Linda's Posey Patch Flowers

Hello, everyone!  It's Linda with a card for the latest Classy Cards 'n Such Challenge - Handmade Flowers.  The watering can is from the Heartfelt Creations Posey Patch Gardens Delight stamp set.  It was stamped with black ink and colored with colored pencils.   I then stamped several flowers from the Heartfelt Creations Posey Patch Flowers stamp set and cut them out with the matching Spellbinders Heartfelt Creations Posey Patch Die Cut.  These  flowers were colored to match the original stamped image and added to the bouquet with foam dots.  The centers of the flowers were created using the Viva Decor Pearl  Pen.


I used the Spellbinders Teardrop Die Cut to cut out the finished stamped image.  This was layered on top of a purple mat cut using the Cheery Lynn Designs English Tea Party Die Cut.  I used Cheery Lynn Designs Lace Corners Deco - B to highlight the corners of the card.  In the opposite corners of the card and around the the teardrop circle, I added some Want2Scrap Purple Baby Pearls.

If you haven't entered your card in the current challenge, I hope you will do so before time runs out.  We would love to see  all your beautiful creations using handmade flowers!

Beautiful card, Linda!!  I love those posies!

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The challenge details and link to enter are here.   

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Beverly's Aqua, Orange and Yellow Challenge Card

Hi Classy Friends!


I chose to use pastel versions of aqua, orange and yellow for my card.  I must admit, these colors are a little out of my box, but I guess it's good to be challenged now and then, right?


I used a soft orange from my stash to adhere to the white card base.  The aqua is from the Happy Travels paper pad by Glitz Designs.   This is really a great paper pad and only a few sheets are truly travel related!  I used the Italian Flourish doily from Cheery Lynn Designs cut from the soft orange for my focal point.  


The Lace Deco Corners C, also from the soft orange, were just a bit bigger than I wanted, so I carefully trimmed one of the bottom pieces from each side and then adhered with a Quickie Glue Pen.


I found a soft yellow in my stash to use for the flower in the center of the Italian Flourish.   I used Judy's Blooms and cut one large and two small blooms.   I shaped them with a stylus from the McGill Paper Blossoms Paper Tool set and adhered the assembled flower to the center of the Italian Flourish.   The center is done with Lemonade glitter...just the right soft touch!


Come play with us and share your own creations using aqua, orange and yellow!   Click here for details.

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Best Wishes on Your Engagement!

Hi everyone - This is Chrissy D here today! I am so glad you came by the Classy Cards 'n Such Blog! Welcome! 

I had so much fun playing with the Canadian Kaleidoscope Doily from Cheery Lynn Designs! To help the ease of my die cutting, I used the Crafter's Tools and the Cuttlehug Large. I cut out the die, using  Layering Swatches in #1 Metallic Variety that were dry embossed using the Daisies Embossing Folder. I just LOVE how shimmery these papers are!

I painted some flowers that have been forever in my stash, with a water brush and the Holiday Sparkle Twinkling H20 and placed a dot of Viva Pearl Pen Ice White in the center of each of them. I cut the Leaf Die Cut from Cheery Lynn Designs using emerald cardstock.

I adhered all of the layers and added a bow from white organdy ribbon. Classy Cards 'n Such has a wide variety of beautiful trim, ribbons and lace available HERE.

I hope you enjoyed my project! Have a WONDERFUL day!

Thanks, Chris!

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Italian Flourish and Roses - 3D art!!!

Hello Classy Cards 'n Such Friends! This is Chrissy D sharing a card with you today! I had so much fun playing as I created this birthday Card! 

I started with peach cardstock and ran it through my die cut machine with the Dots embossing folder. I adhered it to a strip of black cardstock. I used the Italian Flourish Doily from Cheery Lynn Designs cut in the Layering Swatches #2 Deep variety- black. I cut the Italian Flourish Doily in half using my paper trimmer and used the Quickie Glue Pen to adhere it to the 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" vanilla cardstock.

I used the Fanciful Flourish Die from Cheery Lynn with olive cardstock and adhered it using the Quickie Glue Pen. I then added the peach and black panel and adhered the Tea Rose Latte Mulberry Roses with glue dots. I wrapped the Eggshell Seam Binding around and tied a bow to finish off the embellishments. Once everything was pieced together and adhered, I stamped the sentiment from the Topsy Turvy Cakes stamp set from JustRite.

This card was a QUICK card to make and I love how the Italian Flourish Doily and Tea Rose Latte Mulberry Roses jazz it up! These dies are so much fun to play with!  

Thanks, Chris!!!  This beautiful card is another example that would qualify for entry into our current 3D challenge!! All of the details are here!  Won't you join us???

Thanks for stopping by!!!  Until next time...

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Linda's Challenge #5

Hello everyone!  It's Linda back with a card for our Classy Cards 'n Such Challenge - Bling.  This is such an easy challenge for me because I love to use all the beautiful bling that Beverly has in the Classy Cards 'n Such shop.

For this card, I cut and layered mats and adhered them using Scor-Tape.  I then die cut the Italian Flourish from Cheery Lynn Designs and added it to my mat.  The flower was made using the Spiral Blossom One from Spellbinders.  I used one of the diecuts for the basic flower and then cut several others in order to have flower pieces to insert into the original flower to make it as full as I wanted it. For my bling, I added the Want2Scrap Finess Swirls under the flower.  The ribbon is the Champagne - Sheer Asiana with a bow tied with the Bow-Easy.  I finished the card off with a couple of stick pins.

I hope you have enjoyed my challenge card today and that you will submit your creations for our new Classy Cards 'n Such Challenge - Bling.

Thanks, Linda!!!

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Cheery Lynn and Grandma's Doilies

I wanted to focus today on some of the very cool dies that are in the Classy Cards 'n Such shop.

Supplies from Classy Cards:

JustRite stamps Grandma's Doilies

Cheery Lynn Lace Corner Deco F 

Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily

Cheery Lynn Border Carnivale

Prima Flowers Ceylon Garden

Foil Paper - Textured Patterns 1

Cheery Lynn Cuttlehug

Other supplies:  

Cuttlebug embossing folder; 

Cuttlebug; 

double stick tape; 

clear drying glue; 

colored pencils; D

istress Ink Faded Jeans; Glue dots, gems

I started by stamping the JustRite stamp of Grandma's Doilies with Distress ink and coloring with colored pencils.  Then I layered this on the French Pastry Doily which was cut from the foil.  Then I glued the flower. After embossing the pink paper with the embossing folder, I wrapped the border around the layer of pink and blue

I then glued the corner dies in place with the clear drying glue and finally 

added the gems.

Debbie

Thanks, Debbie!

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Chris' Sketch Challenge #3

Hi Friends!!! This is Chrissy D here today! Welcome!  Have you joined in on the NEW FUN challenges yet? Classy Cards 'n Such is hosting a sketch challenge this week. You can find out all of the information HERE. We would LOVE to have you join us!

On today's card, I used the Canadian Kaleidoscope Doily Cheery Lynn Die cut out in lavender cardstock. One trick I have found with using these FABULOUS Cheery Lynn dies is to use a Cuttlehug large plate. This helps for a cleaner cut and eliminates the need for extra paper shims. I also find I do not have to do so much detail poking out of all of those little clinkers that get caught in the paper. 


Once the die was cut out, I stamped the TOPSY TURVY CAKES stamp set by JustRite in black Ink on white storm card stock and colored with the following Copic inks: BG000, BG05, BG07, RV29, R000, R39, R32, Y15, Y11, V000, V25, V20, YG17, YG67, YG00. I used the Technique Junkie Newsletter and the Out of the Box technique to have the spacing fit where I wanted it to on the sketch.  


Once I completed that,  I stamped the small flowers and colored them too. I cut them out and added them to white cardstock in a small cluster and using a 1 3/8" and a 1 1/2" circle punch, I punched some layers and used Joy! Foam Pads to add a little dimension to my project and pop up the flowers. To finish off the card I added white pearls in three of the corners.

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and take a look! Have a wonderful day!

Thanks, Chris, for a cute card!  Clicking the gold links above will take you to the product in the Classy Cards 'n Such shop.


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Layered Thinking of You

This is the card that I made for our first Classy Cards 'n Such challenge.  The theme for this first challenge is soooo easy -  ANYTHING GOES!!!   All you need to do is post a card with one product that is currently sold in the Classy Cards shop.   The product can be anything - bling, paper, die cuts - whatever you want to use.  It's your choice of theme, color, style just as long as you use at least one product that is sold by Classy Cards!   How easy is that???  Here's the post where you can read all the details and see the samples made by the Design Team.   Inlinkz is at the bottom of the page where you can load your creation!   And there will be a prize and a couple of awards!!!

And now, here's the card I made.   I started by making my card base with Reich Shine Champagne cardstock.  The pretty red floral mat is from the Happy Travels 6" x 6" paper pad from Glitz Designs.  You might think from the name of this paper pad that it's all travel-related.  DEFINITELY not!   There are lots of vintage florals, stripes and dots and only a few travel -related designs.  There are definite possibilities here!

I cut the French Pastry Doily, the Nested Medallions Labels Die and Fancy Tags from Reich Shine Champagne cardstock too.   I layered another red floral mat onto the Nested Medallions Labels Die.  I adhered the top two layers with foam pads to add dimension.

The Thinking of You stamp from Art Impressions was a perfect fit!  I added three tiny Hot Pink Pearls from Want2Scrap.  And finally, I outlined the card with Gold Lines and added Elizabethan Corners for a touch of elegance!

I'll be posting the cards with details soon from the Design Team!

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•    Cheery Lynn Designs 
  • 3 new butterflies!!!  See all of the butterflies here!
  • Screen Door with Dog
•     Clear Card Jackets – 3 sizes available – A2, A6 & A7.  See them in the Supplies section here! 
•    Heartfelt Creations stamps - Lots of nature images!  So beautiful!!    

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Linda's You Hold the Key Valentine Card

Linda has done it again and created a gorgeous card!!!

Today I'm back with another Valentine card.  The red paper I used to mat this card came from the Doodlebug Sweet Cakes paper pad.  This paper pad is so great for Valentine cards and the great thing is that each sheet is double sided so you can really get alot of use out of it. 

I attached a Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry Doily to my mat with Scor-Tape.  The sentiment in the center is from the JustRite Romantic Sentiments Centers.  On top of the doily,  I added a Cheery Lynn Dutch Scallop Square which was popped up with foam dots.   A Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish was added across the corner.  These were all cut from Esse Smooth Pearlized White paper from the Classy Cards 'n Such shop. The Cheery Lynn Designs Celtic Heart was cut using the Wild Cherry paper from The Paper Cut Layering Swatches #2.  

The flowers are Cheery Lynn Cuties 2 cut from the same paper as I had used for the mat.  To make the Cuties, cut two strips of paper with the die cut and then glue the two strips together with a narrow line of glue close to the bottom - one on top of the other - with the petals alternating.  Then either slip one end into a quilling tool or hold it with a small needle-nose pliers or similar tool and wind it around into a small ball, gluing as you go.  Once finished, hold it for a minute or so and allow the glue to dry.  Then gently fold the petals outward to more closely resemble a flower.   All of the Cuties work the same way...there are just different petal shapes to choose from.  They are all here in the Flowers & Leaves section.  This was my first time to make these flowers and because I didn't have a quilling tool to roll them, they didn't roll as tightly as I've seen them done.  This left me room to add some Want2Scrap Rhinestones for their centers!  For an added touch, I cut some Cheery Lynn Olive Branches and mounted these under the flowers.

I think this is one of Linda's most beautiful cards yet!!!  Don't you agree???   Please let her know what you think with a comment on this post.

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Sarah's Christmas Tree

Sarah is back with another of her lovely Christmas cards!

Hello everyone! It's Sarah again here with another Christmas card for you.  There are a few products I used in this card that I am especially excited to share with you. Seriously, they are some of my most favorite paper crafting things right now :-)

The first one is the Webster's Pages Waiting For Santa papers. These are soooo pretty and old fashioned looking. I absolutely love them! I based my whole card around one of these awesome papers. I started with a base layer of textured green card stock, followed by a thin bordering layer of red card stock. Then I adhered my beautiful patterned paper over the two of them. On top of that I had so much fun just adding lots of pretty bling and embellishments.

The first was a frame made using a different pattern from the same Waiting For Santa paper pack. The die I used is another fabulous new favorite of mine: the Polynesian Sails Oval die from Cheery Lynn Designs. Oh my - this is such an intricately detailed and gorgeous die! It cut perfectly the first time and all the tiny little pieces easily fell out - no need for a lot of picking or poking as I had expected. I cannot tell you how happy I am that I bought this. It's just so very pretty and fun to use. (Note: It also cuts out another beautiful doily looking shape from within the oval - like a bonus die cut every time!)

I stamped a sentiment from Stampin' Up! inside the oval - directly onto the paper in dark brown ink. Then I added a little silver floral finding I found in my stash. Up in the top left corner I put some Prima flowers and added a few tiny gold pearls in the centers of them. Although they were already glittery, I added a sprinkle more glitter to them for extra sparkle. The leaves are a hard material to adhere, so I pulled out my wonderful Scor-Tape and was able to stick them down without any problem whatsoever. This adhesive is awesome! 

I placed more tiny pearls on the Christmas tree and added a Prima glittered star over the top. Again, Scor-Tape came to my rescue, and held that star down securely. I made a bow out of seam binding which I dyed myself, and used the Bow Easy tool to triple- bow it. That was adhered (with Scor-Tape, of course!) in the lower left corner. I love how it turned out! And to finish it off, I put some lovely red Want to Scrap self adhesive pearls in the corners. And that's it! A pretty quick and easy Christmas card!

I hope you have enjoyed my card today. I'll be back soon with another one!

Blessings To You,

Sarah

Thanks, Sarah!

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Glitzy Vintage Ornament from Sarah

Sarah is back with another beautiful Christmas card!

 

December is here, and I am decorating my house for Christmas this week. On my Christmas tree my favorite ornaments are the ones I have had for many years, as they represent so many wonderful memories. Among them are several from my childhood and even quite a few that had belonged to my grandmother- some over 100 years old. I love antique and vintage ornaments, so when thinking of a card to make for this week I decided to create something with a vintage look to it. And, since I love sparkle, glitter and glam, I added that element as well.

 

Here is what I came up with:

Sarah Bennett
http://my-little-somethings.blogspot.com

 

I started with a base of dark brown card stock, and a layer of Christmassy red over it. Then, I die cut patterned paper using the awesome Dainty Dutch Deco frame from Cheery Lynn Designs. The detail in this die is incredible!

 

In the center of the frame I put my sparkly vintage ornament. It was die cut using silver glitter card stock and one of the Nestabilities 2010 Heirloom Ornament dies.

 

Then I added a few leaves and layers of flowers from Prima's glittered floral embellishments. But the problem is, this thick glittery paper is difficult to adhere things to. So let me introduce you now to my new best friend: Scor-Tape! I had never used it before, despite having been told by several of my crafty friends how great it is. Well I just have to say, this stuff is awesome! I had been using red backed tape for years. But it can be pretty pricey and I had run out. So, I figured I'd try this. I am so glad I got a roll of each of the three available sizes because I love it! It holds great and I think it's easier to use, as the backing comes off more easily and doesn't stick to you the way that static-y red backing can, lol. And I found I got a lot more of it for a lower price- only $5.00 for 27 yards! If you've never tried it, I urge you to give it a shot. I sure wish I hadn't waited so long to get some! 

 

In the center of the flower I put a few tiny red rhinestones. At the top of the ornament I made a bow out of one of my favorite embellishments: the Ecru Delight lace. I find it goes so well with so many things and is so easy to tie and work with. And priced at only .50 cents per yard, you just can't beat it! :-) I tied my little tag into the lace using ivory colored sewing thread. I added a stamped label down in the bottom corner, and then for a little more elegance I put some beautiful Want 2 Scrap red pearls in the upper left corner. 

I hope you have enjoyed my card for this week, as it was a lot of fun to make. I've got to get back to my Christmas decorating, but will be back next week with another card for you. 

 

I wish you many blessings,

Sarah

 

Thanks Sarah!  Be sure to click on the brown links above to see the items in the Classy Cards 'n Such online shop!

 

I still have not heard from our blog candy winner - judyjstamper - so if anyone knows her, please ask her to contact me at beverly@classycardsnsuch.com before 6PM tomorrow, Monday December 5th.

 

Thanks for stopping by!!! Until next time...

 

 

 

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