January 2018 Sketch at Die Cuttin' Divas

Hello Diva Fans!

Welcome back to Carson's Creations and thanks for popping by! 

Today I am sharing the new challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas. I hope you will join us this week since you have so many options.

This Week's Challenge...

~ Janauary 2018 Sketch~

Here is my Design Team project...

Happy New Year! Hoping that 2018 is a fabulous year. I have set a few goals that are realistic and easy to reach. My first goal was to take less school work home and get more crafty. I am off to a great start!

The stitched circles, stitched rectangle, wine glasses and stitched fishtail sentiment strip are by MFT. I cut the numbers on my Cameo and the sentiment is computer generated in Word.

I used glitter glue to add some sparkle to the glasses and thebows are gold embroidery floss.

Other Challenges:

DL.Art ~ New Year

4 Crafty Chick ~ Glitter

Cute Card Thursday ~ Anything Goes

Always Fun ~ Something New

Hope you will join us at Die Cuttin' Divas this week for our "January 2018 Sketch" challenge. Be sure to check out the other divas.

If you like what you see, please become a follower. There will be LOTS of creativity in 2018. Leave me your blog name and I will stop by to see what you have been making too!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Happy New Year! It's 2016!

Hello Crafty Friends,

Hope you enjoyed the first day of the new year. We went to Dillard's BIG sale this morning and found a few good deals (hubby and I will be looking good when we go back to school next week). Then we went to lunch. Once we got home I was able to craft. I am really pleased with how my card turned out today. I am even thinking about making a few more (perhaps in different colors) for my co-workers.

I am participating in the My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge.

I used the My Favorite Things Zig Zag Stitched Square as the base and then cut the Miss Kate Cuttables year title with my Cameo. I used Ebony embossing powder by Recollections with the My Favorite Things ~ Encouraging Words stamp set on a piece of vellum. The sentiment on the pennant (made with a MFT fishtail) is computer generated. A few black sequins were scattered to add pizzazz.

The inside 0f the card and envelope coordinate with cover.

Other Challenges:
DL.Art ~ January Linky Party (Anything Goes)
Cute Card Thursday ~ Anything Goes
PDE Linky Party ~ Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Happy New Year, Mrs. Carson's Class

Happy New Year's Eve!

Hope everyone is enjoying their day. Between the year coming to an end and Winter Break being almost over...I am thinking where has the time gone! I decided to make a surprise for my students when they return to school on Tuesday. It will be a great way to ring in the second semester...18 more weeks of school then they will be middle schoolers.

I kept the treat bags simple because my students will have these opened and devoured in less than 2 minutes. Some of my girls will save the package, but many of the boys will have the topper in the trash by the end of the day. Of course, I will have to give them the spiel about how long it took to create and how much it would mean if they took it home to show their parents. I will be sure to add a picture to our class webpage too just in case.

I used the blissful bell from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons and knew I wanted it to be gold and silver when I was planning. Then I found this ribbon at Walmart for 50 cents a roll.  I also bought the Hershey Kisses the day after Christmas for 50% off and only used the silver wrappers. Perfect...I could tie all the colors together now!

The sentiment is computer generated (I need to get some New Year stamps. I think I saw Jaded Blossom might actually have a set.), and the scallop circle was cut on my Cameo. The topper is a black square folded in half with a rectangle piece of DCWV pattern paper. I rounded the corners with a Hobby Lobby punch.

I hope my class enjoys the start of 2016!

Challenges:

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons ~ Anything Goes
Little Red Wagon ~ Happy New Year

Mod Squad Challenge ~ One Die Cut

4 Crafty Chicks ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner ~ Anything Goes

Be safe and have fun if you go to any New Year celebrations.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

January's "Anything Goes" Challenge at 3 Girl JAM

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome back for a new 3 Girl JAM monthly challenge. 

The Challenge...

Anything Goes with Ribbon

 Here is my Design Team project...

A pair of New Year's cards to celebrate 2015. 

The 3 1/2" card base was cut from Campin' Critters (sign feature, p. 26) and then the layers were cut smaller (3 1/4" and 3").

I used the Gold Crown crinkle ribbon from the Royal Bundle. The pennant was cut from the Wild Card Cricut cartridge (p.79) at 3" and the stamp is from the Jaded Blossom Miscellaneous Fun set. The inside says "Happy New Year" which was cut from Wild Card (p. 78) at 5 1/4".

I made another card slightly smaller and thought it would be perfect for a birthday.

Other Materials:

White and gold card stock

Foilicious paper

Versafine Black Onyx ink

Other Challenges:

PDE ~ Any Celebration

Simply Create Too ~ Let's Celebrate

Cute Card Thursday ~ Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks ~ Celebrations

Little Red Wagon ~ Happy New Year

Hope you will join us at 3 Girl JAM with your newest "Anything Goes" project. 

Anything Goes with Ribbon

January 3rd - January 30th

Prize ~ $15 gift certificate to 3 Girl JAM shop
 

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Happy New Year with PPPR Freebie

Hello Again Crafty Friends,

 

Thanks for stopping by on this "Marvelous Monday". I have been busy taking pictures of a few projects and I am still planning more to do. I sure do love Winter Break! Having time to be creative is priceless!

 

In my last post I ended with "I was feeling ready to conquer the world". You know that feeling when you think you can do ANYTHING. Well...I may not have conquered the world yet, but I have been conquering this Cameo. : ) I have learned to download and organize my files, adjust sizes to a reasonable card fit, and arrange the various papers on the mats. Now... that is progress to me! Thanks for ALL your help my fellow Cameo users!

 

 Ready for more...here is my newest.

 

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Freebie

Lots of layering

 Pop dots for dimension

Other Materials:

red, yellow, blue, black, and white card stock

striped pattern paper

Tim Holtz bubble wrap embossing folder

red gems

 

Challenges:

Hiding in My Craft Room ~ Anything but Holiday

Cut It Up! ~ New Years

Little Scrap Pieces ~ Linky Party

DL.Art ~ December Linky Party

 

Hoping you have a safe New Year's Celebration!

 

Stay Creative,

Georgiana 

Happy New Year at Exploring Cricut

Happy New Year's Eve!

 

I sure hope everyone had a fabulous 2012 and is ready to bring in 2013 with a BANG! I have enjoyed my Winter Break immensely and I am not quite ready to head back to the class on Wednesday (I still have a few lesson plans and a pile of papers to grade), but I do have a special treat already prepared for my students.

 

Here is my Exploring Cricut project to kick-off 2013...

I cut out all the pieces first, so I could create an assembly line process. 

The background pieces are from Elegant Edges and the clocks are from Nifty Fifties. Most of the ribbon was in my ribbon scrap bucket. I was happy to use them tiny pieces up.

My wonderful daughter stuffed the bags for me while watching a movie. I purchased the candy at Walmart for half price ($1.38 for Hershey nuggets) after asking the manager since it was ringing up full price. I told him I found the bags in the clearance section and it did have a bow on the little pieces, which made it look like holiday merchandise. He agreed! Thank you!

One glue dot held the bag and badge together nicely. I received that Glue Dots dispenser for free when I went to the Scrapbooking Expo earlier this year. It was a gift for attending. I can't wait to go back in 2013.

22 treat bags ready to ring in 2013

Materials:

black, red, and silver card stock

Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge ~ Flourish (p. 53) cut at 3 3/4" and 3 1/2"

Nifty Fifties Cricut cartridge ~ clock cut at 1 3/4" and font cut at 3/4"

red ribbon

Hershey nuggets

plastic treat bags ~ found them at local flea market

 
Be sure to stop by Exploring Cricut today to enter the Let's Welcome 2013 challenge.
 

Happy New Year,
Georgiana

New Years Assembly, Pt. 1

Yesterday, I posted Happy New Year's cards (see one of the four above) and then I started working on creating the 18 for my students. I am using the simple, assembly line technique to get them completed.

I cut out the shadows, bases, faces, and hands of the clocks from Nifty Fifties and I have started to glue the pieces together. I have not finished all of them yet because I am matching the rim with background paper.

Next, I cut out the card base from black cardstock and then the layered piece that will match the clock rim. I cut the paper either using a hamburg or hot dog fold...that means portrait or landscape direction. : )

After gluing the background piece, I added the metallic gold or silver piece that I embossed with a swirling frame (I wish the name of the embossing folder was printed on it!). I sure do like how the paper shimmers in the light. I think I am going to go back to Michaels and see if they have any more left. Since it was on sale they may be all out, but it can't hurt to try.

Now each card is ready for the lettering and the clock to be adhered.

Yeah!

That is next! 

I plan on putting a card in each student's Communication Folder that will go home on Monday instead of giving them to the student directly. I know I have some students that will donate their card to the Desk Fairy (if you know what I mean). This way the parents will get to enjoy the sentiment also.

**Here is the second half of the list of 30 Reasons to Send a Card that I started last night. **

15 More Reasons...

16. Christmas

17. Rosh Hashanah

18. New Year's

19. Just Because

20. Kwanzaa

21. Chanukah

22. Easter

23. Get Well Soon

24. Sorry I Crashed the Car

25. Groundhog's Day

26. New Job

27. Thinking of You

28. Expecting

29. New Baby

30. Hang in There

Well, I am doing great with #18 ~ Happy New Year's. I sure hope I do not get a #24, especially since my 16 year old is supposed to get his license at the end of the week...Yikes!

Time to finish these cards, so I can continue with my list. I have to make another birthday card for my darling niece (her birthday is Tuesday the 28th) since my son took the one I had already made. He gave it to his girlfriend who had a birthday a couple of days ago. I sure hope she liked it!

Oh, before I go...THANK YOU.

Thank you for visiting. Thank you for commenting. Thank you for allowing me to share with you. I have been fortunate to "meet" many crafty people and I appreciate the time you spend chatting (blogging and e-mailing). Hoping 2011 is a magnificent year.

Stay Creative,

Georgiana  

Can You Believe 2011 is Just Around the Corner? And 15 Reasons to Send a Card

Santa may have checked his list twice to find out who was naughty and who was nice, but I made a list of cards I wanted to start making today. I referred back to one of the books I received for Christmas and decided to make New Year's cards using Chapter 5 ~ Working with Multiples. Two techniques I thought were useful were simplify and assembly line.

I purchased these wonderful gold and silver packs of paper on sale at Michaels today, and I wanted to use it just for this project. Each card is going to use the same color scheme (simple...black, gold and/or silver). I just changed the embellishments.

This embossing folder adds a special touch that does not need any extra images. 

This card contains both gold and silver. I used silver ribbon, black gems, black glittery brads, and silver buttons.

I am going to make 18 of these cards...one for each student. I cut out all the pieces and will assemble in the morning when everyone is still sleeping. I want to give a card to each student when we return from Winter Break on January 3rd.

The clock (p. 51) was cut from Nifty Fifties at 2". Happy New Year was cut from the Wild Card cartridge (p. 78) at 6 1/2" and 2011 was cut at 1/2".

Here is another list I wanted to share with everyone from The Cardmaker's Workbook on p.138.

30 Reasons to Send a Card...I will list 15 today and the other 15 tomorrow.

1. I'm Sorry

2. I'm NOT Sorry

3. Happy Birthday

4. New Home

5. Thanksgiving

6. Valentine's Day

7. Happy Belated Anniversary

8. I Love You

9. I Like You

10. Good Report Card

11. New Car

12. New Dog

13. New Therapist

14. Wedding

15. Congrats on Your Divorce

Challenges:

The Corrosive Challenge Blog # 96 ~ Bling It On

Creative Craft Challenge ~ Anything Goes!

Anything Goes Challenge Blog Week 30 ~ The Letter C ~ Clock

Until next time...

Georgiana