Thanks Coach

My 6 yo is finishing his gymnastic lessons this week so I made a thank you card for his coach.

Pretty CAS so not much to say. I joined the new challenge called Fusion where they basically have two challenges, a sketch and an inspiration and you can use one or the other or combine them. Then the really nifty part, you can vote on your favourites! Cool right? Click on the graphic below to visit the challenge.

Enjoy, Rebecca

RECIPE
Stamps: PTI Thanks All Ways
Ink: Ranger Archival black
Paper: Echo Park, terracotta CS-PTI
Accessories: chocolate bakers twine-PTI, E08 Copic marker, Cork adhesive sheets-DCWV

Another Baby Card-Girlie Version

I posted a boy baby thank you card last month for the TE Blog Hop here and I decided to just make a girl version when I needed a congrats card last week.

Everything is pretty close to the same in terms of how it was made except this card isn’t square and I trimmed down the mats so there was a bit more space between each square. The sentiment looks a bit blurry because I stamped it in pretty in pink then decided it was too soft so I tried over stamping with regal rose. Let’s just say it didn’t line up perfectly. OOPS!

Enjoy, Rebecca

RECIPE
Stamps: Taylored Expressions, sentiment-PTI
Ink: Memento black, rose-SU!
Paper: rose, pink CS-SU!, white CS-X-Press It, DP-DCWV 
Accessories: seam binding ribbon-Hug Snug, button-PTI, Divine Twine, Copic Markers-V00,02, R81,83,85,59 YR30,Y21,Y35, YG63,67, G21,24, , E31,33,35, W1,3,5,7, 100, Square Nesties

Ice Cream Sundae for Doodle Pantry

Isn’t this ice cream sundae cute? It is from a set called Decadent Desserts. Laurie started with a image with pickles instead of bananas and called the set Crazy Cravings! I suggested that she also create a set changing the pickles to bananas which would appeal to more people. Don’t you love it? If you notice, I shaded the glass dish to look like the ice cream shows through a bit.

Laurie is having a sale this weekend! Visit Doodle Pantry for all the details.

Enjoy, Rebecca

RECIPE
Image: Doodle Pantry
Stamp: JustRite
Ink: pretty in pink-SU!
Paper: DCWV Sweet stack, sweet blush CS, white CS-Xpress It, Pink CS-stash, doily-Ellen Hutson
Accessories: foam dots-Jody Morrow, Copics-R81,83, YR30,31, G21,24, B10, C1,3,7 Clear Spica, Sakura Jelly Roll Pen, circle and labels 8 Nesties

Let’s Hang Out! ~ TE Feb Blast from the Past Blog Hop

Another fun blog hop for Taylored Expressions! This month the theme was Go Green.

I’ve been looking through my mom’s decorating magazines and found one with the most lovely room done in a lively yellow-green, soft pink and bright pink with lots of white. I would show it but I am getting a migraine and just want to post quickly and go to bed.

The flower was made from 4 die shapes; I split each in 2 for an 8 layer flower. After splitting, I punched a hole, spritzed with handmade spray using Perfect Pearls and crumpled them. Then I partially dried them with my heat gun. I gently uncrumpled them and recrumpled them where I needed more creases then I continued to dry them. I flattened them just a bit and threaded them on to a long pronged brad. All that was needed was a bit of fluffing and you get the flower you see here! I used both sets of circle Nesties using 4 of the 5 smallest, excluding the very smallest.

The card is a gatefold card which made getting the ribbon on straight very easy! Once I glued on the flower, the panel underneath needed a notch cut from it so it would slip under the flower neatly so I cut a notch using an oval Nestie. I wanted foam dots under the whole panel but of course, I didn’t want the right side to stick to the card or it wouldn’t open. So I added the foam dots and punched little flowers out to place over the adhesive. This way they don’t stick to the card and it still looks nice from the other side when open.

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Enjoy, Rebecca

RECIPE
Stamps: TE Hangin’ Out
Ink: memento black, celery-SU!,
Paper: celery, pretty in pink, white CS-SU!, Hibiscus Burst CS-PTI, DP-DCWV
Accessories: foam dots- Jody Morrow, oval and scalloped circle Nesties, Copic G24, brad-stash, ribbon-May Arts, Perfect Pearls, Divine Twine-Etsy

Welcome Baby Boy Card

Another card from Nana’s Kids. Such adorable prints in this pack! This paper is actually on the diagonal but I cut out a section and straightened this. It just suited the card layout better!

The paper and mat were punched with the EK Success Wave punch. Even though my favourite punches are Martha Stewart girlie punches, this punch is quickly becoming a favourite for boy and man cards. Interesting but not girlie. This card is so simple, there really isn’t anything else to say!

Enjoy, Rebecca

RECIPE
Paper: blue, white CS-SU!, DP-DCWV
Ink: navy-SU!
Stamps: Everything Baby
Accessories: button, ribbon-stash, EK wave punch

Animal Welcome Baby Card

I added a TON of cards to Etsy a few days ago (some stuff FINALLY sold!!) and realized that I had no baby boy cards and no kid cards! So I set out to make a few today! I used Nana’s Kids by DCWV that I got (through my mom) at Joanne’s in the States for only $10!!

I borrowed the layout from one of Debbie Olson’s recent cards. She totally enabled me as I HAD to have the punch she used after I saw how cute it was! I love the swag look. If you are thinking about buying this punch, be sure to squeeze it much harder than a normal punch to get the embossing to stand out. I know it is hard to see in the picture but it looks great IRL! The colours are totally not what I’d usually use but I think they look good with the paper.

Enjoy, Rebecca

RECIPE
Paper: caramel, blue, saffron, white CS-SU!
Stamps: Everything Baby-SU!
Ink: Colour Box chalk chestnut
Accessories: EK Success punch, word window punch-SU!