Unique Birthday Gift Card Holder

Today I am sharing with you a gift card holder that I purchased at a local grocery store which I converted into a card/gift/money holder!

I tied the finished product in a green ribbon.
This is what it looks like when you first open the container. All papers are from the Colorbok Bright Punch-out pack, patterned ribbons are from American crafts, blue and green chipboard alphas by K&Co., flowers by Prima and Petaloo.

This card doubles as a wall hanging, making it a unique gift! It is double sided so you can hang it 2 different ways. Cupcake stamp by Inkadinkado.

Heart gem brad by Oriental Trading.

Thanks for coming by today!!!

Birthday Card Bonanza!!!

Paper from DCWV The Stack 6, flowers from Creative Impressions, stamps by Hampton Art , yellow brad by Oriental Trading.

Paper from DCWV The Stack 6, border punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, misc. red ribbon, stamp by Inkadinkado, holographic embossing powder by Ranger, red stars from confetti pack.

Paper from DCWV The Stack 6, border punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, misc. red ribbon, stamp by Inkadinkado, holographic embossing powder by Ranger, red stars from confetti pack.

I made the bookmark by adhering a Rev3 brochure to a piece of coordinating paper scrap!

Paper from DCWV The Stack 6, flowers by Prima, clear acrylic sheet from misc. saved sticker backing, green glitter, scalloped frame traced from clothing tag, stamp by Imaginisce, green pompom by Berwick, green brad by Oriental Trading.

Littlest Pet Shop Birthday Card for my youngest daughter!! I used a bunch of scrap papers, American Crafts ribbon, colored staples, and cut out a Littlest Pet Shop dog from her invitation cards I purchased.

To make the dog have a bobble head, I pulled the wire out of a wired piece of ribbon, coiled it into a spring and adhered with a 3D Pop Dot!

Paper by Provo Craft Super Slab 10, pink foam, pinking scissors, flowers by Prima, stamp by Autumn Leaves, border punch by Martha Stewart Crafts.

Patterned paper by Provo Craft Super Slab 10, green Magic Mesh, flowers and yellow gem by Petaloo, blue suede rickrack by American Crafts, deco scissors by Provo craft and Fiskars, border punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, stamp by Card Maker KOTM.

I hot glued the Petaloo flowers to a hair clip, cut a slit in the card and inserted the clip inside.

Here is one of my girls wearing the flower clip in her hair!

Paper from Provo Craft Super Slab 10, border punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, Happy Birthday and stitching stamp by Card Maker KOTM, holographic and white ultra thick embossing powder by Ranger, swirl stamp by Autumn Leaves, flowers by Prima, gems.

Happy Birthday to YOU!!!

I believe cardmaking has taken priority of scrapbooking lately! I just enjoy making handmade cards so much, it is instant satisfaction to watch someone enjoy my creations! Best of all, cardmaking is a great way to use up scrap papers! Scallop and cupcake punch my Martha Stewart, birthday ribbon by American Crafts, Happy Birthday stamp by Inkadinkado, sheer leafs by Creative Impressions, heart gem by Oriental Trading Co.

Happy Birthday stamp by Inkadinkado, scallop edge punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, DAD stamped letters by Clear Impressions, bracket stamp by My Minds Eye, staples, black bungee ribbon.

This card is perforated in the center so that the bottom half can be removed and used as a bookmark! The letter stickers on top of the checkered circles are actually gold, but do not show up in this scan. Scallop circle punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, letter stickers by Making Memories.

This card also is perforated in the bottom 1/3 of the card to make a bookmark. Letter stickers by Making Memories, Happy Birthday stamp by Inkadinkado, chipboard by Maya Road.

There are many many more Birthday cards to come!

Masquerade Party!!!

My Mom's 50th Birthday was this year and I was struggling to pick a theme for the party. I already did the "over the hill/graveyard/dress in black" 50th Bday party for my Dad 2 years prior. Plus I didn't think the morbidity goes over as well with women..how fickle we are! Well my Mom just so happened to e-mail me a video that had dance clips from tons of movies and the Labryinth ballroom scene came up. I have loved that movie since it came out and always dreamed of attending a Masquerade Ball. So I replied back to my Mom asking if she liked Masquerades and if she ever wanted to go to one...and she replied YES!!

I began the frantic search to find the perfect decorations, and supplies for the invitations too! We only have two scrapbook stores in our town and I love them both, but Pearl Printing had just what I needed this time around! This silver cardstock was perfect for creating a glamorous mask which I hand drew and cut. I added lots of glitter, some bling, and don't forget the fabulous feather!

The invitations were placed inside a clear envelope, which was inside a white envelope!

I used Versamark on the pink paper to create a watermarked-glitter-embossed swirls under the mask.

The glitter on the mask was extra thick and super glamourous!

The room was booked, the date was set, the invitations went out and then I realized (after noone could make it) that I planned it on graduation night...dur. SOOOO I made a re-invitation, LOL. This time around I designed it digitally and printed them out on cardstock. The digital masks are from Princess Sophie Design (P.S!) that I purchased at The Little Scrap Garden. The swirls are Dainty Swirl brushes that I purchased at Scrap N' Fonts.

More to come on the food and decorations I made for the party, so stay tuned! Thanks for stopping by today!

Birthdays, oh, birthdays!!

This first card was made with the Card Maker birthday kit. I love having materials on hand to make a 10 minute card, most of my other cards take me a minimum of 3o minutes to design and create. Some take up to an hour, but I don't fret about the time, it's totally worth it to me (and hopefully the recipient)!This card was for a Broncos fan, so I folded a piece of brown cardstock and cut it to a football shape, then I sanded the folded edges, marked the "threads" with a white marker and added two strips of white paper.

My oldest daughter LOVES monkeys and I found this super cute digi-kit at http://www.designerdigitals.com/ called Monkey Do by Mindy Terasawa. I used both the kit and the stickers to make this fun monkey birthday invitation!
Acrylic, or acetate, cards are so much fun too!! It is hard to see the acrylic piece, but if you look closely you can see the outline of it. Remember this acrylic card I did? The blue mesh at the top of the card was cut from body poof material, this one happened to come as a liner in a gift basket, but you could cut up a regular poof just the same!

I attached the smaller white card that came with the acrylic card by punching holes in the fold of both cards and tying a soft fiber through them.

Thanks for coming by today!!! I hope your having a wonderful summer!

Birthday Boys

Today I will share with you 2 Birthday cards that I made specifically for "boys" *ahem* well I guess I should say "men"!!!! :D



The first (as you may guess) was for my Daddy-O! To get the unique shaped papers that have the "Happy Birthday" sentiment on it, I cut the two rectangular papers to the size I wanted and then used a corner rounder on the opposite corners! I used Nostalgiques stamps for the "DAD", and Stampin' Up for the "Happy Birthday" which are embossed with white ultra thick powder. The edges are all inked in brown.

This one was for my bro-in-law!! I just love the retro paper and was lucky to find papers that matched the colors of the Kurio chipboard letters perfectly!!! It's so bright and artsy!!! LOVE IT! Not to mention it took me about 10 min. to conceive and create this puppy!

Bright Birthday

The birthday girl who received this card, loves purple, so I found a two coordinating purple papers in the Provo Craft Super Slab 10. I also had a purple piece of mulberry that went well with the ensemble. I used a 6x6 page that had the flourish cut on it already and traced it onto the back of the flower patterned paper. With an embossing pen I traced the outline of the papers and used Stamp N Stuff Starry Night embossing powder.

As an extra bonus in the card I used a piece of acrylic and made a tag with 3 cute birdies that tucked into the front of the card.

Birthdays

Birthdays are always a fun time to make a handmade card!!! I may not come up with the super-mushy or oober funny sentiments....but I can put a good amount of Love in my cards by creating them myself!

Happy Birthday Mom

Birthdays Birthdays!!!!!

Lots of Birthdays lately...lets face it there are lots of Birthdays in every one's families....It's just a matter of whether I have the time to make a card by hand. I have been making an effort of trying to make more of my cards by hand just because it is more personal!!! I hope they enjoy them as much as I LOVE making them!!! This card was is for my Mom's Birthday!!!

Front of Card

Inside of Card

To line the stickers up as evenly as possible before placing them on the paper I stick them half way on a ruler. I found this at an online video, and forgive me for not remembering who it was from if I think of it, I will come back to give credit where it is due!! I want to say her name was Erin, but I can't be positive.

Supplies: Patterned papers by S.E.I. Jolie Chocolat collection; pink parchment cardstock; magenta linen print paper; pink and brown polka dot ribbon; Gold alpha stickers by Stickopotamus; Iridescent and sheer flowers and leaves by Creative Impressions, 'Happy Birthday' stamp by Stampin' Up; Jet Black ink by StazOn; brown chalk; magenta brads by Making Memories; scalloped edge scissors by Provo Craft; nail sanding block from Wal-Mart; Zots 3-D dots; Scotch ATG 714 adhesive gun.