Azalea Ringed Circle Buckle

Hi everyone!  

I have a really fun and easy card for you today.   I've made several similar cards which can be used for just about any occasion.  Change out the colors or buckles and you have a completely different card!

I started with an ivory card base.  I usually match white and white, but this time, the ivory base just struck me!  :-)  I used the A2 Matting Basics A and A2 Matting Basics B to cut the pink and white mats.  The Matting Basics by Spellbinders make life so much easier for me when it comes to cutting mats!   They are always straight and have the exact borders that you want whether it's 1/8", 1/4" or multiples of one or the other!

The pink mat, Ringed Circle Buckle and Small Butterfly are all cut from Stardream Fuse Azalea cardstock.  I added white baby pearls to the center of the butterfly.

There are three buckle styles to choose from in the Classy Cards shop and you can see them all by clicking here.  You could always get extra use from the buckles by using them as a focal point or accent with a flower in the center!  

The white mat is from the beautiful Butterflies cardstock!

I cut a short length of Rose/Pink May Arts ribbon and wove it through the buckle and adhered the ends to the back of the Azalea mat.  I added a couple of glue dots under the buckle with ribbon to keep it a little flatter.  This ribbon style has several gorgeous colors to choose from!  You can see all of the ribbon in the Classy Cards shop by clicking here.

I added a Happy Birthday Rubz using a stylus from the Paper Blossoms Paper Tool Kit.  These are so quick and easy to apply and no mess!!!

I made a frame for the card front using gold lines stickers.  These have the look of gold embossing and I think it is just the perfect way to take your card to the next level. 

I hope you enjoyed my card today and will try it with your own flare!

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With Thanksgiving

Hello Everyone! It's Jenn and I'm in the mood for some fall weather and colors. For those of you that don't know, I'm in NC and we don't see much of a fall here. 

My card size today is 5.5 x 5.5. You'll find that I have a flair for the square!  I started with a dark rust card base. Then I found this lovely vintage rose pattern in the Glitz Designs Happy Travels Paper Pack. I distressed the edges of the paper and then inked them with Rusty Hinge Distress Ink. 

Using some orange paper I die-cut the Lacey Pumpkin Corner Flourish from Cheery Lynn Designs and added that to the lower left corner of my card. If you are wondering why it's so shiny, it's because I went over it with the Sakura Glaze Pen. I wanted shine without added dimension and this is the way to get it.

Using my trusty Spellbinders Labels Eighteen I die-cut two labels; one for my Scripture and one for a mat. I distressed the edges of both of these also with Rusty Hinge Distress Ink. I used a ribbon slot punch to make a slot in the top of the larger label. Then I ran two different colors of organza ribbon through them and tied a little knot.

To finish it off, I added one Prima Gillian flower in cider to the lower right hand corner of the label.

I hope you're inspired to make some Fall cards and send some blessings to your friends. I'll see you next week and it's gonna be all about Christmas!

Thanks, Jenn!

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Joyous Noel Ornament Card

Are you ready for Christmas??  It's Holly today with another Christmas card to share with y'all.  This one has more muted and elegant tones with a little touch of glitter.

I started with a couple of patterned papers from the gorgeous Handmade Holiday 6x6 paper pack (Simple Stories) and adhered them to a strip of vanilla cardstock.  I added some Ivory Cotton Cluny lace over the bottom piece of patterned paper and taped it to the back of the vanilla cardstock strip.  This piece was then affixed to a burgundy card base.  

Next, I stamped the largest ornament from the Noel Christmas Ornaments stamp set (Just Rite) on some vanilla cardstock and cut it out with the coordinating 2010 Heirloom ornament die set (Spellbinders).  This ornament die set used to be in the Classy Cards 'n Such store, but I believe it has sold out.  (You can always cut this out with scissors.)  I colored the ornament with some Copic markers to match the papers and then I lightly sponged the edges with some Antique Linen distress ink.  Then I pulled out my stash of glitter and added some Chantilly glitter to the three circles on this ornament.  The ornament was then affixed to the card with some Joy foam pads (small).

This card can be created in tons of different colors - just change the papers and color-coordinate the ornament.  Best of all, this card doesn't have any bumpy embellishments and it will be perfect to pop in the mail.  I hope this inspires you to make a few more Christmas cards for your stash this year.  :-)

Really classy card, Holly!!  Holly is right...the 2010 Heirloom Ornament set did sell out, but I'm happy to place a special order for anyone who wants a set.   They are $24.99 plus shipping and can be ordered here.  

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Glittery Leaves & FREE SHIPPING

Fall is finally in the air (although not forecast to stay long) here in southeast Texas!   How about celebrating fall and Columbus Day with FREE SHIPPING??  All orders - any amount, any combination of products!  Just enter coupon code FREESHIP-ALL (all caps, no spaces) at checkout.  Offer expires midnight (CDT), Monday October 8th.  Domestic orders only.  Does not apply to previously placed orders.

One of my suppliers mistakenly included a package of embroidery needles - John James Embroidery Needles - Size 8 - in a recent order.   If you or someone you know would like to have a free pack of 16 needles, just include a comment on your order this week and I'll send them right out to you!  The supplier doesn't want them back, so you benefit!  First come, first served!!

And now, here's Holly's wonderful Glittery Leaves card!!

Hi, it's Holly posting today, and I want to share this Glittery Leaves card with y'all.  I have been itching to play with my glitter again, so I pulled them out and picked some colors that I thought would be good for leaves.  Here's what I ended up using:

 

Autumn Medley glitter

Aztec Gold glitter

Embers glitter

Green Nugget glitter

6x6 Double Sided adhesive

Leaves dies (Impression Obsession)

Harvest Lane 6x6 paper pad

Anytime Sentiments stamp set (Impression Obsession)

 

I adhered the red paper to a kraft card base, then added a small strip of floral paper and some burlap.  I cut out the journaling piece (part of the Harvest Lane pad) and stamped the sentiment with chocolate ink directly onto that.  Next, I cut out the leaves from the 6x6 Double Sided Adhesive.  I peeled the backing away from one side of each leaf and covered each leaf with glitter, making sure to press it in with my fingers for good coverage.  Once I figured out my placement of the leaves, I peeled the backing from the other side of each leaf and carefully placed each leaf onto my card.  I love the contrast of the glittery leaves and the burlap and kraft cardstock.  

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Remain in Me

Hello Everyone! It's Jennipher and I am most delighted to be back designing for Classy Cards 'n Such! I had such a blast last time I couldn't resist coming back. 

My card today is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 square. I started with a base of pale pink cardstock. Then I added a sheet of designer paper from the Glitz Designs Pretty In Pink Collection. It has such a lovely musical background with just a hint of pink in it. I distressed the edges of my paper and then sponged on Spun Sugar Distress Ink. 

Before adhering that layer to the pale pink base I added a strip of May Arts Textured Two Tone Ribbon in Fuchsia/Pink across the top. 

I used my Spellbinders Labels Eighteen largest die to cut out a matching flower border stamp for the Scripture I planned to use. I colored in the tiny flowers with Copic Markers. I just love how they are making coordinating stamps to work with these Spellbinders Dies. It's so much fun! I also used the Spun Sugar Distress Ink around the die cut edges.

For finishing touches I found the perfect shade of a pink/fuchsia flower in the Flowershop De Soie Collection by Prima. I added that to the lower right corner of my card. 

I hope you are inspired by what I created today and will give some of these fabulous products a try!

Thanks, Jenn, for a beautiful and inspirational card of encouragement!

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Snowflake Corner

Curly Wreath

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NEW Design Team members & Snowflake Rose!!!

Before we get to Holly's card, I want to announce the newest Classy Cards Design Team Members!

Jennipher Lowery has re-joined the team and we are delighted!!   Jenn was on the first Classy Cards team and has inspired us with her beautiful creations for the past several months.  You can see Jenn's blog here.

Steph Ackerman is certified by Copic, Ranger and more, is on several design teams and has been published numerous times!   Steph is a talented designer and we are looking forward to her cards!  You can see her blog here.

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Thanks, Jenn and Steph, for joining us and I'm looking forward to your gorgeous work!  Please join me in welcoming them both!!

More than 20 NEW Memory Box and PoppyStamps dies are now in the Classy Cards shop!!  You can see all of the new dies in the NEW!!! section of the Classy Cards shop!  There is a mix of Christmas - ornaments, borders, deer, corners.  There are flowers, lots of new windows, a couple of doors, even a couple of kitties and more!

Hi, it's Holly posting today.  Can you believe it's less than three months to Christmas?  I'm starting on my Christmas cards with this pretty Snowflake Rose card I'm sharing with you today.

 

Before I get to the details, here are the items that I've used from the Classy Cards 'n Such store:

 

Rejoice 6x6 paper pad (Bo Bunny)

Lacey Circles dies (Spellbinders)

Medium Rose dies (Cheery Lynn Designs) - I used the leaf from this die

Anastasia border die (Cheery Lynn Designs)

Cuties 3 die (Cheery Lynn Designs)

Snowflake 5 die (Cheery Lynn Designs)

Merry Christmas die set (Cheery Lynn Designs)

 

I started off with a 4x4 inch square of paper from the Rejoice paper pad, and I adhered that to a red mat (4 1/8" square) which is adhered to a vanilla card base (4.25" square).  I experimented with the Anastasia border die to see how I wanted to frame my snowflake.  If you look closely, you will see that I cut the fancy edge of the border die cut so that you just see about 1/4" of it.  I love this delicate framing on the edges of the patterned paper.

 

I cut a Lacey Circle from vanilla cardstock and then a smaller circle from red cardstock.  The Snowflake 5 die was used to cut a vanilla snowflake which I adhered to the red circle.  The green leaf comes from the Medium Rose die, and I cut the Cuties 3 die cut from vanilla cardstock.  Before I rolled up the Cuties 3 die cut, I sponged some red ink on the edges.  It really helps to use a quilling tool to roll up these Cuties die cuts.

 

I needed a sentiment on the inside, so I cut the smaller Merry Christmas sentiment from red cardstock and glued it down.  This card turned out better than I envisioned it in my head!  I love it when that happens!  :-)

Don't you just love Holly's creativity???  Christmas will be here soon, so stay tuned to the Classy Cards blog and shop for great ideas and great products!!

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Fall Wreath

Hi, it's Holly posting today.  I created this clean and simple and easy card to share with y'all to celebrate this long-awaited fall season.  I'm so happy to kiss those 100+ degree temperatures good-bye!  :-)

 

For my card today, I started by cutting the gorgeous Grapevine Wreath from some kraft cardstock.  I then took the tiny leaf die from the Bare Branch die set and cut out different colors of leaves.  The leaves were randomly adhered to the wreath and then I added a bow at the top.  The sentiment, from Anytime Sentiments (Impression Obsession) was stamped with a coordinating deep red ink below the wreath. 

This Grapevine Wreath is so versatile.  I can't wait to use it to create winter and Christmas cards.  Wouldn't it be fun to use this with little hearts all over it for Valentine's Day, or some pretty flowers to usher in spring and Easter?  My mind is whirling with all the exciting possibilities!  :-)

Thanks, Holly!

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3D Metallic Rose Bouquet

Hi everyone!

The card I'm sharing today was really fun and easy to make!  Not many supplies were required and I think it's a very elegant card!  Do you agree??

The base mat and the mat for the rose bouquet are from some sage cardstock that I have had for ages.  The color was a perfect match for the floral mat which is from the Lake House 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 pad from Kaisercraft.  This paper pad has some gorgeous designs!

I cut the Romantic Rectangle mat and layered the rose bouquet from the 3D Metallic Pre-Cut Red Rose sheet.  Each sheet has three bouquets.  The pieces are pre-cut and numbered which make it so easy to assemble!  The metallic sheen of the roses is much more appreciated in real life.

I used the Joy! Foam Pads - both large and small to give dimension to the bouquet.  I used my Tweezer Bees to place the pieces of the bouquet.  Using the Tweezer Bees makes placement very easy!  

And there you have it!  Here's a closer view of the bouquet.

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Fall Squares

Happy Fall!  It's Holly posting today, and I've created this patchwork quilt-type card to celebrate this gorgeous fall season.

This card is a 5" square, and each of the individual squares are 1.5".  I had a blast picking various dies to fit into each of the squares.  I just picked cardstock colors to coordinate with the colors in the patterned papers.  I've used the Joy foam square (small) to adhere each of the die cuts onto each square.Here is the breakdown of what I used from the Classy Cards 'n Such store:

Patterned paper squares - Harvest Lane 6x6 paper pad

"Hi!" sentiment - Anytime Sentiments (Impression Obsession)

Acorn and four leaves - Small Leaves #2 dies (Cheery Lynn Designs)

Blue flower - Judy's Blooms dies (Cheery Lynn Designs)

Pumpkins - Pumpkin Swag dies (Cheery Lynn Designs)

Butterfly - Mini Dimensional Butterflies (Cheery Lynn Designs)

Joy foam squares (small)

I hope you are inspired to create your own patchwork quilt card.  Pick some papers, some stamps, and some dies, and have fun!  

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Deer Trio

Hi everyone!   I needed a masculine birthday card and those are always challenging for me.   However, with the new Deer Trio from Memory Box, it became much easier!  

The card base is kraft paper.  I cut a beige mat using the new A2 Matting Basics B and then a smaller mat with the next smaller size.  I embossed the brown, smaller mat using the Bricks and Bark M-Bossabilities.  LOVE how this worked!   It did require a different sandwich in my Cuttlebug - A plate, M-Bossabilities with cardstock inside, C plate.  It seemed like it wasn't quite as tight as I'm used to but I got a good imprint.

I cut a white Mega Ovals, LG from Spellbinders and stamped the trees.   I cut the Deer Trio from white cardstock and sponged it with Antique Linen.  The Deer Trio comes with a paper base when you cut it out, but I wanted them spaced differently, so I cut the base away and mounted them with varying heights of foam pads.   I used gold lines to frame the card front.

I did a similar design inside, just on a smaller scale.  I used a Birthday Rubz for the sentiment and adhered it to the white cardstock by using a McGill stylus.  The Tweezer Bees are great for placing mats and other items on your cards.  It keeps fingers out of the line of vision.  :-)

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Branch in the Window

It's Holly back again today with a window scene card for you.  I have been playing with some new dies that I got from Classy Cards 'n Such, and I can't wait to share this one!  

 

I started this card by using the Bricks and Bark embossing folder on some red cardstock.  To enhance the brick pattern, I used some Barn Door distress ink as well as some dark brown ink to do the Cuttlebug Highlights technique from Technique Junkies.  I wanted a worn, shabby, country feel to my brick background.

 

Next, I die cut the fabulous Grand Madison Window from some natural white cardstock, and then I sponged some Antique Linen distress ink around the window and the window panes.  Did you see the cute curtain inside the window?  I used one of the patterned papers from the Harvest Lane 6x6 pad and die cut it with the Lace Light Deco border (Cheery Lynn Designs).  I needed to cover up the window so the brick wall wouldn't show through, so I measured the die cut window and cut a piece of natural white cardstock to a slightly smaller size.  The window is popped up with some Joy foam pads (small) to give the window some depth.

 

The Bare Branch was cut from some dark brown cardstock and I adhered this directly over the window.  Doesn't that give the impression that there is a huge tree off to the side with its limbs hanging down?  I love that.  :-)  I used the tiny leaf die (part of the Bare Branch die set) to cut multiple sets of leaves and then adhered the leaves to the ends of the branches.  Lastly, I die cut the sweet Nestled Bird from the natural white cardstock and then I sponged some Antique Linen distress ink around it to give a more realistic bird-like appearance.  I used a Joy foam pad (small) to adhere the bird to one of the branches.  

I love these window scenes!!!  And the possibilities are endless!!  There is a window box and a shutter die for each size.   So cute!!!  You can see all of the Poppy Stamps dies here.

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DT Call and Rusty Chicken Wire

You may be wondering what a Design Team call and Rusty Chicken Wire have in common.   Well, not much except that I need to post them on the same day!  :-)

It's time for another Classy Cards Design Team call!!   If you think you would be a good creative fit for this blog and shop, please click here for all the details!  Previous design team experience is not required, so don't let that stop you from applying.  The deadline is September 30th.  Good luck to everyone!!

Hi folks!  It's Holly posting today, and I'm sharing this rusty chicken wire card with y'all.  Look at the chicken wire on this card.  I cut that from kraft cardstock - yup, kraft!  I used a Faux Rusty Metal technique from Technique Junkies to transform this from plain kraft cardstock to rusty metal.  Isn't that cool?  :-)   

I used the brand new Chicken Wire die (Cheery Lynn Designs) and transformed the kraft die cut with the Faux Rusty Metal technique, and then I adhered this to a piece of patterned paper from the Harvest Lane 6x6 pad.  I stamped the sentiment (from Stampavie's With Love set) directly onto one of the little tags that is in the Harvest Lane 6x6 pad.  I wrapped some linen thread around the middle and then adhered the sentiment with Joy foam pads (small).  The pretty flower and leaves are from Judy's Blooms die set (Cheery Lynn Designs).  I die cut the flowers from vanilla cardstock and then sponged some rusty orange ink onto the petals.  Once the ink was dry, I turned the petals over onto a Craft Molding Mat and used a stylus from the Paper Blossoms Tool Kit to give the petals a curved shape.

Cute card, Holly!  

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