i appreciate all that you do

Here's another "daughter" request.  She wanted to give her teacher a thank you card for the book she received for her birthday.  Her requirements for me: an owl and a rainbow.

The owl is from the Stampin' Up! Owl Builder punch.  I wanted to add google eyes because they're fun and who doesn't love a little fun on their card?!

The texture with the tree is the Stampin' Up! woodgrain embossing folder with a little ink added to the bossing folder to give the impressions added dimension.  The heart cut from the tree is a Sizzix framelit.

I was inspired by Jennifer McGuire's post in creating my rainbow.  However, since I didn't have the border die that she used, I relied on my wonderful Gazelle to get the job done!  I simply created the arcs in the Funtime software and let my Gazelle do all the work for me.

Thanks for looking!!
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Birthday Invites and Thank you!

When I asked my daughter what she wanted me to put on her birthday invites, it was a definite Hello Kitty.  With plenty of coloring book pages available, we printed her out using a printer that uses toner versus the ink jet.  Using the printer gave us the option to use the rainbow deco foil.

The balloons were simply created using circle punches and the Stampin' Up! Owl builder punch.  I used the feet of the owl to create the bottoms of the balloons.

Since I'm not one to let things go to waste in my crafting room, I saved the negative pieces of deco fail and used them to make the thank you's. 

Using my Xyron 900, I added permanent adhesive to white cardstock and attached the negative from the deco foil.

I inked the bottom base of the card where you would be able to see through the die cut "thanks" to make it pop out more.

While I suggested that my daughter simple sign her name to the inside of the card, she insisted that she wanted to write a message to each card she was sending out.  Proud Mommy moment right there!!

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God Bless You

For this card I utilized the retired stamp set from Stampin' Up! called Crosses of Hope.  The inspiration came from The Outlawz Challenges for Saturday that include the theme of Valentine's or Love in Mind.

I stamped the cross in black ink and used watercolor pencils to flowers and leaves.  To give the cross a sparkle, I added Wink of Stella.  For the heart surrounding the cross, I used Sizzix layering heart dies.

I heat embossed "God Bless You" with white embossing powder.  The hearts on either side are from Stampin' Up! Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.


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Brodie Scrapbook Page

I'm finally able and have a strong desire to get back at getting my scrapbooks up-to-date!  Here's a very simple page I  made to honor my sweet Brodie, who passed away 2 years ago.

I used my BossKut Gazelle to cut the main light blue image and her name.

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Just for You!

Sometimes it just takes new stamps to get that crafty mojo going.  I've truly been in a slump lately and for Christmas purchased the Peaceful Pines by Stampin' Up!, the coordinating dies, and the adorable Build a Snowman set by Stampendous.

Then with some inspiration from The Outlawz Challenges, I finally found my crafty mojo!

For the pine, I started by stamping it in VersaMark and then heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  With the coordinating die, I cut it out and set it aside.

On white cardstock, I stamped the snowman and the sentiment.  I colored in the hat, glove, and added some lines to the scarf.

Using some dimensionals I made the tree stand out a little on front, like the snowman was hiding behinding it.  Then glued on the white pom pom as a snowball in his glove.

I added a couple snowflakes into the empty space that looked lonely.  :o)  At that point, I thought I was done . . . but it just didn't feel right to have the tree "appear as it was floating" on the page.

So using an additional piece of white cardstock, giving it a curve, I added it to the bottom of the card with dimensionals.

I really LOVE how this card turned out and I'm really looking forward to getting back at crafting!

Thanks for looking!!
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BELIEVE Polar Express Tickets

One of my all time most favorite movies is without a doubt The Polar Express.  This project is, of course, inspired from that very movie.  Wanting to keep the magic alive for as long as possible, I created these tickets and gave them to my children.

After a little search on the wonderful world wide web, I found a beautiful printable ticket.  I printed it out on photo paper.  Then on one side of the front and back, using a ¾" circle punch to add in a notch.  The reason I only did one was to make it easier to line the front and back together.

Using my Xyron Creative Station, I put permanent adhesive on the front and the back copies of the
ticket.  Then using the notches, I lined up the front and the back together.

Using a pair of scissors I trimmed up the edges and notched the other side of the ticket using the ¾" circle punch.

Then with the crop-a-dile, I punched out the word "BELIEVE" using the ⅛" hole punch.  To make sure that I was able to maintain the integrity of the holes, I printed out another ticket that had believe punched out of it.  Then printed it up and used a clip to hold the template together with the tickets.  Fortunately, I was able to do many tickets at once because I am not the conductor and it took A LOT longer to punch out.

As always, I've learned ways that could possibly give it a more completed look (according to me) and possibly make it a little easier for me.  A cute little project that will hopefully provide a little magic for a few years.

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Photo Christmas Ornaments 2015

For this simple project I started out with a few of the picture Christmas cards I had left on hand.  Using the 2¾" circle die from the Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles, I positioned it over the picture of my children and ran it through my Big Shot.  I also cut out the sentiment from my card and added that to the backside.  The red cardstock was cut using the 3¼" circle die from the same Spellbinders set.


I glued all 3 pieces together and while the glue was still somewhat wet, gently rolled them to insert them into the opening of the clear plastic disc ornament.  Once the picture was in, I used my bone folder to gently flatten it and make sure the picture was flat to the cardstock.


It's a very simple project but one that the grandparents absolutely LOVED!  I'm already tossing ideas around in my head for what I can make for next year.  These are great personalized gifts and will be fun to reminisce in years to come.


Thanks for looking!!

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