Welcome Baby - Xyron and Paper Smooches

Hello blogging friends!

Today I have a Welcome Baby gift bag ensemble to share that I created with the Paper Smooches A Little Lovin stamp set and my new Xyron 9" Creative Station. This stamp set is so adorable, take a look...

Besides baby announcements and gift cards, this set would be perfect for some Valentines and more. I couldn't pass up a chance to practice my coloring skills on the elephants. I am by no means an expert. I think I need lots more practice, lol. I even used the Welcome Baby sentiment to decorate my gift bag.

I upcycled this brown bag, giving it new life as a gift bag. I love being able to reuse things some people would normally just throw away. Here is a tutorial if you want to see how I created my gift ensemble.

Supplies:

Small Brown Bag

Pattern Paper: Imaginisce My Baby collection

Cardstock: American Crafts

Paper Smooches A Little Lovin stamp set

Ranger Distress Ink, Inkadinkado black dye ink

Top Dog Dies Darby Doily die 

Ribbon

Xyron Creative Station 9" and 5" permanent adhesive

Xyron adhesive dots

Step 1. Cut a piece of pattern paper slightly smaller than the front of the bag and stamp Welcome Baby using the Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Step 2. Cut a square of pattern paper for the front of the bag (5"x5") and a piece of cardstock slightly larger. Also trim a piece of white cardstock for die cutting the doily.

Step 3. Run the larger piece of pattern paper through the new Xyron Creative Station with the 9" permanent adhesive loaded. Adhere this to the bag front.

Step 4. Switch to the 5" permanent adhesive an run the smaller pieces through, including the white cardstock for the doily. YES, the same machine can be used with both the 9" and the 5" adhesives! How cool is that!

Step 5. Die cut 2 doilies from the white cardstock with the adhesive already applied. Be sure to remove the plastic from the top first. We will use the second doily on the card.

Step 6. Assemble these piece on the front of the bag.

Step 7. Using a black dye ink, stamp the elephant images onto Copic coloring paper. We will need one for the bag and one for the card.

Step 8. Color your images and fussy cut them out. We will use the second elephant on the card.

Step 9. Using the Xyron adhesive dots, adhere the elephants to the bag front.

Step 10. Tie a bow. I like using this Bow-easy tool. Ties a perfect bow every time!

Step 11. Trim up the Ribbon edges. I am using my Imaginisce i-Magicut Ribbon cutter. It cuts and seals the edges at the same time.

Step 12. Ta Da! A beautiful bow!

Step 13. Adhere the bow to the bag with a Xyron adhesive dot.

Step 14. Trim a piece of cardstock and pattern paper for the card. My card base is 4.25"x8.5". Score it at 4.25".

Step 15. Run the card front through the Xyron Creative Station with the 5" permanent adhesive loaded. Adhere to card front.

Step 16. Adhere doily (previously cut) and elephants.

Step 17. Tie a ribbon and adhere using the Xyron adhesive dots.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great week!

~Marcia

Morning Glory Box Card - Imaginisce

Hello blogging friends! I have an Imaginisce Heartland Farm box card up on the blog today.

I LOVE Morning Glories! I plant them every year so that they climb up my mailbox. When I saw a morning glory box card digital file at SVGcuts, I knew I had to make it. 

The Imaginisce Heartland Farm papers were perfect. I used my I-Rock and a mixture of  metallic gems and crystal rhinestones to bling up my flowers. The I-Rock is such an easy tool to use and a few gems can turn an ordinary card into an extraordinary card. 

 

and of course there is a coordinating envelope too.

Supplies:

Imaginisce : Pattern Papers, wood token, enamel dots (Heartland Farm),  I-Rock, metallic gems in gold, crystal rhinestones

American Crafts: Cardstock

Paper Smooches sentiment stamp

Prima bee stamp

SVGcuts Country Market digital cut file

Xyron adhesives

Thanks for stopping by!

~Marcia

 

Congratulations - Top Dog Dies

Hello blogging friends. School is out for the summer here in Minnesota and it graduation party season now. So I am in need of a few graduation cards. Here is a Clean and Simple one I made with my Top Dog Dies Pocket Page Banner die set and the Dotted Border die set.

I love using the Pocket Page dies to create layers on my cards. The stamp of the graduates is from Stampendous and the Sentiment stamp is from Paper Smooches.

Supplies:

Top Dog Dies Pocket Page Banner die set

Top Dog Dies Dotted Border die set

Thanks for stopping by,
~Marcia

On Trend cards - Top Dog Dies

Hello blogging friends. I have a couple more cards to share with you from the Clique Kits Spring card kit. This kit is so fabulous!! I love this Altenew Stamp set and these gorgeous papers from the My Mind's Eye On Trend collection. I combined the kit with some of my favorite Top Dog Dies and came up with these pretties....

I stamped Celebrate on vellum using some VersaMark ink and then embossed it with some gold embossing powder. I cut the vellum slightly smaller than my card front and used my Top Dog Dies Dotted Border Die to get the lovely edge on the bottom. This die set is one of my most used! Can you blame me, it adds great interest to my card. The ribbon at the top is all I need to attach the vellum to the card front. I love that the vellum softens the pattern and really let's that title shine.

Unfortunately, I needed a sympathy card too. My husband's aunt passed away last week. This beautiful Top Dog Dies Cross Die works wonderfully on a sympathy card.

To add some interest to the Top Dog Dies Vintage A2 Mat Die. I stamped an image on the front with some VersaMark ink. See the butterflies and flowers?

Supplies:

Top Dog Dies Dotted Border Die 

Top Dog Dies Cross Die

Top Dog Dies Vintage A2 Mat Die

Stamps: Paper Smooches, Hero Arts, and Altenew

Clique Kits Spring Card Kit

Thanks for stopping by. If you are interested in a Clique Kits Spring card kit, use my coupon code Marcia10 and save 10%!

~Marcia

Your Special - Memory Nest Crafty Creations Link Up

Hello blogging friends. I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day. I spent the afternoon with my Mom, sister, and daughter Naomi. My Mom does not like to have her picture taken. I realized the other day that I do not have a recent picture of her. I couldn't convince my daughter Naomi to join us in our pic though (no makeup).  My other two college kids are still taking finals, so we will celebrate with them next weekend. Miss them though.

I wanted to share the Mother's Day cards I made this year. I used my Silhouette to create these....

After creating the first card, I looked at my mat and thought I can't throw that away! I lifted it with transfer tape, used a spray adhesive, and then applied it to my gold background paper. I love how these turned out. The peacock feather is a Samantha Walker cut file.  <3

I am linking up to the Memory Nest Crafty Creations Link Up. You can link up anything, old or new, so come join the fun!

Have a great week!
~Marcia

Little Princess - Imaginisce New Release

Hello blogging friends. I hope you found some time to scrap this weekend to celebrate National Scrapbook Day. It was a busy weekend, but I made a little time :)

Have you seen the new Little Princess collection from Imaginisce? It is so adorable. The reveal was last week on the Imaginisce blog here. I swooned when I saw the latest SVGcuts kit released last week; Boxed Card Sets, I knew that I would have to make this castle card.

I made a matching envelope for my card too. The journal pads are great to create a little writing spot on the envelope. What's really great, is that these cards fold flat for gifting...

Supplies:

Imaginisce: Pattern Paper, Journal Pad (Little Princess collection)

Cardstock: American Crafts, Bazzill

Want2Scrap: Pearls

SVG files: SVGcuts.com

Silhouette Cameo

Stamp: Paper Smooches

Ink: Inkadinkado

After about a week of rain everyday, I was so happy to be able to be outside again, even if it was only in the upper 40's. I spent my Saturday morning at the Minneapolis Bladder Cancer 5K walk. My brother-in-law was diagnosed last summer. Since then, I have lost track of all the surgeries he has had (8 or 9 now I think). The latest one was just last Wednesday. He had new stents placed in his kidneys to help with the infections that have been plaguing him. Even though he was in pain, this guy walked the entire 5K pushing a wheelchair we borrowed for him just in case he needed a rest. I so admire his determination. Here is a group shot of Team Dave (Dave is sitting in the wheelchair). 

My daughter's dog was so popular on the walk. People wanted to sponsor the dog and were giving my daughter cash on the spot! Yeah Sue! (and yes, Sue is wearing a tshirt too)

I hope you enjoyed your weekend too.

~Marcia

Let's Party - Cardabilities Reveal

Hello blogging friends! It's time for another reveal over at Cardabilities. Here is the fabulous sketch by Karan Gerber ...

I decided to scrap some of my stash. I've been purging in my scrapbook room and came across these Halloween in Wonderland papers from Graphic 45. I always need birthday cards so my purging session was put on hold and I created this ...

It's a simple card with a little bit of fussy cutting but I love how it turned out.

This reveal is sponsored by Inspired by Stamping. Inspired by Stamping is a boutique online craft store based in Australia. They design & manufacture the highest quality of photopolymer stamps. Check them out, really fabulous stuff!

Be sure to stop by the Cardabilities blog and see the takes by the other fabulous designers. They are amazing!

~Marcia

Scrap Town Lady Rafflecopter Giveaway!!

Hello blogging friends. I can't believe July is almost over!! My Summer bucket list is still pretty long. So much fun to cram into August now. This past weekend did not feel like summer though. Here in Minnesota the temps were in the 50s! Cold weather makes me want to stay inside and create. I have a couple of projects to share with you today that I made with Scrap Town Lady goodies.

We are so excited over at Scrap Town Lady to be sponsoring our friends at Sketchabilities and Cardabilities for the July 30th reveal!

What does that mean for you?  Not only fabulous inspiration with the amazing sketches that they have to offer for Scrappers and Card Makers, but also two opportunities to win a very generous gift certificate to the ScrapTown Lady store in the amount of $50.  

That's right, two gift certificates are up for grabs, so be sure you enter for your chance at a really fun shopping spree!

These fabulous sketches by the very talented Karan Gerber are spectacular. I encourage all of you to play along. Here is the gorgeous layout sketch...

and my take on the sketch using Authentique Renew and some My Favorite Things Die-namics ...

When I saw this quote, I knew it was perfect for my sister's family. I used my Word program to create it, using different fonts and text sizes for interest.

This sketch called for me to use my favorite and most used die; My Favorite Thing Die-namics Fishtail Flags. The dies come in a variety of sizes and makes creating these flags a breeze. I also made my own flowers using the My Favorite Thing Flower and Leaf Trio dies. I used some texture paint to create my leaves and gelatos to add a little more color.

Scrap Town Lady Supplies:
Authentique Renew Foundation One
Authentique Renew Energize
Authentique Renew Transform
Authentique Renew Spring
Authentique Renew Rejuvenate
Authentique Renew Tear Away Frames and Corners
My Favorite Things Fishtail Flags
My Favorite Things Flower and Leaf Trio
Want 2 Scrap LeCremePearls
Prima Black Coal Chalker
Therm-o-web Zots Medium
Scotch Quick Dry Glue
Inkssentials Pop-it Shapes

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Here is the card sketch ...

and my take on it...

Here is a close-up of this flower I made. It really showcases how pretty these Kaisercraft Sparklets are...

I am linking my card up in the Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes challenge.

Scrap Town Lady Supplies:
Authentique Be (you) tiful Majestic
Authentique Be (you) tiful Abundant
Authentique Be (you) tiful Persevere
My Favorite Things Fancy Flourish
My Favorite Things Fishtail Flags
Kaisercraft Sparklets in Daffodil
Ranger Distress Ink in Wild Honey
Scotch Quick Dry Glue
Therm-o-web Zots Medium
Inkssentials Pop-it Shapes

Enter the Scrap Town Lady  Rafflecopter Giveaway on the Scrap Town Lady blog!
Have a great week
~Marcia