Easel Cards

Easel cards are nothing new. In fact everyone has been making them for a long time now. However, for some reason I thought that they had to be made as a square card (not my favourite) and so never tried one. Last week while blog surfing on Splitcoaststampers I found the instructions for making rectangular ones. So I said to M-J that I really wanted to try them. I printed out the instructions from Beate  and headed up to M-J's place with all my supplies last Saturday.  What fun we had!

These are two of the ones I got made. I used some golf die cuts that I have had for quite awhile and were actually meant to be used as gift tags.  The green Bazzill CS was embossed with the Seeing Spots CB folder. The "Fore" was stamped and then cut out and embossed with a Quickutz small oval.

The first card is done landscape and the second portrait but they are both A2 size. I actually made two of the golf bag style and sent one to my Uncle for his birthday this week. These others are going to stay in my 'stash' which is very low these days.


I did make a third easel card last Saturday but it is going to be used for a Mingle so I will wait until I've mailed it before I post it.


Thanks for dropping by,
Sandy

Cards as a gift

Last week was 65th birthday for a gal who is in a therapy exercise class I take. I did a package of assorted cards for her as a little gift.

I just realized that I forgot to scan the other two cards I included. Dah!!! Oh well I guess the important part is that she really did appreciate the gift!








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Sandy

I'm so Lucky!

 Over the past 10 days I have been so lucky to received some very wonderful cards from my cardmaking friends.

 

 Thank you so much to Mary-Jane, Sharyn, Nancy, Doreen, Mary, Kris and Irene.

Aren't I lucky to have such talented friends?

Now its time for me to get busy making some cards too.




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Sandy

Two Cards Today

I started trying to make a card for the CCB plaid challenge yesterday. I had the idea of using some plaid DP I'd for quite awhile in my stash to make some flowers. Today I went up to M-J's to play and managed to get that card finished. The frames around the 2 flowers on the left side of the card were made by embossing only using square nesties. The idea for these frames came from Lynette's blog http://mystampingaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/03/simple-card-parts-birthday.html
The flowers are a CB die set with the 4 different sizes of flowers (sorry I have no idea its name as I bought it second hand). The pink strip on the right was embossed with the ever popular Swiss Dots embossing folder. Inside the card I've used the largest of the flowers, mounted on the pink and green.

This second card  uses a new set of die cut/embossing frames by Nellie's Multi frames. The flower stamp is one of M-J's that went so very well with this die cut. The DP is from a Making Memories pad called "just chillin". The edge has be punched using a MS punch.
This card is another one of those that takes my out of my favorite pink's and green's. Something I must do more often!

Thanks for dropping by,
Sandy

Tim Holtz Make and Take

Well, I can't believe that I went all the way through February without posting at all. To be sort of fair to myself, I was away visiting family in B.C. for a little over 2 weeks. But where the rest of the month went I have no idea.

The card that I'm sharing with you today is one I did a "make & take" at a local store here in Calgary called Scrapbookers Paradise. Every Thursday the have what the call "Toonie Thursday". It is a drop in demo between 11 and 4 and you make a card in less than 1/2 hr for $2. It is something that I've been meaning to do for awhile and so made a special effort to get there today. This card was made Tim Holtz embossing folder and die cuts. The one thing I did learn about his embossing folders is that they emboss very deeply on CS. This card was made with Bazzill which is a good weight. However, the 'postcard' embossing folder was actually cutting through the CS when going through their CB until I suggested that we only use one B plate and a couple of shims. We still got a deep embossing, but no holes to be repaired. I know that Tim Holtz does a lot of embossing a other media that is much thicker so I that is why his embossing folders are designed that way.
I did enjoy trying out these supplies and created a card that I will use for someone I know who needs a card to let them know that they are being thought of.

I have stamped some images since I got back and have some of the coloured. Now I must spend sometime getting a few cards put together. Hopefully, that will happen this week-end!

Thanks for dropping by,
Sandy

Cold and Crispy Day

Today is a very cold and crisp day, it's minus 20 with a brisk north wind to make it feel even cooler. At least the sun is shining bright so those that have to deal with the snow we got over the past 48 hours can do it under nice blue skies.
The card I'm sharing with you today is one that I made over a year ago and have had it ready and waiting to send to just the right person at the right time.

I do not have the actual details for what I used to make this card. I know that it is a wonderful tulip stamp that I got from M-J's. It was double stamped to achieve the images. I'm sending this card to a friend who is moving this week. I always try to mail a card to arrive when someone is just moved in. So often all the mail you receive just after a move is all the redirected important stuff and I feel that it is nice just to get something with good wishes at this time.

Thanks for dropping by,

Sandy

Where is this Month gone?

It has been almost a month since I last posted...It doesn't seem that long but the dates don't lie, do they?
Today I'm sharing with you a Birthday card idea that I got from watching Gina K on Stamp TV's Color Spotlight Challenge. This week's colours are turquoise, brown and white. 

I went up to M-J's this morning after watching the video and knew that I wanted to create a card to fit this challenge. With her help to use one of her cup cake punches, some patterned CS, swiss dots embossing folder, a little glitter and  square nesties this is the result.  I liked it so much I made a second one that is a mirror image of this one. I have trouble making two cards exactly the same.  Actually, I am very happy with the result and I may just have to get up the courage to post it on the challenge site for others to see.

It is good to get back into some creating again.

Thanks for dropping by,

Sandy