One Year Wiser

Today I have a quick card that I made using the owl from Cindy Loo.  This was a super quick card and I didn't write down any of the details.   I believe the owl was at 3" and the mat paper was from a DCWV stack.  I added some sheer cream ribbon, looped around several times and then a birthday sentiment.

Birthday Elegance

  I am really into the Damask/Elegant look right now .
This was one that I used my Design Studio for.  I welded the rectangle from George & Basic Shapes to the Filagre shadow from Cindy Loo and then cut it in black.  Fortunately I have some large black paper because I cut it for a 5x7 card so it was a little less than 14" long. 

I cut the main filagre cut out using the DCWV metalics stack, in a shimmery aqua color and added pearls and black gems.  The seniment was cut from a Colorbok set and mounted on alternating pearl and aqua mounted paper that were border punched with the EK Success scallop border punch and then black gems added.

On the inside, I added a cream color pearl paper to serve as a good background for the front filagre and then used the border punch on a piece of black paper.   The sentiment is a Scrappy Cat stamp and the ribbon is from Michael's.

For My Mom

I knew I had to have the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge when it came out.   I'm not a flowery kind of gal but, the layering is really cool.  I finally busted it out for what?  Well, Mother's Day of course, and the My Pink Stamper 3D challenge over on her blog.  I won't see my mom until next weekend so this works out perfectly.   My mom loves yellow flowers and I LOVE the new Lemon Flower stack from DCWV so, off I went.

All of the flower layers were cut with paper from this stack and here is how it went:

Bottom Layer was flower 30 cut at 3 1/4" and the tips were glittered with yellow stickles

Second Layer was flower 30 cut at 2 3/4" and the tips were glittered with yellow Studio G stickles

Third Layer was flower 29 cut at 2 1/4" and I added some glitter 'petals' with silver stickles

Top Layer was flower cut at 1 3/4" and the tips were just shaded with a yellow stamp

Assembly was a little different.   I pop dotted between every later but, only in the center of the flowers, not out toward the petals and I added a large brad from My Mind's Eye, in the center.   Once I did that, I decided to add some dots of platinum stickles to the third layer, right through the cuts of the top layer.  The stem is the Branch 2 top layer from Cindy Loo, cut at 4 1/2" and then a small piece of scrap, from the flower cut, used in the one 'bud'.

My mom is also a huge fan of hummingbirds so, I decided to cut the hummingbird 2 from the Pagoda cartridge at 3".  I cut it in a solid green and then a second time using a shimmer green velum type paper.  I cut the feather layer using green glitter scrap.  While trying to apply ATG tape to the back, I ripped the bird's bottom feather's, almost completely off.  UGH.   I quickly recovered with using the last tiny piece of the green glitter and cutting a hand made layer for the bottom, which I think turned out very nicely.   Then, I added a green feather to the back, to appear like the bird is fluttering as it approaches the flower and last, a black gem for an eye and it's pop dotted on with the wing sticking up a little higher than the body.

The base of the card is gray with a yellow layer and then another fantastic piece of that Lemon Flower stack.   I added a yellow ribbon from Michaels and then mounted the cartouche, with the layer, from the Sweethearts cartridge at 4 1/2" in the center. 

On the inside, I used some larger, left over pieces from the front and cut another cartouche, at 1 1/2", with the top layer and then stamped a sentiment from Studio G and three more black gems.   I really do love how this card turned out!

Birthday for Gram

So, I saw someone do the pleated tissue paper on a card and I decided I needed to try it.  Flaunt It Fridays is doing a challenge using Cindy Loo (one of my favorites) so, I decided on this flower.   I didn't cut all of the layers as I decided to change it up a little.  I cut in green and blue and then the pale yellow is DCWV glitter paper.

The mat paper is DCWV Nana's Nursery ~ the sentiment is from Fiskar's, mounted and using a Fiskar's corner punch ~ the ribbon is from Martha Stewart Crafts ~ and the pleating at the bottom is my first tissue paper attempt!

So Grateful for You

Today is a card for a friend that I never get to make cards for....   The frame is from the Cindy Loo cartridge cut at 4".   The patterned paper in the frame is from the DCWV Whimsy stack and I was able to make the little blue bird perch nicely on the bottom of the frame.   I used green and blue stickles around the white layer and my Fiskar's Weave border punch down the side with a piece of green ribbon through it.   The stamp is from Basic Gray (I think) and I used more strips of paper inside to make coordinate with the front.

Blooming Love

Today's VD card is one of my favorites.   I had cut the tree a while back, for a different project and then decided not to use it.  I came across it and decided to make this 'tree of hearts'.   The tree is from the the Cindy Loo cartridge, cut at 4".   The hearts were all cut using two different punches and pink, red, white and silver glitter paper.  

The mat paper is from the American Crafts Dear Lizzy spring pack (super cute), the grass and cloud are part of the paper but, I added some cotton to the cloud to make it look more like a fluffy cloud.

The sentiment is printed on my computer and the corners are from a Uchidy punch.   I used stickles on the hearts and ultimately added two little bird stickers because I accidentally got ink on the card!   I think it turned out well though ;)

On the inside, I printed the rest of the sentiment and used a Fiskars punch on the corners and then added the Stickles!   Love is Blooming, I hope it is for you too!  

Pulling for Love

Pulling for love turned out to be a labor of love.  ;)   I cut the bird in the flip mode, at 1 1/2" from the Cindy Loo cartridge.  I honestly can't remember where the paper is from because I cut it three times before I was happy.   The papers were both polka dotted and the dots were glittered and then I used a white shimmer paper for her face.  I inked her in a darker pink then.  The initial inspiration was the mat printed stock from American Crafts Dear Lizzy collection with the banners.  So, I wanted to have two birds holding the love banner up but, then I decided two birds were too much.   I cut the letters from Nursery Rhimes at 3/4".   The banner paper was scraps that I had and once I cut them and added the letters, I decided they needed a shadow.   Sooo, I hand cut the brown shadow layers with some fancy scissors and I loved the way it turned out!   I used brads to attach them to the ribbon (from Michaels) and glued the ribbon under the birds beak to make it look like she was pulling the sign.   Once I got it all done, I thought it needed a little something else so, I added the hand cut clouds.   I inked the edges in blue and then, my little sis, The Cricut Crazed Lady, was crafting with me on that day and she suggested I ink silver over top of the blue to give the edges a shine.   Once I did so, I decided some texture was a must.   I ran some tape over the clouds using my ATG gun and added cotton from a cotton ball to make them look like really fluff white clouds!!!

On the inside, I mounted a larger piece of the pink polka dot paper and then two more clouds.   The larger cloud, I stamped with a sentiment from TPC Studio, Hugs and Kisses set and the smaller cloud I added cotton to.  I think it's super sweet!

Thinking of You

Today is a sympathy card that I did using the Branch1 Frame cut from the Cindy Loo cartridge, cut at 4". The mat paper is from DCWV Linen Closet stack. I stamped the 'Thinking of you' sentiment onto a light colored square and then mounted it onto blue and brown and then pop dotted it in the center of the frame. On the inside, I added the same strip of printed paper from the front and a piece of ribbon from Martha Stewart crafts.

Pink Cat

Today's card is a standard A2 in a pink theme. I used the cat on the Cindy Loo cartridge (which I just got), cut at 3" with all the layers. The pink and white plaid paper is from DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies and the white is glittery so, I cut the cat shadow in glitter white paper. The sentiment is a Studio G sentiment that I mounted and used a Fiskars corner punch on. I used the Martha Stewart border punch across the bottom and another piece of white glitter paper under it. The ribbon is plain white and then ruffled dark pink from American Crafts. On the inside, I mounted a sheet of dark pink paper and then a small piece of the pink plaid on each side and used the same Fiskars corner punch!