While Walking My Dogs

Before we get to Card #9, the winner of yesterdays daily giveaway is:  Marjorie who said, “Loved watching the video – you make it look so easy!”.

Thank you for your kind words and Congratulations Marjorie!

I hope you enjoy your card.

Don’t forget to leave a comment on this post for today’s card. Remember each day you leave a comment, you are entered into the drawing for the Grand Giveaway for all 31 cards. Easy, peasy.

Card #9 –  Congratulations card

I started by assembling all my supplies.

Today was one of those days where this card seemed like it just didn’t want to made.  From the very start, I ran into one issue after another.  I almost scrapped it (and not the good scrap), but decided to keep going because I didn’t have any backup plans for today.

I used white cardstock (5 1/2″ X 8 1/2″) for my base, sage cardstock (5 1/4″ X 4″) for the frame and watercolor paper (5 1/4″ X 4″) for the design.

I started by prepping the watercolor paper.  I taped the paper to a board using painters tape.  I then covered the whole piece of paper with plain water.  I wanted a haphazard look so I took my Distress Inks and just randomly applied the ink to the paper.  Then I took a big broad brush and started applying more water until I achieved the look I wanted.  I used my heat gun to dry the paper (to speed the process up).

This is when things started to go wrong.  I began to remove the painters tape and the watercolor paper ripped on one side.  After a small tantrum, I regrouped and decided to keep the background piece, just cut off the ripped section.

I set the background aside and starting dry embossing the cardstock frame using an embossing folder.  I chose a folder with small polka dots.  Using my Big Shot machine, I placed the cardstock inside the embossing folder and ran it through.

Now it was time to prepare the sentiment.  The sentiment ‘congratulations’ was stamped onto a banner.  I stamped the banner using Versamark ink and embossed with silver embossing powder.  I then stamped the sentiment on the banner.  This stamp kit came with a matching die-cut.  This is where the 2nd problem showed up.  The die-cut is supposed to leave a thin edge, but that’s only if you line up the die-cut properly.  I thought I did, but when I removed the die-cut the edging was skewed.  Instead of scrapping the banner, I just used my scissors to remove the edging.  I need to spend more time practicing using these die cuts.

As much as I liked the watercolor background, the piece was a little flat.  I stenciled stars with Versamark and a holographic embossing powder.  This made the difference.

I used my tape runner to attach the watercolor paper to the cardstock frame then used foam adhesive to attach the banner.  To finish off the card, attached the front piece to the base cardstock and glued tiny rhinestones to the background.

Here is the finished card.

This card could be used for a number of occasions.  And you could vary the colors depending of your recipient.

Remember to leave a comment below and be entered to win this card today and possibly the Grand Giveaway of all 31 cards on February 1, 2015.

Until tomorrow,

This is my ‘congratulations’ face.
I take celebration very seriously.

Before we get to Card #7, the winner of yesterdays daily giveaway is:  Denise who said, “I love this card. This will brighten someone’s day.”.

Thank you for your kind words and Congratulations Denise!

I hope you enjoy your card.

Don’t forget to leave a comment on this post for today’s card. Remember each day you leave a comment, you are entered into the drawing for the Grand Giveaway for all 31 cards. Easy, peasy.

Card #7 –  “Just A Note” card

I started by assembling all my supplies.

Spoiler alert:  I’m a little enamored with my butterfly die cut.  It might show up a few times in the next 22 days ;-).

I’m also accumulating a nice big stack of scrap cardstock and am trying to work the pieces of paper into my cards.  Today’s card is an attempt to use my scraps.  I really don’t like to throw away scraps because so much can be done with them.  I’m thinking about doing a series later in the year where I make cards using only my scraps (except for the base).  Like I said, I’m thinking about it.

I used white cardstock (5 1/2″ X 8 1/2″) for my base and a selection of patterned cardstock (3/4″ X 4 1/4″) for the design.

I started by die cutting the butterflies from yellow patterned cardstock.  I used my Wink of Stella glitter pen to glitterize (not sure if that’s a word) the butterflies.  I set those aside to dry while I worked on the design of the card.

I cut the patterned paper strips for the card design.  I chose 5 different patterns that were from a similar color family.  I cut them into 3/4″ X 4 1/4″ strips and then inked the edges with my Distress Ink (tumbled glass) of each individual piece.  I then started at the top of the white cardstock base, on an angle, gluing down each piece.  After they were attached I took my scissors and cut off the bits that were hanging over the edge of the card.

I used my Fiskars Easy Stamp Press to position the sentiment in line with the last piece of patterned cardstock.  I used Distress Ink (salty ocean) to stamp the sentiment.

Assembling this card was really simple.  I glued the 3 butterflies to the front of the card and added pearl bead dots to each butterfly.

Here is the finished card.

I’m in a “sending cards just because” mood at the moment.  It’s always such a good feeling to be able to brighten someone’s day.

Remember to leave a comment below and be entered to win this card today and possibly the Grand Giveaway of all 31 cards on February 1, 2015.

Until tomorrow,

I’m in a “hang out on the bed” mood.

Before we get to Card #4, the winner of yesterdays daily giveaway is:  Cathy who said, “Very nice”.

Thank you for those kind words and Congratulations Cathy!

I hope you enjoy your card.

Don’t forget to leave a comment on this post for today’s card. Remember each day you leave a comment, you are entered into the drawing for the Grand Giveaway for all 31 cards. Easy, peasy.

Card #4 – How’ve you bean?

I started by assembling all my supplies.

I was given this stamp set by a dear friend for my birthday.  I happen to love tea, coffee, stamps and puns so this was an AWESOME gift!

I used stone cardstock (5 1/2″ X 8 1/2″) for my base, rust cardstock (4″ X 5 1/2″), white card stock (1″ X 4″) and patterned paper for the coffee cups.

I started by using the border punch on the white cardstock (1″ X 4″).  I then inked the piece with Distress Ink and a piece of foam to remove the bright white and inked the edges with a darker shade of Distress Ink.  I used my adhesive to attach the border piece to the rust cardstock about a third of the way down from the top of the card.  I inked the edges of the rust cardstock and I set that aside while I worked on the coffee cups.

For each coffee cup, I stamped the cup image onto the back of each piece of patterned paper.  I then cut out the cup making sure to also cut the piece from inside the handle.  Then I used my Pitt pen to draw the border lines and details of the cup.  I did this 5 times.  Additionally using my hearts punch, I punched 3 large hearts out of scrap rust cardstock for the front of the cups.

I wanted to stack the cups on top of each other, so I used my Exacto knife to make a small slit in the top of 4 of the cups and then slipped the cups together.  I then used my tape adhesive to glue the cups to the rust cardstock on top of the border piece.

I stamped the sentiment with Momento black ink just underneath the border piece.

To finish off the card, I used my Wink of Stella Glitter Pen on the hearts and rounded the corners with my We Are Memory Keepers Corner Chomper.

Here is the finished card.

I love making cards that have a bit of whimsy and ‘punny’ humor.   It’s great to make cards for people, but to get them to laugh or at least smile really big is a complete bonus.

Remember to leave a comment below and be entered to win this card today and possibly the Grand Giveaway of all 31 cards on February 1, 2015.

Until tomorrow,

I love watching my mom work.  I also love watching my mom eat ’cause sometimes she gives me treats.

Before we get to Card #3, the winner of yesterdays daily giveaway is:  Pam who said, “Too bad my birthday is so far away 🙂 Great card!”.

Thank you for those kind words and Congratulations Pam!

I hope you enjoy your card.

Don’t forget to leave a comment on this post for today’s card. Remember each day you leave a comment, you are entered into the drawing for the Grand Giveaway for all 31 cards. Easy, peasy.

Card #3 – Anniversary

I started by assembling all my supplies.

I used white cardstock (4 1/4″ X 11″) for my base, white cardstock (3.75″ X 5″) and silver cardstock for the frame (4″ X 5 1/2″).

I started by cutting the large heart shape from the white cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo Electronic Die Cutting Machine.  After the image was cut I backed the negative shape with patterned paper.  I then inked the positive shape with Versamark, covered the piece with silver glitter embossing powder and used my heat gun to melt the powder.

I used my tape adhesive to glue the hearts back into the negative shape on the card. 

I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and covered it with the same silver glitter embossing powder.

Using the hearts punch, I punched a selection of hearts from the remaining patterned paper and glued them on the card in between the main image and the sentiment.  I then attached two enamel dots to the base of one of the hearts.

I inked the edges of the white cardstock with silver ink and glued it to the silver cardstock frame.  I then attached that whole piece to the white base.

Here is the finished card.

This is a card that could be used for Valentine’s Day and weddings as well as anniversaries.

Remember to leave a comment below and be entered to win this card today and possibly the Grand Giveaway of all 31 cards on February 1, 2015.

Until tomorrow,

So this is pretty much what we do when mom’s making cards.