Little Monster's Birthday

This 3x3 card was created as a tag for a 3-year-old's birthday gift. I've seen this idea for making a little monster out of the Owl punch in a few places and had been wanting to play around with it. I also happened to have the googley eyes in my girls' art supplies that I think make this really fun for the kids.

His hands are the Owl's feet that have been trimmed off. I stamped the balloon and then used paper snips to cut it out. It's popped up on dimensionals so the string fits nicely under it.

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Old Olive, Peach Parfait designer series
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive marker
Tools: Owl Punch, paper snips,
Accessories: dimensionals, white baker's twine, google eye

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I started this card originally to hold a Starbucks gift card as a thank you for a friend.  I wanted to try out a water coloring technique using a blender pen on this image. It was fun to do and I love the way it turned out so I made several more!

I stamped the image using Early Espresso and used the blender pen to "water color" the image. The heart was colored in using markers for a more intense color. It's also been cut out and popped up on a dimensional.

This was also my first attempt at "ruffling" the Marina Mist paper scallop. Lesson learned, I'll need to make that piece a bit taller so the ruffle shows up better. In person it adds some texture that's not captured well in the photo.

Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Marina Mist
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, A Slice of Life
Ink: Early Espresso, Marina Mist, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive
Tools: Scallop punch, paper snips
Accessories: dimensionals, White ribbon, Early Espresso ribbon, basic staple

Thank U

This was a clean and simple thank you note I made for Reagan's birthday. She's not into anything too girly and the theme was sports, quite a challenge. I don't have any sports-themed stamps so I used the background stamp to be playful and tried to use the colors to be child-like but not girly.

I like the effect that rounded corner punch has on this. I just punched out 5 squares and used the rounded corner to give it a little something more.

And a dimensional for the center piece.

Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Crumb Cake
Stamps: Sprinkles, Cute by the Inch
Tools: Rounded corner punch, Square punch, dimensional

Father's Day card texture

These Father's Day cards came together pretty quickly. I made some with capital letters and others with lower case so that when I ran the alphabet die cutter through there wouldn't be any wasted letters.

I used a texture plate to make the diamond pattern on the Basic Grey paper then I attached a piece of clear plastic sheeting over top, attaching it with the silver brads. Our office was clearing out old supplies and I took home a couple boxes of overhead projector sheets. I've been looking for a way to use them and these turned out better than the picture shows.

I got lucky that "grandpa" fit just perfectly.

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Grey, Night of Navy
Accessories: Silver brads, Transparency sheets, texturizing plates, alphabet die cuts

Fourth of July Treats

I had to share these impressive treats my friend and coworker, Kim made for the Fourth of July. The "pops" are Oreo truffles dipped in white chocolate and rolled in sparkly sprinkles. They were delicious. I saw she had posted the tag on Pinterest but pairing it with the coordinating ribbon and colored sprinkles was so sharp. I'll definitely be giving this a try for classroom treats or party favors.