Personal Update

Good Morning everyone!  It's the day of our PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) Walk.  I'll post once I'm home.  Our walk starts at 10am CST, so this afternoon I'll get to blogging my craft project.

My friend Norma and I were playing around with the Butterfly punch from Stampin Up, and some we followed some of the instructions from tutorials, and then made things up as we went along, but we cam up with something pretty cool and that's all I'm going to tell you about the project this afternoon.

See you later!

Thrifty Thursday Cloisonne Technique Greeting Card

OK...it's not Thursday, but I found this tutorial  and had to try it!  What a perfect use for old magazines or scraps of paper!  I was inspired by the photo below.

I went through some old magazines, and here is what I came up with.

 My color base is Soft Suede and paired it with Taken with Teal and Whisper White.

 I love the loop border punch, so I used it again on this card.

 The butterfly is a $1 bin buy by Studio G, and the sentiment is from Perfect Punches by Stampin Up!

 I used tinted embossing ink, and gold embossing powder on the butterfly and then cut it out.

What do you think?  What will you come up with?

Splitcoaststampers Challenge Paper Piecing and Punch Greeting Card

 Challenge F4A81 over at Splitcoaststampers (SCS) is to use paper piecing.  So for today's card, I stamped my flower from Nice and Narrow onto my white cardstock and then again on am image stamped from Punch Potpourri and then cut it out to layer it on top of the petals.

The card base is Garden Green, the Pink is Pixie Pink, and there is a layer of River Rock that I mounted my stamped image onto.

 I used an embossing folder from Cuttlebug.  I used the ornament punch from Stampin UP to cut out the vase and then I stamped it with the swirl from Trendy Trees in Versa Mark for the pattern on the vase.

 I accented the vase with pearls as well as the center of the pieced flower.

 I used a pop dot to adhere the pieced flower for more dimension.

Here is a final look at the card.  Thanks for stopping by!

Baby Wipe Stamping Technique Greeting Card

Today I used a technique using a baby wipe that I put drops of reinker on.  I used Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizazz, Baja Breeze and Pretty in Pink.  Usually this technique allows the inked baby wipe to be used as a stamp pad, and you would use a solid shaped stamp.  I really liked the design the reinkers made, so I just placed my sheet of paper on top of the baby wipe and pressed it down to create the background.

The base of the card is Baja Breeze.   I used Vintage Labels to stamp the sentiment in Pear Pizazz.

 I used a border punch for the looped edges, and a BossKut die for the scroll.

I used Pretty in Pink 1/4" ribbon, and pearl for accents.

 Here is a close up of the pearls on the scroll.

 I've shown you in the past how to use punches to make a border for a larger image.  The Happy Birthday image above was calling for a scallop border around it, but of course there isn't one the correct size in my stash, so I used the circle scallop punch and make one myself!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Butterfly Bliss Any Occasion Greeting Card

Here is today's card.  I'm not happy with the photos, as the colors are a bit distorted. 

 I used the Stampin Up set called Bliss.  There is a flourish stamped in Versa Mark, and then the butterfly stamped in pink.

The card base is Melon Mambo, and then there is a layer of River Rock.  The River Rock layer is the one that opens.

 I used border punches for the bottom and for the band covering the pattern paper under the flourish. 

There are two pattern papers from K&Company.  One on the top and a coordinating on on the bottom inside that shows through the punched edge.

 Here is a closer look at the flourish.

Here is a look at the inside.

One more final look at the card.  Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday Greeting Card: Do the Polka!

Today's card is very simple, and the obvious theme is polka-dots.  I used Cuttlebug embossing folders on the Pear Pizzazz card base, the Whisper White strip, and the Baja Breeze circle.  I continued the them with the dot frame from Four Frames, and a matching button from my stash.

 Everything on the card is toward the left side...I'm debating on adding something to the bottom right side, but I'm not sure what...Ideas??

 The sentiment is from Vintage Label, and I stamped it in Black Stazon ink.

Thanks for stopping by!  Happy stamping!

Simply Thinking of You Greeting Card

Today's card is a simple monotone card.  I was inspired by the colors of my neighbor's "burning bush" which is becoming very vibrant with call colors.  I know we'll have warm days left, but the colors are beginning here in Minnesota. 

I used two Stampin Up! stamp sets.  One of mine, Trendy Trees, for the sentiment, and one of my friend Norma's, Punch Potpourri.

 The colors are Purely Pomegranate, and Very Vanilla.

 I used a Martha Stewart border punch, and two punches from Stampin Up! for the sentiment. I used Norma's punches for the heart and butterfly as well as her ink pad and her Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. 

I bent the wings of the butterfly and mounted it with glue dots onto the Very Vanilla 5/8" ribbon.

 I added two pearls to the center of the butterfly.

Here is one final look.  Thanks for stopping by!

Technique Greeting Card: Clear Tiles and Rub-Ons

Today's card is one that I cannot claim credit for making.  My sister received it with one of her shower gifts.  Isn't is lovely?  It uses clear tile stickers and rub-ons!  Who knew?  I certainly didn't, but it it really impressed me.

I loved the paper flowers, and the color choices for the card.

 I love pink and blue together!

 Here is a close up of the tile with the rub-on.  I love the velvet scallop border too.  I may have to case this one!

Here is one final look.  Thanks for stopping by!

Give Thanks Fall Greeting Card

I know it's been a whole week.  Life has taken some interesting turns over the last week.  My husband had a heart stress test as a precaution since his brother who is just a few years older than him had a heart attack at 40.  Well that didn't go so well.  They found two areas of his heart have reduced blood flow, so Friday they did an angio gram to determine if there is blockage causing the reduced flow.  Thankfully, the angio gram didn't find enough blockage to cause the issues, but unfortunately, now we're back at square one to find out what is causing the issues.  Please keep my hubby in your thoughts and prayers as well as the doctors, so they can find out the problem.

Weather here in Minnesota was very crisp and a bit chilly.  PERFECT!  I love this weather, and this time of year.  I love the start of the holidays, so I decided to start on my fall cards.  Today's is a card that reads Give Thanks on the front, and on the inside I stamped "The truest measure of out thanksgiving is how we use the blessings for which we give thanks."

 For a simple card, I used three different Stampin Up sets.  The sentiment on the bottom right is from Holiday Best.  The leaves on the top left are from Lovely as a Tree, and the sentiment inside is from Grateful Greetings.

 The base of the card is Old Olive, with stamping on Very Vanilla.  There are layers of Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip Ink, and Pumpkin Pie ribbon.  I don't recall the pattern paper maker.

 I used buttons and twine from my stash to make the cluster of buttons on the right side.

 here is a look at the stamped sentiment inside.

Here is a look at the dimension that the ribbon and buttons add.

Thanks for looking!

Personal Update: Wedding Shower and 2011 PKD Walk

No card this morning.  I wanted to update you on the wedding shower I hosted for my sister on Saturday, and give a huge call out to my friends that helped me in the planning!  Thank you to NORMA for helping me make the thank you cards I gave as a gift, in addition to making some of the best door prizes ever!  Handmade necklaces, as well as beautiful applique hangers.  Thank you to TARA for bringing fresh salad and veges from her garden as well as for helping execute the shower!  Thank you to KATHY for helping wrap the gifts and keeping things on track!  You all helped me make the shower special for my sister and her guests seemed to have a really good time!  We're a month away from the wedding!  I can't believe the time is going so quickly!

Onto my second subject this morning.  The 2011 PKD Walk.  PKD is Poly cystic Kidney Disease.  It's a disease that has impacted my family back to my great-grandmother.  My mom had two kidney transplants before she passed away in 1999, and she struggled with complications of the disease from the time I was in grade school.  My whole family has been impacted, two of my mom's siblings have also had transplants, and only one of the five didn't have the disease.  most of my cousins also have PKD, and one cousin had a brain aneurysm rupture that can be attributed to it.  I have another aunt awaiting surgery for a brain aneurysm also because of this disease.  So in memory of my mom, and in support of the rest of my family still battling this disease, I'm walking in the PKD walk  next month.  To learn more and see my donation page, you can go to the link here.

I'll work on cards tonight and hopefully have new stuff for you tomorrow.  Thanks for stopping by!

Simple Neutral Baby Greeting Card

I'm participating in some swaps over at SCS for baby cards, and I finished them up last night.  This is my neutral card.  The stamp set is my lovely friend Norma's (THANK YOU!). 

 The base of the card is Pear Pizazz. The pattern paper is from DCWV. The giraffe is stamped onto whisper white twice.  The background image and then I cut out the color image and popped it for dimension.

 The white is mounted onto Barely Banana, and then onto Close to Cocoa, with a wavy border punched.

 I added some green buttons to the wheels of the cart the giraffe is one.  I'm hoping this can be used for either a shower or an arrival card.  Neutral enough?

Thanks for looking!  Have a wonderful day!