The Snowy Day

The Snowy Day, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Yes, we had some snow today!! It only lasted about 3 hours, but it covered the ground with almost 2 inches before it began to melt away!

The snowflakes were HUGE! And it was such fun to watch them fall...and take lots of pictures too! =D I think I have enough to make a mini album!

Have a wonderful weekend!!


~Cynthia

Last V Day Card

Last V Day Card, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

This is my last Heart Day offering. I had to wait until my Mom opened her card because she sometimes reads my blog and I didn't want to spoil the surprise. ;-)

I got the inspiration from Laurie on her Soapbox Creations blog. I loved the colors she used and thought I could change it up for Valentine's Day.

I ran a piece of red cardstock through an embossing folder, then cut a smaller piece of white cardstock and stamped the leaves and tree on it.

I added faux stitching around the edges then adhered some little hearts I punched from red cardstock.

Finally I stamped the sentiment and punched the ends with a square punch to make banner tails.

Not a difficult card to make and not that time consuming either. Even stamping all those leaves was quite soothing! ;-)


Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill (red cardstock ); Neenah (Solar White cardstock); Recollections (white card blank)
Stamps: Inkadinkado (Tree set); Craftsmart (sentiment)
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Black Soot, Gathered Twigs, Shabby Shutters)
ETC: Tim Holtz/Sizzix (wood grain EF); Emaginations (heart punch); Marvy (1-in square punch); EK Success (Pop Dots); Glue Glider Pro; Zig Two-way Glue Pen


Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy your day!!

~Cynthia

Cheep Hearts?

Cheep Hearts?, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Ha ha! Get it?? Cheep?? Hearts??

Oh fine. I guess I'll just stick to card making. ;-)

I got the idea for this one somewhere. In the end, my card looked nothing like their card anyway, so I don't feel bad not linking to their creation.

Pretty easy to make! I stamped the bird, punched the hearts and die cut the speech bubble. Then I dusted the sky, chick and ground with chalk pastels. For a tiny bit of pizzazz I brushed the little hearts with a sparkle gel pen.


Supplies:
Paper: Recollections (white card blank and pieces); Bazzill (red cardstock); unknown red gingham check paper
Stamp: Craftsmart (chick)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Black Soot)
ETC: Emagination (heart punch); Quickkutz (speech bubble); Inkadinkado (Blending Chalks); Spica Atyou (sparkly gel pen); EK Success (Pop Dots); Zig Two-way Glue Pen


OK, that's it for me! Have a great crafty day!!


~Cynthia

Raining Hearts!

Raining Hearts!, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Sorry for the seriously wonky colors on this card--it really is white in real life! (Camera operator error. Ahem.)

So I got the inspiration from Laurie at Soapbox Creations. I LOVED the sort-of tuxedo shirt layout. So cute!!

I punched the smaller hearts and die cut the larger two. Then I scored the lines and adhered the hearts.

Seriously...what could be simpler?? ;-)


Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill (red paper); Recollections (white card blank plus extra for the hearts)
ETC: Emagination (heart punch); Cuttlebug (double heart die cut); ScoreBuddy; EK Success (Pop Dots); Glue Glider Pro; Zig Two-way Glue


Today's the day! All the Valentine's cards must head out in the mail!! Gratefully, they're headed to cities that don't have any snow, so they should make it to their destinations on time. Be safe out there!!! :-)


~Cynthia

Jar of Hearts

Jar of Hearts, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Today I'm CASEing the ever talented N@ Ali. She has the COOLEST cards on her blog Just Cards.

I was looking for a bit of direction and saw this card and decided it would be adorable for Valentine's Day!

I die cut the jar out of sparkly paper and a piece of acrylic packaging material. Then I cut the jar lid from crafting sheet metal. (The metal is purple on the other side. I just flipped it! Perfect!!)

I punched the hearts out then drew lines to where I wanted them to hang and adhered the hearts.

To assemble the jar I used the Glue Glider across the jar mouth to hold the acrylic piece, but also added a slim line of glue pen across the very bottom of the jar--trying to hide the glue. I think it works really well. It holds everything in place while not allowing globs of glue to show. Then I just adhered the metal jar lid using Glue Glider, since that's under the metal and that can't be seen anyway.

Then I stamped the sentiment.

Whew! That took longer to type up than it took to acutally make the card!! =D




Supplies:
Paper: The Paper Studio (kraft card blank); Bazzill (red cardstock); unknown sparkly paper
Stamp: Craftsmart (sentiment)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Black Soot)
ETC: The Memory Box (Tall Canning Jar die cut); Ten Second Studio (sheet metal); Emagination (heart punch); American Crafts (pen); Zig Two-way Glue Pen; Glue Glider Pro; acetate remnant


OK, so only a few more V Day cards to go! I really need to get them in the mail tomorrow so I had better get back to creating!! Thanks for stopping in...and have a crafty weekend!!!


~Cynthia

Hanging by a Heart

Hanging by a Heart, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I'm back to CASEing Ardyth again! This time I used this card on her MASKarade blog for my inspiration. Go check it out! I'll wait. ;-)

It's such a cute layout. I think it would be perfect for so many occasions. Can you see cupcakes on little strings??

No? Oh. Maybe it's just me then.

Ahem.

So I not only went all CASE, but I went CAS too.

Stamp sentiment.

Draw line.

Attach heart.

The end.


Supplies:
Paper: Recollection (card blank and left over piece for heart)
Stamp: Craftsmart (VDay)
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Stain (for heart); Memento (Tuxedo Black)
ETC: Emagination (heart punch); American Craft (pen); Zig Two-way Glue


I think I'll send this one to my nephew. It's not too girly, is it? ;-)


Thanks for stopping by--I appreciate your visits!


~Cynthia

Another Heart Card Down!

Another Heart Card Down!, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Soooo, this card started as a CASE of another one of Ardyth's amazing cards.

Then it just went downhill fast.

I ended up completely ruining the card idea, so to make myself feel just a smidge better, I colored the mess with some alcohol inks.

I just drew random lines with pink and purple inks....and got a crazy inked-up circle.

So, you know, naturally I had to die cut a butterfly out of it, adhere it to a card, stamp a sentiment and call it a day.

My littlest niece loves pink. So this is going to her house.

Take THAT stupid mojo!!!

=D


Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill (pink cardstock); Recollections (white card blank)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Picked Raspberry)
ETC: Cuttlebug (butterfly die cut); Spectrum Noir (alcohol ink pens); Glue Glider Pro


It's SUCH a gorgeous, sunny day that I don't really want to be inside. But I have managed to get most of my chores out of the way--still have to clean the fridge out--so I can finish up the last few Valentine's Day cards. Yay for progress!! =D

~Cynthia