MASCULINE BIRTHDAY CARD - AHOY

HEY BLOGGIES,

I forgot to post this birthday card I made for one of my son-in-laws for his birthday this week.

 I love how this card came out.  So cute with the nautical theme and so pretty with the blue and white colors. I used Open Sea stamp set.

 I used blue and white bakers twine around this little panel of the anchor, and even glued the twine on the rope part from the stamp and had it coming out the hole where the rope came out.  I really like this part a lot, very personalized, I think.

On each side of the anchor panel are two very large rivets/brads that I hammered into the card.  But I left the middle part from the background paper so it looks like a port hole on a ship.

I stamped Happy Birthday inside the card, but sorry that I forgot to get a photo of that part.  The "Oh Hello" is stamped on the decorative label punch and slipped under the layer so only a portion of it shows.

Thanks for stopping by.  This idea could be a great Father's Day card as well with the new GOING GLOBAL Occasions stamp set.

BALLOON BIRTHDAY CARD

HEY BLOGGIES,

I am back!!  I am feeling much better and even felt like I needed to get a little creative.  So I made a birthday card for my granddaughter.  We have three birthdays this month so I will be back with two more cards in the next few days.

 Isn't it just perfect for a little girl turning five?!!  The colors I used are hello honey, melon mambo and pink pirouette.  I used the new balloon punch and drew on the strings with my matching marker.  The stamp set is Endless Birthday Wishes.

 This is the inside.  I used the Endless Birthday Wishes set again, as well as the smallest balloon from the Balloon Punch.  I also used the new candy dots from the Occasions Catalog and one sequin of unknown origin. (I found it lying on my desk!!)  grin.

One more look at this fun and happy card.  The Sunshine die cut is from Bohemian paper and the die is from SSS.

Thanks for stopping by!!  Hopefully I will have another card for you this week to enjoy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BALLOONS CARD

HEY BLOGGIES,

I am a bit late for posting my Sketch Frenzy Friday card for this week.  Here it is without further ado:

I used the Balloon Dies to cut out the designer paper and backed it with whisper white.  The card base is bermuda bay and so is the ink. I put the speckles on the balloons with markers in the colors of bermuda bay, delightful dijon and rose red, and a sprayer.

Here was the sketch I worked from:

Thanks for stopping by.

NEW PRODUCT SNEAK PEEK

HEY BLOGGIES,

I have some cards I will be sharing that uses the NEW IN COLORS that will be available for YOU to purchase on June 2nd.

Today I have two cute cards for a child's birthday.  The one on the left has several layers, the one on the right is more simple:

I am so happy that ZOO BABIES stamp set will still be available in our new catalog!!  I have not used it enough and have lots of kids cards to make for my church Sunday School classes.  Here are two I made with the adorable LION.  Doesn't he just look so sweet??!!

The Ink used is the NEW DELIGHTFUL DIJON.  It is the PERFECT color for this sweet lion.  The card stock I used is also DELIGHTFUL DIJON, as well as Always Artichoke and Pistachio Pudding.

What is this I see on the two cards?? NEW WASHI TAPE!!  This is one of three rolls from the BOHEMIAN DESIGNER WASHI TAPE also in the NEW CATALOG.  I used my retiring Starburst Framelits Dies.  They are just the perfect thing I needed for this card.

INLAID DIE CUT BALLOONS BIRTHDAY CARD

HEY BLOGGIES,

I made a very special birthday card for a very special girl for her 12th birthday.

 I used some fun new items I purchased on line.  These balloon die cuts are just the perfect shaped balloon I have seen.  I LOVE THEM.  I die cut them out, colored them with my sponge dauber and inks to blend, then added Wink of Stella on top before gluing them back into their negative image.

The stamp set included these fun balloon string sentiments to trail below the string.

 Here is a close up of the balloons and the pretty shine from the Wink of Stella.  Also, look how pretty these sequins are!!

One more look at the finished card.

Happy Birthday Lily!!

MASCULINE BIRTHDAY CARD

HEY BLOGGIES,

Today I have a masculine birthday card.  Marina Mist, Bermuda Bay, and Crushed Curry are the colors I chose.

I used the banner punch and some DSP to make the banners along the bottom.  A thin strip of Crushed Curry card stock above that.  Starburst Sayings and coordinating dies for the sentiment and matching ribbon behind it. The final touch is 5 very tiny very adorable yellow heart sequins on the arrow embossed white background.

UPDATE:  I noticed that my banners were crooked, so I redid this card and here is the updated version below:

 So here it is updated and straightened out.  I thought it needed some yellow banners so I put two yellow patterned DSP banners on the bottom.I think it adds that little something it needed.  I also put a yellow candy dot in the "O" for yellow.

Thank you for visiting my blog.  I sincerely appreciate your support.  This card is entered at SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY.

A REMINDER ABOUT MY BLOG CANDY TO BE GIVEN AWAY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!  AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME.  In order to celebrate in true bloggie-land order, I am going to give one of YOU a gift!!

All you have to do is leave me a comment and tell me where you live and if you need a demonstrator. (No problem if you already have a demo just tell me so and leave a comment.)  Then I will use Random.org to pick one winner from all the comments between now and my birthday - JAN 1 - and that person will win:

Clear block storage Caddy.

This is a brand new storage caddy purchased just for this occasion - you can store ALL your Stampin' Up! blocks in all the sizes in the handy case.  I LOVE it for when I go somewhere to stamp.  I have them right there and they don't get lost.

Here is how you can win:

1.  Leave me a comment each day for one entry to win 

2.  Purchase anything from my store and get another entry to win

3.  Become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment telling me you are and the name you follow with for another entry to win.

It is that easy!!  So many of my customers OOOOH and AAAAH when they see my clear block storage caddy.  They immediately want one for themselves and usually order it!!  Now YOU too can have this storage caddy for all your clear blocks too!!

GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME AND FUN FOR YOU!!

THAT'S THE TICKET BIRTHDAY CARD

HEY BLOGGIES,

I hope your Christmas was wonderful and you enjoyed it with family and friends.  We had a wonderful time with my son and family, and his wife's family came down from Michigan too.  It is always fun when there are little ones and Larry and Jessica have a little 2 1/2 yr old - Wyatt.  He was so much fun.

Now I am working on Birthday cards.  Dec 31st through Jan 31st we have 5 birthdays!! (including mine) and they are ALL FEMALES.  Just interesting fact...

So here is my first birthday card I made this morning:

 I used the real red Co'ordinations card stock and distressed the edges.  The card base if whisper white card stock.  I stamped the ticket with black ink on designer paper and layered it .

 I also used some of my clear stamps and created single tickets from stamped white, colored with real red markers and then stamped black ink words on designer paper.

I added three brads on the upper left corner and added a knotted ribbon.  Inside I included one more ticket with HAPPY BIRTHDAY in smaller letters stamped on it.

I hope you enjoyed my card.  Stay tuned for another one in the next day or two.

On New Year's Eve, think of me because I was born around 3:00 a.m. which makes it January 1 for my birthday.  I am going to have a special GIFT FOR ONE OF MY BLOG VISITORS ON MY BIRTHDAY SO STAY TUNED FOR THOSE DETAILS.

Entered at:

Sketch Frenzy Friday