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

scrapbooking your faith - august

In August we talked about challenges and how we deal with them. Several had been having some trials in their lives and so we took time to reflect on some of that.
My pages that I chose I tried to keep upbeat. Because even when we have trials, we can still have joy and/or blessing can still come during and from those times. We also discussed how we are never alone as God is always with us. :)

My one page I copied the idea from the Stampin' Up! catalog for the most part but the other side I just made up to go with it.
The saying on the top picture says, "If at first you do succeed try not to look astonished." The other is a quote from John lennon that says, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." Both I thought were fitting when it comes to challenges. One because life does happen no matter what and I know lots of people that have been astonished when something worked out. That saying always brings a smile to my face, because I've seen it happen more then once.
The main sets used on this was the Eastern Blooms stamp set and the Full of Life stamp set. I cut out some of the flowers and punched out some of the others. The main colors were Crumb Cake, marina Mist, Perfect Plum and Concord Crush. The ribbon and some of the words were also in Pear Pizazz.
Hope you enjoy the pages and always remember God is with you and loves you. Hope you have a great day.

Eastern blossoms birthday

I just love this new tree branch stamp from the new mini. It comes from the Eastern Blossoms stamp set. I colored this one and made a little birthday card using it. It was a fairly easy card and filled my need to color, which I get from time to time as you guys know.
I used Pretty in pink and rose to color in the flowers and pear and olive for the leaves. I stamped the saying and punched it out too and the ribbon is our new Rose Red seam binding. I love having different colors of ribbons that match.
I hope you enjoy my little share today.
I know I've been a slacker a lot lately and I apologize. We have so much going on right now and I don't see it getting better soon. I'll try and post as often as I can. I'm still creating when I can and have various class items to post. I just have to get time to post them. :)
Hope you have a great day today.

more valentine projects

Do you all remember the little fortunes we made in school.? You know the ones where you pick a color and move the fortune as many times there were letters. Then you did a number and did it again until you got to the end and you lifted up the fortune for that person. Well these were made the same way. They make cute little candy holders. Just fold them and add handles. I also rounded my points to make it a little more baskety. I know that's not a word, but I couldn't help it.
I thought this was a great idea. Stampin' Up! shared it with us demos and I couldn't resist. I gave these to my club members. Each one was slightly different as I used our hostess 6x6 pack to make them. I forgot to take pics of the group though, so this is all I have left.
Isn't it cute?
My handle is the Dotted Scallop Ribbon punch.










I also made some more mini cards. Here is one of them. It uses the Filled with Love set and the heart of hearts embosslit from the big shot. I stamped the background on it and then I added a punched heart using the full heart punch. Don't you just love it when they coordinate? Then I backed it with a black heart from the embosslit - another coordinating piece. Then I added some real read grosgrain ribbon and then a little gem in the top right hand of the heart. The heart is also raised up on Dimensionals.
Pretty quick and easy card.
So I hope you enjoy more Valentine ideas.
Sorry I've been such a slacker posting. Life has been very busy lately. I'll be glad when it slows down.

more valentine club projects

This was our third mini card we did. It was on a real red base with a black mat. The whisper white we stamped the xoxo stamp with pretty in pink ink and inked the edges. Then we punched the black scallop and red circle. On another white piece of paper we used the stamp set called I heart hearts and stamped 2 hearts and then cut around them and popped them up with dimensionals. It gave the little card some added dimension. I made some more of these cards and I need to take some pictures. they are really fun to make.

This is the last item we made. It is a gatefold card that opens in the middle. It doesn't quite look like that though as the black mat goes past the middle, so it overlaps it. The left side is secured closed behind the heart mounted on the right side with a dimensional. It all slides underneath and fits just snugly. I thought it a fun way to open the card and a cool twist on that type of card. The little heart and circle in the middle of the Love word are punched pieces and the little heart is raised up on dimensionals. The little hearts at the bottom are also hearts from the heart punch from the itty bitty punch pack. To top it all off I added a little jewel to the red heart. I love how that set matches some punches. I love it when things match and are easy to use to create that little wow.
So I hope they give you some ideas for some more valentine cards. Hope you have a really great day today.