Beth's card...

One of my co-workers likes dolphins, so when her birthday was yesterday on Tuesday, I knew I just had to make this for her.

And of course this meant I had to make a shaker card.  I did a mix of old and new.  Stampin up is bringing back one of my favourite blues- Coastal Cabana.  So I had to use that with the seaside texture embossing folder to make the waves.  The dolphins are from a retired set.  Stamped on thick whisper white cardstock in basic gray.  I then watercoloured them in smoky slate.  When that was dry, I added some clear wink of stella.

In the shaker part of the card, I mixed the retired dazzling diamonds, and the to be released tranquil textures sprinkles.   I stamped the edges of the crumb cake cardstock with images from timeless textures in soft suede. Just to make it "feel" like sand.  This was all mounted on a bermuda bay base.

 

The card was a  hit.  She loved it and I'm so glad she did.  I love making cards that reflect the receiver's interests. 

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A quilter's delight....

A dear friend of mine moved away, and I have missed stamping with her.  She has a love (and passion) for making quilts.  So when this set came out last Winter, I knew I had to get it and make her a special card.  I knew she'd love it.

I also used coordinating paper to line the envelope.  And decorated the inside.  Another dear friend of mine always tells me "no naked envelopes"  so when I do remember to actually decorate the outside, I let her know  lol

The recipient loved it, and I know she treasures it as much as I treasure the quilts she's made me.


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pretty paper isn't just for cardmaking....

I had an old hard covered binder and I wanted to reuse it to keep my card making ideas/projects in one place. (it's a real bummer when you go to look for those measurements you wrote down on a piece of paper, and can't find it).  So I used the bright DSP from the free paper you could earn from the recent Sale-A-Bration. (I love that lemon lime twist) 

 The inside-also lined in lemon lime twist. 

And to protect the seams, I covered them with lemon lime twist ribbon. 

It's such a bright book- you can't miss it!  I will get lots of use from it. 


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Ted's Card

Every year for the owner at the company I work for, I make a massive card that gets mailed out to the other offices for them to sign.  We are now up to 5 offices!  That's a lot of signatures.  His birthday is in October, so in the Summer I start thinking of what kind of card I want to do.  Last October it was an accordion fold.  Each page was double sided, and folded up and tied closed. 

Everyone commented on it, and there was barely any white space left over when all was said and done.  The nice thing is, my boss appreciated it.

I love the bright colours.

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Birthday poodle

One of the girls at my work has a poodle. and loves poodles, so what card was I to do for her birthday??  poodle of course.  The SU bundle Birthday Delivery was perfect.  Add to that, the fact that I LOVE to watercolour my images, this was the perfect set. 

She really loved it and I like to make cards that reflect what a person likes or their favourite colours.  Just to go that one extra step to let them know that I appreciate them.

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work called on account of.... MONSTERS

ahhhh more crack of stupid crafting.  I love the 2ish hours I get alone in the morning at my regular job and work on a few things when needed (or wanted).  Today I was finishing up putting ears on the Vampires.  These little guys are going to be for Halloween treats for my co-workers.  I've made quite a few already, but I have left over ears, so I will make some more Vampires.  lol
I really like the skeletons with their "glow in the dark" eyes. 

But it seems my keyboard has been over taken with the little monsters... so I guess no work for me today :D  ....that's a legit excuse, right?

oh well, I tried....

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Quick stack of cards

When I need to make a quick stack of cards, simple designs work best for me.  Something I can repeat in any colour.   I took the new SU in-colours and I made a stack of 30 cards in no time at all.  I love the image from the Celebrate You set.  it's big but not over powering on a card front. It lets the image take centre stage. 

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Happy Stamping :)