Phillis' Accordion Birthday

My sister, Phillis' Birthday is tomorrow and I made this card for her about a month ago.  I can post it now because I mailed it to her early so if she reads my post it won't spoil the surprise.  Phillis lives in Florida and the sentiment is so appropriate.  If you can't read it from the picture, I have a close up picture below.

I am loving this sizzix accordion card by Karen Burniston. She is now working with Elizabeth Craft and is doing more shapes with the accordion layout which I also love.  The cupcake is all done with fine glitter which is a Elizabeth Craft technique, then it is colored with copics.  The candle and the butterfly is also done with the fine glitter technique which is hard to see in the picture.  The Happy Birthday sentiment is from sizzilets.

I could leave the back of the card blank so I decorated it with another Elizabeth Crafts' cupcake and hearts with another sentiment for Phillis.  Happy Birthday Phillis!  Hope it is special, like you!!

Also wanted to add the I never win anything (I know everyone says that!) but I did win a grab bag from Molly's Square!!!  Below is a picture of all the stuff I won!   There is Spellbinders borders, Tim Holtz's stamps and dies, Sizzix embossing folders, Stickles,  washi tape, and paper.  Thank you so much Molly Square.  Her website is www.mollysquare.com

Can't wait to use them!

A Minion Birthday

These cute little minions are so adorable!  My hairdresser, Shawn, has a birthday tomorrow and I wanted to make him a card.  I really like the building blocks technique so I decided to make it again for Shawn.  Punch art is always fun to do.  I have put the link to making the building block card on my blog previously so you can scroll to an earlier post.  Hope you like it these little minions.  The smaller minion is from SU's owl punch and the larger minion is from SU's window frames collection.  Closer look at the card below---
Thanks for stopping by!!!

Love minions!

Accordion Easter Card

Certainly glad that Easter is late this year because this is the first time I have had time  to make an Easter card.  This one is for my son and his girlfriend (so I can get away with using pink).  Love the little bunnies from IO!! So cute!!  This is the second card I have made with the sizzix accordion die. Karen Burniston is the creator of this design for sizzix.  She is a very talented lady!!  The first frame I used memory box easter basket die and the eggs are just the large oval punch from SU. The middle frame is the sentiment and the last frame are tulips from the owl punch which I love!!! 

Here is a closer look at frames one and two.  Bunnies everywhere! Pink and blue so pretty!

The tulips are a sign that spring is here which means so is Easter!  Love making these tulips with SU owl punch. Just needed another bunny and a bow!

The back of the card, I couldn't leave blank so I decided to put my sentiments there.  One of them reads- God sent his only begotten son to pay ransom for our souls, How much love must a Father have? to send us this example of love's role.  This was fun putting his altogether and now just need to pop in the mail.  Thanks for stopping by and having a look!!

Weekend Fun!!

This past weekend my sisters, their husband, me and my husband had some fun this past weekend "junkin".  It is a term that we use because it is looking for things that are antiques but garage sale prices.  We head to Detroit, Maine (I didn't know there was a Detroit, Maine)  The name of this place is called Roller Rink Antique Mall and they had some fun stuff there.  My husband loves the "The Three Stooges" so I had to take a pictures of them.  We then had lunch at "The Eagle's Nest and then headed to Bangor to check out some other places.  I saw a lot that I liked but I am always thinking of where to put things and my house is full.  I love the idea of repurposing so I was looking for frames that I can use in my craftroom for my dies.  I have a couple already that I have put magnetic canvas on and my dies are easy to grab when I need them.  We headed home after Bangor and stopped in Augusta for another shop.  Connie bought a head planter which is beautiful and it was only $18.  I think that was the bargain of the day because we have seen them at Brimfield for $100 or more.  Just a few pictures of some of the other stuff we thought was  fun! Fun weekend for sure!!

Love the busts!

And it works!

The guys!

Deal of the day!

Paper Bag Cards

2 Pockets in front and top

Held closed with ribbon

Here are a couple of different types of paper bag cards.  I was on pinterest and saw these cards! You buy the paper bags at your local craft store or just use the ones at your local supermarket.  I tried both and I liked the ones at the craft store better because they were more crisp and I think a little stronger but both worked!!  Check out this tutorial from Kara. She does a great job  explaining how to do it. The first paper bag has 2 pockets, one in the front and the other at the top.  The second type of the paper bag opens up and also has 2 pockets, one is smaller than the other but so cute!  Both of these types of cards can be used for gift cards and even "cold hard cash"  I really enjoyed making them and they made up quick!  The best thing about them was that you could use your scraps of paper from other projects that you have made!!!  I have a lot of scraps that I have been dying to use them on  something and I found the perfect project  right here!!   The photo below is a picture of the the 2nd type of paper bag card opened up.  Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

2 pockets for tags

50 Candles on your Cake!

Another 50th birthday and another card in the box card!  You have to read the sentiment on the back of the card which is in the picture below because it all ties in together with the fireman and too many candles on your cake!!  My sister's boyfriend is turning 50 next month, so to throw him off guard, we are giving him a surprise birthday party this weekend. I am so proud of myself that I made his card early because usually I am doing this at the last minute. But when you have an idea you run with it.  We, actually, forgot his birthday last year but we will make up for this year with this surprise.  By the time, we finish he will have wished that we all had forgotten it this year!! 

The fireman is punch art from Ellen Kemper's blog. She does a great job telling you what to use for punches to make Mr.Fireman and I had tons of fun putting him together.  I made candles from the SU bird punch in the middle and then sizzix's birthday cake and candles for the front.  Check out more pictures below for the sentiment and closer looks of the side of the card.  Happy 50th Birthday Lenny and many more!!

Too cute!

Overall view

All SU punches

Glitter and Copics

My sister, Chris, from Callalilystudio.blogspot.com recently reminded me of this technique.  We had taken a class in Dover, New Hampshire with Jeanette at Stamped Designs and I wanted to give this a try again.  The instructions are excellent on this video using Elizabeth Crafts products.  It is hard to see but the flowers as well as the background are all micro fine glitter.  The  name of the product I used is called Glitter Ritz. You think you are going to use a lot but you really don't.  Then after the stickers and glitter are applied you color with copic markers.  So pretty!  Anyone would be happy to get these cards!  I just added more bling and it is done.  I am definitely going to give this another try!  Just beautiful!!