Fence Friends

This card is not SU but I LOVE this set of horses! This was a card I made over the holidays for a horse friend of mine. Techniques: Masking, Second generation stamping, water color crayons.

Gift Card Wallet

This was a fun and somewhat challenging project to do. I'm just no good a rhyming (or spelling for that matter!) hee hee. The other hard part of the project was running all over town getting the Gift Certificates. The rest was easy! I used chipboard for the pages, covered each page with coordinating paper. Glue dotted the Gift Certificates to the right side page so they were easy to remove and use by the recipient. When all the pages were complete, I used my Bind-It-All to Bind the pages together. Done! A fun and easy way to give Gift Certificates!

To Have and to Hold

Now that the Sympathy cards are done, here's a more cheerful celebration. Wedding!

I made this one for a friend who got married this past weekend. I did a rush job on it so it could be a little nicer. Ugggg I think this set is beautiful!

Paper:

Whisper White

Basic Black

Ink:

Basic Black

Regal Rose (marker)

Stamps:

To Have and to Hold

Accessories:

Dazzling Diamond for the dress

Sympathy Fresh Cuts Mellow Moss

Last one. Sympathy card for my friends mom and step dad. She was my "second mom" when I was growing up.

I did case this card from the Internet. Stampers block, unfortunately I don't remember the name of the original designer. Sorry.

Paper:

Fresh Cuts

Mellow Moss

Always Artichoke

Ink:

Mellow Moss

Stamps:

Fresh Cuts

Close as a Memory

Sympathy Watercolor Vine

The Sympathy card I made for my friends sister.

Paper:

Brocade Blue

Old Olive

Ink:

Brocade Blue

Old Olive

Stamps:

Close as a Memory

Watercolor Vine

Ribbon:

Misc.

Sympathy Fresh Cuts Burgandy

I love the new Fresh Cuts set! This is the card I did for my friends Grandmother who lost her husband of 68 years! What a sweet couple the two of them were.

Paper:
Bravo Burgundy
Whisper White
Going Gray

Ink:
Going Gray
Bravo Burgundy

Stamps:
Fresh Cuts
Close as a Memory

Punches:
Ticket Corner
Small Oval

Accessories:
Hodgepodge Pewter Kit

Sympathy Silhouettes

Have ya missed me?!? It's been a few days since I posted....sorry, it's been a crazy weekend.

My best friend called me Friday morning and said her beloved grandfather passed away. We went to the funeral Saturday morning and it was a wonderful ceremony celebrating his life. I've been very close with her family since we were in the 5th grade so I made each person in the family their own card. Here's one of the four I did. Check back this week to see the other three.

Paper:

Brocade Blue

Old Olive

Ink:

Brocade Blue

Old Olive

Close to Cocoa

Stamps:

Garden Silhouettes

Close as a Memory

Coaches Gift

Coaches Gift for the 2007 season.

I burned a CD with all the years softball pictures but wanted something cute to put the CD in. I came up with this CD card.

Paper:
Orange & Black

Stamps:
CTMH

DieCuts:
Sizzix

Teachers Gifts

I altered this paint can for Madison's teacher
at the beginning of the school year. I filled it with
all kinds of "teacher survival gear".

The hardest part of the entire can is tying all
the ribbon!

Black Paper
CTMH Stamp Set
CTMH Paper
matching ribbon

In Memory of Credit

This was an emotionally hard card to do.

My mom lost her beloved 32 year old horse Credit back in March. My brother and I bought Credit for my mom 15 years ago for Mother's Day. He was such an awesome horse, and a wonderful best friend for my mom. His loss was very hard on a lot of people, especially my mom.

She wanted to thank so many people for their
help with Credit so we came up with this card.

Stamp Sets:

Wanted Pg. 144

Sanded Background Pg. 136

Paper:

YoYo Yellow Pg. 164

Basic Black Pg. 163

Tempting Turquoise Pg. 164

Ink:

Basic Black Pg. 163

Tempting Turquoise Pg. 164

Chalks:

Stampin Pastels Pg. 183 For Background scene & water

Punches:

Scallop Circle Pg. 181

Circle Punch Pg. 180

Accessories:

Acetate to stamp reflection in water

Brad

Thanks So Much

Just a simple Thank you card.

Paper:

Designer Series Fall Flowers Pg. 170

Bashful Blue Pg. 165

Always Artichoke Pg. 165

Stamps:

So Much Pg. 97

Punches:

Tag Pg. 180-181

Small Tag Pg. 180-181

Accessories:

Jumbo Eyelets Pg. 189

Crop-A-Dile Pg. 189

Silly Sealife

This was my daughters 4th Birthday Party invitation. We went to Sea World and Disney over Christmas/New Years. At Sea World we got to feed the dolphins and she fell in love with them!

I let her pick from all my stamp sets for her invitation and the dolphin is the first one she went too.

Stamps:

Silly Sealife (Fall-Winter 2007)

Season of Joy (Holiday Mini Collection 2007)

Paper:

SU Ballet Blue pg. 165

SU Real Red Pg. 164

SU Whisper White Pg. 163

Ink:

Ballet Blue

Accessories:

Water Color Crayons Pg. 183

Aqua Painter Pg. 185

Misc. Ribbon

Circles:

CM Custom Cutting System

Embossing:

Cutterbug D'Vine Swirls

Oh Baby!

Isn't this cute! It was fairly easy to make.

I cut an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of card stock longways
at 4 1/4". Scored it at 5 1/5". Cut the skirt at an angle. Then used my CM Custom Cutting Circles to trim the shoulders (eyeballed it).

Circle Punch for the arms and neck. Scallop Circle
for the neck line then stamped the front of the card.
Flower with a brad in the center of the dress. Tied
coordinating ribbon around the waist. I used vellum to over lay the skirt to give it a softer look. I used scalloped scissors for the bottom of the skirt and done!

Whimsy Butterfly

This is a card I did one evening just playing
around with my stamps. I ended up giving one of
them away (because I always make two of each design) for Mother's Day to my MIL.

I stamped my images and used the Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement. Then on a scrap piece of Whisper White (see, that's why you never throw away those scraps!) I stamped a second butterfly and cut him out. I only glued the center of the cut out butterfly to the already stamped butterfly on the card to give him a 3D look.

Stamps:
Garden Whimsy Pg. 96
Whimsy Stampin Around Pg. 96
So Much Pg. 97

Paper:

Simply Stampin Confetti Pg. 174
Pixie Pink Pg. 164
Taken With Teal Pg. 165

Ink:
Pixie Pink Pg. 164
Taken With Teal Pg. 165

Punches:
Corner Rounder Pg. 180

Accessories:
Prima Flowers
Misc. Pink Brad

Softball Dreams

Isn't she cute! I love this little hedgehog! It's a Penny Black stamp called Field Of Dreams. I'm hosting a Softball Picnic for our two softball teams at the end of All-Stars and had to come up with a quick invitation. Here she is! Simple but sweet.

Stamps: Penny Black - Field Of Dreams, Stampin' Up - Sincerely Salutions Pg. 149, Whimsy Pg. 96 (Stampin Round)

Card Stock: SU Pixie Pink Pg. 164, Basic Black, Pg. 163, Whisper White Pg. 163

Inks: SU Pixie Pink Pg. 164, Basic Black, Pg. 163

Punches: SU Punches Pg. 180 & 181. Scallop Circle, Circle, Oval, Designer Label

Teachers Gifts

Teachers Gift! We can't forget about the hardworking teachers who take care of our kids 9 month out of the year.

I made two of these sets. One for my daughters First Grade teacher and a second one for my 4 year old daughters pre-school teacher. It was actually a quick and easy project to do! Gotta love quick and easy!

• The "Aa Apple" Notebook is simply a 5"x8" Jr. size writing pad altered.
• I used chip board and covered it with card stock for the post it note holder. Holding the post it not to the chip board is an altered binder clip.
• Book Mark, just a Jumbo Size Paper Clip :)
• Candy Dishes, Canning Jars with an altered lid and some ribbon.
• The Thank You card is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (Just a half of an 8 1/2"x11" card stock).

Stamp Set:
Tart & Tangy - Occasions Mini Collection (Pg. 14)

Paper:
Summer Picnic - Occasions Mini Collection (Pg. 16)
Real Red (Page 163 - 165)
Green Galore
Whisper White
Yoyo Yellow

Ink: (Page 163 - 165)
Real Red (Ink Pad and Marker)
Yoyo Yellow
Green Galore (Ink Pad and Marker)
Whisper White

Tools: (Page 180 & 181)
Spiral Punch
Scallop Circle Punch
Circle Punch 1 1/4"
Circle Punch 1 3/8"

Making The Cut!

Wow! This set is beautiful!

Just a sneak peak of what's to come in the Fall-Winter Idea Book and Catalog: Released August 11, 2008.

From June 1-June 30, you can purchase your own Fresh Cuts set for $21.95 and get the die-cut, Fresh Cut Notes for just $5.00.

The die-cut note card includes 15 - 4x4 note cards and envelope in Whisper White

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