Texas Craft Connection

  I love creating masterboards from scraps of leftover papers. I used one for the background of this cute Summerween card. I added some blue glitter paper die cuts. The adorable ghost and sentiment is from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Boo Crazy Stamp Set. Tell me! Do you decorate for Summerween?

 Cardmaking 101 is a series I'm starting for anyone looking to get into the craft of card making. I'll be adding helpful references you can bookmark to use in your card making journey, so you can relax and enjoy the creative process! Let's talk mats. Mats can give your cards more visual interest and depth. Layering cardstock is the way to achieve this look. I'm including a couple of reference charts for the two most common sizes of cards, A2 (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") and A7 (5"x7"). A2 Layering Mat Guide A7 Layering Mat Guide In case you get confused by all the marks on a ruler, here is a handy guide to help with finding the right marks for your project requirements so you can get it right every time! Here are a couple of examples showing the use of layered mats in cardmaking.   I hope you find these guides helpful! Be sure to bookmark this page so you can refer to it when you need it. Happy creating! :) ~ Pamela

  You are the avocado to my toast. This card was so much fun to make! My son went to breakfast at First Watch and brought me the silverware wrapper, which I turned into the sentiment. One of the avocados is a tiny shaker that is filled with little avocado shaker bits and glitter. I think this has to be one of my most favorite cards that I've made! Tell me... do you like Avocado Toast? The avocados are cut from dies that I purchased from Kat Scrappiness. The tiny avocado shaker bits can be found here on Amazon.

 This week's Craft Roulette parameters were the following: Project - Kid's Card Colors - Theater Element - Picture(s) Random - 1/2 and 1/2 I layered my card base with some rainbow gradient pattern scrapbook paper. I die cut a honeycomb using an A2 coverplate, but only used half of it to achieve my 1/2 & 1/2 parameter. The bear is die cut and colored with colored pencils. The cute little bee elements are from a MayMay Made It stamp set, which I fussy cut and colored with markers. To create a "picture" effect, I used a purple foiled frame  that I made on my Glimmer foiling system from Spellbinders and cut out with rectangle dies. The marble foil plate I used is from Altenew.  This was my 47th submission for Craft Roulette.

 I had so much fun designing and creating this mixed media birthday card. I love designs that involve colors and textures, so I was completely in my happy zone with this one. I used die cuts for the lettering. The background is ink blended using Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Picked Raspberry, Kitsch Flamingo and Spun Sugar. I stenciled over the top portion of the back to achieve the small dots. The bottom portion is stamped using a water droplet stamp. I then finished off the bottom edge with a strip of washi tape. The butterfly and dragonfly are die cut pop up stickers. Drop me a comment and let me know what elements you like to combine for mixed media cards! Happy Cardmaking! ~ Pamela

I'm a little late in getting this posted but hopefully it will spark a little Irish inspiration for your creations! Hope you enjoy! ~ Pamela Both cards were designed and created by Thomas @texascraftconnection