Pinwheel cards and Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack

This is an easy card to make and it’s good for anybody! Just pick a more “masculine” or “feminine” designer paper from the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack and you are all set! This 4-1/2″ x 6-1/2″ pad has 48 sheets, 4 each of 12 double-sided designs. It’s a must! Only available until May 31, email me if you want to order yours!

“Wishes Your Way” stamp set has the best greetings to go with the pinwheel with “Wishing you a twirly-whirly birthday!” or “Blowing wishes your way! ”

Here’s the masculine version:

and the feminine version:

Material:

Stamp set: Wishes Your Way

CS and paper: Natural Ivory, Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack, Bright Designer Series Paper Stack

Ink: Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple, Daffodil Delight

Tools: Big Shot, Pinwheel Sizzlits S Die

Accessories: Summer Starfruit and Primrose Petal stitched satin ribbon, Bright Brad

All dressed up 3D card!

This new die for the Big Shot is phenomenal!!! I’m loving it! You can create pop-up card (or 3D cards however you want to call it!) so easily!  There’s a Card Base Pop’n Cuts die (item #130099) and an insert die that goes in the middle of the first die, called Dress Form Pop ‘n Cuts (item #130100).  I’m pretty sure that other inserts dies will be available shortly to make different pop-up cards! (Patience! it’s coming in the new catalogue!!!) Check this one out p.32 of the Occasions mini-catalogue.

So here’s the card I made. I used the Dress up Framelits Dies to cut the dress in the beautiful Print Poetry Designer Series paper stack (you can still get this for only $8.50 for 48 sheets of designer series paper, 4-1/2″ x 6-1/2″ until the end of May only! p.16 in the Occasions mini-catalogue). I also used the Cute Clips (“Hung up” p.28 in the mini catalogue) for the hanger and a rose from the Flower trim (both items available in the mini-catalogue. Hurry up it’s only available until May 31!)

And here’s for the inside:

Material:

Stamp set: Occasions Alphabet

CS and paper: Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla, Summer Startfruit, Baja Breeze, Print Poetry Designer Series paper stack,

Ink: Midnight Muse

Tools: Big Shot, Card Base Pop’n Cuts die (item #130099), Dress Form Pop ‘n Cuts (item #130100), Dress up Framelits Dies, Oval Collection Framelits Dies, Large Oval punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch pack, Owl Builder punch (small circle, for the flower center), Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder

Accessories: Flower trim, Cute Clips Hung up

Anniversary Birds Card

Lately my parents celebrated their 40th Anniversary! This called for a very special card! This is the card I made for them. As they both love birds, I thought that it would be a nice touch to incorporate birds inside my design! I used the Bird Builder punch for the birds, the Heart collection Framelits and 2 embossing folders, Elegant Lines (which is on sale right now, on the retiring list for $7.46) and Framed Tulips. I used Crumb Cake ink to sponge over the embossed parts as well as to outline the birds. A little rose from the Flower trim and the Crochet Trim complete the card.

Material:

Stamp set: Jolies pensées

CS and paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Soft Suede

Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake

Tools: Bird Builder punch, Big Shot, Elegant lines folder, Framed Tulips folder, Heart Collection Framelits, Little Leaves Sizzlits Die; sponge daubers

Accessories: Crochet trim, Flower trim

Saying Good-Bye to “Bordering on Romance”

“Bordering on Romance “stamp set is on the retiring list… That means if you want to order it, you have until the end of May, that’s it! The 2 following cards were made with that stamp set.

For the first one, I stamped 3 flowers and used the 1″ Square punch to capture part of the image. I then superposed on top of the Postage Stamp punch. I stamped a row of flowers on the side and I added a Midnight Muse Stitched Satin ribbon to finish the card.

Material used:

Stamp set: Bordering on Romance

CS and paper: Natural White, Marina Mist, Whisper White

Ink: Midnight Muse

Tools: Big Shot and Perfect Polka Dots folder, 1″ Square punch, Postage Stamp punch

Accessories: Midnight Muse Stitched Satin ribbon

On the second card, I used Bordering on Romance stamps in Basic Black on the background. The flower (from Mixed Bunch stamp set) is stamped in Cherry Cobbler on Real Red card stock and cut using the Blossom punch. I used the button stamp from the Button Buttons stamp set (also retiring at the end of the month) for the center of the flower. The greeting is from Wishes your Way set, found in the Occasions mini-catalogue.

Material:

Stamp set: Bordering on Romance, Mixed Bunch, Button Buttons, Wishes Your Way

CS and paper: Whisper White, Real Real, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Black StazOn.

Tools: Modern Label Punch, Blossom punch, 3/4″ Circle punch

Mother’s Day Card for children

Here’s a perfect Mother’s Day Card for your children to make! Do you see what was used to make the tree? If you guessed by tracing the child’s hand, you’re right!!! Children can used their own hand to trace the tree! How awesome is that!

I then embossed it with the Woodgrain folder for added texture.  I used the Boho Blossom punch to cut flowers and you can use the “Little Leaves” Sizzlits die to add some leaves to your tree.  You can add some “flower centers” with some crumpled tissue paper.  I cut a small heart with the smallest Heart Framelits and add it to the trunk. I used a full 8-1/2″ x 11″ inches, fold in half to make the card.

This one is my daughter’s creation (under my supervision) as she was trying out my craft for my lastest Daycare Providers Workshop.

Material:

CS: Pretty much any colors you want!

Tools: Bigh Shot, Hearts Collection Framelits, Little Leaves Sizzlits die, Woodgrain embossing folder, Boho Blossom punch

Stamp: Voeux mignons

Ink: Wild Wasabi

Saying goodbye to Need for Speed (another card!)

Here’s another card I made with Need for Speed stamp set! It was for my son’s friend (another one!) who just turned 10.  I also used “Clockworks” stamp set in the background.  As I said yesterday, this set will be retiring soon and I’m a bit sad because it was such a great stamp set for boy’s birthday cards!

Material

Stamp set: Need for Speed, Clockworks,

CS and paper: Real Red, Basic Gray, Midnight Muse, Whisper White

Ink: Midnight Muse, So Saffran, Real Red, Basic Gray

Tools: Big Shot, Chevron embossing folder, Sponge daubber

Saying Good-bye to Need for Speed stamp set (Jet plane)

If you looked at the Retiring stamp sets list, you’ll see that “Need for Speed” set will be discontinued at the end of May. If you want to get it, now’s the time!!!

I made this card for my son’s friend who turned 11 years old, and he loved it! The background paper is from World Spectacular DSP and I thought it looked just perfect! (It’s on sale right now, 25% off!!!) I colored the jet plane with the Watercolor Wonder crayons and sponged some Baja Breeze in the sky with a sponge daubber.

Material:

Stamp sets: Need for Speed, Bannières Bitty

CS and paper: Midnight Muse, Whisper White, World Spectacular DSP

Ink: Balck StazOn, Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler, Watercolor crayons (Basic Gray and Real Red)

Tools: Blender pen, sponge daubber