My Mom's Birthday Card

My Mom celebrated her birthday on the 10th of July. We celebrated with her (along with my sister Cathy) on Saturday the 11th by taking her out to eat at her choice of restaurants, Texas Corral. She loves their sweet potatoes and rolls with honey butter. We ended the meal by all of us sharing one piece of their huge carrot cake (and even took some home!).
Mom's favorite color is Turquoise and I wanted to use one of the new In-Colors so I chose Bermuda Bay. I think it turned out quite beautiful and so did she. I made the butterflies by using the Beautiful Butterflies die in my Big Shot, then I ran them through again using the small dots texture plate. I "hooked" them together using 3 small Ice Rhinestone brads and attached them to the background using dimensions. I wanted to add a little black, so I took a piece of black cardstock and using the Scallop-edged Punch, I punched one edge then lined it up with Bermuda Bay dotted ribbon and added it to the card. Finally I add the "happy birthday" greeting. Happy Birthday Mom!! And many more!!

My Father-in-laws birthday card

I wanted to share with you today my Father-in-law's birthday card. His birthday is July 8th and he likes to celebrate it with the 4th celebrations. Thus the reason I choose the stars. This was a simply and easy to make card. It is made using both the large and small star punches. I used Whisper White, Night of Navy, Real Red & Ballet Blue cardstock.
He really enjoyed it along with the "Washers Game" we got him. "Happy Birthday Pappy!!"

I made it! I was able to post 3 times this week! Now for a little "monkeying" around!

This is my third and final card from my June Stamp Camp. We made this "monkey" by using the Scallop Circle die in the Big Shot by folding a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock in half and cutting it out (just make sure to keep the fold below the cutting marks). The facial features are made from the following punches or dies: The "muzzle" is made from the largest of the ovals on the "Ovals" die (just cut off the top ½"), the eyes are made using the 1 5/8" circle punch in Creamy Caramel, then the "whites" are made using the 1 3/8" punch and the "irises" are made using the 1" punch on black cardstock. The pupils are made using a white gel pen. The "ears" are made by using a 1" punch of Creamy Caramel cut in half (actually I trimmed then down about 1/8" to look more like ears). The mouth is the widest punch on the 3 hearts punch. Don't forget to add white gel ink to the mouth and ears too! Then if your monkey is a "girl monkey" add a simple bow. We added a piece of Creamy Caramel cardstock to the inside to be able to write the greeting. This was so much fun! Even my almost 3 year-old Great-Nephew, William (with a little help), made one while visiting over the 4th of July holiday! Next time you need a cute birthday card for a child or fun-loving adult, I hope you'll think of this monkey!

Birthday Fun - Tri-Shutter Fold Card

My theme for June's Stamp Camp was birthdays. The second card we made was a Tri-shutter Fold Card. It looks complicated but it's not! The hardest part is folding, but it's not that hard.
You start with a 5½" x 11" piece of cardstock (here Chocolate Chip). It is scored at 2", 4", 8" & 10". You then turn the card-stock and cut between the 2" & 10" scored lines. You are now ready to fold (the second example shows the fold lines) and then to decorate the card. I used stamps from 2 stamp sets "Party Hearty" and "Crazy for Cupcakes". I stamped them all onto Baja Breeze Cardstock with Chocolate Chip ink.

We added a piece of Baja Breeze Cardstock on the back of the outside two panels to have a place to write the birthday greeting and to have a place for a signature. This is so much fun to make and I'm sure the receiver will also enjoy this card.

Reinker Roses - How lovely!!

I have seen these roses all of the internet and decided to teach this technique at June's Stamp Camp. Thanks to Patty Bennett, where I first saw these gorgeous roses! I just love this technique and the flowers are so pretty and real looking!

To do this technique you will need some Shimmery White Cardstock, Whisper White Craft Ink, Clear or White Embossing powder, a heat gun, 2-3 reinkers (I only used Pink Pirouette & Regal Rose) and a Aqua Brush.

The flower is made using the rose stamp from the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set. The leaves are made using the leaf die in the Big Shot. I mounted the rose on Pink Pirouette DSP mounted on Regal Rose Cardstock using dimensionals to give it a 3d look. It is then layered onto a Whisper White Card and stamped with "happy birthday" from the All Holidays stamp set..

This is a very elegant looking card and is very fun to make. I hope that you will try it!

Apology accepted?

Life has been very busy lately. I'm still stamping, just haven't had time to upload new pictures. Also my hubby is laid off from his second job and so is home more. We have been working on projects around the house! So I will try and post two to three times a week. Just be patient with me as I do have quit a bit to share with you!