4th Birthday

Inspiration for this card came from this one done by Paula Sievers.

 

So adorable, how could I not make one myself?!

 

I know exactly who I will be giving this card to, too.  ♥

 

Although his birthday isn't until next summer.

 

 

 

I hope all of my fellow Canadians had a fabulous Thanksgiving yesterday!

 

It looks like snow is in the forecast for our area this week.  Ick. 

 

I am thankful that I got my garden harvested on Saturday.

 

 

 

Happy creating!  :)

 

 



Supplies used (CTMH unless otherwise noted):
Paper:  Sunset, Lagoon, Pear, Slate, White Daisy CS
Stamp:  Card Chatter Birthday
Ink:  Black
Embellishments:  Licorice Opaques, Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel
Punches:  1 3/4" circle (EK), Build-A-Cupcake (SU), 2 Step Owl (SU)
Other:  Cricut Artiste cartridge

A Little Birdie Told Me...

I love how quickly a card comes together when I'm inspired by a sketch!

I used this week's Deconstructed Sketch #36.

Isn't it adorable?

I made my card 5x5 and used a new paper pack called Footloose.

It's a fairly beachy paper pack, but I didn't have any beach-themed stamps to use, so I used the cute bird from June's Stamp of the Month - Life Is Tweet.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):

Paper:  Footloose B&Ts; Colonial White CS

Stamp:  Life Is Tweet - June SOTM

Ink:  Black

Embellishments:  Smoothie brads, Creme Brulee baker's twine

Other:  Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge, Micro-tip scissors, Googlie eye (unknown)

A Child Is card... (Mojo #89 sketch)

Well, it's that time again... Mojo time! This one's for Mojo Sketch #89.

What I used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):
Childhood stamp set
Animal Cookies B&Ts
Tulip and White Daisy CS
Tulip and Chocolate inks
Wide White Daisy grosgrain (from CB Animal Cookies Collection)
White Daisy Mini Medleys crochet flower
Tulip brads, Tulip and Sunflower bigger brads
1 3/4" circle punch (EK Success)
Scallop circle and scallop rectangle (Nestabilites)
Cuttlebug embossing folder - Mesh (Provo Craft)
Pop-dots (other)

My latest H.A.S. cards (I know... I'm very early!)

Well, I just got the guidelines on Tuesday for the July 10th swap with the Humble Artists Swap group and believe it or not, I found some time to create this week and got them finished. I won't be mailing them out to the recipients until sometime around the end of June/beginning of July. I was to use flowers in some way on the card, so I ended up random stamping floral images onto White Daisy cardstock and made my own B&T paper. I like how these turned out, but I have to say it was really hard covering up so much of the B&T layers... they were just soooo pretty!

These are the guidelines we had to follow for this round (supplied by Laurel Seabrook):

- 5x5 in size
- minimum of 4 or 5 layers
- 1 hand-cut item
- some sort of flowers
- major colour to be pink
- use of ribbon
- button(s)
- a quote stamp somewhere
- stitching
- a 3D item

What I used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):
Cottage Floral stamp set
Butterfly Kiss stamp set
Argyle Backgrounds stamp set
Hollyhock, Sweet Leaf, Blush, White Daisy CS
Hollyhock, Tulip, Sweet Leaf, Blush, New England Ivy, Black and Bamboo inks
Coluzzle Tags template
Hemp
Hollyhock dashed grosgrain
Prisma Glitter
Glue pen
Clear button
Liquid Glass
1 3/4", 2" circle punches (EK Success)
2 1/2" scallop circle punch (Marvy Uchida)
Pop-dots (other)
Stitching (Kenmore sewing machine)
White thread (other)

Christmas card for Lee from Cole (no peeking Lee!)...

Cole wanted me to make a card for him that he can give to his Dad for Christmas. I let him pick out the B&Ts and this is what I made... (He'll be home from school in a couple of minutes, so hopefully he'll approve! LOL)

What I used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):
Originals - Background Blocks (I made this one 5x5)
Warm Memories stamp set
Oh Christmas Tree stamp set
Sans Alphabet stamp set
Holiday CB B&T
Ponderosa Pine, Cranberry, Desert Sand and Colonial White C/S
Ponderosa Pine, Cranberry and Chocolate inks
Cranberry bigger brads
1", 1 1/8" and 1 1/4" circle punches (EK Sucess)
Snowflake punch (Martha Stewart)
Clear gemstone brad (Making Memories - I think?)
Pop-dots (other)
Make-up sponges

Butterfly Miracle...

I learned this technique from a fellow CTMH sistah, although I don't know what it's called.

What you do is stamp your butterfly image onto white C/S (I used Black Staz-on), then color it in with markers. Then you take an embossing pen and color over the entire butterfly and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. Next you stamp a flourish or whatever you would like over top the butterfly. And then you take the same color ink you stamped the flourish with and sponge a little from the butterfly outwards. (At least that's the way I did it.) I thought it turned out not too bad for my first try. I will see if I can get a brighter colored butterfly next time. :o)

What I used (all CTMH):
Celebrate Life stamp set
Legendary Moments stamp set
Black, White Daisy, Hydrangea and Amethyst C/S
Black Staz-on, Black and Amethyst inks
Autumn Terracotta, Goldrush and Sunflower Yellow markers
Clear Embossing Powder
Craft Heater
Embossing Pen
Black Bitty Brads
Make-up Sponge

*** This is called Emboss Resist Technique and here's the link to the tutorial with much better instructions than the ones I did off the top of my head (LOL): http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/08/08/flourish-butterfly-tutorial/

Celebrate birthday card... another Blintz Base fold

I still love this paper pack! This 5x5 card is called a Blintz Base fold card and the link for the instructions are included in with the card I just posted the other day called "Thank Ewe".

What I used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):

Express Postage stamp set

Creative Basics Boom-Di-Ada paper pack

Olive, White Daisy, Hollyhock and Buttercup C/S

Hollyhock and Olive inks

Hollyhock brads

Hollyhock ricrac

White Daisy ricrac

Summer Posies flowers

Scallop circle punch (SU)

1 1/2" circle punch (other)

Pop-dots - under scallop circle and under white square (other)

Thank Ewe card

I saw a cute card on Nancy Morgan's blog (http://www.papersmiles.blogspot.com/) using the Blintz base fold. So this is my version of her card. The instructions for the fold are here... Blintz Fold Card, you just have to click on the "Attached Files: Blintz Base Card topper.doc" and you'll find it there.

What I used (all Stampin'Up unless otherwise noted):
Pun Fun stamp set

Groovy Guava DP

Chocolate Chip C/S

White Daisy C/S (CTMH)

Chocolate Chip and Real Red inks

E11 Barely Beige Copic marker

Marvy Uchida Mega scallop circle punch

2" Fiskars circle punch

Large and Small Oval Punches

Copper eyelets (other)

Clear Dew Drops (other)

Pop-dots (other)