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!

Yes, I'm still here!

I am still here. I have been very busy making graduation gifts, a bridal shower gift for a future neice-in-law, making things for a Craft Show in LaPorte, IN on the 27th of June, preparing for my Stamp Camps and getting Father's Day gifts finished. All of this along with a "bug" that attacked me. Today I am finally feeling better than I have all week. Hopefully I'll have time tomorrow to scan some items or take pictures and show you what I've been up to.
I also had a birthday and want to show you what my great hubby gave me. So stay tuned!!

Another Father's Day Card

As I mentioned in the previous post this Stamp Set ("And Many Mower") and DSP (Manchester DSP) have become favorites of mine. I just couldn't resist making another card with it.

This is a Tent Fold Card. It is a piece of Kraft card stock 4¼" x 11" fold in half length-wise. I also used Baja Breeze card stock and Very Vanilla. I used Baja Breeze reinker and a Blender Pen to add the color to the stamped piece of Very Vanilla card stock.
As you can see by the picture to the right, I added a little surprise inside the card "Relax"!! This made this card extra fun! It would also make a great retirement card!

And I couldn't stop with making just one card, I had to try a second one with another pattern of the Manchester DSP. I sure wish that this DSP wasn't on the retirement list! I have truly enjoyed using it.