Door Prize

This was the little door prize I gave away at last Saturday's workshop.  It's made with the Scallop Envelope die For the Big Shot.  The box is the perfect size for 3"x3" cards and matching envelopes. The girls kept asking "You made that?"  It was kind of cool. ;-)

I wish I could remember where I saw the idea for the box, because I'd really like to credit the person I CASEd it from! I punched a ½ inch circle from Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper for the center of the Build-A-Brad.  The flower behind it was punched from paper in the same pack and inked on the edges with Melon Mambo.

For the first card, I cut out a flower from the TEA PARTY Designer Series Paper, added the pearl brad, and adhered it with Tombow Multi adhesive to the card front.  This card was didn't have a sentiment, so it could be used for any occasion.

 

A cute little quickie using DP from the same pack, plus a scrap of Certainly Celery DSP.  The sentiment was stamped in Melon Mambo, then covered with vellum cut with the scallop punch and fastened with adhesive pearls.  (I really wish SU had these, in a variety of colors! That and more border punches and embossing folders.)

 

I love how quickly these little cards went together.  Just a little piece of DSP, some ribbon, a Styled Silver slide from the Hodgepodge Hardware set, stamp and punch the sentiment, et voila, done!

 

Okay, for this one I used some Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, because I didn't want ALL the cards to be too bland, lol!

Stamp: Oval All (113790) 

Cardstock: Pretty in Pink (100459), Melon Mambo (115320) 

DP: Certainly Celery (112154), Tea Party (113992), and Razzleberry Lemonade (115675) Designer Series Papers

Ink: Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad (115656) 
Accessories/Tools: Antique Brass Build-A-Brad (109108), Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware Ribbon Slide (111325), Whisper White ¼ inch Groisgran Ribbon (109025), Scallop Oval Punch (114889), Large Oval Punch (107305), Fresh Favorites Certainly Celery Button (107421), Scallop Envelope die (113462), Big Shot Die-Cut Machine (113439)

Baby Brother's Birthday

There are four birthdays in a nine day span in my family (I count BFF as family), so I've been a card-making whirlwind these past couple of weeks.  Add in Halloween cards for three grandkids, the samples I'm making for card classes and workshops, Thanksgiving, my son's birthday immediately after Thanksgiving, and then Christmas, and you begin to get the idea.

     

This one of for my little brother, who lives in Alaska.  I believe he's turning the big five-oh this year.  I was kind and didn't rub it in, although I do have the Golden Oldies set (now retired), and was really tempted! 

Stamp: Winds of Grace (retired)

Cardstock: Kraft (102125), Night of Navy (100867), Watercolor Paper (105019)

DP: Parisian Breeze (retired)

Inks: Bashful Blue Classic (105209), Night of Navy Classic (102977), Chocolate Chip Classic (100908)

Accessories/Tools: Chocolate Chip ¼ inch Grosgrain Ribbon (111367), brads, border punch (EK Success), Aqua Painter (103954), Blender Pens (102845)

Happy, Happy Birthday, My BFF Barb!

In celebration of my bestest buddy in the whole wide world's birthday, I made this little card for her and tucked it in a box with a few Stampin' Up! goodies for her to play with.  If you recall, Barb is the person responsible for my financial woes  addiction  journey into paper creativity! She made this phenomenal card for my birthday earlier this year.  I can't compete; ain't even gonna try.  But I hope she likes this card, as simple as it may be.  Under the awning of the sweet shop is a message that says "Fat-free, Sugar-free, Guilt-free!" We are both battling the bulge.  I'm losing.

This is the card I CASEd, but I added my own twist to it.  There's an acetate sheet window, to look like glass.  I used DSP instead of plain cardstock (adhered to textured CS).  There's some embossing along the bottom window sill, inspired by Sandi McIver.  And I was going to put shutters on the sides of the window but ran out of time, so I added the little punched hearts instead.

The window frame was cut using the Paper Cutter.  I penciled the cutting lines on the back side of the cardstock, then used the slide cutter to carefully cut out each window pane.


Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes (111618), Yummy (retired)
Cardstock: Whisper White Textured (108589), Rich Razzleberry (115316)
DP: Razzleberry Lemonade (115675)
Inks: Melon Mambo Classic (115656), Soft Suede Classic (115657), Real Red Stampin' Write Marker (100052), White Uni-ball Signo Gel Pen (105021)
Accessories/Tools: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine (113439), Finial Press Textured Impressions die (115963), Paper Cutter (104152), Scallope Edge Punch (112091), handheld heart punch (Fiskars)