Paper Flower

I learned how to make this flower from Julie's tutorial. The flower is not hard to make, but it took me FOREVER to put this card together because I wasn't copying someone else's card.

I cut the frame for the sentiment using Sure Cuts A Lot software and my Cricut. I didn't create the frame svg and I feel badly that I didn't keep the name of the person or the website that I got it from. If someone recognizes it, please let me know and I'll give them credit. The leaves are also cut using the SCAL software and my Cricut. I created that svg from the picture in the Stampin' Up catalogue. I used my Cricut with the Mini Monogram cartridge to cut out the scalloped circles for the flower. I could have used SCAL, but the cartridge was in my Cricut so why not use it!

Thanks for looking,
Kim

SU Card Stock - Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke, Whisper White
SU Designer Paper - Perfect Plum
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
SU Stamps - Whimsical Words
Accessories - Making Memories gem brad, silver brads, Stampin' Dimensionals, corner rounder punch, Cricut, SCAL

Hoppy Birthday

Oh my, it has been a loooooong time since I've posted. I've made a few cards in the last two months, but haven't yet posted them. My laptop died about a month ago which has really messed me up. I had hopes of getting it back up and running but that doesn't look like it is possible so now I'm in the process of loading my backup of programs and documents on to our desktop... what a pain.

I made this card for my nephew who will be 10 next week. I used Aimes's card for inspiration. The inside is stamped with the sentiment "Hoppy Birthday". I think he'll find it cute.

Thanks for looking,
Kim

Card Stock - SU - Pacific Point Textured (Retired), PTI - Stamper's Select White
SU Designer Paper - Muirfield (Retired)
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
SU Stamps - Unforgettable (Retired)
Accessories - Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Old Olive Marker, Sakura Gelly Roll White Gel Pen, Corner Rounder, Cricut and Sure Cuts A Lot software for 1.75" circle

Wish Big!

I got the layout and the idea for the scallop frame from Caroline's card, which has been in my favourites for a year and a half!!! I really liked this card, but now that I look at the pictures, I wonder if the scalloped circle is a little too large for the card.

Thanks for looking,
Kim

Card Stock - PTI - Stamper's Select White, SU - Tempting Turquoise
SU Designer Paper - Kaleidoscope
SU Ink - Tempting Turquoise, Only Orange
SU Stamps - Birthday Whimsy, Short & Sweet
Accessories - Cricut, SCAL, brads from Pink Hedge Hog Paper Crafts, Stampin' Dimensionals

Trendy Trees

Okay, this is another one of those cards that I am more proud of than I really should be! I'm thrilled because this is my own design - a rare thing for me. I did get the idea of matting the stamped image from Susan (LOVE her cards!). I see now that I missed the idea of popping the mat up on dimensionals - oh well, next time! I'm also pleased because the card took me less than 15 minutes to come up with and put together - another rare thing for me! Plus it is a masculine card (no easy feat) AND both my Chocolate Chip and Sahara Sand card stock were scraps - the Sahara Sand piece already had the circle cut out! I'm a little disappointed that I don't have a bigger "Happy Birthday" stamp for a masculine card and that I smudged the "H" slightly. Oh well, at least my brother-in-law will know that it is hand made!

Thanks for looking,
Kim

Card Stock - PTI Stamper's Select, SU Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip
SU Ink - Chocolate Chip, Garden Green

SU Stamps - Trendy Trees, Birthdays Count
Accessories - Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Cricut

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

Branch Out Winter

I created this card for a thank you note for my brother-in-law's mother who is always very kind to send us a gift at Christmas.

First, I sponged Night Navy Ink from a stamp pad on to Whisper White card stock using a circle mask for the moon and a scrap piece of paper for the snow. I coloured the moon with Barely Banana pastel, which you can't really see in the picture. The snow on the tree branches was created with a white gel pen.

I punched three holes side by side on the panel with my Crop-A-Dile to make the hole for the ribbon to go through because a punch wouldn't go through three layers of card stock. I put the ribbon around the card, through the panel and tied the knot before I used two-sided tape to adhere the panel. That way there wasn't a hole on the inside of the card.

Happy New Year!
Kim

Card Stock - PTI Stamper's Select White for base, SU Whisper White, SU Real Red, SU Night of Navy
SU Ink - Night of Navy, Chocolate Chip, Real Red
SU Stamps - Branch Out
Accessories - Nestabilities, Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Sakura White Gel Pen. Stampin' Pastels, Crop-A-Dile

Fifth Avenue Red

I started out with plans to CASE this card by Carol Lee. I just got the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set for Christmas and I knew I wanted to use it for my sister-in-law's birthday card. Her favourite colour is red and Carol Lee's card is just perfect! Things weren't going as planned so I decided to try out my new Elegant Bouquet embossing folder that I also received as a Christmas gift and I ended up with the above card. I love PTI's Stamper's Select White for card bases, but I don't think it goes through the embossing folders as well as SU's Whisper White.

I still had the designer paper strip and real red card stock and ribbon piece, so I decided to give Carol Lee's card another try. I learned a few years ago to use whisper white craft ink with white embossing powder, but I noticed that it wasn't really smooth - it looked a bit like stitches. I decided to emboss three more flowers, but use VersaMark instead. That produced smoother embossing, but when you cut the flowers out (and oh how I LOVE to cut out little tiny things - NOT!), sometimes the embossing flakes off. It is less noticeable if you have stamped with the white craft ink first. So, if I'm cutting things out that have been embossed with white embossing powder, I am going to use craft ink, if I'm not cutting out, I am going to use VersaMark. Here is how my card turned out:

I decided to play around with it a bit more and added another flower that is raised with dimensionals. I also trimmed the ribbon a bit more:
In real life, I think I like the card with four flowers better, but in the pictures, I think I like the three flowered one better! What do you think?

My husband picked the first card to send to his sister so I'll save the other one for someone else or for Debbie next year! :)

Thanks for looking,
Kim

Card Stock - PTI Stamper's Select White, SU Real Red
SU Designer Paper - Pink Flamingo
Stamps - SU - Fifth Avenue Florals, SU - Warmest Regards, PTI - Faux Ribbon
Ink - SU - Real Red, VersaFine - Black Onyx
Accessories - Whisper White Embossing Powder, oval and scalloped oval Nestabilities, Stampin' Dimensionals, Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, Offray white satin ribbon from Wal-Mart, red satin ribbon from my stash

Whimsical Santa

This Santa from A Whimsical Winter was even more challenging than the Snowman. First of all, I made it to fit on a 4.25" x 5.5" card, which meant the Santa was much smaller than the snowman so there were LOTS of itty-bitty pieces. Boy, those are tough to glue! I made a couple of goofs, but nothing so tradgic that I felt I had to scrap it and start again. I forgot to add Santa's front. Adding that piece would have given definition between his body and right arm - actually his left, but on the right side of the picture :) I put his boots on the back of the trim of his coat, which made the trim bumpy. Next time I would put his boots behind his main body.

Merry Christmas!
Kim

Card Stock - PTI Stamper's Select White for Base, SU Whisper White, SU Baja Breeze (Retired), SU Real Red, SU Old Olive, SU Blush Blossom, Basic Black
SU Designer Paper - Holiday Treasures (Retired), Merry Moments
Accessories - Sakura White Gel Pen, SU Basic Black Marker, Cricut, SCAL Software, A Whimsical Winter SVG File, Rectangle Nestie, Big Shot