Friday, November 26, 2010
Seven Days of Thankfulness
Today I'm most grateful for having a good home to live in. We're fortunate that we have everything we need to keep us comfortable.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Monkey Card
A neighbor asked me this afternoon to make a new baby card with a monkey on it. I'm not a big fan of the monkey on New Arrival cartridge but here's what I came up with.
Since the baby's nursery is being decorated with monkeys I thought the sentiment would be okay.
The monkey was cut at 3" and the words came from Wild Card cartridge.
Since the baby's nursery is being decorated with monkeys I thought the sentiment would be okay.
The monkey was cut at 3" and the words came from Wild Card cartridge.
Eight Days of Thankfulness
Today I'm most thankful for having the opportunity to spend the day with my family. We'll gather and have a wonderful dinner together. I'm thankful that we're safe and well.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Botanical Blooms Card
This card uses the SU set Botanical Blooms. It's a two step stamp set so having a Stamp-a-ma-jig makes it easier to line up the stamps when you do the second inking.
The embossed lines were done with the Scor-Pal. Elegant Eggplant ribbon from SU for the bow. I pop dotted the center piece.
Kraft Paper Birthday Card
Heat set some small gold circles on the corner.
Kids Birthday Cards
The card with the puppy has a clip art image on it. I use SU punches for the scallops and added some doodledots.
I like the brick printed paper for the skateboard card. The skater image is also clip art.
I like the brick printed paper for the skateboard card. The skater image is also clip art.
Masculine Birthday Card
In the Tim Holtz Lost and Found stack that I picked up at HL on Saturday there was a sheet of grungy looking calendar pages. After studying them for some time trying to decide how I could use something that big on an A2 card I decided they'd make great masculine birthday cards.
I just cut off the names of the months, matted them with black and put them onto the center of the card above the computer generated sentiment.
There are score lines above and below the calendar page done with my Scor-Pal. They don't show up too well in the photo.
Added a ribbon and textured button and I think this makes a pretty masculine looking card!
I just cut off the names of the months, matted them with black and put them onto the center of the card above the computer generated sentiment.
There are score lines above and below the calendar page done with my Scor-Pal. They don't show up too well in the photo.
Added a ribbon and textured button and I think this makes a pretty masculine looking card!
Butterfly Wishes
Martha Stewart butterfly punch, run through Cuttlebug,
Fiskars border punch
Computer generated sentiment
SU marker for dots on background to match printer ink
Fiskars border punch
Computer generated sentiment
SU marker for dots on background to match printer ink
Index info: Card saved in Birthdays as wishes.hmk
Regal Rose marker used to match printer ink
Cut Out Flowers
These were made with some of the two-sided paper that Shirley ordered and shared with me. The layout was inspired by a card on Splitcoast Stampers.
The Swiss Dot Cuttlebug folder was used on the white background. I cut out and pop dotted the flowers and used a SU border punch for the scalloped piece. The sentiment is from a set of Studio G's. I added some bling with a Gelly Roll pen on the flower petals and the sentiment.
Nine Days of Thankfulness
Today I'm thankful for my card making hobby. It's something I really enjoy doing and it's allowed me to meet so many nice people.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Ten Days of Thankfulness
Today I'm most thankful for my friends and family who give me support and encouragement.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Eleven Days of Thankfulness
Today I'm thankful that my husband took the opportunity to go on a hunting trip with some of his friends. It's good for him to have their fellowship and I enjoy having the house all to myself for a few days.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
More Cards for Soldiers
Very simple cards using some of the paper that Okie ordered and shared with me. She has some cards like these on her blog using Graphic 45 vintage images.
The old photo came from a Tim Holtz Lost and Found stack I picked up yesterday on our shopping trip. The button was made with the MS button punch. I finally used my Just-Rite Stamp to print the sentiment.
Those stamps are some of the most useless things I have in this room to use! What a pain in the behind to try and force those letters into the slots on the slippery round stamp base!
The sentiments on this one were just cout out from the paper.
A digital stamp was resized in my card maker software and punched out for this one. I used two sizes of SU scallops for the base.
The old photo came from a Tim Holtz Lost and Found stack I picked up yesterday on our shopping trip. The button was made with the MS button punch. I finally used my Just-Rite Stamp to print the sentiment.
Those stamps are some of the most useless things I have in this room to use! What a pain in the behind to try and force those letters into the slots on the slippery round stamp base!
I decided to add some black photo corners onto this one. Mama's old photo albums all had these on the pictures.
My old Martha Stewart butterfly punch gets used quite a bit. Using the Cuttlebug on the butterflies really makes them stand out. The edges of the papers and the butterflies were inked.
The sentiments on this one were just cout out from the paper.
A digital stamp was resized in my card maker software and punched out for this one. I used two sizes of SU scallops for the base.
Twelve Days of Thankfulness
Today I'm most thankful for my grandaughter. She's very sweet, tenderhearted, a good student, excellent musician and has not given her family any problems.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
We made it home one more time!
Shirley, aka Okieladybug, and I had another of our retail therapy trips today to Oklahoma City. I even managed to pick up some Christmas gifts for my grandkids inbetween craft shopping.
Our first stop was Hobby Lobby. Having printed out four HL coupons for us to use, I knew we'd be in there a while trying to find something that we felt was coupon "worthy". Shirley had told me that their paper packs and stacks were already on sale 50% off so we knew we'd have to save our coupons for something else.
Like every other shopping trip we've taken, I told her I could not buy any more paper! There's no room left in here for any additions to my already packed full cubes. So, I wound up only getting five stacks this time! LOL! We both picked up a Tim Holz stack that we've drooled over a couple of times. I gave Shirley instructions to get home and make something out of it so I'll have an idea to steal.
While Shirley was checking out the embellishments that were on sale 50% off , I turned my back to look at something on the other side of the aisle. Then I hear her say "I'm pregnant". It was said very calmly; I turned around and said "You're what? What do you mean you're pregnant?" thinking that she was being pretty cool about the situation.
Turns out she was reading the heading on a page kit that was hanging beside the brads she was sorting through! LOL! We had a good laugh about the fact that I thought she meant she really was pregnant.
A couple of aisles over she found some feather boas and had to strike a pose wearing several bright red ones.
We left HL and went to Olive Garden for lunch. The food was really pretty good but we had a waitress that must have been absent the day they had their wait staff training! LOL! Let's just say that when we paid the tab, she didn't get much of a tip!
Shirley had never had any of OG's bow tie pie so I generously ( and I don't care what she says about that!) shared my slice with her. If you haven't tried that pie and you're a chocolate lover, you don't know what you're missing! Chocolate cake crust on the bottom, the side crust is chocolate chips! , dark chocolate cheesecake with layers of vanilla and chocolate creamy pudding on top. Yum!
After lunch we took a roundabout trip back to Michael's but I think we were so full from lunch and so overloaded from shopping at HL that nothing looked like we had to have it. I wound up picking up some clear embossing powder and Shirley left empty handed.
Shirley wanted to pick up a few more Cropper Hoppers for her 12 x 12 paper and she bought the only ones they had at the HL on I-240 so we drove up to Midwest City to check the HL there to see if they still had some in stock. She was able to get what she wanted and I had to buy two more myself for the paper I picked up at HL.
While I was checking out their selection of EK punches, I overheard a young girl with the cutest little 2 year old boy talking to another woman in the store about a corner punch. She's wanting to start making her own cards. We struck up a conversation about the different punches, papers, etc. and I wound up spending quite some time explaining the different things she might want just to get started.
At one point, as we were walking through the store I assured her if she had a Platinum American Express that I could help her max it out! LOL! By the time we got through talking and showing her some items in the store I think she left with what she'd need to see if she's going to like card making.
Would you believe that we were next door to Big Lots all afternoon and never set foot inside their door? I was shocked that Shirley had let me escape going there this time. She was starting to run out of steam because she'd only had about 4 hours sleep last night. That girl was just out having too much fun!
Since she did show up this morning with my paper, we did our "ransom" exchange and she got her markers. Not only did she leave with those, I also sent her home with a container of homemade salsa, posole and a bar of my homemade soap for her to try.
We had a good time today! I bought way too much paper, Shirley spent money, we had a great lunch and a lot of laughs. Another fun day with a good friend!
Now I just have to figure out where I can put the new paper in my Jetmax cubes! But, that may have to wait until tomorrow! LOL!
Our first stop was Hobby Lobby. Having printed out four HL coupons for us to use, I knew we'd be in there a while trying to find something that we felt was coupon "worthy". Shirley had told me that their paper packs and stacks were already on sale 50% off so we knew we'd have to save our coupons for something else.
Like every other shopping trip we've taken, I told her I could not buy any more paper! There's no room left in here for any additions to my already packed full cubes. So, I wound up only getting five stacks this time! LOL! We both picked up a Tim Holz stack that we've drooled over a couple of times. I gave Shirley instructions to get home and make something out of it so I'll have an idea to steal.
While Shirley was checking out the embellishments that were on sale 50% off , I turned my back to look at something on the other side of the aisle. Then I hear her say "I'm pregnant". It was said very calmly; I turned around and said "You're what? What do you mean you're pregnant?" thinking that she was being pretty cool about the situation.
Turns out she was reading the heading on a page kit that was hanging beside the brads she was sorting through! LOL! We had a good laugh about the fact that I thought she meant she really was pregnant.
A couple of aisles over she found some feather boas and had to strike a pose wearing several bright red ones.
We left HL and went to Olive Garden for lunch. The food was really pretty good but we had a waitress that must have been absent the day they had their wait staff training! LOL! Let's just say that when we paid the tab, she didn't get much of a tip!
Shirley had never had any of OG's bow tie pie so I generously ( and I don't care what she says about that!) shared my slice with her. If you haven't tried that pie and you're a chocolate lover, you don't know what you're missing! Chocolate cake crust on the bottom, the side crust is chocolate chips! , dark chocolate cheesecake with layers of vanilla and chocolate creamy pudding on top. Yum!
After lunch we took a roundabout trip back to Michael's but I think we were so full from lunch and so overloaded from shopping at HL that nothing looked like we had to have it. I wound up picking up some clear embossing powder and Shirley left empty handed.
Shirley wanted to pick up a few more Cropper Hoppers for her 12 x 12 paper and she bought the only ones they had at the HL on I-240 so we drove up to Midwest City to check the HL there to see if they still had some in stock. She was able to get what she wanted and I had to buy two more myself for the paper I picked up at HL.
While I was checking out their selection of EK punches, I overheard a young girl with the cutest little 2 year old boy talking to another woman in the store about a corner punch. She's wanting to start making her own cards. We struck up a conversation about the different punches, papers, etc. and I wound up spending quite some time explaining the different things she might want just to get started.
At one point, as we were walking through the store I assured her if she had a Platinum American Express that I could help her max it out! LOL! By the time we got through talking and showing her some items in the store I think she left with what she'd need to see if she's going to like card making.
Would you believe that we were next door to Big Lots all afternoon and never set foot inside their door? I was shocked that Shirley had let me escape going there this time. She was starting to run out of steam because she'd only had about 4 hours sleep last night. That girl was just out having too much fun!
Since she did show up this morning with my paper, we did our "ransom" exchange and she got her markers. Not only did she leave with those, I also sent her home with a container of homemade salsa, posole and a bar of my homemade soap for her to try.
We had a good time today! I bought way too much paper, Shirley spent money, we had a great lunch and a lot of laughs. Another fun day with a good friend!
Now I just have to figure out where I can put the new paper in my Jetmax cubes! But, that may have to wait until tomorrow! LOL!
Thirteen Days of Thankfulness
Today I'm most thankful that I am still able to do physical work. That I'm healthy enough and strong enough to take care of myself and my husband.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Tuxedo Card
This one is called "tuxedo" because that's what it reminds me of! I like the black, red, white combination.
Once again, it was inspired by a card I saw on a blog; imagine that! LOL!
The placket with the buttons on it was cut 1.5 inches wide, then scored lengthwise .25 from the edge and folded under. I made faux stitch lines .25 inches from the edge of the folded placket using a marking wheel from my sewing supplies . The stitch lines don't show up in the photos very well.
The shirt style buttons were attached using some pop-dots and I was finished! They're pearlized buttons and show up sort of ivory colored in the photos but they're white.
Once again, it was inspired by a card I saw on a blog; imagine that! LOL!
The placket with the buttons on it was cut 1.5 inches wide, then scored lengthwise .25 from the edge and folded under. I made faux stitch lines .25 inches from the edge of the folded placket using a marking wheel from my sewing supplies . The stitch lines don't show up in the photos very well.
The shirt style buttons were attached using some pop-dots and I was finished! They're pearlized buttons and show up sort of ivory colored in the photos but they're white.
Fourteen Days of Thankfulness
Today I'm most grateful for the doctors, nurses and other caretakers that we have available. I appreciate the time they spent learning their jobs and their dedication to helping others.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Embossed Butterfly Card
Making as many cards as I do, I tend to get into a routine of using the same types of materials and techniques. There are a lot of digital images that I color and then mount onto cardstock to apply to card fronts, lots of edges cut with shaped scissors or shaped blades, etc.
Sometimes I just can't come up with ANYTHING different to do. That's when I log on and start looking around at different blogs and websites for some inspiration.
This has to be one of the prettiest cards I've done in a long time. It was inspired by one I saw at Splitcoast Stampers.
The stamps I used are from a SU set called God's Beauty. I stamped the butterfly using Versamark ink onto black cardstock and used black embossing powder on it. There are some faceted shapes on each corner.
I'm a terrible photographer! The card base is black, first mat is a light grey, patterned paper is from a stack I've had on hand for some time and it's silvery grey and white. None of the colors look true in the photo and after taking numerous photos of the card, this is the best one to see the shiny embossing on the butterflies.
It looks sort of elegant in person with the embossed shapes on it. This is a technique I'll use to emboss on other colors of background paper using embossing powder to match the paper.
The inside of the card is blank. Maybe it's the colors I used but to me, it looks like a sympathy card in the photos. In person, where you can truly see the glossy butterflies it could be used for just about any occasion.
Anyway, it's unique and I think the soldiers will be proud to send it to someone back home.
OMG! Thanks to Tr1221, who graciously photoshopped my picture! I don't know beans about using a photo editing program but whatever she did makes the glossiness really show up on the card. Here's her enhanced photo......
Sometimes I just can't come up with ANYTHING different to do. That's when I log on and start looking around at different blogs and websites for some inspiration.
This has to be one of the prettiest cards I've done in a long time. It was inspired by one I saw at Splitcoast Stampers.
The stamps I used are from a SU set called God's Beauty. I stamped the butterfly using Versamark ink onto black cardstock and used black embossing powder on it. There are some faceted shapes on each corner.
It looks sort of elegant in person with the embossed shapes on it. This is a technique I'll use to emboss on other colors of background paper using embossing powder to match the paper.
The inside of the card is blank. Maybe it's the colors I used but to me, it looks like a sympathy card in the photos. In person, where you can truly see the glossy butterflies it could be used for just about any occasion.
Anyway, it's unique and I think the soldiers will be proud to send it to someone back home.
OMG! Thanks to Tr1221, who graciously photoshopped my picture! I don't know beans about using a photo editing program but whatever she did makes the glossiness really show up on the card. Here's her enhanced photo......
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