Birthday Cake Card French Doors

A cute little card!

 I found that idea on Pinterest, but changed it to an A2 card that actually open to leave room for your own personal message.

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I used my Silhouette cameo and designed a cutting file I can email you if you decide you want to try to make this card.

I added some pink curtains cut by hand and held with a pink ribbon, and a piece of pinkish card stock run through a Fiskars border punch as a valance.

The birthday cake is an ornament I kept from a store bought card, and I propped it with  3D foam stickers.

Until next time...

Mother's Day Garden

Mother's Day Garden...

I know Mother's Day is far from now, but I had made that little garden patch with a fence a while back (probably in May when Mother's Day was in the air) and never got to use it. 

Today IS the day.

I used a clear stamp from Martha Stewart for the stems of the flowers, and a Stick Stamps from Stamps by Judith for the flower itself.

The fence is cut with a Papertrey Ink die, out of kraft paper.

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The sentiment was printed from my computer, and I used a Spellbinder Nestability to cut a frame around it.

This framed sentiment is glued on the card with some 3D stickers.

I used a pink paper the color of the flowers to make them stick out, and chose to round up only one corner of the card.

Until pretty soon again....

More New Baby Cards

MORE...

... new baby cards.

I don't know if you have had that experience before, but it happened to me all the time. I browse the web, or spend one hour or two on Pinterest or get lost in those talented ladies blogs, and I found a card that just talk to me.

 I then look at the author name and sure enough, it is the designer I admired just a minute ago for another of her card.

I can count those ladies on the fingers of one, OK, may be two hands.

I really admire what they do.

Tracy is one of those.

Check out her blog:

http://whoistracy.com/myhead/

Look at her latest design:

Now tell me if you don't just love this one.

This inspire me to make yet another set of new baby cards.

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I used the Papertreyink  "Welcome Little One" stamp set. I can't get enough of this stamped sentiment.

The frame is also cut from a Papertreyink die.

The little ducky was punched with a EK punch, and I used lot of dimensionals to makes the duck and the frame stand out.

I rounded the two bottom corners and added a piece of ribbon.

That's it!

Until next time!

Thank Heaven for little girls

Thank Heaven for little...

... girls.

This Papertrey Ink stamps set is just adorable. I just had to use the sentiment... for little girls today, next time will be for little boys.

Below are two versions of the same card.

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The baby footprints stamps is a Recollections one carried by Michael's.

The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and the heart embossed background is achieved through a Cuttlebug embossing folder,

The frames are made with Nestability.

Until next time...

+++ the best is yet to come +++

+++ the best...

... is yet to come +++

Now... How cute and versatile is that quote? 

It is perfect for so many occasions: you could make it a wedding card, a new baby card, a graduation card, etc,  etc...

Below are two of my takes, a wedding card and a new baby card. I am sure I will use this again in a near future.

Just in case you want to do the same, I added the image below.

Let me know if it is easy to download and use.

For my first card, I had a craving for flowers and dragonflies. This is what came out!

Here is a close up of the printed sentiment...

 I love the flying  birds in an infinite sign pattern.

The dragonflies are printed in white on silver card stock and I added some dimensional glittery paint on top of the body.

The flowers are punched paper and the centers are made with a Paper-Pen from Viva, in 3D paint Sunny yellow. Any dimensional paint would work there.

I used a Martha Stewart stamp for the flowers stems, and a Martha Stewart edger punch for the bottom of the silver panel.

The finish touch was a simple bow in clear ribbon.

And now, for a totally different use of this sentiment, a new baby card.

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I just can't get enough of this little Recollections baby footprints stamp. I used Nestability to cut a simple circle and a scalloped one to frame the printed image.

 It is then propped up with some foam stickies.

Et voila!!!!

Until next time...

Baby Footprints

 BABY...

... footprints.

How much more beautiful does it get? It doesn't need much more to make a simple little card. A ribbon, a bow....

There is not much to it, really... may be trying to decide what ribbon would go?

Barely a heartache...

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I used a Recollections baby footprints stamp and went through my stack of ribbon and found a few that would do the trick.

The sentiment was printed beforehand.

Until next time....

Thanks Heaven for Little Girls

THANKS HEAVEN...
... for little girls.

Of all the cards I made, this might be my all time favorite one... There is everything you have to look forward to when a little girl arrives:

- the flowers she will pick up for you in the garden,

- the pink ribbon everywhere,

- the pink BOW in her hair,

- the little dress hanging in the summer breeze,

and the hearts she will leaves all around when she gets hold of a paper and a crayon.

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The clothe line is an Itty Bitty stamp, and I mainly used my Copics to color the many hanging things.

To give a little dimension to the background, I scored vertical lines every 1/2 inch of the white card-stock in the background.

The bow punch is a Martha Stewart one and the little heart is one of those $1 Michaels punch.

Until next time...

Welcome Baby

Welcome Baby

I guess I should have taken a picture of this card open, because trying to explain it with words is going to be very difficult.

Bear with me.

You take a piece of card stock and fold it in three part, the middle one being the size of a A2 panel card, 4 1/8 by 5 1/2. The other dimensions are open to discussion, you can decide how big a flap you want to make.

With an edger punch, cut the edge of the fold and make it a decorative edge; I chose a Fiskars edge punch.

On the bottom flap, I printed "welcome baby" and added a doodled line and a punched little heart,

To adorn the top flap, I glued a pink teddy bear on a white oblong piece of linen, matted on a color card stock and tucked a ribbon underneath.

The middle part of the card is lined up with white linen to leave room for a message.

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Until next time.

Newborn Feet

Newborn Feet.

Same card in different color... I found this baby feet image on the internet and printed it on a white linen liner. I then added a color card stock, and punched a little window with a Martha Stewart Punch all over the Page punch.

I used an EK edger punch to finish the card and added a little piece of ribbon at the spine of the card.

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Until next time.

Happy Birthday with two Butterflies

Happy Birthday...
... with two butterflies.

Adding butterflies to a birthday card is something I love to do, because when you doodle the path of the butterfly it does give a feeling of movement to the page.

I went with pink on this card, a rare occurrence...

The butterflies are made with a Martha Stewart punch and inked, then glued down on the body part only so the wings can stand out.

I used an other Martha Stewart edger punch for the pink card stock and added a ribbon. The pink card stock makes a spine to the card.

The sentiment is a Papertrey Ink one, and I stamped in inside the flower image.
The fun part is the doodling...

Until next time!