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

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

Daisy Vase

I was very blessed to have my wonderful sister-in-law, Shelley and her son, Jacob here last week. Shelley is an awesome scrapbooker. We had the chance to make a few cards together. Shelley chose Mary's card for our inspiration. Here are our two versions:

Mine is the one on the left. I decided not to use the button and left off the vase base. I'm now wishing I had used the base and I'm thinking my sentiment should have been a little lower. I love Shelley's bright colours!

We used my Cricut and Sure Cuts A Lot software to make the daisies and vases. The centers of the daisies were embossed with the Cuttlebug Build-A-Flower. Shelley hadn't seen Nestabilities so we used the oval and scalloped oval in my Big Shot for our sentiments.

Thanks for looking,
Kim

Mine
Card Stock - PTI Stamper's Select White, Old Olive, Orchid Opulence, Rich Razzleberry
SU Designer Paper - Cottage Wall
Ink - VersFine Black Onyx
Stamps - PTI Mixed Messages
Accessories - Cricut, Big Shot, Nestabilities, Build-a-Flower

Shelley's
Card Stock - PTI Stamper's Select White, Pink Passion, Tempting Turquoise
SU Designer Paper - Kaleidoscope
Ink - VersFine Black Onyx
Stamps - PTI Mixed Messages
Accessories - Cricut, Big Shot, Nestabilities, Build-a-Flower, button

Washington Daisy

This card was inspired by Ashley's card box and cards. I REALLY wanted to make a card like the front of Ashley's box, but unfortunately I didn't have enough of the checkered Washington Apple DSP left. (I LOVE that paper!) So I used the flower from the box and the layout from her card and combined the two - therefore it isn't a total CASE!

I used my Cricut and Sure Cuts A Lot software to make the daisy. I cut it twice for each colour at four inches, three inches and two inches. I used my Cuttlebug Build-a-Flower in my Big Shot for the embossed center.

Thanks for looking,
Kim

SU Card Stock - Ridinghood Red Textured, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, So Saffron
SU Designer Paper - Washington Apple
Ink - VersaFine Black Onyx
Stamps - PTI Faux Ribbon
Accessories - Making Memories Cyrstal Brad, Window Punch, Corner Rounder Punch