A Slow Happy Birthday

One of my daughters-in-law's birthday is coming up.  She enjoys snail collectables. This is for her. 

• Fusion Card Challenge - I really enjoy this sketch!  It's easy to work with. And I got to use some more of my immense load of pattern paper.  This paper is by Craft Consortium.
• Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies
  

The snail stamp and die is by Avery Elle, colored with Copics.  The Happy Birthday dies are by Technique Tuesday. I couldn't quite get them to fit how I'd like.  Let's just say that snail is slippery, and the birthday slid down :) 

I haven't gotten to finish the inside yet.  Soon. 

That's it for now.  Short and Sweet.  Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your evening. 

Running Late

Freshly Made Sketches - I rotated the sketch.  The pattern paper is from StampinUp.

Color Throwdown - The background looks blue on my computer, but it really is purple.  I stenciled the circles on the top part of the card. 

NBUS - The stamps (image and sentiments) are an old set from Taylored Expressions. 

Here's a look at the inside:

As always, thanks for taking a look. 

Happy Happy Birthday

 

I've seen many beautiful cards made with balloon stencils.  So I had to give it a try.  These were sooo much fun to make.  And easy too!

The 30th birthday is for my niece.  

Products: 

• ink - distress oxides
• stencil - neat and tangled
• die cuts --  varied (happy, 30, birthday)
• polka dot paper - unknown  

For the following challenges:

• Happy Little Stampers - Anything goes with dies  
  
• Stamplorations - June Stencil Challenge - anything goes
  
• Time Out Challenge - I used the bright colors for inspiration. 
  

Let's Shellabrate

I made 2 cards with just a minor change of the sentiment and shells - a birthday card for my 9 year old niece, who is redecorating her room with a beach theme.  The anniversary card for my son and daughter in law, who love the beach. 

Shopping our Stash - Birthday Theme

TIME OUT Challenge

CAS(E) this Sketch - loosely based on this sketch:

Supplies:

• Stamps: assorted companies for shells: The Stamps of Life (shell & sentiment), Carolyn Holt Designs, LIzzie Ann Designs
• Other: real shells from LI beach, alcohol inks, Yupo paper, embossing powder, watercolor (shells)

Happy 16th! New Driver

Hello! My niece is turning 16 next week, and all she wants is $$ towards her car account.  So I thought this card would be good for her.  She really wants a Mini Cooper (used, of course), but I had this VW from PaperTrey Ink that I thought would be a good substitute. 

I am putting it into a new challenge for me Creative Crafting Uncles.  The theme is "Cars".  Now I have a lot of cars in my stash as my hubby is a mechanic.  So even though this card is for a girl, I do think it could certainly be used for a boy.  Just change the license plate - and don't guys like red cars too?

I'm using the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches . But I'm going to flip it a bit.  And the car is in place of the white box.

And I'm also linking to Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies - there is a die with the PTI stamp set.

Time Out Challenges - Birthdays - it's not your traditional birthday card, but take a peek at the license plate.  

That's all I've got for today.  Thanks for taking a look.  I'm off to food shop for dinner for tonight (Valentine's day) and food for the weekend.  The birthday girl and her parents are coming in for the weekend.

Hope you have a good weekend coming up for yourself.

Happy Bee Day

This if for my son's birthday.  He and his wife have a small start up business making candles from Bee's Wax.  So they will both be getting cards now and in the future with Bees as the main focus!  :)
Here is the Link to their Etsy Shop BeeComing Conscious

The background of my card was made from a Honeycomb Wishes stamp set by Stampendous, stamped on yellow striped paper, then some parts colored with Zig markers. I die cut that and a black panel with dies from Penny Black.

The bee hive and sentiment are from 2 different My Favorite Things stamps.  The bee and balloon are from one of my first stamp sets, also by Stampendous.
I cut out and popped up the hive and balloon.  Attached the balloon to the bee with string.

Challenges used: 

Freshly Made Sketches

Addicted to Stamps: Make your Mark

AAA Birthday: Colour Palette

 

Happy Little Stampers: Use Dies

Just Add Ink  - Just add "H".  I added Honeycomb, Honey bee (technically really a bumble bee - but who's being technical :), and a bee Hive

That's all for now.  Thanks so much for taking a look.

I hope you are enjoying the fall weather in your area!

Happy 90th Birthday !

My father-in-law is turning 90 in a week.  He retired from his job as an automotive repair teacher for a local High School technology school system, called BOCES.  Prior to this job, he was a mechanic; and then owned his own gas / service station.  He is also a veteran of the Korean War.

Cars are one of his passions.  So I thought a rusty car pulling balloons would be appropriate for him.

He is the kindest, sweetest, most considerate man you'll ever meet.  My husband takes after him.  And my daughters-in-law say their hubbies (our sons) do also.
So the inside is for him -- The Man, The Myth, The Legend (from Honeybee Stamps).  I think the "love, kisses. . ." is from Penny Black.

When I saw this card by Therese Calvird on her blog Lost in Paper, I knew that someday I would recreate it for my father-in-law.   Therese always makes such beautiful cards.  Her videos are also awesome.  If you haven't seen her blog, please take a look.

For my card, I used Paper Artsy watercolor powders.  They are similar to brushos, but have walnut stain crystals in them.  I used a mix of an orange (named Rusty Car) and blue.  The balloon dies are from Avery Elle. I sponged on some clouds from a stencil.  The "road" is from pattern paper (I'm unsure of the brand).   All dies were cut 3 times, and layered for dimension. I also popped up the balloons.  

I'm putting this card into the following challenges: 

 Seize the Birthday - Topping of NUMBERS

Watercooler Wednesday: Masculine Anything Goes

 AAA Birthday: Use a Stencil

Happy Little Stampers: Anything Goes with Dies

I am so looking forward to this weekend when we celebrate his birthday.  My older son and his wife are coming in from out of state.  It will be so good to have my whole family here to help celebrate.

Enjoy your week.  I know summer is officially over, but it is still nice and warm here in NY.

Thanks so much for taking a peek.  

Cupcakes are Muffins ? !

At my job we celebrate birthdays once each quarter.  This time we had a bunch of cupcakes along with cake and some other goodies.  We tried to rationalize eating all the sweets . . . but ate them anyway.  That's when I remembered this sentiment stamp from Riley and Company - so much fun!  I just had to make a card for an upcoming birthday.

I am putting this in the following challenges:

Paper Craft Crew 

Shopping Our Stash I love the title of this challenge "Stickle Me Elmo" . I really shopped my stash, and used a very old jar of "sprinkles" - glitter - not edible! I sprinkled them on top of some Alene's snow paste (used as "icing" ). 

Happy Little Stamper - The dies are from Paper Trey Ink -- 

And I'm also putting this into Seize the Birthday

As always, thanks so much for taking a look.  Hope you are having a good day.

Light the Candles!

I made this for a friend who will be 60 this week (and I'm making another for my hubby).  His "real" card can be found Here.  But knowing him, he'll like this funny card better.  

The stamps are from Art Impressions -- the paper is from Stamping Up.  Some stickles on the candles and around the speech bubble.  

I was inspired by the following blogs:

1. Colour Q Blog

2. Tuesday Morning Sketches - I had to modify the sketch a bit -- only one strip of pattern paper -- I tried two strips, but it did not look right.  And I put the sentiment in the top left corner, not the bottom right.  

3. Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Big Six Oh!

For my hubby who is finally joining the 60's !
Life has been very busy - so card-making has taken a back seat.  I miss my creative time.  But I had to really make time to create for my man's big birthday!!

This was an easy to create shaker card -- the paper is from Stamping Up -- the 60th dies are from PTI.  I'm not sure which company the Happy Birthday is from.

I was inspired by the following challenges.

1. Moving Along with the Times - use dies - numbers or letter

2. Seize the Birthday

 

3. Stampin Royalty - Masculine projects

4. Hand Stamped Sentiments - Color Challenge

5. Muse Card Club Challenge

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look.  

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