My First Cascade card

I kept seeing these cards and well, I finally broke down and made one.

I did a video so you can see the details.
I used Martha Stewart border punch, the Tim Holtz medallion rosette die and a Sizzix thin die for the swirls.

Easter Paper Doll Card

I had this little girl created and was suppose to put it on a scrapbook page, however I ended up completing this card. I can still remove her if I get around to scrapbooking. ha ha. As she is a lot of work for a card.

I strung punched eggs on embroidery floss to make it look like she is holding them.
The inside which I did not take a picture says Happy Easter from Stampin' Up Teeny Tiny Wishes. This is the best sentiment set!

Halloween Cards

These were created from my cast off pile, I was able to put together two cards all set for the fall.

 The backdrop embossing is actually a snowflake folder, but I thought it lent to a spooky night holding against the full moon. The cat is a Provo Craft die, the set came with lots of halloween dies to cut. Balanced out a border in pale purple using Martha Stewart drippy goo punch. Sentiment from Stampin' Up on both cards.

This second card. I used another Sizzix embossing, again the way we look at a folder and incorporate it can have a whole new purpose.
The ghost is cut from Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge cut at 2" I believe.
Finished it off with a wide black border punch from the spider web Martha Stewart border punch.

Lace note card

Using the SU dots embossing folder, I embossed the front of this card, added the Doily Lace with liquid glue as a back drop for the dictionary punched scallop circle and the sweet bird. All Stampin' Up products used.

The inside which I did not photograph has a blank whisper white card stock which I trimmed with the scallop lace border punch. I left it blank to either have a sentiment for an occasion or to be used as a note card.

Butterfly bottlecap necklace

I made this quick necklace before going to Judi's house for her Stampin' Up Catalaog release party and retiring stamps as well.

Using an image from Etsy, punched it out with my 1" circle punch and glued it to the bottlecap.  Completed it with black cording!
I am off to church (hence the top I am wearing) Have a great day!

Hanging Hearts

I created this special card this week for my daughter when I sent her the bottlecap keychains and scrabble tile necklaces.

Sinmple quick car, rounded corners, accented by the Sizzix branch die, hearts on a string were punched from Sizzix Stampin" Up embosslit and sentiment as well from SU Teeny Tiny wishes.

Happy Retirement

Well another co-worker took the early retirement option at work. They all seem to be taken another opportunity I wish I was able to take. How I envy a person to jump at that chance to shift their life's journey.

It'll be sad to lose another co-worker/friend that made the job bearable. In any event I created this card last night and tried to write my sentiments inside. Didn't help by watching The Final Episode of The Office! I was watching the pre-show and the actors relating the show to the character they played, it was sad and here I was trying to struggle through saying goodbye and goog luck!

The past two weeks have been encompassed with lots of changes in my life as folks move on, move out and graduate. Life is full of changes and growth comes with that.

The card above was embossed using the Sizziz Tim Holtz Postage embossing folder, Martha Stewart border punch on a strip of card stock (2 3/4" x 4 1/4") for an accent layer for the Stampin' Up sentiment (Teeny Tiny Wishes). Both the embossing and the sentiment pieces were inked for details.

Happy Friday!

Get Well Wishes

A couple of my friends have family members who have very ill. I created two of these cards last evening and truly hope for good results.

The embossing is a Tim Holtz embossing folder with a compass image; embossed on whisper white card stock.
The sprig of leaves is a Sizzix die I got from a yard sale a couple weeks ago for .25!!
The bird is from Stampin' Up (raised on foam squares) as well as the sentiment.
The border is a punch from Martha Stewart.

DPhiE Scrabble Necklaces

This is my second and last gift for my daughter and a couple of her sorority sisters.
I printed the image off of Google Image search and printed it on photo paper.

Cut it out to fit the scrabble tile and put a couple layers of Dimensional Magic. It was my first time using it so I still need to perfect the environment. Waiting a night before proceeding to the bail.

Then glued (E6000) on the flower bail that I bought online at an etsy shop, waiting for an over night hardening.

Strung the brown hemp, added two metal beads on either side of the bail. Added the paw print (to represent the college mascot at Northeastern University; The Husky) charm which I also got from an etsy shop to a split ring (that was hard as the split ring is so tight and small).

Tied the necklaces using a sliding knot. Hope they like! Oh, by the way I used their initial from the scrabble tile to distinguish whose is whose, however the flower bail took up half of the letter... oh well.

DPhiE keychains

I made these for my daughter and two of her sorority sisters. This and the next items are actually post graduation gifts which I will be mailing today. Hope they like them!

 I printed the image onto photo paper, used my 1" circle punch and used a strong glue to glue it to the metal bottle cap.
I used a bubble (sorry don't know the official name) clear dome sticker to cover and protect the image.
I proceeded to use 7 links of a thick chain and placed it through the bottle cap and the key ring.
I bought some lobster claw charms from Wal-Mart in the sorority colors (gold and purple) and added them to the links for a little dangle accent. (Ignore the pink blur in the photo - my G2 cell phone is experiencing a white balance issue)