I suppose it doesn’t take a lot of imagination to guess what my first projects of the new year will be. I could have started with making calendars but I got on to the V-Day bandwagon instead 🙂 So calendars to follow but here are some V-Day projects for now.
First up is a twisted easel card. Have you ever received a lovely greeting card and have wanted to stand it up at your desk or shelf but couldn’t because it was too delicate for that? Twisted easel cards are a great way to solve that because they are meant to be stood up straight.
Here is the one I made:
Supplies:
Cardstock: Kraft from Papertrey Ink, Georgia Pacific 110
Stamp sets: HappyTrails from Papertrey Ink
Inks: True Black from Papertrey Ink, Broken China distress ink from Tim Holtz
Accessories: Doily and brad from Martha Stewart, Lace ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon
Tools: Silhouette Cameo
When closed, the card folds flat but when open, it can be kept the way it is in the photo.
My big splurge this Thanksgiving was a Silhouette Cameo. I badly wanted to use it to make a few V-Day cards. For this one, I got my Cameo to cut out the panel with the bird, heart and the branch. Then I stuck patterned and colored cardstock on the back of the panel to color it up. Sponged the edges with Broken China distress ink and stamped with a sentiment from the PTI happy trails set.
Here are some photos of the card in progress:
This card goes to:
- the Cameo Creations Challenge blog.
- the Simply Create Too “Love is in the Air” challenge.
More V-Day cards on their way…
Cuts, Crops & Creativity 
This card is so sweet and beautiful! You did such a fabulous job! Thank you so much for joining in on the fun at Cameo creations Challenge! Toodles!
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Thanks Monica! Glad I came across your Cameo blog 🙂 Looking forward to more Cameo challenges.
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Sweet card! Nice clean and simple design!
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Love how you made this card, so creative!
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This is so cute…I love that little birdie! Thanks so much for sharing your Cameo Creation with us! :)Lisahttp://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com
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What a gorgeous card! I am definitively going to try this technique, thanks for sharing and playing with us. Good luck!
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Such a sweet card! Love that cut!! Thanks for joining us over at Cameo Creations and good luck!! Make sure you join us for the next challenge!
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This is so cute! I love that you showed us the work in progress! Thank you for playing along with us on our first Cameo Creations Challenge. We hope that you will play with us again! Hugs Carley http://www.craftycarley.com
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