Christmas: Dasher in Red

I am trying to make one Christmas card per week. I am a wee bit behind. The stamps, corner punch, and embossing folder are all Stampin' Up.

The bling on the antlers is the "little extra" that makes the card.

Birthday: Play and Dance

This card fell together easily, even though I had to alter my original plan. The sun and moon stamps are Stampin' Up. The sentiment is Inkadinkadoo. I used versamark and gold embossing for the sun and moon.
The sentiment is on dimensionals.

Birthday: Delight in Life

My last card went together in minutes, following the plan in my head. This one didn't! I must have jinxed myself...

The stamps are Stampin' Up; the flower is a two-step stamp. The picture doesn't show the two colors of purple for the petal. The buttons are a different decorative touch for me.

Fishing Mouse: Birthday Card for My Dad

My dad is the world's best and most dedicated fisherman; this is his birthday card. When I found the stamp at a garage sale this summer, and knew exactly how I would make this card. I stamped the image, colored with colored pencils, layered a bit, and was done. It went together quickly and easily. Not all of my cards are finished as planned.

Mini Take Out Boxes: St. Patrick's Day

This was such a fun project! I have a mini take out box cutting die from Lifestyle Crafts. The box is pretty small; two Andes mints and one mini 3 Musketeer filled the box. I used shamrock designer paper. The die had precut holes for the brads. I printed the sentiment on the computer, punched with the oval, and punched the scalloped oval to complete the project.

My grandson Patrick loves St. Patrick's Day for obvious reasons. So I made forty of the boxes for his classmates and teachers.

Make A Wish Spinner

My great-nephew Keelan is four years old soon. I made this card with Stampin Up's spinners. I have the spinner stamp set, but I felt this was more appropriate for a small child. I stamped the vehicles, punched with a scallop square, sponged the edges, and added the spinner. Fun card!

Congratulations with a Flourish

I have a coworker that is leaving for a new job. I used the flourish embossing folder on wild wasabi card stock. The ovals were cut with nestabilities. Bling completed the look.

Sympathy Cards: Scallop Trim

I needed more sympathy cards. I used a similar design, but used the Scallop Trim corner punch for both. I used Dusty Durango for the card stock and ink. I also used Crushed Curry for the sponged area.

Christmas Tic Tac Toe

The stamps are Stampin' Up. I stamped the nine images on white card stock, backed them with red card stock, and arranged them in a 3x3 square. The corners and center are on dimensionals. The ribbon and edge sponging finished it off. The angle of the picture makes it look like the middle square is too close to the square below it, but the squares are really equally spaced.

I had a great day in my card room. I usually don't post three in a day, but I was on a roll.

Sympathy: Wood Grain, Tree, Thinking of You

I recently purchased the wood grain background stamp. I love how it prints.

I used the light brown card stock as the base of the wood grain stamp with dark brown ink. The stamps are Stampin' Up.

Christmas: Tree Border

I used Stampin' Up stamps. The Christmas sentiment has other words around it, but I cut them out. I did not like their message, but I love the font on the Christmas. The white card stock was stamped and run through the Cuttlebug with the dotted swiss embossing folder. I used the debossed side of the card stock for a different look. Bling on the all of trees' stars and around the sentiment. Ribbon along top and sponging around the edge. I really like how this card turned out.

Valentine's Day Mini-Milk Cartons

I love the Sizzix mini-milk carton die. After cutting the pink card stock, I stamped red hearts somewhat randomly over the entire paper. I used dimensionals for the scalloped piece. Stampin' Up stamps and punches were used. Red ribbon and a small clip finished it off.

The pink candy corn filled the milk carton! How fun.

Birthday Tags

These are for two birthday presents -- to and from six-year-olds. My grandson picked out the stamps; he loves horses. The stamps are from 20 or so years ago. The tag is from a Sizzix die. I did a little coloring and a little sponging.

Sympathy: Sponged Thinking of You

I needed two more sympathy cards, so I made similar designs. I stamped in brown, then embossed with a clear embossing powder. I used a 1" square punch in a scrap piece of card stock as a template for my sponging. I used orange and sponged the squares in a somewhat random pattern.

The first card was what I planned in my head. The second card used dimensionals to cover an ink smudge from my finger. I like both cards.

Valentine's Day Boxes

My grandson Patrick is in Kindergarten, which means I got to create Valentine's Day boxes for his 24 classmates and 2 teachers. The above boxes are for the teachers; they have Hershey's kisses in the box.




The boxes for the classmates have conversation hearts and a Bakugan valentine inside.



Recipe:
Sizzix die for the box
SU paper, punches, stamps
Computer and printer for the printed names

Christmas: Holiday Greetings

A clean and simple card, I ran the white card stock through the Cuttlebug, added the sentiment, and added bling. I rounded the corners of the white, adhered it to red, and then adhered it to another white card stock. I love this embossing folder for the elegant look.

Christmas: Peace Joy Love

A Stampin' Up retired set was used for this card. I stamped the tree and the sentiment in green. I colored the tree with my water markers. I then ran it through the Cuttlebug, ticket punched it, and added brads.

Christmas: Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!

Using some very old Hero Arts stamps (20 years or so), I created a window by cutting the stamped image into four equal panes. The sentiment is Stampin' Up. I am still working on one holiday card per week.

Sympathy: Tree

While I had out my stamps for sympathy cards, I made this card also. I used the dark brown and off white colors as the base, choosing orange for the ink. A little bling in the corner and sponging the edges finish the card.

Thinking of You: Flourish

I needed a sympathy card for a coworker. I liked the designed of my previous card and had lots of scraps from that project. Thus, this card and the last card look a lot alike. I switched the base color to yellow. I used pearls as the accent on the flourish.