R2Give SMDPics Calendars

I got 4 Ready 2 Give calendars ready for the sale. 

These are half sheet calendars filled with my photographs in the 3.5x5 inch size.  The subject matter is nature and flowers.  I did get some great shots this summer.

Nifty Notes - Retro, Vintage & MyPics

I created some A2 Nifty Notes for my sale tomorrow.  I used some vintage images from Graphics Fairy.  The retro images are from my own photos with filters applied to create these retro looking images. The notes will coordinate well with the calendar.  I made some with my own photos as well.

Card Club - Feb - Photo Frame

We are meeting for card club today. I teach at 2 locations - Senior Centre in the afternoon and the church in the evening.

This card features one of my photos which has been trimmed to 3.75 inches square. The white card stock frame is cut with the Stitched Square Frame die by Die-Namics. The photo is adhered to the frame then that layer is adhered to the card front.  The greeting was trimmed to the banner edge with scissors then adhered to the card front with 3D foam tape.






I have a variety of photos and card colors in the kits prepared for this class.  With a collection of photos I can make a card with a gal with flowers and I had airplanes and hoodoos for guy cards.

January Birthday Cards - Belated

I'm getting caught up on my January birthday cards as they are late!!

The winter photo card is for my brother who's birthday is in early January.  This photo was taken near my Mom & Dad's place.  There was a bright sun and frost on the trees.  I love the shadows.  I cut it down from 4x6 to 4x5.25 inches. I mounted it to a black card.  I added the greeting made up of a blue Stampin Up Modern Label punch and a greeting punched with the Word Window.  I layered these together and adhered them to the card front with double sided tape.

This card is for my sister who celebrated her day this week.  I chose a yellow card.  I adhered a Happy Birthday embossed layer created with the Cuttlebug folder. This was adhered to the card front. I punched a large daisy from the same card stock.  I punched a black one to layer behind.  I punched a 1/2 inch black circle to provide a background for my yellow brad.  I added a bee to the flower.  The bee was a button from which I removed the shank with my cutting pliers.  I held it in place with a Bling Zot.

Nativity - Aphothecary Framelit

I made a few Christmas cards this weekend.  I started with a photo of my office Nativity.  I cut it with a framelit from the Stampin Up Apothecary set.  I chose a deep mauve color for the card which matched well.  With the colors in the image I could have gone with green, navy or ivory as well. I then laid out my greeting to match the curve of the die cut and color printed it on the card stock.  Then adhered the nativity die cut and it was done!!

Card Club - October - Polaroid Frame

I started with a purple card onto which I printed a frame all around the card front and I inserted the word Nature in the bottom right hand corner.  I then printed some of my photos in black and white.  I chose the globe flower and a sunflower. I paired the globe with purple and sunflowers with yellow card stock.  I cut black Polaroid frames with the Instant Camera die from Lil' Inkers. I placed dry adhesive on the back of the frame and aligned it onto the photo.  I trimmed the leftover photo to the edge of the frame.  I then adhered this accent layer to the card front.

Card - HB - Zinnia

Here's a card for my sister who celebrates her birthday this month.  I selected a photo of a zinnia I took a while ago.  I applied a couple of filters to it and printed it 3x4 inches.  I created a frame which I printed then adhered the print inside.  I found a dark green card which worked well.  I added a green layer of designer paper which I had stamped a texture in dark green.  That picked up some of the colors in the photo.  Once the background layer and the print layer were attached I went through my stack of greetings and found one that would work. Some Stampin Up Modern Label and Word Window punchies.
I need to get in out in the mail right away.

Cards - Photos ReUsed

I made another couple of cards with reused 4x4 photos from last year's calendar.  That's how I designed my calendars.
I cut the photo down to 3.75 square and adhered it to the top of the card.  I added faux stitching all the way around the photo with a black marker.  I choose turquoise card to work with the blue in the patina of the bell.









I glued a Cricut diecut leftover from this project below the photo.  I used my quick dry paper adhesive which has a very pointed end on the bottle which was helpful with the small pieces here.  I choose a warm green to work with the various greens in the foliage.  I really like this zebra pic.

Exchange Cards - Reused Photo

I made these 2 cards for my card exchange.  I cut down photos from my photo calendar from last year to 3.75" square.  I found card stock that worked with the pink in the flowers.  Adhered that to the card front.  I glued a flourish which came from the edges I had cut for the gift calendar I made as a Christmas gift.

I then added a stitched border by hand with a find black felt tip marker.

This makes a smart looking single layer card and allows me to re use the photos from the calendar which I really wanted to do.

I'm happy with these and I hope the girls like them too!

Art Calendar - Handmade Gift

I created this art calendar with some of my photos. As I indicated in this earlier post, I processed each photo in hopes of creating an image that looked more like a painting.  Some I'm really happy with others not as much.  Pretty good for my first time. I printed them at home on matte photo paper so they would be more like paintings.

The calendar pages are 8.5" square with a half inch added to the binding edge. The calendar was printed on the 8.5 x 9 inch sheet of white card stock.  The binding is Zutter.

Then I wanted to create a frame.  I could not find a die in my collection large enough and to the right proportions so I turned to my Cricut. After spending a long time with several cartridges and doing some test cuttings I selected the Elegant Edges cartridge.  I cut the borders to 6.75" wide which filled the 8.5" square pages nicely.  I added a piece of vellum under the photo which helped define the space for the photo as well as align all the pieces. I centered the vellum on the page then added the pieces over top. I cut all the borders from black card stock.  I did have to trim the vellum where it showed through the holes in the borders. That was tedious.  I added one of the die cuts from inside the borders next to the photo to balance the rectangular space.

The cover has the numbers 2015 cut with the Sizzix Go Go Boots Sizzlet Alphabet dies.

Card - Photo - First Try

The cleaning up continues and I am excavating relics from months ago.  Here are my first attempts at these photo cards.  I think these deserve a second look so I'll put that on the project pile.

The photos are being upcycled from mix ups on printing my 2012 4x6 photo calendar. I trimmed the top of the calendar to 4"x4" and then cut a Spellbinder Label 9 in the coordinating pink card stock then trimmed it to match the width of the photo. I have added a color coordinating color printed Stampin Up Word Window greeting.  On the truck on the bottom part is a TH On the Edge Ornate die in maroon to match the pick up truck.

Cards - Upcycled Photos

I've used some photos from the 4x6 photo calendar which were no usable as a result of a mix up at the photo developer.  I really wanted to find a way to up those 4x4 inch photos in cards for the upcoming sale.
Here's the answer. I trimmed the photo to 3.75" then layered it onto a complementary piece of card stock.  This was then mounted onto a coordinating card.  I designed the greetings to match the colors in the card.  Printed them and then die cut them with the Apothecary Framelit.  It was then mounted to the card with 2 tiny black brads.

Cards - Christmas Photos

I wanted to create some cards using seasonal subject matter. Not many Christmas pictures in my 2010 photo collection. I had to go digging into my archives for ones that would work. The dove picture was taken a couple of years ago on a friend's Christmas tree. The poinsettia was given to us at work and I shot a few pics of it. Working with Adobe Photo Elements is getting easier. I really like to take close up pics but I'm finding when adding frames to them later means I'm losing some of the image. I will adapt my approach and find some appropriate subject matter this year!

Card - Angel Photo

This is a card I created with one of the angel photos I took this summer. I removed a few distracting elements from the photo. The angel statue was a brown color so I decided to convert it from color to sepia. The coloring helped to define the top of the oval mask frame I placed over the image. The card was printed on natural parchment cardstock so sepia was a good choice in that regard. The words were printed in dark brown. It was color laser printed.