To Grandma’s House We Go!

It’s my Mom’s birthday today, and I was planning on giving this card to her from my boys. I made the card with that intent, but I ended up sending her another card instead. So, now I’m thinking I will save it for her for another day…”just because”. I think it’s always nice to get a card for no particular reason except that someone was thinking about you.

I used a lot of SU stamps for this one. I have loved the All in the Family set since the first day I looked at an SU catalog! I finally bought it, with my discount, since I’m a demo now! I also bought the Family Accessories set and the Family Phrases!

I really wanted to do a scene with the set and this is what I came up with. The card is folded into three sections. It measures 3 1/4 inches wide by 6 1/4 inches tall. I use my circle cutting system to cut away the tops of the front two panels to get the sloping landscape.

The first shortest panel is sponged in Wild Wasabi, stamped with the flower from Family Accessories and another flower from Inkadinkado.

The second tallest panel is stamped in two corners with the little summer tree from A Tree For All Seasons.

The main panel is stamped using the Neighborhood jumbo wheel, an inkadinkado flower, and the kids are pieced together using the stamps from All in The Family. The little boy is holding the flower from the accessories set.

All the images were coloured using SU inks and blender pens. I used a white gel pen for the windows of the houses. The path was created using Kelly Panacci stitch stamps. They are clear stamps so I was able to curve it a bit on the acrylic block and stamp it twice for the length of the card. I then sponged in the path. I left out the sentiment, since I wasn’t sure if it was going to say Happy Mother’s Day or Happy Birthday, since for my mom, they are a day apart this year. Which in the end was just as well since I didn’t use it for either!

Inks- Wild Wasabi, Summer Sun, Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Ruby Red, Certainly Celery

I had so much fun creating this little scene!

Hope you like it too!

Have a good day everyone!

A Bucket of Blooms

Friday’s limited supplies challenge reminded me of where I came from…We were not to use any stamps for this project!

I really had to be creative, and use my imagination to create cards before I was introduced to the world of stamping. I would make my own embellishments and I would often make different shaped cards. Stamping really added a whole new dimension to my card making, but it was kind of fun to get back to my grass roots, so to speak.

I drew the template for the bucket first. I cut out the handle using a circle cutter system from Creative Memories. I love it because it is simple to use and not too expensive! The whole bucket is cut out of a 5 1/2 by 4 1/4 inch gray card base. I adhered the dp to the base, leaving a half inch gap at the top down from the handle. Using the handy dandy Scor-Pal, I scored a ridge in the bucket. Covering the dp with some scrap to keep it clean, I sponged on some Sterling pigment ink to get the metallic look I wanted for the bucket. The flowers are all cut from a floral die in the cuttlebug. I just pieced them together in different ways with two different colors of dp. The little leaves are pieces leftover from the cut out flowers. For the final touch I added the pewter brads to the top corners.

Happy Saturday!

New Post-It Purse Notes

Hello! Yeah!! It’s friday! Are you all ready for the weekend?? I sure am! I’m going out tomorrow night for dinner and a movie with Des. Looking forward to it! I need a break from the kids. I always feel a bit guilty saying that, but I do!

I thought I’d show you some of the new styles of Post-It Purse Notes that I’ve made. If you haven’t seen these yet, I wrote a post on how to make these a while back. It seems that this little purse is a hit! I guess everyone’s looking for new ways to use Post-Its!

So, if you would like to make one of your own, you’ll find the directions and original post at the top of the page under TUTORIALS. If you have any questions on how to make them, feel free to ask.

If you like them and would like to see more ideas like this in the future, please let me know!

Hope you all have a wonderful day!!

Take Time to Enjoy your Day!

Isn’t this little turtle adorable?? He was the April Stamp of the Month at Cornish Heritage Farms! I just love him!

This card was made for the sketch challenge on SCS. I used my cuttlebug to emboss those fun circles on the old olive cs. The turtle was stamped twice on some purply green Memory Box dp, cut out and pieced together. Then he was popped up on dimensionals for added depth.

Stamp- CHF April SOTM

Paper- Memory Box dp, Old Olive Stampin’ Up Cs, Not Quite Navy SU Cs

Accessories- cuttlebug and spots & dots folder, Old Olive SU ribbon, corner rounder, Creative Memories cutting system, Letraset waterbased markers

I made this for my son who is on a field trip today. His class was going to a nature park.. He didn’t want to go for some reason and I thought this might put a smile on his face this morning. It did!

The inside sentiment reads: Take time to enjoy your day!

I hope you all enjoy your day too!