The peacock was cut at 2-3/4" and the "proud as a peacock" word art was cut at 2".
I used the white Signo Uniball pen to outline the word art and peacock. Here's a tip: BEFORE gluing the layers together, use your white pen to add the stitching. Otherwise you could get some choppy areas...I'm always learning new tips, LOL!
Ribbon is from Michaels.
A quick strip on the inside and some cream colored paper finish things off.
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163 comments:
Great card, love the idea of the double shadows!
I'm also going to the beach a lot since it's only a 20 minutes drive.But I'll also do some sailing, especially on summer evenings.
I love the beautiful peacock colors in the paper! I couldn't help but notice you use white stitching on the borders a lot...do you recommend chalking or inking edges instead? I am very new to cardmaking and scrapping still. Any advice would be appreciated! Oh ... I hope to host a crafting party/crop with my friends this summer :)
Lovely card!! Love the colors!!
Carol
Nice card. Love those colors!
You crack me up too! What a great card the colors are fantabulous just another fantastic creation filled with JOY!!!
Every Summer we go to the Zoo. Love the card especially the stitching. Neat idea! Thanks
Such a gorgeous card- the paper is stunning and the cuts are so clean and the stitching just adds the perfect touch. Wow!
Beautiful card...love those colours!
We'll be hanging out at home...going to the beach at our camp...only 20 min from town...then maybe going to Hawaii the end of the summer. Lee-Ann :)
This card works so well and the colors just pop.
Love the card! The colors are lovely.
Great paper and I love that peacock!
Very pretty. I'll be spending a lot of time with family and cooking BBQ this summer, and hopefully break in the new Cricut.
This summer I plan on going to the beach alot,like you, camping in the backyard, reading, going to the zoo, so much more.Thanks for the chance to win.
Love it! I wish I had that cartridge I have a friend that collects peacocks! Thanks for the chance to win!
Renee
Gohogwild dot renee at gmail for com
The papers are a wonderful compliment to the Peacock theme. Especially like the white stitching. This Summer I'm spending time with my daughter who is home from college & we will be in our swimming pool a lot.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
great ideas, nice stitching.
Gorgeous!!! I have a lot of family reunions scheduled and a big blues festival. Great family time and heat.
Realcoolmc@hotmail.com
You used such a beautiful array of colors. I love this. Thank you for sharing!
Kathy:)
I am seeing a lot of cards made with the stitching effect. I really like it.
Love this paper. Thanks for the tip on doing the pen work. I'm going to try it. I usually do it after I have everything together and sometimes have trouble. Great peacock.
Ogdendoll @gmail.com
Cute card and I really liek the color blue you used. Very nice.
I love the new cart that you are giving away. I saw it on ebay and couldn't believe they came out with another sesame street one. Cant wait for another disney one too!!!
Beautiful card!
This summer we with be traveling with our newborn to visit family in South Carolina and Virginia. (We live in Ohio.) Wish us luck!
Love the colors in this card - really has that "WOW" effect.
I plan to spend my summer playing with my new grandson and his big "brudder" who is 3. They love all the Sesame Street characters.
Thanks for the chance to win.
So many great tips and ideas in your post today! That is a great card with very pretty papers. I like how you layered and popped the sentiment. The extra shadow layer on the bottom looks so well finished as well as the matching strip of patterned paper on the inside. Little things like that make such a difference. The white stitching is such a great accent.
Thanks for sharing! :)
What a beautiful card! I think I will have to try this. I will be looking at colleges this summer with my youngest son.
The most fun thing I'm doing this summer is going scrap booking with the girls for 5 days!!! Love the card, especially the color and the pen detail. That just makes it pop!Thanks for another great idea!!!
I love this card: the colors, the peacock, the stitching. In addition, I am so lucky to have the "Straight from the Nest" Cartridge! Thank you for your daily inspirations! I plan to spend a lot of time with my four grandsons. And, work on my crafting: I love creating, it's my passion1 My even start my albums for Christmas gifts. Sandra Joy
Love the beautiful card! The stitching is really impressive, too! Thanks for including the type of pen you used in your directions. I'm trying to find one that doesn't get translucent or skip so much. I think I'll give this one a try after seeing your fabulous results! Thanks!!!
Flying back to my hometown of Puerto Rico. As a military wife I am station in South America with my family. This summer I hope to help my mom a bit with my dad which is very sick and show my kids a little about my roots.
What a cute card and the colors are so warm and wonderful.
linda
lmkindell1@verizon.net
lindashappyplace.blogspot.com
Cool...i love the colors, and how you carried it on inside. Thanks.
My Family and I will be traveling around Northern Michigan, visiting our favorite places such as Mackinaw Island, Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes, among other places and spending time at the beach.
Kat
kat.raymond@gmail.com
Hahaha, lucky NBC executive. Interesting idea with the double shadow. That's something I'm going to have to remember. I'm hoping to get some scrapbooks finished this summer.
Very beautiful card.Love the colors and stiching.
Diane from Valencia
Gorgeous colors and papers on your peacock card. Thanks for the inspiration.
bhadder at mei dot net
Beautiful card, love it, the colors are great!
I will be helping my daughter with her wedding! We are doing our own invitations and I will be making the party favors... after doing so many, I don't know how fun it will be...
The card is very pretty. I love the "stitching" around the images.
Wow!! The peacock just "Pops" right up! Love this card and am hoping to do some cards today, and will use your directions. Thanks!
My summer has already started, and we took a vacation to the Florida Keys where we went snorkeling (Which I love to do!) to real live coral reefs and saw an abundance of tropical fish!! Loved my vacation! Now am hoping to catch up on scrapbooking my kids' lives all summer long! Hoping you are having a wonderful time too!
What beautiful colors! The papers you chose were fantastic! TFS! My summer activities include gardening, camping, and nature photography....I love this season! Thanks for the chance to win!
mb6464@hotmail.com
marciasmemories.blogspot.com
deep sea fishing :)
So excited...I have this cartridge and similar paper...love it.
mwiechmann6@gmail.com
cool card, love the color combo
rosiemini@gmail.com
www.scraplovingminis.blogspot.com
Thanks for the tip on using the white pen! Love the card. Thanks for sharing. I'll be going to the beach this summer - best place to keep cool!
This has to be my favorite card ever!!!
Such a beautiful card. Love the colors on that card. the white pen adds a lot to it .Thanks for sharing.
Love the idea of the double shadows. I probably would of come up with the idea eventually, or not lol. Hope I can win Elmo and Friends.
LST in Colorado
What a great idea - 2 shadow layers to pop it up higher. Love that idea!
Oh so pretty. love the colors.
TFS.
StefanieH
Beautiful card! TFS
Super cute! I'm always looking for better card ideas and graduation ones are needed on the horizon... like tonight! EEEEEEEEK!!!!! (TFS!)
This summer, we'll be camping, going to the beach, visiting with family and friends, VBS for the little ones, & even a fun chemistry class for my daughter who LOVES doing experiments! :-) Thanks for the opportunity to win! My baby LOVES Elmo!!
love the colors, I'm gonna try making a project with those colors, I love brown, but the royal blue makes it seem really elegant
Love the colors and the way it is layered. Beautiful card.
Proud as a Peacock! That's me! My son graduated high school last night.. This summer I will be busy with my college classes, but will escape to Cape Cod for a week with my family. I hope to do some crafting here and there - need to keep creative even when too busy!!
Karen
ladydevine73@hotmail.com
The card is so beautiful, it's perfect to congratulate my nephew and my niece for getting good grades this year! Thank you for the opportunity to win the Sesame Street cartridge, it will be perfect for my 8 month old baby girl scrapbook album!!!
sprinklers in the park is my kids favorite!! I love watching them run around with the water!
Lovely card. I hope to go to the beach this summer. I wish there was one close.
marilyn2222 @ hotmail.com
follower
the colors are beautiful, love your work!
Everything I loved about this card has already been said above. My summer will be about weddings, family, and scrappin'. In fact, just finished card for grandson who will be getting married tomorrow. I look forward to your blog every day! Such inspiring work. Thank you.
Love the blues on this card. Thanks for sharing.
mhcards at embarqmail dot com
Megan H.
This is soooo cute. Love the color tones of the blue. Smooches... Felicia - frankleecrafts [at] gmail [dot] com
Gorgeous! TFS
Miranda :)
www.nanasscrapspot.com
darling card, love the colors! I just used this cartridge on a project recently. I forget what great things are on it!
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! I love it all. I just noticed the "Joy" cut on the Elmo and Friends Holiday cart. (I'm sure you've used it already!) We have no concrete plans for the summer. Except, to visit with out-of-town family and friends. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Wow, This is just so beautiful the colours used are gorgeous:)x
Love this card! I have the cart and will have to break it out now :) I really liek the way youused the white pen to make everything pop!
I really love this card, I have the cart wand will have to break it out again!
The way you used the white pen really makes the card pop!
Great looking card. LOve the colors.
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Neat card! I will be spending time with some of our family members who are coming from Germany to spend 6 weeks with us. We're planning lots of fun activities, but also some quiet time together.
I love the colors you used for the card! We are going to take a road trip up the East Coast and spending lots of time at the pool and beach this summer!
Your card is gorgeous! I plan to craft a lot during summer!
rissaflor atyahoo dotcom
Very cute love the colors.
peternoel93@aol.com
thanks for the faux stitching tip..too far from beach and getting too old anyway...still hoping for the Elmo cartridge as I love Elmo..keep up with all the great ideas..
New follower here, love the colors and appreciate watching you use different cartriges. I shall get much more use from the ones I have now.
sherrymackintoshatgmaildotcom
This is so pretty! I love the colors! I'm hoping to get a chance to go camping this summer!
Love the card, it is beautiful. I also love the tip now if I can just remember it! I usually decide it needs something else and to add stitching after I have everything put together.
Cute Card! Love the stitching!
We live in Orlando so we will be hitting the parks (mostly the water parks!) and spending a week at a nearby beach! We'll also do a couple of family cookouts at home to enjoy our backyard and end the days with s'mores by our fire pit! :)
Love the card -- love the blue & brown and how elegant it all is. Thanks for always giving fun new twists on things!
I forgot to say what we are doing this summer. We are moving!
Beautiful card! I love the mix of patterns.
Early in the summer I'll be taking the family on a theme park vacation, then a couple of months later to catch up with extended family at the lake, and somewhere in between I hope to find time to relax in the pool...if the kids don't drive me crazy first.
I love this card. It is so pretty.
Tomorrow I'm going to meet my daughter half way to So Carolina to get my 2 grandkids for the summer. I live in Illinois so we have a ways to go. So needless to say I'm going to be busy.
Kickin' back at Lake Tahoe.... I can't wait!
Kickin' back at Lake Tahoe.... I can't wait!
Now that is one elegant card. I love the colors you chose.
I love the colors on your card.
I do not know about fun, but this summer I will be downsizing and moving into a house 1/2 the size of the one I am in now. I am one person living in a 2600 sq. ft. home and that is just wasteful :-).
Great advantage is that my crafting space will double.
Wow, this is gorgeous. I LOVE peacocks.
Such a pretty card, love the peacock colors!
Love the colors of the peacock card!
This summer we have gotten our 1st pool. Can't wait to use it all summer long. It will be so much fun to share with my grandchildren.
Beautiful card! And I just learned soemthing new too! I thought people were actually sewing thread onto their cards..LOL Glad to know its only pen! Thanks so much!!
Taking my grandson to Florida to see our family. Lots of pool and beach time. Just fun & busy time with a 4 year old.
sandy17897@comcast.net
Love the card and the site. Olivia from North Carolina
STUNNING! I love the colors!
Awesome card! Thanks for sharing your ideas, talents, and time with us.
scrapbooknut67114 at gmail dot com
What great colors together!
I'm so pleased I have straight from the nest.
This summer I'm hoping well go on lots of day trips and go on a major crafting haul to a seaside town (a two for one trip lol).
beautiful and with my favorite colors!
srhswney78@yahoo.com
So pretty!
Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com
pretty card! This summer, we'll be using our pool that we just set up, kids have soccer camp, maybe a science camp and I'm hoping a beach trip or 2!
~Tracy
blue.tacs at yahoo dot com
I love the gel pen. It gives the card another demension.
Love the colors of the card!!! & the idea of just drawing the white stiches on! You guys are so creative!!!
JEM in IL
j_lewmart@yahoo.com
I'm going to be at the pool
Love the peacock. We have many wild in our neighborhood. I'm going to have to get some cart one day that has a peacock on it.
Nice card, love the paper colors. No plans for the summer yet.
Such a pretty card! Love the blue colors!
sueot33@yahoo.com
Great card, love the stitching!!
cecy
I love this card. The peacock is just so cute. And yes, NBC execs would love it.
OOPs, I forgot to tell you, I'm going to my granddaughter's high school graduation and then the CTMH convention. Maybe even pay a visit to the beach. Woo Hoo.
What a pretty card, love it, TFS.
later tater,
laney
Beautiful - love this card, so effective. TFS
Great card and excellent choice of papers.
Great card! The faux stitching looks fabulous.
I'll be going to Europe with my husband this summer. We're celebrating our 20th anniversary!
Love the double shadow layer to use the pop dots in between! Great idea!
Pretty pretty card!
Thanks
Love the inside as well as the outside. I just love teal or turquoise you used. TFS
Barb Smith
Love the colors on this card and the double shadow. Cute! :)
like the card - planning a big summer vacation with my kids and grandkids.
Such lovely ideas! Lovely cards and papers.
I have that cart ... now I have some great inspiration! Beautiful card! Thanks.
Great card! Thanks for sharing. I like your idea of the beach...alot. My plan was to go back to school to get my degree, but I ruptured a disk so now I'm looking at a lazy summer recovering. Oh well, God is good and He will bring something good out of it!
Debra Hudson
onecraftygirl2010@hotmail.com
You Love it when a project comes together & I Love it when you us a cartridge that I have!I'm Loving it,WOW...twice this week thanks for sharing your tips & your LOL crack ups...LOL
Rosebud222222222
beautiful card!
pretty card. great colors.
I love the faux stitching. Thank you for stating the type of pen you use.
My husband and I will be heading to South Dakota to see Mount Rushmore and visit the Black Hills area.
This card is beautiful. Love the color.
Tina
aurathentic@gmail.com
I usually go camping and visit the coast during summer. But I got a summer job this year, so probably will be sticking close to home! Love that peacock card! Maybe I can sneak in a day trip to catch some waves!
Absolutely gorgeous! We are still forming our summer plans and haven't quite decided what we will be doing.
missstamper (at) yahoo.com
Beautiful card! I'm hoping to be working and spending time with my granddaughters. :)
Love the colors and the 3d. Fun thing is hopefully visit my mom w/out kids!
So beautiful. The colors are amazing!
Tianna
Thank you for another great card idea !
Beautiful card! We are staying home this summer -- my son is having a few surgeries so we can't travel. But, I plan on making good use of being home and doing some scrapbooking!
Kris
dietzrobles at yahoo dot com
This is so beautiful--I have the Straight from the Nest--Had to Have It LOL never used it but may just have to try something after seeing this card Everyone have a great weekend!
Love the colors on your peacock card. TFS. I am going to the zoo lots with my 23 yr old daughter. We love to go first thing in the morning because our lions usually come down to the viewing windows right after their keepers clean up their habitat for the day. It is amazing to see those beautiful creatures up close and personal.
dmcardmaker (email follower)
What a beautiful and elegant card. Love the stitching.
Love this card. I have a graduation reception next week, what a perfect card.
I'm just love'n the faux stitching. It really makes this card pop!! TFS!!
Beautiful card! The Elmo & Friends cartridge would be perfect for working on the baby's scrapbook this summer!
What a beautiful card--stunning colors.
What a beautiful card--stunning colors.
Very nice card - beach beach beach!!!
Love the card. Great cuts, colors and composition. Thanks
What s great card! Love the dimensions and colors. I'm going to be a first time grandma any day now! I'm planning on a lot of baby holding and smelling the sweet smells of new baby!
Very nice card. It looks similar to the one my Art Teacher daughter made me for Mother's Day. Aren't I lucky?
We're going to a near by lake for a week, entertaining grands and lots of swimming this summer.
Beautiful card. Love the colors and the stitching (sewing is another one of my hobbies)!
We'll be hosting an exchange student from France, so we'll be spending the summer showing him around Chicago and the rest of the Midwest. He's into water sports, so we're hoping to meet up with some friends who waterski.
Awesome card, love that line of paper from CTMH. Summer fun for us will be many visits to the pool, Boston for the 4th and whatever else sounds fun that day - I love to do things at the last minute. thanks for the change at the fun giveaway.
Lovely card, Joy.
Thanks for the tip. It helps to be reminded of the simple steps to make a card look good.
This summer we will be taking a lot of one or two night trips. First off to Rhode Island!
We're planning on doing a lot of geocaching.
Wonderful card as always. I look forward to my everyday cricut emails. Please keep them coming and thank you for sharing your talents with all of us
Sallie
Great card! We'll be taking small - 1-2 day trips this summer with the grand kids! School is almost out!
Nice card makes me think of a beach scene. I still love Sesame Street Characters. Hope I win.
Such a cute card.
Wowzers, lovely card. the color is excellent!!
cathyplus5.blogspot.com
I will be making a lot of road trips on the motorcycle!
I hope to go to the beach, it's about 1 hour away. Beautiful colors on this card!
Card's layout is just adorable with this color combination.
I hope to get in more crops, so I can finish up some un-finished scrapbooks. I hope that I will also, get to spend some time with my 3 yr old granddaughter. She loves to push the buttons on the Cricut and removing the cutouts from the mat.
I love this paper set. I used it for my MIL mothers day card. She loved it too. thanks for sharing.
I love the chalkboard speech bubble and the single large letter monogram! kids wall decals
Love the peacock -- gotta try it!
Have a friend that LOVE Peacocks and feathers, such. she will be getting this for her bday!!
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