Christmas gift

I belong to a small group of women called The Best Group Ever!! For Christmas we decided to to a secret Santa, the only catch was we were to make something for our present, not BUY. So I decided to make this stationary holder for mine. I knew she loves cats so I purchased some clear stamps from ______________. They are really cute. I only had time to make 3 cards, but I loved how this came out.

I used the All Boxed up Template from Papertrey Ink

I love this stamp company, they have so many stamp sets that I want. I find myself going there and putting so much in my cart, but no actually getting it, because money is tight right now. Anyway, Wendy loved her gift.

The stamps I used for this were Inkadoodle called Cattitude. I embossed the main image on the cover of the template. CS is PTI, PP is from Basic Gray and I used some of Tim Holtz's ink and blending tool to highlight the images.

Let me know what you think!

Birthday Card

We went over to a friends house and it was his girlfriends birthday on Tuesday. I had been trying to make some cards to have on hand for when particular situations happened, I would have something on hand. Well thank goodness I had already started the card, because I needed one.

It is more vibrant in real life. I used the swiss dot, cuttlebug folder, and the circle and scallop Nestabilities, if you want info on the stamps and Copic colors that I used, just let me know! Hope you enjoy!

Birthday for a Friend

I have a friend who about a year ago, we had some problems. We have recently worked them out and have become quite close. I have really enjoyed her friendship. Her birthday was in November and I decided to make her a stationary set. I got the template off of Papertrey Ink and made her this set, which she really liked. It is always unnerving to give someone something that you have worked hard on and hope that they like it. But I do think she liked it and it made me want to make more. I used the Birds of a Feather stamp set, Kraft Cardstock from Papertrey and various different patterned papers that I had.

Let me know what you think.

I know the pictures aren't the greatest sorry!

Gift for a friend

WOW! It has been awhile, sorry about that, however I know that you are patient and kind when it comes to me not posting new stuff. Life is crazy and with DH being layed off and me working more hours, still going to school, and regular home life, things have just gotten away from me! Any whoozers, here is a gift I made for a friend's birthday. She really liked it and I had a lot of fun making it.

I got the template for the holder from Papertrey Ink I love their stamps and now they have started with these templates that you can purchase and download for like $5 and it comes with a whole bunch of ideas and instructions. Very, very exciting!!!

Anyway here it is.

The stamp set is Birds of a Feather, CS is Kraft from Papertrey, PP is Cosmo Cricket, Ribbon is Papertrey Ink and I colored the 3D flower with my Copics and added a little bit of bling to the center of the flower.

Birthday Card

Here is a birthday card I did for my office manager. It was my first try at a gate fold card, I hope I will do better as I do more of these. For the base I used Bazill which I tried stamping the smaller cupcake with the candle all over it in brown. It didn't come out so well as it is a textured paper so I decided to put two panels of brown and then used VersaMark to stamp the same image on it. The big scallop is a Bazill chipboard which I covered with some Creative Memories paper. The main image I stamped and colored in with my Copic and then added some Crystal Effects and a little bit of glitter to make it a little more festive. I then stamped the main image on some PP for the cupcake holder. I also stamped the envelope with the three cupcakes.

U Rock!!

We have a summer intern whose last week is this week. She has been such a help and 'Johnny on the Spot" with the phones. She picked everything up really, really fast and we will miss her when she goes. So I thought I would kill two birds with one stone. I joined a Bella swap over on Splitcoast Stampers called Roackabella. So I was trying to figure out how I would do my card, so this is what I came up with.

It's not quite what I wanted but I think it will do. The base of the card is Aquamist by PTI and the Green and purple is Bazill. I Used the SU Corner rounder to make the scallop and Studio G stamps for the Font. The ribbon on the bottom is Making Memories. I colored Rockabella with copics, and then used Crystal Effects on the guitar. Love the crystal effects. Come to think of if, so does my 10 year old daughter.

She has gotten into making cards as well and she using up all my stuff!! Even though I complain, I enjoy that she likes to be creative. I will show you some of the cards she has made soon.

So what do you think???

Baby Card

My friend had her baby the other day by emergency C-Section, so I thought I would get a card out to her. I have had this tag book for a couple of years now. I used to belong to a mini scrapbook monthly kit, so I decided that I wanted to try something different. If you have any specific questions feel free to ask. I would also love if you left a comment!!!

Paint: Folk Art-Sunflower & Anita's Craft Paint is the green color (I used this color to paint a pumpkin 4 years ago for a class project we were making the pumpkin look like Shrek). I daubed the green color over the yellow with a sea sponge.

Stamps & Ribbon: Papertrey Ink-Birds of a Feather (I have a link in the previous post), Ribbon is Aquamist.

Paper: K&Company & Kraft from Papertrey Ink

I distressed the outside of the tag and then added some of Tim Holtz's Antique Linen to give it that aged vibe. I also used Crystal Effects on the little hatchling to pop him.

I have to say that I really like the font these sentiments are in and they stamped so well!!