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....

southern breezes weekly challenge

this challenge was to use a non-valentine stamp to create a valentine card. this stamp is from gina k....i used little gold heart stickers for the "love" emanating from the owls....DH and I !! inside, sentiment reads "owl always love you". guess we are just two old birds after all !