Sea Scene Birthday

I am posting a last card for today... so I can go back to making new ones!

This one makes use of embossing folders and cuttlebug.

The clouds one is a Sizzix, and the distressed stripes a Cuttlebug.

The sentiment  stamp is from papertrey ink, and by now you should recognize my Fiskars cloud punch... my all time favorite!

I added 3 little pylons and some baker's twine.

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Until next time...

Miss you Raindrops

A miss you raindrops card... with my always handy Fiskars cloud punch.

I also used a Sparkle n Sprinkle raindrops stamp, and some dimensionals under the cloud.

Adding a simple sentiment printed on the card, and rounding the corners finish it beautifully.

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Every cloud

Every cloud...

has a silver lining

If there is a tool I do not regret buying, that would be the Fiskars cloud punch. 

I have been using it over and over, mixing and matching the two size of clouds I have.

Cut out of white linen and on a kraft card stock with dimensional stickies, it has the best effect....

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A New Home

Let's take a little break in the middle of the Christmas cards... i found that little home at Michaels, it is made of balsam wood, light enough to be added to a card.

It is from ArtMinds and they have a nice selection of design, painted or plain like this one....

I added some shinny red card stock in the openings, and two clouds punched with my Fiskars tool.

The sentiment was printed beforehand. 

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Cactus Birthday

A cactus birthday, loaded with pretty pink flowers...

Thank you Loll for the inspiration,

(http://www.stampingwithloll.com/2013/04/have-sweet-day.html)

The grass and the cactus are made with my silhouette Cameo. They were both part of a cutting file that I "ungrouped" and resize to fit my card.

Let me know if you want to use those, I love to share!

The flowers were punched with a Michaels mini punch and the fence is cut from a Papertrey Ink die.

The 3D foam stickies helped give everything some dimension.

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Father's Day Submarine

Father's Day Submarine

For the lucky ladies who have a ex-subamriner as the dad of their children...

And when I say lucky, I am thinking of the way those husbands are good at making their bed, boot camp style. My, I have to say it doesn't compare... 

How about the way they pack suitcases? I would never had known that rolling t-shirts save room and allow them to arrive wrinkle free.

And for those deserving husbands, I thought of making a father's day card they not only would appreciate but that will bring back those fond memories of service. Because you do know that those happy memories are the only ones left when they think of those 6 wonderful years...

I adapted a card I made last year for mine, post 304, "Father's Day Card for a Diver:

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Here is this year's card, pretty much the same...

the blue card stock is run through my cuttlebug in a Provocraft bubble embossing folder, I tore some vellum, and added two clouds punched with my Fiskars favorite punches.

The submarine is made with my cricut, "Life's a Beach" cartridge and I added some white behind the windows... oops, I am in trouble, don't let my husband know I am calling those "windows"... Crime de Lese Majeste, as we French say....

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Hope you Feel Better in a Cloud!

I had that embossing folder for a while now but never found a way to use it.

I embossed a pannel and fileld up the frame with some silver paper.

The sentiment was printed and cut out with a fiskars cloud punch.

I just added a double embossed line at the edge to finish the card.

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Father's Day Card for a Diver

 Father's Day Card...

... for a Diver.

Yes, we have one of those in our home! 

Since I made a Birthday Card for my son (cf post 210) with a diver, and a shark, I already had an idea of what I wanted to do.

Pretty much the same, minus the shark... 

I run a blue card stock through my cuttlebug in a Bubble Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, and added a piece of torn vellum to make the sky.

The Papertrey ink sentiment is printed on a cloud made with a Fiskars cloud punch.

I added some 3D paint to make the bubbles.

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Father's Day sailboat

Father's Day Sailboat.

As i was looking for a sailboat sticker in my stack for the previous card, I fell upon this embellishment I had for age but never used because I was waiting for the right occasion.

Well, today is the day! 

Another father's day card with a sailboat, but this clipper had to steel the focal point.

Nothing should take away from the majesty of this piece.

How about making her sail on one of the seven seas and catching a snapshot?

On a sky blue background, I torn the outlines of the waves out, and added half a lone cloud to counterbalance my one masted schooner.

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The embellishment is from Jolee's and I used my Fiskars mini cloud punch.

The sentiment is printed before hand with Architect font.

Here is a second version...

Until next time.

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day.

Can you believe that Father's day is just around the corner? 

As much as Mother's day card came naturally to me (flowers, flowers and more flowers..), it was very hard to think of something to case for a Dad.

Until now. 

I was checking a blog in Swedish (nope, I am not fluent in Swedish BUT there is at the top of the blog a very useful "google translate" application that works beautifully.)

Anyhow, pictures need no translation.

Do check that blog, though, you are going to be flabbergasted... believe me...

http://bigganed.blogspot.com/2011/07/snoren.html

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I (almost) had a blast rolling this cotton thread around a ring made with 

two Nestabilities circles. It took forever, but I like the results.

I added a Jolee sailboat sticker, and cut out some waves in a blue card stock with a scalloped circle punch.

 I also added half a cloud made with my Fiskars cloud punch, with a small sun behind.

The sentiment was printed beforehand. The font is called Architect.

Until next time.

Hang in There

Hang in There

As a scrapbooker, I sometimes keep papers and embellishments forever before finding where to case them.

The paper in this card was actually a wrapping paper, hard to see in here, but it is in cotton more than paper.

I I like the mix of texture in this card, although you cannot really tell in the picture.

The sun is punched with a scallop punch, the clouds are from two sizes of Fiskars cloud punches.

The birdhouse is an ITTY BITTY stamp, and I cut it out and propped it with dimensionals, which allowed me to tie a piece of baker's twine.

I anchored the two ends of the twine with some heart stickers and added a handwritten sentiment.

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Valentine's Day Bird on a Line

Valentine's day Bird on a Line.

I stamped the bird in very light blue and cut it out leaving a very slim margin around.

On a white linen card stock, I added 2/3 blue card stock for the sky, a 1/3 kraft card stock and at the limit between the two card stocks, I added a piece of baker's twine.

I punched out a big cloud (or part of it) with the Fiskars cloud punch and added a small white cloud made with the small Fiskars punch.

To finish the card, I added three mini heart (Recollections mini punch) and a sentiment stamped in red with a Craft Smart stamp.

This is a 4bar size card.

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Thank you in the Sky

Thank You in the Sky

I used an ITTY BITTY banner stamp in pink and cut out the different pennon before threading them with some baker's twine.

I added a few clouds punched with my Fiskars cloud punch and printed a Sparkle'n Sprinkle sentiment on one of them.

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Teddy Bear on a Line

Teddy Bear on a Line.

A simpler version of the card I just posted.

Same teddy bear on a line, but this time, the sky is behind.

I used a Sizzix die to cut out the the bigger cloud out of the blue card stock, and added a sun and a blue cloud made from my Fiskars Punch.

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And another version:
Two love Birds.

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Welcome Baby Bird House

Welcome Baby Bird House.

Another welcome baby card... it was just a pretext to use this ITTY BITTY birdhouse stamp and the little teddy bear punch.

I just love the way it is hanging by an ear...

I used my Fiskars cloud punch and positioned a cloud with dimensionals.

I added a sun made with a scalloped punch.

The bow and the teddy bear are punched out of blue card stock and added on top. I drew free hand the clothes line, and made a little clothes pin with a brown marker.

The sentiment was printed on my computer.

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Until next time.

Wishing you Rainbows and Sunshine (pastel colors)

Wishing You Rainbows and Sunshine

100 posts ago, I did a card that I really adore (post # 46) but it was pure hell to make.

After falling in love with those floral embellishments from Recollections, I revisited this lovely card, using pastel colors instead.

I added a drop of 3D paint in the center of the flowers.

I also punched the clouds out of a sky blue distressed paper with my Fiskars clouds punch.

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Less work, more pleasure and a prettier card. Winner!!!!!

Until next time.

Thinking of You

Thinking of You

This ITTY BITTY house and tree stamp is very versatile if you chose to stamp it on different color card stock. I kept the tree on the kraft but added a stamped house on a striped blue card stock.

This card stock is solid blue on its reverse side and I punched two clouds one in solid blue and one in striped blue.

I added dimensionals under the top cloud.

The "thinking of you" sentiment was printed beforehand and die cut with a Lifestyle Party Flags die cut.

I added a piece of sheer ribbon through the opening, and again at the bottom of the card.

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Here is another version on white linen:

Until next time.