3d flowers birthday card

Sorry I haven't posted much this week. It's year end and I've also felt puny all week. I haven't done much besides go to work this week.
I did make one birthday card this week. I saw this flower idea on the demo site and had to try it. It's great all the ideas that demos share. It's one of the perks of being a demo, lots and lots of ideas. I'm not sure who created this idea, but thought it pretty cool. One of the cards I saw (designed by Joni Miller) had multiple layers on the flowers so it almost balled up. It was her card that inspired my card, but I wanted mine a little looser, so I only did two layers. I also debated what I'd like to put in the center. I just dabbed some color there, but I think several items would work. I think beads, brads, buttons, etc would all look pretty cool.
I used lovely lilac, bashful blue and barely banana for my flower colors and my leaves are celery. I also stamped Happy Birthday in Lilac too.
So how did I make my flowers? With the scallop circle punch. Just punch it out (two of them), wad it up, cut the individual petals and roll them inward. A little time consuming, but has a pretty outcome in my opinion. The picture is a little dark (it was night time), but it looks really pretty in real life. So I hope you enjoy my card share today.
Have a great day and stay warm. Blessings.

breast cancer card - happiness always and a share

In February I'm holding a SAS and I'm giving part of the proceeds to breast cancer research. I made some alternate cards for people to see in case they want to send out cards that use the Ribbon of Hope stamp set.
This was one of the cards. It is really pretty in real life. The picture doesn't do it justice. That's really Chocolate Chip in the picture even though it looks black. It's whisper white, chocolate and pretty in pink. The white background is textured with polka dot embossing folder and sponged with a light pink. The ribbon is stamped in pretty in pink and cut out and raised up on dimensionals. The saying is from Whimsical Words ( a Sale-a-bration set you can earn free.) It's punched with the wide oval and highlighted with some chocolate and raised up with dimensionals as well. The ribbon is the new satin ribbon in the mini which is absolutely gorgeous in real life.

Okay, I know this isn't stamping but I have to show a couple of things my son did. He is really creative in my opinion, so I thought I'd share. My son turned 6 in November by the way and is in Kindergarten. He's learning about American symbols/landmarks in class. So a couple of days ago he decided he wanted to make some and disappears in his room. These were 2 of the ones he made.
This first one is made out of Legos - Can you tell what it is?

It's the Statue of Liberty. The spikey things are a part of her crown. The brown thing is her torch that people can go up into and see out. He even put the eyeball legos in there too. The little green thing under the brown thing represents her hand holding the torch. He was very detailed telling us about it. As a parent you wonder what your child is doing in their room when they are quiet, but that day this is what he was doing. I thought it extremely cute for a 6 year old.





The second item is a drawing he did. He taped 3 pieces of paper together (with the lady bug tape (which you can see he used to tape to his wall).
He then proceeded to draw and color an American bald eagle. It's hard to see the feet, but they are there. It's standing on a rock and has grass under the rock. It's probably almost the size of a real eagle too (a little on the small side, but pretty close.)

Aren't these clever? I just had to share. I hope you enjoyed the card and the fun things my son made. I enjoy hearing kids talk who have pride for their country and love learning about it. It's always fascinating what they say. We are truly blessed here with the freedoms we have and I'm glad he is learning about it. So blessings today to all of you and have a great day.

maculine bday

We celebrated my brother-in-laws birthday this last weekend and I needed a masculine birthday card. I struggle with masculine cards a lot. Girly cards, kid cards, etc no problem but I have to work a lot harder to come up with masculine cards. After much debating I finally decided on this card, which I really ended up liking. One of the things he likes to do is play golf, so I made this card for him. Inside I also added a piece of white and stamped golf balls all over it in going gray (stamped off first to make them lighter). I then used Happy Birthday from Well Scripted in the mini in brocade.

For the outside I used the following supplies:
stamps: all in the family, family accessories too, On your Birthday.
inks: brocade blue (& marker), basic black, going gray(& marker), close to cocoa marker (hair), blush blossom.
paper: whisper white, brocade blue basic black
accessories: blender pen.
I also drew little lines on the club to look like ridges - sort of like real clubs have.
It ended up being a fun card even though I didn't really bling it up a lot. Tricky for me to not do as it's instinct for me to add such things. I think it's the girl in me. :)
He seemed to enjoy it and that is all that really mattered really. So I hope you enjoy my birthday card and it inspires you to make some masculine cards too. Have a great day today.
Blessings.

sale-a-bration thinking of you

This is a little card I made using a new sale-a-bration set. This is similar but different to one of the cards we will be making in a SAS next month. For that SAS all the cards will feature some sort of pink, because I decided to donate part of the kit fees and part of any sales that day to breast cancer research. It seems like nowadays most of us know someone who has had or has breast cancer or who has/had breast cancer themselves or even some other form of cancer. So I thought I'd do a little part and donate part of the proceeds to that cause. One to help remind us to do our checks, but also to remind us what our friends and family members mean to us - as life is short and we never really know how long we have together here. So remind someone you care about to pay attention to their body and to remember to do their monthly checks.

So now on to the card. The colors in this card are Pixie Pink, Tempting Turquoise and green galore. The stamp sets are Happy Moments (a set you can earn free during Sale-a-bration), vintage vogue and Sincere Salutations. The flowers are colored with a blender pen using pixie, turquoise, summer sun, close to cocoa and certainly celery. The Thinking of you is in basic black.
The flower on left is stamped in Versa Mark and is from Vintage Vogue (a set from the mini). I thought this a bright happy card and one that you could easily send to someone to lift there spirits and just say, hey, I'm thinking of you as everyone needs encouragement from time to time.
So that's my little posting for today. I hope you have a great day. Blessings.

milk carton and eggcellent eggs kit

Isn't this new diecut box cute? I just can't resist the boxes. It's almost as bad as the punches. Yes, yes... I know, I'm a punch addict too, especially if they coordinate with something else. What am I talking about I get them all. So sad and so true. :)
I like how easy the boxes are to just cut, stick and fill with goodies. They are great for my patience level. Now this die is really small, but you could still fill with little candies, toys, etc and it makes a super cute package. It even opens like a real milk carton.
I also decorated it with the Eggcellent Eggs kit. That kit is while supplies last and is a fun little kit. It comes with egg holders, which could also be used on cards or scrapbook pages - one even looks like cut grass. I used two of the blue strips to go around my carton here. It also has several pages of die cut flowers, a page of leaves, rub-ons, and little gems. You basically punch them out, layer them and glue them on to your item. So super easy and in those fun pastel colors - just made for Easter type pages, cards or also baby or pretty much anything that you would use pastel colors. So this is my fun easy project for the day. I hope you enjoy it. Have a great day and blessings to you all.

club projects - valentine project 2 pretty in pink

Hey everyone, I hope you are having a great day and are staying healthy. Seems like a bug is going around here and lots of people are getting sick, so hopefully you are doing well today.

So here is another of our club projects.
This was our second club project that we did.
This one uses pretty in Pink and rose red as it's main colors. It also showcases the new pinking hearts border punch (notice the little hearts it punches out - several haven't caught that). It also uses the scalloped heart of hearts embosslit, which coordinates so well with the full heart punch. It is popped up on dimensionals to give it some dimension. lol. Sounds so lame, but it does add so much. I used a dauber to shade the heart with pink a little to create a shadow effect. Same with the little hearts punched with the new small heart punch. Of course it looks extra yummy with the new pretty in pink satin ribbon. I love the feel and look of this ribbon. Very pretty. The stamped image is also the new jumbo roller called I {love} love and is rolled using pretty in pink. So I hope you enjoy my little Valentine card. It was fun to make and not very hard really and uses a ton of new fun things.

club projects - valentine project 1 sweet treat

This was one of our club projects we made tonight. We punched holes in the cardstock so you can sneak the candy out (see where the heart is). The little tag holds it all in. You pull the tag up and it reveals the hole to get the candy out. The heart and a saying is actually on the tag, which I forgot to take a picture of with it pulled out. The saying actually says "follow your heart it knows the way" from the Whimsical words set from SAB.
The base of the card is made with the Big Shot, but you could use any border punch really. Then I used heart shaped Sweet treat cups and Whimsical words again for the outside of the card. All the edges are inked with red ink and all the sayings are in red as well. I used the full heart punch to punch the hole for the sweet treat cups. Red gingham ribbon also finishes out the tag. A cute little Valentine card with a treat. A fun little project.
Hope you enjoy it. Now is the time to order for Valentines day. Hope you have a great day today.
Blessings.