eCraft Monday Design Team Project

 

If you are here for the While the Cat’s Away, the Mice will Play Blog Hop, you are in the right spot, just scroll down to the previous post!

 

CHA is underway!!!  That means that we get to drool over all the new goodies coming out!  My #1 must have is of course the eBosser!  Check out some of the videos below that have popped up on You Tube, but first, how about my project for today?

See the entire project HERE on the eCraft by Craftwell blog.  OH, and DO NOT forget to sign up to win an eBosser from Craftwell from our Surprise Blog Hop.  You have until Saturday, Feb 4th to get your entry in.  Take a look at what you could win!!!

A Non Sporty Card made from Sports Life!

I mentioned the other day that there is a category on the eCraft Sports Life SD card that is called Spectator & Awards.  Well in that category are all sorts of things that can be used for non-sporting events as well.

So for this card, I cut out the popcorn box and the soda.  On the popcorn box, I cut out all layers and colored in the words on the popcorn box with my Copics (again...be careful!).  The soda is cut with all layers.  For the background, I did some magic with my PSE 8 and some digi paper, graphic files, and fonts.  Love this card!  I am going to have to plan a special movie night for my DH so that I have an excuse to give him this card!

Tomorrow is a super simple card (or a set of 3) that I made using a single cut from Office Essentials and some FABULOUS new paper that I just got!

I hope Mr. Miyagi would approve!

I knew when I saw all the karate images on the Sports Life eCraft SD card that I just had to make something with one of them.  My son has been invited to a karate themed birthday party and so of course, I need to make a card for the birthday boy!

I just loved this image of the hand chopping a piece of wood, I mean isn't that the ultimate goal if you study karate!  On top of that, it is only three cuts to complete the look so that is easy.  I made the yellow starburst in Inkscape and cut it out with the eCraftshop Pro software along with the POW! which was made using Lettering Delights LD Kazaam font.  The patterned paper is from the Lettering Delights Ninja Kicks paper pack and adds just that little extra punch!

More coming tomorrow!

Don't you just love it when inspiration hits you like a brick?  That is exactly what happened with me when I read the saying that I used on this card!  Every now and then, when someone in my life is going through a difficult time, I like to give them a card to let them know that I care and hopefully lift them up a bit.  I think that this saying is just perfect for such an occasion.

Since I did not make this for anyone in paticular, I wanted to use a neutral color palette so that it can be given to a man or a woman when it is needed.  The saying of course just shouted "Nautical Theme!!!", so I turned to the eCraft Sports Life SD card and found the anchor and the wheel (along with several other nautical type cuts) and then I paired it up with this wonderful frame from Laina Lamb's Office Essentials SD card.  There is a whole category for frames on the card!  The wheel was stamped with Papertrey Ink's Woodgrain stamp set, and the background was impressed with the coordinating Impression Plate.  A little jute twine completed the look!

YAHOO! I got some new eCraft SD Cards!

I recently received a very generous gift of 2 eCraft SD cards (Thanks Emily!).  I got Sports Life and Office Essentials, and I thought the only thing to do is to make a bunch of cards with these cards and share them here with all of you.

Now, I have to tell you...I am not a "Sports" person.  Even though I am a mom of 2 boys, neither one of them have gravitated to a sport yet.  I am sure that when they do, I will become the biggest fan of that sport and of course the proud mama of my little athletes.  As I was looking through the images on the Sports Life eCraft SD card, I was really surprised.  This card covers just about every sport I could think of.  There are images on here for Football, Baseball, Soccer, Lacrosse, Track, Basketball, Hockey, Ice Skating, Fencing, Gymnastics, Sailing, Rowing, Fishing, Swimming, Diving, Weight Lifting, Boxing, Wrestling, Horseback Riding, Rodeo, Tennis, Volleyball, Golf, and Karate.  On top of that, there is a category full of Spectator and Award items, and a font.  So even though I am not a sports person, there is plenty here for me to play with.  Let's start with this cutie cheerleader!

I did something a little different with this cut.  I used some of the onlay pieces (mainly the darker green pieces and the hair) and then for the rest of it, I treated it like a stamp and colored it with my Copics.  Now I have to warn you, the eCraft pen is not Copic approved and you have to be really careful to not go over any of the pen lines because you will end up with a mess (don't ask me how I know this).  I can only hope that maybe one day Craftwell will come out with pens for the eCraft that work with Copic markers because this was so much fun and a lot of the eCraft images I think would work well this way.

The other thing that I did different with this cutie is that I used an Action Wobble to attach her to the card.  If you haven't seen these, they are very cool.  When you attach something with an Action Wobble, the item will bounce around and it stays securely onto the card.  And trust me it does stay securely, I put it to a good test and this little cheerleader looks like she is really jumping up for joy.  So much fun!

Tomorrow I will share with you a card I made from the Office Essentials eCraft SD card!