flowers in a jar

same set as my hostess gift set.  this one has a vellum mason jar...PTI die that coordinates with the PTI friendship jar set......i stamped and cut out the doo-dad around the jar lid and popped it up.  glazed the flower centers for some dimension

colored the flowers with prisma pencils and of course, added raffia for a wild look.  i think it is my current substitute for glitter...the dots are made with sequin waste and ink

set for a hostess gift

there are four cards in this set...each bouquet is colored with copics in a different color.  the package is a clear box (love those !) and tied with raffia.  i found a great stamp (stampabilities) that says "uniquely handmade...limited edition"...i think it gives a nice pizzazzy touch

the flowers are tied on each card with raffia.....seems i can NOT make flat cards.  for each envie i used sequin waste and inked a corresponding color....you can see a bit of yellow on this card in random places if you really look hard........i roughed up the edges and popped centers with clear glaze.  glitter didnt seem appropriate....yikes...i said that?!  each card has a different sentiment (PTI) so she will have a get well, birthday, happy anniversary and thank you.

christmas in july challenge

now this was scary for me.  tempted me to start on my christmas cards....but i resisted and only made 3.  whew, that was close.

three snowflake brads, heated and then embossed with pearl EP...tiny blue rhinestone in each center.....

the polar bears are made using punches....and nesties...oval for mama polar bear, circle for baby....1/2 in circles for ears and a narrow oval for the snouts.  sentiments from PTI

cuttlebug embossed snowflakes background inked in craft white and then dusted with ultra fine clear glitter .... a bit of sparkle on the bears faces....eyes made with small and teensy black brads.....baby is popped up on both cards

for this one i made a "wreath" using two nestability shapes and then glued buttons on....edge made with new tim holtz edge die.....sentiment PTI.  tulle bow tops the wreath....odd colors, coral (not quite as garish as shown in the picture) and mossy green...paper from an old paper pad that has numbers on it....but i think it works

queen anne's lace stamp

borrowed this stamp from a friend and now cant remember what company made it...oh well.  made a set of 4 A2 cards.....used memento rhubarb and versafine olympic green ink for the flowers.

wedding card

two hearts punched out, embossed with swiss dot folder....made the groom's heart to mimic a tux.  a few buttons, clear dew drops and a script embossed nestie label...and a simple wedding card is born !  the tulle flecked with gold adds my favorite aspect....BLING !  saw this idea on several cards on splitcoaststampers.com.  love that site.

robot friend

this image is from dustin pike....a freebie.  colored with copics.  sentiment....done on my computer.
a funky different for me card !

easy poppy

here's an easy poppy card......i cut one scalloped circle with my SU punch.....rolled and rolled and rolled it till i was able to separate it into two layers.....peeled it apart and then made a 1/4 hole in the center of both

i used a small piece of grosgrain ribbon, pulled threads at either end to fray it....the ribbon was yellow, so i colored it black with a sharpie pen.  stuck that through the middle of the flower and anchored it and smooshed the flower till it looked like a poppy. then i stamped a stem and a little leaf.....popped the poppy on.  sentiment from mega messages (PTI) with a red rhinestone for bling.....the focal image is placed on cream cardstock with the edges distressed and inked.  red dot paper from PTI itty bitty dot paper. 

finished card is 4x4 inches

pretty butterfly

this technique was "smooshed tissue on acrylic".....i stamped the butterfly in stazon black ink on a piece of acetate.....then set it aside to dry for a few minutes. then i dropped some blue reinker on the backside of the image and smooshed the color around and then crinkled up wrapping tissue and placed in right on the inky surface.

gives a watery background for the butterfly.  two scalloped circle nesties sit on a flocked butterfly background....got that 12x12 stack at Michaels.....really interesting paper...from Anna Griffith.  the large, poofy sheer ribbon finished it perfectly

re worked cards

looking through my stash for cards to donate to the local ronald mc donald house in charlotte,  i found a few cards in need of a "fix up"

this bloom is made of circles folded to make petals....the background is made using a Cuttlebug embossing folder and the stem is stitched with sparkly green ribbon. the old card had the hot pink base and flower on a pale pink card...it seemed lost.

when i  popped it on a springy green i think it went from ho hum to happy....

punched puppy

saw this idea on a SU site...i used the small oval, large oval, scalloped circle, word window and 1 1/4 circle punches. i sponged all layers with creamy carmel ink and used a nifty paw print ribbon in the bad.... he's a cutie.

another 3x3 set

penny black hedgehog stamp......colored with copics, little lady bugs glazed with glossy accents.....same pizza box holder.....love those little guys

3x3 in set

i made this set of four 3x3 note cards using the PTI set "up and away".....i love PTI and this set is just fabulous, lots of balloons and puffy clouds !  i colored in each balloon with copics.....set the balloons on a scalloped sq nestie.....the box (center) is a pizza box....found the directions on splitcoaststampers.com

i made the envelopes using my scorpal.....so easy.

card and it's envie.....

more 4th of july

Cuttlebug stars folder makes the red and blue backgrounds....this started out as something else, but i goofed, so i used the torn pieced cardfront to cut a nestie scalloped circle for a focal piece.  the butterfly is a SU punch, the little stars a judith stick punch...a bit of blue sparkle foam is the butterfly's body.....

more 4th of july

in this one i used the SU ornament  punch to make the fish.... patriotic little guys....the white background is made using the cuttlebug stars embossing folder, the blue is cardstock from a Sam's pack....foam stars cut with an original sizzix die....love their silly eyes.....the lips are made with a small heart punch (SU) and the fins from a SU circle punch cut to provide three bumps.

shows that horizontal stripes make you look fat !!   yikes, i need to remember that.....

4th of july cards

i am probably among the few that sends 4th of july cards....but i love to make them.  this year's are sparkley....here's a few.  (not one is the same of course)

i used the SU ornament punch for the vase....and the 5 petal punch for the flower.... sparkle foam in the flower center.  the butterfly is a martha stewart punch.  the background is made using the sticks CB embossing folder on crisp white cardstock.

summer challenge on southernbreezes

Had this one made already too !  This is a digi image i found for free online (can not remember where though)

I cut an oval of acetate, ran that through the CB using a multidot folder to mimic water......Makes me want to be on a tube, floating with a pina colada in hand on a sunny beach with aquamarine colored water.....ahhhh, only 200+ days to go for that wish to come true.

This fat cat has a pink brad for a nose.....must have gotten a bit too much sun? The image is colored with copic markers.....they give a nice watery color to any image. The stamp is an old $$ Michaels find.  One can always dream, right?

puzzle pieces

i saw cards with this theme on splitcoaststampers......and remembered i had a red sizzix die of puzzle pieces, never out of it's case.

so............i put coordinating cardstock from the safari pack onto chip board and cut out two sets....so i could make two cards.  missing you sounded interesting, one piece missing....get it?

....the stamp is from mega messages (PTI).

shades of brown challenge for southernbreezes

i had two that fit the bill for this week's challenge.....brown may be my new favorite color

the first is an easel card...so easy to make.  love this sentiment....... the background cardstock is from a mini stack of safari prints

here's the side view....a little bit of leopard ribbon and two copper brads complete the card.... the card is held open by a button strategically placed.

next one is made using PTI fly away set.....love this little plane.....it is a happy plane i think.  the background paper is from a PTI stack...hodgepodge.  while stamping on the linen-like cardstock....some texture happens on the plane itself...unintended, but nifty

cake.....and champagne

one more shot...maybe two

jen struggling in the wind with the long veil