So Very Cute!

My friend's daughter just turned two. This is the card I
made for her :) When the new catalogue came out last summer this was one of the sets I knew I HAD to have! With two little boys and lots of birthday parties in our future, I figure I'll get a lot of use out of it.

Ingredients:

Pixie Pink, Lovely Lilac, Green Galore, discontinued DSP, watercolor paper - paper; Pixie Pink, Orchid Opulence, Green Galore, Tempting Turquoise, Yo-Yo Yellow, Black StazOn - ink; All in the Family, All in the Family Accessories, Letterpress Numbers - stamp sets; Aqua Painter, blender pen, Orchid grograin ribbon, 1/2" circle punch, Basic Black marker - accessories;

I stamped & cut out the number "2". Then matted & trimmed it with Green Galore paper. The Green Galore matting is just eyeballed. For the watercoloring, after I'd finished with the Aqua Painter, I darkened up bits with the Blender Pen. Finally, I used my black marker to add grass lines and balloon strings. I think this card turned out very cute & cheery!

Valentines :)

I was looking for nice Valentine samples to CASE on http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ and found one that made me laugh. I decided to use the idea with a different layout. Here's what resulted...The layout came from Atomic Butterfly's blog here: http://flutterbyatomicbutterfly.blogspot.com/2008/01/springy-card-for-todays-sketch.html
and the "Pucker Up!" frog part came from here:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/792108?cat=500&ppuser=68691

Ingredients:

Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Mellow Moss, Whisper White, Berry Bliss DSP - paper; Basic Black - ink; Unfrogettable, Rough Edges Mini Alphabet - stamp sets; Red striped grograin, Real Red brad, 1" circle punch, Crop-a-dile, 1/16" punch, Stampin' Pastels, blender pen - accessories;

Very Bold!

Good morning again :) This is a card that sort of made itself... My husband loves it. I'm just liking it... not loving it. I wanted to make something with my new Bali Breeze paper & my new Time Well Spent set... here's what happened with them.

Ingredients:

Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Bali Breeze DSP - paper; Appricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, Soft Sky - ink; Time Well Spent - stamp set; 1/2" circle punch, round Ice Rhinestone brad, Crafters' Toolkit - accessories ;

The two large flowers are cut out & attached with the brad & a glue dot in the center. After I'd pierced the row across the olive band, I was trying to find some ribbon or something to go across it... Didn't like anything I tried. Ended up stamping, coloring and cutting out the row of little flowers. Really like how that finished off the card!

Groovy Guava

Ever since I got my Ginger Blossom DSP I've been into making cards with Groovy Guava. This first little one (3x3) is a sample I made for my open house.
Also have a thing for Garden Whimsy, so this is the result :)

Ingredients:

Ruby Red, River Rock, Cameo Coral, Very Vanilla, Ginger Blossom DSP - paper; Groovy Guava, Basic Black - ink; Garden Whimsy, All Holiday - stamp sets; Scallop circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, Sherbet Ribbon Originals - accessories;

This one is for my friend's little girl. She's very sweet & I think the card matches her perfectly!!
I've been testing out different "labels" made from punches. I think this one's quick & easy.

Ingredients:

Certainly Celery, Blush Blossom, Whisper White, Groovy Guava, Groovy Guava Prints DSP - paper; Basic Black, Groovy Guava, Certainly Celery, Blush Blossom - ink; Time Well Spent, Fun & Fast Notes - stamp sets; Colluzle, 1/16" punch, VersaMarker, Blender pen, Corner Rounder, Lg Oval punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1" circle punch, gold brads - accessories ;

Notes: for the celery background I stamped the flowers from Time Well Spent in Certainly Celery & then went over the centers with the VersaMarker to make the background. The large Blush Blossom & Groovy Guava circle was cut with the Colluzle. Once I had the circle cut out, I created the scallops with the corner rounder and pierced each scallop with the 1/16" punch.

Rub Ons, Rub Ons! I love Rub Ons!

I'm not sure why, but I love rub ons. When they first became popular a couple of years ago, I couldn't get enough. Now that Stampin' Up! offers them, I'm in heaven!!! I got the new Occations mini catalogue the day before yesterday & I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE almost everything in it. More rub ons of course :) The demonstrator pre-order doesn't start until Feb 1, so I'll have to pretend I have patience until then.

Today I'll share some of my Rub-Ons cards....

This card is full-on RubOn usage!! I was looking at the Eastern Elegance RubOns just after I'd used the Three for You punch. I noticed that some of the rub-ons would fit inside the flower shape... hmmm... I just received my Flower Fusion felt flowers yesterday and noticed that they too matched the shape of the Three for You flowers. *Light bulb*.... wonder how well rub-ons work with felt?? Appently they work fine! It's a little harder than paper, but not much :) Next thought... what paper matches this flower? Bali Breeze! Hence the gorgeous card is born. The line of rub-ons with the three flowers rubbed over top was picked up from the new Occasions Mini catalogue.

My 4 yr old son helped me with the flower & brads and then had a great time making a large selection of stacked felt flowers with brads through them :) I can scrap & stamp with my son now!! Oh the stars have aligned themselves wonderfully {grin}.

I've also been working on Valentine cards. One card (that I'll post after Valentine's day) uses ribbon with rub-on over it. As you see below :)

I cut the two pieces of ribbon, transfered the Rub Ons and then tied them in a knot. Folded each end over the card front & Ta Da!! Pretty new ribbon :)

Last but not least is another Valentines day card. I CASE'd and altered the layout from Beate. http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/643013?cat=500&ppuser=458 I'm developing a "thing" for large square cards :) This is also the first time I've used one of my hat pins. Not sure why, but I didn't really like them at first. They've grown on me.

Ingredients:

Rose Red, Regal Rose, Whisper White, Love Me DSP (discontinued) - paper; Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Rose Red - ink; All Through the Year, Canvas - stamp sets; Rose Red marker, corner rounder, 1" circle punch 1/2" circle punch, Crafters' Toolkit, Pretties Kit, white grograin ribbon, Cherished Memories Rub Ons - accessories;

Despite it being very *pink*, I think I'll give this one to my husband :)

Joel's 40!!

My dear friend Joel is 40 today!! This is his birthday card. I really like it - a maculine feeling cards! I was inspired by this card http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/623301?si=teacher%20authenticity . It was made by atomicbutterfly - everything she makes is gorgeous!!


Ingredients:

Basic Black, Creamy Caramel, Ruby Red, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla - card stock; Basic Black, Always Artichoke, Ruby Red, Creamy Caramel, VersaMark - ink; Stamp of Authenticity, Rough Edges Mini Alphabet, Define your Life - stamp sets; Ribbon Originals, White embossing powder, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch

Happy Day to everyone!!

Cards, Cards... Oh, lovely cards...

I keep staying up too late, but I've been having fun making cards. Here's a couple from last night.

The January Stampin' Success magazine had a pretty card with three butterflies down the center. Here's my version of it :)

Ingredients:

Ruby Red, Cameo Coral, Very Vanilla, Ginger
Blossom DSP - paper; Ruby Red, Cameo Coral, Groovy
Guava - ink; One Touch of Nature, All Holiday - stamp
sets; Hodgepodge Hardware, Sherbet Ribbon Originals,
1/2"circle punch (rounding the ends of the tags), ivory
                                                        crochet cotton - accessories;

I tried to make a masculine coffee card with this one. Not sure if I like it or not... The cup is embossed with Ultra Thick embossing powder, but it's kind of hard to tell in the scan. Brad says it's too bland, but I told him it's a little dirty-looking & slightly messy like most males.

Ingredients:

Boardering Blue, Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa Prints DSP - paper; Close to Cocoa, Boardering Blue - ink; Like it a Latte (discontinued) - stamp set; gold brad, Theater Ribbon Originals, 1 3/8" circle punch, emboss enamel, Versa Marker, Stampin' dimensionals (under the sentiment) - accessories;


Happy stamping everyone :)