Quick Christmas Card (Felicitare de Craciun care se face repede)

Welcome to Cuttlebug Be Inspired #59.
I hope you have enjoyed our Festival of Lights.

Now that Thanksgiving cards are no longer in the way we can focus totally on those Christmas cards that we need so many of and never have time to make enough.



If you are like me and have loads of work to do, you are in need of quick Christmas cards ideas, right?

Here's one quick, cheap, yet so beautiful card you can mass produce.


Materials needed:

- 1 standard card blank
- 1 standard envelope
- cardstock a little smaller than your card front
- cuttlebug folder *Lace tree*
- 1 rhinestone
- adhesive


Tools:

- paper cutter (trimmer or ruler+craft knife)
- paper folder (I use Scor-it)
- cuttlebug (or other embossing machine)
- adhesive
- sharp edge for distressing (I used my craft knife but you might have a special tool for that)



How to make it (watch your clock it will take less than 5 minutes):

1. Take your smaller cardstock and run it through your cuttlebug.
2. Use sharp blade or even your house key to distress edges.
3. Adhere to card front (I use double sided tape. I heard zip dry glue is also great for this job.)
4. Adhere rhinestone in the middle of your embossed tree (Use small amount of strong clear dryglue).
5. YOU'RE DONE!!!

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and it will inspire you to make your own quick Christmas cards.

Now hop over to Cuttlebug Challenge Blog to see what the other designers have done.

We are featuring the exclusive Oh My Crafts cuttlebug folders and we are actually giving away 4 sets of these gorgeous Christmas folders).
All you have to do for a chance to win is participate in the Cuttlebug Be inspired callenge. You get 2 weeks to play, so what are you waiting for? All the details are here.

Festival of Lights Blog Hop (Festivalul luminilor)

Welcome to the Festival of Lights by Cuttlebug Challenge Blog.

We are starting the celebrations with a blog hop.

You don't have to go in any particular order, just download your map,
so you can circle the places that you've been, and you have until Sunday night to get everywhere. In addition to the fabulous projects, we have decided to hide treasures along the hop! Download blog list here.



Two selected Designers will draw a random winner from the comments left on their blogs, and one winner will receive a $30 Gift Certificate to Peachy Keen Stamps and the other winner will receive a One Year Subscription to Technique Junkies.
The fun part is…
we’re not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post this weekend so you have a lot of chances to win!! Don't forget to add the Cuttlebug Challenge blinkie to your blog or to follow the blog, we are our Journey of 2000!




Now on to today's opening lights....

I have made a very quick vellum lantern.

Make one yourself in 5 minutes:

1. Cut a strip of vellum.
2. Run it through your Lacy Tree cuttlebug folder.
3. Use double sided tape to adhere ends to make a tube.
4. Embellish to your heart's desire.
Caution! You can only use battery operated candels.

I used a silver chipboard tree and pearl color beads to embellish my tree.

If you make one yourself please leave me a link so I can see it.

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edited later:
Your questiones answered:
I have been receiving some questions about my Christmas lantern so I will be posting all the answers here.

1. Paper size. I used a 4 1/2x 6 1/2 inch (11x16cm) strip of paper. It is not as high as my A2 embossing folder so I left out the lower part of the lace tree. The size actually doesn't matter. All you need to know is that you should use a long strip of paper. Try digging in your scrap stash for some of those. Idea: make a set of lanterns of different sizes for a beautiful centerpiece.

2. Embossing folders. I have used the *Lace tree* from cuttlebug, but you can use anything you have. You could emboss the whole strip or even leave it unembossed. Idea: try stamping on your vellum or try heat embossing. Punch holes for different effects.

Cuttlebug Festival of Lights (Festivalul Luminilor la cuttlebug)

If you haven't visited Cuttlebug Challenge Blog lately, here is what is going on. We have been preparing a surprise event, just to warm you up before Christmas. There will be lots of light.... no
more hints. Be sure to check back here tomorrow 7am EST and enjoy the first day of the festival.


Daca nu ati vizitat recent Cuttlebug Challenge Blog, iata care sunt noutatile. Pregatim de ceva vreme un festival al luminilor. Nu, nu are legatura cu "Luminatia" din 1 noiembrie ci e o sarbatoare specifica altor tari europene ca Suedia, Franta, Olanda, fiind de multe ori asociata cu Sf. Lucia.
Gasiti aici un articol amanuntit.

Festivalul incepe maine la ora 14:00 (ora Romaniei). Vor fi multe premiii si idei pentru Craciun. Va astept maine.

Romeo and Juliet Wedding (Nunta in stil Romeo si Julieta)

Naturally, being a wedding invitation designer, I dream of weddings almost every day, each time trying to imagine places, decor, flowers, dresses, music, guests...
Today I am going to take you to Verona, to this wonderful place where Romeo and Juliet are said to have whispered love words to each other.


Evident, fiind designer de invitatii de nunta, visez in fiecare zi la cate o nunta. Imi imaginez locuri, decoruri, flori, rochii, muzica, oaspeti...
Azi va voi conduce la Verona, in acest loc minunat in care Romeo si Julieta isi spuneau soapte de iubire.

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Don't you love this place? It would make a great painting reference too. And the local authorities are hiring it out as a wedding venue too.
Nu e minunat locul acesta? Si autoritatile locale il inchitriaza pentru nunti.


The wedding dress... how about this Vera Wang one?
Rochie de mireasa Vera Wang.

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Or this one.

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Or this

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And the invitations: Handmade by Meda.
Iar invitatiile: Handmade by Meda.




This is the invitation from which I got the whole Milady Collection idea.
Acesta este invitatia de la care a pornit intreaga idee a Colectiei Milady.



That rich plum color trim looks gorgeous against the beige invitation box. Much better than this picture shows. Movul acela inchis arata superb pe cutia beige (mult ai bine decat se vede in imagine).


While I was designing this invitation my head just popped with ideas and variations so I kept layering my materials and taking quick photos to record my ideas.
This is one of the possibilities for the inside.

Pe masura ce lucram la acest design ideile nu mai conteneau sa apra, asa ca le-am inregistrat rapid cu ajutorul aparatului de fotografiat. Aceasta este una dintre variantele pentru interior.





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I would like to know what you think about this imaginary wedding. Would you go back in time a few hundred years for your wedding style? How do you imagine a Romeo and Juliet style wedding? What invitations would you send to your guests? I would really be delighted to meet someone who can design a Juliet wedding dress.

Mi-ar placea sa aud parerea voastra despre acesta nunta imaginara. V-ati intoarce in timp cateva sute de ani ca inspiratie pentru nunta voastra? Cum va imaginati o nunta in stil Romeo si Julieta? Ce invitatii ati trimite oaspetilor? As fi incantata sa cunosc pe cineva care poate crea o rochie de mireasa in stil Julieta.

Lil' Fall Sketchbook (Mini carnetel de toamna)

Seems like I am in bookbinding mode, right?

Here is another fall sketch book I made for a very good friend. It is quite small (7x7cm or 2 1/4") and uses the same materials as on this one (Core'dinations cardstock and Canson sketch paper). Cuttlebug folder: *Celtic Knot*, Scor-it board.

For a how to on the leaves check this post.


Se pare ca sunt pusa pe cusut carnetele in ultimul timp.

Acesta este foarte mic (7x7cm) si l-am daruit unei prietene. Am folosit aceleasi materiale ca aici, adica carton Core'dinations si hartie de schite Canson. Cuttlebug folder: *Celtic Knot*
Pentru explicatii despre cum sunt facute frunzele cititi aici.

Thanks Giving Journal (Jurnal de Multumire)

"In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (King James Version)

"Mulţumiţi lui Dumnezeu pentru toate lucrurile; căci aceasta este voia lui Dumnezeu, în Hristos Isus, cu privire la voi."
1 Tesaloniceni 5:18 (Versiunea Dumitru Cornilescu)

This is my Thanks Giving project for Cuttlebug Be Inspired #56.
Acesta este proiectul meu cu tema Sarbatoarea Multumirii pentru Cuttlebug Be Inspired #56.


It's a handbound journal, great for counting your blessings every day. I made the cover using a kit from Teresa Collins our sponsor for Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge this week.

Check Cuttlebug Challenge Blog for more Teresa Collins Thanks Giving projects.

How About a Masquerade? (Ce ziceti de un bal mascat?)

For those who are wondering why the status on my Yahoo Messenger, here is the reason. I am working on some new masquerade ball invitations. No, not for princess Emily again, but for her friends, princess Ana and princess Clarisa.

I can't wait to share the finished invitations with you. I really love how they came out and I also had a lovely afternoon sunlight for my photo shoot.

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Pentru cei care se intreaba ce e cu statusul meu de pe Yahoo Messenger, iata motivul: tocmai lucrez la niste invitatii noi pentru 2 baluri mascate. Nu, nu pentru printesa Emily. De data aceasta sunt pentru prietenele ei, Printesa Ana si printesa Clarisa.

Abia astept sa vi le pot arata. Sunt foarte multumita de cum au iesit aceste invitatii si am avut o lumina incantatoare pentru sedinta foto de dupa-masa.