Classy Cards Hello

Hi friends!  I've been so inspired by this Graphic 45 Botanical Tea paper lately .  The soft coordinating shades and elegant prints have made it my go-to paper.    

The lacey circle is from Joy Crafts.  It's difficult to see in the photo but the edge of the solid center circle also has a lovely embossed detail.  The die comes with a smaller circle that I used to cut out the floral paper also from the Botanical tea paper pad.  I popped up the small circle with Joy! Crafts Foam Pads and then glued two of the Memory Box Chloe Stems on top.   I added  a butterfly from my stash, colored it with distress ink and added a rhinestone center.  Hello was cut from white card stock using the Impression Obsession Greeting Set.

I hope you enjoy my card.  Thanks for looking and make sure to check out the upcoming weekly challenges for a chance to win a wonderful prize from the Classy Cards 'n Such shop!

Classy Card Supplies

Memory Box Tall Chloe Stem

Joy Crafts Cutting & Embossing Circle (4 Pieces)

Impression Obsession Greeting Set

Graphic 45 Botanical Tea

Joy! Crafts Foam Pads

Classy Cards Cloud Confetti

Today I'm sharing a card inspired by the Classy Cards 'n Such's Cloudy Day challenge.  I tried to recreate the beautiful relaxing feel of the inspiration photo in a shaker card.  If you use my coupon Jenny-10 you can save 10% off your entire order at the CCNS store.

I made an A2 sized card out of a piece of Kraft Card Stock.  The Joy Crafts Waves were cut with a blue card stock from my stash.  I used the die as a stencil and highlighted the accents with peacock feathers distress ink and a Mini Ink Blending Tool.

The shaker was created by layering two sizes of nesting circle dies.  I glued a piece of clear packaging material I salvaged from toy packaging to the back of the circle.  The shop has clear card stock that would work perfectly for this.  I stamped my sentiment onto white card stock and sponged tumbled glass distress ink around the words.  Then I used a really thick foam adhesive to adhere the circle to the sentiment layer after adding some bugle beads inside. I glued the back of the sentiment layer to the card front.  I tucked another piece of waves into the front of the circle too trimming until I liked the result.

The clouds are from a die in my stash but you could achieve a similar look with many of the cloud dies or even cloud stencils currently in stock.  I added a couple of them using Joy Crafts Foam Adhesive Pads.

The seahorse was cut from Joy Crafts Crab & Seahorse die set and colored with distress ink.  I sponged more peacock feathers distress ink over the die using it as a stencil and then added liquid pearls for interest.

Supplies

Joy Crafts Crab & Seahorse

Joy Crafts Waves

Kraft Card Stock

Joy Foam Pads

Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool

Memory Box Puffy Clouds

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Classy Cards Sparkling Snowflakes

Hi, I made this for the Classy Cards Teal Snowflakes Challenge #66.  I usually spend a lot of time creating cards, sometimes putting things aside for days until layouts or elements feel "right" but this one, after a couple of starts on other occasions, came together in a snap.  I love when that happens.  

I glued the white Memory Box Bristol Snowflake to the Joy 8 Point Design die cut.  The Joy die was cut from a silver glitter paper and adhered to the aqua card stock using Joy Foam Pads.  I cut both layers of the A2 size card using different dies in the Spellbinders borders set.  Classy Cards has a similar set in stock Spellbinders A2 Borders 3.

To finish off, I coated the white snowflake with stickles and added a Mother of Pearl Rhinestone to  the center.  It's difficult to see in the photo but the snowflakes are very glittery in real life.

Thanks for looking and I'm looking forward to seeing your snowflake challenge entries at Classy Cards 'n Such!

Supplies

Joy! 8 Point Design

Memory Box Bristol Snowflake

Spellbinders A2 Scalloped Borders 3

Joy! Foam Pads

Mother of Pearl Rhinestones

Stickles

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Classy Cards Hello Autumn

Hi! I was inspired by the beautiful Classy Cards Challenge photo to use this Impression Obsession Small Leaf die set.  It makes such a wonderful assortment of little leaves.

I cut leaves out of yellow, green and red card stock and then sponged them with distress ink to reflect a more realistic appearance of leaves turning color.

I originally planned to use a twig wreath die but changed my mind because I just couldn't wait to play with this new Joy! Circle die.  Isn't it beautiful?  The swirls are so delicate and the die cut cleanly in my big shot without a metal shim.  It comes with two flourishes and a center circle so it can be used with or without the center and you can layer like a nesting die. The CCNS store has some new Joy! dies in stock and they are all lovely.

I cut the Joy! Circle out of white card stock, sponged it with distress ink and then cut out  the center using the corresponding smaller circle die from the set.  I cut the center because I wanted Graphic 45's  Botanical Tea background paper to show through.

The Large Bow and Hello dies are both from Impression Obsession.  They were cut out of colored card stock and then sponged with distress ink.  The bow was popped up with a Joy! Foam Pad and I added a flat back pearl for a touch of class.

Thanks for looking and I hope you can join us in this great new challenge!

Supplies

Graphic 45 Botanical Tea Paper

Impression Obsession Small Leaf Set

Impression Obsession Large Bow

Impression Obsession Greeting Set

Joy! Cutting & Embossing Circle

Joy! Foam Pads

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