Happy Birthday Spring feel

Well we are finally having some spring type weather this week - suppose to be 50 for Easter weekend and may reach 60 degrees for a day on Monday.

Here is a card I had in my stash that I am sending to my Aunt as her birthday is next month. I got the envelope all labeled and stamped wait for April to begin to mail this card to her.

The layers are as follows
Red square is 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
White base is then 3 1/4" x 3 1/4"
The 4 designer series paper quares are punched from a 1 3/8" punch

The diamond (square) red layer is 1 5/8" square then layers with a two stamp flower (which I loath doing these kind of stamping as I can never line of the two stamps!) is a 1 3/8" punch as well.

Rabbit hole Bunny Tail card

I so much wanted to create the bunny jumping into the rabbit hole card, however this weekend was a FAIL!.

This is the best I could come up with before the letter carrier was coming.  After I took the picture, sealed the envelope I forgot to put the little feet pads! Ugh.
Anyways - next year I hope to do better.

I showed the picture of the card to a friend and she could not assertain it was a bunny jumping into a bunny hole. Drats.
However I do like the cottonball tail I did!  However the tail should have been higher. Double drats.
Sentiment, embossing and punches are from Stampin' Up!

Happy 50th Masculine Birthday Card

I needed a male birthday card, and created this tri-panel card.

The first panel has a Happy Birthday Stamp from SU and some cuttings from Tim Holtz on the edge die. All pieces and card was inked with brown StudioG ink.

The next two panels have a pocket - which I made tags to go in which depicts the age of the recipient.
Each tag has a sticker number and has some handwritten sentiment tucked below the pocket view.

I made the banner flag using Stampin' Up flag punch set.
Below the flag is a ticket stamp and punched that says admit one! (also a SU stamp!)

Happy Anniversary double embossing

Took me quite a few tries to get the double embossing down, where you leave a blank spot for an image or sentiment.

Glad to say I think I got it. But not a quick card to make.
You have to cut the cardboard to have the "hole" (see the non embossed area where I stamped).
Then make the correct sandwich for your machine, I have the Big Shot. Then try and get a good impression then go back with the die and then reinforce the blank area. I used all SU products.

Then find a stamp image and hope you get it centered - glad to say I did. Unfortunately I still had to color it. Which is not my forte!

Anyways I am quite pleased with it, and I hope the intended person(s) whomever may receive this enjoys it.

Tri-Fold card

I created this card and video as it's a simple card, but often forgotten as to the WOW effect!.

 The stamp set I used is from SU! Click the picture for a close up. The border is punched from Martha Stewart botanical set.

Please watch the video for instructions and welcome your feedback, hope you give it a try!

Joy aperture card

This is another card from Basic Grey Figgy Pudding card set.
The base card measures at 4 1/4" x 6 1/4" and is a lovely Christmas deep red cardstock.
The aperture is cut at 2" x 2" to allow the sentiment "Joy" to show through.
The decorative paper has the matching square removed and measures at 4" x 5 3/4"

The holly and berries are chipboard pieces inked and glued to the base of the card.

Beaded Mini Album

Repurposing a pasta box for the base of the mini, it yield a perfect 1 1/2" spine!

Making two signatures from ColorBox textured white card stock, I used jean type thread to bind it to the box. I used some beautiful beads for the spine accent.

I put together a a video for you to see all the pages and the gorgeous spine too!

Noel

Yes it snowed here again! We in New England want to have a bit of true spring opening!!!

I created this card when I made the other set shown here using the Sizzix two step Snowflake #4 die.
This time I mounted it on kraft colored cardstock and inked the edges. The My Minds Eye pattern paper I inked and used the edged of my scissors to distress the layer, I keep forgetting that technique!

This time from the Sizzix sentiment strip, I used the word Noel, also glittered with SU Dazzling Details glitter glue as well as the holly.

Happy Birthday tone card

I received this image in a swap (It was stamped from Fresh Vintage) and ran it through the Sizzix Stampin' Up frame dies.
I stamped the sentiment using the same ink as the light blue SU card stock (even though the picture image looks like it's greenish blue). The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Sentiments punched out with a SU punch.

I then mounted the sentiment and image (on foam squares) onto the light blue cardstock sized at 3 1/2" x 4 1/4". Then mounted it again on the dark blue SU card stock at a size of 4" x 5 1/4". You will notice I used the retired SU ticket corner punch to add more details.

With the left over whisper white paper from when I cut out the image, I put it in the inside!!!

Peace

Created this card (actually two of them) last night with a couple Sizzix Dies. We have had such a snowy week with this being the middle of March!!!

I ran the kraft card stock through the cutting plate first to cut the snowflake shape, next I lined it up in the embossing folder that came with the die to get the doily effect. To emphasise the embossing, I ran brown ink over the raised portions.

Mounted it on My Minds Eye light red pattern paper cut at 4 x 5 1/4" then mounted it on black card stock to make this A2 size card.

The sentiment Peace is a long worded Sizzix die and on this set of cards I used the word Peace. (Stay tuned for the ones I used with the another word). I used Stampin' Up Dazzling Details glitter glue on the sentiment (you'll have to click the picture to see it) as well as the holly. The holly is also on the die strip!!! If you click the picture, I hope you can see the inking and the glitter on the holly as well.