Happy Birthday card with material and dew drops!

I used Carrie Creations whimsical flower file(CS00054) and playful tags (CS00158) to make this card. I pleated and stapled material to a cardboard circle to attach behind the flower. I also used clear dew drops colored with markers. The ribbon is from rockin' ribbon and the background paper is DCWV. I used the pen tool and a pencil to do the sentiment then traced it with a uniball signo glitter gel pen.

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Ribbons, ribbons, and more ribbons!

I recently hosted a ribbon swap on the Paperthreads forum. It was such a huge success! Thank you all you wonderful ladies that sent all the beautiful ribbon! Cyber hugs to you all! Here are the ribbons I chose...I think 5 of them are ones I didn't receive in the swap but just didn't get wrapped on cards yet. I had over 40 yards of excess ribbon to get rid of so I am so glad I was able to share it with you all! Thanks again!
Shelly

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One card/many looks!

I designed a card for Chris Durnan's file challenge (hurry there is still time to join...click here for more details). I recently got some flocking and so wanted to try it out. So I cut Chris's zig zag border file which I received in the challenge and flocked it....as well as a layered flower by Carrie's Creations. I just love flocking! It adds such great texture! I was amazed at how much like rick rack Chris's wonderful border turned out to be. I kinda got carried away with the glitter gel pens though. The ribbon is American Crafts 6ft roll. I did the card again using actually rick rack..see below.























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Shelly

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Come snuggle with my teddy bear!

I made this card for a friend of mine using Wishblading Well's files. I used fluid chalk to add depth to the edges and regular chalk for the cheeks. I also added gloss paint for the eyes and nose. I hand made the little heart out of Darice wire. I hand embossed the onsie following the pattern on the Creative Memories paper. I made it look a little distressed since baby boys are far from neat! I resisted buying those little safety pins for the longest time but thought it added just the right touch for this teddy! Thanks for looking! Shelly

























inside of card. I used my own file for the scalloped heart and used the pen tool on my digital cutter with an American Crafts gel pen for the sentiment.

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SALE! SALE! SALE! now thru 6/15/08

In honor of all those special Dad's out there, I am having a sale on my digital cutter files available in my gallery at Cuttersmarket. Many files are 99cents or less. I even uploaded a new Father's Day card! Take a peek and stock up today!
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Shelly

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New Father's Day card added to my Cuttersmarket Gallery

Are you ready for Father's Day? I finished the card below today. I just loved the way it turned out! The striped paper is Basic Grey...one of my most favorite brands of paper! I had fun inking it with fluid chalk and sanding the edges for that distressed look. Take home my file available for sale here and make one yourself. I'd love to see other examples...send them to me at shellysart@verizon.net. I used real buttons but I have provided you with cutter files for buttons if you chose to cut them instead..see photo below. I used my stitching template around the sentiments box. You could easily turn this into a Thank You, birthday, or anniversary card by purchasing my sentiments file and changing the color scheme.


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Shelly

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First trip to the dentist file at my gallery, cool technique turn paper into metal

Here is a layout I did of my son's first trip to the dentist...he actually went at an early age because we thought he had a rotten tooth erupting...turns out we had nothing to worry about though. This uses my First trip to the dentist file complete with toothbrushes and toothpaste available at my gallery at Cuttersmarket. I wanted the title to look like toothpaste coming out of a tube and think it turned out pretty good.

I also used Chris Durnan's wonderful dentist tools file available at Paperthreads. The layout is based on a Cherish sketch. (Have you seen these books...I just love them and you can get them from a Close to My Heart consultant. They give you step by step sketches complete with cutting diagrams and precise measurements. Makes doing a classy layout a breeze! I would love to get my hands on the new Imagine book...I have seen it since I helped get my friend one for Christmas. I didn't get myself one though Boo hoo!) The single tooth dies are Ellison I think. I used self sticking dots by Colorbok (available in the dollar section at JoAnn's) they are the ones that look like brads but much easier to apply. They were too shiny for me so I sanded them a bit.

Check out this cool technique! I used silver paper to cut the dentist tools then applied silver ink and several layers of embossing powder to achieve the look of metal. In real life they look amazing. I can't wait to try this to make my own charms!




Thanks for reading and looking! Have a great evening!
Shelly

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First digital layout and companion cut and paste, new scallop file in my gallery

I did it! My first digital layout! I wanted to enter the Becky Fleck Pagemap contest but was crunched for time so I decided to try my hand at this digital thing. It was so easy and the results are amazing. I wish I had a 12 x 12 printer then I could do many more digital pages and get my scrapbooking actually caught up. I didn't win the contest but had fun in the process. I plan on making some digital layouts and printing them in a smaller format for Xmas presents.



Here is the cut and paste version for my daughter's scrapbook. I used my own files scallop circle with holes available at my gallery at Cuttersmarket and the title is my own design. I used Buttefly Design's oh so versatile borders, borders and more borders file available at Paperthreads (the light blue border is her file). I delete the circle part of the border before cutting and tucked half of the border under my patterned paper creating a mini scalloped edge. Once again I used my beloved dew drops, primas and even a silk flower I colored brown with fluid chalk, crocheted flower, a brad and rick rack. I took photos of my daughter in various clothing colors. This was the only orange one and it was just too cute not to scrap.


Gotta eat supper! Thanks for looking! Have a great evening!
Shelly

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Bringing Home Adoree, new bracket file in my gallery.

I’m sorry I know it has been ages since I blogged. I promise I will try to be better about this. I do have a lot to catch up on.

First up is a layout using my newest file bracket box for the journaling box. It also uses Shirley Clarks wonderful file Home Sweet Home available at Paperthreads.

This layout show pics of the first time we took our baby girl home. We were so nervous! She turned a year in May of this year. So this is our house last May. I am amazed at how different our house looked this year….I had many tulips and such blooming and wished these pics showed that. Oh well at least this layout is done!

The layout is based on a Layout Blueprints sketch (love this book and would love to get my hands on the new release.) Shirley thankfully introduced me to dew drops. I am in love with them I buy the clear and color them with Bic Mark It permant markers which are acid free and sticks to the dew drops very well. I bought them at Wal-mart. I think they would work to color brads too. You can see I used the dew drops to accent the tree and the patterned paper above. Don’t you just love the tiny tiny brads I used for the flowers on Shirley’s house? I got them at Michael’s on clearance only because they had tiny crowns in them (perfect for the princess party my daughter had). I’m glad I found another use for them.

The photo below shows what you get in the bracket box file. I couldn't post it all on my gallery at Cuttersmarket because it would have made the preview picture too tiny. It really is a versatile file. I just got the latest issue of Scrapbooks Ect magazine and they have lots of embellishments very similar to my file posted on quite a few layouts. It can be used as a journaling box as I have done but also as an accent piece. The file can be resized to fit your needs.

oh my it's time to make supper. More later! Have a great day and thanks for looking!
Shelly

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