Baby Girl 1st Birthday Card

Various supplies from different companies came together

to make this cute First Birthday card. 

If it weren't for creating my own stamp with a 

Just Write Stampers, the card would have been a pretty

quick one to make. Working with those teeny, tiny

alphabet letters is tricky, time consuming.  

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Nestabilities dies

Alphabet die (1) from Stampin'Up!

White and pink card stocks

Decorative paper, Die Cuts With A View paper stack

Polka dot ribbon, unknown

Dimensionals

Black ink

Just Rite Stamper alphabet and stamper

Thanks for looking =) 

Biplane Card - sketch challenge

This is the second set of cards I made using sketch challenge #250

at Operation Write Home as my inspiration.

See my first using a train image and browns set posted yesterday.

I omitted the two smaller circles/embellishments since my background

on this card was so busy already. 

Stamp images are from Hero Arts and

embossing folder is from Sizzix/Tim Holtz.

The twill background stamp on the hand cut banner is from Stampin' Up!

Various shades of gray card stock and inks.

Handmade cloud stencil and sponge to ink over for the sky.

Nestabilities circle dies. 

1/4"circle punch, silver card stock an Crystal Effects to make the faux brad. 

Thanks for looking =) 

OWH Sketch Challenge 250 - train card

Sketch Challenge #250  was posted today at Operation Write Home- 

along with a link to the pdf file containing all 250 sketches to date !

This card came together quickly, 

so I whipped up four of them 

to donate to Operation Write Home.

I've been working on cards for Operation Write Home
the past couple of weeks as time allows.
I started to fill a box last year, then life/other projects
 got in the way and I never finished filling it.
I'm determined to get it done - sooner rather than later!
No, it isn't necessary to send an entire box full of cards
at one time. Any amount at any time is fine, but I like
to put as many as I am able to in one shipment.
I'm slowly getting there !

I'll be sharing lots of cards I have made over the next month or so.

SUPPLIES:

Kraft, Vanilla and Espresso textured card stocks

Espresso ink

Hero Arts AC007 Past Times stamp set

Sizzix Tim Holtz embossing folder

Nestabilities circle dies

1/4"circle punch, gold card stock and Crystal Effects to

create faux brads

I left this card blank so it could be used for any number óf reasons.

There is a biplane stamp image in this set and
an airmail themed embossing folder that I will use to
make another set of four cards with this sketch.
Maybe I'll follow the sketch more closely on that one ;)
I'll share them tomorrow. 

Thanks for looking ! 

Be sure to check out the challenge page to

see the lovely inspiration card as well as

the InLinkz to the fantastic challenge participants cards.

The challenge is permanently open, make a card and share it !

Sympathy card - masculine

Nontraditional sympathy card for the family of a man that was a farmer.

This is a 5" x 7" card.

Image is from the long retired stamp set Times and Seasons by Stampin' Up! and water colored with ink pads/aqua painter.

Scratch (not sure of exact name) background stamp, Stampin' Up!

Ink sponged along the edges of the card base.

Yellow paper came from the divider page inside of a spiral bound notebook.

Green mulberry paper is actually a piece of gift wrap.

Ribbon, unknown scrap that was in a grab bag I bought at a yard sale several years ago.

Bookmark Birthday Card

This is a birthday card that has a removable bookmark ! 

The floral images on the bookmark have been dry embossed.

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!, some are now retired. 

Cupcake Border Punch Card

This simple, cute birthday card uses part of a gift bag

for the background paper ! Seriously !

My daughter bought something from a store at the mall

and they gave her a glossy coated, pink striped gift bag

that had pink ribbon handles.

I never even knew she had it until I saw it in the trash

(a true recycling project!!!).

It was slightly crumpled, but parts were still useful.

I trimmed out the smoothest portions of the bag to

use on something, someday and the ribbon handles

were detached, stuck in with my ribbon scraps.

Over a year later I finally put a piece of that salvaged paper to use ! 

The tag is created from a tag topper punch that Stampin' Up! sold.

The rubber stamp is also from Stampin' Up! 

It says "Happy Birthday" in that same quirky style inside the card.

I found the cupcake border paper punch at a yard sale for $2.

The black layers are created by running a wide, chisel point

permanent black marker along the edges of the papers.

Organdy ribbon scraps.

I had enough scraps to make a few more of these to donate to

Operation Write Home!

 

 

 

Thanks for looking =) 

Sentiments Challenge at OWH

The March Our Daily Bread Designs challenge

at Operation Write Home is

SENTIMENTS:

make cards using a sentiment as the main focus on the card.

Each month that they reach the goal of 50 entries,  

Our Daily Bread Designs donates up to two boxes of free shipping for our heroes:

 1 box for 25 cards posted and 2 boxes for 50 cards posted.

I don't have many sentiment rubber stamp images

that seemed large enough to fill the front of a card,

so I made my own !

I used Photoshop Elements and a couple of fonts

to type in this quote I found online.

I printed it out on white striped paper,

ran a chisel point black Sharpie marker along the edge,

and hot glued on two textured card stock paper punched hearts.

I sponged a burgundy ink along the edges

of the hearts then slightly bent the edges backward

to give them a bit of puffy dimension.

I had tied a piece of bakers twine into a tiny bow

and was going to glue it to the hearts,

then decided against it. It just didn't look quite right to me,

plus I had the thought that it may not hold up well

if the card gets shuffled around much by our heroes

as they are looking for the perfect card. I wouldn't want

the twine to fray or potentially pop off since it would

have such a small amount of glue (under the knot)

holding it on.

 Attempting to show the dimension I created

Please join the Sentiments challenge at

Operation Write Home !

THANKS FOR LOOKING  =)

Edited: I decided to go ahead and add the bow to one of the

four cards I made. I added Fray Check to the ends to help keep them

from fraying then attached it with clear Tacky glue,

hoping that will keep the knot in place, too.

Customer Card of the Day - mine !!!!

I created this simple card a little too late to enter it into the

No Color Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs

http://www.ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/2015/02/odbdslc228-no-coloring.html

 

 

 



SUPER EXCITED !!!!!!!!!!! Read the post below about my card chosen as the Customer Card of the Day for 3/5/2015 at Our Daily Bread Designs !!!!
http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/customer-card-of-day-heather-aka-crafty.html

The lovely, detailed stamp images are from their Let It Snow set.

Snowflake border punch, unknown.

Snowburst embossing folder, Stampin' Up!

Silver card stock, embossing powder, organdy ribbon, thread and Encore ink pad.


Thanks for looking =)

Leprechaun Face Card - tutorial

This card is made similarly to my Santa Face card.

Hand cut beard and moustache that were run through the

Divine Swirls cuttlebug folder.

Paper punched eyes, eyebrows and nose.

Dimensionals and sponged inks for detail.

The finished card has a top fold.

It is 3 3/4" wide and 5 1/2" tall.

The hat brim is 4 1/4" wide.

Here are several step by step photos to help

if you'd like to make your own:

Start with a scrap piece of paper to make patterns.

Trace your patterns onto card stock.

You can cut them out now before running them

through the embossing folder or leave it as once piece

then trim them out afterwards. Just be sure that all pencil

marks are on the back or carefully trim them off

if they end up on the front.

I started with a 4" tall by 3 3/4" wide piece of

card stock for my beard and moustache,

keeping scraps to make eyebrows.

You may want to add more to the height so you have

more scraps to work with for the eyebrows.

Sponge ink onto the nose (3/4" circle punch)

then attach with a dimensional/pop dot.

Add ink for cheeks, too,

and freckles with an ink pen if you'd like.

You can make eyebrows any number of ways.

This is one trick I used.

Cut a 3/8" wide strip of card stock,

thread it through a Word Window punch

with one end sticking out (glue a thin scrap strip of

paper to it to make a handle, easier to work with).

Trim one end then carefully push it back in , keeping it lined up perfectly

and trim off the opposite end. You may want to add a mark where you'd like

to stop the punch at, mine as about 7/8".

The hat is made with a 1" tall by 3 3/4" long piece of card stock.

I trimmed the top two corners off by hand to round them.

The hat brim is made by running a 5/8" tall by approximately 4 1/2" long

 piece of card stock into a 3/4" paper punch to round the corners off

(like the eyebrows were made above). You cold also hand trim these if you prefer.

Make the brim no longer than 4 1/4" so it will fit in a regular invitation (A2) envelope.

Sponge inks along the edges.

Add a strip of black for a hat band if you'd like and

even a small gold square.

The eyes are made with 3/8" black circles and

1/4" white circles.

Thanks for looking =)

Green With Envy at AnythingButACard

Welcome to this months challenge at

Anything But A Card:

Green With Envy.

My project is a hand cut mat that I painted

a Patina finish on to frame an Irish Blessing

that I created on my computer.

There is a paper punch four leaf clover at the top

for a fun dimensional touch.

My Green With Envy project is also a sort of

Go Green project by repurposing old items, too:

matboard , frame and card stock scraps.

First, I found an old piece of matboard

that wasn't really nice enough to be used

as a mat alone. By covering it with layers of paint,

it hid the flaws so it could be useful once  more.

Cutting the rectangle part of the mat with my Alto's mat cutter.

It's nothing fancy, but it gets the job done.

This was the first time I've added an arch cut

to a mat. It was actually pretty easy and I

surprised myself by having it work successfully the first time !

No wasted matboard from a poor cut, yippee!

The patina finish was created with this really old,

never used, paint set I picked up at a yard sale.

The paints were still good surprisingly!

It's super easy to do:

Basecoat your project with a black green.

Lightly sponge on a minty green.

Lastly add some touches of gold.

I used a sea sponge to apply my paints.

This is after the first two coats of green, before the gold.

The matboard did warp from the moisture in the paint,

but flattened out nicely once dry.

It looks just fine in the frame.

I used a small paintbrush to paint the bevel edge gold.

Punch three or four hearts from green card stock.

Lightly score down the centers.

This score line will help in folding the leaves

up slightly for some dimension.

Cut a stem by hand.

Sponge a darker green ink around the edges of the hearts

before assembling your clover.

I ran a thin line of glue down the fold of each leaf

to attach them to the printed piece.

:

Thanks for looking =)

Be sure to visit the

Anything But A Card blog

to see more inspiring ideas every Sunday -

and link up your Green With Envy project, too !