Welcome to the Crafty Card Gallery

Guest Designer-Ashley

2012-02-24T08:13:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! It's Ashley from The Glamorous Side Of Scrapping back again with my final card to share.

I would like to thank Jennifer for allowing me to be a guest designer this week :)

Storybook and Kate's ABCs Cricut cartridges

Scrappy Moms Everyday Greetings stamp set

Trendy Twine Krazy for Kraft

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out my blog The Glamorous Side Of Scrapping

Guest Designer-Ashley

2012-02-22T12:14:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! This is Ashley from The Glamorous Side Of Scrapping and I'm your guest designer for this week. I'm really excited and honored to be here :)

I will be here today and Friday!

My card today is showing my love for kraft cardstock. Enjoy!

The stamp is from The Greeting Farm.
Sentiment comes from Joyslife.com Everyday Occasions

Stop by my blog sometime The Glamorous Side Of Scrapping!

I will be back on Friday to share another card!

Sketch Blog Hop 2-18-12

2012-02-18T18:23:00.000-08:00

Sketch Blog Hop 2-18-12

Welcome to another Sketch Blog Hop. Everyone has had so much fun doing these it's turned into a regular event! The purpose of this hop is to show how all of these talented bloggers can take the same sketch and come up with totally different cards. If you've never used a card sketch before, give it a try! Welcome to day 2! You're at the first stop in the hop! Grab your favorite beverage and sit back & hop along with us!

Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

If you follow my blog normally, you know I LOVE Bo Bunny Paper, and this is some more Bo Bunny. This is also my first Cameo Card... So here are a few photos...

I designed the card in the software program that came with the Cameo. It's pretty self explanatory, luckily, since I'm challenged with this type of stuff... :)

So I strategically loaded my paper (I do that with my Cricut too).... And proceeded to make my first cut!

I did underestimate the weight of the card stock and ended up re-cutting (on new paper since I didn't line it up right) the pink portions. The letters, which were on the black paper, and were tiny, I had to do a little work on a few of them but they did cut cleanly...

The pink card stock came out great on the second cut...

Making the flower. I think there must be a tool for that - I'll be looking online... :)

Much better after adding a gem & using my topic to get the edges...

I'm not a fan of itty bitty letters, but they worked out pretty well. I don't think I've ever don't that on my Cricut...

Overall, I'm happy with the Cameo - and will definitely feel better about playing with it! I hope you enjoyed my first card!

This is an anniversary card for my parents, this will be 44 years of marriage for them... I'm not going to post the card on Facebook and hope that my mom won't click the link to my blog... :) They're great parents and I'm happy to make them a card to celebrate!

Crafty Card Gallery is an iPhone app (works on iPad and iPod Touch) that is also available for Android Phones. It is a card gallery for handmade cards. You can follow great designers, and look for ideas. It's updated monthly so there's always new great content for you... Almost 800 cards, and growing every month! New update should be released soon!

You can get it in the iTunes app store and the android marketplace.

Now what you've all been waiting for - my 750 follower giveaway.....

I will be having fabulous guest designers for the rest of February... So what I'm going to do (to make sure they get some appreciation too)..... I will give away 3 prizes - 1) a cricut cartridge (I will post which one after I buy it), 2) a bite size body guide diet & fitness journal and some stickers & clear stamps and 3) some cuttlebug dies, stickers, embellishments & clear stamps.

All 3 winners will get a free copy of the soon to be released new iPhone app.....

How will I get my winners????

I'll take all comments from 12/28 through 2/26 (more incentive for you to comment on multiple posts) and I'll randomly select 3 winners from all posts during that time. If I somehow make it to 800 followers during that time, I'll add a few more prizes.... :) So be sure to become a follower if you aren't already!

I hope the sketch inspires you to make a card too. If you create a card using the sketch, link it up using inlinkz. I'll draw a winner randomly on Wednesday 2/22 - prize will be some stickers and a clear stamp.

Link your card here! Winner will be chosen Wednesday 2/22

1. Ellen ♥ CardMonkey

2. Kristy

3. Rachelle

(Submissions close in 3d 23h 43m)

Link tool by inlinkz.com

Your next stop on the hop is Ashley at http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by!

Jennifer

Here's the complete line up -

Jennifer: http://craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/

Ashley: http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/

Susan: http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/

Kerry: http://kerryscraftycardsandcuts.blogspot.com/

Cardmonkey: http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/

Rachelle: http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/

Jearise: http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

Kristy: http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com/

Angie: http://luvs2scrapbook75.blogspot.com/

Jamie: http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/

Sketch Blog Hop 2-17-12

2012-02-17T19:59:00.000-08:00

Welcome to another Sketch Blog Hop. Everyone has had so much fun doing these it's turned into a regular event! The purpose of this hop is to show how all of these talented bloggers can take the same sketch and come up with totally different cards. If you've never used a card sketch before, give it a try! Be sure to check back on Sunday, as there will be some bloggers posting cards on day 2. You're at the first stop in the hop! Grab your favorite beverage and sit back & hop along with us!

Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

If you follow my blog normally, you know I LOVE Bo Bunny Paper, and this is some of that paper (I had left overs). This is all scraps from previous cards... Yeah!
The scallop is from the Art Philosophy kit, I used chalk on it to get it green. I fussy cut one of the flowers out to attach to the card. I added bling from my i-rock kit (but I cheated and used glue since I couldn't find my i-rock in my messy craft room... :) Luckily my Mom has offered to help me clean it - just need to find a day to do it!

You can get it in the iTunes app store and the android marketplace.

Now what you've all been waiting for - my 750 follower giveaway.....

All 3 winners will get a free copy of the soon to be released new iPhone app.....

How will I get my winners????

Your next stop on the hop is Ashley at http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by!

Jennifer

Here's the complete line up -

Jennifer: http://craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/

Ashley: http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/

Susan: http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/

Kerry: http://kerryscraftycardsandcuts.blogspot.com/

Cardmonkey: http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/

Denise: http://deesdesignsfrommyheart.blogspot.com/

Rachelle: http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/

Jearise: http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

Kristy: http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com/

Angie: http://luvs2scrapbook75.blogspot.com/

Jamie: http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/

Today, it's time for the Sketch Challenge Blog Hop!

2012-02-17T03:03:00.000-08:00

Hi, it's me, Ellen, with another guest designer post for Jennifer ...

Today, Jennifer is hosting another Sketch Challenge Blog Hop.

Jennifer started doing these sketch challenges a while ago, and everyone's had so much fun that she's turned it into a regular event.

The purpose of this hop is to show how all of these talented bloggers can take the same sketch and come up with totally different cards.

Above left, you'll see the sketch challenge Jennifer provided to us. I will post the card I made for the sketch challenge on my site (http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com), so you'll just have to hop over there to see what I made.

But not to leave you high and dry here, I'd like to show a few pictures I pinned at PINTEREST to help inspire the vertical stripe theme:

Look at how close this is to the Sketch challenge,
with the bushes as the 4 vertical stripes and
the planters as the horizontal stripe, the chair
as the embellishment

Luscious looking in fun colors you wouldn't
expect to see together.

More lusciousness! (I am getting hungry!)

Do these stripes make my hips look thinner?
Again, horizontal stripe at the moldings.

That's putting your thinking cap on!

An unexpected illusion!

Stripes as a central design element.

If you've never used a card sketch before, give it a try! Be sure to check back on Saturday, as there will be some bloggers posting new cards on Day 2.

So grab a cup of coffee (or whatever your pleasure), and Hop on over to these blog sites to see how others have interpreted the Sketch:

Jennifer: http://craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/

Ashley: http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/

Susan: http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
Kerry: http://kerryscraftycardsandcuts.blogspot.com/

Ellen ♥ CardMonkey: http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/

Denise: http://deesdesignsfrommyheart.blogspot.com/

Rachelle: http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/
Jearise: http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/
Kristy: http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com/
Angie: http://luvs2scrapbook75.blogspot.com/
Jamie: http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/

Your next stop on the

Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

is Ashley!

Guest Designer: Ellen ♥ CardMonkey!

2012-02-13T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone!
My name is Ellen, but most of my papercrafting pals know me as the CardMonkey. I'm guest designing for Jennifer this week, and I've been busy in the PaperJungle making cards to feature here and, well ... to give as gifts for Valentine's Day. I've still got a lot of crafting to do to be ready for the L♥VE day, but ... well, it's M♥nkeyL♥ve Day 366 days this year, so what's the rush?!

Shhh...don't tell hubby yet, but this is his Valentine's Day card! To make it, I used this adorable sock monkey cut that I received from Bonnie Beck. Bonnie and I are part of a cut swap group that's formed among Facebook friends. She writes that she made this sweetie using the Cricut Lite cartridge called "Sugar and Spice."

These Facebook groups are a great way to get cuts from Cricut cartridges you may not have, and also to have neat ones that you may not have thought of creating yourself.

Another helpful Tip of the Day: If you aren't sure how to find what's on your cartridge, go to My Cut Search (www.mycutsearch.com), where you can enter a phrase as silly as "sock monkey" and find this cut. Enter just "monkey" to find even more places to find more cuts of the species! :)

Naturally, this is a great cut for me to use for hubby, since our little pet name for each other is "Monkey" or some endearing off-shoot of it -- like when I call him "Monkey Butt." He does get even, not to worry ... like this time on the occasion (several years ago!) of my 50th birthday.

Anywhooooo, back to the card. I created the adorable Valentine's Day tickets using a Tim Holtz' Sizzix die (shown at left) that creates 5 tickets in a strip, along with the companion ticket stamps collection called "Odds and Ends." Aren't the tickets sweeet? I got these from www.scrapbook.com.

For the quote balloon, I set the sentiment using my computer/printer, fussy cut it into the shape I wanted, and inked the edges in pink. I then put it on an Action Wobble. The background papers are from my stash.

So now that I've gotten your interest, please be sure to come over to my blog to follow along. I've started the countdown to an ENORMOUS month-long Blog Candy Lalapalooza in March 2012, where I'll be giving away more than $300 worth of my favorite things. It kicks off with the "Our Favorite Things Blog Candy Extravaganza Blog Hop" March 3-4 starting at my friend Dena's blog. Only CardMonkey FOLLOWERS will qualify to win one of each of MY four weekly humongous prize packs, so come, play along. I'm at http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com.

Guest Designer~Rachelle

2012-02-12T03:00:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,
I have enjoyed being a guest designer this week here at Crafty Card Gallery and wanted to take time to thank Jennifer for having me.
My last card submission is a card that I love to make, it is really a elegant eggplant and the roses are stamped in Gold.
Rachelle

Guest Designer~Rachelle

2012-02-11T03:00:00.001-08:00

Hi Everyone,
Welcome Back..
Today's card is a simple card that I made, I used my sizzix valentines folder for a border, and the background paper is one that I got from Hobby Lobby. I added a Heart Embellishment .
I hope you will come back Sunday for my last day.
Rachelle

Guest Designer~Rachelle

2012-02-10T03:00:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone!
Welcome Back~
Today I have chosen to show you one of my favorite cards that I make-I use these to send to friends that just need an encouraging card sent to them.

It is a standard A2 Card on Pretty in Pink and a pretty background paper-distressed with Tim Holtz Ink.
The stamp sets are from Stampin Up and Clear Dollar Stamps
I added Bling to the flowers.

I hope you will stop back by tomorrow for another card I will have for you.

Guest Designer~Rachelle

2012-02-09T03:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome Back!
Today I have a card I made for a dear friend who lost her husband this last week. I used a set that has Isaiah 40:31
I added some pink bling and some small roses.
I hope you will come back tomorrow for another card I have for you.

Wait upon the Lord

Guest Designer~Rachelle

2012-02-08T03:00:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone!

Welcome Back!

Today I have another Valentines Card for you, I used my Cricut Sweethearts Cartridge and Cut out this heart flower. The first one is cut out at 2.5" and the 2nd is cut at 2", I used my Sizzex Valentines folder and embossed hearts on the white border and stamped "Love You" -another Verve Stamp set called Swirling Hearts-The set also has Wild Thing, My heart is yours, Be Mine...I also added some pink bling to the center of the flowers.

I hope you will come back tomorrow and check out another card I will have for you, This has been a lot of fun for me to do.

Love You

Guest Designer~Rachelle

2012-02-07T03:00:00.003-08:00

Hi Everyone!
Welcome back ~Today I have a Valentine's Card for you..
This card was pretty simple, I used a Regular A2 Card for the base and then layered it with Chocolate chip. I cut out this frame from Accent Essentials Cartridge at 3.50"
The stamps I used are from Verve and the set is called "Hearts on Fire" and then I added some bling. I also did some stitching on my card.

My heart is with you

I hope you will stop by tomorrow to check out another card that I will have for you.

Rachelle

Guest Designer ~Rachelle

2012-02-06T03:00:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone!

My name is Rachelle, I love to design & create cards and encourage others. I am honored to be able to be here with you this week.
For Today's Card, I made a Standard A2 Card Using Stamping Up Baja Breeze with a dark blue mat cut at 5 and 1/4 by 4 and 1/8, My Background Paper is My Minds Eye cut at 5 and 1/8 by 4, I distressed the background paper with a sanding block also by Stampin Up. I used Tim Holtz Distressing Ink (Walnut Stain) around the edges of the background paper.
For my flower I used Forever Young and cut 7 flowers at 2.5"

If you go here you can watch Mary's flower Tutorial ~that is how I learned to make this flower and would like to give her the credit for that.

I used my Tattered Angels Mist on the flowers and it was dazzling diamonds.

Birthday Blessings can also be found over at Mary's and it is the Make A Wish Set.

I also added some bling.

I hope you will stop by tomorrow to check out another card that I will have for you.

Rachelle

One more post before it's back to the guest designers

2012-02-05T14:48:00.000-08:00

Hi!
I'm sitting in front of the computer & I just went through my big bag 'o catalogues from my trip to CHA. I was lucky that I had an extra bag with me because I think they would have made my suitcase over weight... :)
So a couple more things I wanted to share and then I'll share two cards with you....

I tried these phenomenal markers - called touchdown! from www.shinhanart.com. These are just like copies, but at a fraction of the price. I don't know where you can buy them yet, but they were a huge hit at CHA...

I'm sort of regretting not buying a paper cutter that I liked - CARL 12210 Bidex heavy-duty rotary trimmer, 14-1/2 x 22 base, 12 cut I forgot at the show and then was sick when we left.. I may hold off and use my birthday money for it!

I had the pleasure of meeting Sandy from Operation Write Home - http://operationwritehome.org/ Sandy & I have emailed & Facebooked but never met in real life. It was a pleasure to get to make some cards for our heroes & meet her at the OWH booth.

So the big news, my Silhoutte Cameo arrived, and I finally took it out of the box. I don't know that I'll cut anything with it today, but I did take a minute and look through their online store - they have some really cute images! You'll be seeing some projects with it when I'm back to blogging again in a few weeks....

I am working on the app update.. Sickness delayed me, my apologies. I have a bunch of cards to add - just need to work on it... I'll let you know when it's released...

Here are a few of the make & takes that we did at CHA - just got them out of my suitcase...
I'm liking the quality of the pictures from my new iPhone.. :)

Another topic like marker... I wasn't fond of topic on metal...

Cute card with spray - the embellishment was already on the paper... My apologies, I can't remember where it was from...

Used the i-top for the first time http://www.imaginisce.com/ and made a cute quilled heart (super easy) www.quilledcreations.com

Great color spray from http://www.lindystampgang.com/

Cute Magnolia stamp http://magnoliaminiworld.com/

Fun light up badge "bling" - www.mydazzu.com

Cute gift box - love the flower - and the neat punched border wrap... Super simple... I can't remember who's punches they were... So Sorry!!!

Thanks for hanging in there... And here are a couple of cards for you...

My valentines day card:

which was inspired by a Starbucks gift card...

and a birthday card for our friend, who's turning 40...

Have a great day!
Tomorrow starts guest designers again - you have 4 more weeks of awesome guest designers (hope you've enjoyed the 2 from the previous weeks) and I'll be back after that... I will be updating the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CraftyCardGallery - so be sure to check that out too!
Talk to you soon!
Jennifer

CHA post 2, a little late

2012-02-02T21:06:00.000-08:00

Hi!
Sorry this post is late but I got sick immediately after CHA on Tuesday (at least I made it back to the hotel) and today is the first day I felt human enough to actually post... I feel like a cat - I didn't know humans could sleep that much!

So, my apologies for the delay.... I wanted to share some more highlights from CHA.... With pictures this time!

So if you read my previous post, you know that I got a "sneak" preview on Sunday, and then went back for the full day with a friend. She promises to write a guest post as well...

So we had huge plans for the day - to conquer the whole map... It was impossible....

We made a valiant attempt; but at least were able to hit the ones we wanted to see. You definitely need at least 2 full days to see everything... And that doesn't even allow for time for "oohing and aching" and doing all the fun projects...

We went to a non-member breakfast... I think I'll be joining CHA... I think there's a lot to learn from being a member... Then we hit the floor when the doors opened at 10 am...

We hit the Ranger booth first. I will admit, I am uber intimidated by Tim Holtz stuff. It looks amazing, but it's so not my style and I just can't get my mind around it and figure out how to make it look good.. but there was a lot of cool stuff. I don't know if it was my lack of coffee (the lines were way too long) but I thought this was a great layout of coffee!

We went back later when Tim Holtz was doing a demo - I tried to snap a photo but there was a huge crowd around him.. he's definitely a celebrity! That's him behind all the other people trying to take photos!

Then we hit the Scor-Pal booth (http://www.scor-pal.com/). I'm a huge fan of my scor-pal. We got to see some of their new products (that aren't out yet)..... Trend alert - bottle caps are quite popular this year!!! Aren't these great looking?

Then we saw a great storage for cling stamps (comes in its own case) at my stamp box - http://mystampbox.com/

Check out this card - so simple; but really cute. I love how her black pen lines really add accent to the card!

Made this simple card at the We R Memory Makers booth - it was super easy - using a ginormous punch. Punches are super popular this year... Plus I love the cutie patootie saying! I've been saying that a lot lately!!!

Saw an amazing paper cutter http://www.carlmfg.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=cui12210 that I'm still pondering...

Saw some great adhesives & cleaners by www.scraperfect.com

Also got to use some starbursts sprays from Lindy's Stamp Gang www.lindystampgang.com

I have a huge bag of brochures and flyers to look through... When I feel better....

Hope you have a great Friday!

Jennifer

CHA Day 1 - UPDATED, this time with photos!

2012-01-30T00:21:00.000-08:00

Hi!
I had a great day! I got the opportunity to go to CHA this year - only 1 1/2 days (1/2 day today and I get to do a full day on Monday). I'm not a member, so I couldn't go to any of the amazing classes, but I did get to walk the floor today. I wanted to share with you, since hearing others talk about CHA made me want to go...

I got there around 2:30 and was excited to see the banner on the convention center:

Then I walked into the convention hall. It is HUGE!!! I started walking from booth to booth. I'll be honest, I thought no one would talk to me since I didn't have a store - but most everyone was very nice to me and it was a great experience...

I tried quilling for the first time (something I'd been afraid to try before) at the Quilled Creations booth - and it was fun! (www.quilledcreations.com).

Saw some great new stamps that will be coming out from Technique Tuesday and Lawn Fawn... (it's probably good they don't let you buy)....

I spoke with the the people at the Sillhouette Cameo booth and saw some of the great things the machine can do (did I mention it was delivered - I just can't open it yet)??? (www.silhouetteamerica.com) I'm pretty excited about it!

I got some great stickers at www.markrichardsusa.com

I saw some great new products - some cool led lights that my dad will love from dazzu light-craft studio - can't wait to get a hold of some of them... (www.mydazzu.com)

The people from hot off the press (www.b2b.hotp.com) showed me some amazing new products - isn't this an amazing card???

Saw some great man-papers at kite tails designs (a brand spanky new company!) (www.kitetailsdesigns.com)

And to top it all off, I got to go to Bucca Di Beppo with 14 other crafty ladies that I knew on facebook but not in real life. It was a blast!!!

It's a little late - after midnight - so I will write more tomorrow. We intend to hit the big stuff tomorrow... er today... like Tim Holtz and Martha Stewart. I'll have a helper so hopefully I'll get to take more photos. By the way, this post wasn't an advertisement - I just wanted to share some things I saw that probably won't be covered too much by others...

I will say - if you ever get the opportunity - you should go... It's amazing!
Have a great day!
Jennifer

Guest Designer Shawnee Day 3

2012-01-26T22:12:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!
For today's card I decided to make a masculine card. Now I have to admit these are some of the toughest cards to make as you can't add bling which I love and ribbon can make it look girlie. So I had some really cute paper that I got on clearance at Michaels. I wasn't sure where to use it so I decided to try it out on this card.

I used my Cricut E2 for this A2 size card and the Just a Note Cricut Cartridge. I love this cute cartridge. The stamp is from CardzTV Stamps "It's A Guy Thing" and goes perfectly with this ribbon. I added a base mat from Cricut Lite Lacey Labels and then some twine and a button. My husband said it was simple and perfect for a guy. Although I'll admit, I really wanted to add bling. LOL.
This card is perfect to show that guy in your life that you care. I gave it to mine to show him I appreciate him and all that he does for our family.
It has been so much fun joining you this week. I hope you will check out my blog at Blessed On The Bright Side.

Blessings,
Shawnee

Guest Designer Shawnee Day 2

2012-01-25T00:47:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone welcome back. Thanks for joining me for another fun card. Today's card is from one of my favorite cartridges. I actually have made this card before but this time changed it up a bit but adding Googly eyes and the flower which was my daughter Carleigh's idea. The monkey and Go Wild is from Create a Critter. Then this beautiful pink leaf cardstock is from an animal fun stack I got at Ross a while back. If you don't check the Ross scrapbook aisle...do. You can get some of the best paper bargains in those aisles. You'd be amazed at the punches and papers that you'd find. The file to make this card from Cricut Craftroom will be on my blog later today. I made this card for my friend Melanie. This cards bright colors and cheery monkey will make anyone smile.

I will see you tomorrow with another fun card. Thanks for joining me!

Guest Designer Shawnee

2012-01-23T01:31:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, I am Shawnee and I am the guest designer for this week. I am so honored to be joining you this week. I love to make cards to encourage people and make them smile. For today's card I made a standard A2 size card using Cricut Lite Lacey Labels, my Cricut Imagine, and Je t'adore collection from Making Memories. I cut the Je tádore paper at 5 inches by 4 1/2 inches. Then the dark pink mat is cut at 4 inches followed by a white mat that is cut at 3.5 inches. The word Love is cut from the same cartridge at 2 inches. Finally I accented it with simple heart rhinestones for a little bit of bling. Simple but easy to make over and over if you had to. I inked around the edges with Chocolate Brown ink which made it stand out a little more.

See you tomorrow for another wonderful card!

Shawnee

Guest Designer ~Jamie

2012-01-16T13:50:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone I am guest designing this week for Jennifer. I wanted to share some of my recent cards with you. With Valentines day around the corner I made so love cards to donate to OWH. I kept the Happy Valentines off so they can be used as love cards anytime.

All the images are Bugaboo and colored with Copics. The paper was bought in single sheets and scraps from my large collection of left overs.

Hope you all enjoyed my cards and stop by my blog sometime.
Jamie @ http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/