A Birthday card for a special 65 year old

At one of my craft shows this week I was asked to make a birthday card for a special 65 year old.  This is the card I came up with.

• The base card is Rose Red layered with Whisper White.
• The next layer is Pink Pirouette cardstock embossed with the Filigree embossing folder.
• The Ovals framelit was used to die cut an oval shape in the middle of the Pink Pirouette layer.

Flowers:

• 3 flowers from the Flower Shop stamp set were stamped with Versa Mark on Vellum cardstock and  embossed with white embossing powder.  They were punched out using the Pansy punch and then coloured with a Pink Pirouette marker on the wrong side. 
• 1 larger flower from Mixed Bunch was prepared the same way.  The Blossom petal punch was used to punch this flower. 
• A dimensional was used to combine one of the smaller flower with the larger one.
• The petals of all flowers were curled up using a bone folder, and a pearl was placed in the centers
• The Bird Builder punch was used to punch the leaf sprigs.

Before the flowers were attached around one side of the oval, I die cut the numbers 6 and 5 in Old Olive cardstock,  using the Numbers thinlets and then attached them in the oval.

The flowers and leaf sprigs were attached as indicated on the card above.

The sentiment is from Rembembering Your Birthday.  It was stamped with Old Olive ink and the strip make into a banner.

Supplies Used:

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Flower Pot Card

The end of this calendar year is arriving very fast and many products are retiring.  So, for the next week I'm going to make a card featuring some retired products.

 Tonight I made a  Flower Pot card using the tutorial from splitcoaststampers

The base for the flower pot card is Baked Brown sugar cardstock, which was decorated with Park Lane DSP on the front.  Natural 5/8" Chevron ribbon tied around the top of the card keeps it closed.

Three flowers from the stamp set "Mixed Bunch" are stamped using Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantalope, and Coastal Cabana inks.  They are punched using the coordinating punch, the Blossom Petal Punch.  The center of each flower  stamped with Hello Honey ink,are punched with the 3/4" circle punch and adhered to the flower using a dimensional.  A clay button is also adhered to each of the flower centers.

The flowers are adhered to the top of the card which slides into the flower pot at the back.

The sentiment is from "Many More Thanks"

Here are the products used to make the card:

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Happy 93rd Birthday

I haven't posted for a while as Craft fairs have kept me very busy.  I started marking decade specific birthday and anniversary cards and they have been very popular.  Here I am 2 weeks away from the end of one of my Craft fairs and I am almost out of Anniversary cards and age specific birthday cards.  I am even getting requests for special birthday cards.  The one I am posting today is for a lady who is turning 93 years young.

I started by die cutting a white labels die and then embossed the ovals embossing folder in the middle of that. Using the stamp-a-ma-jig and the Memorable Moments stamp set the age was stamped just slightly off center in the die cut.  A larger Wisteria Wonder Labels framelit die cut was made as a mat for the white framelit.
The flowers were stamped and then punched using the coordinating punch.  The leaves were from the Bird Builder punch.

Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Memorable Moments,Remembering Your  Birthday
Inks: Wisteria Wonder, Blushing Bride
Papers: Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Old Olive
Accessories: Brocade embossing folder, Labels framelit, Oval embossing folder, Mixed Bunch coordinating punch, Bird Builder punch, large pearls, medium pearl.

Shaving Cream Technique

Happy Victoria Day to my fellow Canadians!
Have you been out enjoying the beautiful weather?  I spent Saturday and Sunday at a Craft show in Buckhorn and, although my earnings were not what is my norm, I met some wonderful people.
Today I spent preparing for my Thursday class.  I am teaching how to make backgrounds using the Shaving Cream Technique - a little messy, but a lot of fun.
I used the tutorial with Splitcoast Stampers here 
I did do some variations on the technique - instead of paper plates I plan on using aluminum plates.  The colors of reinkers used:  Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray.
Paper:  glossy card stock

 The two cards below are going to be made in class.

 In  card #1, the image is stamped directly onto the background and embossed.

Stamp: Summer Silhouette, Teeny Tiny wishes
Inks: Versa Mark, Black Stazon
Papers: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Tea for Two DSP, Glossy card stock, Tangerine Tango
Accessories: 3" circle die, Scallop circle die #2, Scallop border punch, Small butterfly punch, Butterfly punch, Word Window punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, rhinestones, Black/gray ribbon, Black embossing powder, dimensionals.

For card #2, the image was placed on top of the Shaving Cream background.

Stamp: Mixed Bunch
Inks: Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate chip
Papers: Tangerine Tango, Basic Gray, Glossy cardstock, Silver card stock, Whisper White, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Blossom Petals punch, Secret Garden framelit, 3/4" circle punch, 1/8" Early Espresso taffeta ribbon, rhinestones, dimensionals, Square lattice folder

I hope you enjoyed the cards.  They're going to be a lot of fun to make.

Triple Stamping - Bird on flower - Inspirational Challenge #1 Stampin' Fun and Friends

This Inspirational Challenge with Stampin' Fun and Friends required a bit of thinking on my part, but I finally opted for a triple stamping card using the colors of the challenge.  The colors I used:  Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Early Espresso. I couldn't resist putting a bird with the flower.

Here is my card:

 

Technique:

Flower: Punch 3 of the 1 1/4 Scallop circles in Summer Starburst and using the same color of ink,stamp one of the images of a flower center all over the scallops.  Then snip between every 2 scallops, curl petals downward, and attach 2 of them together with a dimensional- alternating petals.

Punch one each of the smaller flowers of the Boho petal punch.  Snip between petals, bunch the flowers up and glue one inside the other.  Attach this to the inside of the Summer Starburst flower.  Put a pearl at the center of the flower. Spritz with gold smooch.

Attach this to a Gumball Green Scallop circle the scallops of which had been pricked with the mat pack and paper piercer.

The leaves are made using the Sizzlets Little Leaves die

Bird:

On a piece of whisper white paper, sponge some Summer Starburst, and then sponge some Early Espresso above that.  Insert the Bird builder punch maneuvering it until you have the desired color combination for the bird.  The beak is a leaf from this punch. Sponge the top of the bird with Early Espresso, and the belly with Summer Starfruit. The wing is punched the same way and attached to the body of the bird using a dimensional.

A little pearl makes the eye

Stamp:  Mixed Bunch

Inks: Gumball Green, Summer Starburst, Raspberry Ripple, Early Espresso

Papers: Gumball Green, Whisper White, Summer Starburst, Early Espresso

Accessories: 1 1/4 Scallop circle punch, Scallop circle punch, Boho Blossom Punch, Gold smooch, Sizzlets little leaves die, pearls, 1/4 Early Espresso grosgrain ribbon, Bird builder punch, dimensionals, mat pack and paper piercer

A Milestone Sending Many Thanks - Stamping 411 258

On Sunday I achieved a milestone.  The number of site visits to my blog has reached 500,000.  Yes, that's a quarter of a million hits!!!  I never in a million years thought I would receive that many visitors when I started my blog a year and a half ago. Thank you everyone - this card is for you.

I couldn't wait to try some of my new 'stuff' so I used the new "In Color" ink pads and the new designer paper to create a Thank You card using the sketch at Stamping 411 here
First of all let me say that I love, love, love the new foam ink pads.  The ink coverage is superb as you will see in my card.

Below is the sketch:

The flowers were stamped using Midnight Muse ink.  I hardly had to touch the ink pad with the stamp, and the result is stupendous! I used the Blossom punch to punch them out. For the centers I used Summer Starfruit.  These were punched out using a 3/4" circle punch and attached to the flower centers using a dimensional.

Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Petite Pairs
Inks: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit
Papers: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Gumball Green, Comfort Cafe designer series paper, Whisper White
Accessories: Lines embossing folder, 3/4" circle punch, Blossom punch, 1" circle punch 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, 3/8" soft suede taffeta ribbon, dimensionals, Sizzlits Little Leaves, Pearls

Mixed Bunch Mother's Day Card - Sketch Frenzy Friday

There's a saying that as one gets older the days go by faster.  I must be getting really old, because the days are just zooming along!  It seems like it was just yesterday that I was making a card for last week's Sketch Frenzy Friday mini blog hop, and now its another Friday.  And yes - time for another mini blog hop.  Hope you can find the time to join us and see what this amazing team has created with this week's sketch by Jennifer Weide

 

The lighting on this picture isn't the greatest.  I apologize for that.  I wanted this Mother's Day card to be soft and gentle so I used only 2 colors (if you consider Whisper White a color) - Whisper White and Pool Party, but I'm afraid it didn't photograph well.

Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Pool Party, Basic black
Papers: Pool Party, Whisper White, Attic Boutique designer paper
Accessories: Finial Press embossing folder, Blossoms punch, Word Window punch, Modern Word Label Punch, 3/8" Pool Party seam binding, Ornament punch, 5/8" Neutral Brads (white), Rhinestones, Stampin Dimensionals.

Now its your turn to create something.  I can hardly wait to see what you come up with.  When finished, upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday homepage here so we can comment on your work.
Your next stop on the tour is Patrice's blog: here
Don't forget to visit the blogs of the other team members and leave comments.

Stay well, and I'll see you next week.

Mixed Bunch - Happiness Always

I made this card for a swap I am doing with a non SU group, so decided to use the leftover paper and embellishments from SAB - the Everyday Enchantment Paper and brads.
The crocheted flowers in the middle of the big flower was hand made by myself using 100% crotchet cotton and a small crochet hook.

Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Happiness Always (retired)
Inks: Calypso coral, Soft Suede, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight marker
Papers: Pool Party, Whisper White, Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper (retired), Calypso Coral
Accessories: 3/8" ruffled ribbon Calypso coral, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval punch, Everyday Enchantment Brads (retired), Blossoms punch, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, white 1 1/4" hand crocheted flowers (non SU)

All surfaces were sponged with Soft Suede ink.

Mixed Bunch Thanks - Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Challenge 215

Finally I'm pain free enough to sit at my desk to make some cards!  My mind wanted to create, but my body refused to comply.
This  card is for the Technostamper challenge here  I needed some thank you cards because so many people have wished me well, visited me and have given me gifts that my supply of Thank You cards  has seriously been compromised!

Here is my card:

Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Petite Pairs
Inks: More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Basic Black
Papers: Marina Mist, Whisper White, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Pocketful of Posies
Accessories: Finial Press embossing folder, Blossom punch, Beautiful wings embosslit, rhinestones, dazzling details, Small tag punch, dimensionals. 3/8" Marina Mist seam binding.

Mixed Bunch Window Card - Stamping 411 # 243

When I first saw the sketch for the Saturday challenge with Stamping 411 here I first thought the focal image was a circle, but then realized I could create a circlular window instead.

Here is the sketch:

My interpretation:

The window was created using the 2 1/2" circle punch - punching through one layer at a time.
The flower was then made by stamping the image using Poppy Parade ink and punching the image with the Blossom Punch. The petals were scored and folded up.  A flower was also punched out of Poppy Parade card stock.and attached under the stamped image off setting the stamped image. A center was stamped with Soft Suede and punched out with the 3/4" circle punch.  It was attached to the center of the flower with dimensionals.  Leaves were hand cut out of Lucky Limeade card stock.

Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Petite Pairs
Inks: Poppy Parade, Soft Suede
Papers: Soft Suede, Natural Ivory, Everyday Enchantment Designer Paper, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade
Accessories: 2 1/2" circle punch, Blossom punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, 3/4 by 15/16 " Oval punch, 3/8" Soft Suede Taffeta ribbon, rhinestones, dimensionals, dazzling details, Scallop border punch