Oh, Baby!

This is the card I made for Linda's daughter's new baby boy THOMAS! Welcome to the world little one!...and the second pic shows my inspiration...

a card I saw on Pinterest:

...and my inspiration:

I love cards with plenty of white space...and I had a happy little opportunity when I stamped the saying too high up from the bottom. To fix it, I used my new SU edgelit embossing folder to balance the white space!

Stamp: A Word for You SU

Ink: Blue Bliss SU, Basic Black

Clouds: Cricut with Blue Bliss sponged onto edges

Brenda's Make n' Take Today

My very talented friend and SU Demonstrator, Brenda Keenan, is offering this Make n' Take at Cottage Crafts in San Jose today from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm!

Stamps:  Pleasant Poppies, Petite Pairs, Papillon Potpourri

Ink:  Black Stazon, Primrose Petals

Paper:  Basic Black, Very Vanilla, First Edition Designer Series Paper

Accessories:  Eyelet Border Punch, Dimensionals, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Large Oval and Scallop Oval Punches, Primrose Petals Stitched Satin Ribbon

Happy Birthday to Alice!

This is the birthday card I made for a wonderful friend's birthday using my Blossom Petals Builder punch and the Tulip Frame embossing folder both from Stampin' Up. (The Happy Birthday stamp is from the Create a Cupcake SU set.) I cased this card from a Pinterest post shown below:

Treat Holder for Halloween

Here's a quick treat holder for

a Ghirardelli chocolate square or 3 Hershey Nuggets:

Start with a 3 1/4" by 8 3/4" piece of DSP

Score along the length at 3/4", 4 1/4", 4 3/4" and 5 1/4"

Use a bone folder along each score line 

(The 4 3/4" score line is the only valley fold)

Add the candy using glue dots, close the folder
like a matchbook then

punch each side with a rectangle punch

Add a ribbon, tie in a bow and add a label!

Stamping with Acrylic Blocks

Here's a terrific technique with video to try! Watch the video below and create cards like these created by Andrea Hayes:

Cased Card!

Thank you, Marcia, for sharing this cased card you made after reading my post HERE! Your card is beeeeeeautiful and I'm so happy you sent this to me!

My Triple Time Stamping Card

I tried the triple time stamping technique shown on my blog HERE and made this card for my mom. She just returned from a month-long trip to China where she taught English to students at Jiangnan University in Wuxi, China. Her students loved her so much and she let me read their wonderful thank you and goodbye notes written to her! My mom said the trip really made her appreciate the things we take for granted every day. Glad you're home, Mom!

Stamp Set: Best Blossoms (Retired, SU)

Ink: Lucky Limeade, Indigo Island, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry

New Technique to Try!

These TRIPLE TIME STAMPING cards are popping up lately on Pinterest (like this one above from Angie Leach), and there are several wonderful videos out there to learn this simple technique. Here's one of my favorites below with the measurements written out for easy reference:

STAMPED: 2 x 3 1/4

MAT: 2 1/4 x 3 1/2"

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STAMPED: 3 x 4 1/4"

MAT: 3 1/4 x 4 1/2"

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STAMPED: 4 x 5 1/4"

CARD BASE: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" folded in half

Video by DOSTAMPING on YouTube

Butterfly Trio

My friend Michele loves butterflies as much as I do...and I was so happy to see this card! Very nice use of the SU Beautiful Wings Embosslit and terrific way she made each butterfly using three layers. The gems in the middle of the body give this card a finished professional look with the WOW! factor!

Remember This!

The guru of clean and simple card making is Susan Raihala, and today...she has a post on her blog that is a must read. Her last paragraph is a gem! She writes:

You have your own light to shine. I have mine. If our lights shine together for a while, well, that's just lovely, isn't it?

...and here's a not so clean and simple easel card I recently made...000h la la...I do love Paris!

Stamp set is called French Mail from clearartstamps.com

Card from My Pen Pal

I LOVE birch trees and I love this card from my wonderful Canadian pen pal! Thanks, LA, for making me smile big time!

More Reasons to Smile!

This was in my mailbox yesterday from the

oh! so talented Rachel!

....and here's the pop up candy box I made

for Kevin's bday

thanks to a class from Rachel!

Happy 4th!

Check out the tutorial to make a Kris Cross card like this

at the bottom of this previous post: CLICK HERE.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME SMILE, LADIES!

Swing Card and Tutorial

We made a similar card like this

at Brenda Keenan's card class

and another stamper has posted a tutorial
for a similar card HERE.

Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers, Kindness Matters (Butterfly) and

Elementary Elegance (Happy Birthday)

Spellbinders: Labels 4 Die

Our Card Chicks' Christmas in June Projects

These are the projects we made at our Christmas in June card party! Learn how to make the Kris Cross card by viewing the video here: http://tinyurl.com/kriscross

We Have a Name!

Last night, we had a meeting of our card group and we voted on a name. We're now officially called THE CARD CHICKS! Thanks to my DH for submitting the winning entry --- You're the BEST! Here's the chick pic before I Photoshopped it and added the cards we made the night we voted on our new name!

I wish there were more hours in the day for me to play with PS!

Love This! Ah....the Memories!

Christmas in June

I love Christmas soooo much - and thankfully - I'm not alone! This Friday, some of my friends and family are coming over to make some cards to get a jump start on making our handmade Christmas cards!

• Stamps by SU: Short and Sweet, Peaceful Season
• Bird Punch: Martha Stewart
• Red Glitter Paper by SU for birds
• Second card done on my Cricut
• Third card uses Labels 4 Nesties

SURPRISE! Box Tutorial

OMG! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this surprise box idea AND the AWESOME video posted by Dawn Griffith! Just click on this link http://tinyurl.com/boxtutorial to make one, too! THANK YOU, DAWN!!!!

SU Crumb cake card stock #120953

• cut a piece measuring 7 1/2" x 10"
• score along the 10" side at 1 1/4", 2, 3 3/4", 6 1/4, 8, 8 3/4
• score along the 7 1/2" side at 2 1/2" and 5"

SU Comfort Cafe Designer paper #126898

• cut (6) pieces  at 1 1/8" x 2 3/8"
• cut (4) pieces at 2 3/8" x 2 3/8"
• cut a belly band at 1" x 11"

Bowler Card

I am so thrilled to have found a bowling card to case, and I found this creative use of punches from the oh! so talented Ellen Kemper on her blog HERE. To view more of her clever ideas for bowling cards, click HERE and spend some time admiring her inventiveness! HERE'S another one of my favorites by Ellen: