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.

masculine guitar birthday card

This is a card that was made for a someone that likes to play games like
Guitar hero. I thought this stamp and card idea was great for the person it was made for. It's hard to see the detail of this card, but it is shiny and sparkles some. The lighting wasn't very good the night that I took the picture. Sorry I don't have a better picture. The guitarist is actually cut out and popped up with dimensionals. I used the edges of the dimensionals to pop up the smaller areas. I hate to waste stuff, so I use even the smallest of scraps when I can.
It is stamped twice. That way I didn't have to cut out the cords and small details, just the main character. It also gave it more of a 3d type of effect which was cool. The star is also popped up as well as the saying. I used the seam binding ribbon and the Word Window and Modern label punches. The background is just the brayer bounced around with various colors.
It's somewhat a basic card, but it fit the need and they enjoyed the card.
The inside has stars popped up on it too as well as another saying. Sorry I forgot to photograph the inside. I hope it gives you an idea for a masculine card next time you need one. Hope you have a great day today.

wedding shower card

We know several people getting married in the next couple of months. Most all of our friends went from getting married to having children, so there weren't too many weddings for a while, but several baby showers.

One of our friends had a shower recently and this is the card I made her. It was at a busy time, so I wanted a simple but elegant card.
I used the Elegant lines embossing folder and embossed some whisper white paper. I then took a dauber and my frost white shimmer paint and daubed all the raised areas which created a shimmer effect on the raised area (if you look really close you can see it). I then tied some organza ribbon around it creating a tone on tone look. I wanted a little pop, so I punched a scallop oval out of Basic black. I then stamped Congratulations with my black and then punched it out with the large oval punch. I raised the saying up with Dimensionals for added pop.

On the inside I added a saying and Congratulations in the same basic black. The cool thing with the clear mount is that I put both of these on my block at once, lined them up and stamped. Pretty cool. I decided I needed a little something else so I took the large flower from the wedding sweet set and stamped it subtly in the lower left corner. If you look really close you can see it. Sorry it was the best picture I could get at the time. It is there though. I think it's fun to add little touches to the inside or the envelopes to make the cards even more special.

Hope you enjoy my share today. Blessings. Lisa

mothers day card and new mini set

Hi everyone,
Sorry its been so long. Life just gets somewhat crazy at times. I haven't had as much time to create lately, but have created items for my classes and when I need items. Just need to pick out time to document them and download them all. We have had a busy few weeks being active in several things. We've had church activities, after school activities, field hockey, etc. Seems like some days we meet ourselves coming and going. I'm sure some of you can relate. I'm hoping summer brings somewhat a reprieve although, it's starting to look somewhat busy already. So I've made a few cards outside of my class time cards and this is one of them. This was my Mother's Day card for my mother. This new set is in the new mini that's out. It's called Fabulous Florets and I just love this set. I've already used it in several colors even. This one uses Rose Red and Pretty in Pink (I hope you can see the stamped flowers). I added some Pear seam binding that is being rolled over and can still be purchased. I did cut out layers of the flower. I basically stamped it 3 times, cut out each one making it smaller each time. I added dimensionals between the layers to give it a pop. Made it look really pretty and 3 dimensional. It was overall an easy card, but thought it made for a pretty Mother's day card. Even though that holiday is over, I think it would still be pretty for birthday, showers, thinking of you, etc type of cards. You wouldn't even have to add the layers, I just did that to mine just because I wanted too.
I've also been working on a digital album idea too that I hope to have done soon. There is a sale going on in May for printing those. So I've been spending extra time doing that too. I'll have to remember to post some pages when I'm done with it. It's all about a trip we took in April to South Carolina with Boyscouts. So anyways, I hope you enjoy my card today and I hope you continue to create. Blessings. Lisa