1st Easter Card of the Season

Good Morning Everyone!

The sun is shining here in New Hampshire USA. However, the weatherman says another storm is on it's way this coming Tuesday. As much as I love snow....I'm tired of the ice. Plus, it's Spring. So to help bring on the feeling of spring I created this card for Easter/Spring.

The bunny was cut using one of the preloaded Cricut Alphabet Cartridge on my Cricut Expression 2 at 3.75". The mat behind the bunny was cut using the preloaded Cricut Essentials at 4". The bunny is adhered with foam dots.

Thanks for stopping by.
-Toni

Stampin' up Three Little Words Card

Good Afternoon!

It's a shivering 8 degrees F here New Hampshire USA. What better way to warm up than with a little love. Today I have a tutorial using the Three Little Words stamp set from Stampin' Up. With Valentine's Day is only 20 days away, I thought I would get a job start on the holiday.

I hope everyone stays warm.


Video:



Materials Needed:

• Dark Pink Cardstock (4 1/4x5 1/2") folded in half at 5 1/2"
• Medium Pink Cardstock (4x5 1/4")
• Pattern Paper (3 3/4x5")
• Light Pink Cardstock (4x5 1/4")
• White Cardstock (3 3/4x5")
• Heart shaped die cuts--mine were cut using the Victorian Romance Cartridge from Provo and cut using the Cricut at 3 1/2"
• Tattered Rose Distress Ink and Inking tool
• 3 Heart shaped brads
• Piercing tool
• Adhesive
• Three Little Words stamp set
• Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black

Instructions:

1. Adhere pattern paper to coordinating sized medium pink cardstock
2. Ink and stamp sentiment "Three Little Words" with flower and stamp on white heart
3. Distress edges of white heart with Tattered Rose Ink and adhere to red decorative shadow heart
4. Color the T and Flower as desired
5. Adhere Layered heart to pattern paper
6. Using piercing tool poke three holes in pattern paper---1/2" in from right side of card front and 1/4" up from edge of pattern paper---space the three holes 3/8" apart
7. Insert brads through holes and secure
8. Adhere card front to card base
9. Ink sentiment for inside of card and stamp on white cardstock
10. Distress edges of white cardstock with Tattered Rose Distress Ink
11. Adhere white cardstock to coordinating sized light pink cardstock. Adhere this panel to the inside of the card.

Summer=Watermelon

Hey Everyone!

Here in New Hampshire the temperature is in the mid to high 90's. Urgh! However it's nothing compared to what the people living out west are facing; high temps and wild fires. Hope you get rain and cooler temperatures soon.

With all this hot weather, I crave watermelon. It's sweet, light pink, juicy, refreshment. Above is a two page scrapbooking layout focusing on this wonderful summer treat. The paper is from the 2012 DCWV Spring and Summer Stack. Die cuts are cut on the Cricut Imagine from the Preserves cartridge.

I hope you enjoy this video and stay cool!

Toni

Classes at Stampin' Memories in Belmont NH

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Back in November 2011, I began teaching classes at Stampin' Memories in Belmont NH. This has been a great experience for me. I love sharing my ideas and techniques with others. Below are pictures from the Valentine Joy Fold Card class on January 14th.

I made these cards using Rose Inka-gold from Viva. This is a newer product and I love it! It gave the chipboard hearts from Bazzill a metallic finish. What was even better was that I could stamp on it! Inka-gold is a  paste. I used q-tips to apply it to the chipboard. This created textured swirls. The paste drys quickly and doesn't transfer once dry.

The paper is from Graphic 45's Le Romantique Collection. 

Eye Popping Flower Layout

Good Afternoon Everyone!

Here is a video that I recorded a while ago using K & Company Flower Kit, Stickles and vellum.

Friends Matchbook

Embrace

This is a 12x12 2 page layout using the Cricut with the Tear Drop font.

Materials;

• (2) 12x12 sheets of textured deep pink cardstock
• Lt. pink cardstock
• (8) Red eyelets
• (2) 12x12 sheet of heart and swirl print paper
• Valentine's ribbon tied into a bow
• Pink chalk

How-to;

1. Rip the heart and swirl print paper in half down the middle making hills and valleys. Chalk the ripped edges.
2. Using eyelets attach the hearts and swirl paper to the top of both deep pink sheets of cardstock (4 per page)
3. Using the Tear Drop font on the Cricut, cut the word "Embrace" from the hearts and swirl paper at 1 1/2 inches.Then using the shadow function cut the same word our of the Lt. pink cardstock. Adhere together.
4. Cut (3) photo-mats out of the Lt. pink cardstock; (1) 8 1/4x10 1/4, (2) 4 1/4x6 1/4
5. Adhere "Embrace" title on the left page toward the bottom right corner. Then adhere the large photo mat above the title.
6. Adhere ribbon bow on right hand page in top left corner. Arrange and adhere photo mats.
7. Create a journaling box by layering the hearts and swirls paper on top on the Lt. pink cardstock and place in lower right corner of right hand page.