Fun, Fun, Fun

Until your daddy takes the T-bird away!  Now that song brings back memories!!!

Here's an easy card I made with a cute summer theme.  I got the picture off a piece of e-mail stationery.  I took the main picture and the border picture and grouped them together using Microsoft Word!  Printed out on glossy photo paper and backed and attached to a card base...how could it be any easier!

How About a Birthday RAK

After receiving so many lovely birthday cards from people in my card groups I decided to return the gesture.  I got a new punch from Martha Stewart and used it to create the first of my RAK's (random acts of kindness).  It's for someone in one of my card groups but I'm not telling who...lol!

This punch is one of the deep cutting punches.  This time I did the punching on the front opening and then trimmed the card to size.  I added some punched stars and then lined the inside with a white insert.  Pretty cool...I love this punch!

She Sells Sea Shells

Here's my version of "By the Sea" pg 46 of CardMaker July 2010 issue.

I embossed the left side of a turquoise rectangle with Cuttlebug's embossing folder called "traffic jam".  I took an emery nail file and lightly sanded the ridges and then glued that piece to the card base.  Next I made three different cuts with "Labels Two" Nestabilities from Spellbinders.  Two were on the green and turquoise cardstock pieces and the last was the smallest size which I used on the seashell picture.  Before adhering the label pieces I cut two pieces of matching ribbons and tied them around the card's front piece, tied a knot and trimmed the ends.

Up Up in the Air

This lovely swap (or mingle as we call it in the Iris Folder's Group) comes from Marilyn who lives in Canada!  I love the cloud paper for the background.

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This great birthday card came from Misty in West Virginia!!!

Challenge Card 7

Here's an entry that uses a totally different technique!  This clever card was made by Paula from Iowa.

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Here's a beauty from Dianne in Australia!  I love the colors!

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Oh happy day...another entry!!!  This beauty comes from Carol in Arizona!

Thank you for your entry Carol!

8 Days Remain

My first contest ends on June 30th...8 more days to get you cards finished!  Here are the wonderful cards I have already...

I sure hope you won't miss your chance to win this adorable stamp!

 

Summer's Here

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Thank You Friend

My good friend Linda took me to lunch on my birthday!  We went to the new Olive Garden in town and had delicious food!  We spent three hours shooting the breeze and catching up.  I made her a Thank You card with one of her favorite characters on it.

That's right...it's Tigger!  The pattern was made by one of the girls in my Iris Folding group.  Isn't it cute!!!  I added a sticker sentiment and sticker flowers to the front of the card base after attaching stripes in the Tigger colors.  On the inside I wrote a personal note.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.