BD Manly

Hi All,
Thought I better do a post for this Manly Birthday Card.... they are the hardest for me and with lots of Boys in the family it's a JOB......
This one is for my Brother,  he has been retired for several years now and is always needing something done.... he use to do a lot of it himself, but as we get older,,,, will lets just say it's better to have someone else do it........

 

Fist I made the tool box, and made the layers from there.... then decided it need a couple of pieces of wood planks... and some accounting paper.... it just went together from there...

 

Here's a better shot of the tool box and all....

 

and here's the inside.... some of the stamps are from MFT,,, and some are from a Flippin set I have...

I'm sure he'll get a kick out of it, and have a good laugh too... (at lest I hope so)...Te-He...

No mater how old he gets I'm still the baby.........

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Deep Sympathy

We just talked with a family friend last night and found out someone very close to her pass on.....So this morning I looked in my stash of cards and found my Sympathy section very LOW and decided to create this.   I've been working with this flower several different ways and always like how it turned out but decided to try something different...
Here we go....

 

The Stamp set is from Technique Tuesday called Today Flower.....and the words came from MFT stamp set called Essential Sentiments.  I white heat embossed the flowers and used Bundled Sage Distress ink all over the background and flowers... then I colored over that with my Zig'.  For the curved edge I used a Spellbinders Curved Borders Two / S5-201.  

 

On the inside I left if very simple and used the words from another MFT set called Clearly Sentimental about Sympathy.  I've used this set often and like all the Sentiments on it. 

Will that's it for today, See Ya!

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Ho Ho Ho

 Here's a card I just finished making a bunch of for mailing.  Love how they turned out...I made 2 versions, see what you think.

 

I used Desert Storm paper for the base for both and the Ho Ho Ho is from CTMH and then just colored them in a little and used a little Diamond Stickles on the first Ho. Then just tied a little backers twine thru the cut out.  I did do a little shading around the whole in the front too.

 

The main stamp at the bottom is an old Stampin' Up set called Holiday Lineup, there are 3 stamps in this set but I've only used two of them as in Florida we don't have snow so the snow men lineup is just an extra for me.   As you can see I just colored the little guys that show thru the whole in the front of the card, and added stickles and shading around the whole so it stands out.  The  saying is from MFT another old set I have called Stitched Stockings... And at the very bottom I cut strips of scrap paper I had that would fill that gap a little....

 Will that's it for me today..
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Fabulous

Today I made a Fabulous card.....Yep! Just Fabulous.....

 

Like it says, with a little Glitter........ the fabulous is a die cut and the rest is stamp on the card or a small strip.....

 

This is the whole inside, top half and bottom half.... 

 

This is just the bottom half of the inside... I made a little money pocket for the will money of course.....you have to give money right????

 Will that's it for today,

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Two Sympathy Cards

I've been trying to make some cards ahead and never have Sympathy cards when I need them so here's two I have now, which I hope not to use any time soon.

The one on the left is very simple, card base is Desert by Neenah that I embossed with wood grain, added a piece of leafy print paper, then just the tag with a few words.

The card on the right I used the same Desert by Neenah for the card base then layered brown and white that I stamped with Cornish Heritage Farms stamp called Trees Backgrounder, added a strip of washie tape and glued string on each side of it, added the tag.

the inside I matched with the same papers and stamps I used on the fronts. And stamped the sayings by MFT. 

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Puppy Sympathy Card

Today I had to send a sympathy card to our neighbor who's dog passed on.... I just hate that.... Us Dog parents know the hole we have in our hearts when we lose our best friend.... So here's the card I made for them.

For the outside I used some doggie paper I had and stamped the saying on the flag. I know it's busy for a sympathy card but I wanted them to be able to smile when they see it. 

and on the inside I added a strip of the same doggie papers I had and printed the saying on my PC.. 

That's it.

Hope it warms there harts some.

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Ruff Time

I'm really on a roll for these Get Well cards.... I never seam to have one when I need it....
Today's is a Double;

First I made the purple card and just did not like it... to much going on for me..... so I went in the other direction all white for the second card and I like that much better. But I'm going to keep them both I know there both be cute for someone.

The little pooch is from a SU-Wellness Wishes/115356 and the saying is by MFT-Puppy Girl. 

I used the Fun Foam on the back to pop up the layers and tie some baker twin around with a bow.  

I think you can see the layers better in this pic.  Yes he's kind of plan but I like him....

and here's my purple pooch... same stamp set and the saying came with it.  

here you can see how I have the pooch and the saying popped up and a peek of the inside too....

the inside I left blank again... used the die cuts leftover from the front for the inside. 

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Pop-Box card....

Hi All...
Not sure what the official name for this card is... but it's just one I had to try and know I'll be doing more of.... I'm going to call it a Pop-Box card....
This was my FIRST attempt so it's not to fussy, but has all the ideas in the works...

This is the front of the card... I know it needs some work, but I'll fix that.

and here it is just standing......

And now open... looking better......

and another view open....

and this is the back, with a panel to write on.....

All the ones I've see were with flowers, but I can see this made with Bugs popping out, or flowers and Bees, or Balloons, or maybe even for men with a Golfer and or other sports things the possabilities are endless.

Just lessen to me I sound like a commerical or something..... 

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Sympathy

Hi All...

Yesterday we recived word that a dear friend of our had passed on.  Thow you know everyone must go sometime it's always a shock when you recive this news.  Of course I had not one card I though was good enough for this friend and had to make one today. 

Here is what came to me;;;

The stamp is fromNorthwoods Rubber Stamps, sorry I don't have anything else about this stamp.

 

Here's a close up of how I did the center piece.....

The saying is from MFT-Clearly Sentimental about Sympathy, then I stamped just the edge of the stamp set on the side... I also did this to the enevelop but forgot to put it in the pics.... but you get the idea. 

That's it for today.



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Hi! -Happy Thoughts

I'm trying to do some CAS cards... and boy is this tough.  Every time I see them on other Blogs I think "I should do that" will I've decided to really make it my business to do just that.  Here's one of my tries.......It's called HI

I used MFT stamp and die set called Flower Silhouette, I scored around the outer edge and then rulered a black line between the score and edge.  For the flower I stamped it on a small piece of white CS and then used Momento Markers to colore the flower.  I Die cut the flower out of the top CS and then attached the colored one from behind with some Dimensionals.  The Bee ribbon I've had for years and don't think I've ever used it, but thought now was the perfect time & place.  The little Hi came from the Flourishes set- Call Me. And then the whole white CS I popped up with double Dimensionals to give it some... Something.

Here's a closer look of the little flower..........

and the inside I stamped another flower from the same MFT Flower Silhouette set, and the saying came from Flourishes Happy Thoughts.  I did the same thing around the edge here with scoring and the black line. 

So that's it for my try at CAS... and while I was working on this one, I remember another I had seen and wanted to try... so maybe you will see another soon....

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New Mom

This morning I had this though for the card I need for my step-sons Significant One (not sure what the young people call this now) anyway I had this though.....
And this is how it turned out....this is a close up, can you see the droplets.... hope they show up*

Here you can see the whole front... droplets and all.... I used the MFT Time for the Bubbly on the front and just did a little coloring.

And this is the inside with more bubbles and the saying from the MFT-Happy Mother's Day set.  I even put some bubbles on the enevelop...

Hope she likes it...

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Mother's Day

Today I'm taking a brake from all this ORGANIZING and having some FUN****
I used my new Flourishes stamp set called Happy Thoughts for my flowers. The bee came from another Flourishes set called Chrysanthemum and the saying is from MFT-Happy Mother's Day.
The bottom border was made using a Martha Stewart Corner punch, I just love the deep affect it give when you used it across a straight edge like this.

I even stamped the envelop.....

And here's the inside looks a little busy, which I had stamped the flowers lighter, but for some reason it just would not happen.... The saying is from MFT-Flower Silhouette set.  In case you can't read it it says;

I Just Wanted

You to Know That

You Are Fabulous

 

I know Mom is going to LOVE it and will put this one on display with all the other card I make for her, she has quite the collection.

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Wild Rose Birthday

Hi All,,,,
Today I finished a card using the Wild Rose by Flourishes, this is such a beautiful stamp set so I wanted to do something special for it..... after stamping and coloring I used the Spellbinders die called Polka Dots and just wet my paper and embosed with the die, I didnt want to cut out all the little dots...so then I had to fussy cut all the scalops around the edge (this will be the last time I do this) I like the look but not to sure it was worth all the fussy cutting.....

 

Here's a closer look,,,,,,

 

I did the inside a little different, not sure if I like the looks of that or not but it is, what it is.....

The saying come from MFT....

 

That's it for today....for some reason I'm pooped out today...

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Get Well

Todays card is for a friend that's recovering for surgery.... All went well but though he could use some cheering up. I wanted to make something cute and doggie and this stamp set from MFT fit the bill... I used the little boy and dog from MFT-Dog Gone Cute and the saying form MFT-Puppy Girl.

 

On the inside I used another saying from MFT-Puppy Girl and an OLD stamp set I had from Inkadinkado-Round Frames..... I stamped the same little dog on the inside and on the envelop too...



Our dog Belle and there dog Mann are boyfriend and girlfriend long distance.... when they see each other it's like puppy love all over again... so so cute!!!

I'm going to make this out now and go drop it in the mail so maybe I catch the Mail-lady!!!

By!

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Dustins Baby Book

Will it's almost a year and I'm FINALLY getting our Grandbabys' PaperBag Book finished.....
If you've never made one don't think bad of me... I'm not big on Albums and thought this Paper Bag Book would be a snap... Boy was I wrong... more work that I though for sure, but think it turned out pretty good.  You be the judge and let me know.
For thouse of you that have never see one here's a couple of before pics;

This is the front or back which ever you decide to make it....... When I bought my bag Albums I got 3-white and 3-craft colored ones... and this is the FIRST one I've used in..... 2--maybe 3 years...

And this is an inside shot, it you look close or double click you will see in the middle it comes sewned... Thank God.

Ok... Here's a look at what I did with this.

This is the front cover and the card too....

The inside cover has a pull up and then the first page of the bag on the left.

Page 2 is the bottom of the bag that creates a pocked, I made a card to wright on to tuck in there.

Page 3 is the top of the bag to the right so I made a pull out to got in there...

Page 4 and 5...

Page 6 another pocked and page 7 with pull out....

Page 8 pull out, page 9 pocke has 2 tags that you can wright on the backs of...

Page 10, and page 11 with a pull out....

Page 12 with pull out, and then that back cover and a pocked and the tag inside will say from GrandPaw and GrandMaw...

and this is the back cover....

I just used old cardboard I had and cover with paper... and that's it....

I know it dosn't look like it should have taken a year... but I was doing other things too... and this thing really had me going... but I just had to get it finished for his Birthday...

My Goodness... I'm with Worst GrandMaw ever.....

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