Father's Day Cards

In honor of those special men in our lives, I've created a few cards. I used some Graphic 45 papers and lots of Papertrey Ink Stamps.

I hope all the men in your life had a Happy father's Day!

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cards for men

i always have such a hard time making cards for men. i got the idea for this card from last month's Papercrafts Magazine and new i had to make it. i just love the Graphic 45 papers and i have been saving them for just the right card. i love how it turned out and plan on making another version of it for a Father's Day card.

monkey birthday card

this cute monkey card is so fun and playful! I used a variety of goodies to create this card. the monkey is colored with copics. the kites are fussy cut and stamped with some jenni bowlin inks. i used a few PTI stamps as well as a Lawn Fawn set for the sentiment.

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enjoy the ride

I have been in a card making mood this week. here's a graduation card i made for my nephew. blue and white are his school colors, so i incorporated them into this card. hope he likes it.

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PTI Rocket

When I saw the Rocket stamp set on Papertrey Ink, I know had to get it. Santana loves Buzz Light Year and walks around the house saying "to infinity and beyond". Here is the card I made for his third birthday. I got my inspiration from The Papertrey Ink Gallery.

The background is done with Tim Holtz distess inks. The images are colored with copic markers. I especailly like the "bling" used for the Rocket window. I think I will be making more of these cards for the little men in our lives.

easter cards

my easter cards are ready to go. i made these for a card challenge on my scrapbuddies message board and i'm very happy with the way they turned out.

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time flies and cards

i can't believe we are almost half way through the summer already. where does the time go?

here are a few of my latest cards that i've made.

this one i made for ava's dance recital. she loved it and she even asked me how i made it. it was a wonderful night for all of us. i remember sitting through so many recitals with melissa. to see ava up there on the stage dancing, brought back the same butterflies i used to get watching her mom!

here are a few cards i made for a card olymics i'm participating in on one of the message boards i belong to. i had so much fun making this red, white and blue card. i used my cricut to make the layered flag and stars. It's hard to tell from the photo, that i used a glitter glazed pen on the stripes of the flag and to make stitch lines around the navy background. i will admit that the card is pretty heavy with all the layers so it will need some extra postage for mailing.

this card was made for a fall card challenge and it won first place! I was totally caught by surprise! you know when you're not loving something and you just keep playing with it...well that was how i felt about this card, so you can only imagine my surprise when i found out that it placed! it's hard to tell from the photo, but the gold sprigs are done with glitter and the autumn greetings tag is layered and pop dotted.




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june is here

i can't believe it's june already! yeah...summer fun is about to begin. i plan on spending time exploring the island with ava and santana and getting some much needed relaxtion in by the shore. sounds like a great combination for new photos!

in the meantime here are two of my latest cards.

this graduation card was quick and easy, a little kraft cardstock, a border punch, butterflies, cut with my making memories slice, ribbon and some wonderful thickers.

i always find masculine cards to be a challenge. i found a good tutorial for this card and made it for my dad for his birthday. i plan on making a few more variations of it , for father's day cards.

Here is the link to the tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so6VmrBSFfY

yes...more cards

i haven' t had much time to play with paper over the last few weeks, but here are some of the cards i recently made. i am in love with my new cricut. it is so much fun! i need to start making cards ahead of time instead of making them day before i need them!

teacher appreciation

i'm so excited! i made these cards for teacher appreciation week at ava and santana's daycare and i got recognized over on Club CK. my cards are shown in the post on inspiring scrapbook pages. here is the link to the post: http://clubcreatingkeepsakes.com/blogs/ck_community/archive/2010/05/07/inspiring-scrapbook-pages-from-the-club-ck-gallery-may-7-2010.aspx

i made these cards using a notebook theme. the apples are cut on my cricut and i used black cardstock as a base. the inside sentiment is stamped with vintage cream ink (PTI) on the black cardstock, so it gives the effect of a chalkboard. these are the two styles that i made.
this is what the inside of the card look like. these would be perfect cards to give teachers at the end of the school year as well!
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mother's day

i've been busy making mother's day cards. here are a few of my favorites.
here is the card ava and i made for her mom for mother's day.

hope everyone has a happy mother's day!

a lot of cards

That seems to be what I've been making over the last few weeks.

I really love these flower cards. I stamped the image, colored with Copics, cut it out by hand and adhered it with pop dots.These a few quick cards that I made, using various techniques.

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cards

here are a few more cards that i made.

these were quick cards made using my cuttlebug for the embossing. i really should make a stash of cards for when i need them instead of making them one by one, but i never seem to have the extra time. maybe someday when i retire!

more cards

it's been a busy two weeks around our house. i think everyone has taken at least one turn at being sick..some of us have taken two turns. right now (fingers crossed) i think we can say that eveyone is just about finished with taking medications (except for santana's daily meds) and is feeling better.

over the last week i managed to make some cards that i thought i would share. i used kraft cardstock as a base, papertrey ink ink for inking the edges and i used my copics for the coloring. i'm having a lot of fun playing with my copics, even though i still have a lot to learn.

the colors in this card could be modifies to use as an easter or a spring card.

this card is one of my favorites right now. i really am happy with the way it turned out.

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valentine's day 2010

i hope everyone had a very nice valentine's day. i made some cards that i tried some new techniques on.


i have decided that i love working with kraft cardstock as a base for cards. this is a simple card that i'm very happy with the results of.



the next two cards i made using my new copics, that i got with my christmas gift cards to my local scrapbook store, http://scrappersplayground.blogspot.com/



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