Halloween/Fall card Swap at Anysoldier.com

This group of 20 cards were made for the Anysoldier.com Halloween/Fall card swap.

Anniversary/Wedding Card

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I made this card as an Anniversary card but I believe it would make a nice wedding card as well. I used Cricut Wedding cartridge as well as a Cuttlebug embossing folder and a stamp for the greeting. I hand cut out follwing along the design pattern for the decorative edge as well as a border punch.

Sister in Law Birthday Card

What kind of birthday card do you make for a sister in law? This is what I have come up with during my brain storming for ideas while surfing the internet. With this card I used the Cuttlebug embossing folder for the flower design as well as the cupcake and postage stamp cut out, embellished with some beads a dragonfly stamped and powder embossed onto card stock and some ribbon.

It's a boy!

I am going to be a Great Aunt for the second time. I needed a card to go with the diaper cake I am going to make for my nephews baby. This is the card I came up with after searching for ideas for hours across the web. Used a border decorative lace punch, a stamped image of the baby on two different colors paper. Used Cricut cartridge for the circle and the flower, cuttlebug die for the sentiment.

Birthday Cards

The top Night on the town card I used Sure Cuts Alot program with a female SVG file as well as a circle all cut out on the Cricut machine, the red swirly was a sticker type add on the sentiment inside was stamped and the yellow moon was embossed with cuttlebug. The bottom 10 Little Monkeys card was made with the cuttlebug embossing folder, cricut machine for the flower bud and the monkeys and vine were stamped embossed and cut out with scissor very carefully one by one.

Back To School Card

 

This is my first card challenge I have entered. Stamped the ABC with white ink, Good Luck in black and I received the stamp of the children through a great bargain of like 20 rubber stamps I bought off of Ebay. Back to School seemed the perfect idea for this stamp.  The scrapbook paper is from All Seasons paper pack. The other 3 images were from printable bookmarks I found on the web.The stamp was colored with Prismacolor markers.

Halloween cards - Anysoldier.com card swap

Where have I been you might be asking yourself if you are following my blog. I have been trying to come up with ideas for Halloween cards to give the soldiers to send to their loved ones. This next swap I entered is the Halloween/Fall card swap. This October will be my 1st Anniversary for sending cards to the troops. My first set of cards were printed off my computer. After receiving my first set of cards from the swappers I wanted to do more. I was hand drawing up my own cards for the Christmas swap when my husband told me of a machine he seen at 3 AM on an infomercial. He told me we needed to head to the Hobby store and get me one. I didn't even kick start the scrapping card monster he created, it just flowed out of me ala' natural. :) I was not only creating for the soldiers at Christmas, Valentines, Spring and Summer but I ended up making all my own Christmas, Anniversary, and Birthday cards for family and friends. The addiction of the Cricut machine has blossomed into much more. I am considering attending a Scrapbook class this weekend at a local Scrapbook supply store!

So to what I was blogging about. Lol! Here's some of my first few Halloween creations!

Playing with Prismacolor Premier Markers

Soldier's Cards

 

Made for the soldiers at Anysoldier.com to send back home to their loved ones. Thinking of you stamped inside most of the cards

Beary Embossing!

I just loved this stamp I found at Hobby Lobby at 50% off! I don't know if I have mentioned before my Prismacolor markers that I love! I had no idea I would be able to shade these stamps so well! :)  In the top photo you cannot really see the embossed effects since I chose to not use my flash.

The photo below you get a better idea of the effect of the embossing powder. So awesome! The cards just come to life!

Embossing Powder Discovery!

My family went all out on Mother's Day as I have mentioned before. I received everything I think I need for card making. My husband really enjoys trying to make me happy. He knows the quote holds true, "Happy wife, Happy Life!"  One of the things he wanted me to try was the embossing. I had mentioned the Cuttlebug machine to him numerous occasions but somehow it was overlooked. That's okay I won't hold it against him. :)

This Thank You card was made for my son's girlfriend. She was so sweet to give me a Mother's Day gift and I wanted to do something for her in return. I embossed the stamped rose from Inkadinkado Doodle Flowers, the Thank you greeting as well as the flower pattern onto the purple card stock.

My Daughter Monkeys Around

I was so pleased with how my daughter's card turned out. She's a natural! I spend hours and hours researching cards for inspiration. My daughter grabs up the ribbon, scissors and stamps and whips a card up in no time! I told her how much I loved it and it would be a great card for the Anysoldier.com card swap and she was not impressed that I was not intending on keeping her work of art. Uh oh I'm in the hot seat! I let her know we have so many more cards to make together!

Bunny Hugs Wood Mounted Stamp

I just loved how this card turned out! I don't know a lot about this stamping onto cards stuff. I dab the stamp in ink and stamp it onto paper. Who knew it would have so many more things to it than that! My husband wanted to play with the embossing stuff and he suggested I emboss over my stamped images just to try it out. I am always afraid to try something I haven't researched. But he did it and it looked so much better to me! I have been embossing everything after that!

Birthday Card Challenge - Due May 13th

Okay so I found a birthday card challenge on Stamp Something blog. It was just in time for a friends birthday. So I thought I would make the card in a shade of violet her favorite color. I wanted to try all my new embossing stuff I received for Mother's Day. I whipped the card up and debated for days if I needed to add more to it.

Finished 40 - 4th of July cards!

My first set of 20 -4th of July cards for the Anysoldier.com card swap. I thought I wouldn't have time to hand make my own cards  so I started by printing 20 cards from MSWorks program. After finishing these cards and 20 letter inserts I realized I could take on another set of handmade cards.

Here they are!

My first Pop-Up cards! I just love how they turned out! Thanks again to Cricut Critters for this wonderful idea!

I discovered Inkadinkado stamps!

It all started one morning while I was searching the internet for some 4th of July card inspiration. I have noticed how some handmade cards have stamped colored images and it seems to be a big thing among card makers. I admit I thought it looked a little more professional than just using cut papers and forming them into a layout. So I took a trip to my local arts & crafts store which is Hobby Lobby. I bought my first set of Inkadinkado Toadily Happy set of frog stamps. I played with a few stamps but something made me want more stamps. I took another trip to Hobby Lobby and bought another set of stamps. Before I new it i was searching Ebay. Yes Ebay. I know I am in trouble now. I won my first two sets of Inkadinkado stamps. I am waiting on their arrival to my doorstep. Projects will be posted as they are finished.

Clear Stamps Greetings

Not much to this card, I know. I was trying to make it resemble a present. Inside it is stamped with Thank You. I am sending this as a little insert of thanks for the Hostess of the July 4th Anysoldier.com card swap. The roses are my mother's rose bushes after she passed away of colon cancer I transplanted 3 bushes into my yard. So far only two bushes have survived.

Discovery Stamping

I have been researching like crazy! Looking over card  after card over the internet. I scored the mother load of stamps on Ebay. I thought I was really getting a great deal until I received them that's when i realized I could have spent the money on stamps I picked out for myself instead of a LOT of 22 packages of stamps of various types that I may not ever use. Oh well lesson learned I hope. I was in a shopping trance. Some ladies are like that with shoes. I am like that with Peanuts collectibles and now stamps. It is a fun project. I finally found a craft project my daughter will actually get involved in. She loves coloring the stamped images. I tend to make sets of 20 cards at a time for the Anysoldier.com card swaps. It is hard to keep her interested in coloring 10 of the same image. But some how she was finished with her set before I was finished with mine. She checked out a few more stamps and colored them. Fine with me, I will use the images in future cards! 


Did I finally find a hobby for my soon to be 16 year old?

Cricut Stand and Salute Cartridge

I would like to thank  Cricut Critters for the inspiration on how to put this cartridge to work. I loved this popup card idea! I am currently trying to duplicate this card 19 more times to share with my Anysoldier.com card swap group!

20 "Toadily Happy" Frog Cricut Cards Finished!

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SVG Cuts 

I finished 20 cards for the Anysoldier.com Summer Card Swap. I just love how they turned out!

"Toadily Happy" Frog Cricut Card

I made 20 cards  for the anysoldier.com Summer card swap. This card was so fun to create! I used inkscape to trace bitmap images of cattails, the lily and the lily pad and then opened them into SCAL or Sure Cuts A Lot program then for the frog I used someone elses's frog svg file I downloaded for free from the internet somewhere. I used Wedding Cricut cartridge for the tag and Penny Black Toadily stamps collection for the flies and the words toadily happy. I decided I didn't like the cattails in the end and I also glued jiggly eyes on the finished card.

Cricut Easter cartridge

I picked up the idea for these cards from someone else. I made these for Anysoldier.com Spring/Easter Card swap.

Here are the cards I received from the swap:

 

Cricut Tags, Bags.. & Wedding Cartridge

I made this card for a friend. She hasn't received it yet so I hope she likes it!

Cricut Wedding Carttridge

I copied this idea from a card at the cricut web site. I love how it turned out! I sent one like this to a couple who recently were married; as well as one to another couple for an Anniversary card!

Cricut Joys of the Season & Christmas Cheer Cartridge