Happy Birthday card

Hello! Here is the card that my husband asked me to make for a friend at work for her birthday.

For her birthday card, I went with some Afternoon Picnic DSP (131390). I really do like this Designer Series Paper. It's one of my new faves :) To punch out a couple of windows on this card, I used the Hexagon punch (130919) and stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment inside the window. I then added some butterflies and itty bitty flowers.... a couple more faves of mine.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!!

NOTE: I am not a Stampin' Up! Representative and this was created for personal purposes.

Birthday Card

Hello! My husband's childhood buddy celebrated his birthday this weekend and we were able to spend some time with him. 

With the 1-1/4" Square Punch (119865) and the1-3/8" Square Punch (119877) making it on the retired list, I knew I wanted to use them for this card. And if these punches are still on your wish list, this is the perfect time to get them because the retiring accessories are only available while supplies last!

To add some texture to the card, I used the Houndstooth embossing folder (123134) and added some Naturals Designer Buttons (127554). I also used some Early Espresso Baker's Twine (123124).

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

NOTE: I am not a Stampin' Up! Representative and this was created for personal purposes.

For Fletcher

Hello! Here is a card that I made for my husband's little cousin's birthday. He's into video games and I decided to go old school and came up with this card. I could have gone upstairs to check out my husband's original video game controller, but with the power of Google, I was able to conjure up an image for inspiration. I hope Fletcher gets it! My husband said he was jealous. hehe.

I went with Basic Gray, Basic Black, Real Red and Whisper White for the colors. And to make all the buttons and what-not on the controller, I used the Word Window punch (119857), the 1-3/8" Square punch (119877), the 1-1/4" Square punch (119865) and the 1/2" Circle punch (119869). The 'happy birthday' sentiment is from the Family Reunion stamp set (Clear 122712, Wood 122710). It's a pretty cool stamp set to have because you can wish so many different people Happy Birthday :)

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Happy Birthday and Precious Baby

Hello! Here are a couple more cards from the Shoebox event that Niki was so nice to host last week. This lovely Precious Baby card was made by my friend Jen. She is super fabulous. You should really hop on over to her blog, Midnight Martha, to check out all her lovely creations.

And this Happy Birthday card was created by my friend and upline, Nicole. She is amazing! Check out all the love that went into creating this card. Lots of sponging, so many different punches, different DSP and an embellishment here and there. You should also hop on over to teehee4two to check out her other creative projects. Nicole shares the blog with her sister Andrea, she's pretty awesome too.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

happy Birthday wishes

Hi! Today I'd like to share a card that my friend requested for her dad's birthday. Guy cards are such a challenge for me sometimes because I have to step outside of my comfort zone. No bling. No frilly ribbon. No flowers. And what?! No butterflies! hehehe. But when my friend asked me to make a card, I was excited! I knew that I wanted to go clean and simple and that I wanted to use the Comfort Cafe DSP (126898) because of the great colors and patterns that are perfect for a masculine card.

After I chose to go with this pattern of DSP, for some reason I was drawn to circles and stripes. So, I took a strip of Soft Suede card stock (115318) and ran it through the Big Shot (113439) with the Stripes folder (123128). Then when I went for the circles, I decided to create a window and then add a border around it. Yeah, there was some punching fun with this card.

After I got the windows and circles and stripes the way I wanted, I stamped 'happy Birthday wishes' from the Petite Pairs stamp set (Clear 122497, Wood 122495) inside the window. Oh and to go along with the circles that I had in my head, I added a few Neutrals Designer Buttons (119743) for fun. It's hard for me to let go of embellishments sometimes but for my friend's dad's card, I used three buttons :)

Okie dokie! Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

Have a Wicked Halloween

Hello! Here is the card that I made for all my friends at work. Our group has grown a bit so I made a little more than last year and even made a little extra just in case. Now, for some reason, it took awhile to narrow down what I wanted to do for this year's Halloween card. It was driving me nuts! Gotta love my husband because he said that I was probably over thinking it and viola, this idea popped in my head! I decided to go with this CAS card :)

I've had the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (127821) for awhile now and have been wanting to use it for a project. And it was perfect for this card! I used Early Espresso card stock (118738) for the tree trunk, punched out a hole with the 2-1/2" circle punch (120906) because I wanted it to look like there was some sort of creature or monster hiding in the tree. For the eyes, I used the spiderweb stamp from the Wicked Cool stamp set (Clear 120600, Wood 118738), punched them out with the 1" circle punch (119868) and used Real Red ink (126949) instead of Basic Black ink (126980) then added some fun googly eyes. Very scary, don't you think? ;) hehe. The SPOOKY CREEP CRAWLY sentiment is from the Border Banter stamp set in the Holiday catalog (Clear 128930, Wood 128927).

Now, on the inside of the card, I added another scary little guy. I learned this trick from one of Niki's Halloween classes a couple of years ago. It's so fun to do and I love how it pops out and swings around when you open up the card. I learn a lot in Niki's classes. If you can, you should really stop by and check them out. Classes are so much fun, the ladies are great and Niki is awesome :) Click here to hop on over to her blog and see her class schedule.

On the inside of the card, I used the same stamp set, Wicked Cool, for the 'have a WICKED halloween' sentiment. And for that cute little spider, I used the Googly Ghouls stamp set (Clear 128063, Wood 128060). I wanted to go more cutesy than scary with this card and this stamp set was so fun to play with!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone had a fun Halloween and got lots of good treats and not so many tricks :) Have a great day!

just for you

Hey everyone! This is another card that we got to make in Niki's Black and White class. I love the layout and the layering with all the different punches. I also like how we embossed the bottom part of the card using the Perfect Polka Dots Folder (117335) and used the Basic Gray 1/4" Stitched ribbon (126879) to hide the line that the embossing folder left on the card.

Don't you just love how the Stampin' Up! punches coordinate so well together?!?! I know I do! Look how cute the Elegant Butterfly punch (127526) looks on top of the 1-1/4" Square punch (119865) on top of the Scallop Square punch (119884). You can use this layout for birthday cards, thinking of you cards, thank you cards, any kind of card :) I know I will! Especially since I love butterflies :) hehehe.

And this 'just for you' sentiment is from the Just Believe stamp set (Clear 120453, Wood 116948). And the Word Window punch (119857) on top of the Modern Label punch (119849) is a favorite combo of mine.

Thanks for stopping by and have a Happy Monday :)