MRS. SHELLING'S RETIREMENT CARD

This is for Mrs. Shelling, the other Gr.7 teacher that is retiring this year. Again, I am very sad to see her leave as well, as she was a great teacher.

I was asked to make something with margaritas on it and I thought, oh no! I don't have any margarita stamps, but I had this chick one with chicks each holding a glass!


This card represents Mrs. Shelling's upbeat and bright personality! I am very pleased with the way it turned out!
The card size itself is 6"x6" on real red texture cs. I matted the front using a piece of DS (Pink Flamingo). I stamped the chicks in versamark and then embossed with black embossing powder. I then watercoloured the chicks using my inks. I added some sparkle glue to give them a bit of sparkle to their outfits. It is much prettier in person. Rounded the corners and then matted that piece to real red and popped up on pop ups.

The message was hand printed.

This is the inside of the card. Again the printing was hand-printed. I stamped the chicks in Sahara Sand. I originally messed up as the middle part of the stamp did not make contact with the cs. So I dug out my Stamp-a-Jig. I don't use this tool as often, but it has proven to be a great tool and will be keeping it nearby for future mess-ups! Can you tell where I messed?


Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Penny Black
Inks: Versa Mark, Sahara Sand
Paper: WW, Pink Flamingo DS, Real Red Textured CS
Other: Glitter Glue, Hand-printing, Embossing Powder

Thanks for stopping by!

~Pat

MR. CADWELL'S RETIREMENT CARD

Here is one of the retirment cards I made for one of the teachers that is retiring. I apologize for the shadow that card has as it was very late when I took this picture - once again a last minute thing - but it seems that I work best under pressure and get things done! I guess that is the procrastinator in me!

Hope you are all having a wonderful Father's Day!
Mr. Caldwell has been at our school since the beginning of the opening of the school - that is an awful long time! He was such an inspiration to the children and a positive role model!

I will be very sad to see him go as I was hoping very much that he would be sticking around to teach my sons. But no such luck and I wish him the best of everything in the future!

I used the stamp set "Many Mower" and "Teeny Tiny Wishes".

This is a Tri-Shutter Fold Card. I was very intimidated by the look of it, but when I finally got down to making the card, it was much more easier than I thought.

Here is the basic instructions:

- start with a 12 x 6" cs
- score at 2", 4", 8" and 10"
- mountain and valley fold, then straighten out
- from your cutter, measure in 2" and cut from first score (2") all the way to the last score (10")
- repeat on the other side

If you have any questions regarding the instructions, please feel free to contact me.

By looking at the photo, you can tell how to fold the card. The middle section is basically the opposite fold from the outer sections.

Measuring each sections, I cut out my DS paper (I used To the Nines Specialty) - gotta love that paper and am so glad that SU is bringing out new stuff to play with! What I did was have each piece DS paper layed out and went to cutting - mixing and matching each piece.

I water coloured the golfer with my inks. As well as the sign on front. Here is a close up of my golfer.

I cut out "Now" and "Relax" and mounted those separately on pop ups!

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Many Mower, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Going Gray

Paper: To the Nines DS cs, Chocolate Chip textured cs, WW

Other: Jumbo Eyelets

Thanks for stopping by!

~Pat

Vintage Wine Card

So this one of my cards. This is for the Principal that is leaving our school to another. I was asked to make something with wine. I thought, hmm, I don't have any wine stamps, what am going to do?? Well I saw this grape stamp from the new CTMH catalogue and thought, AHAA!

Anyways, the card size is 5-1/2" x 5-1/2".

I used Eggplant Envy as my base card.

I cut a 4-1/2" square from Very Vanilla. Stamped the French Script using Sahara Sand as the background. Stamped the grapes once onto my card front using Eggplant Envy and then again onto another VV cs scrap. I overstamped the outlines of the graps onto the scrap and embossed in gold. Cut it out and placed on top to give it a 3-d look. I stamped the leaf with Garden Green.

I also sponged the background using Close to Cocoa and Bravo Burgundy. I stressed the edges as well as rolled the corners and edged edges with Chocolate Chip.

I matted the VV onto Eggplant Envy and then matted again onto a piece of gold cs. I think the ribbon and the hodgepodge hardware finishes it off.

With the front panel finished I adhered it to the main card front using pop ups.

Here is the inside of the card. Again, I used vv, sponged it with Close to Cocoa and Bravo Burgundy. With the vines, I embossed that in gold to give it a nice touch. And don't forget your sentiment!

Here is the recipe:
Stamps: CTMH, French Script, Sincere Salutations
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Bravo Burgundy, Elegant Eggplant, Garden Green, Versa Mark
Paper: Very Vanilla, Elegant Eggplant, Gold CS

Thanks for stopping by!

~Pat

More planning?

It seems that my life is neverending with planning and organizing. For the past few weeks, I have taken on a new task in organizing the Family Fun Day (another say for sports day) concession stand for the boys' school.

Thankfully, I had a number of volunteers come out and help me. The boys even helped put together 500 goodie bags!

I was also asked to make thank you cards and a few retirment card for some teachers. I will be posting those shortly.

Have a wonderful Friday!

~Pat

Planning, planning . . .

and more planning!

Forgive me for my lack of posting this week, but I have been busy trying to plan a surprise 40th Birthday part for my DH. The planning part of it was easy, but do you think I can get him out of the house?

He refused to take an afternoon off and go golfing! What kind of guy would refuse to take an afternoon off? I just don't get it.

So now, I have the boys trying to convince him to take them to the movies. Keep our fingers crossed!

I will be back to post some pics after the event! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

~ Pat

Size 6

As soon as I saw this card, I knew I had to case it for my girlfriend Trish!

This is flip-flop card.

Here are the dimensions/directions:

Cut a 7 x 6 1/4" piece of orange cs. Cut a 6-3/4" x 6" piece of printed paper. Center and adhere to orange cs.

Score 1" vertical lines beginning at top, 3" and 4" from left edge; repeat at bottom.

Cut a 2-3/4" x 4-1/4" rectangle from orange cs. Adhere to center of card between score lines; cut around left and right edges, stopping at scored lines.

Fold card along scored lines so that left side is on top.

Stamp Bathing Beauty (Rubbernecker) and Ethel in Swimsuit (Rubbernecker) onto white cs; colour with markers and cut out. Adhere Bathing Beauty onto green cs and trim, leaving narrow borders. Adhere stamped images to centre panel so Bathing Beauty is visible when card is closed.

Stamp greeting onto scraps of orange cs; trim around words and adhere to card as shown.

Here is Ethel on the back side.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Rubbernecker

Inks: black

Paper: Only Orange, Washington Apple DS, Green Galore DS

Other: Ribbon, markers

Thanks for stopping by!

~Pat

Happy 40th Birthday Rod!

Today is my DH's 40th Birthday! I have a difficult time making masculine cards, but decided to go through my DS paper to see what I can come up with.

I love the Manhattan DS paper as they are cater to making masculine cards. This is where I started. I picked out my paper and then picked out my cs colours.

This is a criss-cross card or pocket card. The dimensions are 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". The insert is 3.75" x 5.25".

Basically, you take a full sheet of cs and cut it half length wise. I scored both sheets at 4 1/4". I then cut one side of each cs from the score line to the outer corner. I adhered the uncut portion of the cards together. I cut my DS paper slight smaller than your A2 size - 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" and then cut in half diagonally. Adhere your DS paper to your cs.

I glued bottom of the flaps down.

I then took a strip of cs and ran it through the crimper. Once you crimp your piece, you may have to spread it out a bit to lengthen your strip. Tied a piece of ribbon around it and adhere it to the front.

Using one of the label die cuts from the Matchbox Bigz XL Die, I punched holes around it. I stamped Happy Birthday (On You Birthday) onto a piece of white cs scrap and then punched it out using the word window punch. Adhered it to the label and then popped it up onto the ribbon.

Here is what the insert looks like. Again, the dimensions are 3.75" x 5.25".

I stamped the man from Golden Oldies onto my cs, once on a plaid DS and another time on the blue striped DS. I then cut them out and pieced them onto my insert. It was easier to use SU glue to piece them, this way you get all the little nicks and notches glued down, and voila, my man is dressed!

I then stamped the sentiment in Always Artichoke from Full of Life (retired now) stamp set.

Using the round tab punch, I punched out the tab and folded it half. As the only number set I owned was Whismical Numbers (retired), I used it to stamp out "40" in Always Artichoke and adhered to the top of the insert.

Here is a close up of what my guy looks like!

I like paper piecing as I find that colouring is way too much work and really like the results of this!

I also coloured my guy using my Copic markers!

What do you think? I hope you have enjoyed this card as much as I do!

Here is the Recipe:

Stamps: On Your Birthday, Full of Life, Whimsical Numbers, Golden Oldies

Ink: Black, Always Artichoke

Paper: Manhattan DS Paper, Mellow Moss, Whisper White

Other: Mellow Moss Ribbon, Crimper, Matchbox Bigz Die

Thanks for stopping by!

~Pat