Elvis in the House Birthday Card

Another birthday card (for a guy).  This one is made using a couple SVG cut files. One of them is from my favorite: SVGcuts.com their collection called The Green Room found here.  The card base was used for the back of the cards. Also used from this collection is the poker chips (shown in green and white card stock). Elvis is from Scrappy Dew SVG collection called Viva La Vegas found here.  Poker chip stickers are from my stash.

Elvis is cut 3" tall. I decided to use a Sizzix "face" stamp I've had for a long time. It fit perfectly for this body.



See the Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen used around the Red card stock mat.

Stamped message inside (looking like bright lights in Vegas!!!) is from Hero Arts. Many Birthday Messages. EK Sucess boarder punch called "Card Suits" used for the inside mat. Back the punched "suits" with red card stock. Poker chips tickers added above the stamped message.



This card will be mailed immediately ----- it is a bit belated.....................

Holiday Make & Takes

Christmas will be here sooner than we expect - recently I participated in a great Make & Take event (6 cards) at the Fairfield stamp store called Mainly Stampin. You can find her store here.  Terry is the owner and a very delightful person.  Their make and takes are so much fun with refreshments for all - what a great group of gals who participated. The teachers are so organized and well prepared. Truly a delight.  They have crop nights and classes in this store so be sure to stop by to check what is on their schedule and see the projects.  The teachers are so helpful and are eager to teach new techniques and short cuts to make stamping and creating a pleasure.
This first card was originally a die cut wreath but we improvised and made our own wreath using the leaf die cuts put in a circle.  The die cut pieces are all part of the Memory Box collection.  The vases are also Memory Box, too (I think).  It was cool how we made that fireplace mantle out of paper and layers of foam tape to keep it secure.  I added some Diamond Stickles to the wreath and Red Stickles for berries to the leaves in t he vases. The background is made using a brick embossing folder.

 Here's a closer look at the wreath:

Another card: this one is using a edge punch and also using the negative of the edge punch - can you see it? cool, eh?  This is a really cute card for the holidays.  A Crystal Sakura gel pen was used for the "dots" in between the scallop circle. I also added it along the top and bottom edge of the plaid paper. The message is popped with foam squares.

 

This third card originally had a organdy bow. we were able to use this very cool bow makes that makes very SMALL bows and it was attached to the left corner. I decided to pop the snowflakes and use my adhesive pearls for this card and removed the bow. The message was already stamped for us.

I love this card: we learned a new "trick": Use a brown ink pen to make the veins in the poinsettia then use the roller ball to curl the paper. The poinsettia is popped with foam squares. This is a Spellbinders die.  I thought about adding red Stickles but after adding the leaves, I decided this card looked fine without additional bling.  The center already has some glitter along with adhesive rhinestones.



This card was really fun...........underneath the leaves is a thin brown branch.  The ornaments are hung from it.  The glitter paper used for the ornament die is a fine micro glitter paper and pretty cool. The adhesive stickers did not have a problem staying on.  More adhesive snowflakes are randomly scattered on the card along with a couple adhesive rhinestones. Now this is how to use those one sided embossing folders.

This card was the only portrait card.  I believe the dies used are also Memory Box. I added some Diamond Stickles to the branch as well as along the top of the stamped message and bird house. The popped up bird house is inked with some brown ink  and adorned with adhesive rhinestones and holly leaves.

 You can see the Diamond Stickles better in this photo:







Hope you all enjoyed seeing these make and take cards. Stop by Mainely Stampin if you are in the neighborhood and say: Hi - ya all...............

Star Wars Birthday Card

My youngest brother's birthday had come and gone because I dragged myself to finish this card..........I love how it turned out and I am certain he will also enjoy it (and not throw it out). He is a Star Wars fan and this was a great way to give him a unique card.  I kept this card simple  because there are eight images. Scrappy Dew Star Fighters SVG cut file found here.  Each image was re-sized, then popped up with foam squares. Not too bad to assemble all those pieces - details on each images below. Stampin Up Night of Navy and Bashful Blue card stock used. A variety of scraps used for the images to cut using my Silhouette.  Finished card size is 9-1/4" x 4-1/4" so it will fit inside a legal envelope

Hero Arts Clear Stamp Set used on the banner called Decorate Your Own cake. It is the perfect size for the Happy Birthday message on the card front and inside. The Embossing folder used is Darice Stars Assorted - I love the variety of star sizes in this embossing folder.

Card inside:

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Han Solo is 3" tall: Edge of hair is sponged with brown ink. His white shirt is inked with a little Copic W1 to create just a little shadow. White gel pen is used for the shoe top.

Princess Leia is 3" tall: Edge of hair is using brown ink and her white dress is  inked with a little Copic W1 to create just a little shadow.

Stormtrooper is 3-1/3" tall: all white pieces are inked with a little Copic W1 to create just a little shadow. White gel pen is used for the weapon.

R2-D2 is 1-3/4" tall: White pieces are inked with a little Copic W1 to create just a little shadow.  A red pen is used for his button.

Luke Skywalker is 3" tall: His shirt white pieces are inked with a little Copic W1 to create just a little shadow. Both his hair and boots are inked with brown ink on the edges.  A white gel pen is used on his eyes.

 Obi-Wan Kenobi is 2-1/4" tall: His clothing has brown ink on the edges.

Chewbacca is 3-1/2" tall: he actually looks like a cuddly puppy. All edges are inked with brown ink. A white  gel pen is used in his eyes.

 Darth Vader is 3-1/4" tall: A white gel pen is used to highlight some parts of his uniform.

Hope you enjoyed this quick post..........it was challenging to get all the characters onto a card and kinds in proportion (with the max size of the envelope in mind).. I know my brother will get a kick out  of this card. 

Asian Altered Box with Embellishments

This is an altered paper mache box I found at my local Beverly Fabric Craft Store. This was made for a special friend's birthday. The size is 4-/2" x 4-1/2" x  8-1/2". The paper used to cover this outside box is Graphic 45 Jasmine Dream.

 Here's a little side view:

On the front, a large coin with a stone hanging from a fancy string.  The stone was an item that was a close out at a past Scrapbook Expo - so I grabbed a few not knowing what I would do with them until now.

And here's what is embellished on top of the box: a porcelain black crane (it's a chop stick rest), variety of coins, plate, and fans.  The base of the box is a SVGcuts.com image from their Chinese New Year Collection found here. The image is cut using Kelly Gold card stock. The Red Chinese Bell from Alpha Stamps found here is tied with black cord.

Here's another view of the box top:

Open the magnetic front flap to reveal:

Then open the right side flap: Paper used is Graphic 45 Pearls of Wisdom.  Are you lovin the boxes?

Paper used for the boxes are Graphic 45 Pearls of Wisdom:

Open further to fully reveal the different positions of the boxes. Note the boxes have a magnetic lid to keep them closed.

The top box is covered in the inside with Graphic 45 Good Fortune paper and contains a package of die cut swirly white clouds. (from Taylored expressions):

The second box has packages of die cut pagoda in black card stock and gold card stock.  Die is from La-la Land Crafts found here.

The third box is a package of gold dies cuts from SVGcuts.com Chinese New Year Collection found here.

Last box is a variety of coins that can be used for embellishment:

This is what the box looks like before embellishing: it is fully naked!

First step is to paint the edges with some black acrylic paint.  The boxes needed to be removed in order to position the paper in the background. The fun part was to be sure they were returned back to the original spots!

This was a really fun project to alter with some great results.  No doubt I will be making more of these in the future. thanks for coming by today and hope you are inspired to make one, too.

Panda Pop Up Happy Birthday Card

This birthday card made for a panda lover. I used the Cricut Create a Critter Panda cut at 2" and 2-1/2". The Balloons are from the same cartridge. The card style is a SVG cut file from Penny Duncan Designs (PDC) - the cut file is called:.Happy Birthday Pop-up. The solid papers used are from Recollections. The flower papers are from my stash.  The photo doesn't show the shimmery flower paper mat.  I also used a Sakura gel pen around the larger flowers. Add a 5/8" white organdy ribbon across the front as an embellishment finishes up the front. The panda  and larger flowers are popped with foam squares.

Here's a closer look  at the front flower and panda:

Open the card to reveal the birthday pop-up with some additional smaller pandas. See additional photos of the details:

Side card view:

Sakura Crystal gel pen on the balloons: The green balloon is popped with a foam square

The smaller panda popped with foam squares:

Sakura Crystal gel pen around the letters used:

Sakura crystal gel pen is used around the square mat corners of the computer generated message: You can see the shimmery paper in this photo.

I know she will love this card.  Thank you for stopping by today......................