Chevrons, and Sequins, and Snowmen, OH MY!

Happy World Cardmaking Day!

Today was an absolute blur...so by the time I sat down in my crafty spot, I managed to put together just one card, lol!  To top it off, my photo stream is on the blink again!  I am at a total loss on that one, but until I get it figured out, I will just need cords, sigh. 

Alright, on with the CARD!   I combined a couple of challenges for this one, and I think it's pretty cute!

When I saw the sketch for CAS(E) this Sketch this week, I thought I could pull it off nicely with  a snowman, and by flipping it upside down, I did!  :)

Then I saw that the gals over at CAS-ual Fridays wanted to see chevrons and sequins in our creations.  No problem!  I used a Darice embossing folder for the clean white background.  Some miscellaneous sequins sparkle up the fringe of the snowman's sweet scarf, and black sequins from the Close to My Heart Mini Medley Accents Black Collection make his merry buttons.

I used the Close to My Heart Countdown and All Decked Out (retired) My Acrylix clear stamps to make this jolly little man.  The papers are all CTMH as well:  White Daisy, Cranberry, and a great green pattern in the Chantilly Paper Packet!  Bet you never thought the Spring flavors of Chantilly could be used for Christmas!  ;)

Thanks for popping in here today!  Go spread your sparkle!  :)

Chevron Card #2

I am back with the second of those two chevron cards I made the other day...so let's get to it!

My chevrons are found in the beautiful Sarita Paper Packet.  I again used my Make It From Your Heart Volume 2 guide to find a pattern to use.  Did you know the patterns give you all the dimensions as well?  Yep!  They are so user friendly!  They are only $7.95, and Close to My Heart has two volumes so far.  Love them BOTH!

I used the Heartfelt Birthday Wish to stamp the sentiment in Goldrush Pigment Ink for this one.  At only $2.95, this stamp is a MUST have.  The cutie-pie giraffe is from a retired CTMH My Acrylix set called Nursery Bash.  

I love these Aqua Dots!  They are a great way to bling up a card if you are not a big fan of glitter and sparkle (gasp!)  OR if you just need to make a neutral gender card (whew!)

See how nice and shiny the clear embossing powder gets when you heat it up?  I really love the finished look this gives!

This is card one of ten for an order I am putting together...I can't wait to get busy on the rest!

Chevron Inspiration

Serious readers may have the day off, because this is sort of silly.  ;)

I was really wanting to use chevrons in a card for my next workshop since they are all the rage right now.  While I didn't get inspired that direction, I WAS inspired to make another card.  Many of you will get the connection right away, lol...so here it is!

I haven't thought of Charlie Brown's shirt in ages, so the fact that this popped into my head just helps me believe that I really haven't forgotten as much as I thought.  I hope you have a good laugh with me over this one!   So fun!

I also learned a valuable lesson while making this card--don't delete pics too quickly!  You see, I wasn't crazy about the way I wrote the words, "Good Grief," at first.  I decided to use a little trick to cover it up by placing a piece of cardstock right on top of the mistake.  I used to have a picture of what it looked like before, but erased it too quickly--could have used it as a before/after mistake picture.  Oh well, you still get the idea.  That is really just one of the many ways you can correct a mistake on a card you are making.  Maybe I can do a series of posts on how to cover up mistakes?   Hmmmmm....