Easel Card

I used Darlene's card for inspiration for this card. I had never seen an easel card before and was quite intrigued by it. It was quite easy to make and I think it makes a great masculine card, even though it has ribbon on it!

I didn't take a picture of it closed up, but here is a side view of the card so you can see how the top folds down and makes the card look like a little present. Darlene has a tutorial on her blog if you wish to know how to make one.

Thanks for looking,
Kim

SU Card Stock - Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Whisper White
SU Designer Paper - Maine Blueberry
Ink - VesaFine - Onyx Black
SU Stamps - Birthday Counts
Accessories - Nestabilities, Big Shot, Stampin' Dimensionals, Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon

Fresh Cut Inspired

I used my Cricut and SCAL software to create this card using Stampin' Up's Fresh Cut notes as inspiration. I took the image of the five petal punch and enlarged it to create the cut out and then cut a smaller version for the inside. I would have liked to have the inside connected to the outer edge, but I didn't have time to fiddle with it as once again I needed the card NOW! I'll try that another time!

Thanks for looking,
Kim

Card Stock - PTI - Stamper's Select White. SU - Orchid Opulence, SU - Rich Razzleberry
SU Designer Paper - Cottage Wall
Ink - VersaFine - Onyx Black
SU Stamps - Short & Sweet
Accessories - Cricut, SCAL, Filigree Designer Brad, Stampin' Dimensionals

Whimsical Winter Blue Bird

Oh, my goodness! This little bird's feathers and feet were a bit of a challenge to cut out. I had to shrink him down from his original size to get him to fit on a card, which made his tail and head feathers as well as feet quite tiny. I ended up widening his legs to make them easier to glue. His head feathers don't look quite the same as the file I bought from myscrapchick.com. I lost one of the swirls on his head when I cut it out so I ended up using some swirls from the first tail I cut out. The first time I cut the tail, it had a few rips because my Cricut blade wasn't deep enough.

One thing that makes this project a little easier to deal with is my new glue pen - Quickie glue. It works just like a ball point pen, drawing a very fine line of glue.

Thanks for looking,
Kim

SU Card Stock - Pacific Point Textured, More Mustard
SU Designer Paper - Pacific Point
Ink - VersaFine - Onyx Black
SU Stamps - Short & Sweet
Accessories - Cricut, Sure Cuts A Lot software, Whimsical Winter SVG file, Basic Black SU Marker