For Your Shower

Hope you are having a great weekend. Last night, I went to a bridal shower for my sister-in-law, Yolanda. She is getting married (eloping) in Maui (my favorite island) in 2 weeks. The food, wine, and dessert was awesome! The savory food was an Indian buffet made by her friend, Smruti.

Here's a clean and simple card I made for her using my QuicKutz Silhouette and a few supplies. The intricate circle layer is attached to the base of the card with foam tape.

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!)

Paper: Melon Mambo - regular & textured, Going Gray (SU!)

Ink: Basic Gray (SU!)

Tools: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Moder Label Punch (SU!), QuicKutz Silhouette

Other: white gel pen (Sakura), wedding cake (Martha Stewart), foam tape, silver cording, silver gems (Michael's)

Oh Happy Day

I made these tags for the favors (silver candle sticks) at my sister-in-law, Yolanda's, bridal shower last night. Thanks, Connie & Smruti for hosting! I used my QuicKutz Silhouette to cut the initials for the bride and groom from Going Gray cardstock. The silver and white patterned paper is from a Making Memories bridal page kit.

Tag Ingredients

Stamps: Greetings (Heidi Grace)

Paper: white (Papertrey Ink), Wedding kit (Making Memories), Going Gray (SU!)

Ink: Fresh Snow (Papertrey Ink)

Tools: QuicKutz Silhouette, 1" circle punch (SU!), Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)
Other: foam tape, silver metallic ribbon (Michael's), silver eyelet (Making Memories)

Happy Birthday, Violet

I made this hybrid card for my friend Violet, who celebrates her birthday this weekend.

The card front is a digi page from Fee Jardine called Fallin 4 You Mixed Up Papers from Sweet Shoppe Designs. I added paper from Making Memories and a Hambly Studios sticker on top of the card front.

I again used the digital cutting kit from Jen Allyson called Project Cuts - Cut Out Card to cut the card front and insert using my QuicKutz Silhouette.

The butterfly was created by using a brayer to add color onto glossy paper. I stamped a woodgrain stamp using VersaMark ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder.

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!), woodgrain stamp (Hero Arts)

Paper: kraft (SU!), white glossy kromekote, Chloe's Closet (Making Memories), Fallin 4 You Mixed Up Papers (Sweet Shoppe Designs), Kraft Cardstock Sticker (Hambly Studios)

Ink: Chestnut Roan (ColorBox), Kaleidacolor Country, VersaMark

Tools: corner rounder (Fiskars), QuicKutz Silhouette, Big Shot, Butterfly die (SU!), brayer

Other: clear embossing powder, button (Making Memories), twine (SU!), foam tape

Thanks! - Digi Papers By Fee Jardine

Hi everyone! This has been Fee Jardine day on my blog. The card front is digi pager from Fee Jardine called Fallin 4 You Mixed Up Papers from Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Of all the hybrid cards I'm posting today, this is my least favorite. The ribbon and the scalloped edge under the ribbon don't add anything to this card. I added glittered glue (Stickles) to the paper to give a cool detail and make a digi paper seem like embellished paper.

I again used the digital cutting kit from Jen Allyson called Project Cuts - Cut Out Card to cut the card front and insert using my QuicKutz Silhouette.

Thanks for looking!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Many Thanks (SU!-retired)

Paper: chocolate chip (SU!), Fallin 4 You Mixed Up Papers (Sweet Shoppe Designs)

Ink: VersaMark

Tools: corner rounder (Fiskars), QuicKutz Silhouette, scalloped edge punch (SU!)

Other: white embossing powder, twine (Blackbird Studios), foam tape, Riding Hood Red ribbon (SU!), 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, Rosa Elena!

This card is actually a belated birthday card for my friend, Rosa Elena. I really like the Razzleberry Lemonade paper. This card uses the same colors as the card I made yesterday.

For this card, I made my own chipboard again with my QuicKutz Silhouette by cutting the word "birthday" 3 times from Melon Mambo cardstock and gluing the 3 layers together. To repeat the pattern on the ribbon, I used my Sakura pen to add dots to the birthday chipboard.

Thanks for looking and have a good one!

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes (I masked off the stamp to only get the word Happy)
Paper: Crushed Curry (textured), Melon Mambo, Razzleberry Lemonade
Ink: Chocolate Roan Craft Ink (ColorBox)
Tools: QuicKutz Silhouette, Embossed Curve Punch (EK Success)
Other: Melon Mambo ribbon, White gelly roll pen (Sakura)

Merry Christmas - Moxie Fab Clean & Graphic Challenge

We're back from a long weekend and I'm rushing to get my challenge cards posted for Cath's Moxie Fab Clean and Graphic Challenge.

I love when I see clean and graphic designs! Here's my attempt. This card is 4.25"x4.25". I used my QuicKutz Silhouette to cut out the mod type of background. I used my gel pen to faux stitch the entire design.



Card Ingredients (all SU! except where noted)
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Whisper White
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Tools: QuicKutz Silhouette, Modern Label punch
Other: silver beads (Micheal's), foam tape, white gelly roll pen (Sakura)

You Are One In a Million

Hi everyone! I finally made time to work in my studio yesterday. I had a deadline to meet. I created this card for Cath's Moxie Fab Lovely as a Tree challenge. I've haven't done one of her challenges in months. I also wanted to use my new QuicKutz Silhouette for the project. If you remember, I was the lucky winner of this machine.

I cut the tree out twice and glued the trees together to almost create my own chipboard. I mounted the tree on the card using foam tape. I added thread to all 24 buttons and attached them with glue dots. I did faux stitching around the entire card (inspired by Kristina) and then at the last minute (like 15 minutes before the deadline) I added stitching to the tree. I love how it looks.

Have a great day!

Card Ingredients
Stamps: none
Paper: Kraft (SU!)
Ink: none
Tools: QuicKutz Silhouette, corner rounder
Other: rub on (Q&Company), tiny buttons (Hero Arts), white Sakura gel pen, foam tape

Thank You Hero Arts & QuicKutz!

Look what I won!!! Woohoo! I can't believe it.

Yesterday I was telling you that it was both my husband's and my birthday. I won the grand prize from Hero Arts and QuicKutz! I got an email from Tami Hartley this morning. What a great birthday gift for both of us. He was looking at getting a digital cutter for his fun techie nerdy projects. That's right folks, he wanted a Silhouette too.

The 3 of us are off to San Francisco this morning. We are going to RoboGames at Fort Mason.