Birthday Wishes 8

Benita from England sent me this lovely flowered birthday card.  The center image was stamped and colored and the card was dressed up with a ribbon, gems and a 3D birthday sentiment!

Birthday Wishes 7

A beautiful and tranquil card has arrived from Canada and was sent by Betty.  The backgrounds of the designs are marbled and subtle and two bird die cuts have been added to the scene.

Birthday Wishes 6

This lovely card is from Jackie who lives in England!  The butterfly is a sticker that has been stitched upon and the border has been punched and lined with the dark pink.

Birthday Wishes 5

Yipee, another birthday card has arrived!  This one is from Thelma who lives in California.  It has a 3D image in the center and a stitched border on either edge along with sticker dots.  Very delicate work!

Happy Birthday to Me :-)

Flag Day

Birthday Wishes 4

Another beautiful card from Winnie in Holland!  This time it is for my birthday!  It is so gorgeous!!!

And Then Some More

As I sat reading my e-mail today I found myself looking at a scrap of white cardstock that I stamped on and punched out of yesterday.  An idea occurred to me that I could make it into another card and this is what I came up with.

The white rectangle with the bush had a square punched out of it.  I backed it with a black rectangle which was attached to a slightly larger white rectangle with some foam squares.  I stamped another bird on scrap and punched it out with a circle punch and glued it into the black square.  All of this was attached to a black card base.  The blackbird reminded me of the Paul McCartney song and that is what I chose for the words on the front.

Black and White and Then Some

I got my CardMaker magazine for July 2010 the other day and was inspired to get my silhouette stamps out and make a card using my interpretation of a different technique (pg 14).

I used a Penny Black stamp called "nature's dance" and black ink and stamped several times on scrap cardstock.  I took my 1 1/4" square stamp by Paper Studio and punched out six squares.  I made sure that one of them included the blackbird image.  Next I cut six  1 1/2" squares from black cardstock and attached the stamped square to the black square with a foam square for dimension.  Lastly, I attached all the squares to the front of a white carstock base card.

Birthday Wishes 3

Another birthday card arrived today from Australia!  Shirley made a gorgeous "tri" card with lots of stickers!

I'm loving it Shirley!

To the Beach Again

I liked yesterday's card so much that I decided to make another one.  This time I used red as the base and strips of black cardstock as the door marks and handle.

On the inside I added a "beachy" poem and a couple of palm trees!

Let's Hit the Beach

With all the heat across the country (in the 100's at my house) this beach card popped easily into my mind. This month's swap theme in my Iris Folding group was "Road Trip"

I decided to find a car photo with a "beachy" background.  This one fit the bill perfectly!  I used a sharp blade and cut all of the car out except for the front and back lights, the windshield and the tires.  Then I used this pattern for the Iris Folding.  I thought is worked well because it reminded me of a racing strip.


After the folding was finished I mounted it to the black card base.  I cut out the door handle from the original picture and adhered it to the car.  I also used two pieces of black thread to recreate the line of the door.  Lastly, I used Microsoft Word to create the caption.

Contest Entry 4

Nancy from Ohio sent in this gorgeous beaded harlequin!

Wow, I think this contest is heating up!!!

Birthday Wishes 2

Wow, another surprise birthday card!  This one came from England.

The butterflies and flowers are 3D.  Isn't this card beautiful!

Hey Barbara!

My girlfriend's birthday is on Sunday.  I took one of my harlequin cards and made it into a birthday card.

On the inside I added...

Happy

Birthday

Damn

It

Mouse Mischief

Today I had a lot of fun making this combination bookmark and card.

I started by stamping my House Mouse image (Feeder Friends) in black ink on two pieces of white cardstock.  I trimmed one to a smaller version of the image and then I used various pens and pencils to color both images exactly alike.  I matted both on black paper and then onto the purple cardstock.

This is the card and below is the bookmark.

I attached a flat sheet magnet to the inside flap at the bottom of the bookmark.  To the other side I attached a flat sheet of metal.  The metal came from the top of an orange juice lid.  I used a tin snip to cut a rectangular shape.  Lastly I lined up the pictures and let the magnet hold the bookmark to the card.

The inside message was made with Microsoft Word, printed out, trimmed and then I used purple chalk to soften the edges.  All of this was glued to the inside of the card.

Birthday Wishes 1

My birthday is coming up soon and I was so surprised to receive this gorgeous card from Trish in Australia!  What a wonderful surprise!!!

Contest Entry 3

Entry 3 comes from Michigan.  This cute card is from Karla!

I'm loving all the new ideas!

Contest Entry 2

Here is the second entry from Brooke who lives in New York!

Another clever entry!  Thanks Brooke!

Memorial Day