All Wrapped Up... Again!

This is another card I made for a little boy's birthday, using the stamp set All Wrapped Up. I stamped the circles in the background with Craft White ink. The bag is stamped with Bordering Blue Classic ink, and the fish is done with markers and the "thumping" technique. I first colored on the stamp with Only Orange, then "thumped" Yoyo Yellow overtop (kind of a flicking motion), leaving bits of yellow mixed with orange. I stamped the image, then drew out some of the ink color with my aquapainter to color the fish. The "Happy Birthday" is from the set All Year Cheer II (stamp is Happy Happy Birthday)and is also done with markers so I could get the words side by side instead of one on top of the other. I thought the white Magic Mesh under the greeting was a nice touch; it reminds me of a fishing net!

Thanks for looking!

All Wrapped Up Frog - Trifold

Here is a cute and easy birthday card I made for my friend's son's 2nd birthday. I don't have many "boyish" stamp sets, since I have a daughter, so I love this set because the frog is perfect for little boy cards and scrapbook pages! This is a trifold card, which means you fold it at 2 1/8" and 6 3/8", so that when folded the card measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". Then I stuck the Creamy Caramel CS onto the left portion of the card only. The frog is stamped in Classic Black ink, then colored with watercolor crayons and an aqua painter. I also dabbed a bit of Crystal Effects on the frogs' eye so it shines! :)

What a Neat Idea!

I have to say, I'm loving the brown/any other color combinations! Mostly Chocolate Chip or Close To Cocoa with any pink, and most blue's (especially turquoise!); but I have seen other colors with the browns, and they look great too!
This is a card I made for one of my stamp classes, and I also gave it to my Mother-In-Law for her birthday. I am very proud (and surprised!) to say that my husband actually helped me come up with this card idea! If you click on the picture, you can see that the right hand side of the front of the card is chopped off, revealing more of the polka dots inside. That was my husband's idea! I'm so amazed, and glad that he's finally taking an interest in my hobby. Or at least he's not totally mystified by it! :)

I really like using the Petals and Paisley set from the Spring Mini, and you can also see that I've used some Dazzling Diamonds on the paisleys (I love that glitter!). "happy" is also from that stamp set, and the "birthday" is from the Everyday Flexible Phrases, which is part of our "Say It With Stamps" promotion, at 20% off the catalog price! I love those little words (56 of them!), and use them ALL the time.

Thanks for looking!

More Easter Cards

Here are the Easter cards we did at my last class. I really loved doing these cards; I got to use a lot of my accessories, some designer (Ack!) paper, and a little creativity too! :)

I love the color combination of this card! I really like that In Color "Cool Carribean" paper, and have being using it quite a bit lately. Of course, I also used Chocolate Chip, as you will probably notice as you browse this blog, I use a lot of that or Close to Cocoa. I never realized I was a "brown" fan, but it's just so easy to use! :)

This little bunny just Screamed for me to buy him! I normally don't buy many sets from the mini's, but when I saw him, I HAD to have him! He's the same bunny I used to decorate the chocolate nuggets (a few posts down). I used my pastels to color the animals, and I bleached the little chick so the yellow would "pop" more. I also bleached the bunny's tail. Very quick card to make, but a lot of fun!

This card was neat to make, and I really wanted to show the ladies how to do one of these - the bunny/flower spin! Very easy to do; just use your large tag punch to make the holes, and make 2 tags using the small tag punch to put your designs on. Stick your 2 tags together with a piece of linen thread in between, then adhere the linen thread ends under your second card layer. That's it!

The High Beams Are At It Again!

Last year my best friend Judy and her friend Sally joined together to create Team High Beams, to participate in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer in support of the Alberta Breast Cancer Foundation. They had an amazing experience last year, and have decided to do it again this year! I'm very proud of them, and to show my support and help them raise the $2000 each they need to participate in the walk, I am having a Rubber Stampin' Workshop on May 6th. Just in time for Mother's Day, we will be making an amazing card for Mom, as well as 4 cards and a coordinating decorative holder as a gift(I'll post pictures of the projects soon)! The fee for this event will be donated to the High Beam Team(minus my supply costs). I'll be taking orders that day as well, and will also donate my entire 20% instant income from the orders! I'm so excited about this event, and hope we have a great turnout. One of the YMCA's in Edmonton has very nicely donated a room for us to use, so we won't all be squished into my basement! I tried to link my flyer to this post, but can't seem to get it to work, SO, if you're in the Edmonton area and are interested in joining us, please email me, and I will give you more information. I'll post after the event too, and let you know how it went! :)

Labor of Love

Here's the card I made for our Fort McMurray friends. I saw this one on - you guessed it! - Splitcoast, and really wanted to make it. I used a different background stamp, and a different saying inside, but other than that, it's pretty much the same as the one on Splitcoast. It is called a shadow box card. I loved making this card, because (even though I totally copied it) it gave me a chance to be a little creative. You see, I don't have a "cloud template", so I had to make one on my own. I just cut out some bumps on a piece of paper, and sponged over them, making "clouds"! Pretty easy, but I felt kinda proud of myself for my accomplishment. Anyway, thanks for looking, and Happy Easter!

Here Comes Peter Cotton Tail...

... Hopping down the bunny trail... hee hee! I love Easter! I love the colors, the visits with friends and family, and of course the chocolate! This year we are going to drive 5 hours north to Fort McMurray, to visit with our very good friends Alain and Susan, and their 2 kids. 5 hours is a LONG time to be in a vehicle, especially when you've got a 2 year old! So, we're breaking down and buying a personal dvd player for when times get tough. Oh, my husband isn't thrilled with the idea, believe me! "We never had those things when I was growing up, and we did just fine!" I'm sure you've heard that one before. We say the same thing about cell phones, and also said that when we bought our little putt-putt (our 1995 Mazda Protege), which doesn't have air conditioning. Well, we now both own vehicles with air conditioning, and we're folding on the dvd player... Our friends are actually begging our parents to get us a cell phone for Christmas since we haven't caved on that one yet! We'll see...

Anyway, I HAD to buy the Easter set in the Spring Mini, "Bunny Hugs". The little rabbit is SO cute! I did a class last Saturday where we made some Easter cards, Mother's Day and Father's Day cards, and Birthday cards. I saw a cute idea on Splitcoast (my all-time FAVORITE website!), and had to duplicate it. I gave these little "bunnies" to each of the ladies who attended my class.

These were very easy to do: I found some small chocolate bars (I think some people call them nuggets), and wrapped them in designer paper, then stuck the bunny head at the front. For the "tail", I cut of one end of a Q-Tip, and stuck it on with a glue dot! SO easy, but SO cute!