Father's Day Cards

Hi guys!

Today I want to share with you the cards I made for Father's Day. I'm really pleased how they turned out.

Here they are:



When I finished them, I thought, great! I have one for my Dad, my FIL, my step-dad, my husband's step-dad, and my BIL, who's expecting his first little one later this summer. After I finished all of them, I realized I hadn't made one for my own hubby! Doh! Instead of making him the same as everyone else, I got a bit lazy and made him a different card, which I'll show you later.

The first thing I did for this card was to find a cool nautical map image online. I then printed it out in full color on Very Vanilla cardstock. The first prototype I made I printed it out on Whisper White cardstock and tried using some brewed tea sponged over the map image. Instead of giving it a worn and weathered antique look, it made the ink run. So, I got over my disappointment and printed it out on Very Vanilla with no extra steps.


Next, I stamped the boat image onto Watercolor paper with craft ink and embossed it. Then I pulled out the old aqua painter and an armful of classic inks and painted away. To make the graduated sky, I brushed on Almost Amethyst on the top, Pretty in Pink in the middle, and Appricot Appeal on the bottom, making sure to pull the color together for a more soft and natural look.

Finally I stamped the sentiment onto Very Vanilla and used a stamp-a-ma-jig to make the one-line stamp into a two-line image. Cut it out so it fit into the rectangular hodgepodge thing and tied it on with some linen thread and secured it with brads.

I hope these cards give you some inspiration for your own Father's Day creations!

Recipe:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Words and Winds of Grace

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Bashful Blue, Almost Amethyst, Appricot Appeal, Pretty in Pink, Creamy Caramel,and Close to Cocoa CRAFT ink.

Paper: Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze, Confetti Cream, Watercolor paper

Accessories: Clear embossing powder, heat gun, aqua painter, stamp-a-ma-jig, Vanilla Hodgepodge, Linen thread, printer

Have a great day!!

Super Simple Note Card

Hi guys!

Another super quick project to share with you today. This is a No Stamp Special!

I just felt like making an all-purpose note card and this is what I came up with:

I really think it turned out swell. What do you think?

Recipe:

Stamps: NONE BABY!
Ink: NOT A DROP!
Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Sweet Pea DSP
Accessories: 'NARY A ONE!

Sometimes these simple cards really hit the spot.

Happy not-stampin'!

June Calendar

Hi guys!

Just a quick post today to share with you the calendar page we made for June.

Have a great one guys!

Card from Owl of Us

Hi guys!

This weekend was our Godson's 8th birthday. It's amazing out time has flown by. It feels like just yesterday he was toddling around and now he's 8 years old! He just received his first communion earlier this month, too! It's been a big month for our family this year!

Since I wasn't able to celebrate with him, I made something a little more involved than I normally do for a kids' card. I broke out one of my favorite sets, Owl Together Now and had a little fun with it!

To make the tree, I masked off part of the paper and sponged Chocolate Chip and Creamy Caramel in a long swiping motion. I did the same thing for the sky, but with Bashful Blue. For the hole, I just punched a piece of Basic Black with the Oval punch. To give the balloon more of a true read, I stamped and colored it on white paper, cut it out, and adhered it to the card front.

Recipe:

Stamps: Owl Together Now

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Ruby Red, Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue

Paper: Close to Cocoa, Night of Navy, Whisper White

Accessories: Oval punch, dimensional (on the owl to give him some flight)

Happy birthday little man!

Have a great one guys!

Congratulations Leeny

Hi guys!

My little sister is graduating from high school, so I had to make her a way cool card using her school colors!

Before Hurricane Katrina, they lived outside of New Orleans and I know they really miss it down there. So in honor of her "heritage," I added some fleur de lis stickers. This particular pack of stickers was a bit of a pain in the butt. The image came off the sheet, but the sticky part didn't come off with the image. Grr. Anyway, I got over it and created this:

Recipe:

Stamps: Lovely Letters

Ink: Basic Black

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Green (sorry, the name of this color has totally left me and is not coming back. If you remember it, please chime in!)

Accessories: stickers, Scallop Edge and 1 3/8" Square punches, Basic Black 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, So Saffron brad, embroidery floss, Perfectly Polka Dots embossing folder

ConGRADulations (hee!) to all the graduates out there in cyberspace!!

Have a great one guys!

Birthday Sunflowers

Hi guys!

I'm all about birthday cards anymore, because it seems that the spring is a busy time of year!

This is a card I made for my aunt using my favorite stamp set, Serene Sunflowers. It's retired now, but still one I break out from time to time. It's another simple card, not many layers, but I think it's got a really clean look.

Recipe:

Stamps: Serene Sunflower, Teeny Tiny Wishes (I really get a lot of milage out of this set, don't I?!)

Ink: So Saffron, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, retired DSP

Accessories: Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, distresser tool, dimensionals

Have a great one guys!

Belated Mother's Day

Hi guys!

Long time, no type! Sorry about that. I've been wanting to share my Mother's Day cards with you forever, but I haven't been able to get my act together to upload the photos, let alone write about them! But check back again, I have bunches of projects in the queue to share with you all, including my Father's Day cards, which I'm really excited about! They turned out so good, if I do say so myself!

I hope you all had a WONDERFUL Mother's Day! Jimmy and the kids let me sleep in and they made me Monkey Bread and fruit salad for breakfast. It was the best breakfast ever because Jim told me that for the first time, both kids actively helped make it. That meant more to me than anything they could have bought me.

Now on to our belated project.... You'll see that I made it simple this year, but I really like how they turned out. I made five of them for all the mom's in my life, my own dear mother, my step-mom, my MIL, my step-MIL, and my SIL. Yup. My sister-in-law is expecting her first baby in August so this was her first Mother's Day!





Here's a close up of the biggest butterfly to show you that I added a dimentional to give it some lift.




Now hold on to your pants! I actually decorated the inside!! Really, I couldn't believe it either, but I'm kinda excited about it because it's my first non-Stampin' Up! set. This is from Papertrey Ink called Butterfly Dreams.



Recipe:


Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!), Butterfly Dreams (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Taken With Teal, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black
Paper: Whisper White, Taken with Teal, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, and a retired SU! DSP
Accessories: SU! Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Beautiful Wings embosslits die, Scallop Oval and Oval punches, matching SU! ribbons, except for the white one, which I got at Michaels


I really enjoyed this layout and will likely use it again for other things.


Have a great one!

May Calendar page

Hi guys!

Happy May Day! We are a hair's breath away from Cinco de Mayo, so it's time to stock up on margarita mix, tequila, and Tacate!

In the meantime, here's the calendar page we made for may. We used some softer colors for this one. Enjoy!

Get Well Soon

Hi guys!

I have another cell phone camera wonder to share with you today! This is a Get Well Card I made using a sketch I found on www.kwernerdesign.com. I stumbled across the sketch last summer and finally got around to making it. I think it turned out pretty.... pretty! I love pairing Sage with Chocolate!

Here's the front:


Here's the innards:


Recipe:

Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow
Paper: Sage Shadow, Whisper White, To the Nines DSP (retired)
Accessories: Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, an old oval-shaped coluzzle-type thingy, corner rounder punch.

Have a great week everybody!

Pretty Littles Daises

Hi guys!

I wanted to share I birthday card I made recently. It's very simple, but because of it's simplicity, it has become one of my favorites!

I have to tell you, my favorite flowers are sunflowers and daisies, so when Stampin' Up! released their Flower, Daisies #2 die last year, I had to have it! The only thing I don't like about this die is that there is a hole in the center that is pretty large, so you need a pretty good sized button, brad, or knot to cover it up. For the center of these flowers, I tied a loose knot in some So Saffron ribbon.

Sorry about the picture. I took it with my cell phone because I couldn't find the camera! Be forewarned: you will see a few more posts with cell phone pictures! :)


Recipe:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Bordering Blue
Paper: Whisper White, Bordering Blue, Bella Birds DSP (retired)
Accessories: Wide Oval and Scalloped Oval punches, Flowers, Daisies #2 die, So Saffron grosgrain ribbon (retired 2009 SAB)

Have a great weekend everybody!