Thomas the Train Pop Up Card

Well - Here is my first Draft of my Thomas the Train Pop-Up Card for my son's 2nd birthday. I still have a little tweaking to do...but I'm pleased with my first draft. I got the idea from Splitcoaststampers.com. To view another Pop-Up card and where to find the instructions ----> Click Here

Below is what the card will look like closed.

Here is the card Open.

I did cheat with the actual face. I scanned a album cover of Thomas. Then used a circle punch to punch it out. I also used several different size circle punches and corner rounder punches to add different elements to the card. I just love punches...they make everything so much easier! I'm so excited about these!!!

September Project Night

Well, with the new Stampin'Up! catalog, and I finally got my shipment of goodies here is what I came up with for the next project night. I hope you like it!

We will be using watercolor paper, aqua pen, and ink pads to color in the adorable elephant!

This card uses one of the two faux metal techniques I will be teaching that night.

Create a unique card from Stampin'Up! Scallop Note card collection.

The above card has the second method of the faux metal techniques.

And last, but not least create a fun pop-up card! See the post below for another pop-up card I did for my husband's birthday. It shows it open and closed.

You will get to create all 5 cards - plus get a Fall 2008 Idea Book and Catalog. The next project night is September 12, 2008.

Mother's Day Gifts

I finally get to post this. For Mother's Day I created a Hodge Podge Gift Basket for the Mom's in our family (I also made a set for a friend that had us over for a Crawfish Boil.) I've been waiting until after Mother's Day so my mom would not see what she is getting.

The baskets were round tins from Target $1 spot, I added pictures my 3 year old colored, a wooden magnetic frame that he also colored, a "green" Target bag that zips up like a wallet size, and a set of momogramed cards like these. (I forgot to take a picture of the tins before I gave them out...woops)

The background of the cards are embossed with Cuttlebug folders, the paper is from Stampin'Up! Designer Series. The round, round scallop, and square punches are from Stampinup!, the scallopped square was cut from my Cricut (the Mini Monogram Cartridge). The ribbon and alphabet is also from Stampin'Up! (Lovely Letters Alphabet). These were SUPER easy to make. I made 6 sets of 5 (30 cards) and matching envies in about 3.5 hours. Once I figured out how I wanted them to look it was a breeze! I even made a set for me!

Graduation Samples

This is just a quick post. I created these 3 sample Graduation invitations for a client of mine to choose from. I used my Cuttlebug on the first card on the maroon layer. (I also just type something out real quick for the invitation wording on the first one just so my client can get an idea of what it would look like - of course it will not go out like that!)

On the other two cards I used my Cricut to cut out the 2008 with the Opposite Attracts cartidge.

The graduation hat stamp (Year after Year) and the You're Invited stamp (Hugs & Wishes) is from Stampin'Up!

Thanks for looking :)

Cuppacakeabella

My 3 year old son is going to a birthday party tomorrow for a little girl who is turning 3 too (and is just as precious as the bella sitting on the cupcake!) I used Stampin'Up!'s Watercolor Pencils and a blender pen to color my bella. You might not be able to see, but I also added Iridescent Ice (Stampin'up! embossing powder) to the cupcake and the spots on the bella's dress to add some sparkle. This bella is called Cuppacakeabella from Stamping Bella. The ribbon is also from Stampin'Up! it is the Flirty collections (but I believe it is retired already - sorry.) The pattern paper is the from the Designer Series of Stampin'Up called Loves Me (it was from a mini catalog I think.) Thanks for looking and have a good evening! :) My pizza & Hubby are waiting -----> It is my "free" night. Free of absorbing any calories! I wish haha.

RetailFellaBella

This would be a great Fairy Tale ending to a Saturday at the Galleria! This is another great stamp setcalled RetailFellaBella from the Stamping Bellas. These little stamps are addicting! I have been using my Stampin'Up! Markers to color in these images. My markers are getting a little warn in though and the tips are not as sharp anymore. I would love to get the Copics....but....we will just have to see.

P.S. Happy Birthday Lori!

Ipodabella

Here are two cards I did with the Ipodabella from Stamping Bella. The silly thing is...I don't even have an Ipod, but I thought my Husband would get a kick out of the Rockstar saying. I used the faux embossing technique with the Stampin'Up! small star punch. Then used the large Stampin'Up! punch to punch out the word "Rockstar". I used the White Uni-Ball Signo pen to create the faux stitching on the star.

The "You Rock" is from the Essential Sentiments from My Favorite Things.

Thanks for looking!

SellaBella

My Mother-In-Law is a Realtor, so when I saw this stamp I thought of her and had to get it :) It called Sellabella from Stamping Bella.

Here is a card I did for a couple renewing their wedding vows on their 25th Anniversary. I used Stampin'Up!'s Together Forever set. The background design is embossed with my Cuttlebug and Cuttlebug folder Swirls.

Welcome to the World of Bellas!

Well, I finally "travel" outside the world of Stampin'Up! and purchased some new stamps. I posted a stamps set from My Favorite Things earlier. Now, I'm introducing the Bellas! These girls are adorable and I can't help but fall in love with all the cute stamps. The company is called Stamping Bella! Take a look, I'm sure you will fall in love with them too! This was my first Bella card I created! I just love her!

I just finished making this card and gift bag for a little boys birthday. My son LOVED the dinosaur, so I had to get it. I stamped the bag with the Stegosaurus stamp...it is too cute with the packages on his back! The stamp set is called Dino-mite from a company called My Favorite Things.

Learning Photoshop

I'm exploring the wonderful world of digital scrapbooking and playing with Photoshop 7.
I learned how to add my watermark!! Yeah!

Thanks

Here is a card I did for my LSS design Team. The sparkles on the faux button (made by using a 1/16th punch twice side by side then punched out with a 1-1/4" circle punch) were created by me being impatient with my Crystal Effects. I wanted to create a bubble effect by I was getting tired of waiting for the Crystal Effects to dry and I decided to use my heat gun to speed up the process. Instead of creating the "bubble" look it created a sparkle look. I thought it was pretty cool looking so I duplicated the look with the circle under the word "Thanks". The ribbon was from May Arts, the word "Thanks" was created with my Cricut, the flowers were Primas Big Box Blooms. The base of the cards is a magnetic card from Petaloo.

Happy Birthday Hubby

It is my husband's birthday today ...so here are a few cards I made for him. I've been trying to start incorporating my scrapbook papers in my card making. For some reason I seem to stamp on cards and not use pattern paper. I love the look of pattern paper on cards, plus it makes the cards quick! Well, I better get back to getting things finished for my design team. I have a great scrapbook that I created that I will post soon! I think it is very unique!