More Birthdays & New Techniques

This past week I had two more birthdays that I needed cards for, as well as a challenge on my Yahoo group that was to show my idea of a favourite vacation.  So with this card I was able to satisfy all my needs.

The technique that I used to create the background for this card and the next one I'm going to show you is one I learned in a demo at a local scrapping store last Tuesday.  Many of my card making buddies have been using distress inks for quite awhile now but I have resisted as it is so far out of my comfort zone of my clean and simple cards.  However, to my surprise and with the encouragement of having M-J at my side I really did enjoy experimenting a bit. And if I do say so myself the end product isn't half bad either.
The stamp I used is one of M-J's Stampin Up stamps that really does epitomize my idea of a perfect relaxing vacation of sitting at the beach, watching the waves, reading a book and spending time with good friends.
One this first example I used more muted tones and stamped the image with sepia versafine. Then I matted it with brown C/S before putting on the card base.

The second card is brighter tones and it is stamp with my favourite go to ink black onyx versafine. It is matted with black before been attatched to its card base.

Because I wanted to enter these cards in a Cuttlebug challenge I added the swirling frame, sorry I can't remember the name of the embossing folder (I will add it later to this posting when I remember).

I must say that distress inks, spritzing and blending just may be in my future. It certainly was fun to see what can be done with it!

Thanks for dropping by,

Sandy

Cupcake Birthday Card for my Niece

This card was made for my niece who is having special birthday tomorrow. I remember the day 40 years ago when we were blessed with her birth.  I can't believe that it has been that long ago. She has become a very wonderful, confident and beautiful woman. I am so proud of her and all she has accomplished.

For this card I used the idea for the flower pot card I made about a year ago. Here's the link to that one http://sandyscreativecardcorner.blogspot.com/2010/06/once-month-is-not-enough.html
This time I used a cupcake design and I continued with the fun I've been having with easel cards just to make this card a little extra special. 
The base of the card is pink Bazzil C/S. The bottom of the cupcake is a striped paper that I 'borrowed' from M-J's stash. The top (icing) was cut using a circle Nestie and then embossed with my favourite 'Swiss Dots' CB embossing folder and the edge that is next to the cupcake was punched with the MS border punch. The one with the little hearts.  I also used this on both edges of the white strip that has the 3 little cupcakes on it.

You can see in this view how the top lifts out to reveal my special greeting to her, but there is still a Happy Birthday inside the easel card for all to see.

I truly did have fun creating this card!

Thanks for dropping by,

Sandy

Sympathy Card

This is a Sympathy card I made for a young lady who's Grandfather had passed away recently. I really do have to make a few more Sympathy cards to have in my stash, as this is one card you can't plan for.

It is another in the set of cards I made using those stickers I purchased when M-J and I went on that trip out to Didsbury last month.
I mounted the borderless sticker on some green C/S then onto a larger piece of fuchsia. The card itself is made from a co-ordinating colour of Bazzill C/S.
It doesn't show very well in the scan but I did add just a little bit of "bling" with some drops of Stickles on the tree.
The sentiment has been popped up on some dimensionals.


Thanks for dropping by,
Sandy

Spring Flowers Easel Card

Now that is has been received I can share with you the other easel card that that I made the same time as I did  the golf themed ones. This one was sent as mingle card in my CCB Yahoo group.

For this one I used a sticker that is in a set that I purchased last fall, when M-J and I went to our favourite 'little' card supplies store in Didsbury called Rose's Stuff . I've mounted the sticker on just some plain white C/S and then on to a piece of fuchsia that has been embossed with the Floral Fantasy CB folder. I used a little bit of star dust stickles on the edges of the flowers to give the idea of a some early morning dew.

I really do like these easel cards, they fold flat for mailing but open and sit-up into a different look for display.


Thanks for dropping by,
Sandy

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!








Thanks for dropping by,
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.




Thanks for dropping by,
Sandy