RRCB203 A Special Birthday

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I have a fun, easy birthday card for a special three-year-old at our church, who also happens to be our friends' grandson!  The Retro Rubber challenge is to make a birthday card--how convenient!

I pulled out Number of Years (2016) and Boys Will Be Boys (2014) to make a primary-color card for him:

I diecut squares of Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point and Real Red, then stamped, colored and fussy-cut the legos and yoyo.  The "3" was a diecut from a really old SU called Timeless Type Alphabet Junior (anyone remember that set???) and everything was adhered to some popped-up diecut circles!

On the inside, I used Real Red to stamp the sentiment from Number of Years:

I am hoping he knows his colors and numbers so even if he can't read the words, he'll know it's to celebrate HIM!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Number of Years (2016), Boys Will Be Boys (2014)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, DSP in Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point & Real Red
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies

Winter Scene for an 80th Birthday

Hi stampers!  Yay, it's Wednesday and I have a very special birthday card for a friend of ours who will soon be 80!  I combined the Atlantic Hearts Sketch and the Retro Rubber Winter Scene theme to create my card for him:

The sketch had some decidedly feminine aspects to it but I envisioned some masculine elements, even though I did sprinkle a few sequins on there....hope he doesn't mine too much!  So here we go:

My cabin image is from Reflected in Nature (2021), stamped in Misty Moonlight ink.  I just love the detail on this, and I didn't get hardly any use from it when it was current!  I diecut it with a circle die and added a mat from Kraft cardstock.  Instead of flowers, I used some Seaside Spray "greenery", accented with sequins, and I added a denim ribbon behind my sentiment:

I diecut a piece of brown and blue plaid paper with a Spellbinders rounded-edge die and mounted everything on a Early Espresso card base, on which I also rounded the edges. The sentiment on the inside was from A Dozen Thoughts (2013) and to get that 80 in there, I stamped the numbers from Number of Years (2016) behind the sentiment in Soft Seaspray.  The eagle was also from Reflected in Nature.  Hope he likes it!

Thank you for much for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Rich and poor have this in common: the Lord is the Maker of them all. Proverbs 22:2

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Reflected in Nature (2021), Number of Years (2016), A Dozen Thoughts (2013), Your Biggest Fan (2022)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Kraft, Early Espresso, Seaside Spray (ret),  Woodsy Plaid DSP (Memory Box)
Ink	Seaside Spray (ret), Misty Moonlight (ret)
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Denim Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Circle Dies, Zigzag Circle Dies (Sizzix), Ornate Frames Dies (ret), Holiday Greens Dies (Tim Holtz), Curved Matting Basics A Dies (Spellbinders), Corner Rounder Punch (ret)

FMS564 Happy 60th

Happy Friday, peeps!  Hope you have some fun things planned for the weekend!  I managed to get most of my Christmas decorations up yesterday...the tree I'll save for next week! 

My brother will be celebrating a milestone birthday next week too, so I used the FMS sketch to make a card for him; he's an engineer, so I should have come up with something more clever, but this will have to do!  First, the sketch:

I pulled out some of those masculine plaids from the new Memory Box pad I got recently, along with some copper foil paper and a retired set called Number of Years:

My off-sets circles are diecut with Night of Navy and Balmy Blue, and the numbers and words were stamped in Night of Navy as well; diecuts are from Stylish Shapes dies:

The copper stars were cut with the Give it a Whirl dies as well as a Paper Rose stitched star die.  They coordinate nicely with the copper stripes in the plaid!  Finally, a sentiment from the Number of Years set plus a "brother" stamp from Fiskars went on the inside:

After three girls, my parents were thrilled to get that boy!  And he's been a bit spoiled ever since, LOL!  Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Here's a real short video of Cassidy at her latest karate testing:

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Number of Years (ret), Celebrate Family (Fiskars)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Brushed Metallic Copper, Woodsy Plaid DSP (Memory Box)
Ink	Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Give it a Whirl Dies, Large Number Dies (ret), Stitched Star Dies (Paper Roses)

TGIFC381 A Certain Someone's Birthday

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Wow, the weather has cooled off and the weekend is fabulous!  Hubby went fishing with a bunch of friends and relatives down in Maryland, so I have the whole day to do whatever I want!  Which is mostly stamp, LOL!  After picking beans!  Anyway, a certain someone is having a 12th birthday next week so I thought I'd get her card made and out of the way because we have some busy days coming up!  I used the sketch from TGIF:

and here we go!  Now, a disclaimer:  she doesn't like girly girly stuff and she prefers neutral colors and she LOVES playing on her XBox.  I have a set from Paper Smooches that features some computer-y stuff and there was a little controller in it, so that's where I started:

I stamped the controller in Memento Black and colored it in with some Copics, along with a silver gel pen, which you can't see!  I diecut it and popped it up on another circle of Papertrey's Honey Nut cardstock.  The background papers are from my stash and I have had them for ages!  And the letters are from a really, really old Sissix/Stampin Up die set called Timeless Type Alphabet Junior!  Anyone remember them?  I diecut them from Basic Black and adhered them to the banner.

I had some fun with the inside; I stamped a sentiment from a Spellbinder sentiment collection, then added the "12" in Bumblebee ink right over top:

Goodness, it's hard to believe she's going to be twelve!  We plan to go canoeing and/or tubing sometime next week for her birthday.  We did it last year and we really enjoyed it...hoping the day is clear and sunny!  Thanks for popping in today!

We've had lots of nature sightings around our home lately!  Here's a little chipmunk that lives under our shed and comes out to nibble on the birdseed that falls from the feeder above:

This little toad gave me a jump as I was picking beans!  He almost blended in with the dirt, but I spied him!

This little skipper decided he might want to go for a ride to the mailbox:

And Cassidy and her two little cousins came across this box turtle on Aunt Louise's driveway!  We haven't seen a box turtle in years!  Cassidy kindly helped it to the woods!

I just love nature!  Thanks for popping in today, enjoy it and be blessed!

"So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.  And God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:21

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Number of Years (ret), Teen Routine (Paper Smooches), STP-2 Sentiments (Spellbinders)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Naturals White (ret), Honey Nut (Papertrey), Misc patterned papers from my stash
Ink	Memento Black, Bumblebee
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies

Casology Straw Hat Anniversary

Happy Monday, peeps!  Weird weather this weekend....very warm for March.  It makes me nervous, like we're going to get "rewarded" with a snowstorm next week or something, LOL!  Anyway, can't do a thing about it so I just go to my stamp room and stamp!  A couple in our church are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary!  Casology had a fun challenge of "hat" and I had been wanting to use this straw hat image from one of my absolute favorite retired sets, Garden Pleasures.  

So here we go:

I needed my card to be really clean and simple, so I just placed my stamp (it's an old wood one but I took it off the block) in my Stamparatus and stamped it in Memento Black, cleaned it and then stamped again in Versamark without moving it.  Then I heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder and simply colored it with an aquapainter and reinkers.  Normally I don't like to watercolor on regular cardstock because it pills, but with the embossing and it being a smaller image, it worked great! 

I added a sentiment from the SAB set Special Moments and a few speckles from Color and Contour, then stamped my sentiments from the retired Number of Years on the inside:

70 years is amazing.....a real testimony to their commitment to each other and to the Lord!  Thanks for popping in today!

The saga of Eden and the dog bed continues:

No caption needed, LOL!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Color and Contour, Special Moments (ret), Garden Pleasures (ret), Number of Years (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla
Ink	Versamark, Memento Black, Crushed Curry, Bumblebee, Cinnamon Cider, Misty Moonlight, Flirty Flamingo
Accessories	Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Aquapainter, Corner Rounder Punch (ret), Heat Tool, Stamparatus

Grateful Heart

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Hope you have something fun planned!  I think we'll go to the Veteran's Breakfast at our local senior center!  That's always fun!  I have a couple of cards to share today! Hope you can hang in there! The first one is a simple card for the CAS Color and Sketches challenge:

I pulled out some Hand Penned DSP and did a bit of diecutting first, then a wee bit of stamping as well:

I added a scallop of Blushing Bride, some foliage from Sparkle of the Season and a sentiment from Banner year:

Of course, everything is better with a little sparkle, so I added a few sequins too!

My next card is for our pastor's son...he's a real cutie, and I wanted to make him an extra-special card, so following some directions for a Vertical Stair-step card on Splitcoaststampers, I came up with this:

Here's a side view:

The card base is Bermuda Bay along with some miscellaneous printed paper I found in my stash.  Sentiments and number are from Number of Years.  I added some Bermuda Bay and Poppy Parade balloons, punched with the balloon punch, and I hand-drew the strings:

Hope he likes it!  I am entering this at the Little Red Wagon challenge, where this week they want to "Hear It For the Boys", as well as Debbie's new-to-me challenge of Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases!  

And here's the birthday boy:

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Banner Year, Sparkle of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride, Hand Penned DSP
Ink	Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride, Evening Evergreen
Accessories	Iridescent Sequins (ret), White Floss
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Layering Circle Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Number of Years (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade, Bermuda Bay, Party Favor DSP (Photoplay)
Ink	Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Ornate Frames Dies, Large Numbers Dies (ret), Balloon Punch, White Gel Pen, Basic Black Marker

Inside Pop-up Fold Card Directions

Happy Monday, peeps!  Fall has certainly fallen here in SE PA!  Brrr!  Mother Nature can't make up her mind as to whether she wants rain or sun!  I had a request from a reader for directions to make this card, but she didn't leave me her email, so I'll do a quick tutorial.  (If you need more detailed instructions, just email me, don't leave it in the comments.)  I needed a 60th anniversary card for a couple at church and decided to use that as my sample; it's pretty basic, no extra stamping, but you should get the idea!  Here's the card to get us started:

And the inside:

So to start, you'll need an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of cardstock, scored on the 8 1/2" side at 2 1/8" from each end to create a gate-fold card.  You can decorate the front however you desire.  Take a piece of designer paper that is 4" x 8" and score on the 8" side at 2" and 6".  Make a little pencil mark at the top and bottom of the paper at the 4" mark, which will be at the halfway point.  Score diagonals like this:

You'll be scoring from each outside corner to the opposite halfway pencil mark.  (You'll be making four diagonal scores.) Fold and burnish on all the fold lines.  Pinch the folds at the 2" and 6" mark so they fold towards you, and the center diamond stays to the back:

Now is the time to decorate the diamond panel, BEFORE it's glued down, as well as doing any stamping on the inside top and bottom of your card, if you desire.  I chose not to do any on this card.  For my diamond panel, I stamped some images from Number of Years (ret):

To adhere it to the center of the card, I found it was easier to fold it all together and use liquid glue to adhere JUST the bottom diamond portion to the inside of the card, centering it.  Using the liquid glue allows you to wiggle it around a bit if it's not positioned quite right.

Once that portion is secure, you can adhere the outer triangular shaped panels to the inside of the card sides.  Just make sure, again, that everything is even and nothing is sticking out over the edge of the card.

You can add a decorative panel to the front, just make sure that you only adhere it to one side so that the card can still be opened.  I diecut my numbers from the retired Large Numbers die, and used the Stitched Shapes and Pierced Blooms for my panels.  To hold it shut, I used a ribbon under dimensionals for this card, but my friend Karen used small velcro dots and on my Halloween card, I used small magnets.  Use your imagination!  Hope this was helpful so that you can make your own pop-up card! Thanks for popping by today!  

As a child, I was never into spooky, scary Halloween costumes, but my granddaughter apparently is!  She made her own "zombie soccer player" costume....whatever!  They bought all the pieces at the local Goodwill and she did her own zombie-ing to it!!!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Number of Years (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Harvest Meadow DSP
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Dimensionals, White Twill Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Pierced Blooms Dies, Large Numbers Dies (ret), Ornate Flowers Embossing Folder, Scoring Tool

IB178 Dad's Meal For The 4th

 Hi peeps, happy Thursday!  Our Inspired By photo inspiration is a fun one!  Check it out:

And here's our optional sketch, which is what I used for my card today!

I chose to make a 4th of July card, using the red, white & blue wording in the photo as an inspiration as well!  I pulled out a retired SU set and stamped two of the images in Misty Moonlight and Real Red, then did some fussy cutting and gluing:

I pieced together the red and blue images, diecut them with a stitched square die, and added some banners and stars:

I stamped and diecut a banner from the retired set Number of Years and added a diecut "4"':

I mounted everything on a piece of Real Red DSP, and for some extra fun, I added some "stitching" along each edge, using the new Stitchery set:

The design team has created some REALLY cute cards for this challenge....check them all out to see how they were inspired...you'll be surprised!  You can see them all at the Inspired By!  And by the way, the inspiration photo above?.....they're really cookies!  I made some once; they're a little time consuming, but they're fun!  Here's a similar recipe:

Hamburger Cookies from tbsp.

Aren't they cute? Thanks for stopping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitchery, Number of Years, Star Spangled Banner (both ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Misty Moonlight, Real Red DSP
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Large Numbers Framelits (ret), Star Dies (Verve), Timeless Type Alphabet Junior Dies (ret)