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

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

Just a Little Note . . .Notes

Why does it seem that whenever December rolls around, life gets really busy!  Thanks to Becky Roberts, I made a set of card notes to include with the teacher`s Christmas gift (this will form part of her gift).  These are single card fronts to use for quick notes and thank you`s.

As I didn`t have the scalloped ribbon, I used my dotted scalloped punch to create the green border and I changed my image to a candy so that in case she didn`t get a chance to use it in December, she can always use it in January.

 Recipe:

Stamps:  Jolly Bingo Bits, Just a note (Hero Arts)

Ink:  Basic Black and Real Red

Paper:  Real Red, Whisper White & Holly Berry DS

Accessories:  1-1|4 and 1-3|8 Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch

Thanks for stopping by~

Pat

Ryan's B-day Card

I recently purchased a book on fabulous folds. I was very skeptical about it, but I thought why not give it a try. I could always return it if it didn't meet my standards.

Here is a birthday card, I made for my nephew. I don't know about you, but I find it very difficult to make masculine cards, let alone cards for teenager. I wanted this card to have a bold, bright look to it and went through all my "stash" of paper and came up with Jersey Shore. It is too bad that this is retired now.

This is a tri-fold card. Here are the directions:

Cut a 9 1/4 x 4 3/4-inch piece of Brilliant Blue cs. Score vertically at 3 1/4 x 6 1/2-inches from the left edge; close card accordion-style and round off opposite corners using a corner rounder punch.

Front Panel

I made this panel into a pocket and the "Happy Birthday" can be pulled out, but I also added some money to the pocket.

Cut a 3 x 4 1/2-inch piece of printed paper; round off corners to match card panel. Center and adhere printed paper to card.

Cut a 2 3/4 x 4 1/2-inch piece of green printed paper. Round off the corners; centre and adhere to printed paper to card.

Cut a 2 3/4 x 3-inch piece of white cs. Stamp stars onto cs; colour orange with markers. Centre and adhere stamped paper to card. I only adhered the bottom and the sides to make a pocket.

Stamp cupcake onto white cs; colour with markers and cut out. Centre and adhere cupcake to card with adhesive foam dots. Stamp "Celebrate" on lower right corner of panel.

Tab: Cut a 1 x 3-inch piece of orange cs; round off upper left corner using corner rounder punch. Centre and attach eyelet; knot ribbon through eyelet.

Insert tab in pocket.

Centre Panel

Cut a 3 x 4 1/2 inch piece of orange cs; stamp with stars. Round off corners to match panel of card. Attached 3 ice rhinestones. Centre and adhere cs to card.

Cut a 1 1/4 x 4 1/4-inch piece of green printed paper; adhere to card close to left edge.

Stamp "Best Wishes" onto white cs; cut rectangle around words, then round off upper left corner. Adhere to card as shown.

Stamp a cupcake onto white cs; colour with markers and cut out. Adhere cupcake to card with pop up.

Back Panel

Cut a 3 x 4 1/2-inch piece of printed paper; round off corners to match back panel of card. Centre and adhere printed cs to card.

Cut a 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 inch piece of green printed paper; round off corners. Tie ribbon around cs, knotting ends on front; centre and adhere to cs to card.

Stamp cupcakes onto white cs; colour with markers, then trim around cupcakes to make a strip 2 3/4 inches long. Adhere stamped cs to orange cs; trim, leaving narrow borders. Adhere cupcakes to card 1 inch from bottom.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Hero Arts, Crazy for Cupcakes, On Your Birthday, other miscellaneous stamps,
Paper: Brilliant Blue, Jersey Shore (retired), Only Orange
Ink: Black
Other: Glitter Glue, Miscellaneous Ribbon, Brad, ice rhinestones, SU markers

Thanks for stopping by! ~Pat