Thinking of you

Going thru some of my scrapbook/card ideas I found this idea for pattern paper that is busy.  By breaking up the pattern with a little bit of solid color it really does do wonders.  Noticed when I was editing the photo that my spacing was a little off between the strips (hey that is what makes things homemade so unique right?).

The card is a standard 5.5x4.25 inch card, with the fold on top, all of the supplies except the sentiment/embossing powder are from the Simon Says Stamp February 2014 Card kit (these kits sell out fast and sneak peaks at up coming kits are released on the 14th of each month).  The sentiment is from Stampin Up Sincere Salutation set, I love this set because it has a lot of everyday sentiments.

Almost forgot to mention that I used my new Wink of Stella pens on the flowers for a bit of shimmer. 

Hope you enjoyed this card and until next time Happy Crafting.

Movement/Unique Cards



This is a wonderful masculine card

Hello everyone, hope this beautiful weekend in March finds everyone full of sunshine and blue skies.  My Stampin Up buddy Nancy held a special card making class this weekend it was on Movement and Unique cards.  While I have seen these made before I thought they would be much harder to create, in all honesty once you made one the rest were easy. Nancy is going to post the link on her site with all of the specifics.  Anyway here are the cards, please note that unless specified all items used are from the Stampin Up line.....


 The Card folds so that you looks like an
easel.  When adding the caption at the bottom
use dimensional adhesives so that the top of the
card catches on it securing it.

In the card to the right the butterfly on the top and the bottom both have been attached using dimensional adhesives.












The birthday card at the bottom has 4 blocks that when you pull on the tab at the bottom flip up, with the last one saying Happy Birthday.

 the next card uses the same principle just more generic.  I so love that you can customize this to whatever you need.  You need to remember on these cards that the strip of paper or ribbon in the center can not be adhered to the paper or your movement won't work. 






these cards are simply beautiful and amazing.

Christmas presents for the girls

Hope everyone has had a great Holiday so far.  For some of my close friends I made these wonderful picture frames.  Two of them where made in browns, one in teals, blues and green and the last (which is still in work) red, black and white.

The picture frame is 11x16, the larger squares are 2 3/4 inches and the smaller squares are 2 1/2 inches.  The lettering is cut on my cricut and is 1 1/2 inches in whatever style you like (one of these is from the starter cartridge George, the other is from the Hannah Montana cartridge).  Leaf and bird punch are from Stampin up, most of the punches are either EK success or Stampin up.  the words BLISS, ALWAYS, and LOVE were printed on the computer using the Font IMPRINT MT SHADOW size 24.  Ink around the edges is Stampin Up Close to Cocoa.

Thanks to Nancy for loaning me the bird punch and giving me the idea