70th Birthday Card

Hi Everyone,

I’ve combined a couple of challenges today and made a birthday card for my
Dad, who is 70 this year! Oh and don’t mind the line of blingy glitter across the top, it’s a private joke with Dad. (I’m simply covered in glitter most of the time which he always laughs at, so I thought I’d send him home with some. lol)

Firstly,Sunny Challenges and Creations provided me with the sketch this week and challenged me to use a technique called Magical Masking. I was intrigued, but for the life of me do you think I could find any masking tape!

Never one to let an opportunity to try something new pass, I used packing tape instead! A bit of a different look, but very similar results I think.

Head on over to the Sunny Challenges & Creations blog for the instructions to try it out yourself – I missed the bit about glossy paper too, so I wasn’t having a great instruction following day! Lucky I had lots of inspiration from the Stampin’ Up box that landed on my doorstep with new stuff this morning – Yay! Papaya Collage and Memorable Moments stamps used here are available in the new Annual Catalogue come September 1st!

The colour scheme today is from the Dynamic Duos – River Rock and Basic Black. I should have used some brads here too, only I didn’t have any! aagh, must fix that oversight next order! It is perfect for my Dad’s birthday card anyway!

Thanks for stopping by my blog, I hope I have given you some inspiration

Matchbook Note Holder

Hi Everyone,

Just thought I’d quickly share this cute little matchbook that I made some time ago now.

It was done in Rich Razzleberry / Tempting Turquoise / Black card stock. For a little project, there sure are quite a few tools used here:-

Beautiful Wings Sizzlit die, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch and the  Extra Large Oval Punch, Scallop Edge punch, and Ribbon Border Punch! Embossing folders – Square Lattice and Designer Frame, stamp sets – Oval All and My Friend.

The stamped image was done on glossy paper and sponged over with matching inks – maybe a little Island Indigo too – since I love that colour so much! It was then cut out with the Extra Large oval punch – as this fits inside the Designer Frame almost perfectly! I just ripped around the frame for a rustic edge.

Here it is opened up

And here’s a different view

If you’d like to make one of these yourself, there is a tutorial on Split Coast Stampers you can go in search of.

 I’d like to share it with Come and Get it Challenges – cute as a bug , and I picked the cutest bug of course – a butterfly!

Hope I’ve given you some inspiration – be back in a day or so again

Pop Up Card

Hi Everyone,

I’m back with two great Pop Up cards that are perfect for an adult male – which is just as well, because we have 5 birthdays for boys coming up in the ensuing weeks! I kept the front of both cards the same and pretty CAS too. A few score lines and an embossed frame with sentiment inside and voila! Two cards for Men.

I love the final result here on the inside. Once again the ribbon border punch was used on one and the lattice embossing folder was used on the other to create some fake ribbon wrapping around each box. The little bits sticking up are supposed to represent the ribbon on top. The background was stamped with an old Linen Background stamp and Crumb Cake ink to match the base.

          

The papers are from the Stampin’ Up Well Worn pack. I went crazy buying paper this month because of the Stampin’ Up Paper Party promotion. What value One option is to Buy 3 packs and get the 4th one FREE! I couldn’t resist – if you want to take advantage of this promo yourself, check out my Stampin’ Up Website and click on the Promotions. It ends 30th May so get in quick!

This is what the folds look like from above…

The insert is cut and scored to pop up each present so it looks like they are sitting one atop the other. It was cased from someone else of course, no way I would think of something this simple, yet clever! Hope you like it

Enjoy to share this with…

http://herecometheboysblogchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/challenge-28-anything-goes.html

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/pile-it-on-22-two-or-more-folds.html

http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/challenge-184-for-boys.html

http://www.cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/cfc54.html

http://www.fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/challenge-41-jungs-manner-boys-men.html

http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/inspire-me-fridays-60-anything-goes.html

Masculine Birthday with Sweets

Hi Everyone,

I’ve been having a fun time making this card with built in sweets box for a certain Father In Law whose birthday is coming up in a day or two. The paper is from the Stampin’ Up Well Worn pack and it’s been layered onto Crumb Cake cardstock to make the front panel of the card.

The “construction” part of the card is made with Soft Suede cardstock and a piece of acetate is used in the window. I really must get myself the modern label punch – it would have made the perfect window! Once again I’ve used a tutorial from Split Coast Stampers to create the base of this card - that has a box off to one side that is filled with sweets. (candy coated liquorice in this case )

The sentiment is from the Stampin’ Up set called Punch Bunch and it is layered onto a plain tag which was cut using the Sizzlit called Lots of Tags that is available with Stampin’ Up. Here I have cut it from Crumb Cake cardstock, but because it didn’t stand out too well, I sponged over it with Cajun Craze ink. There’s a little bakers twine wrapped around it too.

This was styled using the Mojo Monday Sketch as I am want to do…

Yes, that is the Ribbon Border Punch again – this time in Not Quite Navy cardstock. Heck, who needs ribbon with a punch like that! A little scrap of cardstock was embossed with the Lattice embossing folder and put across the top of the box on top of some extra score lines. (oops)

Hope you like this very masculine card – I’m sure my Father in Law is going to love the fact that it has sweets in it – even if he is Seventy odd years of age!

On to some challenges I’d like to enter this in….

http://cardcrafterscircle.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/challenge-24-tag-youre-it.html
http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/challenge-46-feeling-punchy.html
http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/challenge-13-for-boys.html
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/challenge-134-card-for-man.html

Papermates was a world of fun today – and I’ll be back with more goodies to show you. Perhaps a little twittery bird or two? You’ll have to pop back and see. Have fun yourself now, that is what it’s all about…

Triple Treat Mini Cards

Hi Everyone,

This is the final little treat that was made at my very first workshop as a demonstrator!

Everyone who attended got to make n take all four projects (these three note cards as well as the handbag, dress & Fabulous flower card! 

If you were to book a workshop with me, you could not only have a chance to play with the tools, cardstocks & inks, but keep whatever we make on the day! How cool is that!

The Triple Treat flower stamp was stamped in three different colours, punched, cut and layered up!

Once again the stamp co-ordinates with the punches – in this case The Fancy Flower punch will cut the whole flower out around the perimeter. The Five Petal punch cuts the interior of the pattern perfectly!  We cut the circle out of the centre, but I’m pretty sure a 1/2” circle punch would probably do the trick!

As you can see – the ink of the stamps co-ordinates with the colour of the cardstock beautifully. The colours used here are Island Indigo, Melon Mambo & Rich Razzleberry. 

The cardstock mat was embossed with the Square Lattice embossing folder.

Another really handy punch is the Ribbon Border punch. If it weren’t for being able to tie a bow in ribbon, this punch would nearly do away with having to have ribbon at all! It makes fantastic co-ordinated borders!

The little Thanks stamp is from the set Kindness Matters.

The whole lot were adhered to 3” square mini cards, which fit perfectly into the mini envelopes.

Becuase it's Friday, I'll share these at Inspire me Fridays linky party
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