TST #102 Butterfly Miles Away

 
It's Tuesday again and I am away from my regular crafting desk, but still able to take part in another great sketch by Jen over at Try Stampin on Tuesday.

So while I am away one of my co-workers is having a Birthday and I would never forget any of my girls birthdays, so I am using this sketch to celebrate with her even though I am butterfly miles away!

 

I have pulled another page from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found DSP (ouch!) but I am just loving this DSP.  The banner was preprinted so I took advantage of that.  Then I cut another piece for the overlay on the card front.  Using the MS Circle Cutter I cut a 2 1/2" circle and stamped French Script over it.  Once I had assembled the card base pieces I ran them through the Cuttlebug using the Perfect Polkadots Embossing Folder.  

I cut three sets of butterflies from the Beautiful Wings Sizzlet and use two of the sets to lift the third butterfly to make it appear to be flying off the page.  Then I layered more butterflies on top of that.  The banner from the front of the card was long enough that I was able to wrap it around to the inside of the card and again accent the inside of the card with butterflies.  

I hope that you like what I have come up with.  I am certain that my co-worker with love it and be surprised that even though I am so far away on her happy day I had time to spare to make her a special card.  Happy Birthday Janet!

Now it's your turn.  What inspires you?  Need a little more inspiration.  Join us over at the Try Stampin site and see what the other Great Designers have in store for you.  Once you have been inspired don't forget to share your work with us.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

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Double the Pleasure, Double the Fun....Twins!

A fellow co-worker asked me to make her a special card for a baby shower that she was attending.  The  proud Momma-to-Be is having TWINS!  They already know that they are having  boy and a girl.

I thought about this one for a while.  First I thought I would make an explosion card with cribs, but too expensive.  So to simplify things I thought diaper!

I Googled "diaper card template" and found numerous templates to make diaper cards with.  There was so much to choose from and the inspirations were great.  After seeing what was available, I set out to make my card.

I started with Whisper White CS and cut out the basic diaper shape.  Then using a blue ginham and pink polka-dot DSP that I had I adhered them using sticky strip to the diaper base down the middle, leaving the legs open.  

Then with plain CS in the corresponding colours I punched out a scalloped edge for the one side and a diamond edge for the other.  After punching these out I ran them through my crimper several times to break the fibers to allow them to be more easily applied to the diaper.  Again with sticky strip I adhered these crimped pieces inside the two layers of the cardstock.

Next was my inside.  I searched for a greeting that would be appropriate for Twins, but couldn't find anything I liked to I decided to try it on my own.  I printed this out on regular paper and adhered it to the inside of the card. This is what I came up with. Then I added the little hand and foot prints to the inside of the base.

I cut slits in the front of the diaper and adhered diaper pins to the openings using glue dots.  The card fit perfectly into a regular card envelop.

 

I was very pleased with the outcome and I'm sure that the Mommy-to-Be will be happy with it too (or should I say Two!)

Thanks for dropping by.

Nancy

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TST #76 A Primary Birthday

It's Tuesday again, so it's time for Try Stampin on Tuesday.  Jen is back and has a great sketch for us to try this week.  There were so many possibilities when I first saw this sketch and it was hard to choose just one theme to go with.  I hope you like what I have for you.

 

Yes I am calling this a Primary Birthday because I have used only the primary colours of Red, Yellow and Blue.  This was a great challenge as I was able to use up a lot of scraps that I had lying around.  I stamped the Red portion of the embellished area to give a little more definition and then added a simple gem to spruce it up even more.

I hope you like what I have come up with.  Now it's your turn.  I'm sure you have lots of scraps in your piles of papers as well so time to use them up.

Don't forget to check out our other great designers at Try Stampin as well.

Thanks for stoping by.

Nancy

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Mojo Monday #244 - Thank You

I needed a Thank You card for a co-worker and saw this sketch over at Mojo Monday and thought I would give it a try.

The colouring is very subdued but I think that the effects show much better in person.

I hope you enjoy.

Nancy

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Masculine Monday 12/3/2012

Go Confidently...

I have chosen this a a masculine card, but I guess it could be used for a female as well.

It is a rather clean and simple style of card. I was quite pleased with the way the knot turned out for the centre square.

For the inside of the card I used the diamond border punch on each of the three colours and layered them.  This covered the ends of the ribbon, but also gave interest to the inside of the card.

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

Any Occasion with Fleur de Lis

This is a rather simple card but with big effects.

The background is a simple piece of Whisper White cardstock.  The Fleur de Lis' were die cut and emobossed using the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis die in Baby Blue and lifted off the Postage Stamp Punch out of Whisper White again using Dimensionals.

The side strip follows the diamond portion from the right side and is punched on both sides using the Diamond Border Punch and accented with a white bow.

This card could be used for just about any occasion and therefore I have left the sentiment blank until I need just the right card for the occasion.

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

Paradise Found

The inspiration for this  card came from Ilina Crouse who had made a series of cards using the Two Step Bird Punch to create the Bird of Paradise flower.  It uses 3 of the bird body and 5 of the bird wings.                                                                     

Hope you enjoy!

Nancy

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