May

13

A little chick told us

Filed Under Animals, Birthday, DT: Judy | 1 Comment

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Petuna is certainly in the birthday mood with her kitty balloon!

Judy created this card using both high and low tech skills. She printed the sentiment from her computer and then used a template and her trusty scissors to cut out the oval. She colored everything in with Copic markers – love the use of the shading. She edged the oval with aqua fluid chalk and doodled around it with a black marker. She added a string to the balloon so it wouldn’t float away. I guess this is one time that kitties and chickens are gettin’ along. :)

eat cake graphics stamps used:
5043-F Petuna Pluckster (hen right side)
9009-C Kitty balloon

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May

12

Baby

Filed Under Animals, Bears, DT: Judy | 1 Comment

judy-baby

Judy ’s at it again, this time creating a cute card for baby. Ahhhh…

She says she started with a plain white card and layered hot pink cardstock and two coordinating pattern papers on top. She cut a pink strip for the middle and a slightly smaller white one and doodled around the edge using a marker. She stamped all the pull toys, colored them in and cut each one out. She adhered them to the back and drew in the little strings. She stamped and cut out Rosebud bear and glued her to the corner. The “Baby” was printed from her computer.

eat cake graphics stamps used:
4007-F Rosebud wears a bow
9022-B Horse pull toy
9024-B Sheep pull toy
9030-B Doggie pull toy

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May

11

Beach swap

Filed Under DT: Marianne | 2 Comments

marianne-beach

Is summer here yet? Nancy and Bill are certainly ready for it! Marianne sent in this card featuring “the Parents” also known as “the Tourists” sporting their summer attire. She found the perfect sticker featuring a beach sign. And the background paper featuring all sorts of under-the-sea creatures. Very cute!

Marianne says that she started a Yahoo! group and for her first project she actually had a little anonymous swap. Below are some of the cards people sent in. Just click to see a bigger version.

Card-by-Nancy-Cotton
Nancy C.

Card-by-Sandy-Cimbaro
Sandy C.

Card-by-Jean-Rowell
Jean R.

Card-by-Jackie-Hall
Jackie H.


eat cake graphics stamps used:
1054-M The Parents

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May

10

Abundance card and pin

Filed Under Cats, DT: Kriss, Jewelry, People, Spring | 3 Comments

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Kriss decided to create not only a card but a cute little pin as well! They are simply darling. I love the little phrase she added, it fits the image so beautifully.

You can click on either of the photos below to see a detail view…

kriss-spring-card kriss-spring-pin

Here are her instructions if you’d like to give either of these a try.

  1. Stamp Abundance two times with black ink on white cardstock. Color with watercolor pencils and blend colors.
  2. Stamp words two times each with black ink on white cardstock. Trim closely to each word and ink edges with black ink.
  3. PIN: Align one of the images behind a 2” x 2” Memory Glass and trim to size. Add words to image, and then sandwich between two pieces of Memory Glass. Place into a 2” x 2” Silver Memory Frame.
  4. Add beading to bottom and adhere pin back to back.
  5. CARD: Die cut scallop square of bright green cardstock. Trim stamped image to fit, ink edges with black ink and adhere to scallop square.
  6. Cut turquoise cardstock to 5 ½” x 6 ¼”, fold in half to create a 5 ½” by 3 1/8” top-folded card.
  7. Add strip of pattern paper to bottom of card.
  8. Add turquoise ribbon to cover seam of pattern paper.
  9. Adhere words to bottom right corner and attach image to center of card.

Finished card measures 4 ¼” x 5 ½” Card and the pin 2” x 2”

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1135-M Abundance

Other supplies:
Archival™ Ink Stamp Pad – Jet Black, Ranger Industries
Watercolor Pencils, Prismacolor
Blender Pen, Marvy-Uchida
Word Stamps, Innovative Stamp Creations
2” x 2” Memory Frame, Silver, Ranger Industries
2” x 2” Memory Glass, Clear, Ranger Industries
Various Beads
3” Head Pins
Pin Back
Scallop Square Die, Nestabilities by Spellbinders
Turquoise, Bright Green, and White Cardstock
Pattern Paper
Turquoise Ribbon

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May

9

A bunch of flowers for Gertie

Filed Under DT: Judy, People | 1 Comment

judy-gertie

Judy created this lovely little card featuring Gertie. She says that she doesn’t have any fancy machines that cut ovals, but she does have a template and scissors. :) Sometimes I wonder if I’d be better off not having so many things – I forget that I don’t need a cartridge or metal punch for every shape on earth! Who doesn’t have a pair of scissors or two. :)

Judy says too that she likes to draw and Gertie looks liked she need to be holding something and what better something to hold than flowers. She inked around the edge of the oval with Fluid Chalk and put the card together.

Great job Judy!

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1166-I Gertie (in her hat)

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May

9

Happy Mom’s Day

Filed Under Holly, People | 1 Comment

momsday

You can click on this one (below) to see the detail

momsday-detail

This is the inside of the card.

momsday-inside

I don’t make a whole lot of cards these days, but thought I’d share this one I made for my mom. I started out with the pre-made card background (gotta love Paper Source (A2 Booklet or Matchbook is what this “shape” is called)).

  1. Randomly stamp the ribbon scroll on card background. Use Tim Holtz Distress Ink to shade around the card edge.
  2. Using Nestabilities shapes, I cut out the background behind Gwennie and mom – one from white Bristol paper and one slightly larger from green print paper.
  3. Everything is colored in using Copic markers.
  4. I then glued everything down on the card. I used white acrylic paint (one of my favorite things to use for adding details) and painted dots throughout the stamped background and “faux” stitches around the green print paper.
  5. I stamped the inside of the card and actually, although you can’t really see it, used a very light gray Copic marker and put a little shadow around each letter.
  6. To finish – I folded it (the score marks were already there and so were the little holes at one end), ran a pink ribbon through the holes and tied a bow. I glued a pink flower on the front.

I hope you all have a wonderful Happy Mom’s Day!

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1103-I Gwennie’s discussion with mom
9047-E Ribbon scroll (background)

Other supplies used:
Alphabet & postage mark – Purple Onion Designs

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May

8

Summer frame

Filed Under DT: Kriss, Other projects, Summer | 1 Comment

kriss-summer-frame

Click on the photo below for a detail view.

kriss-summer-frame-detail

With frames like this you’ll want to display photos all over the place! Kriss created a very imaginative summer themed project this month. Her son looks perfect in the frame sporting a smile and his soccer attire – I’m sure he’ll be out in this neighborhood scene playing soccer very soon!

Here are her instructions if you’d like to give this project a try…

Instructions:

  1. Paint outside and inside edges of frame with Sail Boat Blue paint.
  2. Cover frame with pattern paper.
  3. Stamp Summer Neighborhood with black ink on white cardstock and chipboard.
  4. Color image stamped on white cardstock. Cut out around houses and trees allowing approximately a 1 ¼” “grass” base.
  5. Cut out chipboard image in the same manner. Paint all the edges with black paint. Once dry, adhere colored image on top.
  6. Using gel medium, attach the neighborhood to the base of the frame.
  7. Add a few buttons for embellishments.
  8. Apply alphabet and number stickers, and trace around each one with a black Sharpie marker to make them pop.

Finished frame measures 6 ½” x 8 ½”

eat cake graphics stamps used:
6034-R Summer Neighborhood

Other supplies:
Archival™ Ink Stamp Pad – Jet Black, Ranger Industries
Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers, Sail Boat Blue and Pitch Black, Ranger Industries
Watercolor Pencils, Faber-Castell
Blender Pen, Marvy-Uchida
White Cardstock
Chipboard
Pattern Paper and Stickers, Phoebe, BasicGrey
Various Buttons
Gel Medium
Fine Tipped Black Marker, Sharpie

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May

7

Best Wishes

Filed Under DT: Kriss | 1 Comment

kriss-best-wishes

Kriss is creating her own background “papers”. When I first saw this card I thought it had been run through one of those plastic embossing folders – you know, the ones you run through a Cuttlebug or Sizzix machine. But upon closer inspection I thought wait a minute, how can that be because those are stamps! I love this technique – especially the fact that Kriss added the little pops of pink and blue.

Here are her instructions if you’d like to give this card a try…

Instructions:

  1. Randomly stamp Scroll with Leaves and Tall Scrollies with Watermark Resist Ink on 4” x 5 ¼” black cardstock and emboss with Clear Embossing Powder.
  2. Create shimmery paints with Perfect Pearls. Pick up a small amount of Perfect Pearls with a paint brush and place them on a Non-Stick Craft Sheet. Add water and mix together to create paint. A little water creates an opaque paint, whereas more water makes a translucent one. (Dried paints can be reconstituted with a little water.)
  3. Paint around embossed images with various colors. Finish by splattering paint on panel.
  4. Stamp vintage label and greeting with black ink on pink cardstock. Punch out label with Curly Label Punch.
  5. Wrap green ribbon around stamped black panel and attach to 4 ¼” x 5 ½” top-folded pink card. Add vintage label.

Finished card measures: 4 ¼” x 5 ½”

eat cake graphics stamps used:
7065-G Scroll with Leaves
7064-I Tall Scrollies

Other supplies:
Inkssentials™ Watermark Resist Ink, Ranger Industries
Embossing Powder, Clear, Ranger Industries
Perfect Pearls, Ranger Industries
Non-Stick Craft Sheet, Ranger Industries
Archival™ Ink Stamp Pad – Jet Black, Ranger Industries
Niji Waterbrush, Yasutomo
Vintage Label and Best Wishes Stamps, Stampin’ Up
Punch, Curly Label, Stampin’ Up
Black and Pink Cardstock
Bright Green Ribbon

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May

6

Pendelton and Peewee

Filed Under Bears, DT: Crafty Math Chick | 1 Comment

craftymathchick-bears
Crafty Math Chick has been very busy indeed! Not one but THREE cards featuring Pendelton and Peewee for this month. You can click on any of the cards below for a detailed view.

craftymathchick-bears-white

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
I love seeing Pendelton and Peewee in white. She did a great job adding the touches of pink in their ears and on their feet, as well as adding a touch of shadow with a really light colored marker. The hot pink she chose for her backgrounds makes everything pop.

craftymathchick-bears-brown

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY
For this card we see Peewee and Pendelton in brown – great shading too. Everything’s so color coordinated – picking up the wee bit of orange in the background with the orange diagonal stripe layered on top. The finishing touches with the brads and the buttons add so much.

craftymathchick-bears-yellow

HELLO BABY
And we can’t forget baby now can we. :) I don’t use ribbon much but whenever I see it used in a card I think why don’t I? I love that she layered the three colors in the background with the embossed polka dots! Great job!

eat cake graphics stamps used (in all three cards):
4016-D Little Peewee Bear
4017-F Pendelton Bear (arms in air)

Supplies:
MOTHER’S DAY
Stamps: sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes by Stampin’ Up!
Paper: DP (Stampin’ Up! & DCWV), Gina K. Luxury Cardstock for center panel
Ink: Palette Noir
Other: Copic markers, sheer ribbon, Modern Label Punch (Stampin’ Up!), Marvy Uchida circle & scalloped circle punches, brads

FATHER’S DAY
Stamps: sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes by Stampin’ Up!
Paper: DP (Stampin’ Up! & DCWV), Gina K. Luxury Cardstock for center panel
Ink: Palette Noir
Other: Copic markers, buttons, glue dots, brads, green baker’s twine

BABY
Stamps: sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes by Stampin’ Up!
Paper: by Stampin’ Up!, Gina K. Luxury Cardstock for center panel
Ink: Palette Noir
Other: ribbon, Modern Label Punch & Small Oval punches (Stampin’ Up!), Marcy Uchida Mega scalloped oval punch, Copic Markers, brads

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May

5

Oh bears!

Filed Under Bears, DT: Thao, People | 2 Comments

thao-drew-mooshie-bear

Thao created this sweet little card by first stamping Drew, Mooshie and Itsy Bitsy with Versafine ink and then embossing everything using clear embossing powder.  She got out her watercolor crayons and colored everything in. A very sweet card indeed – maybe to send someone a bear hug. :)

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1062-E Drew and Mooshie bear
4018-B Itsy bitsy bear (front)

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May

1

Star light, star bright…

Filed Under Bears, DT: Pam, Dogs, People, Summer | 1 Comment

pam-lookingup-sm

Do you remember looking up at the stars when you were a kid and wishing? Or maybe it’s even something you do now. When I originally drew Mia, teddy, Sweet Pea and James looking up I thought of so many things they could be looking at – stars, cloud shapes, birds…

I think Pam did a lovely job and has once again made wonderful use of her Tombow markers – such an eye for shading!

pam-lookingup-stars

To make the twinkling stars in the night sky – she used the blade of her cutting knife to scrape off the watercoloring to reveal the plain watercolor paper underneath. That is a nice, neat way to show the light paper when you need to. What a great technique! But she also says, just be careful not to press so hard that you rip your paper and scene!

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1061-L Looking Up

Other supplies:
CS – (Bazzill); Paper –Accademia (Fabriano); Ink – Black StazOn (Tsukineko); Tombow markers, waterbrush, foam tape, black hemp twine (CTMH), computer generated poem.

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