MY creations by M.Y.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Stampin Up card exchange

I made this Easter card for my S.U. club's card exchange this weekend. You know I love Spellbinder's dies and for this card I used 2 dies from their limited edition Easter line: Easter Borderabilities petite S4-237 & Nested Eggs S4-264.
The card is just yellow cardstock that I cut to 6", and folded in half (a 12 x 12 sheet cut in half & folded), the paper & ribbon are from H.L., I also bought the silver Stickles there (it's on the egg).
So, once I had all my pieces cut out I chalked everything---with my fav. "chestnut roan." :) I started by adding the border to the bottom of the card, ribbon next (you HAVE to use ribbon glue...I tried to use my tape runner, and it fell off. Stayed on when I glued it back on with my ribbon glue though). Next I glued my big egg to the card, added the smaller egg to the card using pop-up dots. Finishing touches were stickles to the eggs, and adding my "little chick" to the egg with a pop-up dot. Do you realize where it came from? Look at the center of the border....when you cut out the border, the chick and the side chicks are your leftovers. :) Never throw away the "leftovers," sometimes they come in handy.

CREATIVE CRAFTS

(Hobby Lobby classroom)

Friday, April 9 @ 5:30pm

"Mother's Day wooden photo frame"

Friday, April 23 @ 5:30pm

"Mother's Day card & 6 x 6 mini page*"

*Bring a photo if you'd like.

ALL materials will be provided

$10 person/class

R.S.V.P. is appreciated!!!

Questions? Call:

245-2964

Easter Pail & Tag

I thought it would be cute to make Easter Baskets; but use metal pails instead of the traditional baskets. So, I bought these pails at Hobby Lobby, and added lace and ribbon to them. The printed paper is from H.L., and so is the "grass." The egg tag is Spellbinder's die: S4-264 Nested Eggs & the chick is S4-263 Easter Fun. I added Stikles to the egg, and colored the chick using water color pencils, with liquid glass added to the feet, beak and eye.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

I love the way this card turned out! We used Spellbinder's Impressabilities I2-1008 Tulips, and S4-209 Tulip Pendant. For the background, we used Core`dinations paper in purple, and embossed it using the Impressability. Then we sanded it, to really make the tulips stand out. We adhered that to our card front, and cut the card to make it the same size as our impressability; on the side however, we just cut the front of the card, we left the inside the original size and added our coordinating ribbon to the inside edge. Next we cut out our pendant, threaded ribbon through it and attached it to the card. For the pendant center we used the Core`dinations paper once again, sanded it, then added pearls to our card.

We made cards in pastel purple, yellow and blue.

For the 6 x 6 mini album page we used the "Twitterpated" paper collection from Imaginisce. So cute!!! What is awesome about this paper line is the pages are double sided. So you have several combinations that you could use. So for the main page, take a 12 x 12 paper cut into 4- 6 x 6 squares. 1st accent paper is cut to 2 x 6, and glued to page; 2nd accent page is cut to 1 x 6 and glued to bottom of page. We added lace and ribbon next to our page, then used the smallest S4-180 Nested Bird die from Spellbinders, to finish it off.

This picture is of Caden & Deianeira last Easter. So sweet :)

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

CREATIVE CRAFTS

(Hobby Lobby classroom)

Friday, March 19 @ 5:30 p.m.

"Easter 6x6 mini page & card"

*Bring a photo if you'd like

Friday, March 26 @ 5:30 p.m.

"Easter treat pail & gift tag"

ALL materials will be provided

$10 person/class

R.S.V.P. is appreciated!

Margarita Ybarra

(970) 245-2964

St. Patrick's Day card

This card features Spellbinder's die: S4-136 Classic Heart (that I used to make the Shamrock's with, using core`dinations paper, so the hearts could be sanded for a distressed look). Thanks for the idea Sis!!! :) For this card I used the only St. Patrick's Day print paper I could find...who knew it would be so hard!? Ribbon, rhinestones,and eyelets are used as embellishments.

6 x 6 mini St. Patrick's page

Once again using my only St. Patty's paper, i cut a 12" x 12" green cardstock into 4 6" x 6" squares; same with the print paper (it's just cut in half to make the triangle). Ric-rac & rhinestones were again used as the embellishments, and the Spellbinder's die is: S4-162 Labels 2. This picture is of my daughter again when she was about 4 months old. :)

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Valentine Treat Box

I got the pattern for this treat box from my cousin, Karen, and thought it would make a cute Valentine's treat box (it has Dove chocolates inside). So, I traced the pattern onto this Valentine printed paper, cut it out and chalked the edges. The tag is Spellbinder's die: S3-086 Tiny Tags, and I wrote "Be Mine" on it, chalked it, and attached it to the box using some fancy floss.

6 x 6 mini Valentine album page

Using the same Valentine themed paper, I cut a 12 x 12 sheet into 4 6" x6 "squares, cut my accent piece 2" x 6", and added my scalloped paper, ribbon and pearls to that. Spellbinder's die is S5-006 Curved Rectangles (this is the pink accent paper behind the photo). This is a picture of my daughter when she was around 2 years old. Such a cutie! :)

I made this card for my neice, Leahandra's 2nd birthday. This is all printed paper that I just cut out and added some embellishments too. Simple, but cute. :)

Saturday, January 23, 2010

CREATIVE CRAFTS

Hobby Lobby (classroom)

Friday, February 12 @ 5:30 pm

"Valentine 6x6 mini page & Treat box"

Friday, February 26 @ 5:30 pm

"St. Patrick's Day 6x6 mini page & Card"

(For the 6x6 mini pages you may bring photos if you like)

All materials will be provided.

$10 person / class

R.S.V.P. is appreciated!!!

Questions? call me: 245-2964

The "tag" card was made using Spellbinder's die: S3-1028 Standard Tag. The tag was made with Core`dinations paper (when it's sanded a lighter shade of pink shows through). "Stamp" paper is from Michaels, and scrap pieces of paper were added to the top and bottom, for additional color. (Never throw scraps away....these are very small pieces of paper, but they worked perfectly)! :) To the image we added liquid glass (cupcake), stickles (saying at bottom) and pearls. We made the envelopes from Mulberry paper and added a stamped saying (again from Michal's $1 spot), and stickles to the heart. Coordinate ribbons to bring out colors in the image.

For the Heart shaped card (Michael's valentine pack), I used die: S4-136 Classic Heart from Spellbinder's, ribbon, stickles, hemp and I added a button. Inside we used the "happy <3 day" stamp again. This card I kept simple, so people could embellish how they liked, using red, pink or white paper, "lips" stamp, and various ribbons. No 2 cards were alike! I think people like having the opportunity to have a base to work from, but to add their own personal touches to it. :)

This was our project for our Stampin' Up club for January. Card on the right is a "treat cup" card. When you pull the tab, it releases the M & M's, but the card remains intact. :)

I made these cards for our Stampin' Up card exchange. Products used: liquid glass, stickles, pearls, chalk ink & ribbon.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

This is a K & Company calendar kit that I made for my parents for Christmas. (I made my in-laws one as well; same kit, but different photos). I can't believe how awesome this turned out. I love K & Company's "Classic K Bailey" paper set anyways...so this was so cool, making a calendar out of that paper line. Love it!

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

mini Christmas Memory Album

This project is made using Spellbinder's die: S5-017 Snowflake Frame (on the front), and one of my FAV. paper companies, MME. This is their "Signature Christmas" line. Love it! :)

This project is not one of my own making this time. The idea comes from my sister, Terre. Thanks for sharing ideas sis! :)