Kate's birthday card

I told myself this year that I would send my customers a birthday card...it was my intention last year but I did not get it done.  I was out of town for Sarah's birthday, but did get it in the mail late in January....this is Kate's

It really is a stunning card in person...the black is embossed and the butterflies popped up, as are the flowers...sometimes black and white can be gorgeous and elegant..Fine flourish set is used as are the bitty punches....Have a great day

Family Fun scrapbook

 I really LOVE gumball green and midnight muse together so I created a double page for my class....

 *Stamp set Flowering Flourishes #126367

*Stamping wheel    Daydream #126939   

 *Stamp Set Papillon Potpourri #123759    

*Stamp Set Creative Elements #122647   

                      *Gumball Green and Midnight Muse markers #126856

  *Gumball Green cardstock #126840          

  *Midnight Muse cardstock #126843          

   *Gumball Green ink pad #126861               

*Midnight Muse ink pad #126860            

                            * 1 1/4 in square punch for banner look  #119865          

          *Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border #119275           

 

 

 

  

 

The markers were used right on the stamps and huffed on and stamped...Have a great day!!

Easter Box tutorial

This is the same box as the Valentine one..just made a few Easter samples, since I had given the Valentine ones away...

This is made with the small purse die... I used old vinyl sheets to put on the die so it shows up better and is easier for customers to use.  If you look at the picture below you will see that I only put the paper on 3 tabs..I put a white gel line where I stopped /started to cut...I used a piece of DSP and cardstock that were each cut 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 (2 of cardstock and 2 of DSP for each box)...the vellum and DSP show the finished cut.

After the papers are cut, they are trimmed on the one side where the ink line is below

You will have two pieces of cardstock/2 of DSP...fold on all the crease lines and trim the one side of each...

 

 The blue piece shows how the tabs look after they are cut and ready to glue...do this to each of the four pieces..There are 2 3/4 square pieces cut for each box...to secure the bottom and have a cleaner look...one is glued on the inside and one on the outside of the bottom of the box

You can use sticky tape or tombow if you would like...I am using mine for display only so I used snail to attach the square box pieces...

Make sure the edges match on the folds when you adhere to the bottom..the two pieces will meet close to the center...

The picture below is how it will look before you glue the sides....

 

 I used tombow to glue the sides....or if you prefer, sticky tape...

Sorry that this is a little blurred...hard to hold the camera and get a shot while waiting for the tombow to dry....have to work on getting the tripod to work...lol

You will then poke a hole with the paper piercer on both top tabs...

I suggest using 1/8 taffeta ribbon or a little wider taffeta ribbon..make sure you cut the ribbon at an angle before trying to get it through the holes at the top of the box...you may have to recut after pulling through...I used between 9-10 inch of ribbon...and trimmed what was left over...if you are craftier, you can probably get by with less than that...

 

Please feel free to leave me a comment...and any suggestions to make the tutorial a little better  (other than my photography...know that needs work)...Have a great day!!

Pool Party with Rain or Shine set

I love the so saffron with the pool part and the muse...the coordination pool party cardstock was used and sanded...the umbrella was cut out and a dimensional used in the middle..and the umbrella top was rounded with a pencil...as was the banner

This card was done at Monika's as a make n take....I believe Diane Squires  did this one...loved it....I just added the inside....

Two cased cards

Sometimes you run into cards that are perfection and there is nothing you want to change...these are two cards...one ...bottom card is from my upline's upline...Linda Bauwin....absolutely love this card and the colors are wonderful....the top card was done at Monika's..Lisa Swantek (very cute and talented demo) did this as a make and take demoing the chalkboard method...had done this but not with class and this card is perfect...so added it to a class!!

Inside vellum butterfly card/reverse masking

This is the inside of the vellum butterfly card....I need to get my light box out again...these pictures are terrible...sooooo much better in person..

this is a reverse masking...had them trace the butterfly and then do the sponging with the stencil and then the francais stamp was embossing with espresso...used our new embossing needlepoint folder on a small piece of whisper white....the print paper is from the paper pack in the mini...

A choice was given to use the embosslit of hearts or punch the red heart out...the inside is embossing and the butterfly is from Papillon set...was kissed with the collage curios set (writing on the circle)...Have a great day!!

A case of a card from class

Peggy, one of my talented customers, did the second card as a case from a card I did in a class(first class)...love her card...that would be cute with the hexagon embossing folder....the second one is using circles and then the embossing folder...she did a wonderful job...she doesn't want her picture taken for my blog but didn't mind me posting the cards that she gave to Evelyn...

Here are a couple of people who didn't mind anyone taking their pictures...unfortunately , I didn't get them in their working mode...got them playing with their phones and posing at the same time...I will settle for that....

This really is not a great picture...but that is Sarah, Candy and Kate...very talented stampers...they have been doing this for awhile...Candy will move in a little over a year ....I will miss her humor and fun personality...everyone is playing with their cameras...so funny...it started with them taking pictures of some swaps and then they started taking pictures of each other.  The class was finished...we were just playing...always nice fellowship in classes..there was seven scheduled for this class and one had to cancel due to family emergency....the other three came together and had to leave early...