Mix Media - 4 Cube Drawer

I created a mixed media 4 drawer shelf back in August. I am now just getting to posting the pictures and instructions.

For this project I used medium weight natural chipboard .  It's the chipboard I had on hand.  If I would do it again I would either do it with the black or the white.  For a better overall luck I used ink to cover the natural look on open spaces.  The links below will direct you to the chipboard. 

Natural:
Grafix Medium Weight Chipboard Sheets, 12-Inch by 12-Inch, Natural, 25-Pack

Black:
Grafix Medium Weight 12 Inch by 12 Inch Chipboard Sheets, Black 25/Package

White
Grafix Medium Weight 12-Inch-by-12-Inch Chipboard-Sheets, White 25-Pack

I was able to create this drawer system in a weekend.  I had an idea on what I wanted and then just started to plan it.  I originally wanted to add a pencil holder to it and other items but the way this one is designed it would make it difficult to get to the side drawers.  I wanted it designed this way because the back is facing a wall and I will not access it.  I have thought of an alternate design that I have also shared the idea with the plans that I will have the link below to download.  The alternate design would be for a shared desk.  Having the drawers on the side then you can have a pencil holder in front and not hinder access to the drawers. 

You may even upgrade it with a Lazy Susan - Lazy Susan Bearings, 3", 5/16" Thick, 200-lb. Capacity

Below are photos of my creation



Front



Side



Covered Side



Drawers



Front Drawers Out

If you are interested in the design and list of materials download the file here

Simple Male Birthday Card - Fall

Today's card was made from patterned paper from the DCWV The Halloween & Fall Stack.  The card is very easy to make and does not need a lot of supplies.  You can use the same layout for many different occasions.  

Supplies
A2 Card - Brown Card Stock - (11" x 4 1/4" folded in half)
Mat - Cream Card Stock - 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Top Patterned -  2 1/2" x 4"
Bottom Patterned - 2 3/4" x 4"
Ribbon - Light Brown
Sentiment  Mat - Cream Card Stock - 3 1/8" x 1 1/2"
Pearls - colored with Bic Mark-It - Woodsy Brown
Inside Mat - Cream Card Stock - 5 1/4" x 4"

Male Birthday Card

Today's card was made with paper from "The Linen Door" paper pack from the Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby.  The sentiment was printed on white card stock and the frame was cut out of blue recollections paper on the Silhouette Cameo.  You can purchase the nested label design on the Silhouette online store.  The font used is Edwardian Script ITC at 48 pt.

Supplies

A2  Card - White card stock
Top patterned paper - 2 3/4" x 4"
Bottom patterned paper - 2 3/4" x 4"
Ribbon - green ribbon
Outside Frame - blue card stock - 3 1/2" x 4 3/4"
Inside Frame - white card stock - 3 1/4" x 4 1/2"

Congratulations - Graduate Card

Today's card is not your typical Graduation Card.  I wanted something for a young lady that would look great but be simple and easy to make.  The design is clean and can be used for any occasion. The background is the Darice Large Petal. I love how the black with white embossed mat looks so sophisticated, the embossing really pops on the card.  I hope the young graduate, enjoys the card as much as I did making it.

Supplies
White A2 Card - 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Black Mat - 5" x 3 5/8"
White Embossed Mat - 4 3/4" x 3 3/8" - Darice Large Petal
Black Sentiment Mat - 5 1/2 x 1 1/4
White Sentiment Mat - 5 1/4 x 1 1/8 - Congratulations font 28 pt Curlz MT

Quick and Easy Male Birthday Card

Today's card is another male birthday card.  This card is really easy to make and can be used with many different colors and patterns.  The background is patterned paper from the DCWV Color Block Mat Stack. The "happy" are letters cut out for another birthday card that I created earlier this week.  I love being able to use scraps from one card for another.

Supplies

A2 Card - White card stock - landscape
Patterned Paper - 5 1/4" x 4"
Banner - Blue card stock - "wishing you a" 16 pt and "birthday" 22 pt Brush Script Std Bold
happy - Eras Bold ITC at 110 pt

Father's Day Card

My father's day card this year is simple and clean.  I used the Cameo to cut my design.  The sentiment was printed and cut on the frame design from the Silhouette Library.  I separated it to change the width of the frame and to layer it. The paper pack I used for the pattern paper is DCWV the Serenity Stack.  

Supplies

A2 card - olive green card stock

Patterned Papers - 2 1/2" x 4" each

Sentiment - 2 3/4" x 2" - cream paper card stock- "happy" and "day" Courier New 29.30 pt font - "Father's" Courier New 44.75 pt font

Frame -  3 1/4" x 2 3/8" - olive green card stock - Cuttlebug Swiss Dots used to emboss frame - raised on 1 layer of foam tape.

Happy - Female Birthday Card

I created a card using chevron papers that I cut into strips to create the background.  I cut the word happy with my Cameo out of a strip of white scrap paper.  I intended the background to show through but I did not like the look so I cut a strip of solid color to go under the white.  I like how this card turned out.  It is a great card for any age, male or female.  It is quick and easy to make, that can be done in a few minutes.

Supplies
A2 Card - White card stock
Chevron Strips - 1 1/8" X 4" - 3 in one color and 2 in another
Solid Strip - 2" x 5 3/8" - purple
Banner - 2.5" x 5 1/4" - white - happy (Eras Bold ITC) at 110 pt font - birthday printed (LD Red Hatter's Hand) at 26 pt font in black.

Everyday Card - Butterflies

Here is a card that I made with stamps and markers.  I like the way butterflies turned out but I am unsure of the matting.  When doing the matting I was trying to incorporate the color of the butterflies. It turned out well but it's not one of my favorites and I will revisit these butterflies again.

Supplies
Base - A2 Card - White
Mat 1 - 4" x 5 1/4" - Orange
Mat 2 - 3 3/4" x 5" - Light Blue
Mat 3 - 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" - Yellow
Butterflies - 3 pack wood stamps I got at Michaels - Memento Tuxedo Black Ink - colored with Spectrum Noir markers

Child Birthday Card - Lollipop

I am looking towards Pinterest for inspiration more and more. I found a pin that used a colorful lollipop on an embossed card.  The playfulness of the card drew me in and I used the supplies I had

Child Birthday Card - Lollipop

Supplies
Base - A2 Card - Pink
Background - White - 4" x 5 1/4" - embossed - Darice - Happy Birthday
Sentiment colored with pink marker (unhappy with the bleed, might try using ink pad or embossing powder next time)
Lollipop - 1" circles punched out of scrap paper - half of a popsicle stick and pink ribbon tied to stick

I hope the little girl I sent this too was happy with the card

Quick Graduation Card

Today I created a quick graduation for a recent high school graduate we know.  I didn't have much time and it took about 15 minutes to put this card together, I downloaded a free graduation cap SVG file and using Silhouette Studio to create everything to cut out on the Cameo.

Quick Graduation Card

Supplies
Base - A2 Card - Red - Landscape
Graduation Cap - Navy Blue - 4" wide
Congratulations - Red - 3.885" wide  - font - Harlow Solid Italic
Offset of Congratulations - White - 4.154" wide

Birthday Card - Birds

Here is a birthday card that I created using a stamp and coloring with markers.  This card turned out great and I would love to create it again.  I want more stamps like this to use for similar cards.

Birthday Card - Birds

Supplies
Base - A2 Card - Black
Mat 1 - 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" - Yellow
Stamped - 3 1/4" x 4 1/2" - Semi- Gloss brochure paper - Bird Feeder with birds wood stamp
Mat 2 - 1" x 2 1/2" - Yellow
Sentiment - 3/4" x 2 1/4" - White - Happy Birthday Stamp

Wedding Anniversary Card

I was looking on Pinterest for inspiration for an anniversary card and I came across this pin.  I really liked the clean design and it inspired me to make the card below.

Wedding Anniversary Card

Supplies
Base - A2 Card - White
Back Layer - 5 1/4" x 4" - White
Front Layer - 3 3/4" x 4" - White - Embossing - the Paper Studio - Intricate Swirl
Ribbon
Faux Pearls - colored to match
Greeting - Giddyup Std

Hope you enjoy this card, it was a quick card to make for someones special day!

Thanks from Pet

Today's thank you card has a little story behind it.  My husband's grandma suffers from arthritis pain and our 3 year old dog Annabelle suffers from it as well.  Annabelle was diagnosed with arthritis as a puppy.  Recently it is so bad that she was unable to walk a mile without a lot of suffering. We took her to the vet and she is on what we call "happy" pills to lubricate her joints.  We told grandma about Annabelle's suffering because we knew she could relate.  Imagine our surprise when we got an envelope addressed to Annabelle, grandma sent her a get well card.  In return Annabelle and I created her a thank you card.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Simple Thanks - Front

Simple Thanks - Inside

Supplies

Base - A2 Card - Black

Front -  Paw - cut out at 2.5" x 2.69" on Silhouette Cameo

             Paw  Background -  3" x 3" white cardstock - single thickness foam tape

             Polka Dot Strip - 1 1/4" x 4" 

             Paw Print Ribbon - 4 1/4"

             Thanks! - 2" x 1 3/4" - font LDJ Squirrel Tracks - ticket stub punch corners - double                            thickness foam tape

Inside - Font - LDJ Squirrel Tracks

             Paw Print - Annabelle's Signature

Birthday Card - Simple Male

This male birthday card is really simple to make.  All you need is paper, a circle punch and letter stamps, handwritten or die cuts work as well.  The hardest part of this project was evenly spacing the rectangles.  I eyeballed it, put you can always use a pencil and ruler and erase any marks when done.

Simple Male Birthday Card

Supplies
Base - A2 Card - Brown
Rectangles - 1 1/4" x 1 1/2" - 3 different prints of dark brown paper (swirls, stars and dots)
Circles - 1" circle punch - Brown
Fiskars Alpha Basic Clear Stamps - Careful washing these stamps, I lost the "I" down the drain.
Brown wooden button

Hope you enjoyed today's card!

Note Card

Today's card is a note card set that I created.  The cards are A2 cards inside are blank so that the receiver can use them for whatever they want.  They will be great for thank you, thinking of you or just because.  This set has the letter N designed for the receiver but any message could be used in the circle or maybe even a small photo, the ideas are limit less.

Complete Set of Note Cards

Detail of the Note Cards

Supplies:
Base  - A2 White Cardstock - 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
Background - design green gray color - 5 1/4" x 4"
Scallop Circle - White Cardstock - 2 1/4" - designed and cut with Silhouette CAMEO®
Circle - green gray - 2" - print and cut with Silhouette CAMEO®
Letter N - 1" letter - use font of choice
Ribbon - 6" white

Hopping in to Say Hello!

Today I created a photo card.  The card is for my husband's grandmother who is in rehab from a recent car accident.  She loves to receive cards and letters, so my husband wanted to send her something.  I created the card with a shot I took of a frog that was found in our yard yesterday morning.  Normally little critters are a favorite of our big black dog. Luckily he was not interested, allowing me to have fun capturing this little guy as he was hopping around.

Hopping in to say hello!

The photo was printed on 4x6 Kodak paper using a Canon MX870.

Polymer Stamp

Good evening everyone, today I'm posting about polymer stamps.  My husband got me a kit from Granthams, it was truly a thoughtful gift.  My first 2 attempts failed, but the third was a charm and I could not be happier.   I followed the instructions posted on instructables, they have them on the Granthams site, but I like the break down of the instructions on instructables.

The poor stamping in the picture below was my misdoing.  The only con of this polymer stamp is that it bled with Distress Ink by Tim Holtz, and did not create a crisp inking.  I am going to try to condition it more to see if that helps with the bleeding.  More cards will be posted soon.

Supplies:
Lights - I used two 24" black uv lights (props from Halloween)
Cleaning solution -  I used dish soap
Brush -  I used an old soft toothbrush, it came in handy getting the non-hardened gel out of the small spaces on the stamp.
Negative - created in Photoshop but any paint program should work.
Transparency - inkjet based printable sheets - printer settings high quality.

Notes on the negatives - after some research I found that companies that make the polymer stamps use a min of 4 pt for lines.  The font I used for the URL was at 12 pt.  I want to experiment to see if I will be able to get down to clear 4 pt lines.

House-Warming Card

Today I created a card for my sister and brother-in-law.  I wanted to create a house-warming card that could be something to be framed as well.  I found a design at American Crafts Studio and tweaked the dimensions to fit my needs.  The card base is very simple and will work for many different type of cards.

Front

Extended

SuppliesBase     - 4 1/2" x 11" - White
Front    - 2 5/8" x 3 5/8" - Burgundy
            - 2 5/8" x 3/2" - design paper - (2)
Center  - 5'' x 3 1/2" - White
            - 4 7/8" x 3 3/8" - Burgundy
            - 4 3/4" x 3 1/4" - Sentiment (from 2004 scrapbook a day calendar)
Inside   - 4 3/8" x 1" - design paper - (2)
            - 4 3/8" x 3 3/8" - Burgundy
            - 4 1/4" x 3 1/4" - White

Anniversary Card - Black, White & Yellow

Today I created an anniversary card.  I got the idea from the Cardz TV Go-To Galz Challenge #34.  The challenge is to create a black and white card with a pop of yellow, and an anniversary card came to mind.

Supplies

Background 1 - black and white floral - 4 1/8" x 4" - from Harper's Boutique  paper pack from Hobby Lobby.

 Background 2 -  black and white floral -2 3/16" x 2 3/16" (same paper)

Heart Boarder Square - Yellow - 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" - used Martha Stewart Loops Heart Punch Around the Page - 2 layers of foam tape

Heart Boarder - Yellow - 4 1/8" x 3/4" - Martha Stewart Lace Heart border punch

Couple Silhouette - Black - 2" x 2" - Sweethearts

Happy Birthday - Female

Have you ever put something somewhere so you won't lose it?  Well this card has fallen into this unfortunate fate.  At least I took a picture of it, the inspiration for it came from a Mojo Monday sketch challenge.  I wanted something fun and busy.  Once I find the card I will take the measurements and post an update.  Hope you enjoy!