12 Days of Christmas in July: Day 9

Hello,

I'm back again for day 9 of my 12 Days of Christmas in July 2012 series.  I have another great card to share with you.  I'm going to be linking this card up to the Christmas in July challenge at Bitten By The Bug 2 Blog.

For today's card I made a Folded Angle card that I saw on Everday Cricut where they have a tutorial on how to cut and fold.  I used Core'dinations Cardstock from their Gemstones Collection that I got at Joann's.  The base for the card is the color Jasper and I chose to have the shiny side up.  This card ends up being a 4x4" card when folded.  My green layer is cut at 3.5x3.5" and the cream layer is 3.25x3.25".  The green is the backside of the Jade Core'dinations cardstock.  The wreath is cut from Celebrate with Flourish Lite cartridge.  I didn't cut the layer with the flourishes because I just wanted a simple wreath.  So the base of the wreath is the Jade Core'dinations cardstock and the bow and holly berries are cut from Ruby Red.  The wreath is cut at 3".  This was a fun card to make and I love the folded angles.

In this picture you can see that only half of the green layer is attached to the top folded angle.

I used a Studio G "Happy Holidays" stamp with dark red ink.  I also cut the green and cream colored layers for the inside the same size as the outside.

Here's another view of the card with just the top folded angle down.

Here's a view from the top of the card.

Instructions:

Base: 4x4" folded (4x12" when flat)

Green Layer: 3.5x3.5" (done twice)

Cream Layer 3.25x3.25" (done twice)

Wreath: 3"

Hope you enjoyed my card for today.  Come back tomorrow for day 10.

Have a Magical Day!!

Jessica

12 Days of Christmas in July: Day 7

Hello,

So my Sunday just flew by.  All this weekend has been the Christmas in July Event on QVC and needless got sucked into it.  I didn't buy anything but I just enjoy seeing all the Christmas things.  It makes me very excited for the holiday season.  Anyways that is the reason that today's post is so late.

For today's card I made a long card that measures 4x9".  I just used a white base and punched the front edge with my Martha Stewart Snowflake Edge Punch.  The thing I love about this punch is that it not only punches but it also embosses a snowflake.  For this card I wanted to use a non-traditional color theme so I used a dark red, navy and silver.  The "seasons greetings" cut is from the Celebrate with Flourish Lite cartridge.  It is cut at 3.5".  I added a 1/4x9" strip of navy cardstock above the punched snowflakes.

To help the punched snowflakes stand out I added a 1x9" strip of silver cardstock on the bottom edge of the inside of my card.  This was a very simple and elegant card.  This size card will fit in a No. 10 size envelope. 

Instructions:

White Cardstock Base: 8x9" (folded in half to make a 4x9" card)

Seasons Greetings Cut: 3.5"

Navy Strip: 1/4x9"

Silver Strip: 1x9"

Martha Stewart Snowflake Embossed Edge Punch

I hope you enjoyed tonight's post.  I only have 5 more projects to show you before my 12 Days of Christmas in July 2012 series in finished.

Have a Magical Day!!

Jessica

12 Days of Christmas in July: Day 3

Hello,

I'm back again with some super cute A1 sized cards.  I absolutely love the Lite Celebrate with Flourish cartridge so it was no surprise that I would definitely be making some cute cards.  There are 5 different Christmas images and today I used 3 of them to make some coordinated A1 cards.

I am a big fan of polka dots and the red and green polka dot paper I got from Michael's just seemed to fit my idea for these cards.  Plus I had solid paper that matched them.  I cut the polka dot paper at 7x5" and folded them in half then added the 1x5" paper as an accent.  The opposite side of the polka dot paper is white so it will work perfectly for writing a message.



This is the first card of my set.  I chose the tree and cut it at 4.5".  I decided to do the same colors of paper as the example on the handbook which is what I did for each of the images.  For this card and the one with the ornament I used my Spring Green Zig Writer to do some faux stitching.  I wanted to add some flare to all of my images so I covered all the red pieces with red Studio G glitter glue.

I think the poinsettia cut is my favorite of the 3 images I cut.  I cut it at 2.75" and I used the Rose Zig Writer for faux stitching on this card.  I used pop dots to pop up all of my images since these cards were super simple.

My last image was the ornament which was cut at 3.5".  I rounded 2 corners on each of my cards using the 1/2" size.  Below I included my sizes for making these 3 cute cards.

Polka Dot Cardstock: 3.5x5" (done 3 times; 2 in red, 1 in green)

White Layer: 4.25x3" (done 3 times)

Polka Dot Layer: 1x5" (done 3 times; 1 in red, 2 in green)

Christmas Tree Image: 4.5"

Poinsettia Image: 2.75"

Ornament: 3.5"

Hope you enjoyed today's set of mini cards.  Come back tomorrow for another project for my 12 Days of Christmas in July 2012 series.

Have a Magical Day!!

Jessica

Father's Day

Hello,
Since Father's Day is in a week I thought I would share the cards I made for my Dad and Grandpas.

 Here's a picture of all the Father's day cards I made.  I used the three images for Father's Day on the Cricut  Lite cartridge Celebrate With Flourish. I used the same colors for all, Kraft, light tan, chocolate, navy blue, and lighter blue.  I also stamped "happy FATHER'S day" on each card.

 This card is for my Dad.  The image is cut at 4.75".  I liked the simplicity of each card and it is definitely appropriate for men.  This card has the sentiment stamped on the inside.

 I made 2 of these cards (one for one of my grandpas and my step-grandpa).  The golf bag image is cut at 4".  I embossed the stamped image to make it stand out more.

The last card I made for my other grandpa.  The fishing image is cut at 4".
Thanks for looking.
Have a Magical Day :)
Jessica