Get Well Card

Two of my friends are scheduled to have surgery so I thought I would make get well cards for them. I made them both the same since they did not know one another, neither would know I made the same card for another person. Again, a simple clean card. And, again, I was determined to make it with what I have. Although I don't know the company that put out the stamps, I do know the band aide was a dollar stamp from one of the big box craft stores. I use this one quite a bit. The dots are on the stamp, I drew on the smiling faces. The "get well soon" stamp was unmounted so I'm not sure who put it out but this saying is very easy to find on a stamp. The papers all came from my scrap box. It feels good to use them. I stamped the band aide twice on each printed patterned paper. I cut out the full band aide with one and then the middle square on the other. The full band aide got glued down on the card and then the middle square got put on top with lift tape to give it a little dimension. A very easy and fast card to make. Hope you enjoyed it.

Get Well Card
Stamps - Band aide stamp, a dollar stamp from a big box craft store; "get well" , unknown

Paper - ds paper, scraps from my stash; white; green is the back of one of the ds papers

New Puppy Card

My niece got a new puppy recently and I decided to make a card for her. Again, I am challenging myself to use only what I have and not buy anything to make this card. I can't tell you what company put the dog and dog house stamp, I about it unmounted. They are two different stamps, I stamped the dog first, put a mask over him and then stamped the dog house so it looked like the dog house was behind the dog. The dog and dog house are colored with Copics. The panel with the dog on it is attached to the card with lift tape to give the card some dimension. I used "swiss dots" embossing folder on the panel behind the dog panel. The black and white thing that in just above the word "one" is a staple. I forgot I had this! Its a wide staple I got when I was working at Archiver's. When the pipe broke in our basement, I had to clean everything out of my stamp room in one evening. That was a couple of years ago and I'm still moving things back in. As I have said, I need to use what I have instead of going out and buying things. The black dots on the top are enamel dots, I like these and have a lot of these in different shapes and colors. The words, "welcome little one" is a sticker from a set of baby stickers, again using something I have had for years. If I was going to do anything different with this card, I would make this into an A6 card. It's and A2 and I think it needs to be a bit bigger. Again, I hope you enjoyed the card!

New Puppy Card

Paper - black and white, scraps
Stamps - don't know who put them out but love them
Tools - Cuttlebug with Swiss Dots embossing folder, wide staple with stapler
Embellishments - enamel dots "welcome" sticker

Graduation Card

It has been a while since I have been on my blog, I have been going through chemo and radiation and now I am back on chemo again. This is a good time for me to catch up on my blog so here is the card I made today. I have a graduation open house to go to in another couple of weeks and because I have so many cards I need in the month of June, I am getting a head start. The other thing I want to mention before I describe this card is that I have challenged myself to use only papers, stamps, and embellishments I already have, in other words make cards without buying anything or using up some of my scrap paper instead of full sheets. Okay, that being said, this is a card using black, white, and red paper. I did have to use a full sheet of black, I didn't have scraps big enough to make the base. What I wanted was a card to hold money. The card base measures 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 and scored at 3" and 6", very simple. The numbers, 2016, were cut out on my Cricut along with the graduation hat. The tassel on the had was colored in with a black pen. It's hard to see in this picture, the numbers were cut out of the white paper and then put on to the black paper with lift tape. There is a fold on the inside that with hold the money. It is an easy, clean card and can be made in an about an hour. If you don't own a Cricut, take sticker numbers or rub on numbers, it won't look that different. Hope you enjoyed it!

Graduation Card
Papers - black, white, red
Tools - Cricut

Love and Sympathy

Love and Sympathy

I am really surprised I got a card on my blog this week, a water pipe broke in the basement and we had about two and a half inches of water in the basement. That's where my stamp room is. I had an evening to get everything out of my room including shelves so everything is in boxes, bags, and anything else I could find to put things in. The good side, when I do put my room back together, I'll be getting rid of things I don't need or use.

A couple of days ago, I found this card and technique on Splitcoast and really liked it, I don't remember who made the card. I got home that afternoon and found out a good friend of my husbands past away so I decided to make this card and send it to his family.

The background colors are put on the card using 1 1/2" masking tape (blue painters tape). If you do decide to make this, use glossy paper at least for the top layer. I tried it on plain white paper and it doesn't come out the same. It is easy, take a strip of the tape and lay it on the color of ink you are using and then lay it on the glossy paper, the color transfers. Just take care, this is glossy paper so the ink might not dry right away. For the grass, which is "Inspired by Nature" by Stampin' Up, I used Chocolate Chip in by SU, but if I were to make this again, I would use a pigment ink. The die ink just isn't as sharp as a pigment and would probably go on a lot more even. I cut the bird out with my Cricut machine, but if you have a bird stamp, that would work. Also you could use something different like butterflies or dragon flies. Enjoy the card!

Love and Sympathy

Stamps - Inspired by Nature and Love and Sympathy, both by Stampin' Up
Inks - Chocolate Chip by Stampin' Up; Wild Honey, Victorian Velvet, Broken China, Squeezed
           Lemonade all Distressed Inks by Tim Holtz
Paper - Glossy white paper, white paper, Chocolate Chip paper by Stampin' Up
Accessories - masking tape, Cricut machine

A Quick Thank You Note

This is a quick "Thank You" note card I made for a friend. It took about ten minutes to make, perfect if you are making a card in a hurry or if you have to make a bunch of cards. The paper is a light weight paper, some I bought for dry embossing. It is a lime green on one side and white on the other side. The tools you will need besides the stamp and ink are two punches, one a square about 3/4" square and the other an outline. I used this leaf punch. Make sure the outline you pick is bigger than the square. It has to sit on both sides of the square. The card is an A2 card, 5 1/2 X 4". Score the paper, fold with the white on the outside. Punch the square in the lower corner. Punch the outline out twice. I ran the leaf threw a Xyron, this turns it into a sticker and easier to mount it. Mount on leaf onto the top of the card, over the square. open the card and mount the other leaf over the top of the first leaf. This will give it a finished look. Have fun making this card.

 

Materials needed:

Paper - light weight paper, colored on one side, white on the other side, scrap paper that will go with the inside color of the card   

Tools - two punches, one square 3/4", one the outline of something such as the leaf I used or a flower

Ink - Stampin' Up lime green

Stamp - Thank You     

                                                                                    

                                                                                            

 

My Nephew's Wedding
My nephew and his bride got married a couple of weeks ago. The best part about this wedding? It was a destination wedding on the beach at Coco Beach Florida. It was beautiful!! This was the first beach wedding I have been to and I did enjoy it. Of coarse I wanted to make a card for this special couple, but decided I was going to make it with papers and embellishments that I already had. That is not always easy. But I decided to make a black and white card and looking through all my stuff, I found this silhouette that I had won many years ago and I though, perfect. I can't give brand names on the silhouette or the bling, but similar things can be found in any stamp/scrapbooking store. It is hard to see, but the dp paper is layered on top of a black strip of paper. It was a very easy card to make, once I figured what I was going to make. The card is an A6 card. The base white card stock. There are two strips of black paper, one with the dp paper layered on it and the other has the gems on it.  Enjoy the card. Tip: if you don't have a stamp with the words you want to put either on the outside or inside, decide what you want to say and print it off you computer printer. Most printers will print on card stock.

Paper - black, white, and dp paper
Accessories - three gems, laser cut silhouette

Red Flowers on Brick Wall

Red Flowers

First, I did not use Copics on this card, I just put the card on top of the copics to get a good picture of it.This card was made using Elizabeth Craft Designs Outline Stickers. They are so fun and easy to use! I made this card a few weeks ago. I had just gotten back from our yearly trip to South Carlina, called my sister, and told her I needed to stamp. She said "Come on over!" I got this outline sticker from her for Christmas, although I also bought a few of them when I was in South Carolina. Ellen gave me a tip to using these outline stickers, she told me to peel the sticker off the sheet and lay it on the table, sticky side up. Then go and lay your paper on top of the sticker. This prevents the sticker from being stretched out of shape. I used white water color paper, since I was going to water color the flowers, and then cut the image out. The background is made with gold metallic mylar, also from Elizabeth Craft Designs. I ran it through a brick embossing folder by Sizzix and then went over it with red alcohol ink. It was a very easy card to make. Try these outline stickers out, you will like them!

Inks - Red alcohol ink, Stampin' Up - Real Red, Celery Green
Papers - White Water Color paper, black scrap paper, Elizabeth Craft Designs - Gold Metallic Mylar
Accessories - Sizzix - Brick embossing folder