PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: My Latest Projects and the Very Best of Pinterest Pins

I needed a WOW! card for the birthday of my son's

GF and decided to do a card in a box:

This is large version that I created using the

following measurements:

DSP Double-Sided:

10 1/2" x 11"

Along the 10 1/2" side score at:

2 1/2", 5", 7 1/2" and 10"

Along the 11" side score at:

5 1/2"

I then trimmed 2" off  three flaps and left the back flap closest to the tab full size to get a nice height for the back flap and a smaller size for the side flaps as shown in my picture above.

 Close Up

For more examples of these types of cards,

Pinterest has a board of them HERE.

I'm so happy to be going to a wedding and shower

for someone who is a landscape architect and

these are the cards I created for her:

Inside the Shower Card

Such a sweet little card that could be

modified for any occasion!

These cards were the source of my

CASED cards:

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Wedding Cards and the Very Best Pinterest Pins

We had a bridal shower recently in our family and these were some of the cards made for other family members to give to the bride:

Pinterest Inspiration:

Original Pin HERE

 Original Pin HERE

I loved how this card turned out:

Pinterest Inspiration:

Original Pin HERE

This was an experiment that

worked out just fine:

I used my Cricut for this card:

Inside Sentiment

SU Stamp Set: Simply Wonderful

Pinterest Inspiration:

Original Pin HERE

...and here's one more project I made for the

shower thanks to Pinterest:

I bought indoor/outdoor black paint at Michael's

for the groom pumpkin and hand-painted

the lower 1/3 area of the fake - but

real-looking pumpkin.

Original Pin HERE

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Walk Down Memory Lane and the Very Best of Pinterest Pins

My coworker brought in a huge box of handmade cards to show me. To my surprise, it contained every card I had ever given her over the last 10+ years! I went through the whole box and found a few of my all-time favorites to photograph and remember:

...and here are two cards that I made recently from

some clever Pinterest punch art cards:

FROM THESE PINS:

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Happy Heart Day and the Very Best of Pinterest Pins

I put my HOM MADE valentines into the mail this week and here are some of my favs:

Inside

Lower Border from Martha Stewart

Top Heart Die from SU: Bloomin' Heart Thinlet

Sentiment from SU: Bloomin' Love

Inside

Sentiment and Flowers:

Valentine Defined from SU

...and here are some of the very best 

Happy Heart Day pins

that inspired me:

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Love these Vday card pins, too:

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

...and this easy explosion inside insert

will surely make a special someone smile

for Valentine's Day or any occasion:

Original Pin HERE

PIN IT FRIDAY PINS: Bloomin' Hearts and the Very Best of Pinterest Pins

I just placed an order for SU goodies and the one item I can't wait to use is their Bloomin' Hearts thinlet die....so I've been finding examples of Pinterest projects using it and here are some of my favs:

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Two of My Projects this Week:

A Baby Card

A Birthday Box Card

I like how these cards fold flat to fit into an envelope! If you do a Google search for box card tutorial (click HERE), you will see more examples and loads of tutorials. I made this larger version (that will require a custom-made envelope) with an 8.5" x 11" sheet of DSP:

Along the 8.5" side, score every 2"

Along the 11" side, score at 5.5" then

cut along the 2" score lines up to the 5.5" score line

Trim 3 of the 4 panels to 9"

I added a support square to the outside surface of the back panel at the score line to keep the back panel in the up position.