How to make a vintage style view master Christmas card

Over at Cheap Eats and Thrifty Crafts there is a tutorial on how to make this fun vintage style view master Christmas card I designed. Pop on over and check it out!

The Card Album video

Enter to win a Card Album, books, washi tape and more!

Over at Craft Gossip there is a big giveaway that includes all these books and supplies and a Card Album! The Card album is perfect to store all your Valentine's Day Cards and decorate with fun elements.

 

And over at Craftside there is a tutorial on how to make a recycled cupcake paper and book page dress Valentine Card.

 

17. Mom tattoo style Mother's Day card

I was actually working on another project when I spotted the ribbon die cut and I thought of the classic "Mom" tattoo. I thought it would make a great Mother's Day card. So I went through the Sizzix dies and one of the hearts works perfectly with it.
I die cut the heart out of a red foil box I had saved and the white ribbon out of some cardstock and outlined the two shapes with a Sharpie as well as wrote MOM on the ribbon.


I found this great piece of scrapbook paper that had some cool definitions for a background. I tried the red floral but I ended up with the black. Happy Mother's day to all!

16. Cat Glasses Collage Card

Wow for "C" words, boy did I get my alliteration on this morning. I had a lot of fun making this collaged card. Want to read more about it, the inspiration and tutorial? Pop on over to Craftside.

15. Keep Calm and Cut On Recycled art card

Over at Craftside I whipped up my spin on the classic poster "Keep Calm and Carry On" changing it to "Keep Calm and Cut On". Well, I liked it so much I thought I'd make some cards. And as a consummate recycler I went to the stash and found some art postcards that looked great with the saying.
I printed the saying on sticker paper.
Then to assemble the card I trimmed the art cards down a bit, arranged the two elements on a pretty piece of scrapbook cardstock and folded them into cards.

So as the saying goes "Keep Calm and Cut On"

14. Camo Mirror deer card

Tutorial for this mirror double deer card is posted at Sweater Surgery.

10. Stitched back up broken heart card

My latest card design is this stitched back up broken heart. Want to make one? The full tutorial is posted here.

9. How to make a faux Polaroid greeting card

Today I have a triptych of greeting cards featuring a faux Polaroid on the cover. These were super easy to make.

First you may be wondering what the photos are of, well that's my confirmation back in 1983. I made these cards because my niece and nephew got confirmed this past weekend. I was lucky enough to get a new photo with the Bishop that confirmed them.

I think I will print out another copy of my confirmation day and the Bishop from then and the new one and use them in a journal page.

So now onto how I made the faux Polaroid. I sized the photo down to 3.5 inches and my photos from back then were already square but if you are working with a rectangle you will want to crop it to a square.

Then print it on photo paper and trim the top edge down to the same width as the sides and the bottom just a bit off to give it the Polaroid look.

I used modern gold photo corners to attach the faux Polaroid to the cover of the greeting card. I did this at an angle so it would look a bit casual like Polaroids tend to.

8. Cute little stamped girls with recycled bunny ears Easter Card

These little girl stamps from Judikins available through Stamp, Stamp, Stamp are just about my favorite rubber stamp right now. And what better way to embellish them at Easter than to give them bunny ears!
First I punched out bunny ears out of a recycled scrapbook paper catalog using a Martha Stewart punch. One of the great things about using a catalog is the scale of the prints on the paper is tiny which is perfect for little detail punches like the bunny ear one I was using.
Then I stamped a row of the cute little Judikins hug girls and then I used my favorite Bunny Hug for a little card.
Then all that was left to so was color them in old school style like we used to do with our coloring books and glue the punched ears on.

7. Knot Nice Greeting Card

The phrase "Knot Nice" spelled that way and using the knot image is one of my all time favorites. So I whipped up this card inspired by the book Alphabeasties. See how I made this greeting card here.

6. Tracing wheel dotted line painted greeting card

Today's card is made using a a technique where you paint dotted lines with a tracing wheel and art from the newspaper. For the full tutorial pop on over to this post at Sweater Surgery.

5. How to make a recycled calendar church sign quote and lighter label card

How to make a recycled calendar church sign quote and lighter label card. Bet you weren't expecting that combo!
But yes it's true. Today's card is made with a page from one of those page a day calendars that features church sign quotes and lighter labels I picked up at a thrift store in a bag of mixed stuff.
I trimmed the warning label info and the blank space of the sticker so that just the image was on the sticker and I trimmed the church quote down to the sign shape. The quote in case you can't read it says, " Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it". Then I played around with the layout of the two images so that the star print of the scrapbook paper was in a nice balance.

4. How to make a recycled coffee cup card

Today's card is made with a recycled Starbucks paper coffee cup and a piece of scrapbooking paper.
I had been saving this cup that has the quote on it, "On the battlefield of ideas, winning requires moving toward the sound of the guns." by Newt Gingrich.

It had been sitting on the shelf above my desk for quite sometime and I was doing a bit of cleaning this weekend. It seemed the perfect time to transform this cup into a card.
So I cut the cup down to just the area of the quote but still left the top rim of the cup. There was still a bit of curve the the cardboard and it still looked like a cup.

I went through the stash and found this cute piece of scrapbooking paper that had a hand pointing graphic on it.

All that was left to do was trim the paper into a card shape and pop the cup on using a few strips of foam tape to keep the curve dimensional.

2. Super Moon Greeting card made with two circle punches and One Up Me quote

With the amazing super moon shining in the night sky I thought I'd make a super moon card.
Now I know the Super Moon is a full moon but I thought it would be fun to make a partial moon. It was super easy.
I pulled out the circle punches and picked two similar in size. I punched the large circle out of some white glitter paper and then the slightly smaller circle off center.
The quote is from One Up Me:
" He's like an 800 number, you won't get a charge out of him."
which I wrote with a Pentel Slicci silver pen.

1. Jackalope Card with March 22 One Up Me quote

I am going to try to make a card every day. This goal is inspired by the blog 365 Make Something Every Day and book 365 A Daily Creative Journal.
Here is my first card:
Here is how I made my jackalope card.
I punched 2 bunnies with my Martha Stewart punch, one with holding the pink side of the paper up and one with the pink side of the paper down. This gave me a reverse image.
I punched the deers the same way with the Martha Stewart deer punch.
I then trimmed the antlers off the deers and glued them to the back of the bunnies, now I have jackalopes!
I cut a card with the front a bit shorter because I wanted to write my quote along the bottom.
The quote is from One Up Me and it says:
"She's like the iPhone, we talk but mostly she plays games with me."

I "heart" Valentine's Day Card Album

I whipped up this Card Album design using my Sizzix die cutter to cut a bunch of hearts out of some of my favorite fabrics.
I applied them onto the cover of the Card Album with Mod Podge.
Then a bit of sparkle was added with different colors of Plaid Folk Art Extreme Glitter painted over each heart. I know you can't see the sparkle in the photo, but trust me it is sparkle-tastic!

Customized Greeting Card Albums from CHA Craft Super Show Class

First I have to be a bit silly and share with you the picture my friend Maria took of me in front of the big schedule wall:
I am pointing to my Customize your Greeting Card Album Class listing in case you were wondering, hehe.
The ladies had a blast with all the fun tools and supplies decorating their Greeting Card Albums.
Here are a few quick photos while they were still works in progress:


The dear Sixxix die cut and The StazOn ink along used with the Judikins and Autumn Leaves stamps with some JHB buttons accents were a hit.
These two designers really liked the flower Sizzix die cuts and layered them up.

One used the Autumn Leaves print papers and one used the Club Scrap solid papers.

How to decorate your Greeting Card Album for Christmas and recycle a card from last year with a fabric die cut

Super Crafty Christmas Greeting Card Album with a recycled Christmas card craft.


I went at this with a "just play" attitude. I gathered up some of my favorite supplies and just started punching, stamping, gluing and glittering to decorate the Greeting Card Album and I also recycled a greeting card. I started by stamping all over the cover with some deer stamps, Some Stampology Clear stamps-Flourishes V.2 by Rhonna Farrar and used StazOn Ink.

One of the things I had in my stash was a bunch of slides that weren't good (the picture was too dark) and I wondered if you could punch them? Yup you can! I inked the edges a bit and glued it onto the cover of the Card Album.
I added touches of glitter by mixing a bit of Crafty Chica glitter with a bit of Judikins Diamond Glaze and applying it with a tooth pick.
To make my reindeer I die cut them from holiday prints of Autumn Leaves papers and simply glued them onto the cover all over.
To make the recycled embellished card I ironed some heat and bond to the back of some scrap plaid fabric and ran it through the Sizzix die cutter with my reindeer die. Then I simply ironed it onto the card, I used a press cloth and a tiny tipped iron.


Well I hope you like today's craftiness and if you are looking for a place to store all this year's Christmas cards grab yourself a Greeting Card Album and go to town. Oh and if you are looking for that perfect gift that your recipient won't have already-The Card Album is the ticket.

Customize your own Greeting Card Album at the CHA Craft Super Show

Want to have a ton of fun customizing your very own Greeting Card Album with all sorts of great supplies at the CHA Craft Super Show in Anaheim, CA January 23? Sign up now to reserve your spot!


SPONSORED BY: Judikins
INSTRUCTOR: Stefanie Girard

Put your personal touch on a Card Album specifically designed to store, gently bind and display your cherished greeting cards that you've received or made. Crafters will get their groove on with Judikins stamps, inks, and glazes along with Sizzix dies using beautiful papers and embellishments from Creativity Inc.'s Autumn Leaves Collection. Taught by Stefanie Girard author of Sweater Surgery.

Level of Difficulty: All Levels
Additional Supplies Needed: Scissors, glue
Workshop Category: Scrapbooking/Papercrafts
W1105 - Customize Your Card Album
Saturday January 23, 2010
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Price: $30.00
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