Birthday Girl

Hi Friends

This one just screams "Valentine", don't you think?  Well I'm going to make it birthday for my granddaughter.  (!)  I will most likely change the little sentiment above her head but I intend to keep the saying that is in the heart.  This card is a little tricky and, before I send it out, I am going to try to make a template of it.  It's actually a box card which collapses to send in the mail.  The little image pops up when the box is "un-collapsed"... is that even a word?  Well, I think you get my drift anyway.

The stamp is from My Besties and is called "Here's my heart".  The sentiments are from Crafter's Companion and are from the "Love from Bamboo" sayings.  I should have colored the bodice of her dress pink but somehow it got too dark and as a result it became light red.  The problem with that is the jewel heart that she is holding in her hands doesn't show up very well...but it's there.

I think this is the sweetest image and hope you've enjoyed seeing her too.  Tomorrow I'll have another little bear for you... so come on back!

Thanks for visiting

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Pansy All Occasion card

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Let's continue on with our cards from class.  Thought you might be into "sugar overload" with all the cute images I've been showing you lately so let's do pretty today.  This card could be for almost any occasion and definitely is sporting a springtime look.  I think pansies are among my favorite little flowers.  I have some in the back yard right now that look a lot like these.

This stamp is from Class Act and is called "Viola".  The images were colored with Copics and, in some cases twice.  Some of the duplicate petals can be seen in the middle lavender pansy.  A few of the leaves and the yellow petals are also popped up.  I really like the added dimension or "homemade" look that this method provides.  Some medium rhinestones and a pretty lavender sheer bow finish the look.  I hope you like it too.

I have another to share with you tomorrow so be sure and come back.

See you then

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Birthday Boy

Hi Everyone

I thought today we'd take a break from the bears... I know, they're cute, right?... but I do have one more bear waiting in the wings for later this week.  Let's enjoy this cute little boy on his skateboard with... um, what's that?... a cat?  Oh, Bailey loves this card :-)... me too.  Isn't he a cute little kid?  Of course the kitty is adorable, that's obvious :-)

This, too, was done at Sherry's class.  What fun we had.  This stamp is from Crafter's Companion and is named "Ryan".  I don't know where the 'happy birthday' came from but we all have lots of sentiments that could be plugged into that corner.  "Ryan" was colored with Copics and the kitty was done twice, cut out, and placed on the card with dimensionals.  Love this one!

I hope you've enjoyed it too and will join me tomorrow when I'll share another from our class.

Thanks for the visit

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Anniversary bear

Happy Monday Friends

Today's card is also from Sherry's class (as was Friday's) and, guess what?  It's a panda bear this time.  I just love this one!  I've always liked red, white and black together.  At first I thought of this as a Valentine, and, yes, it could be... but I'm going to use it for our anniversary in July.  The sentiment is perfect ... "I'm so glad you happened to me".  
Just. Absolutely. Perfect!!

The bear stamp is from Crafter's Companion and is called "Party Paws".  The sentiment is a Pebbles stamp from the Mr and Mrs Pinstripe collection.  

I colored him with Copics and if you're looking for the "popup" that I described yesterday, it is there but not obvious in the photo.  The heart is a convex shape on the card which was done by 'stretching' the paper with the bone folder to cause the edges to curl a bit and then applying adhesive all around the edge of the heart and placing 3 dimensionals in the center.  It gives it a "pouf" look.  Sorry it doesn't show in the picture.  

I'll be back tomorrow with another card so be sure and come back soon.

Thanks for dropping by

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Sick little bear

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Aaaw, don't you just want to hug this poor, sick little bear?  He makes me smile when I look at him so I have to assume the recipient will smile too.  Obviously when we send out our get well cards, we want the person to know we care but to also cheer them up.  This was from a set of eight cards that we did last weekend with Sherry Halpin at the Fallbrook Women's Club headquarters.  In fact, the next 7 posts will, most likely, be from that class.  

He is from Whimsy Stamps and is named "sick little bear".  I must admit, I've just spent a lot of my morning prowling around at Whimsy Stamps.  Gosh, they have such cute stamps... (big sigh).  Thinking I need to win the lottery; Although, the whimsy stamps are not expensive... I just think I want them ALL.  

Little bear is colored with copics and his hot water bottle was stamped twice and then I cut it out and plopped it on his head.  We did that on most of the cards and I love the extra dimension.

If you're suffering from the sniffles, I hope this card cheers you up.  Actually, I hope it makes you smile... no matter what.

Thanks for stopping by...

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More Paper Pumpkin

Hi Friends

Here are a few more of my paper pumpkin efforts.  If you see a theme here, you're right.  I liked  the look and dimension of the edge punch along the top border and I also liked using the dsp in the panels.  So here they are....

Well, you didn't think I did all this by myself, did you?

One very, very pooped assistant. 

 So that wraps it up for February's Paper Pumpkin.  I'll be back soon to share some really great cards with you ... hint... Copic markers time!!!

See you soon and thanks for the visit

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PP Layers of Gratitude

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I have a fun one for you today.  The latest Paper Pumpkin is called 'Layers of Gratitude' so I really took them literally and put lots of layers on my card.  I'm really enjoying Paper Pumpkin since I resubscribed.  Not to stress the negative, but I quit about a year ago since I was disappointed with the quality and quantity provided.  Then I started seeing some of the kits on Pinterest and was impressed. I decided to give it another chance.   Stampin Up has really raised Paper Pumpkin to a much higher level.  There is plenty of product to make tons of projects.  Here it is out of the box...

There are enough supplies to make 8 of these thank you booklets and 8 envelopes.  But wait.... see the orange self-stick letters?  Well, you can also use the negative space for 8 more projects... see?

I put a large scrap of my Watercolor Wonder dsp on the used felt and, since there is adhesive all over the felt, it stuck on really well.  Just place this on an elongated card and embellish.  Now you've stretched your supplies to make 16 thank you cards.

I like the card they showed as the sample but wanted to play with it more.  So I dug out some scraps from my Watercolor Wonder dsp, a couple of punches, and proceeded to have a blast.

For some reason, I just "saw" this accordian pleated card as a screen card so I punched the base of each panel with my designer label punch and then used a Fiskars lattice edge punch to decorate the top.  A tiny bit of ribbon, a couple of small butterflies, some stars, rhinestones, and it was done.  And... so much fun!  You don't have to stay with the color palette with the exception of keeping it compatible with the orange felt letters.  Fun, huh?  Here it is closed up...

And in the envelope which I kept plain.  

This is a card that is best hand carried as it is not mail-friendly.  But it's so cute, who cares?  You can prop it up on a bamboo skewer and poke it into a thank you basket of flowers, fruit, cookies or cake... etc... the possibilities are endless.   I hope you've enjoyed this (somewhat) long post.  

I'll be continuing my Paper Pumpkin subscription and will renew it now during Sale a Bration since the purchase of PP applies to your $50 minimum for freebies... love that!!!

Thanks so much for visiting...  come back soon

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