Angry Birds

'Tis the birthday season! At least in my circle of friends that is...My son is invited to multiple birthday parties, one of which is for a huge Angry Birds fan. I could not but make him an Angry Birds themed birthday card.

The bird is made out of cardstock with round punches of various sizes and a square punch for the beak. I cut out a Y shape out of brown cardstock by hand and then embossed it so it looks like wood. Added twine to complete the sling effect. Used the Martha Stewart edge punch to create grass.

Have an excellent night!

You're So Special To Me...

Well, well, well....it's been a while, and while I have been creating, I have not necessarily been diligently posting my creations. So, it's time to dust off the trusty ol' blog here and write a post or two.

I really wanted to make a shaped card, and Cricut came in very handy to accomplish that goal. My Favorite Things border die, Martha Stewart butterfly punch and a Bo Bunny flower combined with Prima pearls round off the look.

Have a fantastic night!

Sanda

Back to School

'Tis the season - time to go back to school.  Before the Fall schedule, soccer practice and swim meets return in full force, it's time to get creative.

I am back to teaching at my favorite store of them all Wiggles and Giggles. Back to School class next Sunday, Aug 19, at 1pm. Be there or be square...Here is a sample...I couldn't wait to use that delicious ruler ribbon and that burlap, mhmmmm!

Supplies:
Cardstock - Reminisce
Ink: Adirondack in Red Pepper
Embellishments: EK Success edger punches, EK Success oval punch, felties, ruler ribbon, Jolee stickers

Have a great night!

Hellooooo, baby!

Longest time no post! It's been a quite a while! I do have the best excuse in the world: a brand new baby keeping me busy!

I do find myself missing my cards. As well wishes and generous gifts pour in, I take it as a perfect excuse to make cards in those very rare moments I get to step into my craft area, so expect lots of baby themed thank you notes in the near future...such as this one:

Supplies
Cardstock: Doodlebugs, Inc.
Ink: Memento in Denim
Stamps: Stampendous
Embellishments: EK Success scallop border punch, button, Queen and co twinkle goosebumps in light blue


Have an excellent day!

Birthday Cupcake

It's one of those cards that you have dancing in your head as a vision...it's one of those cards that you just have to go transform into paper as soon as you get 15 minutes to yourself  (and it doesn't take longer than that)...it's just one of those cards

Made with freshly released Doodlebugs, Inc. paper and doodle pop. Made for my son's friend from school. She turns 5 right around Valentine's Day.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Doodlebugs, Inc
Embellishments: Doodle pop, buttons, MS edge punch

Have a sweet evening!

May the 4 Be with You

Ohhhh, you don't know how much I love Star Wars! ...and you don't know how much I love a good pun! So, when I finally thought out the design of this card, I was just giddy with excitement!

The excitement and design fever started with a birthday invitation for my son's friend's birthday party. As always, I inquired about his favorite character, expecting Cars or Thomas. You can't imagine my surprise and joy when I heard: Legos, Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Wow! Much kudos and respect to his parents to raising him right :)!

I was going to go with a Lego themed gift and card at first, but that did not work out. What took shape was a Star Wars themed gift, which was calling for a Star Wars themed card. I remembered that Wiggles and Giggles (who else!!?) carries Star Wars themed paper and that's only one of the reasons why that place is so awesome. I went there and Master Yoda themed paper was the one that I took home.

Now here's the kick: my son's friend turns 4. So, there I sat and had an aha! moment. 4... four...force...May the Force be with You, no wait, May the 4 be with You!!! Haha, perfect! Genius, if you ask me :)! (Humble, too ;))

Supplies:
Cardstock: Imaginisce, silver, cream
Embellishments: 1 3/8" round punch, Cricut, MS glitter pen (silver), Millenium pen (black)

May the force be with you!

In a "Punchy" Mood

Those who know me as a crafty person, know that I love, love...wait, no, adore border punches.I won't say no to a fabulous corner punch either, but edge punches are my passion. I have lots of them and never seem to grow tired of them. If anything, as time goes on I keep finding more and more ways to use them.

I will be sharing some of my tips and tricks at the upcoming "On the Edge" class I created to be taught at Wiggles and Giggles. Since this class has been offered at different times of the year, I've been creating different samples to go with it. This time around, it was time to feature a Valentine's Day card.

There's not a single drop of ink, nor a spot of marker on this card. It's been made entirely with punches and one very pretty (if I do say so myself) embossing folder.

This flower has, too, been created with help of an edge punch. Several rows of punched pattern attached to each other and then tightly would to create the blossom. Easy, peasy and tons of fun!

Supplies: 

Cardstock: cream and ruby

Embellishments: Life Crafts (former Quickutz brand) embossing folder, MS large edger punch, MS edge punch, EK Success large punch, pearl

Have a wonderful day!

First Card of the Year

Well, hello there! Happy New Year 2012! Hope it is the most creative and inspiring one for you yet!

2012 holds a promise to be very busy and exciting for me. I am looking forward to it and I hope to squeeze each and every minute of paper crafting time I possibly can get out of it. 

Behold the first card of 2012, which will be part of Wiggles & Giggles' Card of the Month - January class, which I will be teaching on January 12, 2012 at 6pm. I got to use so many fun new toys on it - it was a real joy to create it. 

First, I finally gave in a got myself one of Martha Stewart's (not so new anymore, as far as scrapbooking market is concerned) pattern punches. I did not expect to love it, but, boy, I adore it now! Love the ability to create all over the page patterns.

Second came the new Fiskar's border punch with interchangeable cartridges. I've had my eye on this new system for a while, waiting for it to come to stores, ever since it was introduced in ads. They're finally available to mere mortals and I am in loooove! Super easy to use, just like any other punch aaaaaaand one can weave ribbon through some of the new patterns.

Last, but not least, new just released Hero Arts stamps are crazy versatile and I basically want all of them. For this card, the sentiment from the "Keep Calm" set seemed perfect!

Supplies:

Cardstock

Ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black

Embellishments: ribbon, Fiskars border punch, MS pattern punch, pearls

Have a happy day!

Mimi, Oh Deer...

I love the Christmas card making season because there are so many wonderful people I can finally make cards for and send cards to, which gives me a perfect excuse to engage all of my stamps, punches, inks and fun paper crafting tools.

...and speaking of punches, I just had to get the EK Success reindeer edge punch this year - adorable, adorable, I say! See it in action below:

Supplies:
Cardstock: Echo Park
Ink: Adirondack in Red Pepper
Embelishments: COPIC, MS glitter pens, red pearls, EK Success Reindeer edge punch, Crop-a-dile Corner Chomper


Those reindeer noses were just calling for red pearls...I just had to do it, it was a MUST!

Another favorite, at Christmas time in particular, is Mimi. Penny Black came out strong this year and brought some seriously cute Mimi Christmas stamps. Mimi with the reindeer nose is just such a fun stamp to work with.

Christmas is a great excuse for using glitter with reckless abandon. It can't quite be seen here, but Mimi's antlers are shiny, sparkling gold - fortified by some Martha Stewart glitter pens.

Have a sparkling evening!

Mimi and the (Birthday) Bear

I chose to open the Christmas card season with a stamp my darling husband selected and gave to me for my birthday :). He actually went to my favorite store Wiggles & Giggles and picked it out for me :) with owner's help! He said it took them a while to find something I didn't already have! Oy!

I also absolutely had to do a non-traditional color scheme. That purple on the scarf and the coat was entirely too enticing.

Supplies:
Cardstock
Stamp: Penny Black Mimi and the Bear
Ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black
Embellishments: Reminisce edge punch, bling, COPICs

Best Fishes

A co-worker of mine, a true fishing enthusiast, recently had to undergo a medical procedure. I knew I wanted to make him a get-well card, but all I could think of were fishes, fishes, fishes...So, what do you get in that situation? Hmmm, see for yourselves:

Cute, huh?

Supplies:
Cardstock 
Stamps: Hero Arts
Ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black
Embellishments: COPIC markers


Have a great night!

A Fall Wedding

Recently, our son's preschool teacher, who also happens to be one of our favorite people in the world, got married. This, of course, called for a card! While I didn't have a particular idea about the card design, I knew that the card had to involve her wedding color, terracotta.

Now, I openly admit that terracotta is not the easiest of colors to work with, when it comes to wedding cards. A little goes a long way. Hence, the color splash design below.

The bride called it "very Miss Kim weddingish" :). I think I got it just right for just her personality...

Also, another teacher at the daycare approached me and asked, if I could create a card for the same person and the same wedding, which she could give to her. Here's what I came up with for her:

Supplies


Card I


Card stock: corrugated card stock
Embellishments: MS border punch, pearls, chipboard flowers, ribbon


Card II


Card stock: corrugated card stock, Bazzill basics in cream
Stamps: And the two become one...
Ink: Memento in Dessert Sand
Embellishments: Spica atyou pen in gold, bling, MS butterfly punch, ribbon, copper mesh ribbon, EK Success border punch

Have a great day!

Eeeeeek!

Halloween is near my friends! Even though I typically do not make cards for Halloween, I could not resist using the Martha Stewart spider web punches.

I typically also don't do CAS, but this card begged for it. I had to show off those itsy bitsy spiders :).

This card will be part of my "On the Edge" class at Wiggles at Giggles, coming up on October 30th at 1:30pm.

Supplies: 
Cardstock: DCWV metallic stack, orange and black cardstock
Embellishments: MS punches, pearls, Millenium pen

Eeeeeeek!

Happy birthday, princess!

I think I have mentioned before that I love making cards for my son's friends' birthdays. It's just so much fun to make cards for 4 year old kids, I am telling you! Given that I have a boy and am surrounded by boyish stuff all the time, I especially love making princess themed cards. They are just so very cute.

So, when I heard that my son's friend likes Cinderella and Rapunzel, I knew right away what the card should look like. And here it is:

I happened to spot this birthday stamp, when I was out looking for a Cinderella sticker. It is almost a perfect match to a fairy tale inspired card, with all its swirls and tiny little stars.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Surfer Girl, pink cardstock
Stamp: Inkadinkado
Ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black
Embellishments: Cinderella sticker, EK success border punch, MS border punch, pearls, Spica atyou pens


Have a simply marvelous evening!

Well, hello there, mojo...looks like you came back...

I've been MIA for a while, but I have a VERY good reason for that. I have embarked upon the ultimate crafting project - a brand new human being :). The early symptoms took care of most of my creativity so far, but it seems like my mojo is slowly returning! 


Very appropriately, the card I created is a baby themed card. Behold

Supplies:
Cardstock: Nursery Rhyme
Ink: Adirondack in Stream
Stamps: Stampin' Up
Embellishments: MS border punch, buttons in aqua, twine, staples


Have a wonderful Sunday!

Edgy Flower Power

Hello again! I'm having quite the productive weekend, and I love it when it happens!

While the card below has been created for my Made with Love card class I'll be teaching in July, it is, in fact, perfect as an entry in the Moxie Fab World Beautiful Borders as well as the second entry in the CAS-ual Fridays Getting Edgy challenge. As soon as I saw the Moxie Fab challenge, I thought...well, Moxie Fabbers, do I have the card for you!

 It is essentially brimming with all sorts of borders and edges, just as I like it. EK Success large flower punch steals the show, in my opinion. Tell me what you think!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Made with Love - Card 1

Hello sweet cakes, it's time to introduce a sweet, new project o'mine to you. I will be teaching a card class again at Wiggles and Giggles and this time it will be all about the kitchen and yummy food. I have created six different cards, which I will be introducing here on the blog as well as on Facebook.

Cupcakes take the center stage in this delicious card. There can not be a food themed class without cupcakes, in my opinion.

The sprinkles are a great way to use up your pearls and bling that you may have left over from a different project. As you know, I have a great deep passion for border punches and Martha Stewart's trellis punch adds a nice dimension here.

I will be entering this (and at least another) card in the CAS-ual Fridays challenge Getting Edgy. Typically, I am not a CAS kind of girl, but border punches and edges are right up my alley!!!

Have a sweet day!

Dads and Grads

I am so very excited to share the news that I will be teaching card making classes at my favorite store in the whole wide world - Wiggles and Giggles! So. Very. Excited!!

With Father's Day around the corner and various graduation ceremonies each weekend (including my own :) - a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering degree, wooohoo ), June is the perfect month to work on cards for Dads and grads. These cards can also be challenging, especially the ones for Dads, since the typical color palette and embellishments are rather limited.

Here's what I came up with for my inaugural class:

This is going to be fun! I can't wait!

Have an elephantastic night!

Wedded Bliss

How fitting that I have been asked to make a wedding card for someone and finally found the time to do it today, when William and Kate are getting married. Probably the most anticipated wedding of the decade, if not longer. I know I couldn't wait to see the bride. She was gorgeous!

Back to my little wedding card:

Supplies:
Ink: Memento - Dessert Sand
Stamp: unknown
Embellishments: MS border punch, MS butterfly punch, COPIC markers, pearls, Cuttlebug embossing folder

I stamped the cake, cut it out and then colored it with COPIC markers. I popped it up with some double sided tape.

Have a wonderful day!

Not yolkin' when I say...

Supplies:
Cardstock: Elizabeth Park by LYB
Stamps: Inky Antics
Embellishments: Bling, COPIC, Puffies

 ...have an egg-cellent Easter! Hehe...