PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Father's Day Cards and the Very Best of Pinterest Pins

Father's Day will soon be here and I found the perfect card to make for the dads in our family:

Original Pin HERE

My Version:

To make the shirt collar with the gray pattern on it, I cut down 1 1/2" in the center and the white shirt collar was made by cutting down 1" in the center. I wish I had attached the white shirt paper to the printed paper first before adhering to the black layer so the edges would have aligned a bit better.

This WOW! card has a moving

camera shutter effect inside:

Original Pin HERE

Sandi includes a terrific video tutorial that is a must watch and she even included all of the measurements below the video on her blog post HERE. The inside shutter effect will surely cause the recipients to say WOW! 

My Version:

...and here's a little video I made to quickly

show how this card works...click HERE then click

on the little play icon in the upper right corner.

It did take me a time or two to perfect a template for the inside moving parts as shown below. It also helps to lay the inside parts in the card before attaching to see if adjustments are needed. Placing the 1/4" sticky tape close to - but not on - the fold/score line is also helpful.

My sister's 60th birthday is in June. She loves blue and this is the card I made her:

I got the idea from my walk down
Memory Lane HERE:

Original Pin HERE


to one terrific sister!

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Star Wars Cards and the Very Best of Pinterst Pins

My son had his 30th birthday recently and I wanted to make a special card for him. I saw this card on Pinterst and decided my Star Wars fan would love one like it!

Original Pin HERE

I thought a Yoda sentiment would be perfect for this card:

I made one more card and rounded the edges at the top:

Here are my favorite Star Wars pins from last week:

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Chocolate Rules and the Very Best of Pinterest Pins

I saw an idea on Pinterest that caught my eye for obvious reasons - haha!

 

Original Pin HERE

When I started reading the rules, I had some LOL moments and knew I had to try a version of this idea for my college roommate, Linda:

Original Pin HERE

I had a beautiful piece of 3D floral paper saved in my paper collection for years, and using my computer, I made this version:

Linda loved it and I love how it can be modified for all sorts of gift giving occasions! Here are a few more versions:

 ....and this photo shows one with a smaller chocolate bar from Trader Joe's. I photographed it with the larger Hershey bar version to show the comparison. I like the larger size version best.

Additional Hershey bar paper craft pins include these clever ideas:

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Mini Gift Boxes and the Very Best of Pinterest Pins

I LOVE this versatile favor and mini tote box from Pinterest that will hold two fun size candy bars or a small gift.

The way the sides criss cross really adds to the look!
Click HERE for the Original Pin
OR
tinyurl.com/minitotebox

Dawn has a wonderful how-to video for this box, too.

I had fun making several fall and Christmas versions:

The "sweet" oval is raised with foam squares

and was the oval punched out at the box top.

Fabulous Friend Tag Stamp:

Oval All by Stampin' Up

On the next version, I added a little flower to the tag:

It turned out to be the perfect touch!

....and here are a few more favor and
gift ideas I recently pinned:

For giving cash or a check this Christmas:


Original Pin HERE

For a Halloween Hershey Bar Treat with Video Tutorial:


Original Pin HERE and Blog Post HERE

...and modify this candy holder idea for all occasions:


Original Pin HERE

The same project idea with a Christmas theme:


Original Pin HERE

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Masculine Cards and the Best of Pinterest Pins

I needed a masculine birthday card and saw this one on Pinterest:

Original Pin HERE

I needed to modify it a bit to fit it into an envelope and also use a stamp and an embossing folder I already had:

...and here a few other pinned cards for the men in our lives:

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Bokeh Backgrounds and the Very Best of Recent Pinterest Pins

I've discovered a lot of cards and videos lately using the Bokeh Technique (rhymes with mocha) for making backgrounds. I used a sponge to lay down two complimentary colors, then used a piece of white cardstock to punch several sizes of holes to use as a mask so white craft ink can be sponged over the background. This technique creates such lovely and versatile backgrounds! There are quite a few variations for BOKEH and here are a few Pinterest pins and videos to check out:

Original Pin HERE

Diane also has some wonderful paper craft ideas for a summer BBQ from SU's Sara Douglass HERE.

Original Pin HERE...and here are a

few more cards I made with this

wonderful technique:

This one needed something and Martha Stewart embossed white peel and stick borders did the trick! I simply cut them down to a smaller size:

For my DH's birthday recently, I also made this bear card because we call each other Bear:

Here's the original Pinterest card:

Original Pin HERE

Initially, I thought that this card would make a nice Christmas card for my card-worthy friends, but I realized as soon as I started punching and shading that this would be way too much work to make 20+ of these cards! For my DH, it's all worth the work, though! Check out even more masculine cards for Father's Day on Pinterest HERE.

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: The Very Best of Recent Pins on Pinterest

COLOR ON BLACK CARDS

My talented friend and neighbor, Katie, came up with the wonderful design for this card below and I got to make one for my dear FIL's birthday last week --- PLUS I already had a matching bag in my stash of gift bags! Oh! I love when that happens!

I didn't have the die cut for the letters used to make HAPPY, but I did have a small butterfly punch, so I tried making a few similar cards like this:

SENTIMENT:

Elementary Elegance (SU)

The sentiments in white on the above cards are heat embossed and that - along with the colors on black - really makes these cards pop when seen in person! I recalled seeing other black and white cards on Pinterest recently and this one called out to me:

Original Pin HERE

I'll have to try cutting strips of black card stock to make one just like this, but I did have some black and white striped paper already and CASED this idea to make this card:

SENTIMENT:

Heard from the Heart (SU)

LEAVES Made with a

Martha Stewart Punch

Here's one last variation on cards using strips of color and butterflies. This is my next card to make using SU's small butterfly punch and their Papillon Potpourri set. I'll try it using a black card base, too!

Original Pin HERE