Cupcake

One company I love their matching stamps and dies is Hero Arts because they actually are matching dies no matter if you stamp first or cut first they match perfectly...as long as you align them well of course, the border around image is evenly all around not like the other companies, I know probably is my OCD that kicks in but to me if they say matching stamp and die/punch it means that the border is going to be even all around

The birthday message is Impress, the gift border punch is Martha Stewart

Anniversary

Another clean and simple card. I made this design in different colors the folder is Sizzix and I found the little hearts at Michaels

Bubbles

Another clean and simple card this time a Penny Black hedgehog one of my favorite collections although I don't seem to use them much as of lately :0( I colored it with Copic Markers and the folder is Cuttlebug

Double embossing

A while back I had shown my friends how to do the double embossing so had a bunch of papers just laying around in my scrap box so decided to do something with the ones in good size :0) the image is by Hero Arts colored with Copic Markers the folders are Cuttlebug and SU the coin I got very long time ago at the Friends and Company one of the local stamp stores which sadly has been closed for a years now but finally got to do something with them LOL

Bee Tilda

Another simple card using a Tilda stamp, also colored with Copic Markers. The step is a Memory Box die, folder is Tim Holtz...I think, the antennas are the thingies for the center of flowers, I'm sure there is a name for it but can't think of it LOL

Anniversary

Today is our 20th wedding anniversary, I wanted to make a special card for Bret. I didn't have neither paper, ink or anything platinum so was going to do something black & white one of my favorite combos but then I saw a card on Pinterest that thought would be great. I couldn't find the original post as it seem to be only on stampin' connections but decided since I'm a visual person and I liked it that I could do it! I worked on it for a while and finally got it to work!!

The card is an odd size but since it's going to be hand-deliver it didn't matter how big or thick it ended up being :0) It's about 6" x 10" most supplies are SU. The texture impressions folder is fancy fans and I tried to keep them on the same direction. The happy is part of Hello you Thinlits and I cut it with fun foam, the 20 is part of a Spellbinders alphabet die also cut with fun foam, the "th" and "anniversary" are part of the memorable moments stamp set, used one of the dies from the apothecary accents Framelits die to cut around the word and window word punch for the "th". Inside the treat cups I used by the tide & gorgeous grunge stamp sets and brads from Eyelet Outlets & Brads

These are a closed ups of all the bubbles 

Wedding

This is a simple wedding card I made. Love Tilda stamps and hadn't used this one. Colored with Copic Markers, used a Cuttlebug folder

Napkin card

In one of my Yahoo groups one of the themes for a mingle was napkin either card with a napkin or the napkin fold. I found this cute napkin so of course had to use a napkin :0)

The way I did was separated the layers of the napkin to use just the top. I added a generous layer of glue stick to the cardstock then added the napkin flattening as much as possible, folded the excess to the back just to make sure it wouldn't come apart as glue stick is not very reliable :0) and then added fine glitter all over the front to cover the excess adhesive, added the message which is SU as well as the punches
Aren't these puppies the cutest?!!

Remake of card

This is another of the cards that I bought and remade it. The note card was about 4x6 totally white card so I cut it smaller to make about 3.5 x 5" note card did a little sponging on the edge of top layer and added the message with layer. The punch is SU and the message is Stampendous

Remake of card

There was a time I wasn't making many cards due to my health so was buying store bought cards I know bad right but I didn't want to stop sending birthday cards or anniversary card to the people that meant something just because I couldn't make my own. I have been lucky that for the most part I have been able to continue making my cards but did end up with some store bought cards that I don't want to them to go to waste so I decided to use part of the card to make cards :0)

This is one of the cards I remade. I forgot to take a photo of the card BEFORE I altered oh well but except for the embossing this is what it was. Since it seemed too simple I used one of Tim Holtz diffusers so only the white part got embossed, used a Cuttlebug folder

and then the rest of the cards I used one of my Spellbinders dies to cut the flowers off, mounted onto another layer that I had punched the corners and then I made a base card with SU embossing folder.

Origami dress

In one of my Yahoo groups we had this fold as the technique or template and on another group which I don't belong anymore we had to do a card with letter D so decided to kill two birds with one stone. The "mirror" is a folder by SU as well as the message and world window punch

Shoebox Thursday

For today's shoebox Linda had this lovely birthday card for us to make. We got to pick between two embossing folders the big dots and the fancy stripes. The ribbon is by Offray. All flowers (SU stamps) were stamped on Memento ink love letter and then cover with VersaMark and clear embossing powder then punched with matching SU punches. The message is part of All shook up Paper Pumpkin kit

Thinking of you Wetlands

Another card with this SU set. I don't just love the set I like it with white and black, vanilla & craft not much coloring just ink and done :0)

Shoebox Tuesday

For today's shoebox project I did a fold card. I had been wanting to try this pinwheel card fold but for one thing or another I just didn't get to it :0) seems I have a list that gets longer and longer of things to try/do.

Anyway I used SU DSP and matching stamp set, the word is Avery Elle. I made two options one is with belly band and the other just a decorative piece I think that depending the theme I do would be the kind to make so wanted to show them the two options and let them decide :0)

This one with the belly band you have to remove it be be able to unlock

  This one with just decorative element and you can unlock without problem

Polka dots

I had to make a card with polka dots, at first I thought of making something with Bokeh technique since it's the technique of this month on one of my Yahoo groups but decided to do this card inspired on something I saw on Pinterest.

I used the swiss dots and Ben-Day border folder from Cuttlebug. On the border piece I decided to add a couple lines with score board. The butterfly border is a punch by Martha Stewart, love this punch as it punches out one butterfly and the other is half cut so you can bend the wings :0) and of course it needed some bling so used some peel-off stickers to do that which kept it flat

Wetlands

I really love this SU set perfect for clean and simple male cards

The message is also SU

This message is VIP

Butterfly little note card

This is another of the designs for my sister, stamps are SU gorgeous grunge and papillon potpourri

Again the card is 2.75 x 4.25"

Little butterfly note cards

My sister was looking for little notes after I told her these were the kind I could give her it turned out to be more like post-it note or pretty paper but she did liked the little cards I had so we exchanged the cards for the a leather backpack I wanted. Most cards were 2.75 x 4"

The message is by The Stamp Doctor and the butterflies are from a set by Sparkle N Sprinkle

Shoebox Thursday

For today's shoebox Kathy had a card I had been wanted to do I was just trying to get an actual balloon so I didn't have to punch both :0) Since she couldn't find her owl punch we only had the circles to use as balloons BUT I decided to wait until I got home and add the little thingy to look more as a balloon :0)

she had also sprayed the base paper with some sort of white shimmer

 

also, She embossed the paper and punched the circles for us...guess this time she did all for us we just had to attach the white twine and the balloons :0) Most folders are SU

Wonderful wings bundle stamp of the month card kit

This is another of the kits that Linda Bauwin had available AFTER the new SU catalog came out. I like butterflies and since one of my sisters really LOVE butterflies I tend to get a lot so I can someday use on her cards :0)

    

     

Shoebox Tuesday

For today's shoebox project I wanted a manly card :0) used mess embossing folder by Cuttlebug, three SU's stamp sets By the tide, gorgeous grunge and Lacy & lovely, also used early espresso baker's twine with sailor's knot. The shell was cut with Brother Scan N Cut

Love & sympathy stamp of the month card kit

This is the other stamp of the month kit that Linda Bauwin was offering just before the new catalog came out. All stamps are from the set

This one was the least favorite card and it's not that I didn't like it is that I don't like block stamping I rather add color any other way :0)

   

Stippled Blossoms Stamp of the month card kit

Linda Bauwin sells I believe two card kits a month you get all supplies to make 5-6 cards including stamps/dies and pretty much you use ALL stamps on the set and there is a fun/fancy fold card. . When the new catalog was coming out she had two kits with retired stamp sets. This is one of them
I think this set didn't have any words so I used my own other than that everything else is SU

This one I don't know who makes the stamp but I seem to use quite often :0)

This one is by Endless Creations