Birthday Card - Crazy for Cupcakes

Its been a while since I last shared, so its definitely time!

The picture doesn't do the card much justice, I'm still learning the best way to use a camera to take photos like these.

I used a paper weaving technique, showcasing one of the retiring designer series papers Raspberry Tart. This also gave me an opportunity to play with my aqua painter and work on improving my water-coloring technique.

Thanks for letting me share!

Monday Mojo #60

I finally did it, I made a card for Monday Mojo on Poetic Artistry. This one was a little difficult for me at first, but I think this isn't bad for my first attempt.

The Stamp Sets used were both Stampin Up and both are retired. They were Something to Celebrate and Big Celebrations.

I didn't really do anything special with this card. The scallop was made using one of the die cuts for the new Big Shot that Sizzix made for Stampin Up. The three presents at the bottom are slightly raised from the card with stampin' demonsionals. I had originally wanted to bring out the ribbon on the large present with some crystal effects. However, there are still a few boxes unpacked since our move and so I could not locate it last night. I bet its in the last box I didn't look in last night.

More Butterflies

And here is the birthday card to go along with the vase I posted about in the previous post. I think its obvious by now I really like the Flight of the Butterflies stamp set and the Big Shot. :) I had actually wanted to use the circle scallop die-cut, but it was a little too big for the card. Turns out it will probably work for the Monday Mojo #60 .

Birthday Project - Glass Vase

Today is both my mother’s and a co-worker’s birthday. My co-worker is a super nice woman who is always doing things for others. In fact, I happen to pass her cubicle one day and on her lunch break she was trying to start a crochet project. I stopped and chatted with her and showed her a trick I use to start a chain. We were talking about knit vs. crochet and I shared that I couldn’t knit very well, so I started using knitting looms. I told her about some projects I finished using looms and how much my friends loved the things I’d made them.

My birthday was a few days after that discussion and that morning I found a gift bag on my desk. Inside was a book full of some really neat patterns using looms. That’s the kind of thoughtful person she is.

Another co-worker and I were discussing how our co-worker always does things for people on Christmas and we wanted to do something for her. I shared some ideas of Christmas presents we could make, but then later learned that her birthday was coming up. So I shared this info and we purchased a very nice glass vase and using a set of rub-ons I received from a stampin up mini-catalogue last year, I put together this:



I actually really like how this came out and I’m considering doing something similar for my sister-in-law for Christmas. I also found some clear ornaments and I’m thinking of doing the same to them for a few people.

Happy Bird-day!

We're having another birthday celebration tomorrow at work for my boss. I was so excited to finally be able to use my Big Shot! I used the Top Note die cut and two retired stamp sets. The first was Sweet Songbirds, which is where the cute birdies came from. The "happy bird-day to you!" in the cute curvy style is from the "Love Ya Bunches" set. Pretty much everthing else was either purchased at JoAnn's or from a great little store near me named "Beverly's Unique Scrapbooking". The flowers are those pretty paper ones I'm sure you've seen around that come in bottles. I attached them to the paper simply with brads. I had considered using demonsionals or pop up glue dots, however these cards get passed around a lot and I didn't want to chance something getting snagged and/or falling off.

Happy Fall, Ya'll! - Birthday

Look at that ... another card! My goal is to make at least one card/craft item a week.

This week is a card for a friend and former co-worker. She once told me she liked to get fall themed birthday cards. She was surprised when I told her that I remembered this. :)

So I pulled out a retired, but one of my favorite, fall sets and put together a really quick card earlier today to send to her.

Flight of the Butterfly - Birthday Cards

Its been a while since I've posted anything.

I've started to make the birthday cards for our birthday celebrations here at work. We're celebrating October's birthdays next week, so there are the cards I made.The photos aren't that great, I either need a new camera or need to take lessons on how to take better photos.

The bases of each card are pre-made textured cardstock. I got a box of them with envelopes a while back from Michael's. Everything else is stampin up.