FMS617 Tooled Birthday

Happy Friday! Yay, it's the weekend already!  The sketch at FMS, with its three elements, gave me a chance to use the new Trusty Tools bundle!  Here's Narelle's sketch:

I have two nephews with birthdays this month and they both are very construction-minded!  If you find masculine cards challenging, this bundle is definitely for you!  So here's my card:

I stamped the wrench, hammer and tape measure on Basic White cardstock and used the coordinating stamps to fill in the colors.  The un-colored portions I filled in loosely with ink and an aquapainter:

The background is Copper Clay, diecut with the pegboard die, and I threw around a few screws and bolts!  The birthday sentiment is a retired Paper Pumpkin.

The inside sentiment is from Charming Sentiments; I stamped it crookedly, so I restamped it on a panel diecut with the Deckle Edge Rectangle dies, and added a retired Woodgrain background to keep in with the carpentry theme!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trusty Tools, Charming Sentiments, Woodgrain Background (ret), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Copper Clay, Sweet Sorbet, Blueberry Bushel, Crushed Curry
Ink	Versafine Black, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Blueberry Bushel, Sweet Sorbet, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Deckle Edge Rectagle Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Trusty Tool Dies, Sponge Daubers, Aquapainter, Large Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Easy Shaker Cards

Hi peeps!  Thought I would share what we made at our club meetings yesterday.  At the beginning of the year, I had a few suggestions of techniques to try and a shaker card was one of them.  I usually don't have good luck with shaker cards....the sequins stick to the sides of the window when I use adhesive strips and they just frustrate me.  So I set out to try to find a different way, and although we still had some "stickage", I think it was an acceptable attempt.  The card itself is very simple, using Jar of Love and Iridescent Sequins, but we were focusing on technique more than stamping!  So here's the card:

And the "technique" was to use a sheet of 2mm Fun Foam, available at any big box or craft store, instead of the adhesive strips.  

1. I cut a piece of the foam slightly smaller than my top layer, and after stamping the jar on the Whisper White panel, I laid the foam underneath and cut both layers in the Big Shot with the Everyday Jars die.  You can cut them both in one pass!
2. I adhered a Window Sheet on the back side of the jar, then used Elmer's Craft Bond glue on the foam piece (that's the only glue that I found that really worked on the foam) around the edges of the opening and adhered the foam to the back of the stamped panel.  I smooshed the glue around with my fingers to make sure I had a nice coverage, but don't use so much that it glops out!  
3. Once it's dry and secure, I attached the goldfish to the card base with mini dimensionals, piled on a little pile of sequins, then used the same Craft Bond glue to attach the jar layer to the card base, applying the glue to the other side of the foam piece.  It is a good idea to use some Tombow adhesive on the outer edges of the foam to make sure the whole thing is adhered down.  

Now, don't these little fishies look cute swimming in their iridescent water?  I love that by using dies and the foam, you can easily cut any shape of opening without having to bend those adhesive strips around!

To give my girls something a wee bit easier, we made this note card with the Wood Words floral image, stamped on a piece of Mango Melody which had a circle die-cut from the center.  I took a 2x8" cello bag, cut it down to 2 1/4", filled it with sequins, taped it shut (use clear tape, not frosted!), then taped it to the back of the stamped piece, centering it over the opening.  I just used plain old scotch tape, taping the corners and making sure no sequins were stuck in them!  Then I adhered the piece to the note card using a dimensional in each corner and stamped the sentiments on the front and inside!  Another cute technique, quickly done and using the cello bags makes them really easy!

 

We didn't make these note cards during class, but I had made them as samples; the first one used a leaf image from Rooted in Nature stamped in Stazon ink on the window sheet; the second used a longer piece of a cello bag behind the negative portion of the "celebrate" diecut:

Thanks for popping in!  Maybe you'll be inspired to make a shaker card too!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Ahh, the satisfaction of a puzzle completed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Jar of Love, Better Together, Wood Words, Rooted In Nature, Itty Bitty Greetings, Woodgrain
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, Balmy Blue, Soft Sea Foam, Mango Melody, Calypso Coral, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Window Sheets, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper
Ink	Balmy Blue, Soft Sea Foam, Grapefruit Grove, Mango Melody, Stazon, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Iridescent Sequins, Fun Foam, Dimensionals, Mini Dimensionals, 2x8" Cello Bags, Craft Bond Glue
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Framelits, Everyday Jar Framelits, Nature's Roots Framelits, Celebrate You Framelits, Balloon Punch

Merry Monday 75

Oh, it’s Monday again….that weekend whizzed by, didn’t it?  What a beautiful day we had yesterday though!  Just gorgeous!  Speaking of gorgeous, Lesley has another gorgeous challenge inspiration for us today at the Merry Monday challenge:

If I had a dining room, I wish it would look like this!!!  I settled for a little Christmas card with Raspberry RIpple, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla:

The base of this card is a quarter sheet of Raspberry Ripple cardstock, topped with a Very Vanilla card, and it is always a challenge to photograph these types of cards because they won’t stay shut!!!  Hopefully you can get the full effect.  I diecut my reindeer, stamped him with the Woodgrain BG stamp and daubered him with Gold Encore ink.  He’s mounted on a VV card, embossed with Northern Flurry EF and embellished with some champagne glimmer paper stars.  I added a little collar embellishment as well as some red glitter glue on his nose!

I think he’s a handsome fellow….what do you think?  I think this is just a stunning color combo for Christmas, and I can’t wait to see what you create.  I will say the submissions for last week’s challenge were incredible!  You stampers have really stepped up to the Christmas plate!  You can see all the creations, not only by the design team, but the submissions as well, at Always Playing with Paper! 

Fun at the park:

Enjoy your day!

Wee Project Details
Stamps	Woodgrain; Holiday Greetings (Flourishes)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Raspberry Ripple, Chocolate Chip, Champagne Glimmer Paper
Ink	Raspberry Ripple, Chocolate Chip, Gold Encore
Accessories	Red Glitter Glue, Gold Cord
Tools	Big Shot, Reindeer Die (Tim Holtz), Northern Flurry EF, Sponge Dauber, Primitive Star Punch (ret SU)

Paper Players 163 with Cassidy

Happy Sunday, peeps!  This post is photo-heavy, just to warn you!  Anne Marie is our hostess today at the Paper Players and she has a fun challenge for us:

Oh boy!  Or maybe I should say “Oh girl”, because naturally, I wanted to try to include Cassidy in my project!  I had seen these really cute, simple pleated pumpkins on Pinterest and I wondered if Cassidy could make one – with my assistance, of course!!!  So here is Cassidy's project:

I found some glittery orange and green cardstocks in my stash and we went to work. 

First, I copied the patterns and cut them out on scrap paper, tracing them on the back of the card stock.  I cut the pumpkin out for her, since she still can’t use scissors….although we’re working on that skill!  I scored them for her and told her how to fold them:

Notice, she is using a bone folder to make the creases nice & sharp!

I helped her punch the holes in the folded pumpkin:

Then we went outside to find a stick, and we threaded it through the holes:

Now back inside, we put the Autumn Accents die and some green sparkly paper in the Big Shot and she cranked it through:

And we have our leaf:

Another hole, threaded it on and we are almost done!

Later on, I had her stamp a little image from Gift Givers and she actually colored it in herself with a Pumpkin Pie marker….now she doesn’t want to color with her kid’s markers, she wants MY markers!!  Of course!

Not too bad for a 3-year-old!  I made some as well, stepping them up just a wee bit, using Sweater Weather paper and adding some various tags:

These were fun, quick & easy….a perfect project for a child of any age!  I hope you can play along with our challenge this week…it doesn’t have to be a project, it can be a card as well!  Can’t wait to see what you create!  Be sure to check out the other designers and their creations as well!

•  Ann
•  Anne Marie
•  Jaydee
•  Nance
•  Sandy

Enjoy your day!

Wee Project Details
Stamps	Gift Givers, Holiday Best (both ret), Woodgrain BG; Wreath for All Seasons, Papertrey
Card stock & Papers	Misc Orange & Green, WW, Sweater Weather DP, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Patterns DP
Ink	Tangerine Tango, Stazon Black
Accessories	Candy Dots, Narrow Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Autumn Accents Die, Hole Punch, Sponge Daubers, Chalk Talk Die, Crimper

Fall Pumpkin

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  No challenges today, but I wanted to show you the little door prize I made for the manager’s retreat I attended a couple weeks ago.  When I saw this little cutie made by Vicki Burdett, I knew I wanted to make one for myself!  So here is mine:

I used Pumpkin Pie cardstock, stamping the top panels with the Woodgrain background stamp, and the bottom section with the wood image from Truly Grateful:

I diecut some leaves using Sweater Weather DP and the Autumn Accents die along with a Sahara Sand acorn and some squiggles from Chocolate Chip cardstock.  I did have a little trouble keeping the top of my stem glued down though!

Of course, I filled it with candy before I gave it away!  It was a little time-consuming to cut out and construct, but it was worth it! 

Believe it or not, Cassidy loves tomatoes, especially the cherry variety:

She has a whole handful here:

And drops a few while on the way back to the house:

Where she enjoys what she picked!!!

Enjoy your day!

Mojo Monday 274

It’s been a long, long time since I played with a Mojo Monday sketch!  I needed a masculine birthday card, and I made a resolution to use some stamps and papers that I have been “hoarding”, so this was a good time to break them out!  Here’s the sketch:

And here’s my card:

I used some “Wanted” DP from Cosmo Cricket; a Unity stamp, which was heat embossed and watercolored; and some cool new SU burlap ribbon and another cute little pop top:

Again, I found a use for those Itty Bitties stamps…..they are growing on me, those little things!!  This itty bitty star was a perfect embellishment for my country-themed card!  And on the inside, I added some more of that cool DP as well as a sentiment from Word Play:

Thanks for visiting today---and remember, if you have a question, please send me an email…..I cannot answer questions if they come through the comment section anonymously!!! 

Doing her “ABCs”, as she calls them, on the bed!

Such concentration!

Catered Crop Banners for Father’s Day

 

I got  a happy little email from Linda at Catered Crop telling me that this card snagged me a little guest shout-out for the current challenge, which you can see here.  The theme is Baby Bunting, or banners, and the inspiration photos Linda has posted are divine.  I just couldn’t decide which one I liked best!  In fact, I think I made three cards before I settled on one that I was happy with; and even that one is questionable!  But life and toddlers must go on, so this is the card I finally decided on; it is my Father’s Day card for DH:

I have really been mixing up old & new this week; although it’s fairly CAS, this features current sets Word Play, Pennant Parade, French Foliage, The Open Sea and Woodgrain; and a new set called  Postage Due (LOVE THIS SET) as well as some new paper called Fan Fair---just gorgeous!  Love it too!  After collage-stamping the background, I punched the banners from the DP and shabbied them up a bit, then zigzag stitched some linen thread atop them:

I added my sentiment, stamped in Island Indigo and overstamped the world image from the The Open Sea and popped it up in the corner.  My DH would love nothing more than to jump on a sailboat and sail the world.  He would have to do it alone, however!!!  I am staying right here with my feet planted firmly on the ground!

 

I hope you will check out the Catered Crop and play along with Linda’s banner & bunting challenge!!!  Hope to see you there!
Cassidy had a very fun time yesterday playing in Grampy’s garden and mulch; look closely at her face:

 

 

A little dirt never hurt anyone!