Washi Tape Cards

I was organizing my washi tape and had some that was discontinued and was wondering what I could do with it.  I saw on Susan Itell's web site this cute idea to use up some of these precious gems.

It just so happens that in my family we have a number of anniversaries coming up so this was a great way to make some fast cards for people's anniversaries and also use a bunch of my washi tape that was hanging around.  I love how the flap of the envelope matches it perfectly and it went so fast.

I used the heart framelits and plenty of dimensionals to pop up the cut out card stock over the card base.  Choose any sentiment you want as this is very versatile.  Using the coordinating Stampin' Write marker to give a stitched image around the cut out shape gives it a fun design element.  A few tiny flowers with pearls finish it off!

So pull out your washi take and give it a try!

Happy Blooming Birthday

I'm convinced summer will get here.  Really!  In the meantime, I can enjoy summer on paper.  This card is CASED from Dawn Griffiths and I love how the bright colors just cheer you up!

And isn't this a cute inside?  I'm loving how it all goes together so bright and cheery!  And the rhinestones just set off the flowers beautifully!  And one last detail - the corner rounded on the top right of the front and inside.  Just that final touch!

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Nobody loves like a Mom...

I've really been enjoying this layout lately.  You score your 11" x 4-1/4" cardstock at 5-1/2" and then cut off 2-3/4" off of one side.  Turn that cut off piece and it becomes the background layer for the front of your card.  I thought this Mother's Day card was the perfect use of that cut.  The front flap then hides your inside sentiment but it makes it a little more interesting that the regular card design.

I also thought the Note Tag Punch and the Pearls just set it off perfectly.  Love it when a thought in your head actually comes out right!  :-)

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Graduation Owls

My dear friend Janell Lewellen shared with me this adorable little graduation owl so of course I HAD to come home and make a number of them myself.  How cute are they!?!

They are made with the Curvy Keepsake framelits and you can change out your card stock to match your school colors.  

The eyes are made with the 7/8" Scallop Circle punch, the 1/2" Circle punch and circle punch from the discontinued Itty Bitty Punch Pack.  The eyes are then accented with the uni-ball Signo Gel Pen.

The belly is made with the 1-3/4" Circle punch and run through the Big Shot using the Fancy Fan embossing folder.  These little guys have a Sahara Sand belly.

The beak was make using the discontinued 5 petal punch.  Again - sorry - discontinued.  It just goes to show, buy it when you can!  I used Tangerine Tango card stock.

The graduation cap was made with a 3" x 3" Basic Black card stock square on top.   To finish off the front of the graduation cap, a portion of the Curvy Keepsake box (the part with the slit in it) was used and then hand cut with the two arches.  A 1-1/2" slit was cut with an Exacto Knife on the top of the graduation cap so it would fit over the handle.  I used Sticky strip to attach the square to a portion of the box base to hold it together, yet allowing access to get into the inside of the box.

The tassel was made using our Baker's Twine - again, use the color that fits your school best.

I hope you have as much fun making these as I did!  Thanks Janell!!

Leftover DSP

So do you ever wonder what to do with small scraps of Designer Series Paper that you have left over?  Well, here are some ideas for you.

This card that I made was designed by Susan Itell and uses 1" Square Punch.  I love how she also decorates the flap of the envelope to coordinate with the card.  Using this technique can't you think of a number of coordinating Designer Series Papers that you could incorporate with this design?

This card that I made was designed by Dawn Olchefske and uses the Hexagon Punch.  Again, you can use this same design, change out the Designer Series Paper and have many variations of this card.

I love it when we get great ideas to use up those spare little pieces that we have lying around.  Don't you?

Wedding Spiral Flowers

So my dear sweet niece is getting married this summer and wanted some favors made for the wedding.  This is the design she came up with.  She loves dark chocolate and her wedding colors are purple so this was the natural choice.

I've been working away on these little treats for a while now and can happily say that I'm actually finished!  Phew! 

The leaves were punched out of a retired punch (Flower Builder) and sponged around the edges.

I am so grateful to my dear friend Kim who punched out all of the leaves and the base of the flower treats.  She even provided me with pizza boxes to ship them in.  Stamping friends are the BEST!!!  Yup, you guessed it, my niece lives in another state so these tiny treasures will be hitting the road this week.  

And this is what 225 of these spiral flower treats look like, ready to get shipped.

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Happy Graduation

I was inspired by something I saw on Pinterest to make this card.  With graduation right around the corner, we need to have a few of these in our stash, right?

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Bloom

We have a card ministry at our church and so some of the nice people of our church get together once a month to make and send cards to members of our congregation.  I design the cards each month and one of the things I have to remember is to keep things rather simple, but still nice.  I saw a version of this card on Angie Kennedy Juda's website and thought it would be perfect for our group.  Only Bermuda Bay ink is used on the flowers in this card.  For the center of the flower, I stamped off once to give it the look of another color.  After inking up the "BLOOM" stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I took a baby wipe and cleaned off the tulip and then colored it with a Melon Mambo Stampin' Write marker.

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Fireman

So - I got a request for a retirement card for a fire fighter.  What?!?  We don't have any stamps for fire fighters, do we?  Well - punch art and the internet to the rescue!  I found this cute little guy on Ellen Kemper's blog.  She is amazing with punch art!  Many of the punches were retired - so, as my good friend Linda says: "You should have bought them when they were available!"  I know I'll never be throwing mine away!  :-)

Happy Birthday Cake

Here is another card from our recent Card Buffet.  This was CASED from Dawn Olchefske.  I miss our Blendabilities as this card still uses it.  But it could also be made with our markers.

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Happy New Baby

Here is another card from our last Card Buffet.  I love the sweetness of little rubber duckies and how they just put a smile on your face!  This card was CASED from Susie Wood.

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Thank You Butterfly Framelit

I had a whole lot of buttons left over from another project I did around the holidays from the Nordic Designer Buttons and I happened upon this card from Mary Fish and thought it was a perfect way to use those buttons.  By using a dryer sheet under your card stock when you put the butterfly thinlit through the Big Shot, the butterfly comes right off of the thinlit and all the cut out pieces just fall out - easy peesy!  Just a hint - the first time you use your thinlit in the Big Shot, run it through just using the dryer sheet and that seems to "prime" it just perfectly so that the paper peals right off.  You only have to do this once!  

This is a quick and easy card.  I had people at our last card buffet changing this to a sympathy card or birthday card.  Just change the sentiment and you're good to go!

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Righty-Tighty, Lefty-Loosey

I feel blessed to have so many talented Stampin' Up friends.  Here is another great guy card designed by Jodie Wetzell.  I love the way she incorporated the Silver Foil paper, the Mini Brads and doing some paper piecing to accent the wrench.  What guy wouldn't love this card?  And I know some pretty handy gals who would also appreciate it!

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Easter Treats Box

I'm visiting my daughter for Easter and she wanted me to bring her some Easter treats for her and her friends.  I found this on Connie Stewarts You Tube video and had to give it a try.  It was fun coming up with these.

And look what's inside!  Reese's Peanut Butter Cups!  My daughter's favorite!  Check out Connie's video here and give it a try.  They come together quite quickly!

Curvy Keepsake Bunnies

This morning I got a request for some of these little bunnies.  They are made from the Curvy Keepsake box framelits.  They are just goofy enough to put a smile on my face.  I made the little face using the Owl Builder punch and the nose is from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch pack.  I just free hand cut the teeth.  

You KNOW you can't just ONE of these little guys.  They travel in bunches!  :-)

And a little pom pom to make up his tail finishes them off with a little more whimsy.  I hope you get a chance to try your hand at these little guys!

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