Father's Day

Here are the cards I created and gave for Father's Day.
( 1 is missing but I'm hoping to still get a picture of it.  I really liked it and would love to share it so, keep your fingers crossed)  :-}

3d tool box.  

If you can't tell several of the tools are on sticky foam so they stand out from the rest of the tools in the box.

My husband has a mustache (for most of the 40+ years I've known him)

so this was the perfect card for him.  The card is held together with notches in the mustache...so kewl.  I purchased the design from the Silhouette Design Store.

'57 T-Bird

My husband's twin owned a '60 T-Bird.  This is as close as I could get.

This is also a Silhouette design but instead of just putting the separte pieces on a card front I created a card that fit the design.  If you'd like the original card shape I created give me a holler and I'll put it up for download.

(This spot saved for the missing picture.  As soon as I get the picture I'll upload it.)

Scrapbook page FREEBIE

Here's a new freebie for you!  This is a scrapbook page set.  The colors are very summery and fun.  Please comment if you download it.  I love to know you were here and downloading my freebies so I'll continue to offer them.  Without your feedback I don't know if you like what you see and please feel free to make suggestions as to what you'd like to see.  Below is a preview of the page set.  Click on it and it will take you to my "Paper Cutz" site where you can download it.

 

Set includes papers, buttons, elements and ribbons.

 

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Card fit for a PhD

My nephew has done a fantastic amount of work and has earned a BA, Masters and a PhD.  To celebrate his graduation from Berkeley I created this special card for him to let him know how proud we are to see his accomplishments.  Congrats Brett...now get a job..lol

 

The background is a map of the UC Berkeley campus.  The flag banner has silver metallic letters spelling out Berkeley.  I hope he enjoys it.

Mother's Day 2013

I created 4 cards for Mother's Day this year.  Unfortunately I didn't get a photo of one of them.
The greetings on all but the shoe was created in Word.  The one on the shoe was hand written.  The "purple" has a Silhouette cut-out and a major amount of beautiful purple Stickles.  The "blue" has hand created flowers with pearl accents and a sweet dragonfly in the top corner.

My New Button

I've finally added a button to my site. Please feel free to grab and post it on your site. I'd love know if you do so I can visit your site as well. Thank you.

I have no Easter cards to show because I had surgery and wasn't up to creating them.

I have a freebie I've posted on my Cutz site. (Look for the "Freebies" page link to find it.) If you have a cutting machine you might want to check it out. Please leave me a comment so I know if I should continue to offer freebies.

Tip of the Top Hat

I created this card for my Daughter and her family.

 

 

The top hat consists of 4 pieces (another Silhouette pattern), the top, the hat, the band and the buckle.  I colored them with copic markers.  The shamrocks around the hat are real shamrocks I collected and pressed last year.  The final touch was the shamrock ribbon and bow purchased from Michael's.

 

Green Beer Cheer

 

I used a Silhouette pattern to cut the beer and border.  The "beer" consists of a light blue "glass", the green beer colored with copic markers, the "foam" also light blue colored with Paint Sticks white and detailed with copics.  I cut 2 pieces of acrylic the shape of the mugs to give a glass look.  The small shamrock on the beer was part of the cut out.  I placed a background of green plaid (part of my Oriental Trading paper purchase) with a white doily on top.  I then glued the layered beers and added white rhinestones to the "foam", gold to the shamrocks and 3 green rhinestones to the area between the beer.  Here's a Cheer with St. Patty's Green Beer!

St. Patrick's Day Pin

 

 

 

 

 

This isn't "technically" a card.  I created the "award" type pin by first using a 12" x 1 1/2" piece of green gingham.  Then I border cut one edge.  I used my Martha Stewart score board to score mark every 1/4".  After folding on the scores I used a heavy duty tape to tape the ends together.  (I've found alot of trouble keeping the ends together with any other tape or glue.)  I used the heavy duty tape to tape the "doily" to a round circle.  (The circle is in the back.)  I punched a 1" round white cardstock with my favorite Fisker punch.  I stamped the design with Dark Forest Veri-Sign ink.    I decided to add a little bling with dark green, clear and orange round rhinestones.

Then I created a "ribbon" with a dark green Bazzil cardstock and an orange paper I had purchased from Oriental Trading.  I glued the "ribbon" on the back of the "award" and added a clasp pin.  After cutting a piece of Dark Forest Bazzil stock larger then the ribbon I "pinned" the whole creation to the Dark Forest and stamped "You are my Lucky Charm" in white opaque ink.  Ta-Da...there you have it.  I plan on giving this to a good friend who is not only Irish but took a cruise there a few years back.

Vinatage Valentine

 

The inside of the card was created using Silhouette and graphics I cut from "The Graphic's Fairy".  (I shop there alot!!)

 

 For the outside I started by spritzing a whit heart doily with "Walnut Ink" antiquing solution.  I then cut the doily into pieces and added them to "blank" spots.  Some of the graphics came from Microsoft.  I imported them into Word and cut them.  I placed a red heart rhinestone on the wings to add a little bling.  I created and added the red flower and red Stickles on the little girls hearts for extra demension.  I stamped the greeting with Tim Holtz ink.

Lovers Valentine

 

This was a "wild" card to make.  It's one of the new Silhouette designs.  It uses 2 pieces of paper (red and pink) intertwinded to create the outside look of a vingette.  I used ice Stickles on the "pink clouds", heart rhinestones on the small hearts and red Stickles to enhance the girl silhouette and hearts.

Birds and Hearts

 

This card was created with cut outs and is multi-layered.  The center heart is a layering of dark pink, light pink, a dark pink center.  The word "Love" was a sticker surrounded by red Stickles.  The red birds also have red Stickles accents.  The small flowers have brads in the centers. 

Vintage Valentine 1

 

This was a mind bender!  I had all of the elements and after choosing which ones to use this is what I came up with.  I think it has a vintage feel.  I used cut outs, rhinestones, a fluer de lies stamp and the heart at the top is a brad.  I like the way it turned out and the receipient seemed to as well.

This card has several layers.  The back ground card is a bright pink.  The background is a light brown kraft color.  Each "candy" piece is composed of a white scallop background, a dark brown circle and a pink heart.  The final cards appears like an open box of chocolates.  I really loved this card.

Specialty Cut Edge

 

This card was created with the help of my Silhouette, 3d stickers, red heart rhinestones and a stamp I purchased from Oriental Trading.

 

This is one of 2 cards I created from a kit that included papers, cards, and embellishments.

This is one of 2 cards I created from a kit that included papers, cards, and embellishments.  

Love You - hearts

 

This was a Silhouette cut card.  It had more steps then I realized but I loved the way it could be decorated.  The colors of cardstock used were:

red, pink, black, white.

I also added a heart border at the bottom.

Valentine Cards 2013

 

My grandson asked me to create a card for his girlfriend.  This double heart card was decorated with stickers.  The "heart flowers" are paper tole.  There are 3 layers to it.  I hope she like it.  I know he did :-}