Father's Day Card

This is a Father's Day Card that I made a couple of weeks ago.  One of my client's requested a card for her dad and this is what I whipped up.  All products are from Stampin' Up!  She loved the card sooooo much, that she wanted another!

Products:

Stamps:  Teeny Tiny Messages, Sail Away (Summer Mini)

Cardstock:  Crumb Cake, Brocade Blue (retired), Very Vanilla

Nautical Expedition DSP (from Summer Mini)

Accessories:  Build-a-Brad, 3/4" circle punch, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, twine

You might also note that the picture is MUCH better than previous.  My new camera finally arrived.  I've done some experimenting.  So loving the DSLR.  Wish I had gotten one years ago.

Baby Announcement Bag Topper

Well, it seems as though there is a baby boom again amongst my friends.  Within the last year, many of them (including me) have given birth to our 2nd and 3rd babies.  I just love seeing all the pictures!  They are all one cuter than the next.  My next few posts will be dedicated to baby themed items. 

This past Friday some ladies from church came over to make 50 baby announcement bag toppers.  They had done something similar in the past so it made it much easier to put it all together.  This is what you will need:

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

1. Top Note Die
2. Cardstock color of your choice (we used Pretty In Pink, Pink Pirouette and Whisper White)
3. Scallop Oval punch
4. Large oval punch
5. 1/4" white grosgrain ribbon
6. Early Espresso Classic Ink
7. Glue Dots
8. SNAIL adhesive
9. Big Shot die cutter
10. Small cello bags
11. Sticky Strip tape

I apologize for the horrible picture.  My camera died last week and this was resized from my phone.

Directions

1. Take the Pretty in Pink cardstock with the Top Note die and run through Big Shot

2. Fold in half.  Use a scoring blade to achieve a nice crease to fold.

3. Take the Pink Pirouette cardstock and punch with scallop oval

4. Take Early Espresso ink and stamp "it's a girl" onto Whisper white and punch using large oval punch

5. Make a bow with the ribbon and adhere using glue dot.

6. Layer and adhere ovals with SNAIL

7.  Take the cello bag and fill with whatever you want and adhere topper to bag with the sticky strip (this part is not shown).

My client was going to type up the baby's stats on a label and stick to the back of the topper to give. 

It took about 2 hours to make these with a 4 person assembly line.  Not to bad considering we made 50.



Halloween Inspiration

The following are some fall/Halloween themed cards.  These were made during my clubs and workshops over the past year.  All cards contain stamps and supplies by Stampin' Up!

The card above uses the beautiful leaf and acorn stamp from "Lovely As a Tree"  It is a beautiful set for everything from fall, Christmas, birthday, sympathy and masculine cards.

Next is the set "Eat, Drink, and Be Scary" along with "Halloween Frights"

The "Eat, Drink" and Be Scary" is awesome because it coordinates with many punches!

Aren't these little witch hats cute!  I added a little black and white gingham ribbon and colored with some markers for a little pop.  Again, the hats are from "Eat, Drink, and Be Scary".  The sentiment is from the retired set "Fancy Everyday Phrases"

Here we have a card with one of my favorite sets, "Trendy Trees"  The tops and trunks are separate so you can mix and match!  For the tree to the right, I used the "Rock and Roll" technique.  First stamp in a light color, ex: So Saffron.  Then roll the edge of the stamp in a darker color ex: Pumpkin Pie and voila! A neat looking effect.

                                                                     To finish, this card uses the "Haunting" Jumbo Wheel.  Pretty spooky little trick or treaters.  I dotted their eyes with the white gel pen.  The back ground was done using 3 shades of orange and So Saffron.  I made this card last year at one of my clubs so I don't remember the exact colors.  The Happy Halloween stamp is from "All Holidays" This is a must to add to your collection if you want a varitey of holiday sentiments.

And there you have it, a few cards to get the creative juices flowing.  I know it's been a looong time since I posted, hopefully these make up for it a little bit ;)