Life is Sweet

Hello again!  I wanted to show a cupcake card that I made for a group anniversary.  It was fun to make this card and I plan on using this template to make cards for birthdays. 

The icing was made with fun foam.  I tried running it through my Cuttlebug with the Divine Swirls folder.  It worked, however the embossing stared to fade.  I quickly grabbed my Stickles bottle and went over the embossed lines before they disappeared entirely!

The cupcake wrapper was made by running my paper through my crimper.  I tied a thin ribbon into a bow and attached the center with a brad.  The cherry on top is a tea bag medallion folded using a tile I created.

The inside is a pop-up greeting made with a Spellbinders die cut from Fancy Tags.  The stars are some stickers I had on hand and I used some on the front of the card as "sprinkles" to tie them togther.

I hope you like my card today and also hope that you have a "sweet" day too!



Pretty in Purple

Well, I did it!  I finished the Morning Glory card and here it is:

The medallion is made with 1" tiles.  It is the Star Frame fold, but I changed the way I put it together to form the medallion and put a lovely lavender brad in the center.  I was quite pleased with the way it turned out, so I did a blue version as well:

I thought I would also share these photos from my bird feeder:

This is the male Baltimore Oriole.  He sure looks proud of his colors!

And here is the Scarlet Tanager with a male Red-breasted Grosbeak.  They look like they are sharing a meal, but there was quite a bit of squabbling going on:

I hope you are having a great day where ever you are!

Of cards and stamps

Oh how I have missed blogging lately.  I have been busy making cards and doing so many other things, but have just not had spare time to work on my blog.


The weather is finally trying to show signs of spring and we have so many new birds coming to the feeder.  Rose breasted grosbeaks, Baltimore Orioles, Indigo buntings, Scarlet Tanagers, and of course the Goldfinches have returned to their beautiful yellow color.


Here is a card I made for a graduate in our area.  I made it in the school colors and hand tied the tassels on to each cap in the medallion.  Time consuming, but I was pleased with the results:

I also made this birthday card using white embossing powder and then 2 shades of yellow ink.  I made the Happy Birthday background using word and printed it out first.  Then I cut it out with my Spellbinders die.

I won some new stamps on Ebay and have been playing with them too.  This one is the wild rose 2 step die from Stampin Up.  I put some Stickles on the rosebuds to give them a little extra sparkle.

This is the Morning Glory 2 step set also from Stampin Up.  I ended up taking them off the blocks and using them like clear stamps and got much better results.  I still need to finish this card and then hopefully with get the finished card posted here soon.

Here is the Mother's Day card I made for my Mom.  I used my Carly cut and emboss folder for the background and Fancy Tags 3.  I had some silk flowers that I pulled apart and then added a rhinestone to the centers.  A Martha Stewart Punch made the Lacey edge on the card.

This card is made with another new Spellbinders Die that I recently got.  The medallion is made with a fold that I made up.  I have had the yellow background paper for ages, so I don't know who makes it.

I hope you like these newest additions to my blog.  Have a great week and enjoy your day!

Springtime in Northern Wisconsin

It is springtime in WI and we received over a foot of snow in the past 24 hours.  UGH!  I think everyone here is tired of the white stuff.

But, I have been making some cards since I posted the last time...gee, time goes by fast.  Has it really been a month since  posted last???

This is a Magical Marquee card that I made...or at least the front of it.  I got the idea from Jan at Stamppaperscissors where you can see her video tutorial.  I made the tulips using the Stampin Up Bird punch - just the wings though.  I did not have the correct punches for the openings on the card, but played with the idea using my nestabilities dies and found that they will work, it just takes some fiddling with.  When you open the card, the curtains pull back to reveal a hidden message...

Here is the first one I made.  I did not have the circle punch, but using my circles die for the Cuttlebug, I was able to finish it.

Here is a card I made a while back for a challenge in a tea bag folding group.  The theme was "circus" and I chose to do a circus wagon, complete with teabag folded wheels and a tiger that looks like he is going to jump through the bars of the cage.

I hope the weather is good where you are.  I am going to keep thinking spring.  It has to come eventually...RIGHT????



Butterflies

Well, it will be some time before we see the real thing here!  We just got another 16 inches of snow on Monday.  At least we think that is how much we got, with the blowing wind all day, it is hard to tell!

So, I made this card using the Bleach Technique to bring a little spring to the air.

I stamped the image from Northwoods Rubber Stamps with Versamark and then embossed with clear embossing powder.  Then, using an old paint brush, I applied bleach to the petals of the flowers.  I stamped the image again using Versamark (just the butterfly portion) and embossed in black.  This time I stamped it on paper I had painted with Twinkling H2O's so it has some glimmer to it.  Then I cut the butterfly out and glued it over the original image.

Not being done playing with this stamp, I also created this card:

For this one, I heat embossed the same image in black.  I created the big butterfly using the same method and also made the smaller butterfly using a stamp set from Stampendous!  I popped the wings by cutting a piece of clear stiff plastic from packaging of a Cuttlebug folder and creasing it in the center.  I glued it to the back of the butterflies.  When dry, I glued it to the card front.  These fold flat for mailing, but pop up when removed from the envelope!



Thanks for peeking at this one!  Have a great day.

Something New!

Sorry I have been missing.  We have something new in the family!  A new member, but NOT a baby.  LOL

We have a new Mr. & Mrs.!!  My step-son married the love of his life on Friday.

Yes, it was cold!  14 degrees.

It was a beautiful wedding.  I helped the new Mrs. make her invitations and RSVP cards over the past year. 

I also did some (60+) favor boxes for the shower as well as the wedding.  Here are the shower favor boxes.



Here is the card I made for them.

I used the Martha Stewart hearts punch around the page, Snowflake embossing folder, Spellbinders classic hearts (which I glittered), satin ribbon, and sticky pearl embellishments.  The wedding colors were blue and yellow and they had a snowflake theme. 

To make the hearts, I did not use the Spellbinders in the normal way.  I drew around both edges on white card stock twice, overlapping them to entwine them.  Then I cut them out with my craft knife.  With the addition of some glue and glitter, I then ran them through my Cuttlebug between layers of wax paper to set the glitter into the glue.

I think it came together almost as well as this lovely couple did.

Congratulations to Cass & Casey.  I know you were meant for each other and your love will only grow stronger day by day.

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!  Ours was great. 

I thought I would share more of my Christmas cards today and some of the other things I have been working on.  I have been playing with making tiles for tea bag folding and also trying them in a medallion.

Here are 2 of the tiles I created.  Feel free to try them and let me know what you think!



If I don't see you here before then, I wish you all a very Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year.

Be safe!