PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Tim Holtz Dies and the Very Best of Pinterest Pins

I use the backs of photos when I cut out intricate dies. Simply make the following sandwich: BASE CUTTING PLATE, DIE CUTTING PLATE, PHOTO with back facing up or down, PAPER TO BE CUT, DIE, FINAL PLATE then place into your machine. I have a Cuttlebug so my sandwich is: A plate, C plate, photo facing down, cardstock, die, B plate....and here is the result:

...and another card made with the die above:

This die is from a set of three: Tim Holtz Sizzix thinlet dies #661185:

Here are the rest of the dies in this set:

When I saw this Pinterest pin...

I went straight to Amazon.com and ordered this set of dies!

They are quick and easy cards but look

fancy and impressive in MHO!

I LOVE BUTTERFLIES!

I made the bow above using my new bow maker

from my talented friend Mel --- handmade

by her husband Kim.

Watch the video HERE to

see how it works!

Love this layout idea!

STAMPS:

Leaf Flourish: SU Vintage Vogue

Sentiments: SU Sincere Salutations

BUTTERFLIES:

SU Butterfly Sizzlet

Flower die is from my friend Alice!

PINTEREST PICS

I'm on vacation and had a chance to do some Pinterest pinning! Here are some of my favorites:

 

and here's a card with a nice tutorial HERE to make a shadowbox card:

Fifth Avenue Floral

I've had this floral Stampin' Up set for a long time and

haven't used it in a long while.

Here's the simple card I came up with:

INSIDE

SU STAMPS 

Florals:

Fifth Avenue Floral

Front Sentiment: 

A Word for You

Inside Sentiments: 

Simple Sayings

Sweet Little Sentiments

SU INK:

Pretty in Pink

Melon Mambo

Valentine for a Card Maker

INSIDE THE CARD IT READS:

This is for the Ways to Use It WT408 Challenge on Splitcoaststampers.com to show off a new toy that we got for Christmas and mine was the Stampin' Up Fashionable Hearts Embosslits. It embosses and cuts 5 different shaped and embossed hearts all at once! I love using it with metallic paper --- it gives such professional results!

I used translate.google.com to make a background that says in French: To my card maker friend * You are so talented and creative * I'm so lucky to have a friend like you! Then I pasted it over and over again using a script font and WingDings2 "f" key to separate each line. 

Triple Embossed!

Card for Grandma taking all of us to Lisa's Treasures today and another card for Rina for treating me to a shopping spree at Marshall's after lunch!

Variations on a Black and White Theme

Here are a few variations on my all black and white card posted HERE. I used SU's Garden Collage stamp set (retired), but you could try a black and white card with just a few parts of any stamp highlighted with color. It makes for a quick and easy card and spotlights the most important aspects of the stamped image. 

Color was added with the following Copic markers for the sunflower:

and for the butterfly:

...and finally...Crystal Stickles were added to the butterfly wings along the veins to add some bling to the final appearance.


Be sure to visit the Really Reasonable Ribbon blog and their current black and white challenge for more inspiration by clicking HERE or check out their current challenge at http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.com and click on the current challenge box in the upper left corner.

Nestibilities: Small Classic Scallop Rectangles, Small Classic Rectangles and Labels 4
Sizzix: Square Lattice Embossing Folder (A Stampin' Up exclusive)