The Sewgood Crafter

Easter Bunny Card

It is Inspiration Wednesday at The Cutting Cafe.  I have been sick for the past couple of days but I wanted to still do this week’s project as I so enjoy doing them and sharing with you.  I used the Easter Bunny Shaped Card 2 Template Cutting File.  Instead of using the shaped card, I just used the top.  I used a Happy Easter word paper in the background and it is a bit busy.  So I put a blue shadow around the bunny in hopes of making it stand out more.  It did not work as well as I had hoped.  I used a bunny print paper that also says Happy Easter in the shape of the left bunny.  I am not sure the two papers work well together but I went with it anyway.

I used Stickles to try to add the pink as you often see on the inside of bunny ears and I stickled the tail also.  I used a flower for the eye and a pearl for the nose.  The inside is very simple:

Easter Bunny Card Inside

Make sure you stop by The Cutting Cafe Blog to see the other wonderful projects from the design team.  Thanks for stopping by!

The video…

St. Patrick’s Day Card and Balsa Box

This week for The Cutting Cafe design team project, we were able to choose from any St. Patrick’s Day files.  I chose to use the St. Patrick’s Day Think Green Printable Stamp Set and the Lucky Me Printable Stamp Set to make this fun card and covered balsa box.  I used Spellbinders dies to cut circles, squares, and the fancy tags.  I used recollections and 3 Birds paper.  This set is for my husband’s friend Shawn as she really loves St. Patrick’s Day.

St. Patrick’s Day Card

The green circle sentiment and shamrock are from the Think Green set.  I thought up the sentiment on the fancy tag and thought it was a cute take on the phrase ‘you rock.’

St. Patrick’s Day Card Inside

The inside sentiment is from the Lucky Me Printable Stamp Set mentioned above.

St. Patrick’s Day Balsa Box Front

St. Patrick’s Day Balsa Box Back

The balsa wood box is from Michael’s dollar bin.  I just painted the inside and sides, and covered it with paper and edged with flat back pearls.  We added a gift card to the inside of the box also.

St. Patrick’s Day Card Sentiment Close Up

St. Patrick’s Day Card Second Sentiment Close Up

Please head over to the Cutting Cafe’s Blog on Wednesday afternoon to see all of the design team projects and an opportunity for you to win three files next week.  Just leave a comment and you will be eligible!  Thanks for stopping by!   Here’s my video…

I am happy to say I did my first YouTube tutorial this weekend! A couple of people asked how I made the flowers for my gift set swap I did recently and one in particular asked if I could do a tutorial.  So, here it is…

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Snowflake Thank You Card

Pink and Black Thank You Card

I have two scrappy friends that deserve to be thanked and I was behind on doing so.  So this weekend I finally made them cards.  I think they both turned out nice and I hope they like them.  Below is a video view.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Today is my dad’s birthday!  Happy birthday Dad!  It is also Inspiration Wednesday on The Cutting Cafe Blog, which means new design team projects.  Combine the two and you get my project for today!  The Little Red Wagon Box Template file is the cutest doggone thing ever!  Regina outdid herself with this design!  We all got the opportunity to create with it for this week and I can’t wait to see what my fellow team members came up with.  So make sure you head over to the cafe later to see all the projects!  Now, for my project…

Birthday Celebration Card and Wagon

I made the wagon and the boxes that come with the file using the K & Company Confetti line.  I just love the way it turned out!  I also made a card and a base for the wagon using the Postage Stamp Shaped Card Template.  Originally I did not have a base on it, but decided to add it so some of the following photos will be of the wagon before adding it.

Birthday Celebration Wagon Second Side

Birthday Celebration Wagon – Wheels

The sentiments on the wheels and on the handle are from the Pinwheel Sentiment Template file which is another wonderful and versatile file.

Birthday Celebration Wagon Front

Birthday Celebration Wagon – Back and Side View

Birthday Celebration Wagon Close Up

Birthday Celebration Wagon Close Up Details

Birthday Celebration Wagon on a Base

Birthday Celebration Card

Birthday Celebration Card Inside View

Here’s my video …

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I participated in a gift set swap hosted by Scrapdaworld on YouTube and it was a blast.  This was a unique swap in which we created coordinated sets to swap that can be used for projects.  We had to create a usable tag…

Gift Set Swap Tag

Gift Set Swap Tag Back

To the tag we needed to add at least three laces or trims that were 18″ in length…

Gift Set Swap Trims on Tag

Next we had to make two stick pins. Instead of just including the stick pins, I decided to cover a balsa box from Michael’s to house my creations…

Gift Set Swap Covered Balsa Box

Gift Set Swap Balsa Box Side View

Gift Set Swap Stick Pins in Covered Balsa Box

Gift Set Swap Stick Pins

Next we needed to make a flower…

Gift set swap handmade flowers made with white crepe paper sprayed with Graphite Tattered Angels spray on a large glue dot

And here is the completed set and all of my submissions (there were three others in my group and I made one for the host)…

Gift Set Swap Packaging

Gift Set Swap Submissions

Here is my video on the swap…

Thanks for stopping by!

Altered Canvas Inspirational Project

It is Inspiration Wednesday for The Cutting Cafe and you know what that means…new design team projects!  This week we were given the Everyday Postage Stamp Printable Set which features a postage stamp shaped card, toppers, and mini postage stamps.  I also wanted to participate in an inspirational challenge on YouTube that was due yesterday, so I decided to use the Rejoice in the Lord Always Printable Stamp Set and do a two-fer!  So I am using this project for two things!  This was a time saver indeed!

Altered Canvas – Verse Detail

I covered a flat canvas board with paper that had copper foiling and just continued with that color.  The ribbon and leaves (from picks) under the butterfly are actually some after Christmas sale goodies I got that work any time of the year.  I did not want to go too frilly as to try to keep some of the focus on the scripture I used which my favorite – I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.  My project uses a similar version.  Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to watch the video of the project after the photos below.

Altered Canvas – Bird Detail

Altered Canvas – Butterfly Detail

Altered Canvas – Bow and Flower Detail

Here’s the video: