Wedding Bells with Charm

Hi Everyone, It's Lori ! Today I've created this wonderful card that is just perfect for that June season of weddings. I adore the Vintage Make It Yourself Frames as they really can be anything you want them to be.  I've also topped them off with some of our Gradient Pearls Stickers...they're so wonderful to stick anywhere and add that extra touch.

Be sure to stop in Creative Charms online shop and scoop up your goodies today ...and don't forget the kit of the month...just a few more days to get June's kit.  See you next month.

Vintage Make It Yourself Frames

Gradient Pearl Stickers

Hugs,

Some Special Valentine's Projects

Hi, it's Diane and I have a lot of things to share with you today.  I have been creating a lot of Valentine's projects this month.  The Creative Charms embellishments give the perfect finishing touches to make each one special.

This very elaborate Valentine has many layers of cardstock and over 40 bits of bling including Gradient Gem Stickers in red and clear and pink Gradient Pearl Stickers.  The gem stickers are so easy and fast to use and they always stay put on my cards and other projects.  You can find more details about the design of this card HERE and decorating it HERE.

A red Vintage Poppy with the pearl brad replaced by a brad from the 3D Vintage brad- antique flower medley and some red Gradient Gem Stickers accent the top of this card (the little cherub is from an antique store).

I added a tiny red gem sticker on top of the center brad to coordinate with the two gems on the paper strip.  It changes the look of the flower brad and matches the poppy perfectly.  You can find more details about this card HERE.

A round red Vintage Jewel highlights the center of the fancy heart on this card.  

The gem sparkles beautifully and adds yet another texture to this embossed card with the fuzzy word and heart.  You can find more details about this card HERE.

I used two sets of Make-it-yours Vintage Metal Frames to create playing pieces for a Valentine's Tic-Tac-Toe game.

It is easy to create the grid for the playing board and you can use whatever images you want for the two sets of pieces. It might be fun to use photos to personalize the game for a newly engaged couple.

I cut one inch circles to cover the adhesive backing so the pieces could be used over and over again in the game.  You can find more details about this game HERE.

Here is one more card with both white and pink Gradient Pearl Stickers.

Using groups of the two colors makes the borders a little more interesting.  You can find more details about this card HERE.

I hope you find some inspiration to get started on your own Valentine's cards and maybe make a game too.  Valentine's Day is less than a month away!  All of these projects were made using a Cricut  machine and you will find full directions on my blog, Capadia Designs, at the posts I have linked.  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me.  Have fun using Creative Charms to give your projects the finishing touches that make them unique and special.

Halloween Day is not Far Away!

Wow! I cannot believe that the month of October is almost over and that Halloween is just 5 days away! This is the last week to order the Kit of the Month and the two Deals of the Month!

I have had a lot of fun working with the October Kit of the Month-Vintage Halloween: earlier this month I created a two page layout using the kit of the month and today I am back with my second October project and again I turned to my kit to create a paper bag mini album and two gift card holders! There is so much product in this kit for such a fantastic price of $14.99! If you have not yet ordered it, don't delay, order it today!!!

I have a wonderful Aunt who lives in Florida that we don't get to see that often. She just adores my little guy so I like to keep her updated with photos because he is growing up so fast! I made a mini album using one brown paper bag folded in half and I have prepared it so that it is ready for pictures from this weekend and then ready to send to her. I also made two Halloween gift card holders for my niece and nephew who are now young adults. I think that they will like a gift card for food, fuel or music with their candy!

I love to make paper bag mini albums. It is great way to share photos from a holiday or event with friends and family! For all of the pages I used my expression and the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge to cut five 4.75 squares.

For the cover: I used the Designer's Calendar cartridge to cut Halloween 2010 and the Simply Sweet cartridge to cut the green background for the word Halloween. I tied Black Vintage Velvet Ric Rac and Black Fancy Polka Dot ribbons, both from the kit to bind the mini album. I then added one of the adorable Halloween Vintage Frames that says Boo to You from the kit and of course I had to get the Gradient Gem Stickers-Black from the kit and some Gradient Gem Stickers-Amber from my stash to add some bling!

Inside the mini album I used three Halloween Twinkle Stickers from the kit on the left page just above the photo mat. I just love these fun and sparkly stickers! On the right page I once again reached for the Gradient Gem Stickers-Black to add to the left of the costume sticker and to the little pumpkin sticker that was plain until I gave him black bling eyes and drew on a nose and a mouth.

the left page:the right page:But wait, this is not the last page! When I folded the bag I left the open end to the back so that I could add a pull out page at the end. I attached the pull out page to the inside of the bag using a piece of Black Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon so that it is easy to pull out the page and slide the page back in without falling completely out of the bag. I created a pull tab by simply cutting a small rectangle from black cardstock, scoring it down the center so that it could be easily folded, folded it along the scored line, used a corner rounder on the corners of the tab and adhered it to my pull out page. I used some Halloween stickers and some Gradient Gem Stickers-Black to finish the pull out page.


the pull out page:
Here are the gift card holders that I made for my niece and nephew:

The first one I made a little more masculine for my nephew using a Halloween Vintage Frame that says Ghost to Ghost from my kit, a Happy Halloween sticker that I had, and a round epoxy bat sticker that I had with a Vintage-MakeItYour-SelfAdhesive-Metal-Frames.

The second gift card holder I made more feminine for my niece using a Black Vintage Velvet Poppy (pearl center brad removed) and some black Vintage Velvet Ric Rac ribbon from the kit, three Pure Blossoms-Amber from my stash and three little Gradient Gems Stickers-Black in the center of each Pure Blossom.


There really is a lot of product in this kit! Check out this kit and all of the great products at creativecharms.com

Thanks and make it a great day! :o)