Day 1-Bringing a Gift-leading up to Dec 12

Hi you all and welcome to my blog. I was thinking with all the blogs doing 12 days of Christmas, that I would do something similar. My 12 days leads up to the drawing of the person that will receive the 100 blogger giveaway-to learn more about the give away you need to go to this post, become a follower and make a comment on this post. As I bring a gift to you this card seemed fitting to start it off:

This is a card I made for a swap-Christmas in July in 2011. I started with a white A2-card base, added some red background paper from my stash and that border that is ribbon I found at a local store thought it would be great for borders. The sentiment I'm thinking is from Stampin Up. The little snowman bringing the gift is from the cricut cartridge Jolly Holidays. This cartridge has so many fun die cuts for this time of the year. The Snowman was cut out of black cardstock, White glitter cardstock, red and yellow cardstock and then added xmas red sticles to it.

Tomorrow I will have a cute card for the Creative Cutting Challenge post of Christmas Cards, where you can link up a card that is made from the other die-cut softwares out there-not a cricut cut allowed.

Thanks for stopping by today, go and comment on the giveaway blog post and stop by over the next 12 days for more Christmas creativeness to help you with your holiday crafting.

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!

Cuts made for May Swaps

Wow it's been almost a whole month since I said anything, I'm sorry for the delay. May was a crazy month at work between Graduation jobs and end of school jobs to do, the month just got away from me. So the only things I have worked on this month was 2 cuts I did for 2 swaps I'm in.
For Cricuit CardNcut Exchange group on facebook I did a cut this month:

Elephant cut came from Birthday Bash cut @ 3½”. It was cut from various left over cardstock. Glitter is from stickles in holly. Liquid pearls in petal pink color.

This was so much fun to do and a great addition for a birthday card or a Circus layout.

For Papercrafting with My Cricut for thier critter swap I did:

Squirrel cut came from Jolly Holidays cut @ 3”. It was cut from various left over cardstock. Glitter is from stickles in Xmas Red, Diamonds & Paprika. Liquid Appliqué was used on the hat (a new technique for me).

I plan on using this cut on a christmas card that I need to figure out yet, but it was such a fun cut to do and I learned that new technique with the Liquid Appliqué. It's great to learn new things with this craft.

I have many cards and cuts to show you next month for a few challenges that I want to be in. Hope you all have a wonderful holiday, mine will be spent with family and my cricut (a time that I get to play). For all those that have been following the room makeover. The walls have been painted and the flooring has been laided and just about all the tile has been laided too. Not much more left, but I don't think I'll be able to get in there this weekend as I had hoped, but it's get closer by the day and maybe by the end of June I'll have it all set up to show off. Happy Memorial Day!