Little Birdie Birthday Wishes (Mojo214)

I made this birthday card for my friend and Stampin' Up Demo, Chris Galbraith.  If you live in the Memphis area and want to get started with stamping, I couldn't recommend a better person to meet.   I really like making cards for her because 1) I know the card will go to someone that truly understands and appreciates what went into it and 2) I challenge myself to use only SU product, and when possible, use current SU product.

I used the Mojo Monday 214 sketch for this card with some adaptation. 

Supplies: all Stampin' Up

Cardstock: Old Olive, Marina Mist, Tangerine Tango

Designer Series Paper: Paisley Petals

Stamps: Four Frames, Occasional Quotes (hostess set)

Ink/Coloring: Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Early Esperess (marker), Marina Mist (marker), blender marker

Tools: Decorative Label punch,  Scallop Trim Border punch, Corner Rounder (Crop-A-Dile by We R memory Keepers)

Accents: Antique Brads, Very Vanilla seam binding,

Penguin Nutcracker (Guest Designer)

This card was designed and made by my lovely little elf, my daughter Angeline.  Angeline is seven and loves to craft.  She loves stamping and coloring.  She's even woken me up on the weekends asking me to stamp a few images for her 'cause she wants to color them.   

Angeline made this card for her teacher.   She had stamped, colored and cut out the nutcracker a few weeks back.  She wanted to use the nutcracker in her card.  She also liked these penguins,  I had made a card during a card class hosted by my Stampin' Up demo Chris Galbraith.   So we married the two ideas and here's the result. 

And here's a picture of Angeline with the card as it's hanging in her teacher's classroom. 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Recollections (Nutcracker), Stampin Up (Serene Snowflakes)

Ink: Stampin' Up (Basic Black Classic Ink and White Craft Ink)

Coloring: Zig markers

Paper: Stampin' Up Cardstock (Whisper White, Marina Mist, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie)

Tools: Stampin' Up (Owl punch)

Misc: White Embossing Powder 

Technique Highlight:

The Penguins were made using the Stampin' Up Owl punch.  The ears and the feed of the owl were trimmed off. 

Golfer's Christmas Gift

I changed job's this year and my new boss is a golfer.  The idea of these ornaments stared out as a joke idea, but then.... what the heck.  He can think of us year over year as he puts golf balls into a tree.   After all, I understand that golfers often put golf balls into trees.  Right? 

P.S. He also got a gift card to a golfer's pro shop.   

Supplies For Card:  

Stamps:  Stampin' Up (Lovely as a Tree), Hero Arts (Greeting - backgroudn stamp cut apart)

Ink: Stampin' Up

Cardstock:  Hammermill Coverstock, Misc Red and Green cardstock from Hobby Lobby, Creative Memories Silver Shimmer paper

Toos: Cuttlebug embossing folder, EK Success circle punch, Creative Memories circle punch, Stampin' Up tag corner punch

Accessories: Paper Studio gold brads, Misc. red ribbon

Supplies for Box: 

Cardstock: Bazzil (red), Hammermill (white coverstock)

Tools: Paper trimmer, Score Pal, Martha Stewart border punch, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Accessories: Ribbon

Golf Ornament: 

Golf ball, gold hooks with screw in, ribbon

We Love Santa Banner

I made this banner using Make the Cut (MTC) software.  It's a great tool that makes designing cutting files easy.  What used to take me hours to do in Inkscape, I can now do in minutes with MTC.  

I made this banner last year and was looking forward to hanging it on the fireplace again this year.  

 

Supplies:

Paper: My Minds Eye

Tools: Make the Cut Software (MTC)  

Fonts: Duvall (for the words), KR Heartalicious (for the heart image)

Accessories: Ribbon

Toy Soldier Christmas Salute

This has to be one of my favorites this year.  Sadly it's one of a kind and went to my aunt in Ft. Lauderdale.   She enjoys art and I know she'll appreciate what went into making this little gem. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Recollections (Nutcracker)
Ink: Memento (stamped image), Tim Holtz Distress Inks (shading)
Coloring: Copic Markers
Paper: K&Company (designer printed paper), Core'dinations (shimmering cardstock), Hammermill white coverstock (for stamped image)
Tools: Sizzix (embossing folder)
Accessories: Misc Ribbon, Paper Studio (snowflake brad)

Christmas Tag Card - Take 3

Here's another variation of the tag card I posted earlier.  Hope you're not bored by these.   I did have to pick some cards that I could make fairly easily and make multiples without getting bored.   We sent out over 90 Christmas cards this year....   Making the cards in batches and repeating a design I like is the key to be able to get 90+ hand made cards done.  Last year I made multiples of the same card and waited until late in the year to make the cards.   Lesson learned.   This year's card making endeavors were a lot more fun since I worked on a larger variety of cards.  Plus, I worked on some of these earlier during the year.   

So the design does vary some from the previous versions.  I used different papers, a different border punch, and different stamps on the background paper.   I grabbed snow flakes from two different Basic Grey acrylic stamp sets.   The greeting is from a Hero Arts background stamp that I cut apart and am using the greetings individually.   

I almost forgot to mention the most interesting technique on this card.   It's that little bit of shimmer behind the cut out on the tag.   I cut the tag with my Wishblade using a free ttf dingbat font.  I then ran a scrap of cardstock through the Xyron and adhered it, with the adhesive side up onto the card.   Coat the exposed adhesive with glitter and voila.

 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Hero Arts (Background stamp cut into individual greetings), Basic Grey acrylic stamps

Ink: Stampin' Up, Colorbox Liquid Chalk

Paper: Basic Grey, Misc cardstock

Tools: WishBlade, Hole punch, Martha Stewart Border Punch, EK Success (label punch), Stampin' Up (large circle)

Accessories: Glitter, Ribbon

Misc.: Xyron

Merry Santa Wishes

The Santa Stamp is one I picked up, oh gosh.... 12+ years ago.  I just grabbed the stamp and it has a copyright date of 1997.  It's amazing how well these rubber stamps hold up.  I remember stamping this image years ago as I was playing with a set of markers I picked up.  I can't even recall the brand. 

Supplies: 

Stamp: Rubber Stampede (Santa in Circle), Stampin' Up (Lots of Thoughts)

Ink: Stampin Up, Misc markers to color the Santa stamp.

Paper: K&Company, Misc. cardstock

Tools: Creative Memories (Circle Punch), EK Success (scallop circle punch), Stampin' Up (scallop circle punch)

Accessories: Ribbon

Basic Grey Holiday Tag Card - Take 2

More Tag Cards.  I really enjoyed the tag cuts and it made for a simple and flexible card design that still had a lot of oomph.  The tags were cut from Basic Grey paper with my WishBlade.   I took a scrap of paper and ran it through the Xyron and placed it behind the cut out area, then applied glitter.   I used Basic Grey stamps on the brown background and some Basic Grey printed paper for the band in the middle.   

The greeting is cut from a Hero Arts background stamp that is a medley of greetings. I cut all of those greetings apart and am using them individually.  

 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Hero Arts (Background stamp cut into individual greetings), Baskic Grey acrylic stamps

Ink: Colorbox Liquid Chalk

Paper: Basic Grey, Misc cardstock

Tools: WishBlade, Hole punch, EK Success Border Punch

Accessories: Glitter, Ribbon