute a stamp of your own choice. I also decided to color the aqua side with prismacolor alcohol markers and the chrome with a silver Jelly Roll pen.

The Stamp set is Classic Cars from Clear Art Stamps.  You can see their full vintage line here: http://www.craftysecrets.com/index.htm

Thanks for taking the time to stop in, I hope you visit again soon, Jana

Button Down Shirt Cards

Hello Everyone, I want to start out by apologize for not posting in the last 12 days. What can I say, it's summer and I've been super busy. I promise to try and post more. Today I have two cards to show you. One for a woman and the other for a man. I think these are super cute gatefold cards. Mary  Driggs did a tutorial on Paper Craft Planet of these. You can visit her blog here: http://www.cr8iveme.blogspot.com/ for directions and measurments.

The red blouse is made using all Stampin' Up except for the collar. After much practice I used a Martha Stewart border punch to make the collar look lacy.
For the men's golf shirt I again used Stampin'Up paper and cardstock. The buttons are from my stash. I cut the small alligator with my Cricut using the Create a Critter cartridge and then inked it up.

Super Simple Notecard

Hello again friends,  Can you believe it's almost Friday! yeah the weekend! I'm excited can you tell? Today's card is super simple. It's a A2 card  made using all Stampin'Up! ( no, I don't work for them, but I love their products) The base is Melon Mambo, the first layer is Black and the top layer is Whisper White.  I used the Vintage Labels stamp set to stamp the front in classic black ink. Then using a one inch circle punch for the pink Razzleberry Lemonade designer paper. I glued those to the center of each stamp and trimmed along the sides. At the last minute I decided not to stamp a greeting on the outside. ( you can see that the upper left corner is empty. That was to be the lower left corner. Have I confused you?) I wanted to  added some ribbon instead. So using my small horizontal punch, I punched a small slit along the top of the card.Could this be any easier? Hope you enjoyed it.

Until next time, Jana

Goodbye Mini Monograms

Hello Friends,  I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.  I know I am. DH left yesterday for a fishing trip and I have the place to myself. He'll be back for a cookout though, tomorrow at my SIL's house.

I read in the Cricut Chirp (news letter) that Provocraft is retiring the Mini Monograms cartridge. This cart was the first one I bought  after getting my Cricut machine. I still use it quite a bit. Here is a card I made today using this cart. I finished the inside also,

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads

Jana

Furever Friends

Hi Everyone, Today I'm the featured designer at Joyslife.com   I'm super excited to show you the card I designed for Joy's "Lots of Pun" stamp set.

I used the Cricut "Create a Critter".  I had so many furry animal options with this cartridge . I live in deer country and we had a pair of orphan fawns living in our backyard last summer.so that is what I chose.

I also finished the inside of the card working the layers backwards from the front.
Please visit http://joyslife.com/featured-designer-%e2%80%93-furever-friends-card-using-lots-of-pun-stamp-set/
to see all the details of this card. You can see Joy's complete stamp set "Lots of Pun" here http://joyslife.com/joys-life-products/
This set is a perfect companion to the "Create a critter" cartridge and sooo much more.
I can't wait to show you what else I've been working on using this set.

A big thanks to Joy for making me a part of her design team family.

Thanks for stopping by, Jana

Father's Day Card Giveaway

Happy Hump Day Everyone, Today I have a small giveaway for my followers. I'm not posting this anywhere else. This is just for you. All you have to do is leave me a comment below so that I know your interested in winning this card. All followers who have left a comment have an equal chance. I will draw a name on Friday morning at 9:00 AM EST.. so that I can get this out to the winner asap.
I made this card as a tribute to my Dad who has passed on. I love these vintage stamps from clear art stamps. This set is called "Favorite Fellas".  I used SU real red card stock for the base. I inked the edges with SU Bravo Burgundy ink. The plaid and tan paper is from my stash. The images were also stamped in Bravo Burgundy. The tags were cut at 2.25 real size using my Cricut and the Joy of the Season cartridge. The eyelet is from Gina K., I sanded it a bit to give it a used look.  I really could have used a brass eyelet but I didn't have any.

Please excuse the pic quality, I wanted to get this up quickly. Good Luck to all, Jana

Z Fold Card

Hello Everyone, I'm having blog problems so I hope this posts OK.I'm back today with a new card design. Well, I think it's been around but it's new to me. I found this on youtube.  I subscribe to many crafter's stations. I'm a visual learner so youtube is a Godsend for me. Here is a link to the video tutorial for this card. She's done a beautiful job.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZbIe4_yG4M&playnext_from=TL&videos=W-JrJL8z1Lk
As you can see my card is quite a bit different than her's. Still it's basically the same design.

My card  was cut at 4.25x11", scored from the left at 2.75 and 5.5".  I used SU black card stock for the base and Sahara sand for the first layer. I used Tea dye colored distress ink on the edges. I printed the sentiment on striped paper on my printer.

I'm posting three different views of this card so that you can see how it folds.Have a great week!

Flower Pot Pocket Card

Hello again, I can't believe it's Sunday night already. I've been reorganizing my computer favorites file. When ever I see a technique I like I save it so that I can try it at a later time. This project was saved about 9 months ago. I had forgotten all about it. I love this card. How cute this would have been for Mother's Day. I found the instructions for this card here:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/flowerpotpocket/
I tried the first one using stamped and heat embossed images for the flowers. The second one I used flowers I had cut on my Cricut.
Enjoy your week, Jana