Congratulation Graduate

So I am hooked on the Tri-Shutter Cards that I just had to make another one.  I thought how fun would it be to do a graduation one.  To see the tutorial on Splitcoast click here.  The tassel is just very finely cut paper with the end left intact and placed under a brad.  The C is on Dimensionals to pop it up.  The diploma is just Very Vanilla Card stock rolled up, tied and curled up the edges and held on with glue dots.  Off to make some more!

Card Details:

Stamps: Go Graduate

Paper: Love Letter DSP, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery

Ink: Basic Grey

Accessories: Big Shot, Serif Essentials Alphabet Die, Star Punch, Naturally Serif Alphabet Die, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Spiral Border Punch, Mini Library Clip, Twine, Itty Bitty Shape Punch, Metallic Brad

Happy Anniversary

I needed a simple anniversary card quick.  I found this layout and thought it would be perfect for what I was looking for.  You could anything you wanted on the 4 panels to go with any card.  I thought a cute punch art wedding cake would be cute too....someday I might remember to actually make that one.

I have been trying to do more on the insides of the cards and so this is what I came up with that still gave me room to sign all of our names. ;-)

Card Details:

Stamps: A Word for You

Paper: Basic Black, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Old Olive

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Small Heart Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, 2 Step Bird Punch, Old Olive Taffeta Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Impression Embossing Folder

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

Mom-in-law Day

My mother-in-law is a country girl with love of flowers and butterflies so that was the look I was going for here.  I sponged and curled a bunch of edges.  To get the flower centers I used the large side of the crop-a-dile to get a small circle. I noticed I have been using retired sets lately.  I really need to clean out my setsa nd get them straightened out.  Free time is what I am lacking and if I do find some spare time cleaning is the last thing on my mind...I want to stamp!  If you are looking for any retired SU products please check out my retired store above ad see if I have something you might be looking for!

Card Details:

Stamps: Punched Posies, Well Scripted

Paper: Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso

Accessories: Big Shot, Finial Press Impression Folder, Beautiful Wings Die, Designer Label Punch, Crop-a-dile, 2 Step Bird Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, early Espresso Taffeta Ribbon,

Happy Mother's Day

Wow, my weeks have been busy and to top it off I found out last week that I have pneumonia!  I had this project scheduled to post last week.  I finally figured out that I never saw it come through my e-mails and when I went to see why it had not posted I found that not only had it not saved any of my information, it had done the same to all 3 of the projects I had ready to go.  All was gone except for the image....not fun!

So this was the card that went to my beautiful mother for Mother's Day.  The flower was stamped with versa mark and embossed with Whisper White embossing powder.  I then used the re-inker and Aqua Pen to color it in.  I find it is easier to color before I cut it out...that way I do not have to stay in the lines. I kept it pretty simple so that it would make it through the mail and actually arrive on time.

Card Details:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Well Scripted

Paper: Regal Rose, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Ink: VersaMark, Regal Rose

Accessories: Big Shot, Tulip Impression Folder, Beautiful Wings Die, Decorative Label Punch, Leaves-2 step bird Punch, Whisper White Embossing powder

Beary Balloons Birthday

My daughter wanted a cute girly card to go with her gift for her birthday party last week so this is what I came up with.  The girl's mother told me that her daughter loves purple.  The bear and balloons are popped up with dimensionals and the banner and butterfly was curled and adhered with Mono adhesive.  I wanted the background to look sky like so I tore a sheet of paper and did a bunch of edge sponging.

Card Details:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Vintage Vogue

Paper: Concord Crush, Sahara Sand, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizazz, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Riding Hood Red

Ink: Concord Crush, Sponging-Sahara Sand, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizazz, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Impression Folder, Beautiful Wings Die, Top Note Die, Build a Bear Die, Build a Bear Essentials Die,  Pearls, Concord Crush Stitched Poly Ribbon, Filigree Designer Brads

Alaena Plaque

My daughter needed a gift for a friend and after the last baby frame that I did she requested I make one for her friend since her name is spelled uniquely and personalized things would be hard to find.  

Card Details:

Stamps: None

Paper: Vanilla, Love Letter DSP, Blushing Bride, Concord Crush, Pear Pizazz, Daffodil Delight

Ink: None

Accessories: Big Shot,  Serif Essentials Alphabet (large), Naturally Serif Alphabet Die (small), Beautiful Wings Die, Tow Step Bird Punch, Victoria Crochet Trim Ribbon, Antique Brad

Sympathy Butterfly

Hubby called again today and needed a sympathy card for someone at work.  It once again had to be a full size card for many signatures.  So this card is 8.5" x 5.5".  It went together very simple and quick.  This Love Letter Designer paper is becoming my "go to" paper and I will have to stock up if it is dis-continued at the end of the catalog.  The butterfly was sponged with Very Vanilla Craft ink to soften the edges just a bit.  The Sympathy is pop up with many dimensionals and the butterfly is stuck on with Mono Adhesive.

Card Details:

Stamps: Thanks for Caring

Paper: Naturals Ivory, Basic Black, Love Letter DSP, Riding Hood Red

Ink: Early Espresso, Sponging-Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla Craft

Accessories: Big Shot, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Die #2, Pearls, Beautiful Wings Die, Scallop trim Border Punch, Victoria Crochet Ribbon

Spinner Happy Birthday

I really needed a manly happy Birthday card for my Father-in-Law last week.  I did not have a clue where to start.  Before I ran my kids to band I set out all of the colors I wanted to use and in the order I wanted them placed.  I took a picture of the pile with my cell phone and took it with me.  twice a week I sit for 2 hours while my boys take turn having band lessons.  The downfall of not living in town where they could walk.  So I studied the picture and the layout from the sketch challenge while I was waiting.  So after I got home and fed the kids lunch I was ready to make it all fall in place. I loved the spinner cards and just had to have them but the right opportunity just did not come up until now.  I did not have any black brads so I had to make them but heating the up with the heat gun, dipping them in the black embossing powder and heating again if needed.  I love that sponging ink around the edges of the Love Letter paper does so much but yet so little.  I had it all lined up straight and was ready to adhere and I decided to shift it all just a bit.  I am glad that I did.

Card Details:

Stamps: Take a Spin, Sanded Background

Paper: Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Love Letter DSP

Ink: Cajun Craze, Old Olive

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Punch, Old Olive Brads, Black Embossing Powder, Corner Rounder, Lattice Impression Folder

Baby Boy Name Plaque

I had to get together a baby shower gift so this weeks posts will contain the card, bag and gift that I made this last weekend. I wanted them all to co-ordinate so I tried to keep the circle theme and colors through out.

 I found the easiest way to make the circles is to punch the small one first and work my way out. Since for the 3 projects I was working on I started with the 3/8" circle punch and worked my way out to the 1-3/4" circle punch.  That way I had various sizes to work with and used as little card stock as possible.

Card Details:

Stamps: None

Paper: Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy, Blueberry Crisp Designer Paper

Ink: None

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Punches,  Serif Essentials Alphabet (large), Naturally Serif Alphabet Die (small),, 1/8" Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon, Frame

Baby Boy Bag

I had to get together a baby shower gift so this weeks posts will contain the card, bag and gift that I made this last weekend. I wanted them all to co-ordinate so I tried to keep the circle theme and colors through out.

 I found the easiest way to make the circles is to punch the small one first and work my way out. Since for the 3 projects I was working on I started with the 3/8" circle punch and worked my way out to the 1-3/4" circle punch.  That way I had various sizes to work with and used as little card stock as possible.

This is just a plain white gift bag.  I stocked up on them when SU discontinued them a few years ago.  I added the circles as I had explained above and glued them all on with the Mono Adhesive glue.

Card Details:

Stamps: None

Paper: Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy,

Ink: None

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Punches, Decorative Label Punch, Serif Essentials Alphabet (large), Naturally Serif Alphabet Die (small), Cap-Beary Boy Die

Baby Boy Card

I had to get together a baby shower gift so this weeks posts will contain the card, bag and gift that I made this last weekend.  I wanted them all to co-ordinate so I tried to keep the circle theme and colors through out.

I have always thought the punch art sail boats are so cute and so simple. I used Dimensionals to pop up the pieces of the sailboat. So I decided to use that as my focus on the card.  I found the easiest way to make the circles is to punch the small one first and work my way out. Since for the 3 projects I was working on I started with the 3/8" circle punch and worked my way out to the 1-3/4" circle punch.  That way I had various sizes to work with and used as little card stock as possible.

Card Details:

Stamps: None

Paper: Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White Blueberry Crisp Designer Paper

Ink: None

Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, 1/8" Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon, Naturally Serif Alphabet Die, Star-Beary Boy Die, Circle Punches, Rhinestone

Flourish Mushroom

This is a card made up of a couple of trial and mistakes.  The mushrooms had been sitting on my shelf since before Christmas and one day I accidentally set the flourish stamp on it wet.  Well I liked the way the accident looked so I kept it...sitting on my shelf  The backing was from when I was playing around with the tulip Impression Folder to see how to resize it.  That too had been set aside for a future use.  So I had some friends over the other night to make cards and I was digging through my scraps to see what I wanted to work on and these just fell together perfectly. 

Card Details:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Tiny Tags, Funky Four

Paper: Sahara Sand, Not Quite Navy, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

Ink: Sahara Sand, Not Quite Navy, Soft Suede

Accessories: Framed Tulips Impressions Folder, Big Shot,Decorative Label Punch,pearls, Antique Brads

Oval Birthday

Once again I saw this concept on another blog but I did not bookmark it so I cannot point you back to it.  If it is yours or if you know where it came from please let me know so that I may edit and give proper credit.  I do believe the original card is pink and brown.  I punched out various ovals and circles and adhered them to the card.  I then ran the whole base through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Folder.

Card Details:

Stamps: Perfect Punches

Paper: Concord Crush, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Ink: Concord Crush

Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder, Wide Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Mini Circle Punch, Pearls, Concord Crush Stitched Poly Ribbon

Build a Bear Surgeon

This was a super fun card to make. This card is going to my sister-in-law who is a surgeon. I had this idea after making her husbands card last month (Noah's Ark). If you can see the bottom of the Tulip Impression is not embossed.  All I had to do is let the edge hanger over the edge of the base before running it through the Big Shot.  If a bit did come through embossed then I rubbed it out with th bone folder on the back.  That way I did not have to stay within the lines.  I ran a dauber over the embossed areas to shadow them a bit more.  I cut the bill off of the baseball cap to get as close to a surgical cap as possible. The mask is made from the small oval punch layered.  The stethoscope is made from various edges of oval punches.  The ear tips are the bow tie cut in half from the Bearly Lovely Build a Bear Die.  The straps for the mask and the tie around the waist are very thin cut strips of paper and looped or tied (be very careful not to pull too tight when tying...not sure how I learned that)  I did cut a V in the front of the shirt and layered a white one behind it.  

Card Details:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Sanded Background

Paper: Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Cranberry Crisp, Crumb Cake, Silver

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy

Accessories: Framed Tulips Impressions Folder, Big Shot, Build a Bear Die,  Beary Boy Build a Bear Die, Beary Lovely Build a Bear Die, Beary Essentials Build a Bear Die, Small Oval Punch, Wide Oval Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Punch Pack Circle Punch

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

Just a Plane Birthday

I am sorry that I have not posted in so long.  I had quite a few blogs to design for customers and they have kept me nice an busy. Since we were snowed in yesterday (we could not make it out of the driveway not to mention the 20 mile drive to church) I took some of my day to work on a couple of cards that I am behind on mailing out...nothing new lately.

This is a set that I just could not go without from the Occasions Mini and the poor thing has just sitting there waiting to be put to work.  I knew that I wanted to use a Designer paper in the background and once I figured out which one the card just fell into place.  Yes, every edge is sponged to give it more f a vintage look, which I think goes great with this set.  It is hard to see in the picture but I did run the card stock through with Big Shot with the harlequin texture plate.   I never put the front on the card until I make sure it is finished that way if I add brads, ribbon or eyelets they are not poking in the inside of the card.

Card Details:

Stamps: Plane and Simple

Paper: Not Quite Navy, Blueberry Crisp Designer Paper, Chocolate Chip

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Scallop Rectangle Clear Die, Big Shot, Lots of Tags Die, Big Shot, Jumbo Eyelets, Natural Twine, Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plate

Rainbow Birthday Cake

My 8 year old Daughter needed a birthday card for a friend. She wanted it to be bright and very colorful.  She gabbed the new Color Coach and found the color she wanted dominate on the card.  He color was Melon Mambo.  She flipped over the card and it says to use Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink, and Tempting Turquoise as the go to colors.  So she go them all our for me and said "These are what I would like you to use Mom..." So I went to work.

Lucky for her I had just gotten my Sale-a-bration order in and was looking forward to working with some new things.  I have admired the new Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die.  I just had to put it on my first order and of course I had to use it on my first card.  The vellum adhesive is under the ribbon and the cake that way it is held on but not able to be seen.

She wanted lots of hardware and bling and I think she had gone through the whole catalog and picked everything out.  I let her pick out one piece for the Hardware kit and then she had to choose between the pearls or the rhinestones.  We added the small rhinestones on every other scallop on the cake stand, one in each top corner of the vellum and one large one in the center of the ribbon slide. The ribbon is two pieces, one is wrapped around the top layer and the other is tied and and the pulled through the ribbon slide.

Card Details:

Stamps: Bring On the Cake

Paper: Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Confetti White, Vellum Paper

Ink:Chocolate Chip, Markers-Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die, Lots of Tags Die, Big Shot, Wide Oval Punch, Daffodil Delight 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, Hodge Podge Hardware Flower Ribbon Slide