Hello all yes I am still alive but very busy with a new career. Am hoping to do some stamping this coming weekend as I got a new stamp last week and my mother wants me to make her some Christmas cards
November 03, 2010
May 26, 2010
May 12, 2010
March 01, 2010
Butterfly Card
I had just enough time today to make one card and take some time out for relaxation. Today I decided to try something outside my normal box. I had a half sheet of SEI scrapbook paper leftover from a page I had done and I loved the butterfly on the page. I loved the flowers on the page as well. So instead of using the paper as the background of my card, I decided to cut out the images I loved on the paper and create a card around it. I love that the images have a little bling to them and sparkle.
I used a general sentiment so that I can use the card for any occasion. The colors are SU Basic Gray, Sahara Sand and the sentiment and ribbon are done in Purely Pom . The DSP is from SU.
Enjoy!
February 27, 2010
Masculine Birthday Card - Stamping on Ribbon
The other day I went looking thru my box where I keep my cards on hand ready to ship out at a moments notice and I saw that although I have a good 15 birthday cards in there, not one of them was very masculine. I guess that comes from having a family full of females! So here is my attempt at doing a more masculine card with all the feminine stamps I have in my stash.
I used Versamark to create a watermark with my Baroque Motifs set on the basic gray cardstock, then I stamped the sentiment with my CTMH sentiments set right on the ribbon. Finished it off my stampin and cutting the medallion flower from my Stampin Up True Friend stamp set and then using pop dots to add a bit of dimension.
And as a bonus to myself I made this additional card which of course is more feminine.
Enjoy!
February 25, 2010
Playing with Scraps - Wishing you well
Today I didn't have school so I went to my scrappin space to clean and organize, but the best laid plans and all that... Well I put together a large pile of scraps and ended up sitting down and playing with my stamps. I hope you enjoy these cards.
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Unfortunately I have no idea what the name of the DSP is since I got it from the scrap pile but I do know that it is SU. The Cardstock is Soft Sky, Kiwi Kiss and Chocolate Chip. The ribbons are Bashful Blue and Very Vanilla and the ink is Chocolate Chip.
Enjoy!
February 24, 2010
Dim Sum Valentines Layout using Stampin Up Kanji and Asian Art
Well we are having a one of the first real storms of the winter here in Central Mass. We had a couple of minor storms earlier in the season but this one is bringing lots of wet snow and winds. Poor Coco doesn't even want to go out to do his business. School got cancelled so I had the morning to take a pic of a layout I did this past weekend at ScrapQueen's crop.
On Valentines Day this year DD and I went to Chinatown to have Dim Sum and walk around. In all my years of living in this state, I have never gone to Chinatown. Funny how we don't take advantage of the things and places that are so close to us. Chinatown is an amazing place. You hear very little English and the gardens and some of the architecture are very asian inspired. It was like a mini vacation! We started our day by visiting a bakery where we had no idea what it was that we were ordering. We got a two yolk lotus cake. It was pretty that was all we knew. Come to find out it tasted amazing! It had two hard boiled duck egg yolks waiting inside its lotus seed paste filling. If you ever get a chance get one. It may sound strange but it is fantastic in taste. After tasting the cake we headed to a restaurant where we heard they had great Dim Sum. Too bad the restaurant had a 2 hour waiting list and you had to wait on the street. I grabbed DD by the hand and said follow me. I had heard of another Dim Sum restaurant that was also good but that not many visitors went to due to its off the main street location as well as its run down looks. We hit the jackpot for sure! Most of the patrons when we went were Chinatown residents and there was little English spoken. We just pointed at what looked good half the time not knowing what we were eating. Everyone should go and do Dim Sum at some point in their life because its really alot of fun. Cart upon cart of wonderous foods passes by you and you are served a small portion of whatever you want. Think of it as a tasting menu. Our entire brunch came to $23. Can't beat that! I pay that for two of us to have breakfast at Denny's with not as good food. We ended our time in Chinatown doing some grocery shopping and Chinese Lantern shopping. This was probably the best Valentines Day I ever celebrated.
Enjoy!
February 18, 2010
Two Cards One Layout with Upsy Daisy and Technique Tuesday
I had major stampers block the other night. I wanted to make some cards with patterned paper. I brought out my binder with old layouts from Sheetloads of Cards. I used the October 2007 layout and then changed it up a little bit.
For this first card I used Kiwi Kiss and Gray cardstock, SU DSP, Kiwi Kiss ink, Ribbon was from Michaels and the butterfly stamp was from TT and the sentiment is from CTMH. I added some Diamond Stickles to the gray DSP to match the bling on the ribbon.
For this second card I used Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, River Rock and Chocolate Chip cardstock, SU DSP, some ribbon I found at Michaels and some little pearl beads I found in my scraproom. For ink I used SU Chocolate Chip and Soft Sky and the sentiment is from CTMH. I don't know if you will be able to see it in the pic but I distressed the edge of the vanilla circle with more of the Soft Sky ink.
I ended up really enjoying these two cards and I hope you do too.
Enjoy!
February 14, 2010
Pocket Silouettes Cards
I was remounting my Stampin Up Pocket Silouettes stamps to go from wood to cling when I noticed I had never made a card with this set. So I pulled out my paper and started stamping away and playing. So here are the two cards I did this evening.
This first card I made for my friend Jessie. You see yesterday I had to rush my DD to the hospital with heart palpatations and tachycardia. Unfortunatley in the hoopla of getting out of the house, I forgot to let the dog out and feed him. Needless to say we left in the early afternoon so by 7pm I'm sure he was ready to burst. I called my friend Jess and even though she lives 40 minutes away she came to the house and took care of the dog for me. I am so thankful she did because we didn't get home till midnight.
This next card is my oops card. I was almost done this cardfront when I noticed I had made the cardfront too large. So I cut the bottom of the cardfront off but unfortunately half of the sentiment went with it. So I did what any good scrapper or stamper would do and turned my oops into something new and different from what was originally intended and like often happens I like the oops better than the original version I had planned.
Recipe: Basic Gray and Whisper White Cardstock, SU DSP, SU Pocket Silouettes, Technique Tuesday sentiment, Michaels Gray Satin Ribbon (.92/yd and a perfect match!), SU Kiwi Kiss Ink, CTMH Gray Flannel Ink
Enjoy!
February 10, 2010
Cricut Stationary Box
I've always loved stationary since I was a little kid. Before the days of computers and email and twitter, I would love buying new stationary and writing letters to my grandmother and my friend Rob (who I now happen to be married to). Even though now adays I tend to text or email everyone, I still long for those days when I would put pen to paper and pour out the days events. Recently due to finanacial difficulties one of my best friends in Vermont was forced to let both the phone and internet go. So I decided to make a box of stationary using my Cricut so that we can still keep in touch between my trips up there.
I began by taking my Cricut Tags Bags Boxes and More cartridge and using my fit to page feature cut a Matchbox 2. It ends up being an 8.5" size. This size will hold stationary pages that are 5.5" x 8.25".
Next I added some dividers to hold the notecards and envelopes I made as well as a slot for a pen and stamps. The dividers are 2.5" x 5.75 and 2.5" x 5 5/8". Dividers were scored in the center and then at 1/4" from each end. Full size stationary rests on top of the dividers.
To create the cover for the box I took two pieces of acetate and glued them together using red tape. I then scored and folded the acetate and wrapped it around the box leaving a little extra room to make it easier to get the base box out.
To finish off the box I added some ribbon and a tag using the same stamp as the stationary.
Items Used: Cricut Tags Bags Boxes, Chocolate Chip Cardstock, SU Designer paper, SU Chocolate Chip and Baha Breeze Ink, SU Purely Pomegranate Satin Ribbon, Vanilla Ribbon, Stickles, SU Thoughts & Prayers Stamp Set
Enjoy!
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