Sewing Machine

I’m getting a sewing machine so stitch my cards. I’m so excited. no if only the weather will improve so that I can actually photograph my cards…and maybe locating my camera would help as well.

Dad Bday

This is a card I recently sent. I used American Crafts paper. I really like it though it seems like it should be more elaborate. I can’t wait for a warm day to come along so that I can take some more pictures of the new cards I’ve made…some serious fun with the new QuicKutz Owl die.

Yoo hoo… We’ve Moved!

I loved this card so much i haven’t sent it out even though we moved several months ago.  It appears it will have to wait until our next move (hopefully soon)!

Stamps: Hero Arts

Paper: Yours Truly from Archiver’s

Embellishments: Ribbon from Target

Ink: Black StazOn

Tools: Watercolor Pencils

Monogrammed Stationery

I made this card as a set for a friend’s birthday. I was really excited by how it came out considering how odd the color combo seemed to me at first. It is a very simple design based on the SEI thank you card I blogged about previously. As you can tell this is from the experimental stage of picture taking, which I am still working on.

Stamps: Hero Arts

Paper: Bazzill Basics some patterned paper I had around.

Embellishments: Ribbon and Nestabilities

Ink: Colorbox

Tools: QuicKutz Revolution

07 Holiday Card

So it’s true, in the abundance of free time I have here in lovely Colorado i have already begun to produce holiday cards. This one is left over from last year, I’ve attempted several times to take a nice photograph of it and have failed miserably until just the other day. Strange to have green trees and clear blue skies, but that’s Colorado in September…let me assure you it’s not that way anymore.

Stamps: Hero Arts 2007

Paper: Archiver’s Yours Truly

Embellishments: Gold embossing powder

Ink: VersaMark

Owl-o-wicious

Right now owls seem to be the “IT thing” in paper crafts. Surprisingly I love all the new owl sets from just about every company and want them ALL. I thought this owl was really fun. I’ve also been working on some really fun die-cut owls from QuicKutz that i plan on photographing tomorrow and posting soon.

I’ve also been playing around with the new SEI Poppy paper which has some of the neatest color combinations.

I used paper piercing along the edges of the flourishes. I also used Colored pencils and odorless mineral spirits to blend the colors on the owl. Click on the link to learn how this technique works.

Stamps: Inkadinkado

Paper: SEI Poppy, Bazzill Basics and Bling cardstock

Embellishments: Buttons SEI Poppy; QuicKutz, Flourishes; Nestabilities

Ink: StazOn

Tools: QuicKutz Revolution

QuicKutz Bday Cards

One of the biggest purchases I’ve made in my scrap booking/card making life was a Revolution Die Cutting Machine from QuicKutz. I had been shopping for the right die cutter for some time, and finally took the “plunge.” I’ve been extremely happy with this machine since it is so easy to use and the die cuts are so consistently cute.

Although I made both of these cards awhile ago, I’m posting them now that the cards have been received.  Both were made with QuicKutz dies and embossed backgrounds. The colors of paper are actually the same, so you can see that the photography saga continues.

Stamps: Hero Arts

Paper: Kraft Paper from Hobby Lobby

Embellishments: Aquarius Alphabet, Clear Embossing Powder, Paper Flowers, Glitter Brads

Ink: VersaMark

Tools: Heat Tool

Stamps: Hero Arts

Paper: Kraft Paper from Hobby Lobby

Embellishments: Flower Die Cuts, Embossing Powder

Ink: VersaMark

Tools: Heat Tool

Thank You: SEI Poppy

Recently i discovered the new line from SEI called Poppy and decided to create a few Thank You cards. I love how they turned out! I can’t wait to make more since I am working hard to use up the papers that i have instead of buying more and more and more stuff!

Now If only i could get better at taking good photos! This time I took my cards outside on the porch, but I think that it was too close to the middle of the day which washed out the color on several of my cards. The cards seem to have a bit more blue in them than in reality. Eventually i will master this.

Stamps: Hero Arts

Paper: SEI Poppy, Bazzill

Embellishments: Ribbon Target, Die Cut Circles QuicKutz

Ink: Colorbox

Stamps: Hero Arts

Paper: SEI Poppy, Kraft Paper from Hobby Lobby

Embellishments: Ribbon Target, Buttons SEI Poppy, Embossing Powder

Ink: VersaMark

Tools: Heat Tool

Hang in there…

This card design was inspired by ‘Hello Teacher’ from Cards Magazine (p.42 August).

To create the stitching around the edge I used Cutter Bee Piercing Bug to give me the guidelines for stitching. Since I don’t have a sewing machine I hand-stitched the card using yellow embroidery floss (took forever!).  I used a QuicKutz die and my Revolution to create the flower.

Stamps:Hero Arts

Paper:American Crafts, Kraft Paper from Hobby Lobby

Embellishments: Ribbon American Crafts, Die Cut QuicKutz, Embroidery Floss, Hero Arts Diamond

Ink: VersaMagic

Tools: CutterBee Paper Piercer, Needle

Green, Yellow, and Pink!!!

I really love green, yellow, and pink colors of this card.  Plus, kraft paper again!!! This card has a very “back to school” feel to me.

So far I am leaving this card blank until I decide what type of sentiment I’ll use.  I often leave cards blank so that I can “update” with an appropriate sentiment before sending it off.

For this card I used yellow embroidery floss to “stitch” the buttons together and then affixed the buttons with glue dots.

Stamps:

Paper:American Crafts, Kraft Paper from Hobby Lobby

Embellishments: Buttons American Crafts, Embroidery Floss

Ink:

Tools: