love/anniversary

printed the sentiment....., butterfly SU punch with jeweled teardrop center.....nestie fancy labels on top and bottom....(cut from two labels), sponged ink using sequin waste ribbon.

background flocked cs anna griffith.....framed with  picasa "picnic" feature....new to me and fun to play with

sympathy card

loopy square nestability.....verdigris embossing powder....sentiment  PTI

could be a valentine

PTI take three die easily cuts the three squares....musical background stamp used for square fillers and butterflies.....those cut with nestability butterfly set.  CB swiss dot folder adds a bit of interest

birthday blue

paper from a botanical stack.....SU stamp.  silk flowers and sheer ribbon

unconventional valentines

SU stamps......made at a monthly class with my friend Tina (demonstrator)....

thank you cards

some thank you cards....using various thank you stamps and the fancy tag nestability for some.

used my crimper for the last one.....have not used that in a long time.

valentine

SU aviary stamp, music background and $$store sentiment

valentine split negative with a twist

instead of using two colors of ink, i used black ink on white and on red. 

stamp:  rose postcard from "stamps happen"

here's the inside

christmas/winter thank yous

various scraps of DP and cardstock.  i used the cute nestability nested mittens die and loopy squares on one of them.  sentiment....PTI signature christmas (a great christmas sentiment set)

valentine owls

using the two step owl punch (SU)....happy little owls are in love !

sympathy

background paper SEI pack, embossed cream CS with a CB folder.....cut with nestability die.  simple

purse gift card holder

this can be made using SU topnote die or labels 8....i used labels 8 for this one.  in this nestability set you get 5 different sizes as opposed to one size with the topnote.

just fold over the top portion and pop it with a dimensional and punch holes on the side for the ribbon.  easy easy.

here's the inside....a smalled die folded the same way....gift card of note or check fits in the top of the "purse"

snow in NC

Christmas '10 snowfall outside in the front of our house......pretty, but not so much ! got around 7 inches.

trees in our back yard, laden with heavy snow.

valentine

usied some stick-ons and a mini calendar page for february.....mounted it on a nestability medallion (cut in half) and some pretty PTI valentine paper

popped out sentiments

view from the top

valentine

this is a tent card.....i used the split negative technique....embossing red on white and white on red for the heart.  cut in half and stuck together.  easy but quite interesting looking.  

the little heart on the side pulls out a sentiment card....

red bird with a 'tude

all from punches......1 3/4 in for sun, 1 1/2 for bird body, parts of a scalloped circle (SU) for wings and tail, leaves from SU bird punch, berries.......1/4 in hole punch using sparkley foam.

love this little guy.....have seen him on various recent posts.....this is my version.

spinner sledder

i haven't made a spinner card in a long time, so this was a lot of fun for me.  i got the idea form "frenchie's" website...what a clever lady she is. i tried to take a video of it spinning, but could NOT figure out how to do it so it was not blurry !  i never even got to try adding a video to this blog.  will try again sometime later

masculine birthday

i keep getting requests for male cards, they aren't easy for me to make.  so i sat down and at least knocked out a few.

all but the last card were made with PTI stamps....the last plane is from a hero arts set.

christmas

background from a christmas stack "my minds eye".....sentiment....PTI, music background stamp cut into 1 in squares...

i used score tape to "ruffle" the riboon....

christmas

oh so easy !  cut red cardstock to fit the card....cover is gold metallic cardstock.....background is made using a christmas gift bag cut to size.  made the gold double bow with my bow easy....makes bows "easy"!!

christmas

using the SU two step owl punch (cutting off the feet)...antlers from a spellbinder snowflake die (each flake yeilds 3 sets!)

sentiment from SU, banner popped up in center for dimension.  googly eyes....goofy.  noses from glittery fun foam....leaf from an EK success punch.

christmas

top note die from stamping up!...one white, one black.  the flower is made with SU 5 petal punch...the dots in the center....punched with 1/4 hole punch from glittery fun foam.

christmas

another unnamed stamp..... snowflakes are made with nestability snowflake dies.  the background is made by crinkling printed gift wrap tissue paper and then applying it to a piece of cardstock, keeping some of the wrinkles (faux silk technique).  the snowflakes are made from large $$ gift bags....sparkle and good weight for embossed cut outs.

christmas

pink background paper from AC Moore.... martha stewart snowflakes punched from silver and white CS,  liked the sentiment, cant remember what company though since i got it months ago and it is unmounted. the sentiment is cut out with an EK success label punch. light pink brads anchor the snowflakes to the background

christmas

stamps:  PTI winter jar fillers.....red $$ store gift bag embossed with a snowflake CB folder.....the candy cane striped background paper....from  Joann's stack from year gone by !! i stamped snowflakes in the jar (hard to see) and used puffy embossing powder .... by mistake.  but it looks OK.

christmas

vintage angels....got that paper a few years ago, background is cardstock from my mind's eye stack last year's edition.

 the scalloped circle mats are made from a $$ large gift bag in an icy blue and two circle nestability dies.....the pretty pale blue is a nice change from traditional christmas colors for me

christmas

my mind's eye paper, PTI winter jar fillers stamp set.  the shiny red scalloped border was made with a large shiny red gift bag from $$ store.  using bags is an inexpensive way to get expensive looking paper !  and it embosses spectacularly 

christmas

fa la la.....PTI sentiment
background paper....from my mind's eye.....ornaments made from a $$ store gift bag, embossed with snowflake embossing folder, punched out with SU ornament punch.

snowflake inside...sizzix embossing folder

christmas

simple words.....how elegant.  all words are from PTI christmas sets....and  the idea from susan raihala's website....paper from My Mind's Eye, versafine red and green ink was used to stamp.  various button like things add a bit of dimension....

christmas

three trees.....looks simple, but boy was it hard to do the triangles.  out of all my dies, punches etc...not one triangle !  so i had to freehand and measure.  yikes.

this idea is cased from alli miles' website.....gorgeous creations.

the sentiment is from the PTI signature christmas set, background paper from My Mind's Eye...and vrious scraps.

happy snowman

penny black stamp......papers from basic gray and my minds eye.....a bit of clear glitter, a sheer double bow (made with the bow easy).....and you have an easy cute card ! i stamped the scarf on the basic gray paper and cut it out, popping it up with dimensionals....a bit of copic coloring on nose and ear muffs took no time !

quilt

well, i have no idea what, if any at all, pattern this is, but it is so easy to make but looks a bit complicated.

cut two 2 5/8 inch squares of solid color, then eight 1 inch squares of two cordinating patterns...... place the solid ones together to form a star of david.....then place the patterned squares onto the edges.....alternating patterns.  a gem or a button in the middle finishes it off.

the background paper is run thru the CB with a folder from the CB oriental collection. it's a great way to use up scraps....and we all have them !!

found out that this quilting pattern is called "card trick"

spooky halloween

memory box cat stamp probably will look good in a winter scene as well.......i used glitter on the light and masked the edges, inked with yellow to put a "shine" on the kitty. lamp post and kitty stamped on vellum.... i can not remember the name of the background paper....but it is a recent purchase.... perhaps memory box? i used every bit of that pack !!  great spooky paper.

bird cage birthday

SU set....aviary....love it. it is a tent card, the little blip on the left is where the hidden message is slipped into a tiny envie on the inside.