Fun Lady

Fun Lady

A friend of mine just retired and I wanted to make a card for her. She and I grew up together and then, years later, worked together. I gave her this card tonight when I took her out for dinner and she totally enjoyed it. Now, I would like to take all the credit for the card, by it was my sister that did the beautiful job of coloring the lady in and she did do a wonderful job. The image of the lady is a digital stamp and can be downloaded onto you computer. She does have a lot of character. My husband gave me two new Cricut cartridges for Christmas this year and the red and blue background paper was made using one of those cartridges. The fiber I used was some that I had on hand, but was too light so I took one of my copic markers and colored. This is a tip, if you don't have fiber or ribbon that are the right color, take a light color fiber/ribbon and color it with copics. It works really good.It was a very easy card to make and I didn't think it turned out that bad. I hope you enjoy it.

Fun Lady

Stamp - Mo's Digi Pencil digital stamp

Paper - Stampin' Up Ruby Red, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White

Accessories - Cricut Elegant Edges cartridge, Copic markers, fibers

Fall Leaves

Fall Leaves

When ever I make a card, I try to use as much cardstock from my scrap pile a possible. I won't be able to give too many of the colors of paper or companies that put them out, but you can use your own imagination if you try to make this card. It was really very easy to make, the hardest part was picking out paper colors that go together. First, the three stacked leaves, the top two are made from just ordinary card stock. The bottom leaf is cut from purple mirror paper as is the little leaf by the word "Fall". The leaves were die cut from Nestibilities using the triple leaf dies and then embossed using the same dies. The middle leaf is made using a leaf die and embossing folder put out by Provo Craft. I did this just to add a little texture. The darker background is blackberry shimmer paper. I ran this paper through my Cuttlebug using distressed lines embossing folder. The shimmering orange paper strip in the card is a piece of scrap paper that I had. I made the fall label using a font on the computer and then cutting it with the tri label by Nestebilities. I use these a lot and would recommend getting them. I made the card for a friend of mine who will be celebrating her 90th birthday. Enjoy the card.

Paper - purple mirror card stock, blackberry shimmer paper, orange shimmer paper that has some kind of pattern on it, rust card stock, mustard card stock, off white cardstock

Accessories - triple leaf die by Nestibilites, leaf die and embossing folder by Provocraft, tri label by Nestibilites, distressed lines by Provocraft. I also used pop dots in between the stacked leaves.

Because the base of the card is a bit on the dark side, I did write a note with the computer on an off white cardstock scrap and glues that inside. This was a very easy card to make and didn't take much time at all, a good card if you need to make one in a hurry.

Poppies

Poppies

I got together with some of the girls I worked with at Archiver's. We got together to work with copic markers. Now, I have some knowledge of the markers, I have been playing with them for over a year now, but some of the girls were just starting with them and wanted to get any tips that we could give them. They laughed with they say how many I had, but, I told them, the amount I have is nothing compared with how many my sister has. But, I didn't use copics on this picture. I made it for a sympathy card, the second I had to make this week. It was a very easy card to make, I used Prismacolor colored. There are not the water color pencils, although you could use them if you wanted to. These are a wax pencil, meaning they do not respond to water. I blended the colors with Gamsol, that is mineral spirits. I can be bought at an art store, this would be a finer form, or at a hardware store, not as fine. Both work about the same though. When using Gamsol with colored pencils, I use what is called a stump. These can also be found at art stores, scrapbooking stores, craft stores, or on line. They look like a pencil, but don't have any lead in them. I think they are made with paper, but I'm not sure. After using one to blend colors, take a finger nail file or sand paper and file the color off the end of the stump. Very easy. If you do try this technique, have fun with it.

Poppies

Stamps - Poppy Bottles by Stampendous

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper - SU Kraft, red paper - unknown

Accessories - Prismacolor colored pencils, Gamsol mineral spirits

Pet Sympathy Card

Pet Sympathy Card











I made this card for my sister and her family. I found out, last week, that they had to put a part of they had to put a part of their family to sleep, their dog, Jake. Jake has been with them for a number of years and came to them as an abused animal. When they first adopted him, he would not let anyone close to him. Over time, Jake turned out to be the best dog. He was funny looking, short legs and a bigger body, but he was really cute. My sister should be getting the card today. There is a letter that goes with it explaining "The Rainbow Bridge". The site for that letter http://petloss.com/poems/maingrp/rainbowb.htm . Check it out, it will yank at your heart strings. The card is cased after a card I found on Splitcoast. The card is "CAS91 Heaven's I Pawprints" by Bev Baron. I liked her card better, but this will do the trick.



Pet Sympathy Card

Stamps - Rainbow is a digi stamp, Paper Maker Stamps. Words are computer generated. Paw prints - unknown
Ink - Mementos Tuxedo Black

Paper - SU white, black paper unknown

Accessories - Prismacolor colored pencils, Copic (a little gray around the clouds) Nestabilities Trio Labels, pop dots

Enjoy the card.

Easter Chick Easter Card

Easter Card

This is the Easter Card we will be sending out to South Carolina for our daughter's Easter. It was a really easy card to make. My sister and I went shopping the other day, she's on Spring Break and I bought a few of the things I used on this card. I found the ribbon at Anchor Paper, it is a puffy satin ribbon, really cool! I don't know the brand, though. I started thinking about what I wanted to do for her card back in February, right after Valentine's Day. I saw the stamp and thought it would be cute for a little girls card. Enjoy the card, if you have any questions, let me know.

Stamp - Easter Chick, Calendar Chick Collection by Stampendous

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper - White, unknown; Lavender, Bazzil

Embellishments - Swiss Dots by Provo Craft, Beaded Circles Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Tulip ribbon, unknown

Truck Card

Truck Birthday Card

I just got through with this card that is going to be sent to my step-son for his birthday. We are giving him something for his truck so I wanted to put a truck on the card. This card is cased from a card I saw on Splitcoast called "Happy Birthday Jalopy". It was not that hard to make, but I did make some changes from the card I cased. Enjoy. Here is a listing of the material I used:

Stamps - I don't know who the stamp is by, it is unmounted and bought at the stamp show

Ink - Memento Tuxedo black and Rich CocoaTim Holz Distress Ink Barn Door

Paper - Black, Kraft, and White paper are unknown, dp Jovial tartan plaid by BasicGrey

Embellishments - Brass Brads, embossing folder Tiny Bubbles by Provo Craft

St. Valentine Card

St. Valentine Card

This is the card I made for my husband for Valentine's Day. I won a set of the silhouette images about 6 or 7 years ago, but I could never find them when I wanted to use them. This year, I came across them and put them out so I would know where then were when Valentine's Day came about. After looking at them and trying to decide what I was going to do, I decided on just a black and white card. I saw some dp paper on line that I really wanted to use, but could not find it in my local scrapbooking store, so I decided to make my own dp paper. I would have liked to have thicker black lines on it, but I think it turned out fine as it is. Actually, the only thing I didn't have to make this card was the ribbon and I probably had it, but I made this card at another location so I didn't bring it with me. Also, a note, the silhouette images would also work really good on a wedding card. It came in a package of about ten images. So, here is a listing of the material:

Paper: black and white ( I don't know that either is from SU, but the white might be Whisper White)

Stamps: Stampin Up Filigree

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Embellishments: Silhouette - Heritage Love Letters by Laser Scraps, Ribbon - Gems and Glitter Tapes Noir by Making Memories