Floral Card

Playing around with my paper supplies last week (seems like I'm doing a lot of digital designs or sewing these days), I made this card:

Supplies: Stampin' Up! Rich Razzleberry cardstock & ink, Fast & Fabulous stamp set; Recollections white cardstock; American Crafts ribbon; Chatterbox patterned paper.

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Giraffe Love

I had so much fun making this giraffe for one of Dylan's friends.  Isn't he adorable?

I found the directions to make him here. Technically, he should stand up (apparently I didn't get him stuffed quite as well as I thought) but he does look rather cute sitting there.  I'm going to try another one soon for Dylan.  He loved this one so much that when he saw it after I finished, he grabbed it and stashed it in his crib! I felt a little guilty taking it away.  Hopefully his buddy loves it just as much.

And, of course, I needed a matching card:

The sentiment was inspired by Big Birthday Giraffe card by mum of 2+2 at Splitcoast Stampers. 

Supplies: Treehouse Designs patterned paper; Recollections white cardstock; Making Memories edge scraper; QuicKutz Studio font; Stampin' Up! Fox & Friends stamp set and Early Espresso ink; Bernhard Modern Standard font.

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card: Welcome Baby

Sweet little card I made for a friend who had a little girl.  Trying to get a bit feminine without going full out pink.

Supplies: Recollections white card; October Afternoon patterned paper; Making Memories edge scraper & flower; Mark Richards Enterprises Crystal Stickers; tag; Stampin' Up Fox & Friends stamp set and Daffodil Delight ink; Micron black pen; scrap pink cardstock; Fiskers scalloped edge punch.

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Birthday Card: enjoy

A very happy birthday to my stepfather today ...

Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; Stampin' Up Marina Mist ink; Heidi Swapp stamp; EK Success corner rounder punch; Making Memories stitches; Jolee's Boutique sticker; Autumn Leaves label; Doodlebug Designs rub-on letters. Inspired by November A Year in Cards class at Two Peas.

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Floral Card

I made this card a few weeks ago for our friends' wedding:

Supplies: Stampin' Up Fast & Fabulous stamp set, inks: Marina Mist, Night of Navy & Old Olive, cardstock: Night of Navy & Kiwi Kiss; miscellaneous white cardstock; EK Success border punch.

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Owl Halloween Cards

Eager to play with my new Fox & Friends stamp set, I took inspiration from Bonnie's Step it Up a Notch and the Two Peas Challenge: 15 & 30 Minutes Card to create these cards:

I cut a single sheet of cardstock in half and scored it to create the base for both cards.  Then I cut equal size pieces of the background paper, inked the edges, punched the circles and stamped the owls.  I glued each white circle to the scalloped circle.  Then I put together the first card - gluing the patterned paper to the card and attaching the owl embellishment with adhesive backed foam.  For the second card, I "stepped it up a notch" (to quote Bonnie) by adding the black & white patterned paper and the ribbon.  I also gave the owl a little bling (hard to see in the photo) by coloring over the stamped image with Stickles.

Supplies: Stampin' Up! cardstock (tangerine tango), Fox & Friends stamp set, and Basic Black ink; white cardstock; Stickles by Ranger Industries; QuicKutz circle die; EK Success scalloped punch; Fiskars and American Crafts patterned papers; adhesive backed foam; Ribbon from Target dollar spot.

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Father's Day cards

Finally finished the cards for our fathers & grandfathers today. Thankfully, they don't live too far so they should still arrive in time. ;)

Supplies: Recollections card; TaDa patterned paper; miscellaneous cardtock; pewter brads; StazOn black ink; Studio G and Stampin' Up stamps; American Crafts rub-on letters. Inspired by the May A Year in Cards class at Two Peas.

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Celebrate card

Congrats to my brother, Christopher, who graduates Magna Cum Laude from George Mason University today! So very proud of you! :)

Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; Stampin' Up stamp; StazOn black ink; miscellaneous cardstock; adhesive backed foam; Little Yellow Bicycle patterned paper; Making Memories edge scraper.

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Mother's Day

Hope all the mommies had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday.  I asked my sweet boy for a hug and got several so I considered myself pretty lucky.  :)  

Here's the card I sent to my mom:

I made it a few months ago at a Stamp A Stack workshop taught by my friend, Bonnie.  She came up with some wonderful card designs for us to create and all of the pieces were ready to go.  I just had to stamp and piece together - the fun parts! :)  Check out Bonnie's blog Stamping with Klass for more great card ideas.

Supplies: Stampin' Up

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cards

A couple of cards I created last week for a friend and her son. :)


Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; Autumn Leaves patterned paper; EK Success corner punch; American Crafts ribbon; StazOn Timber Brown stamp pad; Studio G stamps.


Inside read:

Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; Basic Grey & Chatterbox patterned papers; Making Memories edge scraper; Brady Bunch font.

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Halloween card

Fun little card I threw together for Marianne's Last Minute Halloween Card Challenge for Stamptoberfest at Two Peas:


Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; miscellaneous kraft paper; Basic Grey patterned paper; Autumn Leaves pumpkin stamp; Staz-On black stamp pad; Le Plume II markers; Stickles; Stampin' Up "happy" stamp; Making Memories scallop border sticker & glitter letter stickers; foam adhesive. Inspired by October A Year in Cards class at Two Peas.

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Christmas Tree card

I made this card last night for Tere's Stamptoberfest challenge at Two Peas:


I had never tried paper piecing a stamped image before - it was so quick & easy and I love the result.

Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; miscellaneous kraft paper; EK Success corner rounder punch; Micron black pen; Making Memories, ProvoCraft and We R Memory Keepers patterned papers; LePlume II marker; unknown tree stamp; Staz-On black stamp pad.

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Celebrate birthday card

I made this card for my mother-in-law's birthday today:


Supplies: miscellaneous cardstock; Autumn Leaves flower stamp; blue stamp ink; Stampin' Up Celebrate stamp and white stamp ink; EK Success corner rounder punch; Signo Uniball white pen. Inspired by August A Year in Cards class at Two Peas.

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Got soothie?

Dylan loves his Soothie pacifier from the hospital.


Supplies: Stampin' Up cardstock (light blue); Bazzill cardstock (white); miscellaneous cardstock (navy blue); American Crafts letter stickers (white); Making Memories letter stickers (blue) & date stamp; Staz-On black stamp pad; QuicKutz tab die; Micron black pen.

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Blog Hop Wrap Up

I had fun participating in Scrappin' Mojo's blog hop this past weekend. Ten of us hosted challenges on our blogs with chances to win small RAKs and one chance to win the grand prize of Bo Bunny scrapping goodies from Scrappin' Mojo. Winners will be announced in the Scrappin' Mojo Forum tomorrow by 12 noon.

Here are the projects I created for the challenges...

For Marcie's challenge to complete at layout with a cute little nature animal and Stella's challenge to use a non-alpha stamp on a layout.
Supplies: Recollections cardstock; Staz-On black stamp pad; Studio G stamp; Marvy LePlume markers; Micron black pen.

Terri challenged us to make a card. I made one that we will send to Trent's younger brother after the baby arrives.
Supplies: Bazzill cardstock; miscellaneous white cardstock; Staz-On brown ink pad (edges); American Crafts letter stickers; QuicKutz Moxie font; Die Cuts with a View adhesive backed cardstock; TaDa patterned paper.

Tackled three with this layout of Trent's softball season - Angela's sports themed layout; Niki's red, white & blue color scheme; and Diana's sketch challenge.
Supplies: Cosmo Cricket patterned paper; Bazzill and misc cardstock; EK Success border punch & stickers; Martha Stewart Crafts sepia pen.

My final layout was for Jan's challenge to scrap your most recent favorite photo and Sophia's white only challenge. The latter took a lot of thinking especially since 99% of my scrapping supplies have some sort of color to them.
Supplies: Bazzill cardstock; EK Success corner punch; Prima flowers; Making Memories snaps; Basic Grey chipboard; white acrylic paint; Heidi Swapp chipboard.

I've been meaning to label these fabric bins in our laundry closet since we reorganized it last year. Danielle's challenge to create a home decor project using scrapping supplies inspired me to finally get around to it.

And I made a tag for a similar bin we have in the nursery closet that currently holds all of the small toys.
Supplies: Paper Reflections tag; American Crafts ribbon; Die Cuts with a View adhesive backed cardstock; QuicKutz dies; Staz-On black stamp pad; Daisy Hill acrylic stamps; fiber from 7gypsies album packaging; Dymo label maker.

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Father's Day cards

The card I made for our fathers & grandfathers:

Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card & adhesive backed cardstock; miscellaneous white cardstock; Micron black pen; TaDa patterned paper; Staz-On black stamp pad; Studio G acrylic stamps; QuicKutz Metro font. Inspired by March 14 of dw2007.

And the card I made for Trent:


I based the paper piecing design off this cute little onesie I gave him:

Supplies: Bazzill cardstock; Little Yellow Bicycle patterned paper; EK Success corner rounder punch; miscellaneous cardstock; Micron black pen; foam adhesive square; Making Memories alpha stickers; Staz-On black stamp pad; Studio G acrylic stamps. Inspired by June A Year in Cards class at Two Peas.

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Happy Birthday, Mom!

Hope you have a wonderful day! :)


Supplies: all Stampin' Up products.

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Thanks So Much

Fun little thank you card I made playing with supplies in my stash:


Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; Archiver's cardstock; Basic Grey patterned paper; Studio G stamp; StazOn black ink; American Crafts ribbon.

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Baby Shower & Card

My sister & aunt are hosting a baby shower for me today. I'm looking forward to it and time with family and a few close friends. One of my friends is expecting a little boy just a couple of weeks before us. This is the card I made for her:


Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; Bazzill cardstock; Heidi Swapp stamp; Marvy LePlume marker; American Crafts ribbon; Autumn Leaves button; Coats & Clark thread; Doodlebug Designs patterned paper.

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Thursday Thirteen #4: Scrapbooking Favorites

Thirteen of my scrapbooking favorites right now:

1. Making Memories tiny alpha letter stickers - I seem to use these quite frequently on layouts and cards
   
2. Stampin' Up Whisper White ink pad
3. Sketches & Challenges - excellent for reviving that mojo when I want to scrap, but am struggling with what direction to take.
   
4. StazOn black ink pad
5. We R Memory Keepers 12x12 photo sleeve pages - these are making it so easy for me to quickly add my Project 365 photos to my album.
   
6. Punches - especially corner rounder and border punches
   
7. Adobe Photoshop
   
8. Signo Uniball pens - white & silver
   
9. Chipboard
   
10. Tombow Mono Adhesive - my favorite adhesive for years. I grab a refill every time I'm at a craft store to make sure to have plenty on hand.
    
11. Scallops
    
12. Collages - whether cutting & piecing by hand or arranging on the computer & then printing, I'm loving this quick and easy way to add a lot of photos to a layout without the page seeming too busy.
    
13. American Crafts 3-ring albums - how did I ever survive without these? They make it so easy to add pages and mix & match sizes.
    

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