Quilted Birthday Cards

Happy Presidents Day, hope you all have the day off and are having a relaxing day.

I would like to share with you two cards that I made this weekend. It was so relaxing to have some time to play with my stamps and paper too. I have two aunts that have birthdays coming up, within a week of each other, and decided to have them made and done ahead of time for a change.

I used a one inch square punch to punch out my "quilt pieces" with, later I found out most use the 1 1/4" square punch but I didn't want to waste the punches so I went for it. Mine is what you would call a old time patch quilt, lol! This way too I didn't have to worry about getting the "sashing" even between the squares. After I had all of the pieces adhered to the card piece, I ran it thru the Big Kick using the Finial Press embossing folder. Than I used the designer frame embossing folder to hold my sentiment, I cut that out with my oval die cut. Added some ribbon and ink and I was very happy with my "quilt"!

Stampin" Up! supplies:

Designer series paper:Everyday Enchantment (SAB)
Card stock:Whisper White, Pool Party and Calypso Coral
Ink:Soft Suede
Ribbon:1/8" Organdy Ribbon (SAB)
Stamp Set:Petite Pairs

Faux Tile Techinque

Good day everyone, hope you are having a great one!

Today I would like to share my latest card that I made. My friend, Chanda, recently sent me some card kits to play with and this was one of the cards she sent. Well, not THIS one. She did hers in a different color, but I didn't have the same color of ink or card stock, so I used what I had on hand. You can see her beautiful card HERE Isn't it pretty?! I needed a thank you card so I pulled one of my retired set because I really like the way this sentiment looks, very elegant. The card stock and ink I used were, Regal Rose and Pink Pirouette along with some Whisper White. I used Pretty In Pink ribbon and added a pearl too. I punched out the sentiment with the wide oval punch and the scalloped oval punch, I like how those two punches work together so well. Oh the stamp set I used is called Element of Style.

To get the faux tile look, you take your card stock and score it at 1 inch intervals, turn and do the same going the other way. My white card stock measured 4" x 5".

Well thanks for stopping by and hope to see you soon! Mary

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's day everyone!

Today I want to share with you the card that I sent to my cousin and my aunt, it is one that I found over on Dawn O. blog, which she has a video and how to make, HERE. I didn't have some of the same products that she used, so I used what I had on hand and I think it came out just fine. It looks so much prettier in real life, this picture doesn't do it justice.

All Stampin' Up! products:

Card stock: Crumb Cake, Pretty In Pink, Very Vanilla, Red Glimmer and Soft Suede
Ink: Soft Suede
Ribbon: Very Vanilla
Fashionable Hearts Embosslits Die
Textured Impression Embossing Folder
Decorative Label Punch
Dimensionals

Hope your day is a wonderful one, and hope you have a crafty one too! Mary

On the Grow Scooter

Hi everyone! Are you all ready for the big game on Sunday? Hope you all have had a great week and a better week-end too!

Today I want to share with you a card that I made for my friend Linda, Hi Linda, hope you had a great birthday! Linda and I had breakfast together a couple of weeks ago and she was telling me how she would like to have a scooter some day, which really surprised me! Well early in the week she sent me an e-mail and said that she got a yellow scooter for her birthday!! She is so happy and excited to finally have one, me being a mom that I am, I told her to be careful when she is on it. I was trying to think of a really special card that I could make for her and this stamp set popped into my mind! I'm so glad that I had gotten this set now, I didn't think that I would ever need a card with a scooter on it! Looking at the picture I wish now that I would have added a wider ribbon to it, but oh well, that's the way it goes, next time. Happy Birthday sentiment is stamped on the inside.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Stamp set: On the Grow, retired
Card stock: Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, Subtle Designer Series and Purple
SU markers
Ink: Black Staz-On
aqua painter

Thanks for dropping in to see me, I'm now making wedding invitations for my youngest daughter for her to choose which one she would like for me to make for her September wedding, so you will be seeing those in the near future too! Have a crafty day................Mary

Flight of the Butterfly Thank You Card

Hi to all of you! Hope you are staying warm, it sure is cold here!

Today I'm going to share a thank you card that I made to give to one of my clients. I received a belated Christmas gift from her and since it has been wild and crazy around here, it is late in being made and sent out to her, but I know she will understand as to why it is late.

I have always liked this stamp set but felt it was just a little bit to pricey for me to get, but when Stampin' Up had a Black Friday sale before Christmas and it was offered at 50% off, I just had to get the set! I just think it is so cute with the different ways you can stamp the butterflies and the cute "tails/sayings" that it has! I hope she likes it.

All products are Stampin' Up

Stamp set: Flight of the Butterfly
Ink: Pretty In Pink and Regal Rose
Card Stock: Regal Rose and Whisper White
Designer Series Paper: Subtles Collection
Punch: Scallop Edge Border
Pearls
Ribbon: Pretty In Pink
Sponge for sponging the edges

Thanks for dropping in and I hope my simple card helped to brighten you day! Mary

Valentine's Day Card in Red and Black

Good morning too all of my blogging friends! This will probably be the last Valentine's day card I will post, I just don't need to many of them. I thought this time I would change it up and make one in red and black. On the left is my inspiration one, I received it last year from my friend, Chanda. You can see her card on her blog HERE. The stamp set she used is from Stampin Up, Valentine Define, but it is now retired. For my background I use a stamp from Tiny Tags. All products except ribbon, are Stampin Up.

Card stock: Real Red, Black, Whisper White and Red Glimmer Paper
Ink: Black Staz-On
Embossing Folder: Framed Tulip
Embosslit Die: Scalloped Heart of Hearts
Ribbon: non SU

Oh no, I accidentally hit send so I guess I should say, Good Evening, lol! Anyway, I hope you all have a crafty day/evening! Mary

Valentine's Day Card in Pink, #2

As you can see I've been busy making Valentine cards, this year I'm ahead of the game, for a change, instead of waiting until the week before. This card is for another army girl who will also be shipped out soon to another post, so I wanted her to receive it before she moved. Again, I hope she likes pink too. The two army girls are roommates, so this time I wanted to make two different cards. The lady who requested cards for the girls had a chance to visit with one of them when she was home for the holidays and the girl told her how much they have enjoyed receiving the cards and when they would have a rough day, they would take the cards out and re-read the words of encouragement that were written on the inside of them. As they say, Kindness does matter. OK, as usual, everything is Stampin' Up.

Card stock- Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Very Vanilla
Stamps- En Francais, Bliss (retired SAB)
Ink- Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose
Embossing Powder- Clear
Punches- Scallop Trim Border, Full Heart
Ribbon- 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon
Pearls
Sponges

Well, this is my share for the day, hope your week is off to a great start! Happy crafting! Mary

Valentine's Day Card in Pink, #1

Good Morning to everyone, hope your day is starting off to be a great one!

Today I would like to share a Valentine card that I made to send as a RAK for an army girl. I had to send it to her now, as she will be shipped to another base because her basic training is almost over. Hope she likes pink!

All products (except for the candlewicking thread) are Stampin' Up. Here is what I used....

Card stock- Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Whiper White
Punches- Postage Stamp, Jewelry Tag, Heart to Heart, 1 3/8" Square Punch
Embossing Folder-Framed Tulips
Ink-Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose
Ribbon-1/8" Taffeta Ribbon (from the Clearance Rack)

On the inside I used Teeny Tiny Wishes and stamped Happy Valentine's Day

Well this is all for this card, thanks for stopping in to see it and as always, I enjoy reading any comments you may leave! Happy crafting! Mary

Punch Art Thank You Cows

Hey everyone! Hope you all are doing well and you all had a wonderful holiday season too. Mine was crazy, to say the least. Hubby had a total knee replacement on his right knee on December 20th, yup right before the Big One! He got out of the hospital on the 23rd and I've been busy since then, well actually about the whole month, tried to get alot done before his surgery, had my small family Christmas here on the 18th, which meant I had to clean the house really good because well it just seem like the perfect time to remodel our master bathroom too! Yep, life is not dull around here sometimes! But enough about this, your here because you want to see the card!

My dear friend, Linda, suprised me with a calendar from Chick-fil-A for my birthday last month, see I told you it was crazy here! Anyway, the calendar has black and white cows on it, I LOVE black and white cows and at our other house my kitchen was decorated with them, not overly, but some. Well she didn't know that but it was a sweet thing for her to do for me. So I needed to make a special thank you card for her. Now awhile back on Laura Lipe's blog she had a card just like this one but her cows were brown, so I CASE'D her card. Here is HER card. I used Stampin' Up punches, paper, ink to make this card, sorry I don't have the details, I forgot to write it all down, will do better next time, promise!

Well that's it for today, off to make a thinking of you card, thank you card and some Valentine cards! Hope you have a crafty day! Mary

Happy New Year 2012!!

Hope you all have a happy, healthy New Year filled with many wonderful blessings!

Mary