Spellbinders Crosses Communion Card

Good Morning! Today I made a communion card with some fun ColorBok self adhesive vellum and my spellbinders crosses. My friend Christine had given me some of this self adhesive vellum to try and I really like it! I used the Stampin up square lattice embossing folder and another spellbinders frame die ( i cannot remember the name of it.) I hope that you like it!

 

 

Flowersoft to the rescue!

I had made these cards about a week ago. They were simple little cards but, I never finished them because I wanted to add something to the center of the white flower that was not bling.

 

 

So this morning, while I was drinking my cup of coffee and staring aimlessly at my daffodils (see yesterday's post), I thought hmmmm maybe I could use flowersoft. Then I realized that I couldn't find any of my flowersoft other than IVORY and I was not sure where my flowersoft glue was....probably with the flowersoft I couldn't find. So I googled...as we all do when we need a little help, and I found that I could dye my IVORY flowersoft with my Copic reinkers, and glue it with Aleene's tacky glue...all my problems were solved!!!!! Well, the problems that were card related.

 

So I took a ziplock bag, some of the flowersoft, a couple of drops of copic ink (it is alcohol based, which makes it adhere to the flowersoft), squished it around and let it dry for a minute or two.

 

 

I could have added more ink, but I liked the way this looked. Added it to the card, and this is what I came up with...

 

 

 

 

I am very happy with the results.....

 

Also, as a sidenote...If you do not have any flowersoft but have white styrofoam, you can shread that and dye it the same way as I did with the flowersoft. Happy Stamping!

Husband's Valentine

This is a quick card I made for my husband today. I really like the cards with the sheet music that have been out lately and I figured using my Papertrey ink set that had "You are the beat of my heart" would be fitting for the sheet music heart. Most of my card is made with the Stampin up valentine paper. I just got it last week and I have been dying to use it! I hope you like it!

 

 

Valentine Card for Parents

I have not posted in ages! I have been PURGING my WHOLE  house of all the unnecessary items and organizing it so I can finally sit down to create without looking around at the disasters that creep up from pile of stuff that I have been shifting from one place to another. I still have a way to go, but my main floor and the second floor are done. YEAY! AND all those piles have finally been shifted off to donations.

 

Today I am posting a simple Valentine card that I made for my parents and my mother-in-law. Along with Purging my home,  I am "planning" to have all of my birthday and mother's day/ father's day cards made by the end of March. That would be about 40 cards. YIKES! but I am  feeling positive. So I will hopefully have many posts coming up in the future.

 

My card is using memory box Dies, papertrey ink stamp (i love you), a heart from Stampin up, and memory box paper.

 

 

A very cool tip that I learned using my die cuts today, is that when you are using a detailed die, put a piece of wax paper between the die and the paper you are cutting and the paper cut comes right out! Very cool!!!!!!! I hope that you like my card.

Celebrating You!

Good Morning! I have two cards to share with you today. My girlfriend's twins had their birthday on July 4th. I am going to see them today so I needed to make their cards last night. I really had a lot of fun making these birthday cards. I had a chance to use more of the supplies that were sitting on my desk still in the wrapper. I hope that you like them! I really like the way they turned out.

I used Simple stories paper "Happy Day" line, papertrey ink inside out birthays, Stampin up rough type, taylored expressions fly your flag 1 die.

This card uses papertrey ink Up, Up and away sentiments, My minds eye paper, mft kite and cloud dies.

Still Catching UP!

Here are a few more of the cards that I have made over the past 4 months...

This card was made with Verve Stamps and My mind's Eye paper for a friend's Birthday.

You cannot see the music background in this card because the light is too bright. But I used Amuse Stamps and Close to my heart paper. I love te way this looks in person. the flowers have the diamond glitter on it for a sparkling effect.

This card uses stamps from Stampin up. I think the set was called It's Academic. I am not sure of the name of the paper. This was a bus driver thank you card.

This was my easter card. I love this little bunny. He is from the cat's pajamas. This picture does not do my card justice!!!!!!!! (mainly the bunny. He is so cute!)

This is my BIL's birthday card. I embossed the black with Asian Poetry from Stampin up and cut the dragon out with my Cricut. Used some bling for his eye. Paper is from Dove of the East

I'm Baaaaack!!!!!

I have so many cards to add today! I have not posted in a while so I have a lot of catching up to do!!!

Here are a few cards that I have done over the past few months:

I was away from my children for a couple of weeks, so I had made this to mail to them. Everyone loves to get mail (when it is not a bill!) I used Close to my heart stamps and paper.

This card I made for my husband while I was away. I used my Close to my Heart Paper and AMuse stamps. I stamped the usa on the paper and cut it out (inside the line) so you wouldn't see the ink. The heart is covered with glassy glaze to make it shine.

I had a lot of fun with this one. I embossed Cherry Cobbler with clear embossing powder then cut it out with a butterfly die cut. I love the effect it has when you add the embossed image on the die cut! I made this for my SIL. Got the idea from a Stampin up catalog.

This card is really a lot better in person. I really need to take a photography class! I made this for a birthday card. I die cut the butterflies in the brown paper so the lighter paper with the script would show through. I really like this effect! This paper is all My mind's Eye.

I have more so check back tomorrow! As always, I love comments and thank you for looking at my blog!

Shells For Sal

I really love this technique! I have used this AMuse shell set to make almost the same card, but I just really love this technique with anything beachy. I made this Birthday card for my Brother in Law. I hope that you like it!

I used A Muse Sea Shells, PTI inside out birthday and Father Knows Best, K & Co Paper, and Stampin up Paper.

Kid's Valentine Treats

As I said in my last post, I have been organizing my craft space. I have decided that I am not allowed to purchase any CS or DSP for at least 6 months....(really I should never purchase any, ever again.....but I know I will break at some point) So I set off to make easy valentines for my children to take to school using what I already had. Really...it wasn't hard to find supplies. My favorite holiday is Valentine's Day so I have a lot of paper.

I had a large amount of Valentine cards from Close to my Heart. They were the demo cards for a valentine kit that they sold MANY years ago. I had considered throwing them out many times in the past, but I finally decided that I would use them for the kids valentines for this year. I cut each card into 4 strips and the rest of the valentine was made with scraps that I had in my scrap paper drawer. I actually felt pretty good about using up supplies rather than buying new to make them. Having my supplies organized definitely helped with making them.

So...For the valentines, I used the Close to My Heart cards, red scrap cardstock , scrap white cardstock, 1/2" paper punch from Stampin up for the holes for the pencils,  The dog was a stamp from Technique Tuesday, Happy Valentine's day was from AMUSE studio, On the back is a happy valentine's day and to/from stamp that were both from PTI, Copics, and Heart stickers from AC Moore. It was a very easy card to make. I had to make 70 of them...so I needed something easy. I hope you like them!

Here they are:

Valentine's for our Parents

 I am really bad. I have a habit of making the same card for my parents and my mother in law. Even Birthday and Mother's day cards. It just makes things easier to keep up with everything. Sooooo...This is the Valentine Card that I made for my Parents and my MIL. (Actually this is my card, I like to keep a sample, and the other two are sealed and ready to send!)

I used SU and PTI ink, Papertrey Ink Stamps, Stampin up Ribbon and Buttons, and Close to my Heart DSP. I hope that you like it.

School is OUT!

Today is the last day of school for my kids. They (WE) are so excited! We have lots of plans for this summer and I love the fact that I can sleep until 7:30-8 am  finally! I have just a few cards to share that I have been working on.

This card is a thank you card for my daughter's Softball coaches. I used a Stamp from Hanna Stamps for the main image.

This next card is the thank you card for our busdriver. I used an old CTMH stamp for the bus.

The next one that I have to share is a welcome baby card. The main image that I used for this one is from Mo Manning. I love her digi stamps.

My last card is a brithday card that I made for my nephew. I really like the humor in this Stampin up set. The inside says, "The chances of getting any money out of it are about one in a million."

Communion Invitations

I had to make two different invites for my daughter's communion because I didn't have enough of the cardstock that I used on the first one.

They are both tri-fold cards. The stamps that I used were from Papertrey Ink, Stampin' Up!, and Our Daily Bread designs. I really like the ODB designs communion set. I use the Matthew 26 verse for all of my communion cards. I also used the spellbinders cross dies.

I have really fallen in love with my Grand Calibur. I love that I can have cards of any height and can cut out the center. I also have found that I can use my cuttle bug B plate for embossing with cuttle bug folders (so you can see what you are doing) and the C plate for the spellbinders dies. It is big to see the placement of the die. The plates that come with the grand calibur are NOT see through. So I use the base plate that came with it and the cuttle bug plate for the top. I am sure this will void the warranty, so please use at your own risk if you choose to do this. Also...you obviously cannot do this with the bigger Grand Dies.....the cuttlebug plate wouldn't be big enough.

So...Here are my cards, hope you like them!