Birthday Candles Mom

I know this card look like I just posted this before, but had to make another one with a different person inside after.
This one is for my Mom who is turning 97 next month.... she will get a real kick out of this....

 

This card I made last was for a man and one of the gals who commented talked about using  the AI stamp with the old lady and the fire extinguisher... 

I had replied back that I had that one and thanked her for the reminder, so that's what I used today.

 

I just love the look on her face.... and the way she's standing.... it just cracks me up every time I pass this stamp when looking for something else. 

 

This card just has my MOM written all over it.......

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Manly Birthday

Today I'm showing you another Manly Bd card... the hardest cards for me.  But the last few have gotten a little easier...
Here's the front closed view.  Not bad so far........

 

I just LOVE these Candles from Rubbernecker Stamps 60-020304 and I got the Die set to match... For the background I used My Favorite Things stencil Cloud Edges, and to color the candles I used my ZIG's Color brushes.

OH! and my little close pin was just used to keep the card closed so I could get a good pic.

  

Now this is the inside..... That brut of a Guy was from Art Impressions-Backyard Boss-4377.  He's really fun to use and he worked out nicely for this card I though.  You'll see what I mean on the next pic....

 

See when you open the card fully you get the whole affect.... I've been making several of the ti-fold card and like how this one worked out the best. 

Will what do you think?????

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Backyard Boss

Today I'm posting the card I made for my Hubby's BD....
He just got a new blower a few weeks ago, so when I found this stamp by Art Impressions I had to get it....(I got it on Ebay from Ali's Scrapbook Outlet, she was very good to work with, and grate prices too.)

 

And here he is all ready for battle..... 

I used a mini Wobbler on him so he has some action too.

 

 

And the Inside I left simple, room for my note and a little cash too... He'll LOVE that I know.

Will that's it for today!

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Fire Out!!!!!!!!!!!

 This card I made for my Aunt....
Yep! You guessed it another Art Impression stape set, this one called Fire Out..........
She will Love this because the little lady on the front I marked with my Mom's name and they are always at each other.......

 

 here's the inside...

Just a simple saying on the inside.... with room to discuses life...............

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BD Boy

 Today's card is a Fun one by Art Impressions stamp set called Birthday Wishes.  I like it because it can be used for young or old.....
Made this one for my hubby's Son, he's Younger than us of cours, so that makes him in-between....

 

and here's this inside.....

 

 this saying came in the set and it differently fits us....

That little guy on the mushroom was part of the paper background from the front, had to use him...

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29 Again?????????

Here's a card I made for my Sister-in-Law....
It's the Art Impression stamp set call what else? "29 Again" ???
Both the saying and the little old lady came together...love her look...

Here another view, maybe you can see the Glossy Accents on the balloon and her RED lips!

 And here's the inside,
I used the same MFT Ballon die on the inside as I did on the out...

 

and this saying has me written all over it..... I'm ALways late sending cards... Why is that when I make them.... ????????

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Hop! Hop!

Hi Again....
Let me show you two more cards I made using another Art Impressions stamp set called Hop Hop (UMU4388). What a FUN stamp this is, guess that's why I had to make two of them.....
Here we go..........

both of these I colored using my OLD set of SU-Watercolor Crayons, for the edges I used Ranger inks and a black Mementos marker just to make the die pop.  The die on the left is called Tile Works (S5-193) and the die for the right card is called Labels 40 Decacarative Elements (S4-467).
Here they are one at a time.


and the other one....


I only did the inside of the first card so far... not sure what I'll be doing with the second so left it blank for now.


This is from a Technique Tuesday stamp set called O Shoot (OhSho).... love this and know I will be using this one a lot.

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Over the hill?????

Hi All,
Today I'm sharing 2 cards made almost the same way...... Both for men, the hardest cards for me to make, so when I get something that works I though I'd go with it.
Here we go.........

Yep this is another sexy older man...... just look at the legs on this guy.... OMG.
Be still my heart, Let me get back to the post here....
This is Norm from Art Impressions (UMI1240)  I did my coloring with Zig's again and used the saying from CTMH called Just a Number Occasions (D1514).  Papers are just old stash trying to use things I have, don't you have piles of beautiful paper you got for something and have left over's..... will for me it's TIME to use this paper up.
Here's a close up of them,

and the other one......


and now for the insides....


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Those #@&* BIRDS!!!

Hi Everyone!

I know it's been MONTHS since I posted but had family things to do... Will be trying to post at lest once a week again but can't make any promises..... 

For today's post I'm sharing my card for my Hubby's BD coming up in July.... 

We had a dock put in a few months ago and the birds have been sitting and pooping all over it... Will this will not do to have poop all over so it's been a war for my Hubby and so much FUN to watch.... This stamp set by Art Impressions called Hollis (UMYY1901) captured him completely and had to do something for him with it...

here we go.

Now is this not just the most pissed off Bird watcher you have ever seen.....?
I used Water color paper then embossed the image... did my coloring with the ZIG clean color real brush and some Ranger inks for the edges.... On his BiNocks I put some Glossy Accents.  The saying I made on my computer and used a die to cut it out.  Its pushed up in the center and taped flat on both ends.

Now for the inside.... O M G


I know this is what our birds are saying.... but all hubby can see is the poop.....
Yes these are the Tim Holtz Bird Crazy (CMS212) set... and I used my Zig's again to color them... the two sayings in the bubbles I made on my computer and cut them out with the Die set from Lawn Fawn called A Birdie Told Me (LF485)... love this die set and have used it many times...

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Tears Running Down my Legs......

So Funny.... since the first time I saw this stamp set I knew I had to get it some day....
This is just so cute...I smile every time I see it for some reason....

And then the inside, I love using this saying because I seam to send so many of my cards out late for some reason.... how dose that happen?

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1st Christmas Card........

Yes, yes I know .... not Christmas Cards yet...... but I had to try out this new stamp set I just got by Art Impressions called Mini Front & Back Elf & Reindeer Set - 4507...this card is the Reindeer.....

Just look at the Cute little Butt..... 

And here is inside, very simple but cute too.... 

The half circles at the bottom are from the circles I cut out for the little deer.... 

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Harv

First I want to Thank all of you that stop by to visit and leave comments... It's so nice to know people are out there watching :)

Todays card is a FUN guy card.... or he could be used for any Celabration. 
It's "Harv" by Art Impression, take a look and see what you think.....

Is he not just a Hoot!!!! For the border around the Wonky Rectangle I created a frame using stripped paper.  Saw this on Jenny Gropp's blog she even did a qucik How-to-viedo.  It's such a cute idea, I had to use it.  Now for Harv, he was So much FUN to color and the ballowns I used from another AI stamp set called 29 Again.

Here's a close up of the ballowns with the strings, you may not be able to tell but there's  Glossy Accents on them too....Just look at the face... he is just so cute!

and the inside... I used a pice of the stripped paper that I used for the frame for the front. The saying is a AI stamp too...


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29 ???? Realy?

Are we celebrating 29 ...again?
 
Yes that is the question.......
This sweet lady is a stamp set by Art Impressions call what else.... 29 Again / 4372.
She was quick and easy to color and I even did a little shading with her. 
Stamped two balloon's and popped that up too.

Here you can see the layers and that I edged all the papers with a dark brown. 

and the inside, just a little strip of the same papers I used on the front and a cute verse.

That's it for today.

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Goofy Things....

Morn'in All....
I've been working on some fun cards that could be used for Men or Ladies... or at least that was what I was going for, let me know if you think the same or not..
Here's a close up of my little Ducky....He's from an old CTMH stamp set called Makin' Waves (C1365) there are 5 different ducky's and I love them all.  I stamped him on Watercolor paper and used SU Watercolor Crayons to color him.  But the background blue I bought my 1st Distress Ink pad called broken china, and tried to watercolor the background.... when it was dry i went over it with a clear Wink of Stella pen..I tried several shots to let you see the shine but no luck.

 

Here's the whole view of the front, I even used some sequins here and there.... on the little ducky face mask and bubbles I put Glossy Accents but it's not showing up either...

The saying is from Art Impression call Goofy things (UMF2637).

 

Here's another view......

 

and this is the inside....

here I used 3 different stamp sets...

The Celebrate came from-Inkadinkado-Birthday Cupcake 97628,

next the Life is better is from-Cloud 9-Simple Thoughts Laughter,

and then the HB is from CTMH-Happy Birthday (C1257)

Even thow they are all different I think they work well together.

So what do you think, please let me know.

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Walker Swing Cut card

Hi Again***
As promised in my last post I tried the Swing Cut Card again using a larger die this time and it worked.... Yea....*
So here we go...............

For this card I used a piece of double sided paper that was nice and heavy.... (but after I got finished I think I should have used card stock) The image is a Art Impressions stamp called Golden Oldies UMT3476, that I stamped and embossed then colored with SU Watercolor Crayons.  Used a little Glassy Accents in the glasses and Wink of Stella Gold on her Jewels.....

Here's a bit of a side view as it opens......

And this is the card open....

the left panel on the inside has another AI saying called The Body May be slow UMG3505, and the saying on the right is a CTMH called what else Happy Birthday C1257.

I just cut 2 more backgrounds out with the reverse paper and then add the white with the sayings...I did outline them all with black to let them stand out some....but that was it. 

I got my measurements and idea for this Swing card from Splitcoast Ideas here are 2 links.

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/diecutswingcard/

I think I'll try this second one next....

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/swing_flip_flop_card/

Ok, tell me what you think, REALLY!!!!

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A New Prayer.

Hi All,

Today I made a card using the 4 Ladies at the beach by Ai-Art Impressions called Friends.  Here they are right after I finished coloring them.... there just on Watercolor paper here...

 

I just love each of the ladies, I'm the one in the pock-a-dot pink bathing suite... will because she has the smallest boobies..... :)

I printed the words for the front of the card on my PC  (Spell check did not find my spelling error because it was not spelled wrong..... but my hubby said it's just not used right,,,  so now it reads "Prayer" not Pray. Thanks Honny!)... to go with the inside....you'll see why.

 

Here's how the front looks not so close up.....

 

And here's the inside.... I just love this saying....

Just in case you can't read it;

 

Dear Lord

If you can't make me

skinny,

can You make

my friends FAT?

 

I've had this stamp for a LONG, and just had to have it when I saw it but when I went to use it I could not think of a way to use it without hurting someones feelings....which is not what I meant to do at all since I'm always fighting the battle it just strikes me funny that's all...

 

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With Age......

Hi All...

Today I'm posting the card I finished that I was talking about in last weeks blog.

This is the new stamp I started with....I had pick out my papers but had not put anything together yet...

 

Will here's what I came up with...remember I said I had stamped it kind of low on my paper and when I went to cut it out using the die I wanted it was a little too low... will this was how I got around that.  I just moved it down to the very bottom as if that was just how I wanted it to be.....te he.....

 

Here's a full front view, I think it worked out just fine....?

 

and here's how I dressed the inside.... love that saying ;)

 

The main stamp was by Ai-Art impressions, and the saying came from CTMH...the punch on the inside was a Martha Stewart border, and the die was by Spellbinders. If you want any detail info just let me know and I'll be glad to get it for you.

 

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