Tina's Scrap Corner: October 2011

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Christmas Squirrel from Jolly Holidays

Isn't it something how animals share in our joy, even at Christmas time. If you are joining us from Card a Day Blog welcome to my blog. This card started from the squirrel cut off of Jolly Holidays cricut cartridge.

I would like to introduce you to Liquid Applique and how this stuff can give a real nice 3D effect to your card. It's really cool to use on Christmas cards to give an effect resembling snow or the fluff on a hat.

First you want to cut out the parts
and glue the layers together. The layer cartridges are pretty cool to use because they add cut marks for lining each piece. I use Scotch scrapbooker's liquid glue in case I have to wiggle any of the pieces to fit (dries quick though)(cut out at 3")

Next you want to put on the liquid applique (mine is from Marvy, you should be able to get it at any scrapbook store). The picture on the left I have added the liquid to the white on the hat. It says to let sit over night, but look at the pic on the right this was heated shortly after applying it. Looks fluffy to me just fine.

Add some stickles to dress it up and it looks great on the front of a card. Takes about an hour to get it put together from all the pieces cut out. Easy-peasy.

Supplies Cardstock: Red, white, black, brown and tan (All from ANW/Crestwood, Inc.)
Patterned Paper: DCWV the Cristmas Combo stack
Stamps: Merry Christmas from Scrappy Cat
Ink: True Red (Ink it Up)
Pens: White gelly roll pen for stitching
Die cuts: Squirrel from Jolly Holidays
Ribbon: Sheer Red (Jo-Anns)
Trimmer: Cricut and Fiskars
Punches: Fiskars lace corner for the sentiment
Adhesive: Scotch Scrapbooker's Glue
Stickles: Xmas Red, Diamond, Paprika
Embossing powder: SU Iridescent Ice with the fluff
Electronic cutter: Cricut Expression
Tools: as we call the basic kit (it all sits out on my craft desk)

I enjoyed making this card today for you, I have quite a few more to make yet (24 to be exact) for the local swap this weekend. But it goes together in a jiffy so no problems with getting it done on time. Hope you all have a great day. And yes, this is a blog hop where you can check out a different Christmas card a day.

Here are the designers that are up coming for the next 7 days, check them out and see what their up to:
Janet from Stamping At The White House
Michelle from Paperthreads
Cindy from Cindy's Creations
Shirley from Mom 'n Me Scrap
Jill from Created By Jill
Shirley from Mom 'n Me Scrap
Christine Patton from Creative Genie-ous
also don't forget about the challenge and join in on the fun, we would love to see what you created too.

CARD A DAY BLOG MONTHLY CHALLENGE:

The October Challenge is to post a card you made of any type, following any of the themes this month of Christmas cards would love to have you play along. CLICK HERE for more information on the monthly challenge!

Sunday, October 9, 2011

The Winner of the Blog Candy is

Hi you all,

I apologize for the delay in having random.org draw the winning name for the blog candy from last weekend. I worked quite a bit to get time off the past 4 days, my husband and I enjoyed the weekend and the weather was a bonus, to have the summer return for the past week. So the winner is:

This was placed on 10/5/11 at 9:00 PM

The drawing is for the blog candy for the Oct Hop with Card a Day blog. Consisting of followers and comments both days.

Number 72 is

Cindy-Up in Northern Michigan

Thanks to all my followers and all the comments I received. I look forward to doing this again sometime in the future.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Christmas Card Blog Hop Day 2

Hi All and Welcome,
I hope everyone has been enjoying the hop, all the cards are fantastic aren't they. Wow what a great weekend to be a card-maker with all the inspiration for Christmas cards, it should be a great year for you to make your own cards. If you came from Shelley Bordeleau's blog: Gardens, Crafts n More then your on the right track on the Card A Day Blog Hop.
If not then you want to got to the CADB hop and start at the beginning so you don't miss a thing, there is also a listing at the bottom of this post, too. Also, If you do a card and link it the CADB blog you have a chance to win 12 prizes (1 from each designer participating in the hop) Wow!
Now on to my card:

This card was done through a class at the local scrapbook store and scraps were used to make it. (Love using up all those extra scraps around). Card base is 6" X 6" tan DieCuts with a view. the next layer is dark red card stock 5.75" X 5.75". Next layer is the pattern paper 4.5" X 4.5". The label layer is of the tan card stock at 4" w X 3" h, dark red layer is 3.75" w X 2.75" h, off white layer for the stamped sentiment is 3.5"w X 2.5"h. All the stamps are from Heartfelt Creations "Snowmen Melt Your Heart" collection. The snowman image was stamped and colored with sharpie and bic markers. This stamp was also stamped on the shrinky material that made the charm hanging from the bow (I remember this stuff as a kid, I can't believe it's still around and being used for card-makers). Both top layers were sewn a zigzag stitch with the sewing machine (machine wasn't mine)(we were have a lot of bobbin problems at the class. Added a red bow and it's ready for any special gift. Thanks for stopping by, now for the blog candy.

The blog candy:

The drawing for the quote stack pack and the pointsettas will be drawn Monday by random. All you need to do is: to qualify either become a follower or leave a comment, if you do both you'll have 2 chances, that's it.

Next stop on the hop is Vicki's blog: Paper Squirrel have fun....

BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS:

Karin Adamczyk from ScrapperCreations

Adele Robbetze from nogardscreativecave
Christine Patton from Creative Genie-ous
Cindy Foster from Cindy's Creations
Cindy Pointe from The Creative Pointe
Janet White from Stamping At The White House
Kelly George from Sassy Scrapper Studio
Michelle Hessler from Paperthreads
Patricia Logan from MDN Creates
Shelley Bordeleau from Gardens Crafts 'n' More
Tina Campbell from Tina's Scrap Corner(You are here)
Vicki Schram from Paper Squirrel
Back to the Card a Day Blog to see who won the challenge

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Christmas Card Blog Hop with Card a Day Blog

Hi all,
If you all hopped over from the Card A Day Blog, Christmas Card Hop from Shelley Bordeleau's blog Gardens, Crafts n More then your at the right spot. If you just happened to come upon my blog then you need to go to the Card a Day Blog and start at the beginning of this 1st Christmas Card Blog Hop and hop to all the fascinating blogs that are participating. Don't forget to participate in the card challenge for the weekend at the Card a Day Blog and you'll get some great prizes one from each lady in the blog hop that's 12 prizes in all! Wow! Below the card you will also find some blog candy that I am giving away all you need to do is leave a comment or become a follower and if you do both you'll have 2 chances to win.

Now onto the card for today:

This card is so easy. It's an A2 card and all the paper came from my Christmas paper scraps from last year. (sorry no idea what makers they are) That is one great thing about cardmaking you can do a scrapbook layout and the scraps can become a card. The card base is brown (DieCuts with a View), the striped paper was cut at 4" X 5.25", the green paper with snowflakes was cut at 3.75" X 2.75", the brown border was cut from the cardstock that was used for the card base and that was cut at 1.5" X 5.25".
The stamped images are from JustRite stamps the Hearts Come Home Set. Whats so nice about these sets is that they are interchangeable within each other. So you get 6 image stamps & 6 borders stamps in one collection. The center image has one of the borders and was popped up with foam tape and red pearls (KaiserCraft) were put on each corner. All were colored with sharpie markers. Easy Peasy!

Now for the candy:

The drawing for the quote stack pack and the pointsettas will be drawn Monday by random. All you need to do is: today and tommorrow to qualify either become a follower or leave a comment, if you do both you'll have 2 chances, that's it.

Next stop on the hop is Vicki's blog: Paper Squirrel have fun....

And if you need a recap of all the blogs in the hop: