Christmas 3D card

Hallo,
  Well if I keep at it maybe I will get enough cards made to send out for Christmas 2018 instead of having to buy store bought like I did in 2017.
   This card base is a die from Accu Cut that was designed by my friend Vicki Chrisman. It includes the base and the little frames and squares and a tab to hold it closed with.
  The scenes in the middle and front of card are  from  Christmas cards from 2016. I cut  them out to fit, and the Merry Christmas is a die from Top Dog dies. I added a few stickers, blue doo dads and a chipboard snowflake painted blue to decorate and lastly a bit of Velcro added to the card back and the closure tab to hold it closed.
   All the die cut make for a quick and easy card but really cute too.
   I am planning on working on some Valentines Day cards too and cant wait - it has been a long time since I really have made many cards!!! I have spent a lot of hours this weekend cleaning, sorting and rearranging my craft spaces and it is so nice to have them clean and usable again!!!
     Sometime this week I do have to get my Christmas tree down and clean house also, but then more cards!!!
   Take Care
          Tera

Noel - 3D card

 Hallo,
    Just dropping in for a quick post today before I head to work....I didn't get Christmas cards made to send out this year and horror of horrors had to send out store bought!!
   The card I did this am was started last year at this time.....ah hem....yup...
   The base for this card is a lovely 3D die cut from Accu Cut that was designed by my friend Vicki Chrisman as is the bow die on the front of the card. Really makes this kind of card easy to do!!!!
  All the patterned cardstock on the inside is part of the die cut also.
  The middle panel is highlighted by the front of one of last years Christmas cards that was too pretty to throw away - I cut the picture out of the card with a Spellbinders die.
   Cutting already done from last year, all I had to do was fold, glue, tape and add pretty pretties too.
   Have a Great day!!!
     Tera

3D with rhinestones

Hallo,
  Ah Friday....for most of you that means a weekend off, alas for my its day 1 of 3  twelve hour shifts in a row (night shift...)
  So I took the pups for a long walk and am headed to the craft room for a bit.
  Showing you the last of the samples I made for Mondays 3D box and card class using another of the 'landscape die from Accu cut and another digital image from Rick St.Dennis.
  I foofed it up a bit this time with some pretty rhinestones, inside and out....
   All for today - Have a great weekend and I will see you all again on Monday afternoon sometime :)
   Take Care
       Tera

Accu cut landscape die and Rick St.Dennis

Hallo,
  Well my puppies are happy campers today - they didn't get a walk yesterday because of the rain (and I was too tired after work in the am to brave the rain...) so I got them (and me :) a good long walk this morning. Chilly but that just made me walk faster which is better for me and the pups too(they would love it if I ran but that aint happenin :)
    Todays card is another from my class on Monday (a 3D box and card class that I  am teaching with our local, all volunteer adult learning organization here in town).
   I used a wonderful die from Accu cut designed by my friend Vicki Chrisman, and a digital image from Rick St.Dennis - and I guess you can say that this is my very first card with one of his images (I have several colored up but not made up into anything yet...)
  The black base is a very heavy black cardstock that is almost chipboard weight and works perfectly for this die. and then I used a pretty silver paper from Paper Temptress that I cannot remember the name of....
  I kept this one fairly simple with minimal decs just cause I really liked the black and white and silver.
  I used a white with silver ribbon as a closure for this card - and I stamped a phrase on that panel but it doesn't show up well (I will adjust that once I get a spare minute .....
   And speaking of spare minutes, I am out of them for now - I have and art class, then post office, bank, groceries and then maybe some craft time this afternoon......
    Take Care
         Tera

3D box and card class - more stairstep cards....

Hallo,
  Been a busy day for me here - got a bit of sleep this am and then up by noon to make a class with CLL that I am taking, then a couple errands, then home to play with the pups (rainy, damp and very cold today so we played house tag and house fetch :)
  So now finally some blogging time...
   This is another sample from my 3D box and card class. I used all the same papers and such as yesterdays card but the main image is one from a blog called " Two for Tuesdays" - She post old/vintage photos and magazine pages that are free for you to use  - I have a file made to save ones I liked over the last couple years and just love this flower!!!
I used some silver corner stickers on this one and some shiney flowers with a pearl center. I also used a black pearl outline on the flower panel that I think really makes it pop....
  All for today - trying to get my 3D box class organized and started for next Monday because I got talked into an extra shift on Friday night so am working all weekend....
   Take Care
      Tera

3D box and card class - stairstep card

Hallo,
  A quick note today before I head off to bed for the morning....work ya know :)
  I had the second session of my 3D box and card class with our local, all volunteer adult learning organization here in town and this week I had for them 2 styles and all in black and white.
  For this card I used and Accucut die which makes doing a stairstep card so quick and easy that it is ridiculous!!!!
  I used a pretty white/silvery shimmery cardstock from Paper Temptress called 'silver luster' for the base and then had some panel made up for them to add as they wished using stamps from Flourishes (sadly, no longer in business, but still some of my very favorite stamps!!!). I had them edge the edges of the panels with silver metallic ink and then for my demo model here I added some pearls and a white ribbon flower and a pretty little cameo button
  All for today - will have more class samples for you over the next couple days :)
      Take Care
         Tera

Sweet Cakes

 Hallo,
   Talk about a 'no-bake' cake :)
Showing you pictures from last Wednesdays 3D box and card class - we used a cupcake stand designed by my friend Vicki - http://vickichrisman.blogspot.com/ for Accu Cut - www.accucutcraft.com and then  we also used 2 of the cake dies from Accu Cut also - the small and medium sized ones.
  I tell ya, I wanted some real cake by the time we were done :)
   All for today - worked last night and tonight so sleeping most of the day today and then after tonight I have 2 weeks off (craft fair and a 3 day Nursing Conference and a few days to play :)
  Take Care
      Tera

Dress and tuxedo boxes - Cll class #2

 Hallo,
   Well I survived my long 4 day stretch - 4 12 hour shifts in a row - and I can say with some certainty that I am defiantly not going to do that again any time soon!!!!!
  I didn't make it to the morning class that I took,  opting for a couple hours sleep :)  but these pics are from my afternoon class - the one I am 'teaching'.
   This is a 3D box and card class that I am teaching for our local CLL - which stands for Center for Lifelong Learning. Everyone from the instructors to the office folk and organizers are all volunteer and the fee to take classes are minimal - 50 dollars for 4 classes. A few classes do charge a fee just for materials such as my class and the beading class ect.
   Our CLL offers classes in everything from history, genealogy, politics, religious and philosophy, to arts and crafts such as beading, knitting weaving and cardmaking and even skeet shooting so there is a wide variety!!!!
   The dies I used for this class are from Accucut ( www.accucutcraft.com ) and are a dress box and a tuxedo box. I have seen these done in many ways for weddings, and I also pulled out other pretty papers for some non-wedding ones. So these pictures are ones the gals did in class - I remembered to take pictures this week (photos from last weeks projects will be coming eventually - I asked the gals to either email pics to me or bring them back next time for me to take pictures of - )
   The variety of boxes between the 4 of us was really cool and they came up with some really good ideas too!!!!

 This third photo are the ones I did in class - first to demonstrate but then just made a few more :) These 2 dies are so easy to put together that they take no time at all and then you can have lots of fun decorating them :)