With Sympathy

Unfortunately, I needed another Sympathy card for my husband's colleague.  She is a teacher and her father died on Friday.  This is just a simple card with SU tulip embossing folder that I sponged with SU close to cocoa. I layered  with soft suede CS and a miscellanous DP from Michael's.  The flowers are prima which are always a nice touch with SU sizzix "little leaves".  Thanks for stopping by.

Halloween Quilted Background

When I saw some of the quilted cards on SC, especially  this card  I wanted to make one too but use it as a background. The squares on the "quilt" are 1 inch squares. I have made one with the 1 3/8" punch which I may show you at a later date but I think the 1 inch is  better because you have more squares.  Basically, you just put the 1 inch squares on a cardstock and then cut out with your top note die.  I just added the owl punch bat, which is so adorable, and the sentiment with some ribbon. I have made quite a few patchwork, trip around the world, log cabin, and Irish Chain quilts in my time but this one was a lot easier!!!

Celebrate Pink!

I am just loving this pink paper by BoBunny.  This is my 3rd side step card  with it and I could do more but I will spare you the redundancy of it.  Lotus by spellbinder is done in pink and the top layer is a shiny metallic emerald green paper.  Justrite stamps was done for the sentiment with a little bling.  Hard to see but it is there. The leaves are done by sizzix and the butterfly is SU "God's beauty". I have been using my metallic paper a lot lately.  Love the way it adds more bling to the card. My good friend, Cindy, would love this card  because her favorite color of all time is PINK! 

Closer view

Variation in Lindsey's Card

Just a quick post because I had so fun making my daughter's birthday card that I decided to make another one!  You can compare the two of them.  The one on the left has the heart nestabilities with the scallop heart as the background.  I used a shiny, shiny emerald green paper.  The sentiment is the same except I used SU "wish big" underneath Tilda.   Tilda is just so versatile!!!  Thanks for looking!

Happy Birthday Lindsey!

My little girl is going to turn 24 next week!  She is a lover of ice cream (who isn't) so when I saw these ice cream cones on SC I knew this was the card for her.  I found the saying on SC too! At my favorite stamping store, Stamped Designs in Dover, NH, I found Tilda with the ice cream.  Tilda looks a little like Lindsey when she was a little girl because of the blondish ponytails.  I had fun making this side-stepcard with all the pink that I used. The pink paper is BoBunny, so pretty. 

Our little girl at age 5

Lavendar Birthday

Birthday cards are a lot of fun to make.  I have a few birthday cards to make for September and this is just the first one. I have been dying to use my new Fancy Tags #2 from spellbinders and thought this would be a perfect opportunity. The doily started out as white but I used Tim Holtz dusty concord distress ink to color it and added the Fancy Tag on top with the flowers from prima and SU bird punch leaves.  The ribbon is from Joann's Fabric.  MS corner punch is one of my favorites. I just love this punch!! Come back for more birthday cards!

Another Just For You

This is just a quick little birthday card that I made for my daughter's roommate, Rachel.   Her birthday is July 1st and she loves pastels especially pink!  What girl doesn't like pink?!!!  The flowers are prima flowers and the leaves are Marianne creatables.  Tilda is colored with copic markers. The paper is a DP from one of the big box stores, probably Michael's.  I love this Tilda stamp and have used it many times. It  looks like she is just handing the little tulip to you.  Love Tilda!!!

Adoption Day

My husband is a principal at an elementary school in Maine and one of the teachers at his school needed a card for a friend who has adopted two little boys.  This one is for the 3 year old, Aaron.  This is a special day for he and his brother!  I got the idea from flowerbugnd1 and she used SU punches. Her link is as follows http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1696154?&si=flowerbugnd1She used wide oval and large oval, word window, small circles and slit punch.  The trees are from sizzix and I used the 1 inch square punch  for  the stop sign, just fold it in quarters and cut the angle.  The road was cut by hand. with white uniball pen to make the center lines. I sponged the sky with a scallop punch and used brocade blue to make the clouds. This was a lot of fun to make and the sentiment I also found on SC.

Tomorrow I will make his brother's card so stop by (excuse the pun) and see it!  Thanks for looking.

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!

Fun Easter Basket!

 This is a fun Easter basket to make.  I had a Stampin up party last weekend and we made these. If you go to www.stamptv.com the instructions for this basket are there and so easy. My sisters brought all the material to make the basket and we just decorated them on our own. They did the hard part and left the fun part of decorating it to us.  You can decorate it on both sides or all four sides.  I just did it on 2 sides. Thanks Chris and Connie for this fun project!!!

This just says Spring to me!

Spring Pop Up!

This card started out trying to do something with the paper that I purchased a while ago at Stamped Design in Dover, NH.  I usually like to use blues, pinks and purples but this time decided green is very much a spring color. !  I used the Fifth Avenue SU set for the outside. Copic marker- Chrome Orange, was used  for the flower. MS border punch and nesties for the frame of the flower.  Sizzix "little leaves" was used for the foliage. The picture shows the flower a little dull but Chrome Orange Copic Marker is actually very brillant as well as the paper!

Then you open up the card and it is a pop up card with flowers and butterflies. The style of the card is called an M fold design.   I colored the SU Stipple Butterfly with copic markers,  Chrome Orange and Canary Yellow.  MS butterfly  and fence border punches were used and  the Sizzix EF from SU (the name escapes me but it coordinates with Fifth Avenue Floral). The flowers are held on with acetate cut in 1/4 stripes. Check out Valita's blog at http://valitasfreshfolds.blogspot.com/2010/01/pop-up-balloon-card.html

Happy Birthday Kyle!

My niece, Danielle,  is coming to visit with her new husband, Kyle!  We have never meant Kyle and his birthday was recently so at the party that we are having for the two of them we are going to give Kyle a birthday cake with cards. The first thing I thought of was their wedding.  Danielle's mother is my sister and most of our side of the family could not attend because the wedding was in Georgia and my dad was ill at the time.  But we saw many pictures and the one that stood out most was Danielle on the back of Kyle's John Deere  tractor after the ceremony going to the reception.  This photo is a hoot!  Sometime ago, I saw a punch art tractor and this is what I came up with for Kyle's card.  It was actually on Isaiah 40:31 blog and she was inspired by Jackie Topa.  Her blog address is http://jackietopa.typepad.com/addicted_to_stamping/2009/08/punch-art-tractor.html

The seat is a heart punch but I bet you could use 2 small oval punches. The steering wheel are 2 SU small  slit punches. Engine of the tractor is a large tag punch from SU.  The wheels are nesties scallop and circle.  I just typed "John Deere" on the computer really, really tiny and put it on the tractor because my handwriting would just mess up the card.   The smoke stack is SU word window punch and the smoke is just a small sizzix flower that I had.  Enjoy!  

Easter Wishes

Little Donald before he grew up!  I saw this on MrsBoz gallery and had to give it a try with the side step fold.  Changed it up a little with the eyes and feet but still adorable! The head and body is the ornament punch from SU. His feet are nesties scallop circle as well as his hands.  His beak are SU oval punches.  "Loads of Love Assessories" is the sentiment.  The eggs and little bunnies are stickers from, I think, Michael's.  I had a lot of fun designing this card at the wee hours of the morning.  I seem to get more inspiration when things aren't so hectic and  it is quiet.   Anyone else feel like that?  I added some more pictures  of different angles of this card.  Enjoy!

Happy Birthday, Cindy!

Today we are celebrating my good friend, Cindy's Birthday!  It is a special one but I can't tell you the number, but it is special!  Since one of her favorite things to do is shop. I thought the side step card with the bureau would be perfect! This card was fun to make and I am sure I will make more! I used sizzix dies for the pocketbook and shoe as well as the stand for the mirror. Nesties for the mirror. The inside of the mirror is metal and it worked great!  I can't quite see myself but the glare is there.  What more does a woman want?  Pearls, lace, pocketbook, shoes! Jackie does a great job of showing how to make this side step card at http://jackietopa.typepad.com/addict...-tutorial.html