CS FATHER'S DAY BLOG HOP

Welcome to CS's Father's Day Blog Hop. Thanks for joining us.

You should have arrived here from Roberta's blog www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com. If you missed the beginning of the hop, please go back to the start of the top of the hop at Chris' blog http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com to start so you don't miss any of the projects. There is Blog Candy offered so you want to start at the beginning and read how to participate to win.




My project for the hop is my favorite kind - quick and easy! I used one of my all time favorite carts - Celebrate With A Flourish. The images are so pretty on their own, so you really don't have to add a whole lot more. This is a 5" x 5" card. I used different hues of blue and a beige from my C'oredinations stack. I cuttlebugged the background for a little texture, but since I forgot to use my sentiment stamp I improvised and cut a rectangle with plan white paper. I used the Father's Day stamp from Recollections, which I just picked up from Michael's on sale for $1.50! There were 4 different stamps in the package! I left the inside blank for my girls to write a personalized message. Easy peasy!

Thanks for hopping along with us. Remember, if you leave a comment on every designers blog hop post, your name will go into the drawing for the for the blog Candy offered by ChatterScene.

Next up on the hop , is Renee at http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com

Thanks so much for joining us on the hop!

Better Late Than Never

I didn't post at all on my blog during December, so I'm trying to make up for it now. I did two different Christmas cards this year, one from Celebrate With A Flourish and one from Reminisce Accents.

The first one is the poinsettia card. The poinsettia was from Celebrate With A Flourish. The flowers and leaves were colored by hand using my Le Plume pens, which gave it a velvety look. I used glitter cardstock for the base (shadow feature). The then used glossy accents on the green swirly layer. I used Bazzil white cardstock for the base and the flowers and added pearls to the centers of the flowers.



The next one was the snowflake from Reminisce Accents. This one I didn't color, but instead used 4 different layers, 3 different shades of blue and one white and added some pearls and stickles to give it a little glimmer.



I ran the background of both cards through the Cuttlebug with the Divine Swirls folder. The tag idea came from watching Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas. I used his method of daubber inking the edges, distressed color inking the tag, and stamping the sentiment. I used the Tim Holtz "Merry Christmas" stamp.

Birthday card - what else!

I have so much going on today, but I want to keep my goal of posting every day, so I'm going back a few weeks to a birthday card I made.



The photo is a little dark - don't know what I did when I took it, but you get the general idea.
I was asked to make this card for the daughter of a woman that works with my husband. All I was told was that "she likes green". So, with that wealth of information I went about creating this card. LOL



The happy girl is from Beyond Birthdays cart. The present is from Joys of the Season. The background paper is from DCWV Flower Power stack and the aqua glitter paper is from DCWV. The green paper is from the Paper Studio mat stack. I cuttlebugged the present with the spots and dots embossing folder, added some generic green buttons, a green glitter brad in the middle of the girl, and some lime green brads around the sentiment!

Embossing, Nestabilities, Hero Arts Stamps, Wall Decor and More, Pearls for bling!

A friend asked for a b/d card for her daughter. She said she liked the shoe card. I don't like to make duplicates, so I played around to come up with something similiar that had it's own unique character and this is it! I embossed the background with my cuttlebug (swirls folder). I cut out the round shapes with my nestibilities, which is really neat since I can print out the sentiment (Happy Birthday Jennifer), then center it before I make the cut! I used some black ribbon with white stitching, my shoe stamps from Hero Arts, the MS border punch and added some pearls, my favorite bling!

I used the Wall Decor and More cart to cut out the shoe to place on the inside, then printed out the sentiment, cut it to size and inked the edges with a soft pink.

Couple's wedding shower card

My mom needed a card for my nephew's couples wedding shower (her grandson). His bride to be loves daisies so I knew I wanted to include those in the design. I used the sweetheart card to cut out the hearts. I cuttlebugged the larger heart as well as the background. I found the ribbon at Michael's. This is the front:



This is the inside. Now you know why I used the ribbon! I also used the sweetheart cartridge for this.

More Mother's Day Cards

For the past two weeks I've been making Mother's Day cards for friends and family. Here is a sample:







I used the Forever Young cartridge for the mirror, shoes and purse. I then used a metal sheet by QuicKutz for the glass in the mirror. This card was for a friend to give to her sister so I wanted to keep it young feeling. The paper was AC patterned paper "Metropolitan"

A friend needed simple cards to send his sisters. I Cuttlebugged t he paper and used stickers and ribbon for two quick cards.

This card was for a pastor. I had the bird and birdcage from a Tim Hotlz demo at our local Archivers.

I had made a similar card with the silhouette and was asked to make another by someone who had seen the first one. You can find the original further down in my blog. I used the Heritage cartridge and a rose sticker.

Mother to be card

A friend asked me to make a card for his wife; they are expecting their first child. This is what I came up with: