I am really lovin’ the new Swiss Pixies that Christine released this month!  Are they not adorable?  This one is named Heidi.

This is a very simple card but I loved how it came together.  I started with a piece of dp from the DCWV Sweet Stack that already had the yellow flower printed in the corner.  I thought the Blossom Nestabilities matched pretty well and used them to cut a frame for Heidi.  The yellow blossom was cut from some Core’dinations paper and embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.  Then it was lightly sanded so the white core shows through.

Heidi was popped up on dimensionals and I added a piece of sticky-back cell phone bling to the center of the smaller printed flower.

I hope you have a great weekend!  Riley gets her first haircut today.  :0)

stamps- Swiss Pixies- Heidi by C.C. Designs, AmyR Thank You Sentiments; paper- DCWV Sweet Stack, White, Core’dinations So Mod!; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copics, ribbon, Blossom Nestabilities, sanding block, cell phone bling, paper piercer, pop dots.

Today All That Scraps is Review Previewing my set for June…Get Well Critters! 

I have really enjoyed using this set and I hope you like it too!  You can see my pig card here and my puppy card here. 

I also made a chicken card for a friend who had surgery.  In fact, she is receiving several chicken cards.  LOL.  When she retired, her friends cut up a piece of retirement paper and all made cards with the same dp.  So we thought it would be fun for everyone to make her a get well card with my chicken….since she has the same bandaged “wing”.  ;0)  You can see a few of those cards here.  I also made another chicken card of sorts but I cannot share that one yet….next month sometime!

And there are great samples by the dt on the ATS site too- check out the blog and gallery.  And here’s a great card by our guest dt member, Mariska van der Veer.  Her work is awesome! 

This time I wanted to use one of the bugs and put it in the jar image.  I couldn’t decide what color to make him, can you tell?  LOL.  Then when I was searching for some paper to match, I found this piece in the DCWV Sweet stack.  I’m sure it is supposed to be colorful candies, but since I was making a get well card, I thought they looked like pills.  Or maybe the colorful children’s vitamins I bought years ago! 

The card base was cut down to a 3 3/4″ width so that the sentiment flag would hang over the edge when attached.  This will still fit in a regular A2 size envelope.  The jar was popped up on dimensionals. 

stamps- Get Well Critters by Cookie Crumbs; paper- White, Bashful, Black, DCWV Sweet Stack; ink- Memento Black; accessories- pop dots, brad, Copic markers.

The sun is shining again today…yay!  But I have baking to do and I hate to heat the oven on a hot day.  ugh.  Have a great one!

Edit to add: to answer a question…  I didn’t write the Copic numbers down, but I’m pretty sure it was these:

B00, B02, G05, YG06, Y00, Y02, YR16, Y38, R17, R46, C-1.

This is one of my favorite of Rachelle Anne Miller’s images.  It is called Lily- My Little Friend.  And I thought this sentiment by SU! went really well with it!  Rachelle’s images go so well with all of the fun papers out there too, don’t they? 

The inside reads….”it’s your birthday!”  But it could also be used for many other occasions.

I used some new paper and a new punch on this card.  The paper is by DCWV…the Spring matstack.  They always have such fun papers!  And the scallop punched panel across the bottom was made with the EK Success diamond lace punch.

Well, the sun is finally shining today!  We have had so many cloudy and rainy days lately.  It is great to see the sun!  So I am off to do some laundry.  Have a great day!

stamps- RAM Lily- My Little Friend by Stampavie, SU! A Little Birdie Told Me; paper- Yo Yo Yellow, Wasabi, Brown and white, DCWV Spring Matstack; ink- Palette Black; accessories- Rectangle Nestabilities, Copic markers, EK Success diamond lace punch, Martha Stewart Frond punch, Liquid Pearls, gel pen, Primas.

Yay…I finally got my Father’s Day cards done!

This cute fishing bear is from a stamp set by Our Craft Lounge called Bear-ly Fishin’.  I thought it was so cute and finally broke down and ordered it last week.  This was my first set from OCL but it won’t be my last.  I was very impressed with their service and super quick shipping!  I was hoping I’d get the set in time to make my Father’s Day cards but I wasn’t counting on it since I procrastinated.  Needless to say, I was delighted that it arrived so quickly!  And I was also impressed with the quality of the set.  Thanks, girls!  ;0) 

I need a birthday card for next week too so I actually made 3 of these all the same.  The third one I will stamp a birthday verse inside instead of the Father’s Day one.  Now I won’t be late for the birthday!

Once again I used my old Fiskars Ocean texture plate to make the waves.  It was perfect for adding a bit of texture and tying in the blue panel for some water.  The tire was stamped on the blue cardstock before it was embossed.  Then it was stamped again on white, colored, and layered over the first image.  The hat, fish, and fishing sign were also cut out and layered into place.

Have a great weekend!

stamps- Bear-ly Fishin’ by Our Craft Lounge; paper- Cocoa, Bashful, Black, White, dp by Dream Street papers; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Rectangle Nestabilities, Fiskars Ocean texture plate.

This card was made for a friend who hurt her left arm and needs surgery.  The images are from my new set, Get Well Critters, available at All That Scraps.  I thought the chicken with the bandaged wing would be perfect to send to her.  I hope it brings a smile.

Below is the inside of the card.  It’s pretty simple but I was able to use up some scraps.  All of the papers used here were shared by a friend and I think they are from PaperTrey Ink. 

I’ve been busy the past week with traveling to a graduation party and cleaning.  But hopefully I’ll have some time to stamp again soon.  I still need to get my Father’s Day cards done!

stamps- Get Well Critters by Cookie Crumbs; paper- all paper by PaperTrey Ink; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copic markers, Oval and Tags Trio Nestabilities, ribbon, gel pen, brad.

It’s that time of year again for lots of celebrations….graduations, weddings, etc. 

Recently I needed two different grad cards and an anniversary card.  And later this summer I’ll need a wedding card or two.

Here’s the anniversary card I made.  It was for a couple who celebrated their 25th. 

I used Shimmery White cardstock to make it special, along with Silver and a bit of Soft Sky for contrast. 

stamps- SU! Both Way Blossoms, AmyR Love Sentiments; paper- Shimmery White, Silver, Soft Sky; ink- Palette Black, Soft Sky; accessories- SU! Manhattan Flower, Martha Stewart mini-hearts border punch, ribbon, Labels 4 Nestabilities, Silver Sharpie, Cuttlebug Harmony.

And here’s some pics of a little basket I made to hold some wrapped Hershey nuggets.  You can click on the thumbnails to see a larger photo.

The directions for the basket can be found here.  I used the Avery 8160 labels to print their names on and then stamped over the names with some light pink hearts. 

For the grad cards, I made the first one for a college grad and used the university colors:

The grad cap was stamped a second time and popped up on dimensionals.  The background and sentiment were heat embossed.  I also made a simple pocket on the inside for a gift card.

stamps- Linograph, Wonderful Words, Stampendous grad cap and diploma scroll; paper- Bravo Burgundy, Summer Sun, Vanilla; ink- Versamark, Palette Black; accessories- EK Success Fleur de Lis punch, clear embossing powder, Copic markers, brads, pop dots, black cording.

My last card today is another graduation card.   

This grad cap card holds a gift card as well.  The pattern for this can be found here.  I didn’t use the white piece in the instructions though.  Instead, I lined the inside with some white paper and stamped another rose.  My card was also folded the opposite way and opens from the other side. 

I found some gold thread on some old purchased tags and removed a few strands to braid a tassel. 

Here’s a pic of the inside.   

stamps- Both Way Blossoms; paper- Black, white, Summer Sun; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Cuttlebug Harmony alpha, gold thread, brad, Copic markers.

I hope you have a good day tomorrow and enjoy the weekend!  We have been having showers and thunderstorms off and on.  I can’t seem to find a nice day to hang the laundry out.  :0/

Today was a warm and humid day.  I just got home from getting haircuts and taking Riley for a walk.  Now I have a few projects I want to work on.  First, I need to get a graduation card done for my neice.

But before I get started, I thought I’d post a few pics I never had a chance to post yet.  These cards are quick and simple ones that I made a few months ago to fill that raffle basket I donated.  I made several other cards too but I guess I didn’t take photos of the others.  So here’s the ones I did get photos of:  

stamps- SU! Everyday Celebrations, Cookie Crumbs Cupcake Occasions

sentiment from SU! You Make Me Happy

stamps- SU! Thoughts and Prayers

stamps- SU! A Flower For All Seasons, AmyR Friends Sentiments

stamps- SU! Embrace Life

I just listed the stamp sets I used this time.  I don’t remember the names of all the papers and I don’t have time right now to look up all the papers and accessories.  I am usually more organized about that but like I said, I was trying to make up a bunch of cards quickly for a donation.  If you need more info, leave me a reply and I’ll try to answer it.

Have a good night!

Hello!  I took a break today from planting flowers to finally take a pic of this card I recently made.  We still have a few more flowers to plant…..are you done planting?  

This image is from the new Rachelle Anne Miller collection and it’s called Giving Shelter.  I decided to go a bit crazy with the color of the flower and just make it a fun, cheery card.  The Prima flowers actually match the color of the flower in the image better than the camera showed.  The color of the Orchid card base is a little off too.  Sorry about that!  Sometimes it’s hard to get the camera to cooperate.  ;0)

I pulled out some retired SU! paper from quite a few years ago for the layers.  I’m surprised that I still have some of those old packs left and I need to make a point of using them up!

The smile word is from an AmyR set called Beach Sentiments and the short rows of black dots are from the C.C. Designs Fairy Junebug set.  The rest of the dots, dashes, and x’s were hand doodled.

You can pop over to the Stampavie DT blog to see more samples of the cute stamps that Stampavie sells.

stamps- Rachelle Anne Miller Giving Shelter by Stampavie, AmyR Beach Sentiments, C.C. Designs Fairy Junebug (dots); paper- Orchid, Black, White, SU! retired Sweet dp; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Labels 3 Nestabilities, Copic markers, Stickles. 

Good morning!

I have lots to share today… in this post I have a puppy card preview and a tutorial for cutting “out of the box” with the Nesties.  Then don’t forget to scroll down to my other post today for the next Stampavie challenge!

This puppy is another image in my Get Well Critters set that will be available *tonight* at 10 pm on the All That Scraps site! 

He is the image that started the whole set since I was asked (a very long time ago) to make a card for someone who had an accident.  I never did get around to making that card…oops!  Well, now I’ll be ready the next time I need one!  LOL. 

I couldn’t quite bring myself to color the puppy’s “puddle” yellow, so I left it white. ha ha.  I hope this image and sentiment doesn’t offend anyone….it is meant to be humorous.  If you don’t like the puddle by him, just cut it off…no worries!  Did you see the super cute card that Dawn made?  She omitted the puddle and gave him a bandaid from the set- so cute!  (And be sure to check out the other samples in the ATS gallery…Jay Jay even stuck the Chicken in bed instead of the pig!)

I hope to see you tonight on the ATS board…there will be a chat at 8 pm before the release.

stamps- Get Well Critters by Cookie Crumbs; paper- Kraft, White, dp- SU! Manchester; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copic markers, Labels 1 Nestabilities, brad.

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 ”Out Of The Box” with Nestabilities

 Next…here’s a card I made with Christine’s cute Bugg-a-boos set.  (And the words are from AmyR’s Beach Sentiments set.)

I used paper piecing on her tummy and paper piercing on the corners, around the sentiment, and also to make a butterfly trail.

And I don’t have the Copic airbrush, so this time I tried adding some yellow highlights around her with a stipple brush.  I’m still experimenting with this.  I’m not sure if I like the stipple brush more or the air art tool.  I do like the control I had, though, with a stipple brush.

The main image was cut out using an “out of the box” technique.  I’ve had a few friends ask how to do this, so I thought I’d do a quick tutorial. 

Now, there are several ways to do “out of the box” techniques.  You can take an image and use it in a different way…such as turning a flowerpot upside down for a hat…or stamping a heart several times in a circle to make a flower, etc.  Or you can think outside of the box and make a green heart or a brown flower, etc. 

But this time I used a different type of “out of the box” where you leave part of your image hanging out from the panel that it is cut out of.  Did I make sense?  In other words, here I cut out my butterfly girl but I cut around part of her wing so it sticks out beyond the shape I cut her in.  This technique is quite easy but it is just a bit tricky to visualize when you are using the Nestabilities.  So I took a few quick photos when I made this card and I hope they help to make this technique easier to understand.  It really isn’t difficult and I encourage you to try it!    

First, lay your Nestability shape on top of your image where you want it to cut.  Then, using a pencil, mark a small line on the inside of the die… above and below the section you want to leave hanging out.

Then remove the die and with a pair of sharp pointy scissors, cut from the edge of your paper up to the line you drew.  Then cut around the section you are letting hang out.  Here I cut up to the lines and then cut around the tip of the wing.

Next, place the die back into position, with the cutting edge down.  When you slide the die into place, lift the section you are letting hang out so that it lays above the die.  This will keep it from being cut off when it is put through the die cut machine. 

Now you just sandwich your image and die with your cutting plates and run it through your machine.  When your image is cut out, remove the die and erase the pencil marks you drew.

Here’s the finished card again:

I hope this was easy to understand and I didn’t confuse you!  It is such a fun technique…I hope you try it if you haven’t already.

stamps- Gingersnaps Bugg-A-Boos by C.C. Designs, AmyR Beach Sentiments; paper- White, Lilac, Saffron, Amethyst dp; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copic markers, ribbon, Stickles, Labels 4 and Butterflies 2 Nestabilities, stipple brush, SU! Horizontal slot punch, paper piercer, SU! Priceless brass template.

It’s time once again for the Stampavie challenge…..

…and this time Jay Jay issued another fun sketch to try! 

I hope you can play along…if you do, be sure to link your card on the SAV DT blog so you can enter to win a great prize!

Here’s the sketch….

….and here’s my card….I just had to use Rachelle Anne Miller’s *uber* fun monkeys!  They are the cutest!  :0)

The sentiment is by AmyR and can be found here. 

I did a lot of doodling on this card.  The doodling around the main image was done to mimick the balloon strings.

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to check out the other sketch samples on the DT blog.

stamps- Rachelle Anne Miller Birthday Monkeys by Stampavie, AmyR Birthday Sentiments; paper- White, Cocoa, Saffron, Turquoise, Pumpkin, dp- DCWV and Bo Bunny Shabby Princess; ink- Memento Black; accessories- EK Success & McGill star punches, Copic markers, Rectangle and Double Ended Tags Nestabilities, brads.