Another Creative Daughter

Yes I do have two of them! Two creative daughters that always have their minds spinning on new ideas. This is a cake made for her Grandma and Grandpa. It's a white cake with raspberry filling and I am so impressed with her decorating abilities! We know it looks good and yes, Grandma and Grandpa said it tasted good too. You did a great job Missy!

Eight Week Card Swap: Week 2

This week our swap is a card using punches. The punches I have are borders, corners, circles and squares. You know the little basic things to make holes in paper! I felt like I really needed something like a tree, or a flower rather than what I already had. So I decided to play with what I did have to make patterns or shapes. After experimenting, I decided to go simplistic. I think the patterned paper makes the card look elegant and then I used three punches for interest. Two were used on the outisde and one on the inside.

Supplies:

Cardstock: SU! Vintage Violet, Very Vanilla, Basic Black

Paper: K&Company Botanical Collage

Ink: Brilliance Coffee Bean

Ribbon: Offray

Markers: Copic:YR65, E55, BV00, Y21, E31, 0

Punches: McGill, SU, Fiskars

Eight Week Card Swap: Week 1

This card is the first in an 8 week swap that I am involved in. Our first week we are to use Stampin Up! stamps. I have never been involved in a swap before and we definitely have to produce something nice! I am really excited to see what what artistry my partner will be sending me for the next 8 weeks. Each week we have a different theme for our cards. I'll let you know what I get in the mail!

Supplies:

Cardstock: SU Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Basic Black

Stamps: SU A Little Bit of Happiness

Ribbon: SU Wild Wasabi, other: black & white check

Ink: SU Wild Wasabi, Brilliance Graphite Black

Markers: COPIC: w1, w3, rv11, rv02, g21, y21, y26, rv19, y000, v15, b000;

SU: Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Spica Glitter Pens

Glitter: Stickles Turquoise

I am having so much fun being creative and I hope you enjoy looking at my artwork! Thanks!

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

This picture is of cardstock that has been embossed by a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder that has been inked on the top side. I have to run my folder through my Wizard with the Blue Charm mat, the white spacer plate and one of the white embossing or cutting plates. NOTE: this is an extremely tight sandwich and may be too tight for some Wizard machines to handle..it could break your machine! You can join the Wizard Yahoo Group to get more ideas and sandwiches. They are very informative and share their creativity abundantly!

A Daughter's Card to Her Dad

I just had to post this really cute card that one of my daughters made. She pulled this together in a short amount of time since she is studying for exams for college. I thought it should be posted to show you that something really cute doesn't have to take a lot of time.

Details: Brilliance Ink, cardstock was from scraps, SU whisper white, and colored with Copic markers.

Beauty in the Distance

Oh, I just had to post this picture! We have seen the most beautiful sunsets over the lake. I hope you enjoy this picture as much as I do!

Transparency Birthday Card

This card idea came from Nichole Heady's blog that I love to visit frequently. Papertrey Ink has beautiful products so check those out also. She gives the directions on how to create this style of card! You can see her fabulous creations at: http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2008/03/page/2/

This birthday card is for my husband's birthday. He's fairly busy at work, so I'm pretty sure he won't visit my blog this week! I started off by cutting the transparency and cutting the white cardstock and then put patterned paper over the front of the white cs and inside the white cs. The transparency folds over on the left where the brads are. It forms a lip to tuck the top page of the trans under to secure it.

This second pic shows the card in the open position and you can see the front of the transparency over to the right. I didn't trim the edge that fits under the lip at the brads until I was completely done so I knew I had enough to "catch" under the lip.


The back shows white cardstock and the brads are hidden. I didn't want to be able to see them on the back side.
Picture number 4 shows the front. I placed this initial greeting on the top of the trans and then put cs on the back in the same size to hide the glue. I think it turned out pretty good. Then the birthday greeting is on the inside where the other patterned paper is located. (Picture #5)

Details: Stamps: God's Blessings, Frames with a Flourish by Stampin Up; Cardstock: Basic Grey-Color Me Silly, Stampin Up Whisper White, Marker: SU! Elegant Eggplant; Ink: SU! Cool Caribbean, Spellbinders Nestabilities; Brads: SU!

Thank you for looking!

Bible Verse Box and Cards

I have been working on this project for a while; but I have also been trying to figure out the quirks of blogging and using Photoshop 4.0. WOW! There is a lot to learn. I hope the picture taking, editing, and posting becomes easier and faster.

I think it would be good to have a few projects going at one time so you can post sooner. I know, I am learning.

This box was made by using my Scor-Pal. I really like this tool and you'll see some other ways to use it in some posts in the future.

These are the five Bible quote cards inside of the box. Each one is different and the mats are cut with Nestabilities and the flourishes are from Spellbinders too. The layers are: black mat, paisley mat, then a printed vellum layer that is the exact size of the paisley mat.

Details: Stamps: Stampin Up! In the Spotlight, Cardstock for box and quote cards: BasicGrey "Lucky", Whisper White Cardstock from SU!, Paper: Paisley from Flair Designs, Vellum was used for the printed quotes. Ink: Colorbox Chalk ink, Stampin Up Markers; Spica glitter pens, Nestabilities and Flourishes from Spellbinders, glue on jewels and antique binding and antique ric-rac and American Crafts Ribbon; Lucite butterfly bead colored with a Prismacolor alcohol marker and a basic bead on top of the butterfly.