Double Gate Fold Card

Here is a card I did for a challenge over at Stampin' Fun and Friends.  I signed up for their 20 projects in 20 days and this is one of the cards I made from one of the projects.  I love the way she did the center of the card by using the framelits.  I had made this card before, but never used the framelits the way she did. I loved it.  So far we are on day 5 and I am loving what I see.  I would recommend it to everyone.

Here is a photo of the opened card!

Isn't that the greatest that the framelits hold it shut.  And I also used an inspiration photo for the colors, reason for the yellow bird.

And here it is closed fully!

Thanks so much for looking and hope you have a wonderful week!

Happy Anniversary to my Wonderful Husband!

Today I have been married 38 years!  Yes, I was a kid when I got married.  We were 17 & 18, so yes we were both kids.  And of course it has been one of those weeks where I just could not sit down and make a card.  So, I took my computer to work yesterday and did three 5 1/4" X 4" layers on a 12 X 12 page which made a card front and two inside pieces.  Then I printed and cut them out and placed them on whisper white card stock.  And, I am loving My Digital Studio 2 because I was able to add the black to the tires, the lights, the rear view mirror and the strap. Isn't that wonderful? Love, love it!

Now here is a side view of the card!

And, the inside of the card!

In my digital studio I used the following!

Parker's Patterns Designer Series Paper

Stamp brush Sets: Sentimental Journey, Established, Fundamental Phrases

Thanks for looking today and hope your day is blessed!

Back To School Pencils

Good Morning again and as promised yesterday I am back with something to go into the pencil box.  Here are some cute little pencils that I made using card stock and some of that wonderful sticky strip.  They were so easy to make and my granddaughter's just love them.  A tuturial is coming up, but wanted you to see them first.

Here is another photo of them.

And here they are in that wonderful pencil holder from yesterday!

A wonderful gift for a teacher's desk or for a student don't you think?

Now, I am going to try and do a tutorial if it will let me!

How to make a Flower Burst Pencil Topper

1. Here are the items you

will need to make this

topper!

Paper Cutter

Scissors

Sticky Strip

Card Stock

Pencils

2. I did not think about doing the tutorial until I had already cut my strips. So you will cut 3 pieces of Card Stock or Designer Paper 2" X 4 ½".

3. Cut each strip 1 ¾" with the scissors making sure you leave at least ¼" on

the edge as you see in photo here.

4. Then add the sticky strip to the ¼" side that is not cut. See same photo above!

5. Start by wrapping the first piece around the silver part of the eraser with the fringed part of the card stock up as in photo here!

　

6. This is what it will look like when you finish with the first layer!

7.   Do the same for the next piece except start ¼" below the first layer as in photo!

This is the finished second piece.

8. Repeat step 7 starting ¼" below the Second layer

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9. By using your fingers or one of the pencils pull the pieces downward to form the flower. You can use the pencil to kind of roll them downward.

Continue with each layer until they are all pointing downward!

Final Result!

10. Place finished Flower Burst Pencils into a pencil holder! How easy is that!

Now it is your turn! And please let me know if you made some Flower Burst Pencils.  I would love to see them and thanks so much for stopping by!

SU LateNightStampers challenge/Back to School

Good Morning stamping friends.  Today I am sharing with you and altered pencil holder which I made using designer series paper and embellishments from My Digital studio.  I actually printed off the digital paper and then I designed the band around the center to say pencils.  Isn't that just the greatest.  I love how it turned out. Wouldn't this look great on a teacher's desk with pencils and pens in it, but that will have to wait until tomorrow as I have more to share with this back to school focus.

I did want to share the container that I made the pencil holder from so you can see there is no need to throw empty containers away.

All items used are from My Digital Studio except for the container.

Thanks for looking today and don't forget to come back tomorrow for something to go into the pencil holder.

Snow Festival/Four Seasons

Well as you may have guessed, I took off work yesterday, so I got two cards posted, one yesterday and one this morning.  How great is that.  I did get some of the other work done that I actually took off for, but this was the fun stuff.  And, I was able to use another sketch from the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  I had been wanting to use this new hostess stamp set called "Four Seasons" and when I saw their sketch, I knew I could use it.  My only problem was after the card was finished I spritzed it with my shimmer white paint mix and it smeared the sentiment, but I am still trying to decide how to fix it.  Maybe I will add another banner and put the sentiment on it.  Wow why did I not think about that before I took the photos. lol

Now here is a close up of the center of the card and hopefully you can see some of that shimmer I added.

And a side view!

And the inside!

Still loving this paper!  Makes a wonderful inside to the card.

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Four Seasons, God's Blessings (retired)

Card Stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red

Designer Series Paper: Snow Festival

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Markers for coloring the stamp

Frost White Shimmer paint mixture, spritzed

2 3/8 Scallop Circle Punch

2 1/2 Circle Punch

Thanks for looking today and may your Saturday be productive!

Field Flowers

This is truly one of my favorite stamp sets and I just love to cut out the flower and pop dot it onto the paper.  Just gives it a lot of dimension.  Now this design was inspired by the Monday Lunch Time Sketch Challenge over at Techno Stamper.  Isn't it just perfect for this stamp set?

Here is a side view!

And of course to show the dimension and the sparkle I added to the card, here is a close up!

Love the Shimmer paint mix!  And, yes I did do the inside!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Field Flowers

Card Stock: Naturals White, Tangerine Tango

Designer Series Paper: Summer Smooch

Classic Ink: Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade

Frost White Shimmer Paint mixed with alcohol and spritzed on

Fancy Fan Embossing Folder

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Wrapping using SU packaging paper/Nathan's Birthday

OK, I finally got around to sharing with you the packaging for my grandson's birthday present.  I used the packaging paper that comes in the Stampin' Up! orders.  And then using the stamp set "I Dig You", I stamped on the paper.  I decided not to put his card in an envelope as it could be part of the packaging.  You can see the card post here.

Here it is without the card!

And then for some other decorations I did for the party using My Digital Studio!  Of course they were my daughter's ideas that she got somewhere and I just did the paper work on it.

Following I just made the signs for the dishes!

And my granddaughter made these for her brother's party!  I thought she did a great job for being 7!

And now a picture of the birthday boy and his sister! Nathan was saying "cheese."  When he sees a camera now pointing at him that is what is automatic.

And the birthday boy relaxing in one of his gifts after getting out of the pool!

Thanks for looking and hope you have a wonderful day!

SU LateNightStampers Challenge/Gone to the Dogs

Is this not the cutest little dog and I love the flowers in the little cart.  This is another stamp in the set I used yesterday which is called Summer Afternoon and it is a hostess set from Stampin' Up!  I can see myself using this one quite often.  Our challenge this week at LateNightStampers is to use an Animal on your card and since I had just got this set, I had to use it again.  And of course the inspiration for this card came from the sketch over at Stamping 411.  At the last minute, I decided to turn the sketch because I thought it looked better this way, but I had originally cut the card stock to be portrait.  But I like it and it turned out just fine.

Here is a side view of the card!

And the inside where I can just write a note!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Summer Afternoon, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock: Whisper White, Island Indigo

Designer Series Paper: Twitterpated

Ink: Island Indigo, Black

Labels Collection Framelits

Markers for Coloring

Thanks for stopping by today and hope your day is filled with love!

Summer Afternoon

This stamp set I used for the following card reminds me of a quote by Thomas Jefferson, "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today."  Also, Proverbs tells us, "Do not say to your neighbor,
“Go, and come back, And tomorrow I will give it,” When you have it with you." Proverbs 3:28  So as I was making this card, that is what I was thinking about and realizing that I have been putting off a lot lately and need to get back on track.

Anyway, here is my card!  Just a small lesson to myself!

This card was inspired by a sketch challenge blog I just found and loved the sketch called Freshly Made Sketches.  Please check them out.  And this is the first time I have used this stamp set from Stampin' Up! which is a hostess set.  It has three different stamps and I love each one of them.

Here is a side view!

And yes, I did the inside and used a verse from Our Daily Bread Designs stamp set, Scripture Collection #1.

Stamp Sets used today are:

SU - Summer Afternoon, Cottage Garden

ODBD - Scripture Collection #1

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful evening!

Happy Birthday Party Nathan!

Today is Nathan's birthday party even though his birthday was last Sunday, so I thought I would share the card I made for him today!  I thought it turned out so well and was very happy with it.  I actually saw one similar to this on another website which you can find here and just added to it.

Now here is a side view of the card!

I cut out the truck and popped it up.  Gave it a little more dimension that way.

And of course I had to do the inside!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: I dig you

Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip

Ink: Cajun Craze

Markers for coloring the vehicles.

1 1/4" round punch, scallop round punch

Brads

Tearing technique was used.

Thanks for looking and I need to get busy as I have people coming to my house today for the Birthday Party.

More to share on that later!

Christmas in July with Snow Festival DSP

Good Wednesday Morning all and yes can you believe it is already August 1st?  Wow time has passed.  Well here is the last Christmas in July card that I made and on the outside is no stamping.  It is the Snow Festival Paper that comes out today from Stampin' Up!  I have been using it for a couple of weeks now and love it.  This card was also inspired by this weeks Stamping 411 sketch and I just flipped the center of it.  I also cut the corners off which I am not sure I like, but it works.  They were a little to long for the card!!!!

Here is a side view of the card!

And as always the inside!  Gotta love those insides also!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Many Merry Messages (inside)

Card Stock: Primrose Petals, Whisper White, Gumball Green

Designer Series Paper: Snow Festival

Fancy Fan embossing folder

Frost White Shimmer Paint

Thanks for stopping by today and hope your day is very blessed!