Happy St Patrick's Day!

Here is a little card that I made for my dad to celebrate this Irish holiday.  I used some ivory silk ribbon for the bow.  I added the two butterflies (stickers from EK Success).  It's hard to tell in the picture but this paper is full of sparkle and glitter.

Easter Cards - #1

Hi everyone!

How is your weekend going?  Mine is good.  While I'm working on the COPIC Post projects, I thought I'd share this with you!

Easter is coming so I wanted to share some Easter Card designs that I really love.  Look for three other posts on March 29, 30 and 31 for more Easter cards!

This card is simple, easy to make and elegant!  It features nontraditional Easter colors.  I think the bold flower design makes for a dramatic presence.  The little yellow bunnies at the bottom are just so cute!

 

You all know how much I love the Martha Stewart border punches. I used the bunny border on this card and added white pearls for their tails.  I placed the border at the bottom and added a pretty ribbon to go along with it.

This is the tag I made.  Its simply a punched out piece of glitter cardstock (scallop punch by Punch Bunch).  I used Micro Mono Stickers by Basic Grey.  The letters are just small enough (or big enough) to be just right for adding to cards.

This card is a variation on the original design and is a little bit more collage-y.  The bunnies are still at the bottom but in a more subtle beige paper.

Faux Fleur De Lis Card

Hi everyone!

Today's card uses Liquid Pearls.  Liquid Pearls are like a dimentional paint in a small squeeze bottle.  When it dries, it is pearlescent or pearly, hence the name.  This is such a pretty card. It reminds me of the rich costumes that kings and queens used to wear in the medievil times.

For this card, I started by embossing with a Sizzix embossing folder and then applying gold foil to the raised sections using my Hot Foil technique.  Then I added my faux pearly fleur de lis and glued the white pearls on.

Below are the three steps to making a faux fleur de lis with liquid pearls.  Start by squeezing a bead of liquid pearls.  Using the nozzle (and while still squeezing lightly) pull a tail down.  This is the center.

 Now make a second bead with tail to the right of the first one.  You want to pull the tail in to join with the center tail.

 For the third one, make a third bead to the left of the center and again, pull the tail down to join the center. Voila! Youre done.

I hope that you get a chance to try making these delightful little accents.  Remember that you can add these to the top of a button, an brad, on a ribbon, anywhere!

Rest in Peace My Handsome Ike

Ike passed away today.  He was my handsome kitty for 11 years.  Recently diagnosed with diabetes, he endured insulin injections and trips to the vet for blood tests.  He became very sick this week and couldnt enjoy life the way he had before.  I was by his side when he died.

In loving memory of my friend and companion, Ike.

Ribbon Butterfly with Pearls Card

Hi everyone!  Having a good week?  Work this week is really busy for me.So much to do and not enough time to do it.  In addition to my card and craft business, I also work at a hospital.  I have done both for a very long time.  I enjoy helping and this is a great place to do it! On to our card!

Today's card is a Ribbon Butterfly card.  The butterfly design comes from the Time Holtz butterfly die.  As I look at the shape, it could be a dragonfly too!

To get the shapes I used on this card, I first took all my scrap pieces of ribbon and a piece of cardstock and glued them on it.  I chose light and dark colors, and even one with sparkle.  Once all the ribbons had been glued down, I used the die and cut out the shapes.

I used gold glossy for the butterfly body and outlined it with white pearls.  When I attached the butterfly to the card, I curved the wings a bit and then glued the ends down so that they would have some height off the card.

I curled the petals to give the flowers more of a 3 dimensional appearance.  (I cut the flowers from a different selection of ribbons than the butterfly so that I could get some variation.)  I glued clear glass balls in the middle of each flower and then placed pearls on top of them.

I hope you enjoyed today's creation. Don't forget to leave a comment or vote to give me instant feedback!

American Dragonfly Card

Hi everyone!

I got my inspiration for today's card from a fellow design team member on http://www.franticstamper.com/. This is a wonderful website store that has EVERYTHING and then some!

Anyway, this card is made with white cardstock and one of Martha Stewart's deep edger punches called Garden Trellis.  I punched each side of a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card to create the base.  I layered paper so that it covered both front and back of the center.  Then I embellied with two flowers, some brads AND that cute dragonofly.

I punched the dragonfly out of a blue plaid paper (reminded me of picnic table cloth, only blue instead of red).  I added two small pearls for the eyes. I curled the wings  and tail to give my little guy some dimension.

I really love this card!

Sun Collage Card

Hi everyone!

Today's card is a vintage card entitled Sun Card. I used Tim Holtz's tissue tape, plenty of bling and paper flowers too! (You might notice the gold leaves I used? They are from the Cake Decorating Aisle at the craft store!)

I really like the way that this card came out.  All the different layers blend very nicely.  There is a lot to look at with this card so it's interesting to the eye.



I want to show you how I created all the layers for this card.  They are easy to do and you can change the colors to suite your style.

First, I used a border punch to create a lacy border. I chose a light green to go with the bright yellow mat I used for the front of the card.

I added a piece of brown core'dinations cardstock that had been embossed with a cuttlebug and sanded.

Finally, I added the tissue tape.



I have a small tag punch that I used punch out three tags. I used ink to color the tags and then added the letters to spell out SUN. (This would look really nice with green tags and JOY for Christmas!)

I layered the tags onto the card with foam tape.

I hope you enjoyed today's card!