Card For David ...week 15

Not too many weeks left to go now till David turns 50. This card was made using some scrap green patterned paper I had left over from 3 years ago!!! :0)
I have FINALLY organized and gone through ALL my scrap paper so I need to start USING it. I stamped the saying(PSX) on a cream cardstock in black and then layered it with a piece of vellum. I attached it with two brads. Very clean and simple design but I just love the way it turned out.

As always I wish you time to be creative but most of all time to stamp!

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Back Home

Well, we are back home from a trip to Missouri to visit my brother David and his family. We had a wonderful time. It was nice to see my nephews. They are getting so big. The oldest of the boys had his birthday and is now 9 years old! It was nice to celebrate with him. 

But now it's time to get back to some card making! :0) The pictures posted are not as good as I could get of them but they are of the "explosion box" I made for my brother for week 16. I was to afraid to mail it so I just hand delivered it. It turned out so well. I will have to make more!

As always, I wish you time to be creative and most of all time to stamp!

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Card For David ...week 16

Week 16! His 50th Birthday is almost here. This time I thought I would try a different style and size. I have never used my distressing tool and 6"x6" is one good size card!

Supplies used:
I have been using up old cardstock and have no idea what color it is or what company the striped paper is from. Stamps sets used from Stampin Up: "Plane and Simple" and "Happy Greetings". I used Baroque Burgundy to stamp the border and greeting. Stazon Timber Brown to stamp the planes. I used the Stampin Up Cutter Kit, which has the 7-sided distressing tool. To finish off the cards I used a brown waxy flax from Martha Stewart and used Stampin Up dimensionals to pop up one of the planes. I also used Scor-Tape.

I thought when I started making the cards for David that it would be a snap. But trying to make a nice assortment of masculine cards is turning out to be harder than I thought! I am always looking for more masculine card ideas. I'm always surfing the web, blog spots, Splitcoast Stamper's gallery. I think my next card is going to be a wild one. I can't wait till you see it! :0)

As always I wish you time to be creative but most of all time to stamp!

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April's Card Night "Card Exchange"

The first card is by my sister Mary. She loves to always add black cardstock whenever she can. I have to say, it really suits this card. She used an embossing folder on the background to give it great depth. The little matching brads add a nice pop. The focal images is soft and the added glitter to the purple buds is so pretty. The little strip of matching ribbon give it a nice divide and helps move your eye around the card. I know Mary is just getting into card making but you would never know it looking at her cards! Really great job Mary!!!

The second card is mine. I used a flower embossing folder for my background and added small pearls to the centers. The mouse stamp is from PSX . I then layered it onto a scalloped border punched piece of card stock. Wrapped it with a piece of Bermuda Bay polka-dot ribbon and added the pearls between the scallops. I stamped the saying in Stazon black ink and then added a strip of more pearls. The image is colored using markers and a blending pen and then glitter added to the flowers. The colors of cardstock use were Whisper White, Bermuda Bay and Barely Banana(I wish they hadn't discontinued this color!)

As always I wish you time to be creative but most of all time to stamp!

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Card For David...Week 17

This card is called the "Ultimate Glider Card". I got the tutorial from Lynn Pratt. Her blog is www.stampndesign.blogspot.com. She has a ton of ideas for some really cool cards and if you like using punches you have to check out her plethora of ideas! (aren't I using big words this early in the morning! HA!)

The card slides out then unfolds to show the gift card or good old cash holder. I used the new Stampin Up stamp set The Open Sea and matching Designer Series paper called Nautical Expedition. The card stock base is Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler. I used Baroque Burgundy Ink to stamp the anchor on whisper white card stock.I don't have Cherry Cobbler ink pad yet but I think it still matches very well. I then cut it out and attached with pop dots.

The snake one is for my nephews birthday. I used crumb cake cardstock and some animal print paper, not sure of the company now, it has a bit of a texture to it. I stamped the snake(retired Stampin Up) with Versamark to create the watermark images around the front border, then again on crumb cake with Early Espresso and colored in with Mellow Moss and Going Gray. I then cut it our and attached with pop dots. The button is a kraft corduroy button(discontinued Stampin Up) and I used the gray floss from the "sew easy floss gray set".

I think they will be a big hit and who doesn't love the extra little surprise inside. :0)

I wish you time to be creative but most of all time to stamp!

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Bubble Gum Machines and Matching Card

I got the directions from Connie Babbert's blog. It's hard to tell but the card has a piece of acetate over the gumballs. It gives it that extra touch. The ones pictured here were sent to my brother for his weekly card/gift. The were a big hit. Thanks go out to my sister-in-law for setting them up for everyone when they got home.

The items used were:
Assorted color card stock from Stampin Up for the gumballs,silver, basic black and real red cardstock for gumball machine, brilliant blue and brilliant blue Designer Series paper for card, circle punches, silver brads, Real Red Ink(to do a bit of edging around the "machine" part to give it a more weathered look, Dots embossing folder for the background, acetate, sizzix circle die, sizzix big shot and orange ribbon by Offray. And of course Tacky Tape, it really holds! :0)

Take care and most of all I wish you time to be creative but most of all time to stamp!

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Card For David...Week 21

As I look at the pictures I am taking I know 2 things:

1.) I need to learn how to use my camera to get better pictures.
2.) I may just need a new camera. hehe :0)

The cow card was made with Close To My Heart stamp and decorative paper. I love the little cow bell(it really jingles). I embossed in black and used a pop dot to lift up the tail a bit for a bit of dimension. The black paper used is from Stampin Up. I put all kinds of "cow" puns in it.(anyone that knows me knows how much I love a good pun) I hope he will be "moo-ved " by my creation! HA!

The plane and car cards I made for my nephews. Those are made with a discontinued scrapbook paper and embellishments from Close To My Heart.

As always, I wish you time to be creative but most of all time to stamp!

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Mary's "Bind-it-All" Book

On our last card night Linda taught us how to make these books. Mary wasn't able to make it so I needed to show her how to do it and this is what she made. The flower on the front of the book was also a Quilling technique Linda taught. So we incorporated them together. I think she did a great job. I just love our stamping group! This class gets an A+ from Mary and me! :0)

She used a discontinued paper pack from Stampin Up called Petals and Paisleys. She also had the tin with all the matching embellishment stickers to add to the tabs. The colors used are: Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Taken with Teal, Pretty in Pink and So Saffron. This is also a great way to use up all those loose scraps of ribbon.

As always I wish you time to be creative but most of all time to stamp!

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Card For David...Week 23

This card was another I learned how to make in Michelle Zindorf's Advanced Brayer Class. All supplies are from Stamping Up. I really need to show all the girls in our stamping group how to do this brayer technique. When Michelle comes back to town I am going to take the classes again. She is worth every penny!

As always, I wish you time to be creative but most of all time to stamp!

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I Don't Think We Need Any More Rain!

This picture is from between our home and our neighbors the Campbell's(that's there home in the picture). I took this picture yesterday at 11am.(Tuesday the 5th) At least all this rain will give us a lush looking lawn! :0)

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