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Ok, stampers!  Here is my second take on Sunny Challenges 046/12.  With this card, I decided to make a masculine card.  You will see a similar card a few blogs below – only I changed it to fit the challenge.

I used the technique direct to paper to give it that antique look, and did the same for the inside.

I added the ribbon to my panels before adhering it directly onto the front flap.  Because it is suppose to be a masculine card, I opted to use the Pewter ribbon buckle  to one side, rather than tie a knot.  And on the other side, I just wrapped it around the panel.  To make it more symmetrically appealing when the card is opened up, I also added a strip of the DS paper to the bottom of the inside of the card. 

The photo holder (if that is what you call the embellishment) on the top right was meant to hold the card closed.

Thanks for stopping by ~  Pat

Here  is the recipe:

Stamps:  Lovely as a Tree

Paper:    Whisper White, Soft Suede, Basic Black, Mocha Morning DS

Ink:                Soft Suede

Accessories:  Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware, Black Grosgrain Ribbon

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Hi everyone!

I must say I was tickled pink when I was asked to participate as a weekly guest designer as Sunny Challenges.  This week`s challenge is Fancy Folds.  Now I have to admit, I don`t think I`ve ever made a card with this type of fancy fold – and I was a little apprehensive on taking this on this project, but here is what I have come up with.

You take a 5 1|4” x 12” card base and score at 2”, 4”, 8” and 10”.  Mountain fold the score lines so that the edges are facing the outside of the card.

I added the black layer under the DS paper to give it a bit of dimension.

Stamped the Happy Birthday medallion and punched it out with the small scallop punch.  Punch out a large scallop in real red using the large scallop punch and layer.  Now here`s the tricky part – only apply sticky strips or glue to half of the medallion and not the whole thing, otherwise, you will glue it shut.

The balloons were added as an afterthought to try and keep the flaps closed – it didn`t quite work but I love the effect it gives, plus it gave me a chance to use the baker`s twine I had but didn`t know quite how to add it to a card.

I also layered the inside with a layer of black just so it will match the outside and stamped the party hats (using my markers).

Enjoy!

Here is the recipe:

Stamps:  Happiest Birthday Wishes, Party Hearty

Ink:        Basic Black

Paper:   Whisper White, Cutie Pie DS, Old Olive, Real Red

Accessories:  Scallop punches (small and large), Baker`s Twine, pop-ups

Coach Thank You

This year, Owen decided to try out field hockey as the league was looking for boys to play in an all boy team.  It was a great experience for all the new boys to try something new, but it was also very disheartening as the teams we played had mostly been playing together for a very long time.

Today was our wind up game and we decided to have a little wind-up party after the game.  This is the thank you card I came up with for the coach.  I didn`t have any field hockey stamps and I searched the internet for field hockey images – that was a tough one as most of the images were for girls but I finally found this one.

I went over the outline with black liner and coloured the shorts in black.  Cut out my field hockey player and mount it onto a white piece of card stock, then matted it onto a pumpkin pie piece. I added the ball and if you look closely you'll see little lines showing the ball bouncing which I hand-penned in.

This is the first time where I have started with the main focus point - being the field hockey player and working with the colours already on the boy.  I love Jersey Shore DSP and am very grateful to still have some.  The colours were perfect!

The Thank You was from the Cuttlebug Thank You embossing folder that I had embossed in black and then cut out.

Recipe:             

Paper:  Whisper White, Jersey Shore DS Paper, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories:  Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Well this is the last of my post for the day.  I hope you have enjoyed them and feel free to drop me a line and let me know what you think.  Enjoy the rest of your day!

Pat

Lego Birthday Card

My third take on making a lego card (not really, as I cased this one but cannot remember the person who I cased it from).  Although I wouldn’t exactly call it a lego card – more like a duplo card!  LOL – the blocks were big!  This time, I added with the white gel pen, the little shine that you will see in the real blocks.

The measurements are as follows:

Two button block:  1-1/4” x 5/8”

Six button block:  1-1/4” x 1-3/4”

Eight button block:  1-1/4” x 2-1/2”

Recipe:

Stamps:  Happiest Birthday Wishes
Ink:  Sunshine Yellow, Real Red, Pacific Point
Paper:  Sunshine Yellow, Real Red, Pacific Point, Whisper White, Big Top Birthday DS
Accessories:  1-1|2” circle punch, SU markers

Let me know which one is your favourite!  I love to tell my DH and my DS the results.   

Pat

Birthday Lego Card - Take 2

So here is my second take on making a lego card.  I absolutely love the way it turned out!  This is a great way of using up all the little scraps in your scrap bin – although I wish I could use more of it. I was trying to think of all the colours my son’s lego had, but I think you can almost use any colour to suit any gender.  Obviously, my DH liked this one better than the lego head.

After punching out the circles, I edge them with their coordinating inks to give it some depth.  Popped them up on pop-ups.  By the time I had all the circles popped up, this made a very heavy card and would think twice about mailing it.  The only little stamp that I could find to fit the word window was the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Happy Moments SU set. 

The measurements are as follows:

Two button block:  1-1/4” x 5/8”

Four button block:  1-1/4” x 1-1/4”

Five button block:  5/8” x 3-1/4”

Eight button block:  1-1/4” x 2-1/2”

Recipe:

Stamps:  Happy Moments

Ink:  Sunshine Yellow, Basic Black, Real Red, Green Galore, Eggplant Purple, Tempting Turquoise, Only Orange, Whisper White, Blue, Lime Green

Paper:  Sunshine Yellow, Basic Black, Real Red, Green Galore, Eggplant Purple, Tempting Turquoise, Only Orange, Whisper White, Blue, Lime Green

Accessories:  1-1|2” circle punch, Word Punch           

Pat

Lego Head Card

Happy Birthday Sajan!

So there is nothing like doing things last minute.  Most of you know me by now where I am usually up the nite before preparing for either a class or making a card for somebody.  But this time, I swear it was not preventable.  My youngest DS received a birthday invite on Wednesday.  So Thursday evening after field hockey, we whipped up to Wal-Mart to purchase a birthday gift.  Owen tells me that Sajan loves legos, so Owen purchased a new lego set for his friend.  I had one of these “aha!” moment and thought wouldn’t it be nice to make a card to go with the present.

So when we got home, I set off to make Sajan’s card (I actually made three).  When I was done, I presented it to my DH and to my oldest son, both of whom laughed at what I made and also queried what it was.  I thought, hmf!  I’ll wait until the morning so that Owen can decide for himself. 

In the morning, I showed Owen the card, and immediately a smile came to his face along with a little giggle and said that’s the card for Sajan!  Instantly, I knew it was a hit.

This card measures 6”x6”.  I had notched out the corners measuring 1-1/2” in from both sides and 1” down / up from the top and bottom.  Rounded out the corners, and added my face using the ½” circle punch and the large oval punch.

If you haven’t figured out what this is, it is a lego head.  What I need to do is make the top and bottom button narrower the next time. 

Recipe:

Stamps:  none

Ink:  none

Paper:  Sunshine Yellow, Basic Black

Accessories:  1-1|2” circle punch and large oval punch

                

Thanks for stopping by

Pat

Best Fishes

Here is a great little card for somebody who has a summer birthday.  It is suppose to be a window card.  I stamped the fishes onto pumpkin pie in black ink and cut them out. 

Stamped the front of the card as well as the inside using the bubbles to give it that look of being underwater.

I then punched out two circles – the top right being bigger than the bottom left.  I punched out the circles and using a smaller circle punch, punched out the centre.  I added the acetate between the punched out circles and the card front and to make it look like windows.  The most difficult part was trying not getting glue onto the acetate. 

On the inside of the card, I added the flourishes using the Old Olive ink to make it look like seaweed. 

Tied my ribbon to the front and we are done!  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Here is the Recipe:

Stamps:  Hero Arts (fishes & best fishes), Rubber Stampede (bubbles), Flourishes

Ink:  Black, Pool Party, Old Olive

Paper:  Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White

Accessories:  Silver Brads, Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain, Circle Punches, Acetate

Thanks for stopping by

 

Pat

My Father's Day Card

So this is my Father’s Day Card.  I am trying to use up some very old DS paper from SU so that I can make room for some new stuff.  Again, I reverted to my old trusty stamp set from SU – Lovely as a Tree to make this masculine card.  I hope they never retire this stamp set!

I stamped the oak tree in chocolate chip and then sponged some green onto the branches (sorry the photo isn’t the greatest), but you can see it in real life.  Matted the oak tree onto chocolate chip and popped it up to give some dimension.

I added a strip to the left side and some vintage brads just to try and balance out the card as I felt it was too plain without.

I stamped the sentiment using Thinking of Father (retired).

Here is the Recipe:

Stamps:  Lovely as a Tree, Thinking of Father

Ink:  Black, Chocolate Chip

Paper:  Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, SU retired DS

Accessories:  Pastels, Vintage Brads

Thanks for stopping by

Pat

Nathan's Father's Day Card

Here is a card that Nathan made for Father’s Day.  I didn’t even know that he had been in my craft room as he had also cleaned up after himself!  Hurray for Nathan.  For those of you who know Nathan, he doesn’t usually clean up after himself, but would rather leave things for other people to clean up after him.  In any event, here is his card.

I love how he used circle punches in different shades of colours  and popped them up over the reeds.  And how he added a touch of blue to the left corner to show that the salmon was jumping out.

Again, dad loved the card!

Way to go Nathan!

Recipe:

Stamps:  Salmon (PSX), Reeds (stamp co. unknown), Best Fishes (Hero Arts)

Ink:  Black, Green

Paper:  Bashful Blue, Various green scraps, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Accessories:  Circle Punches

Thanks for stopping by

Pat

Belated Father's Day Gift

I wanted to share with you what the boys made for Father’s Day, albeit am posting it late – but I always say better late than never.

This is a picture that Owen had coloured using pastels.  I absolutely love how bright the picture is and that it does nothing but leave a smile on your face.  I think he did a wonderful job in outlining the flower to show some depths.  Dad loved it too!

Feel free to drop a line and let me know what you think.

Bright Blossoms Thank You

Here is my card for upline’s swap using only new times from the new catty.  Well at the time of this swap, the only new items I had was the Bright Blossoms Stamp set and the Summer Smooches designer paper.  It was difficult to come up with something that wasn’t retired. 

I embossed the Island Indigo using the Stripes Embossing Folder (not sure if you can see that in the picture); punched the bottom the Scallop Border Trim.  I added a strip of the DS paper and the Rich Razzleberry Ribbon.

I only inked up the vase in Rich Razzleberry.  I then coloured the individual flowers using the SU markers, gave it a huff and stamped.  Stamp your sentiment. And voila, simple and easy thank you card!

Here is the recipe:

Stamps:  Bright Blossoms, Curly Cute

Ink:        Rich Razzleberry, Island Indigo

Paper:   Whisper White, Island Indigo

Accessories:  Stripes Embossing Folder, Scallop Border Trim Punch, SU Markers, Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain Ribbon

May Christmas Card

Hi everybody,

I must apologize for the lack of posting.  It has been extremely crazy busy around here.  My mother-in-law had a fall back in March and had been in the hospital for approximately 5-6 weeks.  She finally got out just before Mother’s Day but still had issues.  On top of it all with our almost daily visits to the hospital, I was also working on own my taxes, my husband’s and my mom’s and dad’s!

To make things worse, I was asked to work full time to cover somebody’s desk – now don’t get me wrong – the extra money was nice, but it was cutting into my crafting time!  Boo hoo!  Anyways enough of the boring stuff, I have a card to share with you.

This is my Christmas card for the month of May – I know I am posting extremely late, but I figure better late than never.  This is using one of my favourite stamp sets – Snow Much Fun.  You’ll see that I’ve layered it 4 times – Base card is Whisper White, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Whisper White.  I embossed the top left corner first with the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder.  I added a little bit gitter glue to give it some spark.  Stamped the snowman and coloured him in.  Stamped my sentiment and punched it out using the Fancy Label punch.  I also punched out the Modern Label in Night of Navy and cut that in half and adhered it to the white label to give it the layered look.  I punched out bashful blue twice and adhered it to the back of the Night of Navy (I hope that makes sense).  Popped up the sentiment.

Thanks for being patient and I truly apologize for not being a better blogger!

Here is the recipe:

Stamps:  Snow Much Fun

Ink:        Basic Black

Paper:   Whisper White, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue

Accessories:  Northern Flurry EmbossingFolder; Modern Label Punch; Glitter Glue; pop ups; Pastels