Merry Christmas - An Oldie

Hola chicas! Here's a simple card and envelope I stamped a few months ago for a Moxie Fab challenge. I never entered this card in the challenge and I had forgotten to post it on my blog.

Peggy, my Stampin' Up demo, gave me a Pendant Notes card and envelope and some other goodies to try at home. So sweet! I stamped and embossed the SU! Medallion stamp on a piece of kraft cardstock and stuck it behind the Pendant Notes opening. I also did a lot of faux stitching around the openings. I like how that looks. I added some Martha Stewart half-pearls and some ribbon. I also stamped the Medallion stamp on the envelope with VersaMark ink.

Hope you are having a great day in your part of the world!

Card/Envelope Ingredients

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes & Medallion (SU!)

Paper: Pendant Notes card & envelope, Kraft (SU!)

Ink: VersaMark

Tools: embossing gun

Other: Whisper White ribbon (SU!), white embossing powder, pearls (Martha Stewart), white gel pen (Sakura)

Thank You

Whew! My computer has been acting up. Thankfully, we have more than 1 computer in the house and a super techie sweetie for a husband.

This card was submitted to Embellish Magazine's first publication call. I'm very happy for Ashley and Mac in their new endeavor.

The color challenge involved the following colors:

I love kraft cardstock! I didn't want to miss this challenge. I had to have Jen Allyson's digital cutting kit after seeing Kristina use it on her Finally Friday video.


Supply List
Stamps: none
Ink: none
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up! – kraft + chocolate chip + riding hood red patterns designer series paper + pink flamingo designer series paper
Tools: Fiskars - corner rounder; QuicKutz Silhouette - Thank You & card front; Stampin' Up! - 3 heart punch + hole punch
Accessories: Jen Allyson's Project Cuts - Cut-Out card digital die cut kit; Stampin’ Up! – tempting turquoise button + chocolate chip brad; Sakura - white gelly roll pen; Black Bird Studios - twine; 3M - mounting tape; Tombow - glue

Instructions
1. Trim kraft cardstock into an A2 card.
2. Use QuicKutz Silhouette to cut out card front and the welded word Thank You (cut word 3 times).
3. Glue 3 copies of Thank You together.
4. Use the gel pen to add faux stitching to the welded word.
5. Wrap part of card front with twine.
6. Punch hole and add the chocolate chip brad.
7. Round corners of kraft cardstock.
8. Punch heart shapes 3 times out of kraft cardstock and glue together.
9. Punch heart shape from designer paper and glue to chipboard.
10. Use foam tape to adhere card front and welded word to card base.
11. Thread button with twine.
12. Adhere button and heart chipboard.

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Hope you're all having a great weekend. My sweet mom celebrated her 65th birthday yesterday. This is the card I made for her yesterday. I can't believe she's 65 years young!

My mom is very active. She seems like she never sits down. Several times a week she goes for very long walks. A few weeks ago, she joined my sisters and brother-in-law for an extreme hike outside of Taos, NM. It was 16 miles round trip and it took 10 hours! She wanted to accomplish it before her 65th b-day. She did it! She has better knees than I do. I wouldn't be able to do this hike.

My design was inspired by this card created by Angie Tieman. I love all her designs! The faux stitching was inspired by the fabulous Kristina.

I used my QuicKutz Silhouette to make my own chipboard again. I created the 65 using the Rockwell Extra Bold font on my computer. I cut out the numbers several times from Kraft cardstock and glued the layers together. I also the Silhouette to cut the numbers out from some pretty Carolyn Gavin for K & Company paper (thanks, Ericka!). No craft knife or sanding block required! I used the Big Shot to emboss some dots onto Melon Mambo cardstock. The brad-type embellishment is actually a clear button that I backed with some more Carolyn Gavin paper. On top of the button I added a kraft colored heart. I also did some faux stitching on the heart.

Thanks for looking. Have a good one!

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!)
Paper: Kraft, Melon Mambo, Baja Breeze - textured (SU!), patterned paper (Carolyn Gavin for K & Company)
Ink: Melon Mambo
Tools: Big Shot (with Dots embossing Texturz plate - SU!), QuicKutz Silhouette (65 created using Rockwell Extra Bold font), Corner Rounder (Fiskars), 3 Heart Punch (SU!), Circle Cutter (Martha Stewart)
Other: White Gelly Roll (Sakura), Kraft Taffeta ribbon (SU!), clear button (SU!), foam tape, Tombo Mono Multi glue, Diamond Glaze (JudiKins), twine

Holiday Wishes - Moxie Fab Holiday Style Stamping Challenge

Those of you who follow my blog are probably shocked to see me post so many blog entries in one day. I'm shocked too.

This is the last one, dearies! Last one for the day. This card is for Cath's Moxie Fab Stretch Your Holiday Style With a Stamping Challenge.

I CASEd my Christmas card from last year. I added a lot of faux stitching. Kristina has me addicted to faux stitching! I love the detail it adds.

Thanks for looking!

Card Ingredients (all SU!, excepted where noted)
Stamps: Holiday Collection, Merry
Paper: Kraft, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red Patterns paper
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Other: White gelly roll pen (Sakura), rhinestones (Jolee's), foam tape

Feliz Navidad - Using the Medallion Stamp Again

Here's a second card for Cath's Moxie Fab Classy & Elegant Challenge. I started this card last week. I've been obsessed with the SU! Medallion stamp. Here's one more use for it. I took a large star chipboard piece and stamped the Medallion stamp on it. I embossed it with white embossing powder. I love how it looks. It felt "Christmas-y" to me, so I decided to post it on Cath's challenge.

I added small pearls to the star and continued with additional larger pearls. I used my Big Shot to emboss large dots with a Texturz plate.

Card Ingredients (all SU! except where noted)
Stamps: Medallion, Felicades Siempre
Paper: Whisper White, Kraft
Ink: Whisper White Craft Ink, VersaMark ink
Tools: Big Shot, Dots Texturz plate, corner rounder (Fiskars), Threading Water edge punch (Fiskars)
Other: Whisper White taffeta ribbon, white gelly roll pen (Sakura), pearls (Michael's), white embossing powder

Holiday Wishes

I used this SU! sentiment last year on my Christmas cards. I love the sentiments of Peace, Joy, & Love. This card is for Cath's Moxie Fab Classy & Elegant challenge.

I did some sewing on this card. I distressed the edges with my finger nails. I popped up one of the ornaments and hung it from my sentiment. I added bling to the card and I was done.

Thanks for looking!

Card Ingredients Stamps: Holiday Collection (SU!) Paper: Kraft, Very Vanilla, Merry Moments (all SU!) Ink: Chocolate Chip Tools: sewing machine & finger nails to rough up the edges, 1/16" hole punch Other: Gold cording, gold rhinestones (Michael's), foam tape

Feliz Cumpleanos, Abuelo!

I was awakened this morning by an earthquake! A small 3.5 magnitude one, but the epicenter is where I live, so it felt like a larger quake. After 20 years of living in California, I'm still amazed how our buildings can withstand this type of movement. My two Sweeties slept through it all.

March is the busiest birthday month in our families. You would think I could be better prepared...nope! My father-in-law's birthday was yesterday (my in-laws drove up from Southern California on Friday). I don't know about you, but I like to design a card with a particular person in mind. I can't reach into my stack and give them something I created last year. My husband gave me the idea for this hybrid Happy Birthday Grandpa card. My father-in-law loves fútbol (soccer) and I got this great picture of him at my son's soccer game last Fall. You may have noticed the bird on his head. That's Minnie. She goes everywhere my in-laws go.

I created this card super quick. I use Google's Picasa to manage my photos. I added the text to the photo using my favorite font, CK Becky before printing out the photo on Kodak paper. I love Kraft cardstock, so it was easy to put it all together. Have a good one!

Card Ingredients
Stamps: none
Paper (all SU!): Kraft, Candy Lane DSP
Ink: none
Tools: Scallop Border Punch (SU!), Crop-A-Dile, corner rounder
Other: large metal soccer brad (Making Memories), linen thread (Blackbird Studios), foam tape

Robot & Princess Gift Card Holders

Thanks Kristina for the great instructions and template for these gift card holders! Like Kristina, I started my gift card holders with kraft paper. I love kraft paper. This project is also for the Verve "Gettin' Krafty" challenge (VVPP06). Kristina's instructions didn't call for Velcro closures, but I added them.

I made these gift card holders, because we were invited to a birthday party today at my friend Rebecca's house. Her son and daughter were celebrating their 7th and 5th birthdays. My sweet hubby started getting a sore throat the other day. I started getting a sore throat last night. I didn't sleep well, either. Kalino had been looking forward to the party because it was a pirate/costume party. He had his pirate costume ready. He was an upset little "Jack Sparrow" when I told him we weren't going to the party, because we didn't want to spread our virus around. Rebecca was going to have crafts for the kids and she was serving Hawaiian food. Rebecca and her husband are like my Sweetie and I...we love Hawaii!

Robot Gift Card Ingredients

Stamps: Birthday Whimsy (SU)

Paper: Kraft, Mr. Roboto DSP (Cosmo Cricket)

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Other: 3/4" circle punch, foam tape, Making Memories brads, Velcro, Tombo glue

Princess Gift Card Ingredients

Stamps: A Little Love (SU-retired), Clear Stamps Greetings (Heidi Grace)

Paper: Kraft, white, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip DSP, Pretty in Pink DSP (retired)

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Other: scallop edge punch, Stickles, dimensionals, rhinestone (Michael's), colored pencil, Making Memories brads, Velcro, Chocolate Chip Polytwill ribbon, pink ribbon (Michael's), Making Memoires eyelet, Tombo glue