Year in Review: Swirly Monograms Birthday Card

Year in Review!  Edited: 12/27/2011

I am reposting this card!  It is one of my favorites of the year.

Swirly Monograms Birthday Card

I did this Birthday card for my Mom, her birthday is the end of November, so I decided to use a Christmas theme.

I started with a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch dark red card base, used printed paper from my stash which I LOVE!

I used the Beaded Circles Spellbinders die for the white card stock and then the Standard Circles Die for the red, then I layered a Labels Three die with the Swirly Monogram frame in Cranberry Adirondack ink, stamp set found HERE.  I then stamped the E in Jet Black Archival ink and then used the Epiphany Crafts Round 25 Shape Studio Tool to put the bubble on top.

The Happy Birthday sentiment is from Celebrate Men Stamp set by A Jillian Vance Design found HERE

The flower is from the McGill paper punches.  Jillian and I took that class at CHA this summer and had a BLAST!  I also applied CANDi around the beaded circle with 3-D dots.

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Swirly Monograms ~ $16.95 order here 

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AJVD Welcomes Guest Designer Jennifer Palmer

We are honored to have Jennifer Palmer as our guest designer today!!!  She her blog is:  Scrapping Under the Influence!  

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She did a darling shadow box using Just Snowflakes and Snowflake Sentiment Stamp sets.  You can find them HERE!

Isn't that snowman just a total cutie!  She also has the tutorial on her blog.

This is perfect for a winter decoration during those snowy months!

Even now on the tree!

Let it Snow is stamped on the glass.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Enjoy Jennifer's project!  Browse her blog, very cool stuff!!  She is one talented gal!

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Nutty Season!

Nutty Season!

Well my Dad's favorite snack is Cashews! 

So I decided to fancy up his can for Christmas!  And since Jillian has a great poem for that Nutty gift it was a perfect match!

I found this "manly" Christmas paper and wrapped the can in it.

I then cut a strip of red paper to wrap around it also.  Used Spellbinders Labels 8 for the three layers of tags.  Then stamped the sentiment in Black Archival to the smallest.  Wrapped ribbon around them, tied the bow and TADA!  A quick and easy gift wrap!

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Reindeer Poop! ~ Missing ? ? ?

Reindeer Poop! ~ Missing ? ? ? 

Well here is my Reindeer Poop post ~ With a missing Reindeer Poop bag!

Yes we had the treat bag of Chocolate Covered Raisins and can't find it anywhere ~ used it as a prop for a show and someone must have snagged it!  So anyway here is a simple and cute treat topper for that missing bag!

I used the brown theme as I love this gingham paper!  I stamped the circle in Red Archival and the Reindeer in Coffee Archival as well as the Poem!  A little polka dot ribbon and it is good to go!

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Merry and Most Wonderful Treats!

Merry and Most Wonderful Treats!

Well I have to say M & M's are my favorite candy!  Peanut ones especially!

So for my Treat holder today I made a Sour Cream container!  Now we purchased the paper crimper a year or so ago and I never used it!  So it was time to whip it out!

I cut my paper 4 1/2 by 5 1/2 then used my ATG gun to adhere it like a tube of toilet paper!

Then one end you flatten one way, used adhesive and then crimp and the do the other end the opposite way.  I find if you use adhesive on all sides before you put the tube together it is so much easier.

Then I tied some ribbon around it and Pear Pinned on the tag cut from a Spellbinders™ Labels 8 die.

The stamp is from Holiday Treats and found HERE!

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Snowman Poop

Would you like a little Snowman Poop?

This cute little box is from SVG Cuts.com Tied Suprise Gift Boxes found HERE.  They are quick and easy to make!  I then used the Spellbinder circle to cut out the front of the box so you can

see the "poop" inside :) Which I put in a nice little baggie.

I used the Scallop punch and the 1 1/2 inch scallop punch with the Holiday Treats Stamp set found HERE.

I tied it with a ribbon from Hobby Lobby and pinned the Snowman Poop Poem on with a Pear Pin and

TADA . . . A cute little treat box!

Thanks for looking ~ God Bless, 

Jillian

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Mr. & Mrs. Moustache

Mr and Mrs Moustache

Well I just had to do this!!!  As soon as I got our stamples {what Jillian calls the stamp set samples} I went to work! and this is what I came up with ~ CUTE, if I do say so myself!

So I cut a piece of Teresa Collins Black and White Polka Dot then rounded the corners with my corner chomper.  Used Spellbinders™ Labels Eight for the Black and White card stock layers.  Tied Red Rinkle Ribbon { available at our Show Booth} on the Black layer then layered the White on top.  

I used Black Archival for the Hat and Moustache and Crimson Archival for the Bow Tie and Lips.  Iced Spruce for the strand of pearls and the Bow for the bride's hair is in Spun Sugar (faint but cute in person!)

I then used the individual stamps of The, Mr. & Mrs. and put them together to fit on a Spellbinders™ Grommet Tag ~ my go to tag again!!!

Topped them off with cute little heart Brad I found in the brad drawer!

Mr and Mrs. Moustache can be pre-ordered HERE.

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S'more Treats! Merry Kiss-Mas!

S'more Treats
 Well I got the bright idea to use Teddy Grahams, mini marshmallows and Hersey Kisses {could use chocolate chips but Kisses give you more Chocolate!}
to make a S'more Treat bag!  I then used textured card stock and layered the scallop and round punches to make the tag.  Then added the Rinkle Ribbon for a cute little look!  We are all about simple this time of year when other things are pulling at us too!
i got the bags at Hobby Lobby in the jewelry department!  They come in 3 x 4 and 4 x 6 depending on how much you want to fill them.

Merry Kiss-Mas

Here I used the same punches to create the Merry Kiss-Mas Treat Bag, I will call it my Dirty Merry Kiss-Mas ~ I just love Kraft Paper!  Please leave a comment!  Follow us on Facebook

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12 Days of Cards for Christmas ~ Day 12

Welcome to 12 Days of Cards for Christmas ~ Day 12

For my final card it is simple yet elegant!

I cut the wreath out of the lacy circle Spellbinders™ set then the banner is from Ribbon Banners also by Spellbinders™  and the poinsettia is made from the McGill punches!
I used Christmas Blessings Stamp set for the sentiment stamped with Black Archival Ink!
Thanks for stopping by, this has been fun but challenging too!

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12 Days of Cards for Christmas ~ Day 11

Welcome to 12 Days of Cards for Christmas ~ Day 11

For my card I used my new Memory Box die ~ yes even though we are getting our own dies, we still spread the love!

For this card, I used hunter card stock with a DCWV paper.  I cut the tree from the Nested Trees Spellbinders™ die, the Deer was cut from the Memory Box die as was the little tag.  I then put embossing ink on the deer and embossed him in gold, I also stamped the sentiment with embossing ink so they would match!  The sentiment is from Santa Baby.
The Ribbon is AJVD Rinkle Ribbon which we may start carrying {just haven't decided yet}in gold.
I pinned the tag on with a AJVD Pear Pin!
Which are now featured in 50 piece packages instead of 25!

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12 Days of Cards for Christmas ~ Day 10

Welcome to 12 Days of Cards for Christmas ~ Day 10

I love this card, it is so simple yet fun and perfect for gift giving.

I made this card at the Jillibean Soup Card Bar also.
It is a Kraft card base with squares of printed Jillibean Soup paper evenly spaced with a Gift Card pocket on the front!  Stamped with our Just Snowflakes Stamp found HERE in Whisper White Craft Ink by Stampin Up.  The sentiment is from Christmas Blessings Stamp set found HERE and is stamped in Coffee Archival Ink.
Gift Card ~ Walmart!
Please keep an eye out for this card pocket ~ We will have an announcement about it first of January :)

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12 Days of Cards for Christmas ~ Day 9

Welcome to 12 Days of Cards for Christmas ~ Day 9

Here is another card I made at the Jillibean Soup Card Bar ~ don't you just love those Penguins!!!
And they are hand cut out too ~ thanks to yours truly!
I did three one for my hubby, one for me and one for Jillian!
Everything is Jillibean Soup except for the Merry Christmas stamp which is from Christmas Blessings.
I cut the Happy New Year off of it!
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12 Days of Cards for Christmas ~ Day 8

Welcome to 12 Days of Cards for Christmas ~ Day 8

Ok, So this is a tag!  Well isn't it cute anyway!  We did these at the Jillibean Soup Card Bar which benefited Toys for Tots!
Everything is Jillibean Soup except for the Christmas Blessings Stamp! Yes even the snowflake is her's {didn't have a choice really and it was so cute!}
The deer is a Memory Box die cut from Jillibean Soup Corrugated sheets.
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Santa Baby ~ Hurry Down the Chimney Tonight!

I just love the song Santa Baby always have!  So we decided to use my salon logo I use for Christmas for our Santa Baby set, it is like I am my Hair only with a Santa Hat!

For my project I did a card with a removable Ornament and tag!

I cut a piece of red card stock 9 x 8 1/2 then folded it so it was

4 1/2 inches wide.  Then I cut a white strip 2 1/2 inches wide and border punched with a Martha Stewart punch.  Then I cut the belt 1 3/4" wide x 4 1/2" and the belt buckle cut at 1 1/2" square and added the 1 inch square of black in the middle to make the belt.

Then I stamped white card stock with Distress Ink Festive Berries ~ Tim Holtz's new Winter Seasonal Ink which is on sale for $12.00 for the three pack HERE! I used A Jillian Vance Design Tiny Dot background stamp found HERE. and distressed the edges with Old Paper Distress Ink.

Then cut it with the Spellbinders Scalloped Circle die.  I then cut out of the smaller Scalloped Circle a clear plastic one (Spellbinder packaging!!!  Saw Tim do this the other night for one of his tags)

Clear plastic over the white dotted scallop circle

I then used Archival Ink in Jet Black and Stamped our "Santa Baby" on it!  along with the sentiment on the card.

Here you can see as I put the red in between the clear and the white. Christmas lights on the tree should reflect off of that plastic to add some shine!  I also used Stickles to accent the hat, lips and flowers.

For my tag I used just a Ranger tag, inked with Festive Berries from the Winter collection which is still available on our web site.

I used Black soot around the edges also.  Sprayed Perfect Pearls mist in Perfect Pearls on my Kraft sheet and then stamped the Tiny Dot background stamp and stamped the tag with it!  Dried it with the heat gun, then stamped the image in Archival Jet Black and also the Santa Baby sentiment.

I took some black card stock and our Silver pigment ink and stamped the circle stamp and used the 1 1/2 circle punch to cut it out, hung it on the hand dyed ribbon (using Festive Berries, Aged Mahogny and Black Soot, Perfect Pearls Mist in Perfect Pearls and dried with the heat gun) with a AJVD Pear Pin! to make it look like a charm!

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