Sabrina's Explosion Box

Made the bow from the Envelope Punch Board

Love this tutorial from Sabrina Radeck! She does a great job explaining this explosion box.  My sisters and I purchased this tutorial from her.  She uses the 12 days of Christmas Graphic 45 paper.  I wanted to make one first before I use the Graphic 45 paper, which is gorgeous!!!  The instructions on Sabrina's blog are very easy to follow.  Check out more pictures below of the inside of the box.

Inside the explosion box

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I haven't finished decorating the inside yet. I like the fact you can put pictures on the outside of each of the folders and the journaling can be on the tags.  Have fun making this!!!

Lots of room for pictures!

Trellis Birthday

Another birthday card for July. I have seen this trellis card on SC but haven't seen a tutorial on it.  After I made the card I did see that Valita's had a tutorial on her blog for a trellis card that you may want to see.  I haven't seen it yet but I will because I kept thinking while I was making this that there must be an easier way.   I just flew by the seat of my pants on this one.  Cutting out 1/8" strips and weaving them and then gluing them diagonally on the back of a top note cut out.  The flowers are what I am most proud of!!  I have to thank my sister, Connie, for showing me this book.  I know she has used it too and loved it.  The flowers  are Echinaceas from my new "Paper Bouquet" book by Susan Tierney Cockburn. The flowers in her book are so authentic looking, amazingly beautiful!  The flowers did take a while to do because you have to pinch each petal  and then cup the centers. The stamen (centers) are the little suns that you need to cut in half and then cup and place with tweezers in the center.  Punch 3 flowers and 5-7 suns depending how you like the stamens to look. The sentiment "Happy Birthday" is from JustRite stamps.  The leaves along the side are sizzix "little leaves". 

These are the punches I used!

My next project from this book is going to be Asters.  I just love, love, love flowers!!!

Top Note Thanks

Pretty blue!

Can I come in?

At the Manchester Convention this spring I bought this Spellbinders cardinal die and stamp set.  I have already made a cardinal card which you can see on my blog from an earlier post but I wanted to make this one a blue jay.  The Blue Jay is sitting on a branch of leaves with tiny little flowers. The leaves are from Marianne Creatables and MS fern punch.  The flowers are SU boho blossoms punch with blue crystals for the center.  I colored the Blue Jay with copic markers B12 and B14. The ribbon is from SU and the done with the faux ribbon technique from SU tutorials.  (I hope that is where I saw it) The sentiment "thank you" is from SU Just Believe.  My inspiration is from looking out my window this spring at my birdfeeder and watching the Blue Jays.  First time since we have had birdfeeders that we had Blue Jays!!!! Such pretty birds!

Celebrate in Style

Happy Birthday is always in fashion!

Making this card was like playing "paperdolls"! Does anyone remember playing paperdolls when you were little.  I used to love to change the dresses, using the paper tabs to keep them on.  Yesterday when I was making this card that is all I could think of, just being a little nostalgic. For the card, I used a dress form template that my sister (figaro) gave me months ago and was playing with punches and came up with this hat.  The buckle is another punch.  It is kind of hard but can you see the gold shoe and pearls?

Blue Blossoms

I just received my Boho Blossoms punch from SU so I used it on this card.  This card could be a thankyou or birthday-just any happy occasion!  I used the Build-A-Blossom punch along with the stamp set to make the flower.  The middle of the flower is a light blue rose from SU.  It was actually a hostess gift but I know it is in the catalog.  For a little color I added the bumble bee brad on the petal of the flower, so cute.  It is from Eyelet Outlet. There is embossing on the leaves of the big flower just to give it a little texture. The vine is the bird punch from SU and, of course, Boho Blossoms punch are the little flowers with a pearl in the center.  The side step card is one of my favorite cards to make, having a hard time giving up this type of card but I will I'll try another!  The picture makes this card a little washed out but the paper is Basic Grey and it is very pretty, honest!!  This is just a little card for almost any occasion!! Love those kind!

Side view-side step

Mother's Day Card

To My Mom

I worked on  my Mother's card for Mother's Day last night. Don't know why but it seems I do better work when it is time to go to bed.  Just got the build a blossom punch and clear stamps from SU and I couldn't wait to make one of these flowers.  They are so beautiful.  Saw Tami White's video so I had to try it for myself.  I used a different EF called Finial Press for the flower and then punched away!  I have been making  a lot of purple cards lately and still haven't stopped.  The cardstock is again from Basic Grey's Wisteria line.  Butterflies here and there for embellishments.  Outlines rubber stamp was used for the sentiment.  Check out Tami's video http://stampwithtami.com/blog/2011/02/blossom-petal-punch/      Happy Mother's Day to everyone!

Another angle to show the nestie that I used

Trifold card closed

Lindsey's Easter Basket

 

 

I wanted to make another one of these baskets for my daughter, Lindsey and her roommate, Rachel for Easter.  The instructions are from www.stamptv.com   I used the Basic Grey DP cardstock and coordinating paper.  The handles for the purple one is the MS border punch and ribbon from Joann's and for the blue one ribbon from SU and MS border punch. I filled it with candy and purple peeps.  My daughter loves peeps!!!

Flowers and bunnies for Easter

Purple Scallop Punch Flower Card

I know the title of this card is a mouthful but the flower is what makes this card.  The scallop punch is used for the flower with a little bling on the inside and the outside.The video for the scallop punch flower I found on youtube. Check out www.creationswithchristina.com for her video. You can also find her video on youtube.

Again, I used the easel style card the Basic Grey paper from the Wisteria line. The line of butterflies on the right side of the card is a sticker from Wisteria. Martha stewart punches for the big butterfly and border punch.  Nestabilities for the tag and Stampin up "Short & Sweet" stamps used for the sentiment.  Another cute, cute card for someone's birthday or anniversary.  You pick the occasion!

Birthday Butterfly

Purple Birthday!

I have a big family so I am always busy making birthday cards. This one is for my sister who lives in Florida.  I used my new Marianne Design Butterfly die. I have used this before with gold paper so I wanted to try a "color" butterfly.  Purple is a very regal color and since I love it so much it became the theme. The paper is from Basic Grey Wisteria collection.  I bought this last year at the Manchester Convention in Manchester, NH and used it once or twice.  Good time to bring it out again! The paper is just so beautiful, every page! The flower and leaves are from the same convention as well so I don't remember which kiosk I got it from but it all fit so well together. Lavendar ribbon, MS border punch and Spellbinders Fancy Tags for the sentiment were used.  It is an easel card and it measures 5 x 9, scoring at the 2 inch mark and 2 1/2 inch mark.  The butterfly part measures 5 x 4 1/2. This works out great for the 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 envelope.  Looking forward to this year's Creating Keepsakes Manchester Convention in 2 weeks!!

Check out my dragonfly! I know it is hard to see.