Clean and Simple blank card

...with a dash of tiffany blue puffy paint...

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Please Don't Start Buying Cats

Happy Birthday,

please don't start buying cats.

I made this card for a special lady who owns a ranch in Ramona. 

She must have 80 horses there and 9 dogs roaming around.

Now this card makes sense, doesn't it?

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Until next time!

Thank You Cut Out

With a cutting file from GetSilvered, it is such a pleasure to create new cards in a minute.

So do check up her site: 

http://www.getsilvered.com/

The cutting files are free and they come in several format, svg, studio, etc...

The only thing to do with the silhouette is to size the file so as the card will fit in an A2 envelope.

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As you might know by now, I have a little something for Tiffany blue, so I added a folder inside the card in that color.

Until next time.

Cards with a Message

Two quick cards, with a message.

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The next one is from lookisquare.com, with a free download.

I just added a personal touch of color, with my moon white copic marker.

I also matted it with a tiffany blue paper.

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Believe in Yourself

A little motivation in this card, with a flowery border I had fun to design.

I used Martha Stewart clear stamps for the stems and added some stickers for the flowers.. hard to see on the picture, but they shine and shimmer.

I tied a ribbon using the rabbit ears method, and chose a background in the same shade of color.

The sentiment was printed.

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Until next time!

Thank you

Revisiting another old favorite, (cf post # 205 and 213)

This new card is an hybrid between the two last ones, with a little Tiffany blue color in the ribbon.

I used a stamp from the same Sparkle n' Sprinkle Thanks a bunch stamps set. This one is another circular one and I added some light green coloring. 

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Until next time!

Thank You So Much

Thank You So Much

My oh my, those silhouette studio cutting files that Bird is creating are just amazing.

Here is the one she posted this morning, how beautiful is that???

The little slots for the ribbons are right on! Perfectly positioned and of a size that would fit the most common ribbons.

I admire the way she ties that most perfect bow in the center. 

She is definitively an artist.

Here is my take on it, no surprise there, Tiffany blue ribbon and Stampin'up Pool Party ink. 

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Do stop by Bird's blog to see the other magnificent cards she posted.

http://www.birdscards.com/

Until next time!

Many Thanks, all CAS

Many Thanks, all CAS

Because sometimes revisiting old models of cards is rewarding,  I felt like making some more Clean And Simple thank you cards.

Here come the blue on silver collection, using those beautiful Sparkle and Sprinkles thank you stamps, "Thanks a Bunch".

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This round sentiment in silver ink, just pop up of the blue... I lined it with white and silver card stock.

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From the same stamp collection, a majestic "thank you" all adorned with swirls.

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And to go back to basic, a french thank you, really classy because very plain.

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A few months back, I made some "It's A Shower" (cf post 150), using the Martha Stewart line of gifts punch.

I reused this old idea adding "a note of thanks" sentiment I printed on my computer. I just love this font, called Channel slanted.

Until next time!

Deep Edge cards from Bird's Cards

 Pinterest and the web are full of resources when you begin using your Silhouette Cameo. 

How sweet it is when you fall on beautiful free cutting files, easy to download and use.

Bird's Card blog (http://www.birdscards.com/) has those "Deep edge" cutting files that allowed me to design a few easy and simple cards.

Thank you Bird for being so generous and for the beautiful inspiration we can find in your blog...

I added a "thank you" sentiment to this deep edge card (#5) and a Tiffany blue liner.

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This one is the Deep Edge #1. I added a band of card stock. The sentiment was printed and cut using a  Spellbinder Nestabilities, label #10 die cut.

I put a white ribbon behind it.

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The two following deep edge cards are the #3 cutting files and I just added a Happy Birthday" cut in silver card stock. The large clear ribbon, and the silver mesh one are actually holding the sentiment in place.

Bird's Cards blog is a mine of neat ideas and cutting files... go visit it!!

http://www.birdscards.com/

Until next time...

Wedding Dress Silhouette

Another beautiful cutting file from the Silhouette Cameo Studio.

The cuts are very intricate and a liner in different color will make them stand out.

I added a few min pearls and one silver flower.

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Until next time...

With Deepest Sympathy

Is it sad to admit I run out of Sympathy card?

I really did... and I liked so much the previous ones I made that I kept the same kind of design for my new one.

I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on 3/4 of the card, added two rows of two embossed lines on each side of the printed sentiment.

To finish the card, I added a little bit of Tiffany blue ribbon.

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A very subdued and simple card..

Until next time.

Silhouette Birthday Balloons

The possibilities with the Silhouette Cameo are endless, and the web is full of beautiful cutting files and very easy to follow tutorials. 

My favorite tutorial so far is the one telling you how to make a cutting file for Silhouette when you start with an image from the web.

I pinned this tutorial on my pinterest "Silhouette Cameo" board, 

(   http://pinterest.com/pin/202943526931194298/   )

I plan to add tutorials and cutting files to this board, so check often.

This is a birthday card I made as another try...

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I simply glued the negative part of the cut on a Tiffany blue paper.

Until next time...

Happy Birthday with a Touch of Pastel

Happy Birthday, with a Touch of Pastel

This is going to be a challenge

Let me explain: my keyboard is not cooperating, or something is living inside and eating little by little, key after key, starting with the bottom left part

As you can see, I am loosing punctuation marks as we speak!

If I wait any longer to post, nobody will be able to understand what I mean

But, a picture being worth a hundred words (and trimming, like punctuation, etc) here is my newest creation

Once I was done with the latest thank you card, I thought of using this flower garland someplace else, and there it is!

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The sentiment was printed from my computer, I then use a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the top three quarter of the card and added the flowers garland (punched with the same EK punch) at the edge of the embossed part

I then used my Copic BG11 to highlight the design

Until next time, and with all my key stokes in play,

A Pastel Thank You

A Pastel Thank You

A CAS card, for a change... Clean And Simple 4bar card in Tiffany Blue color. 

The sentiment printed is actually the same color than the light blue piece and the flowers garland.

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I used an EK punch for the flowers garland, and a Fiskars one for the edge of the top panel.

I then attached a piece of Tiffany blue card stock that I marked twice with an embossed line.

Until next time...

Just For You

LAST OCTOBER...

... I went to Sacramento to attend the Scrap Fair there, and I stumbled upon an exhibitor who was showing how to make those beautiful glass pendants.

You need a special glue, some glass square, some bells to hang the pendant... then comes the fun part.

You need nice pictures, and the internet has plenty of those!

Below are a few cards I made to hold these pendants.

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The windows are made with the Nestability, those are the perfect tool to make a window and a bigger window in a different color top card stock, giving the feeling you are looking at a frame.

 The top paper is tiffany Blue in color, and as most of the card stocks, envelopes or plain paper I use, comes from this wonderful company Paperandmore.com.

They have the best customer service, the price are competitive and they are fast to ship!

I run that paper in a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

The banner was printed on the computer.

I just added a few dot of green with my copic marker.

Until next time...

Congratulations

CONGRATULATIONS...
... on your wedding.

A beautiful wedding cake in Tiffany blue color. Add a little silver, and you have a perfect match.

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To make this card, I used a cake stamp from Sparkle n' Sprinkle.

I stamped it in metallic silver on the white card-stock and once more on the Tiffany blue paper.

I then cut up the blue cake and add it with a dimensional to the white card-stock.

I also used 3D paint to outline the two hearts at the top of the cake and also around the punched edge of the blue paper. This was made with a Fiskars edger punch.

The sentiment was printed directly on the card, in light grey.

Until next time...

Thinking of You

THINKING...
... of you.

Each time I receive an order from a scrapbooking company, a stamp, or a new tool,  I  have to find the time to try it.

This embossing folder took its sweet time to arrive (don't you hate that?) and by the time it got there, I had forgotten what exactly I wanted to do with it.

So here is one card, and I know the other ideas will come back to me... eventually.

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I used a cuttlebug embossing folder, and the Copic BG13 and BG11 to color the bird.

The tag is made with a Lifestyle Crafts Party Flags die cut. I utilize this die cut quite often, but I wish there were no slots (to pass the toothpick of the party flag).
I hide those with a bow.

The background paper is Tiffany Blue from Paperandmore.com

Until next time...

Congratulations Newly Weds

CONGRATULATIONS...

Newly Weds

Two towels for the newly weds. A fun card to make, and a symbol of the beginning of a life together.

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The Tiffany Blue paper is from paperandmore.com.

I printed Mr. and Mrs. before I cut the two bands on top of the towels. The paper used to make the towels was embossed with a heart cuttlebug folder.

I also added a little piece of blue paper cut up with an edger scissors to make a border to the towels.

I used a silver paper for the towel bar and pinned it with two square brads.

The sentiment was printed in Tiffany Blue.

Until next time...

Wishing you A Happy Birthday

Wishing you..
... a happy birthday.

More flowers, more Tiffany blue, more Martha Stewart punch....

With those elements, it could only be a success.  I have always liked cards where there is a mix of stamped image and embellishments. It gives the sentiment there are different dimensions on the overall picture.

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This is exactly what I did here: one of the flower is a paper one from recollections, (with a puffy paint center) and the other ones are stamped with a Martha Stewart flowers stamps set.

The vase is a punched image (Punch Bunch) and the spine of the card is  made with a piece of Tiffany paper punched with a martha Stewart edger.

The sentiment was printed beforehand.

Until next time....

Thank You Flower and Baker's Twine

THANK YOU FLOWER...
... and baker's twine

This is as simple as it gets.

A printed sentiment that steal the center stage, and a little flower dropped on the floor.

It just needed a little something more. Baker's twine, and there you have it!

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The sentiment was printed beforehand, but the flower is part of a Sparkle n sprinkle stamps set called Thanks a Bunch.

I very lightly colored the petals and the center with my copics.

The Baker's twine is from Martha Stewart.

Rounding the bottom corners of the card finished it nicely.

This card is the natural daughter of my Valentine's Chocolate Holder card (post #208) and the thank you notecard Simplicity (post # 212).

Until next time....