Happy Birthday to You

Hi there! There's something very appealing to the heavy use of black in card design. When I saw this month's Papertrey Ink Blog Hop - Black challenge, I had to participate.

Here's my card. Using my Big Shot, I die cut the Leafy Vine Border Die  several times in different colors of cardstock. I glued them onto black cardstock. I die cut a scalloped circle from black cardstock and then white embossed the birthday sentiment (from the Signature Greetings II stamp set) onto a scallop circle die cut. As a final touch, I added some bling.

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Happy Botday Dante!

I've said it before, but I love robots! And nothing says young boys birthday more than a birthday card with a robot on it.

We went to a birthday party for 6 year old cousin Dante this past weekend. Here's the card I made for him.

Here's a closeup of the Best Bots Forever stamps from Stampin' Up.

The embossed background was created with an embossing plate from Papertrey Ink.

It's been a busy week here, so I'll make this short and sweet. Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday Mr. G.!

Hi there! I made this card for my son's principal who celebrated a birthday this week. He is a huge proponent of up-cycling. Last year he took apart an old broken laminating machine and converted it into a piece of metal art. His home and outdoor living spaces should be featured in a home decor magazine; his house is that amazing!

I couldn't make him a card without using some recycled element. The "happy birthday" on the card is die cut letters from some Starbucks "java jackets". I used the Block Alphabet Die Collection from Papertrey Ink and my Big Shot machine. I love how the corrugated paper actually came out looking look wood.

The star is also recycled paper from another project with chunky glitter glued to the front.

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Look Who's Turning 5

I hope your Saturday is going well. The guys and I got up early to have breakfast at IHOP. Besides eggs, I ordered the Nutella crepes with bananas. Wow, very sweet and good. My mom used to make crepes years ago. I should get her recipe.

I've been reading and watching the news coverage about the earthquake devastation in Japan. My hearts go out to everyone affected. I'm amazed at the sheer power of this event. For the tsunami to reach my part of California is incredible.

On a happier note, here's a card I made for my niece, Saharra, who turned 5 last week.

The papers and stamps are all from Papertrey Ink. I love their new doily metal dies. So cool! I used my Silhouette digital cutter to cut the number 5. The font I used was  BodoniXT. You can download it for free here.

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Card Ingredients

Stamps: Big Birthday Wishes (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Plum Puddding, Aqua Mist, Lemon Tart, By the Numbers patterned paper (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Early Expresso (Stampin' Up)

Tools: Big Shot with Doily Details Collection and Mat Stack 5 metals dies, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Other: Aqua Mist ribbon (Papertrey Ink), foam tape (3M)

Feliz Cumpleaños

Today is my mother-in-law's birthday. Here's a card I made for her using the colors from the Color Cue {7} Challenge. My paper is not quite aqua, it's Cool Carribbean from SU!.

The focal point of the card started with a Dear Lizzy doily design cut with my Silhouette cutter. I also used my Big Shot and an eyelet embossing plate from SU! to give the base of the card some texture.

Later!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Flores Llamativas (SU! - retired)

Paper: Cool Carribbean, white, Crush Curry (SU!)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Real Red (SU!)

Tools: Silhouette, Big Shot w Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates (SU!), 2" circle punch (Fiskars), 1" circle punch (SU!)

Other: rhinestones (Michael's), ribbon (Michael's), foam tape, Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Your Best Birthday Yet

If you haven't noticed, I really love my Silhouette digital cutter. Here's another design made using the Silhouette. I made this card for one of my nieces who celebrates her birthday in less than 2 weeks.

I also made this card for Cath's Moxie Fab Card Style Week: Let's Do Clean and Graphic challenge.

Baby Shower

Hi everyone! Today we are starting to show you the July Collection from Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps. Paloma's new designs are all about babies! There will be 5 stamp sets this month (3 are 4x6 inches and 2 are 4x3 inches).

Too bad I don't know personally know anyone expecting a little one, because her new designs are awesome! I had trouble figuring out what image to use first. This first card uses the baby carriage (or pram) stamp from the new set call Baby Shower. This stamp set is 4x6 inches and will sell for $10.99, plus shipping. The small stamp sets will sell for $5.99.

See the rest of the design team and what they have created:

Paloma

Magda

Rosie

I used the colors from the latest Embellish Magazine challenge (which is a about babies too) as my guide for creating this card.

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Card Ingredients

Stamps: Baby Shower (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps

Paper: Simply Chartreuse (Papertrey Ink), Melon Berry Bitty Dot Basics (Papertrey Ink), Very Vanilla (SU!), So Saffron (SU!)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)

Tools: Big Shot with Classic Scallop Square Nestabilities, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Other: Foam tape (3M), So Saffron ribbon (SU!), brads (Making Memories), Copic marker

Phoebe's 80th Birthday Party - Tags for Favor Bags

Hi everyone! Here are some tags I designed last month for Angie (one of my favorite front-office people at school). She organized the 80th birthday party for her mom, Phoebe, this past weekend, and needed help with the favor bags. When I found out that Phoebe's birthday was June 12th, I was even more excited about the project. My husband and myself share the same date with Phoebe.

I originally designed about 7 or 8 different tags. Phoebe loves purple, so I made sure each tag had some purple. Angie couldn't choose just one design, so she narrowed it down to 3 designs. I'm showing 4 here, because I accidently created a 4th design when I glued the wrong side of the Stampin' Up paper. Duh!

The tags are 2 inches in diameter. I created the text in Microsoft Word. After I printed out the text, I used my 2" circle punch to cut out the tags. I layered on the Stampin' Up designer series paper and strips of Crushed Curry (or Basic Black) paper. The butterflies and hearts are mounted on the tags with foam tape. I finished off the tags by punching holes with my Crop-a-Dile. Angie didn't need ribbon from me since she bought her own.

Tip: If you have this 3 In 1 Classic Butterfly punch, it works well for cutting the small butterfly from Papertrey Ink.

This project was fun. Angie gave me a birthday gift before school ended. I got pretty silk flowers and a gift card to Michael's. So sweet!

Have a good one!

Tag Ingredients
Stamps: Butterfly Dreams (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Crushed Curry - textured, Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant DSP, & Rose Red DSP (Stampin' Up), white parchment paper (CA Paper Goods), Wildflower (Only the Best)
Ink: Elegant Eggplant (Stampin' Up), VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Tools: Big Shot with scallop Nestabilites, heat gun, 2" circle (EK Success), Martha Stewart 3 in 1 Classic Buttefly punch, 3 Hearts punch (Stampin' Up), Crop-a-Dile (We R Memory Keepers), Microsoft Word with the following fonts: Shruti, Century Gothic, and Lucida Handwriting
Other: Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, foam tape (3M), Stickles, mini rhinestones (Michael's), clear embossing powder

Follow Your Dreams

Hi everyone! This is my first Papertrey Ink Blog Hop. This month's challenge was to use tissue. I die cut the paper that came with my order 6 times using a Stampin' Up die. I stamped all the layers with Dawn's new woodgrain background stamp. I'm running late for this blog hop, so I better post this quick.

Thanks for looking!

Card Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink except where noted)

Stamps: Background Basics: Woodgrain, Fillable Frame #3, Remember

Paper: Raspberry Fizz, white, basic black (SU!)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Raspberry Fizz

Tools: Big Shot with Butterfly Die (SU!), Corner Rounder (We R Memory Keepers), Border punch (SU!), Modern Label Punch (SU!)

Other: Raspberry Fizz felt, button (Making Memories), Sharpie

Happy Birthday, Vero!

Hope you're having a good Monday. The rain finally stopped this morning. It's gorgeous outside.

Today is one of my best friends birthdays. Here's her card. I made this for Becky Oehler's Compose a Card Challenge. I love the black felt from Papertrey Ink. It cuts like "buttah".

I've got to run. I'm helping set up the science fair displays at school in half an hour. I'm not even dressed yet. See you later, Chicas!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Butterfly Dreams, Background Basics Text Style II (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Cream textured card base (my stash), Spring Rain (Papertrey Ink), Que Sera Sera (K & Company), Kiwi Kiss (SU!)

Ink: Basic Black (SU!), Vintage Cream (PTI), VersaMark

Tools: Scallop border punch (SU!), Big Shot, Bigz Beautiful Butterflies Sizzix die (SU!)

Other: Black Felt (PTI), Pearls (Want 2 Scrap), foam tape (3M)