toddler birthday card

We got invited to a friend of ours child's 2nd birthday party. She likes stamping and scrapping too, so of course, I had to make him a card to celebrate the occasion.

I saw how to make this giraffe on our Stampin' Connection site that demonstrators have access to. I first saw this giraffe on a card made by Maureen Albert. Her card was different, but I just thought it was the cutest thing. I like punch art in general, but I thought this one was especially fun because our gift included lots of animals, including zoo animals.
This little card is basically lots of punches. I used mainly current ones but I did use at least one retired one. I used the five petal flower for the ears. The owl punch for the eyes, nose and top of the little things on his head. I used the slot punch (retired) for the little things on his head too. You could cut little strips instead. I used 1 3/8" circle and scallop circle punches. The large and small oval and the 1/2" and 3/4" circles. I inked the edges in the respective colors and the head is actually popped up with dimensionals. I stamped the saying from Teeny Tiny wishes and added some 1/8" espresso ribbon. Except for trying to figure out the right sizes to put where it was really an easy and fun card to make I think.
So I hope you enjoy my share today.
Have a great day.
Lisa

second fathers day card.

I made this somewhat cute and fun card for my husband from the kids. They kind of remind me of raccoons or at least the ones that use to visit my grandmother's house. The ones that visited her were always wanting food or attention, which my kids always seem to want one or the other at our house. Her raccoons constantly made a chattering noise because there were so many and my kids always seem to talk or make noise. They are quietest when they sleep. :)
They are good and creative kids for the most part, but they are definitely busy. I just couldn't resist making this card like this because of that.

I do only have one raccoon stamp and yes its nose faces left, which would be the one on the right side. So how did I get the other one? Well you can't tell in this picture, but I cheated. I stamped the raccoon on a piece of transparency and cut him out and flipped him over. I tried to put the glue under the darker parts of him, but you can still see a little near the bottom. So that's how I cheated. I did watercolor the bear with my blender pen and ink pads. The star is stamped on daffodil paper and then cut out.
So I hope you like my idea. It too could be used for other events - camping, birthday etc. Hopefully it inspires you to come up with some other creative options when things don't work exactly like you want them too. Have a great day.

the open sea fathers day card

I like this set and I'm sad it didn't make it into the regular catalog. It is only available through the end of August. It's a good manly set. It's also great for some travel pics and even boat or beach scenes.
I used it for one of my 2 father's days cards. Even though I made a Father's day card, it could also make a cool birthday card or thinking of you, miss you etc. The saying could be interchanged.
For this card I aged the log sheet with my soft suede ink and my spiral punch, which I'm really sad to see this punch retire. Stampin' Up! is the only company that I have personally seen that type of punch in and it was one of my first favorite punches for the style. It was different and I liked that.
I stamped the boat on Whisper white and then colored it in using my blender pen and my ink pads. I also added some cherry seam binding which I love and am glad they are continuing. I got the saying from Teeny Tiny wishes. It's hard to see in this picture, but the Baja is also Versa Marked with both the anchor and the other directional symbol in the set.
Overall a nice and manly type of card, which I have to say is hard for me. I do prefer flowers and butterflies. I hope you enjoy this card idea today. Have a great day.

scrapbooking your faith - christmas

Since I'm so far behind I'll post two in one day. This was our Christmas Scrapbooking your faith class. I always feel torn around Christmas about what to scrapbook. Why, because we don't ever have any pictures really that share our faith during these times. We go to services and Christmas events, but most are quieter times where you don't really take pictures. So all I really take pictures of is the gift exchanges and decorations and such. So all I can do with the other part is journal it.

Since I only have the other to scrapbook, I wondered how I could add a religious element to the pages. One of the ways was to use the Come to Bethlehem set. Being smaller though it got kind of lost on the page, so I had an idea. I decided to punch out a circle and stamp the image. I then used my dauber and inked the bottom to look like sand and then inked the edges to give depth. Then I used my tab punch and made it look like an ornament. Several of our decorations that we have in our home share our faith, so it will fit right in with the pictures. It also fits in with the gift giving, because Christ was the perfect gift we could ever receive.

I used the Jayne's type alphabet and the concord ribbon and papers. A tip I used for my stamp set was that I cut the star separate from the wise men. I don't know why but I didn't like the look of a dark star. By cutting it apart I have a choice. With the clear mount I can put the star anywhere I like now. I also used Elements of style for the vine look behind the letters and popped up several of the ornaments. It's hard to see in these pictures but the one cherry cobbler ornament has the tinsel wrapped around it that we sold in the holiday mini. It only took a small bit to wrap around it, maybe 3" or so. It just gave it an extra sparkle it seemed, kind of like being on our tree.
So I hope you like these pages and it gives you ideas of some things you can do to share your faith.

Have a great day.

scrapbooking your faith - trust

Seems like I'm farther behind then I remember. It's almost this time of year again. It won't be long for sure, especially as fast as time seems to be flying.

This was either last September's or last October's Scrapbooking your faith class (seems like we had to cancel one month). The theme was trust. We talked about learning to trust God, especially when life seemed scary or unknown. He knows the plans for us and we don't, so we need to learn to trust and rely on God more in our lives.

These pages could be used for Halloween pictures or also to share about a time in our life where we had a challenge or needed to place more trust in God.

We used the Wicked cool set that will be in the new catalog along with the Broadsheet alphabet. I think the only things retiring are the bat punch and the pumpkin satin ribbon. I will miss them. I thought the bat punch was really cute for the fall and I love the satin ribbons. The spider was made with punches too. I used circle punches and the bat punch for the legs cut really close together. It's attached with linen thread to the spider web. It's also on a dimensional so it's like he's floating down so to speak.

So I hope you enjoy the pages and have a great day today.