Christmas in July

Hi Classy friends!  I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July!  For me, it's time to start thinking about Christmas cards, and I've whipped up this card today to share with you.  

The products from Classy Cards 'n Such that I've used on this card are:

Rejoice 6x6 paper pad

French Pastry Doily die (Cheery Lynn Designs)

Lady Kate Edger die (Cheery Lynn Designs)

Snowflake 5 die (Cheery Lynn Designs)

Kraft paper

Christmas Sentiments (Impression Obsession) 

I started by cutting some of the papers from the Rejoice 6x6 pad and layering them onto cardstock.  I then cut the doily from cream cardstock, and then I cut off a small section on one side so I could adhere the doily flush to the straight side of the dotted paper.  A dark green Lady Kate edger was glued over the doily and papers and then I affixed the brown snowflake.  The sentiment was stamped on Kraft paper and I used scissors to cut the notches on the right sides of each sentiment.  I arranged the two sentiment flags next to the brown snowflake and then I affixed a button with some linen thread to the center of the brown snowflake.

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A Quick and Easy Thank You

Hello friends of Classy Cards 'n Such!  Karen here with a quick and easy card using some lovely supplies from Classy Cards 'n Such. 

I cut some banner strips using several designs of adorable patterned papers from the Simple Stories Summer Fresh 6x6 Paper Pad.  I added a length of Yellow Floral Trim and also added some of the lovely mini rose buds from Zva Creative in both Classic Red and Olive Green that are topping a bow made from hand-dyed Seam Binding.  Click here for the tutorial in case you missed it.  Each of the patterned paper strips is inked using the Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Barn Door Red, Bundled Sage, and Crushed Olive (on clearance!!).  

This card is an easy format to follow when you need to make a quick card, and great for using up small pieces of left-over patterned papers.  Be sure to check out these wonderful goodies, and more, available in the Classy Cards 'n Such Store.

Cute card, Karen!   I think we all need quick and easy at times!

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Watermelon - Yum!!!

Hi folks!  It's Holly posting today and I'm sharing a really cute, summery card with y'all.  Watermelon is such a summer staple, and yet, I'm allergic to it and I can't eat any.  But I think I can handle this paper version without any problems.  :-)   

Did you know that the raindrops from the Clouds and Rain die (Cheery Lynn Designs) make perfect seeds???  That was my inspiration for creating this watermelon card.  I kept looking at those raindrops, thinking they looked just like watermelon seeds!  LOL

To create my watermelon shape, I used some giant oval dies (Grand Oval Nestabilities from Spellbinders) and cut the three colored shapes.  I folded the green oval in half, cut down the white and red ovals slightly beyond the halfway point, and then glued them down.  

I cut out a bunch of black "seeds" from the Clouds and Rain die and then I used the Silhouette Pickmeup tool to pick up each "seed" so I could add glue (Quickie Glue Pen) to the bottom and then press it into place on my card.  I stamped the sentiment from Stampavie's With Love set above the seeds. 

Every watermelon slice needs a bee, doesn't it?  LOL  I die cut the two bee pieces from the Tiny Things with Wings (Cheery Lynn Designs) set from yellow and black cardstocks.  I then glued the black piece on top of the solid yellow piece using the Quickie Glue Pen.  The completed bee was glued near the top of the card so it looks like it is in motion.  To finish off my card, I touched off each seed with a white gel pen and I ran the edges of the green card base through a dark green ink pad.  

I hope you've enjoyed this fun touch of summer!  Have a great day!

I love your card Holly, but I'm so sorry you are allergic!!

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A Cute Country Birthday

Hi!  It's Karen posting today.   Well, if you haven't guessed by now, I might as well tell you all that I am a HUGE fan of Simple Stories. I don't think it's possible to make a card that's not cute when you use the adorable Simple Stories 6x6 Summer Fresh Paper Pad.  

The base of my card is one patterned paper from the Summer Fresh 6x6 Paper Pad, and so is the patterned paper used inside the chipboard square.  The chipboard square is painted cream with acrylic paint, and then coated in the beautiful Crystal Ice Glitter.  I printed a sentiment on the computer that I placed across the chipboard frame, and also added a rub-on and chipboard letters (also coated in Crystal Ice Glitter at the bottom of the card.  

I used a short length of the lovely Natural Trim and adored it with mini paper flowers from Zva Creative in both Classic Red and Soft Olive Transition.  There are SO MANY soft, sweet embellishments available in the Classy Cards 'n Such Store to help you create all kinds of sweet cards and scrapbook layouts.  Take a look!

Cute card, Karen!   I love the glitter on the mat!!

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Henry - A Great Card for a Man!

Hi!  It's Misti again.  I have a cute card to share with you today... at least I think it's cute!  I wasn't familiar with Sparkle 'n Sprinkle stamps before I started my guest time with Classy Cards 'n Such.  I was very curious & ordered 2 different sets.  In case you are new to them also, let me tell you a little bit about them.  They are unmounted, on a nice thick gray cushion. Each set is packaged in a clear package that opens from the bottom & it is resealable.  The stamps are on a sturdy piece of laminated paper.  From the front you see the color version of the stamps.  They stamp up nicely!  I didn't have to stamp them several times to get the image completely on my paper, it worked the very first time!  

I took a picture of the front & the back of the stamp set I used for you to be able to see what I'm talking about.  These are super nice & I know I'll be adding more stamps from this company to my collection very soon. *grin*

It was super fun to color the car.  The detail nib of the Tim Holtz brush was able to reach the smaller places very easily.  I tore part of one corner off & added a little marker color to it, to add to the feel of the card.  

Supplies used on my card:

Sparkle 'n Sprinkle Cars-Henry

Summer Fresh paper pad

Layering Swatches

Tim Holtz Distress Markers -- Peeled Paint, Black Soot, Vintage Photo, Barn Door

Tim Holtz Detail Brush 

Cute card, Misti!  The Cars-Henry set is so perfect for the men in your life!  Great images and great sentiments...can't beat that!   Get your set today!

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Red, White & Blue Thank You

Hello again my crafty friends!  Karen Letchworth here with another cute and easy Simple Stories "Thank You" card using several awesome supplies found at Classy Cards 'n Such that I'd like to share with you.  

The base of this darling card is made from two different patterned papers from the Simple Stories 6x6 Summer Fresh Paper Pad as is the cute little "Details" journaling card you see where I placed a rub-on sentiment.  I hope that by now, I've made you realize that this Simple Stories 6x6 Summer Fresh Paper Pad is a "must-have" item from the Classy Cards 'n Such Store.  It's just FILLED with darling prints and journaling spots for card-making and scrapbook layouts.  

I embellished this lovely little card with some machine stitching, a Frilly Flourish White Pearl Swirl, a snippet of Queen & Co. Trendy Tape in Polka Dot Red that I machine stitched to the patterned paper, a bow made from the sweet Chalk White Seam Binding; some of which is hand-dyed. In the center of the bow, you will find a navy blue button tied with baker's twine.

I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have about how the card was made, or the supplies I used on it.  Just leave a comment on this post. I would LOVE to see what creations you make with some new supplies from Classy Cards 'n Such.   Happy scrapping - I'm always here to help!

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Outer Stair Step with Texture

Hello Everyone. It's Jenn and today I am sharing an outer-stair step card with you.

I love all the "fun folds" card styles that are out there but, I am not a fold and score kind of girl. To be honest, I am intimidated by it. So when I saw that Classy Cards 'n Such had these pre-made Outer Stair Step Cards, I was so excited and just had to give them a try. 

I began my card by folding the mountains and valleys using the pre-scored lines on the card. Once I had the card folded, I wanted to add some texture to the entire card. So leaving it in it's folded state, I inserted it in the Spellbinders Lovely Lattice M-Bossabilities and ran through my Cuttlebug. One side of this folder has swirls and lattice and the other has flowers and lattice. I went with the flowers and lattice. With this great design on the entire card base, I felt it was complete and set about adding my focal points and embellishments. 

I die-cut a Lacy Square to stamp my bird on; colored him up with Copics; distressed the edges with ink and adhered him diagonally onto the front panel using foam pads. I knew I wanted my sentiment peaking out from the center mountain so, I went ahead and die-cut another Lacy Square and stamped my sentiment on it and adhered to the center mountain also using foam pads. Now that my focal point and sentiment are done, it's time to embellish. My favorite part!

Using the yellow gingham patterned paper from Graphic 45's Secret Garden and the Exotic Butterfly Small #2 from Cheery Lynn Designs, I die-cut a butterfly to embellish the top right corner.

For finishing touches, I added a Sugar Bloom by Prima on the front panel.  

Jenn, I love that you embossed the stair step card!   Cute card!!

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Prayers

Did you see Karen's tutorial on hand dyeing seam binding?   She will be giving away a bottle of Glimmer Mist by drawing a name from everyone who orders seam binding from Classy Cards through Tuesday, July 2nd.  Get those orders in now to be eligible to win!

Hi!  It's Misti here again.  I have a super simple, 3 hour card to share with you today.  You know the kind that is a simple layout & has pretty simple components, but takes waaaaaaaay longer to put together than it looks.  Oh, you've made that kind before??!!   *grin*  Watercoloring the image didn't take very long at all, it was putting it together.    I think my mistake was thinking the house was quiet & now is the "perfect" time to make a card.  I think that did it!  *wink*  Anyway, all that matters is I finished it in time to take to the PO to get it mailed.  Yay!

Supplies used:

Botanical Medallions & Banners from JustRite for the flower & the sentiment.  The embossing folder is the Flower Flourish from Crafts Too.  Love, love, love the Baby red pearls, Scalloped Oval Nestabilities, Black Polka Dot Sheer ribbon.  Tim Holtz Distress Markers used: Peeled Paint, Barn Door, Tumbled Glass, Black Soot, & the Detailer Brush.

My challenge for you today is to make a card to send to someone in the mail & hopefully, yours won't take 3 hours to complete!

My mom was the delighted recipient of Misti's beautiful card!   Thanks, Misti!!!

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Hand Dye Your Seam Binding using Glimmer Mist

Hello friends!  Karen here with a VERY simple tutorial on how to make your own hand-dyed scrunched seam binding.  I like the "scrunched" or "crumpled up" look.  But if you prefer the smooth style, you can skip the "scrunching" step, or you can iron it out for a straighter look.  I will try to go step-by-step, but if there is anything that's unclear to you, please feel free to leave me a message here, or on my personal blog, My Cup Runneth Over, and I will be more than happy to answer all your questions.  OK, here we go!

You will start out with some white seam binding.  I used the Chalk White Seam Binding from Classy Cards 'n Such which is a GREAT value.  Here is what it looks like:

Next, you will use just enough tap water to moisten the Seam Binding.  You don't want it sopping wet, just moist.  While it is moist, crumple and roll it in your wet hands to make it "scrunchy".  Once this is done, lay it down on a safe surface.

For this process, I like to use an inexpensive rubber placemat.  I have this lovely watermelon one that I picked up at the Dollar Store.  (LOL)  I use it for crafts.  You just don't want to do this directly on your table or counter top.  I use the placemat for this reason.  You are working with dye, after all, and for this reason you may wish to use rubber gloves.  Either that, or be sure to wash your hands right away when you're finished.

Now, you have your moist Chalk White Seam Binding and your Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.  I chose to use Cranberry Zing.  You start the process by simply spraying the Seam Binding generously with the Glimmer Mist.  You will see in the next photo that the Glimmer Mist kind of "puddles up" on the placemat.  I don't waste a drop!  I sop it all up by rolling the Seam Binding in every last luscious drop of Glimmer Mist.

Once you've covered the Seam Binding so that no white is left showing through, and you've sopped up ALL the Glimmer Mist, you're almost finished!

The next step is to wad up your Seam Binding and scrunch it into a little ball and then tuck it in the corner of a plastic baggie.   Then, twist the baggie so that the little wad of Seam Binding is tightly secured in the corner of your plastic baggie.  I like to just set it somewhere safe for several hours (even overnight if you have time).  This gives it a chance to get good and "scrunchy". 

Now that the Seam Binding has had a chance to set in the baggie for several hours, you simply take it out and hang it somewhere safe to dry.  I like to hang mine outside over the back of a lawn chair.  Just let it hang somewhere to dry completely.  Again, because it is still slightly wet, DO NOT put it on a surface that is valuable (like your counter tops or wood furniture as it may stain).  Once it's fully dried, you are completely finished.

Now you're ready to use your hand-dyed scrunched seam binding on your projects.  To make a bow, the method I use is to cut a length long enough for a bow.  I cut one more just a tad bit longer; creating two bows where one is slightly bigger than the other.  Then, I hot glue them to my card by placing the larger bow on the bottom and the small bow on top of it in a different direction so that the loops of the bows don't overlap.

This card is not anything special.  I just threw it together to demonstrate how I use the seam binding.  You will see that I covered the card with a length of the seam binding, and then added my two bows; one on top of the other.  They make such pretty bows.

There are obviously MANY different ways to create your own hand-dyed scrunched seam binding.  This is just one way to do it, and in my opinion, one of the easiest ways.  You will find several lovely colors of the Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist at Classy Cards 'n Such, and I'm sure that you will absolutely LOVE them all.  You can spray flowers, chipboard, and many different embellishments with this lovely Glimmer Mist.  It's a wonderful product, and this tutorial shows just one of the many useful ways to use it.

I hope that this little tutorial was helpful to you.  Why not stop by Classy Cards 'n Such and pick up some Seam Binding and Glimmer Mist of your own and give this a try.  You will absolutely LOVE having every sweet color of this hand-dyed seam binding, and will really enjoy playing with it and adding these sweet bows to your cards, mini albums and crafty projects.  Remember, you can save 10% on all your orders by using Coupon Code KAREN-10 for your purchases.  Happy crafting, friends!

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Hedgie

Thursday, June 20th is the last day of the Stampavie sale!!!  Click here to find out how to get 15% off Stampavie stamps.

Hi!  It's Misti again!  As I sit here typing this up, we are receiving rain.  Normally, that isn't a big deal, but we are under severe drought conditions.  It's cause for a celebration around here!!    I decided to pull out this Stampavie Hedgie & make a card .  I'm going to send it to a girl who is undergoing some medical procedures.

Supplies used:

Hedgehog with Umbrella by Stampavie

Yellow polka dot paper is from Summer Fresh Paper Pad

Navy Stripe paper is from Glitz Vintage Blue Paper Pad

Eggshell Seam Binding
Tim Holtz Distress Markers: Soot Black, Peeled Paint, Mustard Yellow, Vintage Photo, Faded Jeans, Barn Door, Tattered Rose

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