Tag Hearts

This main part of this card was cased but when I went back to see who the originator was I could not find it.  I keep card ideas in various places and it was not in any of them.  If you know what card this idea came from please let me know so that I can give proper credit.
Details:

Stamps: En Francias Background, Artistic Etchings

Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Epresso, Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse

Ink: Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake-Sponging

Accessories: Extra Wide Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Small Heart Punch, Big Shot, Hearts Collection Framelits, Apothecary Accent Framelits, Gold Brads, Midnight Muse  3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon

Altered CD Case

My daughter wanted so badly for her friends to have these as a thank you gift for coming to her 9th birthday party.  I had ordered some of the Clear Mount Stamp Cases (4 for $4.95).  We measured the lining, scored the folds and started decorating.

She loves to sponge edges as much as I do so she had very pretty finger tips when she was done.  To do the Crown we stamped and embossed first.  We then masked the crown with another crown that I had stamped and cut out on a piece of scratch paper.  So when we stamped the "My Friend" it looked like it was behind the crown.  The butterfly was sprayed with the shimmer paint/rubbing alcohol mixture to give it just a bit of glimmer.

The inside we decided to put a post-it note pad, pen held on with a cable clip and a pack of gum stuck on with glue dots, all she thought we needed to add was a stick of lip balm...but we do not have any stores within a 30 min drive so she got what I had on hand. ;-)  (Her friends loved them anyway!)

Card Details:

Stamps:  Artistic Etchings, Perfect Punches

Paper: Love Letter DSP, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Basic Black

Ink: Versa mark, Cherry Cobbler Sponging- Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight,

Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Die, Designer Label Punch,  2 Step Bird Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Naturally Serif Alphabet Die, Boho Blossoms Punch, Crop-a-dile:Flower Center, Small Heart Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch

Happy Anniversary Heath & Lois!

I have had this card on my list of things to do for a very long time.  Our eldest son and his wonderful wife celebrate their 5th anniversary today and I could not think of a better card for them.  For those who want a tutorial, it can be found on Splitcoast.  It was not as hard to make as I thought it would be.  The designing is what took me so long (about 3 hours) but now that I know what I am doing they should go a lot faster next time.

I sponged all of the edges...;-)

The flowers were punched, sponged and edges curled.  They were adhered with glue dots to the card.  I used the small side of  crop-a-dile to get the center of the flower and adhered it with the Mono-adhesive and a toothpick to put it just where I wanted it.  The Amour is popped up on Dimensionals.

I slit the edges of the center, bottom panel with my craft knife and slid the ribbon around to tie.  I made sure it stayed where I wanted it to be with a few glue dots.

The butterfly is cut out twice.  The bottom one is glued flat while the top one is folded with some more glue dots ran down the center

The Happy Anniversary just barely fit...I am so glad that it did!  The bottom panel was left blank so that we could sign the card.

Card Details:

Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Artistic Etchings, Thanks for Caring

Paper: Not Quite Navy, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Very Vanilla, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, Blueberry Crisp DSP

Ink: Not Quite Navy, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Die, Designer Label Punch, Crop-a-dile, 2 Step Bird Punch, Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon, Lattice Die, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Naturally Serif Alphabet Die

Crowns

Wow, I got more time to make another card this week!  Forgive my photography but I cheated and took the picture with my phone...too lazy to get the big camera out.  When I saw the sketch this morning I knew I just had to do it.  So every spare minute I had between correcting, teaching and running the kids to music lessons I worked on it.  I knew I wanted to use the Concord Crush because my daughter has been asking me to use the ribbon for a very long time. To find the colors to go with it I used the Color Coach and i love the colors that they suggested.  This was a very simple card.  No sponging or fancy cutting just a couple of impression folders and crisp stamps.  What are crowns without a little bling?  These crowns where just crying to have rhinestones put on them so I also used them to dot the i's.  I trimmed every thing with white for two reasons. 1.) to make the ribbon match better and 2.) to make the colors cheerier.  I am seeing great possibilities for this set!

Card Details:

Stamps: Artistic Etchings, Bring on the Cake

Paper: Peach Parfait, Pear Pizazz, Concord Crush, Chocolate Chip

Ink: Peach Parfait, Pear Pizazz, Concord Crush, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Accessories: Rhinestones, Wide Oval Punch, Big Shot, Concord Crush 1/2" Stitched Poly Ribbon, Square Lattice Impressions Folder, Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Merry Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas!!! I have not had much time to stamp the last few months because I have been working on these Christmas cards.  My boys have instrument lessons and basketball practice so I sit in my truck on an average of 3 hours a day waiting for them.  I used a lot of that time for assembly.  I pray you all have a very Merry Christmas and that you celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. God Wants You to Know.  I wanted  a vintage look so I did quite a bit of sponging.  I think there was not one edge left unsponged.

Card Details:

Stamps: Come to Bethlehem, En Francais, Envelope-Artistic Etchings
Paper: Naturals Ivory, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake
Ink: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Big Shot, Corner Rounder Punch, Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Decorative Label Punch, Lots of Tags Sizzlit Die, Eyelet Border Punch, Crochet Victoria Trim Ribbon