Oscar's Birthday

Hi All,
Will if you are joining me today Thanks for coming by! I know it's been a while since I posted...
Today I'm showing a new stamp I got by Penny Black called Oscar... I had Oscar digitally and tried coloring him a few times and his face would always bleed and look bad... So when I saw Oscar in a Stamp I had to have him.....
Here we go,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Is he not just the best looking old fart ever......?  

Here's a little closer look from the side......

and a close up too.....

and here's the inside...

 

I made this for my hubby, his BD is in a few days and was so glad to find Oscar for his card.

That's it for today.

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Little Notes

Today I'm showing a little note book I made from an idea I saw made from Graphic 45 paper... I use some OLD Letterbox paper I had that is heave and double side like Graphic 45 so thought I'd give it a try.
Here's the front, it's only 3 x 4 so you use just on piece of 12 x 12 paper...

and here's the inside I just added some lined journal paper I had for the pages.  I think I'll stamp a little something on each page yet.

and this is a shot of the front and back when it's open.  The green panel is the reverse side of this paper...

Will that's it for today...

Here's the link for the instruction to make this cute little book.... It's really easy, give it a try****

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1st Christmas Card for the year......?

Here's a look at my fist Christmas Card for this year..... I know what am I thinking??? But I saw one like this on Pam's "Expressions with Heart" blog and just had to try it with the dies I had....

I think I need to sponge around the outer edge yet and maybe the oval too. And work with the pine branches a little too... but other than that I think it looks almost like hers...

Here's a close up of the top.....

Not sure what I'm going to do with the inside yet... Don't want white in there,,, may just leave it craft and stamp it like that, I'll have to see...

Any suggestions??

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Hi All,

Today I'm giving the CAS style a try again.... I did this same type of card back on the 14th, here's the link...

For today's card I think I did a better job, more open space, and much cleaner too I think. 

I used a CTMH stamp set for the frogs and a SU set for the fly and saying..

Here's a closer look at the cut, I popped both pieces up to add a little something to the look.

and this is the inside... Love those little flys... Oh and I used a MFT die for the grass...

It really was simple and think I'm going to do a few more to have on hand and then I can just stamp the inside when I need them. 



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Cut Away Hydrangeas

Today I'm posting a card I made using a beautiful stamp by Inkadinkado, there was no name on it but had the number 97776-P By Cynthia Elmore 2007.  I bough this stamp second hand but looks just like brand new... I'll have to change that......
I'm also using a style by Maile Belles here's the post I got the idea from.  Just love the look of the card with feathers she has here......For mine I used the Hydrangeas, and was just going to used the green CS, it just did not look right so I matted it with brown and it looks much better...

 

 

 

 Here' s a close up of the cut away I did... I did not have a die like Maile used so I just eyeballed it and used a straight edge and X-acto knife. I think it turned out quite nice if I must say so myself...

 

 

 and here's the inside... I did just a small panel at the bottom the same way. 

 

Haven't decided what kind of card to make it yet so just left it blank for now... I'm sure that won't last long........

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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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