July Shoebox Cards

Wow!  It's July already!  Here are our July Shoebox Creations!!

What a fun card this was to create.  It uses border thin cuts and cricut shapes.  We used the cropadile to add eyelets to this card.  Remember the old days where we needed to punch a hole with an anywhere hole punch and a hammer... it's fun to bring some of those things back!  I love the colors on this card!  This card was inspired by Silke Ledlow.

Anita's ethereal card was super fun to create... She had prestamped the card and the inside was printed on the computer, so we needed to cut the card down to fit everything on the card. The fairy was colored in with colored pencils and used a blender to blend the pencils.  A pretty little gem was added to the wand and a golden oldie ivy stamp was added on the edge along with sponging on the edge.  Gold stars completed the whimsical imagery.  Fun card!  

Beth gets the OA Award this week!!  (Over Achiever) as she offered two cards this month. This card was quick and a lot of fun.  The Happy Birthday was stamped in the white circle and the shoe was already cut out.  We added a bit of ribbon on a paperclip.  All of the cards looked different... we all had different shoes.  It was fun and quick!!

This next card was so much fun!  Beth is a dietitian and likes to bring that into her cardmaking world!!  "I truly RELISH our friendship"  and inside it says "I miss you... Let's KETCHUP soon".  Just darling... The back ground makes it feel like a picnic table cloth.  We did color cut and paste and it was super fun!!

Holly  joined us for the first time and was so thoughtful that she brought cards to share with us!  I love the combination of blue and green!! Love this cute card!!  Looking forward to her joining us in August!!

Kathy brought lots of fun items and passed them around to create a collage card.  She passed around 5x7 cards and offered either blue or green background sheet as the base.  She passed around gems, stamps, ribbons, stickers flowers, washi tape, shimmer spray, buttons, die cuts and such.  I found the blue heart and loved it and built around it... And of course, all of the cards looked so different!!  We enjoyed playing with Kathy's supplies!  

Last month, Pam came as a guest!  So this was her first creation with us!  The card base was hand made paper with a matching envelope.  The "Tea cup" was colored in and cut out.  there was some debate about cutting the steam or not, mine is cut out... someone else used a diecut circle and some chose to cut them off.  Inside, there was a was a pocket with tag that said "Come and share a pot of tea...My home is warm and my friendship's free"  There was some side discussion about adding a tea bag in the pouch and that led to someone saying don't put a used tea bag in there... and we laughed and laughed.

Many of the regulars were unable to attend as it was getting close to a holiday weekend.  Hopefully they will be back to join us in August.  We meet on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM!