Celebrate- Swing Cut Card

Hi All....
Today I'm posting a card I've been working on but it didn't quit make the cut.....
I was trying to make a Swing Cut Card but..... I didn't pick a die big enough to do the swing with....So this is a modified version.
I posted more pic than I usually do but this was hard to get what I though should be in each view.

Here's the front view.... the stamp is by Impression Obsession called Birthday Drink E2282...

I stamp and embossed it and then colored with SU watercolor Crayons.  I used some gold Wink of Sella for the flame... Love this stuff*** and used Glossy Accents for the drink (I don't think you can tell in any of the pics). Then I cut it out with a Spellbinders dies.  All the background papers are from SU

Here's the first fold and cut.......

and a different view of the same......

and still another view with it open a little bit.....

and here's the inside view....the Celebrate at the top show thru to the front of the card when it's closed...

I must say even thow it's not a true Swing cut card I like how this turned out..

How about you???

I'm going to try another one in the next few days....

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Dotty A

Manly BD- Over the Hill????

Today post is for a Manly BD card...these are the hardes cards to make... no frills, no fancy stuff, just Manly.......
Here we go.......

This is the front... I used the wood grain embossing folder for the background and then I had a small piece of paper that had horns all over it that I used for the diamond.  The Curved Antlers are by Memory Box and the Over the Hill? is by CTMH....

and the side view show that I popped the antlers up.....

Here's a view looking down on the card.  I usually don't show both halves like this but wanted you to see the wood grain and the cut out part of the Antlers there. 

 

and here's the  complete saying by CTMH... and I added a small pices of wood paper I had to the bottom, that I just tape across the bottom so you can tuck a little something in....

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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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