Monthly Archives: March 2012

A New Release and a New Challenge

March 30, 2012

Today’s release at A Day For Daisies is oh so sassy! This lovely lady is Perplexed and is part of the new release, Bewildered.

There’s also a new challenge up…Found Paper. Found paper can be anything, a receipt, ticket stub, phone book page, or in my case, a children’s dictionary that was in pretty bad shape. I used the dictionary paper for the flowers and butterfly. There’s also free digi available for you to play along with. Be sure to check out the ADFD blog to play along.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you all have a great weekend!

Posted by Shelly in A Day For Daisies (ADFD), Cards, Copics Tags: A Day For Daisies, ADFD, airbrush, butterfly, Cards, Copics, new release, Perplexed

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Letterpress L Cards

March 28, 2012

These cards were made with the Letterpress L starter kit and were surprisingly quick to make. I used a small dab of ink and was able to make all of the cards in this post without having to add more ink. I probably could have made more, a little goes a long way. These are my first try and I was impressed with how easy it was to get a clean impression. I used the starter kit with my Big Shot and had no problems at all.

Because I only had black ink on hand, I added some card stock to brighten it up a bit. Here’s how they turned out.

If you want to save 20% off all your purchases at Lifestyle Crafts, don’t forget to use the Promo Code POP at checkout. Be sure to check back as I will be posting more Letterpress L projects. Thanks for stopping by!

Posted by Shelly in Cards, Lifestyle Crafts/QuicKutz Tags: Cards, Letterpress L, Lifestyle Crafts, quickutz

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Butterfly Sympathy

March 28, 2012

A quick post today as it’s been a crazy busy past few weeks. Lots of doctor’s appointments, running around and in general, keeping up. I needed a sympathy card awhile back and used Cheery Lynn dies, PTI banner dies and stamps, and the small square is the Fleur de Lis die (Spellbinders). I cut a custom sized envie with my Cameo to fit the card as the banner makes it an odd size. Last year I bought a ream of Neenah Linen Solar White 24# writing paper to line my cards and found it works well for envelopes too. 500 sheets will last a long time! Thanks for stopping by!

Posted by Shelly in Cards, Cheery Lynn, Silhouette Cameo, Stampin' Up! Tags: butterfly, Cameo, Cheery Lynn, envelope, fleur de lis, neenah solar white, Sympathy

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A Day For Daisies Song Bird Release

March 23, 2012

Happy Friday, everyone! After a couple of rainy days, the sun is peeking out and I have some exciting news…I’m the newest member on A Day For Daisies DT! I’ve had some of their adorable images on my blog the past few weeks. If you haven’t checked them out yet, take a peek. Tammy is simply amazing, her artwork is fresh and so easy to fall in love with.

Today’s release is called Song Bird and has six beautiful images to choose from. Be sure to check out this week’s 2 DOLLAR DEAL, “Birds on Branches” at 50% off! For more inspiration, be sure to click the A Day For Daisies link in my sidebar and check out the other design team’s blogs! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alice’s Little Wonderland

Snappy Stampin’ w/Arielle

Splashes of Watercolor (Broni)

By Lori Designs

I Wanna Build A Memory (Tracy)

Don’t forget you have time to play in the Shades of Blue Challenge for a chance to win a $12 store credit!

Posted by Shelly in A Day For Daisies (ADFD), Cards, Copics Tags: A Day For Daisies, ADFD, Card, Copics, new release, Song Bird

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CAS and Cameo Cards

March 22, 2012

Most of these cards were made with dies and/or files from the Silhouette store. This heart is from the Silhouette store and the stamp/tag are from Papertrey Ink.

This was made using Lifestyle Crafts’ Feather Headband die. It’s one of my favorite dies and if you’d like to save 20%, use my special promo code, POP, at checkout.

This was made using a file from the Silhouette store and then embossed. Sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

This card uses Papertrey’s cloud dies and sentiment.

This uses a Amira Flourish, a Memory Box die, and the butterflies are from the Silhouette store.

This card uses a Cheery Lynn die, Cathedral Lace, McGill paper punches for the rose, and a Spellbinders die for the leaves.

And this last card uses several dies, Amira Flourish (Memory Box), Spellbinders Labels 5, and Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two.

Sorry to keep the descriptions short and sweet, I’m coming out of a two day migraine and not feeling 100%. Thanks for stopping by!

Posted by Shelly in Cards, Cheery Lynn, PaperTreyInk (PTI), Silhouette Cameo Tags: Amira Flourish, Butterflies, Cameo, Cards, CAS, Clean and simple, dies, fancy tags two, labels 5, Memory Box, paper roses, roses, Silhouette Cameo, spellbinders

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Asian Green Lady

March 21, 2012

This beauty is called, Green Lady, and is by A Day For Daisies. I have to be honest and say that this isn’t what I envisioned when I started this card. I debated whether I should post this card as I ended up giving it another go a few days later. Here’s what I came up with the second time.

The close up is to show the layers in better detail. I used foam squares to pop up the image. The background stamp is a sympathy set by Papertrey Ink and was embossed with white embossing powder. DP is retired and from Stampin’ Up. Both images were colored with Copics and have Copic Spica pens to accent the eyes and lips. Thanks for stopping by!

Posted by Shelly in A Day For Daisies (ADFD), Cards, Copics Tags: A Day For Daisies, ADFD, Asian, Cards, Green Lady, Papertrey, Sympathy

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Lifestyle Crafts Exclusive Deal!

March 20, 2012

Recently Lifestyle Crafts, formerly QuicKutz, asked me to become an affiliate. I was thrilled as I have been using their products for years. What does this mean for you? It means that you can save 20% off every order by using my special code POP at checkout, or click the link in my sidebar.

Starting today, March 20-25, you can get all border dies at 40% off! They’re already on sale on the website at 20% off but if you use my code POP, you’ll save an extra 20%! Go check them out and order what you want fast, once they’re gone, they’re gone!

Posted by Shelly in Uncategorized Tags: border sale, lifestyles crafts, quickutz

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Card Pouch Gift Set

March 14, 2012

I won the Color Challenge last week over at A Day For Daisies. Woohoo!!! I was a very happy girl, this is one of the images I chose with my credit, called Spring in the Alps. I love this image (okay, so I love them all) and thought it’d be perfect as a gift set. For the Card Pouch, I used this tutorial from SCS. My cards are 4 1/4″ square and the envelopes are 4 1/2″ square. I used a square envelope from the Silhouette Store and sized it to fit my cards.

Here’s what it looks like opened:

The card pouch was pretty quick and easy to make and I love how quickly the smaller sized cards come together. Gift sets are so versatile and easy to customize, I think I may need to make a few more of these! Thanks for stopping by!

Posted by Shelly in A Day For Daisies (ADFD), Cards, Copics, Silhouette Cameo Tags: A Day For Daisies, ADFD, Cameo, Card Pouch, card set, Copics, gift set, Spring in the Alps, square envelopes

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ADFD Dress It Up With Gingham Challenge

March 13, 2012

A Day For Daisies has another challenge up, Dress It Up With Gingham. I used A Special Flower for this challenge. Isn’t this image sweet? With Silhouette Studio software, I created a circle frame card and cut it with the Cameo. The rose was made with Spellbinders Rose dies by Donna Salazar and the butterflies are from Stampin Up. This was a fun challenge, thanks for stopping by!

Posted by Shelly in A Day For Daisies (ADFD), Cards, Silhouette Cameo, Stampin' Up! Tags: 3D Rose, A Day For Daisies, ADFD, Butterflies, Card, flowers, gingham challenge, paper rose, spring flowers

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ATC Card Creator Dies

March 12, 2012

I won a set of Card Creator dies from Stamping Scrapping! These dies will be released ~~at the end of this month~~ this summer, but these are the ATC Card Creator dies and are perfectly sized for ATCs with the layers. Thanks, Cindy! They made my layering a breeze and were so fun to create with! Here’s what they look like:

For this card I used three of the ATC Card Creator dies and Cathedral Lace (Cheery Lynn Designs). The mini roses were made with a McGill flower punch and the leaf/vine is a Sizzlet die. Stamp is from Words of Wisdom (Stampin Up, retired).

This card was made using ATC Card Creator dies, Spellbinders Creative Pages Two, and a butterfly die from Cheery Lynn Designs. I kept it pretty simple and only added some seam binding that I dyed. I have a lot to catch up on and will be back later for more. Thanks for stopping by!