Pretty Pink Posh | Smile It's Your Day

 Hi there! Monday fun day! I am here with a quick blog post as I NEED to get my house in order before one of my girlfriends shows up for a visit. Anyways, I have had this idea in my head, and finally sketched it, then started making this card. 

I suppose you could call it a faux shaker, or a sequin ribbon. Whatever we call it, its gorgeous!

I started with my white card base, then measured out three sections of white cardstock and die cut them using Stitched Borders 3. Then repeated the process with yellow cardstock to be placed under the white. Next, I began by gluing each sequin onto the card base, alternating colors. The sequins are Sweet Pea Mix, and these set the color scheme for my card.

Once my sequin ribbon was dried, the scalloped borders were adhere to the card base with foam adhesive. Now to the sentiment.... the "It's your big day" is actually from the Everyday Greetings stamp set, however I masked part of the stamp. Heat embossed in white.

Smile was die cut from Smile shaker in white glitter cardstock. I cut the circle from it and then placed it over my other sentiment. For a bit of fun (and the fact I could not find the dot from the "i", I added a sequin.

There you have it! It's so awesome when something I been thinking about for a few days comes out the way I envisioned it.

Hope you have a creative day, I am off to clean house <3

Crystal

Concord & 9th | Hurray Feature Friday

Bam! It's Friday, hurray! (no pun intended). Thanks for stopping by my blog, today I have my 3rd post for Concord & 9th Feature Friday. This Hurray Bundle set is so versatile, I couldn't figure out what to make first!

Should I make a ribbon, or play with them circles? So I made both!

For this first card, I wanted to go fancy. I have been hoarding this foil style paper pad for a while and coordinating the different patterns to make the ribbon was absolutely perfect. The sentiment is heat embossed in Simon Says Antique Gold. Once the ribbon was made, I placed it on the coordinating card base. 

Now, the patterns on the Hurray stamp set are so fun. The background is stamped using Altenew Pure Graphite which is a dark gray. The circle sentiment is stamped in the same ink and die cut with the coordinating Hurray die. The celebrate is heat embossed in white onto a black card stock, then the edge was die cut from the Hurray dies as well. 

What was your favorite item from the Hurray Bundle? The stamps or dies? I invite to stop on over to the Concord & 9th Blog to check out how my fellow Feature Friday ladies used the same set.

Have a great weekend!

Crystal 

Concord & 9th | UNICORN AWESOMENESS

Hi there! Happy Friday! Today I am here with my second post for Concord & 9th July guest designer. The Friday Feature is the sweet Unicorn Awesomeness stamp and die set. 

This is so sweet and perfect for any occasion. I decided to use it to make an encouragement card. 

To make this card I began by blending Altenew Crisp Ink in Frosty Pink & Warm Sunshine on to a 4.25in x 5.50 Neenah White cardstock. The diamonds were die cut using the dies, as there is a pink solid card stock to serve as the background.  

The sentiment and additional diamonds are heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The clouds are cut from vellum to give it an extra "wispy" look. 

I felt the unicorn just needed a few colorful strands of hair and left the rest of it white. 

I love that with this stamp set the unicorn can have her eye open and the party hat added without the need to mask. I know this set will become my newest "go to" for birthday parties. 

That is all for me this Friday. Enjoy your weekend!!

Crystal 

Wood grain Card

Hi! Today, I have a masculine and simple card made for our good friend who currently is sick. I wanted to keep this simple and elegant.

The sentiments of course are from Simon Says Stamp, coordinated with some Kraft paper and gold sequins. Some pretty pink posh droplets added contrast to the card. 

I am entering this card to the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

Sparkle and Shine # 29

Little Tangles: #68 Anything Goes

Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #9 

Bo Bunny Sleigh Ride Sympathy Card

Hello! Crystal here kick off the card making inspiration.

Today I am showing you a fun card I made using the new release from Bo Bunny "Sleigh Ride".

This card is full of Bo Bunny goodies! To start we have a card base using Carta Bella White Linen card stock.

Next, we have patterned paper from Bo Bunny in Rustic.

This is embossed using Bo Bunny's glitter paste in Gold.

To finish off, I heat embossed the sentiment onto a piece of Carta Bella White Linen.

I absolutely love this card, its elegant and easy to make!

Currently Country Craft Creations is one of the few places Bo Bunny's Sleigh Ride is available purchase!(No need to wait, or pre-order).

I sure hope you enjoyed this card and it inspires you to make something special.

Thanks for joining me!
Crystal