Happy Birthday, Mom!

Today is my Mother's birthday.  Here is the card that I sent to her.  I had intended on being with her but another storm is on it's way and we could not afford to get stranded.  She said that it arrived with no problems! (Sorry, I grabbed my phone for a quick pic before it headed to the mailbox) The front is embossed

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Details:

Stamps: Vintage Verses (SAB), Sweets for the Sweet, Curly Cute

Paper: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Glimmer Paper, Retired DSP

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, VersaMark

Accessories: Toothpicks, Pinwheel Die, Mini Brads, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Corner Rounder, Cherry Cobbler Embossing powder

Hello Kitty Birthday

My 5 year old niece is a big Hello Kitty fan, so I had to come up with something theme related for her birthday.  I did not have a lot of time so I kept it pretty simple.

Details:

Stamps: Curly Cute

Paper: Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight

Ink: Melon Mambo

Accessories: 2.5" Circle Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes-Circles for eyes and nose, Small Oval, 1/2" Circle, Big Shot, Adorning Accents Folder, Needle Border Point Impression Folder, 3/8" Raspberry Ripple Stitched Satin Ribbon

Baby Cards

I am always needing Baby cards either in my store or for my own personal use.  I saw this fun simple layout and i knew I just had to use it.  The bigger square with the letters on it are poopped up on Dimensionals.

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Details for Baby Girl:

Stamps: Curly Cute

Paper: Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Elegant Eggplant DSP

Ink: Elegant Eggplant

Accessories: Big Shot, Cloudy Day Impression Folder, Corner Rounder Punch, 1" Square Punch, Flower Punch from the Itty bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Pearls, Retired Alphabet Die, Whisper White 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon

Details for Baby Boy:

Stamps: Curly Cute

Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Retired DSP

Ink: Midnight Muse

Accessories: Big Shot, Cloudy Day Impression Folder, Corner Rounder Punch, 1" Square Punch, Retired Alphabet Die, 3/8" Midnight Muse Stitched Satin Ribbon

Elegant Thanks

I needed some Thank you cards and I needed them fast, easy and yet elegant.  I really need to move my Naturals Card Stock to another shelf.  I have it way to high that it does not jump out at me to use.  I am so glad that I saw it as it is just what this card needed.

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Details:

Stamps: Curly Cute

Paper: Naturals White, Basic Black

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Impression Folder, 3/8" Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon, Apothecary Accents Framelit, Flower-Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Pearls

Mario Punch Art

My son needed a card to go with the gift card he bought his friend for his birthday.  I went by the image of Mario on the gift card and started grabbing punches until I found the ones I think worked best. I tried to share as many as I could remember below in the Details box.  The inside is 11" x 5.25"  I scored in the center and lined up the edges and folded to get the other folds. I did all my stamping before scoring/folding. I glued all the way around and at the seam center.  The only thing glued on the pop up center is the top and bottom.  I then used my Word Window Punch to get the depth and length I needed for the card to be how I wanted it to show.  I used my retired crop-a-dile to do the eye center points.  I am sure a white pen or crayon would work well too.

Details:

Stamps: Curly Cute, Sweets for the Sweets

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black, Pacific Point, Pink Pirouette

Ink: Real Red, Pacific Point, Sponging-Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Pacific Point, Pink Pirouette

Accessories: Big Shot, Honeycomb Impression Folder, Word Window Punch-inside Hat-Top- hand cut, 1" Circle Punch, retired Naturally Serif Alphabet Die, Bill-Ovals Collection Framelits Head-Ovals Collection Framelits Hair-Curly Label Punch (I trimmed off center point) Eyes, Eyebrows & Mouth-Large Oval Punch Nose-1-1/4" Circle Punch Ears-Small Oval Punch Mustache- Scallop Square Punch

Fall Birthday

Another of the masculine cards,

Details:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Curly Cute

Paper: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Colors Collection DSP-Regals

Ink: Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, More Mustard, Garden Green,

Accessories: Big Shot, Labels Collection Framlit, Labels Collection Paper-Piercing Pack, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Apothecary Accent Framelit,

Thinking of you

For the next few months I will be taking the cards I have had saved in draft and putting them up on my Friday's posts.  Things got a bit overwhelming in my household and my good intentions of having posts lined up for when I was off to doctor appointments did not go as planned.  I know some of these sets will already be on my retired list or no longer available.  I hope you can get some inspiration from them for a color, layout  or just something you can use to create a card you can share.  I will do my best to remember all of the things that I used to create the cards, not a guarantee!!!!    ;-) 

This was a full size ( made from a full 8.5: x 11" CS) sympathy card for my husband's workers to sign.  All stamping is embossed

Retired: Uncharted Territory- In Retired Store, Mocha Morning Specialty DSP

Card Details:

Stamps: Curly Cute, Uncharted Territory

Paper: Whisper White, Mocha Morning DSP, Basic Grey

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: Black Embossing Powder, Basic Black 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Antique Brads

Stick Horse

One of the reasons I had to have the Stocking Builder Punch was to make this cute stick horse. The banner is sprayed with Shimmer spray.  One of the fun things that will be available in just a few short weeks (January 4th) is the Framelit Dies.  I pre-ordered one of them just to see what they were like and they are great so the other is on my order for when SAB starts. I used a skewer stick for the pole.

If you love the Stocking Builder Punch as much as I do then you must put it on your next order. Once the current inventory of this punch has been depleted, it will no longer be available for purchase. It WILL NOT be carried over into the next Idea Book & Catalog.

Card Details:

Stamps: Curly Cute

Paper: Rose Red, So Saffron, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Pocketful of Posies DSP

Ink: Rose Red

Accessories: Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Impression Folder, Perfect Polka Dots Impression Folder, Socking Builder Punch, Labels Collection Framelit Die, Hemp Twine, Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads

Fun Flowers

I have had orders coming in left and right and no time to use any of the new products so I got up early this morning and got my chores finished so that I could take a few minutes and make a card that is to go out in today's mail. I made sure to use as much of my new stuff as I could fit in. The Adorning Accents Embossing folders are soo cute. I did not order the matching Edgelits Dies yet but they will be on my first order next month! Another thing that will be on my next order is the rest of the pleated ribbons.  They are so much nicer in real life than the picture could ever show.  They will be just adorable on any baby card! Here I sponged the edged of the flower and spritz the bottom of the card and the flower with Champagne Mist/ Rubbing Alcohol solution spray. I have spent all of my extra time today so back to work I must go (still working on those Christmas cards...)

Card Details:

Stamps: Curly Cute

Paper: Early Espresso, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand

Ink: Early Espresso, Blushing Bride-Sponging

Accessories: Big Shot, Adorning Accents Impression Folder, Fun Flowers Die, Bird Builder Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Circle Punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Basic Pearls, Champagne Mist/ Rubbing Alcohol Solution Spray, 3/8" Blushing Bride Pleated Ribbon