WITH SYMPATHY CARD

hello to all

:)

 

i am back but still not settled yet. i do apologize for not being around but you must know family will always come first, especially here at my household. plus, i have been in so much pain from trying to do the extra bit--  :(

anyhow, i had to work on something before i go nuts, lol and i made this sympathy card and i also made a super easy and pretty (i believe) gift card holder i needed. 

i then had to buy one because i forgot it at home--grr!

first,

With Sympathy

 4.25" x 5.5"

 purple is a very hard color to photograph especially if you do not have good lighting. a friend told me she photographs hers with low lighting but it did not work for me. i googled it and it says to use the "white balance" in your camera. this is what i used to avoid the bluish color i always get. it is not perfect but is better. i still have to work on it. i have a cannon ps s2. it is an old camera but it has been very good to me except with the "color purple", lol.

the image is from cindy loo cut at 4.25" high and all its layers.

the sentiment is from one of the latest releases of my pink stamper clear stamp set called spectacular sayings. i heat embossed it. i still have to work on my heat embossing too :P--- but this font is so pretty tough. ;p

i made this yellow crinkled ribbon out of a strip of yellow cardstock. it looks like fabric, right? :) and it does in real life too--hehe. loving it!!!!!

i did not have any yellow ribbon left so i decided to improvise. i wet it and crunched it and dried it with the heat tool, then i glue-gunned it on the back to keep the pleats. so easy a cave woman (me) can do it, lol.

  

the mini butterfly is a sticker from my stash.

---remember you can click on the pics for a larger view---

now, this is the gift card/money holder card. the other "super easy" project that i forgot at home. :) i told the bride i will mail it but do not expect more money--hehe--because the money went in the other one already, lol.

the inside is just the holder that i paper punched it.

the envelope i made from a 12x12 sheet of vellum using one of the envelopes from the wild card cart--for the adhesive i used a 1/8th wide scor-tape i have. it worked good. you still can see it through but it does not look bad.

well, hope you get some ideas with these projects.

and i hope to come back soon....in the meantime, know i still love you all and please forgive me for not visiting your blogs lately. i am hoping all will settle/come down after graduation and the move to college.

i am also dealing with my husband diabetes being totally out of control: 400+

no more pity party---i really hate it!!!!--but i feel you guys need to know why i am not around---i have a lot on my plate and because this stupid pain never goes away--it is really hard for me to even try to balance it all. i just can't.

see you later and

BIG HUGS to all----!!!!!!!

THINKING OF YOU

HOLA 

i have been sewing patches for the high school play-- a bit here and a bit there-- and after i did a few per day i was good for nothing, lol.

but to take my mind away from them ;p, i started working on this set of cards. i made two sets of 6. you will see just one because they are twins, not identical tough :). i am giving one set to my next door neighbor and the other set is for Etsy.

i really do not mind sewing, i love to sew but because everything hurts is not as much fun as it used to be, ;p

Thinking of You

5.50 inch tall

 the card base is from a child's year, image# 15 of the overlay using the card feature.

all the embossing was done using my dear cuttlebug  and a folder called textile from pc too.

(did you know i own the sizzix pink big shot too but still like my cuttlebug much better? wink-wink)

for the base and for the envelope  i used kraft cardstock. i cut the base at 5.5 inch and the patterned papers at .25 inch smaller ---5.25, 5.0. 4.75.

i did not have enough of the patterned paper for the six cards but very similar one from the same collection. this photo shows one design and...

this photo below the other design.

 almost identical--hehe

the yellow strip was made using an older fiskars punch and the flowers are from accent essentials.

the kraft one is image# 46, the greenish one is image#26, and the orange one is image#23.

my son hates those gems i use but i like them, lol.

below is the envelope and it is from wild card cart-- image#2 using shift and it measures on my gypsy a 

width of 10.57 and a high of 5.85.

hope you like them.

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this tuesday we have my pink stamper design team projects and the cuttlebug spot challenge. i will be posting the cuttlebug challenge on wednesday.

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thank again for stopping by!

i love you all.

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HAPPY BIRD-DAY TO ROBYN---MY PINK STAMPER--

today is Robyn's birthday and we, her designers, made some birthday cards for her and we are showing them on our blogs. i forgot to send mine out with everything going on, but she will "belated" get it, lol.

Happy Bird-day

6.50 x 7.25

the other day robyn made a tall card -click on "tall card" to see it--and it was my inspiration for this one.

this card base is from wild card--image #12 and using the hide contour to hide the oval window in the original.

i tried to use robyn's favorite colors (pink, green and brown) but missed on the brown ;p..i used a yellow ribbon instead to match the bird's beak and legs.

 the ribbon slide, image #44 using the decor tag feature, is from from gypsy wanderings---which i tend to forget about it and i just realized it has many basics shapes like george does too--.

the scalloped heart, image#18 is from the same gypsy wanderings, and the other two hearts from gypsy font.

the sentiment is from robyn's stamps, of course--- i wouldn't dare use any other for her birthday :) plus i really like her stamps a lot. you can find it on the tweetie hoo puns set (you can click on the pic or the name if you wish to see more of her stamps/products)

 TWEETIE HOO PUNS

the cute bird---my favorite-- is from create a critter--image #42.

i used some bling robyn had send me with some stamps.

this is the inside---the sentiment is a group of  three "tweetie hoo puns" stamps

if you have time please stop by Robyn aka My Pink Stamper and wish her a happy birthday-- she is an awesome friend and human being and i wish her the best not just on her birthday but everyday.

happy bird-day to you my dear robyn!!!

and thank you my friends for all the support and love you give me...

love you all

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WILD CARD WITH LISA GRAND FINALE/ENVELOPE

Dear followers, friends, bloggers and all who stop by to my work...

I started the Wild Card Series with Lisa back on January 1st, 2010 with the Scallop Card.

Lisa contacted me after I made a comment on her blog asking if we can do a series together and that is how all started. Lisa couldn't finish all the cards because personal reasons but we together did most of them, one by one.

I contacted Lisa last week for the Finale of the series to see if she was up to one more but she is not going to be able to. I was looking forward to her response because I think it would have been nice if she could have joined me on this last one, which happens to be the envelopes but this would have given us a free will to make any card we wanted.

At the end of this month my term with Robyn aka My Pink Stamper as one of her designers,

will come to an end.

It was my first Designer Team experience and I learned a lot from it and I am very grateful to Robyn for giving me the opportunity to be one of the first ones on her first Design Team. It was an honor and I had lots of fun. Check the above MPS link to know the requirements to apply to be an MPS designer.
Good Luck and have fun.

So...I am done with the Wild Card series and done with Robyn almost at the same time. Ironic? or Coincidence? or a new window of opportunities? I do not know. I take one day at a time. I still have some projects to do as a MPSDT designer and then I will hopefully have a bit of extra time for my blog and maybe do some fun things with you guys. Let's see!

Now...I will introduce my last card and envelope from the Wild Card cartridge Series...

#50.... 

YAY!!!.

My Envelope

9.25W by 6-1/8"H

and the card I made for the envelope.

I used a Martha Stewart punch for the envelope. 

It is a big envelope...It needed to be big for the Grand Finale, LOL.

I used  the same paper I used for the card background. 

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My Card

8-3/4W by 6"H

 The fire truck is from the Independence Day Summer Collection seasonal cartridge and using my Gypsy and Expression I cut it at 4.50"H by 8.75"W and the layer came out to be 4.5"H by 8.44"W. I welded the I heart USA onto the ladder and I used very fine glitter to cover the heart. I also draw some doodles dots.That little blue star you see on the flag it was not supposed to be there...it is from when I did the corners and I punched it with a star punch. I did not realized when I took the photos it was there, lol.

On this photo you can see the small compartments on the fire truck opening up and you also can see the tires centers had been popped-up and a rhinestone added. You also can see an MPS clear stamp "Celebrate Today" from the Sweet Occasions set stamped with a Colorbox pigment ink. The card base is no other than a white textured American Crafts cardstock. the edges have been distressed on it and inked as I inked the truck too.

This word is from the same Independence Seasonal cart and I made a shadow layer in red but it's hard to see. The cart does not have a layer for this word. I cut this at 1.75"H and the width came out to be 4.41". I had to play a bit with it to get the shadow the right size. 


I hope you enjoyed our series and like I said I am planning to do some fun things with you/for you guys.

Thanks for being there with me all the way and I know I inspired some of you because I read all of your  comments and that does makes me happy.

XOXO 

to all.

NOTE: I joined the Cricut Circle (Agnes is covering her ears, lol)

WILD CARD WITH LISA/GIFT BOX

Hello everyone!

I want to take a moment here and acknowledge all my new friends/followers. I am so happy you guys are here and I hope I do not disappoint you with my work.

I am no pro but I do try my darn best to do a fine job here. So with that said, feel at home and know you have more than a blogger here... you can find a friend in me too.

Hugs and a BIG WELCOME to all.

Today we have the Gift Box, #49 in our series and you can find it on page #80 of the handbook.

My Gift Box

7 inches

(I believe this is a max size on a 12 by 12 mat)

 This is my take on it. I know other crafters use a clear sheet to cover the front and they put candies/cookies in it but because I like to make boxed card sets this is what I made.

I used the Tim Coffey designer paper from K&Company and for the solid paper I used My Minds Eye.

This squared box at 7 inches ends up to be a 4.5 by 4.5 inch box. I hand cut the flower on the front from the same designer paper and I was going to do more to it but time did not allow it. I will make a better flower when time permits and then I will edit this post.

This is another view of the box.

These are the cards I made and to be truthful I used the Gypsy to cut the same cut that the gift box has on the front and I couldn't decide where and what size I wanted it so I opted for this one and just leave it simple because the paper is so awesome. (It took me a while and lots of scrap paper trying to make my mind, lmbo) Oh! and this paper/cardstock is from The Rockstar stack from DCWV because I did not want to keep using the beautiful paper from K&Co (shame on me, lol) but this DCWV paper/cardstock is as beautiful as the K one and it did hurt to use it too :D

I made 6 cards (2 of each) with their handmade envelopes. 

The sentiments are stamped from different clear stamps from my stash.

The cards are 4.25 squared and the paper is 4 inch squared too. I inked all of it too.

I will give you the measurements for these envelopes. I used my Martha Stewart score board. 

DIRECTIONS TO MAKE YOUR HANDMADE ENVELOPES

FOR A 4.25 INCH SQUARED CARDS.

---You need a 6-7/8 inches squared piece of paper (I used a printer/copy paper for these a bit thicker than the usual one).

---Align that piece of paper at the 6-1/2 inch score line on your score board and then score on the 4-1/4 inch marks on all sides. 

---Fold on the scored lines and Voila...you have a handmade envelope for your 4.25 inch squared cards. You can lined them up if you want.

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This is a view of the how it looks in the inside: cards and envelopes together.

I hope you enjoy this Gift Box from the Wild Card Cricut cartridge.

One more project from the series and I can't believe I will be done.

It is not easy to do the whole cart. 

It gets to you after a while :)

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On another note I would love if you have the time and stop at 

Mrs. Donna Mundinger's 

Popsicle Toes 

 and take a look at the Shower card she made. Donna says I inspired her and that is a major honor to me because when you see Donna's work you are the one who will be inspired and amazed at her creativity. Please, do not be shy and go there and see it for yourself. You will be glad you did if you didn't already, that is :D

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More hugs and love to all and 

Thanks for stopping by my friends.

 

WILD CARD WITH LISA/SHOWER

Hello my friends! 

I was just at the Cricut MB and what a mess this Cricut Circle has brought in to the board.

  and...I almost forgot about the Wild Card.

This is a very simple and beautiful card. I didn't make any fuss over it.
I think if you add too much, it will take away from it.

Shower Card

8 inches

(this is the max on a 12 by 12)

 I just took scraps of cardstock and put them behind the open cuts and

n the back of them I used a long piece
of the same American Crafts white cardstock I used for the base of the card and cover them.

I used those flowers to cover a mistake.

(my yellow cardstock peeled right on top while trying to get adhesive off of it) 

I also added some rhinestones for a bit of a bling. 

I used a My Minds eye 12 by 12 paper to make the envelope. The envelope has a nice shape to it.
You can customize it to your needs too.

Well, this is it for now.

 I hope you enjoy this simple card and I bet it look even better without the Prima flowers I had to use to cover the boo-boo.

Hugs to you all and have a nice day!

Don't forget to take a look at
Audrey's
Cute and Some
for Showcase #11.

WILD CARD WITH LISA/CELEBRATE

I managed today to make the 

Celebrate card from the 

Wild Cards Series.

This card is #47 and you can find it on page #78 of the handbook.

My Celebrate Card
5 inches

I used the Latte Stack from DCWV for this card. It is a very soft textured cardstock and it cut very nice. I set the pressure and blade depth at 4 and had absolutely no problems.

As you can see I made my card with a tag for the sentiment that you can pull out from the top instead the handbook version of opening on the side as a standard card. I used the MS punch called Checker Board to adorn the top edge of the tag. I really like this punch.
I also inked everything. The lid on the bottle was cut beige cardstock from the same stack and colored in with a golden color marker from from Dri Mark/Metallic Colors. I also like these markers.

I used the same marker to garbled a script for the label and I used the {HUGS} clear stamp from My Pink Stamper SWEET OCCASIONS set. I was going to use the one that reads Celebrate Today but I already had the little tag attached and it did not fit well in the small space I had.

The envelope is really nice too and if you want to make it a standard envelope you can with no damage at all.

Well, this is it for today.

Thanks again for visiting and you know I love you all.

Note: I already have the address for the winner and I have already part 2 of the game planned :D

WILD CARD WITH LISA/HANUKKAH

I am not in love with this card at all. 

I do not like how it came out but for lack of time I didn't make the other version. I wanted to be kind of true to the original colors of blue and silver but for some reason I guess I left my mojo behind today.

This is what I got and please leave me you options

or tips how would you make this one more attractive to the eye.

This is card # 46 from page # 77 of the handbook.

Despite the fiasco I proudly present you 

My Hanukkah Card

5 inches

The blue cardstock base is from Debbie Mumm. I believe the silver one is from DCWV.

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 I added Glossy Accent to the star after changing the color a bit with a marker.

I added stickles to the candles and embossed the darker blue paper.

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 This is the inside and I outlined the phrase with my Cri-Kits black pen,

not that you can see it well on the photo.

I know you guys are very sweet and you are going to say it's perfect but I know is not me...not my style.

 But...that is what came out today :(

(SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE IT BETTER ARE WELCOME) 

UPDATE: My pearls were too big for the star but I found this little rhinestones ones on a pack I have in my stash. They were pumpkins but you can take the tiny jewels apart and that is what I did.
I definitely think it looks much better.
Thanks again for your input ladies.

Here is the new and improved Hanukkah Card

 What do you think?

Hugs to all!

WILD CARD WITH LISA/CARRIAGE

Hello my friends

I hope all of you had a nice weekend...

a nice Memorial Day Celebration.

I am here to introduce you to another card of the Wild Card Series. 

This is # 45 from page #76 of the booklet.The largest size you can cut it is 6 inches on a 12 by 12 mat.

Now, 

I present you with

My Carriage Card

5 inches

 The papers used are from KI Memories Classic Prints I purchased at Hobby Lobby.
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I had all the images on my Gypsy.
I had pressure and blade depth at 3 and it cut like butter, lol.

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This is the inside.
(NOTE:  I adhered all the KI papers to a cardstcok base from Debbie Mumm).
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The back of the card and the envelope using a construction paper again.

Lisa's Carriage Card
(not avail)

I hope you like it.

This is another one I made on November of last year for my niece.

Hugs to All!

Another Note: If you want to participate on Audrey's Showcase
please click HERE for more info.

 Have Fun
with it.

WILD CARD WITH LISA/HOUSE

Well, I finally got here.

I started this card this morning, then I had to go to the gym, came back 1-1/2 hour later. My flowers were really thirsty and had to attend to them. Then it was Lulu and blah-blah-blah and I finally got it done.

Hold your horses now and enjoy my

House Card

7.75 inches

(I think this is the max size on a 12 by 12 mat)

 Where do I start?

 The card base is a kraft cardstock, a bit thick for stability. You will find embossing with the cuttlebug, inking because I love inking, stickers, the Sweet Treats banner is from
Christmas Cheer and the font is from Blackletter.
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The candies and pink ribbon and the swirly mint are stickers from the $ store.
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The banner was cut at .86 inches and the font is .42 inches. 
For the font I used my Cri-Kits pens.
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The balloon and the cupcakes are also stickers and the small leaves are from a punch and I treated them like they are making them now: misted, crunched and inked, lol.
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You can see the leaves better here.
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A Big Sundae is waiting for me when I get skinny again, lol
It will be my reward :P
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The inside and the envelope. I got some ink on it but that is ok.
The top flap of the envelope was punched with a Fiskars punch.


This was a lot of work but I really enjoy this type of work when I do not have pain, lol.


Enjoy and if you have any questions, please use the 
Frequently Asked Questions
since it is just there laughing at me and waiting to see who will use it first, :P


Love You All!

WILD CARD WITH LISA/ORNAMENT

Hello to all

I hope you are doing great and that summer keeps 

arriving to your door without many rainy days. :P

I haven't heard from Lisa and I am not going to bug her about this, 

so I am just continuing with the series until I am done 

The name of the series will stay the same because she still a part of it and
when she is ready maybe she will post.

Today I have the Ornament Card, #43 and from page #74 of the handbook

This card you can make it up to 5 inches.

My Ornament Card

3 inches

 On this card I used a patterned paper/cardstcok from DCWV
"Holiday Collection" from this past year. It is a double-sided cardstock.

 I added a bit of golden color cardstock from DCWV and a golden twine I had in my stash for
the ornament and for the tree on the envelope.

I also added some little dots of stickles to the center of the flowers? on the paper.
NOTE: the three inches will give you a small card but that was my intention, to vary a bit and give you another idea since you still can attach it to a present.


Well, this is it for today.

Thanks for stopping by and for the love you always leave me with. 

xoxo