more happy flowers

paper from a sale pack at Archivers.....more Martha S punched flowers.....and a bit of lace from a a MS border punch....various buttons finish it off.

inside: SU round label punch, greeting can be lifted from it's pocket. ( a friend said i should include some card insides....most of mine are interactive and not one seems to be the same.....so here it is)

card base.....PTI kraft CS.

happy flowers

used a martha stewart punch for these flowers....cut from CS scraps.

background paper from PTI...various buttons......happy happy flowers !

cute basket

got directions from www.stamptv.com, just love gina K's tutorials and paper.

this was made with an 8.5x 8.5 piece of cardstock......and some pti floral paper.  i have no use for it yet, but i just had to try it. the stamp is SU.....used versafine ink.....and some diamond dust and a button.  there is one on each side.  hope you give this a whirl.....pretty sturdy container.  perhaps i can use it for gifts....maybe for 4x4 card sets

scrunched flower

made this flower with a die set from PTI (beautiful blooms II)...large, medium and small flower....misted and scrunched up......secured by a gold brad.....there is a bit of glittered tulle in it for some depth.  the leaves are made with a leaf nestability die...metallic lavender background was made with a nestability die as well.

spring card for southernbreezes.com weekly challenge

....Bloomin' button bits....from PTI.  it is my newest favorite set.

stamped the leaves with chalk ink and embossed with clear embossing powder...various buttons comprise the flowers....butterfly made with a martha stewart punch....hot pink wire for her antennae.....

happy spring !

birthday for hubby

for the background i used the cardboard insert from a curtain panel, tearing the covering off to reveal the spines beneath......the sentiment is from PTI and the owl and tree is from a clear set i got at AC Moore (hampton art)

i cut the image piece and the background (SU) using a label nestability die.....and mounted with scoretape (love that stuff)

reverse image

this card was made for the weekly southernbreezes.com challenge....make a black and white card with ONE color pop.

the stamp is from "all night media" (have had it for quite some time).

i stamped one image on black with SU white craft ink and one on white with versafine black onyx ink....clear embossed both images, cut out the circle with nestability die and then cut each circle in half.

put opposite colors together on a hot pink scalloped nestability.....the DREAM sentiment is from a $$ set from Michaels.

pretty cool..............

pulley card

this is a neat technique.....once you do one it is not too bad.
this is the card closed.....you pull on the ribbon on the right for a surprise.

i made the flower using 3 sizes of flower nestabilities.....the polka dot paper is from a CS stack from Sams last year.

both stamped images are SU.... happy happy happy and a cute present on the side panels.   birthday wishes is also from SU.....

http://www.michellesrubberroom.com/2010/04/how-to-make-pulley-card.html......got the directions here

southerbreezes challenge april 18

challenged to make a card with our favorite color (pink) and technique (currently squished paper flowers)

on the first the background is stamped with a dahlia stamp from PTI and embossed. when dry, i covered it with gluestick glue and then patted on a crumbled piece of tissue wrapping paper....smoothing it to look like faux silk....which is difficult to see here.  the flower is made by punching out 3 flowers (papershapers punch), spraying with water, spray starch and then drying with a heat tool.  i punched a small hole in the center and inserted "stamen".  that flower is placed on a dahlia (stamped and then cut) flower.  i sprayed the concoction with "smooch" pearl spray and then used some diamond dust. hello is a PTI stamp.

second card's flower is made with an original sizzix die cut flower using the same technique.  the background cardstock is from Nana's nursery  pack.....stamp from PTI.  a bit of lavender ribbon finishes it off.

PINK PINK PINK.......love pink

picture frame card

i found directions here:  http://rachelgreig.typepad.com/darkroomdoor/2010/03/wilderness-photochip-frame-card.html

i stamped a background lace stamp with brilliance blue ink and embossed with clear ultra fine embossing powder.  cut it to fit on the 4 1/4 gatefold card front.  cardstock is from Gina K and from nana's nursery stack. i used rectangular nesties for the openings and a scalloped oval for the sentiment

the sentiment is from PTI (my not so secret addiction).  it looks quite difficult to make but really is pretty easy.

paper piecing

seems like most of my cards ARE paper pieced.  i think i do not know how to make a "clean and simple" card.  most of mine have many layers.

on this one i used cardstock from a K& Co mat stack.  the basket is just a rectangle with rounded corners.  i ran that through my CB with the oriental basket weave embossing folder and sponged with brown ink to highlight.  the handle is attached with a brad and the basket is popped out with dimensionals to give it some relief.  the flowers were made with paper a shapers flower punch..........vellum layer on top for added interest.  the leaves were made with a martha stewart punch.  sentiment is from PTI mega messages (one of my favorite sets)

we have given up hope for our lost kitten

well, it has been over a week, he has not returned nor have we gotten any response to our signs posted in the neighborhood.  we are very sad......but Lovey will be missed even though he wasnt with us for very long.

good bye sweetie.....

easter cards

i made several easter cards......it's my last big holiday warranting a card !  oh my, what will i do without a holiday ?

there are a few, so here goes:  this one is made using a yellow original sizzix die of a daffodil.....i cut the inside of the polka dot cardstock (from a giant pack i bought at Sam's a few years ago) with a nestability die and embossed a piece of acetate to place in the opening.  PTI stamp for sentiment

for this one i cut a flower with a nestability die using a pearlescent piece of wrapping paper.  sponged it, and then folded it to resemble a bud.  the bottom of the bud is wrapped in a green mulberry paper.... wispy edges make it look sort of real.  the stem is stamped and embossed with a SU flower stamp.  the little bee is popped up and colored with stickles and diamond dust.

several nestability label dies showcase this little bunny.... used $ stamps from Michaels i bought years ago.  hard to see, but i used flocking for the bunny so he is a fuzzy bunny.  his tail is a little pom pom that came on a wire.  i just punched little holes and threaded and secured it from the back.

last one is a free digi stamp.....colored with copic markers and a bit of diamond dust.  the tulip and leaves are popped up  for dimension.  (that is hard to see though.  my photography skills are pretty poor, sorry)

i lose track of names of stamps (many have been taken off their wooden blocks so the company is now a mystery), papers (i have many stacks dating back to my Joann store days).....for the most part i use what i have for backgrounds and pretty much stick with good cardstock from gina K and PTI for the card bases.  i concentrate on learning new techniques and love to re-purpose.

i feel that inspiration comes from images and execution from supplies on hand......tweaking .... and running with an idea to make it your own.

Happy Easter all.

our little kitten

we nursed this little guy....to the vet several times, he was just getting stronger and somehow he ran out of our home this morning.  neither my husband or I saw him get out......but when we looked for him....he was nowhere to be found in the house so he must have.  we are very sad....very sad.

please keep Lovey in your thoughts......he is only 3 lbs and has never been outside.
this is his most recent picture.....he is just a baby.

we are devastated. he was helping me take pix of my recent creations.....

another quilted card

these papers are from a K&K pad.  squares are 1 in and sewn onto cardstock for a quilted effect. background text on some squares are from PTI

this comforter set was the color inspiration for the card.  

quilted cards

for southern breezes weekly challenge we were to get inspiration from clothing.

this sort of looked like an infant outfit might look if i could find those colors online in a baby catalogue !!
the cardstock is cut into 1.25 inch squares, and sewn onto cardstock with my janome mini sewing machine.  this will be a special card for my daughter's very good friend who is due this spring.

quilted card for southernbreeze's weekly challenge

we were challenged to use clothing as inspiration for this weeks color scheme.....the bedpsread's colors matched some K&K cardstock i had on hand.  since clothing must be sewed....i sewed the 1 1/4 in squares to cardstock to make a faux quilt.

shaped card front for challenge

made a few easter cards....using the yellow sizzix daffodil die (have never used this one, it has patiently waited 2 years !) the background shapes are made from nestability dies.

easter sentiments from PTI mega mixed messages set....background text PTI as well

party invitation

the flower almost looks like a pressed flower.  it actually is a paper posie, folded into quarters .... the green is mulberry paper pulled to look like the bottom of the bud.

butterflies are made with a martha stewart punch....stickles make the body. cardstock by bo bunny.

For Sheila

this week's southern breezes challenge was to make a card for a very special lady who has had a very tragic loss....her son passed away suddenly. for any parent, this is absolutely devastating.  

my thoughts have been with sheila and her family since this happened .....

the card was to include butterflies and the color purple, her favorites......here is my offer.

love you sheila.....

st patricks day

ok, so i got carried away.....blame the horrid cold weather and too much time in my craft room.

i did have fun though

crepe paper flowers

amazingpapergrace (becca) had a tutorial using crepe paper streamers to make flowers.

took me back to the 60's and those large flowers we made !

i used 26 inches of the streamer which was cut down to an inch width.  gathered the paper using a long stitch on my janome machine (reserved just for paper sewing).  attached a button to the center....PTI tiny dots black paper lets the bright yellow flower pop ! i love the yellow and black combo

embossed card for a challenge

this week's challenge on southern breezes is to use different embossing techniques. this card has lots of embossing, both wet and dry......the background is embossed with a sizzix folder, and is covered in sparkle tulle.  the butterflies are stamped with SU stamps and cut either with the large butterfly punch (SU) or by hand.
the inside is embossed with a SU embossing folder.....

i also used wet embossing in gold and red for the butterflies on the front.

grunge board bird

i cut the bird from diamond patterned grunge board (tim holtz) with my nestie bird die......then embossed with red and gold....

patterned vellum, red button and the gold cord add a bit of interest.....

rainy day bee

another freebie digital stamp. colored with copics, popped up the umbrella and the boots.....

for a rainy effect, i embossed clear acetate with large dots....it even reflected the spots when i took a picture of the card.  nesties are great for mounting images.....

masculine valentine

another easel card.....this one has little gold sticker hearts....cardstock from the safari mat pack.....

more digi stamps

got these little digital mice from bugaboostamps......love them.  easy to download, print and color.  these are called "fat mice".  some of the flowers are popped up, all glittered....brads are added to some for additional dimension.

the weather better start getting better....i am in the craft room too much. i am now into little 4 inch square cards.....they are kind of cute and smile provoking.  or maybe it's just the dreadful cold weather making me loopy?

dont know what i will do with this little set of 4.......left the insides blank so far

interesting spiral

this card is made from a card that i got in a pack for 1$ at Michaels, cut the white scrolly part off and used the glitter window technique.....pink glitter really shines !  punched out many small hearts and haphazzardly attached to the front... inside i used the spiral technique....(cut a circle and then cut inside the circle to make a spiral)...then attached both ends so when the card is opened the other hearts are suspended.  the "happy anniversary" is from Amuse

(excuse the bandaid-ed thumb!)

digital stamps

this one (another freebie) has lady bugs flying around a trapped bug....the sentiment was already on the digi stamp.....

colored with copics, dusted with some glitter

digital stamps

free digital images are available online....just save them, resize, print and color.


the first one.....hummingbird....i sewed on some sparkled tulle for the background....

pretty cool and the price is right !

bits and pieces challenge

i used several papers from the Asia stack....punched out butterflies with a martha S punch for the inside and a 3-D butterfly with a SU punch for the outside tag.  that tag is made from grunge board (tim holtz).... clear acetate is used for the inside flutterbys....that technique is addictive...

sentiment was sent to me by a good friend.....the inside tag has embossing made from the asian CB bundle (love that set !!)....some crackle added with sepia versafine ink and a crackle background stamp

inked the tag and then applied clear embossing powder heated and then reinked.....a pretty satin ribbon ties it together....