Christmas cards 2024 has begun

 So it's been a minute (or two years).

Maybe I'll share some of what I did since my last post. 

But not right now. 

I made my first Christmas Card for 2024. WOOHOO! 

 I mean, should I have started on these a long time ago, say like anytime before now? Sure. But I've started. One down... many to go.

This card is for the Facebook group BYSHC Sketch Challenge #52

I used the Echo Park 6x6 paper pad Have A Holly Jolly Christmas. 

There are black, white and red cardstocks. 

I also added a few enamel dots. 

Now on to make some more cards.

Until next time,

Mindy

Magical Adventure 2

It's been a minute, I guess. 

Here's Magical Adventure 2. For these I added some enamel dots and rhinestones.

Happiness Starts Here

Best Day Ever

Magic

Do You Believe In Magic?

 Here's what I used:

white cardstock -the Paper Studio

red cardstock -Recollections

yellow cardstock -Darice

Magical Adventure 2 6x6 paper pad by Echo Park Paper Co.

yellow enamel dots from Pool Party by Echo Park Paper Co.

red enamel dots from Happy Christmas by Carta Bella Paper Co.

rhinestones by Recollections

Momenta cutting templates

wonky stitch rectangle die by Gina Marie Designs

2" circle punch by The Paper Studio

glue runner -adtech

Until next time!

Mindy

Farmer's Market

It's Farmer's Market here this week!

These cards use the Echo Park Paper 6x6 paper pad Farmer's Market.

The first card is a slimline I made to send to my Dad. He's a big fan of Farmall red tractors. The red frame I cut with the Momenta templates I featured previously.  

This one is a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 card.  I decided not to mat any of the papers and just let the red card base be the only color. I started with the row of jars to go with the main jam jar sentiment. The other paper is mostly a scrap. I needed just a little bit more so I added the blue check.

For this one I decided to cut down the seed packets to individual ones to use just the flower seeds. I felt like this kind of flowed through the life cycle and the little moments from seeds, to green, to flowers. 

That's all for this week.

Until next time, keep creating things that fill you up!

Mindy

for the boys

 Hey there friend! 

This week I have a couple of birthday cards for some guys. 

I found this cutting template set at Hobby Lobby last weekend so I thought I'd try it out. It's a set from Momenta with a lot of possibilities. 

Here's a close up of some of the results I used on this card.

It's hard to see on the red but there is an imprint. Maybe I need to run it through the machine twice to see if it comes out more defined. 

My First Car

So for this one I used the Toy Box mega bundle paper pack from Echo Park Paper Co.  This set is reminiscent of Toy Story but the age of 16 may be that in between time of playing with toys and nostalgia. I found this ephemera of My First Car so I thought it would be perfect. 

The papers are double sided so a few of the frames are cut from the same piece of paper and flipped over. The green frame is Garden Green cardstock from SU! (I think).  The sentiment is from a SU! bonus set All About Everything in a Paper Pumpkin kit from April 2016. I stamped it on white cardstock and added some chalk to "age" it a bit. 

My next card is for a birthday at the end of the month.

I used the same die set and the imprint came out pretty good on the sides but the top and bottom are faint. Maybe rotating for the second run through the machine will help. I'll try it next time.

This frame I decided to cut so that I could overlap the other frame. Here is the final card.

Don't Feed the Wildlife

The card base is cream cardstock from Recollections. I also used red and green cardstock scraps for the frames. All of the papers are from the 6x6 paper pack from Carta Bella called Greetings From Summer Camp.

Until next time keep creating things that fill you up!

Mindy