Branch Out Birthay Wishes

Here's another one of those cards that I made quite awhile ago, took a picture of it and mailed it off without blogging about it.  This one wasn't so hard to figure out what I had used, but for the life of me I can't remember who I created it for. Thank goodness I've organized all the photos of all my "inspiration cards" using Diigo so I was able to easily find Silke's card that inspired the layout for this card and give her credit.

Thanks for looking,
Kim

Card Stock - PTI - Stamper's Select White, SU - Old Olive, Regal Rose
SU Designer Paper - Georgia Peach
SU Ink - Regal Rose, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink
SU Stamps - Branch Out, So Happy For You
Accessories - scoring blade on paper trimmer, corner rounder punch, foam tape

Branch Out Thank You

It has been a looooong time since I have posted anything on my blog.  Now that work is finished for the summer, hopefully I'll get back into the routine of posting a little more regularly.  I have been making cards and have taken pictures of them so I do have things to post!

I created this card as a thank you for a dear friend, and fellow teacher who always remembers my birthday with a gift and cards from her class.

Thanks for looking,
Kim
Card Stock - PTI Stamper's Select White, SU - Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink
SU Designer Paper - Banbury
SU Ink - Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery
Stamps - SU - Branch Out, PTI - Faux Ribbon
Accessories - Cricut, Sure Cuts A Lot software, svg file for scalloped circle, Martha Stewart clear gem stickers, foam tape, distressing tool


Bernice

Branch Out Birthday

The inspiration for the colour scheme and layout of this card came from Beth's card.   Beth had made her card for a challenge titled "Branching Out", which made me think of using my Branch Out stamp set.  I swapped Regal Rose for Pretty in Pink because I have DSP in Regal Rose, but not in Pretty in Pink!  I used my Cricut and Sure Cuts A Lot software to cut the 3" circle and the scallop circle.  The scallop circle is from Two Peas in a Bucket and is cut at 3.25".  Looking at the picture of the card, I'm wondering if I should have tried framing the sentiment with Regal Rose.

Thanks for looking,
Kim
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SU Card Stock - Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Regal Rose
SU Designer Paper - Certainly Celery, Regal Rose
SU Ink - Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Regal Rose
SU Stamps - Branch Out, Warmest Regards
Accessories - Regal Rose brads from Pink Hedge Hog Papercrafts, Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon, corner rounder punch

Florence

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

Two Sympathy Cards

I needed two sympathy cards last week. Both were for grandfathers that passed away, so I wanted to make the cards masculine looking.

The first one didn't thrill me at first, but it has grown on me a bit more. I used Silke's card as an inspiration. I wanted to use some of my designer paper, but once I made my pick, I realized that the colours wouldn't look good for colouring the trees. I think I could have "upped" the quality of this card by embossing the trees, but I didn't want to use black. I'm also a little frustrated with my paper piercing. I used the Mat Pack so the holes are evenly spaced, but I find that they are not as straight as I would like them. I guess I need to focus on this the next time I use it.


For the second one, I used Kim Scotti's card for inspiration. I really like how this one turned out. I stamped off some of the leaves so that there is a variation in the colour of them.


Thanks for looking,
Kim

First Card
SU Card Stock - Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, Sage Shadow, Whisper White
SU Designer Paper - To the Nines Specialty Textured C/S
SU Ink - Chocolate Chip
SU Stamps - Lovely as a Tree, Warmest Regards
Accessories - Chocolate Chip brads from Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts, Mat Pack, Crafters' Tool Kit

Second Card
SU Card Stock - Basic Black, Whisper White, Ruby Red
SU Designer Paper - Old Olive
Ink - SU Old Olive, SU Ruby Red, Versa Fine Black Onyx
Stamps - SU Branch Out, Papertry Ink - Mixed Messages
Accessories - SU Black Brads, Oval and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls Embossing Folder, Corner Rounder Punch

Branch Out Masculine Birthday

I created this card for my nephew's birthday that is later this month. I used my Cricut and Sure Cuts A Lot software to create an oval that was 0.7" high and 1.35" wide to fit in the Hodgepodge Hardware. I put the oval on dimensionals and then placed the frame over top so the paper sits nicely in the hardware.

Thanks for looking,
Kim

SU Card Stock - Two the Nines Specialty Textured C/S, Sahara Sand, Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke
Ink - SU Chocolate Chip, SU Always Artichoke, SU Basic Black, Versa Fine Black Onyx (sentiment)
Stamps - SU Branch Out, PTI Faux Ribbon
Accessories - Hodgepodge Hardware in Pewter (Retired), Stampin Dimensionals

Birthday Goodies

I can't believe that it has been over a month since I last posted. The sad thing is that before this past weekend, I had only made one card since then. (I'll post that one later. First, I want to remake it with some ideas I have for improvements

I just celebrated my birthday and my mom and husband were kind enough to add to my stamping addiction. This afternoon I sat down to use my new SU stamp set, Branch Out. I had seen some beautiful flowering crab apple or cherry blossom trees made with this set so that is what I set out to do. After I stamped the tree I cut it out with my Big Shot using my second largest Nestie oval. I framed that with the largest oval in Certainly Celery and then added the largest scallop oval in Regal Rose. After I made that, I was at a loss as to what to do next...
I did an Internet search and came up with Mary Fish's card for inspiration. The interesting thing is that Mary Fish's blog is on my blog reader, but I hadn't saved this card in my Inspiration folder because I didn't own the stamp set when I first saw it!

I liked the card when I finished it, but there were changes that I wanted to make. I thought the word window should be wrapped around the left side of the Whisper White oval and the brads needed to be closer to the ticket punch corner. So after dinner I decided to make another card, this time following Mary's a little more closely:

I finally broke down and bought the Sure Cuts A Lot program in March and I am SO glad that I did! The program allows me to cut pretty well any shape with my Cricut. I used the image of the SU Bigz Die Oval Scallop Frame from the Spring/Summer catalogue for the second card. I just loaded an image of the die into Inkscape to make a SVG file and then imported that into SCAL. Not only can I cut any image that I want without buying dies or cartridges, but I also can change the size to whatever I want! Let me know if you would like the SCUT file or more information about how to make your own files.

I cut the frame from two pieces of box board (cereal box) - cutting each piece separately and using the cut 3x feature. I glued those together and then cut a piece of Old Olive card stock and glued that on top.

I think the only thing that I would change about this card is make the Whisper White oval just slightly bigger than the frame so I wouldn't have to worry about the designer paper peeking through.

Well, thanks for looking and I hope I'll be back to making cards a little more regularly.

Kim

First Card
SU Card Stock - Regal Rose, Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink
SU Designer Paper - Certainly Celery
SU Ink - Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip
Stamps - SU - Branch Out, Papertry Ink - Faux Ribbon
Accessories - SU Organdy Ribbon - Certainly Celery, Pretty In Pink Satin Ribbon (from my stash). Pretty in Pink Brads from Pink Hedge Hog Paper Crafts, Ticket Corner Punch, Word Window Punch, Oval and Scalloped Oval Nesties, Stampin' Dimensionals

Second Card
SU Card Stock - Whisper White, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink
SU Designer Paper - Regal Rose
SU Ink - Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip
Stamps - SU - Branch Out, Papertry Ink - Faux Ribbon
Accessories - Regal Rose Brads from Pink Hedge Hog Paper Crafts, Ticket Corner Punch, Word Window Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals. Cricut, Sure Cuts A Lot