You Rock Birthday

Today's card is brought to you by my friend, Nancy.  She made this card for a neighbor.  The neighbor's son-in-law is a guitar fan.  Nancy would be able to make the perfect card!  And she did that!  She used various circle punches and I am thinking she used a portion of cardstock punched with the Decorative Label punch to hold the strings.  Not sure how she did the pick, but whatever she did, the card is a WOW!  Thanks for sharing, Nancy.  Have a great day!

Thanksgiving Cards Already!

I am way ahead of myself when it comes to holiday cards!  I should be working on Halloween and birthday cards but I started making a Thanksgiving card.  And then I liked it enough that I made three more!  I used Elizabeth Craft Design's Pumpkin dies.  Once the pumpkins were cut, I sponged edges of them to add some depth.  The first card was pretty simple.  The next card I added a daisy made with a punch from Stampin' Up.  On another I added a cute little squirrel between the pumpkins.  The sentiment on all cards is from a Gina K stamp set.  Later today I will get to work on birthday cards!  Have a great day!

Just Plain Cute

 

Today's card is a simply cute one.  The image is from Stacey Yacula & MFT Stamps' Always Bring A Smile.  When I first received the set, I stamped and colored the images in the set.  This little mouse image was so cute sitting on my counter that I had to make a card with it.  Truly clean and simple, this card really is all about the cute image.  Speaking of Stacey Yacula, Purple Onion Designs had a few of her cute Halloween stamps that I couldn't resist.  Hopefully they will get here soon.  

Have a great weekend!

Fall Is Here

It is official~~Fall has arrived.  For today's card I created the background using the Window Panes stencil from My Favorite Things.  After centering the white cardstock under the stencil, I brushed Ranger Distress Oxide inks over the rectangles of the stencil.  When I was happy with the brushed inks, I then made the leaves using Lawn Fawn's Stitched Leaves dies.  After die cutting the leaves, I sponged the edges.  The sentiment in the one rectangle is from Just Rite Stamps.  This is one of those easy cards of which you can make a few in no time at all.  

Have a great day!

Birthday & Favors

 

Over the weekend we celebrated John's birthday.  Since hunting season preparations have begun on the duck blind, I decided his card would have to do with hunting.  For this card I found a free clipart and saved it to Word.  After I made it the size I wanted, I then added the sentiment in the font I preferred.  I backed that onto black cardstock and a white card base.  And this was a card that he even made reference to by saying, "Nice card, Hon!"  For the favor tag I found a St. Louis Cardinals logo, printed it numerous times and used a Stampin' Up punch to make the tag.

Sunday was Cricut Sunday so I used the same die, Stampin' Up's Little Treat Box.  The box is easy to put together and by using different cardstock and colors, they were perfect for both occasions.  The leaves on the Night of Navy treat boxes were created using Stitched Leaves dies from Lawn Fawn.   Have a great day!

Friends

A while back I saw a card on Facebook that was created using stamps of little girl images from My Favorite Things.  There is a group of us who have been friends for 36 years.  We have sat on soccer fields watching our boys on Sunday and our Girls on Saturday.  We were together for Boy Scout camp outs and meetings and award ceremonies.  We also spent weekends with each other when our husbands had the girls at Indian Princess weekends away or Indian Guides weekends when theboys were away.  We celebrated graduations, weddings, baby showers and Septemberfest weekends together.  We were and are here for each other when our loved ones have died.  And then we also spent weekends together at campgrounds and hotels (in the winter).  And now we watch our grandchildren grow up.  I wanted each of them to know that even though we haven't been together for a while, I am thinking about them.  

I first had to find the stamps that would work.  Then I had to figure out how to stamp  and mask.  Let me tell you, that took a little time and a few tries.  But I finally got 5 little girls stamped and colored.  I decided that I would copy the original, which I did.  But, the colors weren't all coming out on my printer.  So I then touched each one up with Copic markers.  When I was happy with everything, I made the slimline cards and added the little tag with our names.  Hope you all have the amazing friends that I do!  Have a great weekend!

BOO

 As I was going thru cards posted on Facebook, a cute card using the word "BOO" caught my eye,  It was created by Candice Fisher.   When I had the chance, I went downstairs and made my version of it.  I used all Stampin' Up products for mine, the pattern paper being retired.  I am not sure what products Candice used, but she used dies for the scene behind the letters while I used pattern paper.   Have a great day!

Dropping In

Yesterday was a simply gorgeous day!  After the dreary past week, the day was especially enjoyable.  It is time to send greetings to a few of my elderly friends.  Today's card is the happy mail they will be receiving from me this week.   I decided to use my Zig watercolor brush pens as I have been seeing some pretty water-colored cards.  I used Sunny Studio Stamps Beautiful Autumn stamp set and coordinating dies for the leaves and acorns.  I stamped a few leaves and started water coloring.  Those didn't turn out, so I stamped more and more after that!  I finally choose the best leaves and acorns and put the Zig brushes away!  There is something about water-coloring that just doesn't work with me.  Back to the Copics for the next card!  

Before adhering everything to the white layer, I splattered gently with Early Espresso refill ink.  Twine and sequins finished off the card front.   Have a great day!

Jumping In Leaves

Today's cute card was made using Stacey Yakula's Piles of Fun stamp set and coordinating dies.  The leaves under the squirrel are one image.  I stamped that directly on white cardstock.  After coloring everything, I then chose retired Stampin' Up Designer Series Paper and Cajun Craze cardstock for  layering.  I used my Misti to stamp the sentiment.  Since I wanted the sentiment curved, I played with it a little until I got it to a halfway decent curve and then stamped the card front.  Before adding the squirrel and leaves in the air, I sponged the upper section of the card using Distress Ink.  

Have a great day!

A Birdie Told Me!

Hope everyone had a nice Labor Day weekend.  We did for sure. Summer is coming to an end and even though I have posted some Fall cards, my mind is still in summer mode!  Today's brightly colored card was created using Pretty Pink Posh's Mini Storybook 1 die. The little bird, birdhouses and sentiment are all from Sunny Studio Stamps' A Bird's Life stamp set and dies.  The yellow polka dot paper is from Lawn Fawn and the Grapefruit Grove cardstock is from Stampin' Up.  This card is sure to bring a smile to someone's face.  Have a great day!

Dog House Row

I received the Dog House Cubbies stamp set that I ordered from Art Impressions.  I was going to make a quick card with it, but all of the coloring and die cutting was not quick!  But isn't it so cute?

I decided I would not try to be perfect since these were dog houses and I wanted them to look weathered and a little beat up.  But, I don't like that look!  It just looks sloppy.  Next time, I will be neater.  For the blue layer I used Versamark ink and paw print and dog bone stamps to make the background.  Anyone who receives a card made with this set will for sure be card-worthy!  Have a great Labor Day weekend!