Hoppy Birthday!

Hello!  Today is May 16th and it is my birthday!  Anyone who knows me well, knows I love my birthday!  I really am not sure why that is, I just love the feeling I have on that day.  The fun part is that I get to share my day with my husband, as it is his birthday too!  So, I have his card today to show you.  I so often make him a card with a frog on it (don't know the meaning behind this other than frogs are green and he likes green, or that we kid about the statement "together 'till we croak"!  Hee, Hee!) But, I was thinking I should do something besides frogs and then I remember this frog stamp I got months ago with a birthday hat and knew that I got matching paper to match.  Back to a frog card!  This one came out cute ... enjoy!

I was going to add some googly eyes but instead of cute, he look "bug eyed" so I left them off.  Too bad the scrapbook paper frogs were not a smaller image, as my papers kinda covered up a lot of them.  I love a sketch with circles!  Simple, but so cute and fun.  What do you think?

Recipe:
Paper - Frog paper - Bella Blvd. Birthday Boy line:"Toadilly Cool", Green dot - American Crafts (scrap), Plaid - Cosmo Cricket (scrap), Cardstock White, Green
Stamps - Frog - Unity Stamp Co., Sentiment and tiny fly - Technique Tuesday
Ink - Memento Black, Copics, Gelly Roll Glitter Pen
Tools - Spellbinders Classic Circles
Other - Rhinestones

I will be back tomorrow with another card creation for you.  Have a great day!  I know I will!
Happy Stamping!
Tina

Rain or Shine!

Hello!  I got a chance to work on some cards yesterday and it seems the creative mojo was with me, as I was on a roll.  I think I ended up with five by the time I quit last night!  Awesome, as there are some days, I just can't come up with one idea, let alone five!  Of the five, today's card is by far my least favorite, but I am showing it to you anyway, as it addresses a stamping issue I commented about in last Thursday's post.  Let me show you the card, and then I will explain.  Enjoy!  

First, I do want to say, that in person the umbrella colors really match the colors in the paper, which is not how it appears here.  Last week, I was having trouble with solid images in clear polymer and I made a comment about it.  Paula made a comment on my post that she likes to stamp with Ranger Archival Ink first to "cure" the stamp.  That same day, another friend, suggested I try stamping in Versamark before stamping with my choice of ink.  Since, I don't own the Ranger Archival Ink and I do own Versamark, I decided to try that method first.  It worked.  And I have a little example to show you below.  The one on the left is Marvy Matchable only and the one on the right is with the Versamark first.  ...

Did you notice I used the same sketch we did last Saturday?  I guess it was still in my head!  Have you ever tried using the Versamark first? 

Recipe:
Paper - Clouds from My Minds Eye Love Me Do line: "Head in the Clouds", Stripe from 3 Bugs in a Rug Chloe line: "Stripe Chloe", Pink Dot from Pebbles Basics line: "Begonia Dot" (all three are from my stash, but the Pebbles paper was purchased recently), Cardstock White, Pink, Aqua
Stamps - The Stamps of Life Umbrella 4 You
Ink - Memento Black, Versamark, Marvy Matchables in Turquoise and Rose Pink, Copics
Tools - The Stamps of Life Umbrella die, Spellbinders Labels 1, Classic Scallop Circle, Classic Circle
Other - Rhinestones by Want 2 Scrap

I will be back tomorrow with the birthday card I made for my hubby.  Tomorrow is his birthday and MINE!

Happy Stamping!
Tina

Saturday's Sketch Share!

Hello!  I am back with two really cute cards for today's share!  Debbie made me another birthday card ... woo hoo!  And she used the cutest paper ever!  I will be needing me some of it!  What else is new?  LOL!  Let's get to the cards!  I will show you my card, Debbie's card and the sketch we both used.   Enjoy!

My Card

Debbie's Card

The Sketch

At first glance, I wasn't real sure about the sketch, but after doing it, I do like it and think it is a good one.  What do you think?

Next week there is a not a lot of plans, well except my birthday (yippee!), so I hope to get to making you some cards for my stash, which in turn gives me creations to show to you!  See you next week!

Happy Stamping!
Tina

May Class Share!

Hello!  I got my next set of class cards made!  Woo Hoo!  I always feel an accomplishment when this happens!  Last month I did a set of cards for three special occasions.  They were Mother's Day, birthday, and Get Well.  This month I am doing part two with three more special occasions including graduation, wedding and Father's Day.  As always, they are unique with special folds, dies and stamps.  I have quite a few pics of each card ... here they are ...enjoy!


Card #1 - Grad Hat Card with special fold, magnet, gift card holder and a tassel you will make.

 

Grad Hat Card Closed

Grad Hat Card Opened

Card #2 - using Sizzix Flip It Die, embossing folders, and a wedding cake.

Flip It Wedding Cake Card Closed



Flip 1

Backside of Flip

Inside with open sentiment panel
 

Card #3 BBQ Time Card with Waterfall Technique and fun stamps.

BBQ Time Card Front

Waterfall page 2

Waterfall page 3

Waterfall page 4

BBQ Time card inside

And here are the details in case you are interested.  Remember I always have kits available complete with instructions and pics if you can't attend or are not local.
Special Occasions Part Two - Wed. May 29th 11:00 a.m. and Friday May 31st 7:00 p.m.
Come make three creative and unique cards for three more special occasions.  First, is a graduation card.  For this one there is a fun fold, a magnet closing, and a homemade tassel.  Next, is a wedding card using the Sizzix Flip It Die.  Embossing folders, and a creation of a wedding cake completes this one.  Last but not least, is a Father's Day card (which could also be a great guy card for any occasion).  For this one, you will learn how to create a waterfall card.  Please bring adhesive to include pop-up dots, scor-tape, an X by Xyron (if you have one), detailed scissors, and your preferred coloring medium.  All other supplies provided.  (copic colors I used: card 1: E00, E21, N1, 100, R24 card 3: E00, E08, E31, E33, E35, E57, YG63, C0, C3, Y15, Y17, R24 ... these are listed only for the convenience of those who have asked me to share the colors I used).

I will be back tomorrow for the Saturday Sketch share!
Happy Stamping!
Tina

Under the Weather?

Hello!  I have been busy this week working on my May class samples.  So far, I have two done and I am working on the third.  I will be back tomorrow with those to show you.  My card for today I made last week just playing around and then on Sunday I found out that one of the ladies at church had pneumonia and so it got sent!  Yes, it is a get well card ... enjoy!



 

 

 

I really wasn't that crazy about the card, as I really think it is a little "busy" but it was ready to go, so I sent it.  This umbrella is a die cut from The Stamps of Life.  It is open so those black lines you see that separate the umbrella panels were drawn with a pen.  There is a matching set of stamps that has solid umbrellas and several great coordinating sentiments, like the one I used on my card.  I played around with the solid umbrella stamps but I could not get them to stamp without the ink beading up on the clear polymer, which you see when you stamp it on paper.  A friend told me that she stamps her clear polymer stamps with staz-on and lets it dry on there to relieve the issue.  I did this and even it did not seem to help.  So, the question is ... am I doing something wrong or is it an issue with this company's stamps?  Your thoughts?  Until I figure this one out, I will just stick to the die cut umbrella ... that part of this card is pretty cute!  And, did you like the raindrop shaped rhinestones I used to keep the theme going?  What do you think?

Recipe:
Paper - Nikki Sevils  It's Raining (all three patterns came from one 12 x 12 quadrant sheet), Clouds is from Bella Blvd. (a sliver from my scrap stash), Cardstock White, Red, Brown (umbrella handle)
Stamps - The Stamps of Life
Ink - Memento Black
Tools - The Stamps of Life Umbrella die cut
Other - Ribbon by Midori, Rhinestones by Want 2 Scrap

See you tomorrow!
Happy Stamping!
Tina

Saturday's Sketch Share!

Hello!  Sorry I am a little late in getting this to you today.  Today's sketch is one you have seen me do before and it is one that I really like. I like both cards and the sketch, so let's see if you agree!  I will show you my card, Debbie's card, and the sketch we both used.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

My Card

Debbie's Card

The Sketch

My card idea came about when I was re-organizing my wood mounted word stamps and I came across this stamp and thought, wow, that stamp would go perfect with that new "summer" 6 x 6 pad I just bought!  At the last minute, I decided to add the Deadbeat Designs stamp of the hot air balloon (this is actually one of several on his stamp).  Perfect completion for the card!  Debbie's card arrived in my mailbox on May 1st and inside it said "Happy Birthday Month to Me"!  I love my birthday and I do celebrate it for the whole month of May, always!  She knows me well!  The sketch is a great one!  It will definitely be added to the go-to sketchbook.  What do you think of the cards and the sketch?

See you next week!
Happy Stamping!
Tina

The Journey is the Reward!

Hello!  I know you haven't seen me for a few days.  I really don't have any excuses, I have been out in my room a little this week, but I haven't got too many projects completely done, well except for the one I have to show you today.  I sent it to a friend for her birthday, which was yesterday.  I so hope that she has received it by now or if for some reason she hasn't, she doesn't see it here first.  My friend, Teresa, loves to make tags and so I decided I should do one for her.  But, after I finished my tag, I decided it needed a holder, so I made a pocket card for it to fit into.  So, the way I am looking at this is, it is a little bit her style, and a little bit my style combined.  Let me show you ... enjoy!

 

 

 

The Tag

The Pocket Card

The Backside of the Pocket Card

Teresa has tons of different kinds of inks to make wonderful backgrounds on her tags.  From my Imprints store days, one of my favorite inks for backgrounds I found was the alcohol inks.  I used to always do this technique on glossy cardstock, but I couldn't find my stash of this, so I decided to just see what the alcohol inks looked like on a manila tag.  I liked it and so that is what I did.  But the coolest thing is that I added some additional color on top of the background with my copics.  Very subtle but so cool!  And the best part to me about the whole project is that I got to use some of my Paula Best stamps, which I never use, but still love!  What do you think of my tag and pocket card? 

Recipe:
Paper - My Minds Eye Collectable 6 x 6 pad, Cardstock White, Teal
Stamps - 2 main images by Paula Best, It's Your Day sentiment by Hero Arts, Happy Birthday by Verve
Ink - Memento Black, Copics, Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Inks in Cool Peri and Teal
Tools - Loopy die by Lifestyle Crafts, Spellbinders Scallop Circle, Circle
Other - Silver peel-off stickers by Flower Soft,  Aqua rhinestones by Queen & Co., Misc. Fibers by Basic Grey and May Arts, Ribbon by Midori, Silver Twine by May Arts

I will see you tomorrow for the sketch share!
Happy Stamping!
Tina