Happy Birthday!

I made this birthday card and note pad for one of Brandon’s classmates. She’s turning 13 today!

Happy Birthday stamp from Inkadinkado, Cherry and Cupcake stamps from Inque Boutique. Punches from McGill Inc. Scallop and Straight Circles, Scallop Circle Nestabilities, border punch from Fiskars, Atyou Spica glitter pen by Copic on the leaves and Stickles glitter glue on the cherries and cupcake also, I added Diamond Glaze to the cherry on the cupcake. Yummy!

To make the note pad I used precut 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 note cube sheets, chipboard, McGill Inc. Paper Drill, paper fro, SEI Fruit Stand. I cut two pieces of chipboard the same size as the paper, decorated the covers front and back secured them together with a binder clip and then drilled through the entire stack at once, that’s the great thing about the McGill paper drill it will go through 250 sheets of 20lb. paper at a time. I drilled drilled through at least 200 for this project plus the chipboard and additional paper. Use binder ring to hold note pad together and embellish with ribbon.

Happy Birthday Kinley!

Thinking of You

 I made this card for a friend who has been diagnosed with stage two vagnial cancer. She is more like my other mother. We spent as much time at her house growing up as we did at our own home. When we were younger my sister and I would threaten to run away and when we did our mother knew where to find us. You guessed it an the end of the street at Mary Jo’s house. When she and her family moved to Summerville, South Carolina we would go and spend the summer there with her husband and their three children. Those were the days of staying up past midnight and sleeping in past noon. 

Here are the supples I used the Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder, pattern paper from Pebbles Inc., McGill Stacking Dasies, Stacking Crystals and Baby Blossoms, then I drug out my Family Treasures Stacking Heart punch set for this card. I have had those punches for years and this is the first time I ever used them. I don’t even think Family Treasure is still in business.  I used brown ink to edge the flowers and hearts, cut brown paper with scallop scissors and punched holes in the scallop edge with the McGill 1/16 hole punch.

I’ve got a few other projects in the works and I can’t wait to share them with you. I have been busy designing my own boxes and bags and it has been addicting. I’ll post them later this week.

Fall Cards

I made these cards using rubberstamps and Paper Tiles from the Mosaic Moments product line. I also used a border punch from Fiskars, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Embossing Folders, Stampin’ Up inks and Papers from Cloud 9 and Bo-Bunny.

Fall Harvest

This layout was created using the Mosaic Moments Grid Paper, Paper Tiles and Rubberstamps. I am going to be a designer for Tami over at Design Each Moment. Once a month I will feature a few projects using the Mosaic Moments product line.

Here is a quick project using the grid paper, paper tiles, Cloud 9 patterned paper and clear rubberstamps by Impression Obsession for Mosaic Moments. I also drug out my EKSuccess alpha punches. I forgot how much fun it was to use them.

I used Forest Green grid paper as my background and Sunflower Paper Tiles for journal and photo mats. I chose the Cloud 9 double sided papers for the fall colors and they look great with the grid papers. Using the clear rubberstamps I can see where to stamp the images. The stamps are designed to fit on the paper tiles and this makes creating pages quick and easy. I inked the edges of all papers to give it a distress or rustic feel.

I’ll post a few cards using the Paper Tiles and scraps from this layout and that way you can use your supplies while you have them at your fingertips. I like having a pre-made cards on hand when I need to send a quick note and don’t have time to create something from scratch.

Copic Certified Designer

As if October 1st I am an offical Copic Certified Designer! My friend Melissa and I went to Charleston SC for a day of training. Marianne Walker was our instructor and she did a great job. Now I can’t wait to start collecting markers. I have a 72 marker set on order from The Scrapbook Stop. This set is specific to card making and the colors were hand picked by designers in the industry. Look for samples as soon as they arrive.