Sweet and Sour Birthday Bakery

Finally, I have card 2 done for my birthday card class. I stuck with the same colors as the last card because they are bright and cheery.
I have made a couple of cards similar to this one in the past. I thought the stamp set "Birthday Bakery" makes a great window front for a bakery. In case you haven't figured out why I used the birthday saying from "Afterthoughts," I will tell you. Since I designed this to look like a bakery, underneath the happy birthday it says, "Call when its time for cake." I thought that was great because we call a bakery to order a cake. Okay, maybe dumb to some of you, but I thought it worked well. I did want it to look like a store sign.

These are the supplies I used to make this card. All items are Stampin' Up!

Cardstock: rose red, pumpkin pie, very vanilla, and sweet and sour specialty designer series paper; Stamp sets: birthday bakery, afterthoughts, and itty bitty bits; Tools: curly label xl punch, and scallop edge border punch; Classic ink: rose red, versmark, and stampin' write marker rose red; Accessories: retired 1/4" rose red grosgrain ribbon.

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Take A Spin Sweet and Sour Birthday

Happy Easter! Tomorrow I will be celebrating what Jesus did for me. I also wanted to tell you that I am sorry I have not posted in a while. Some things that were not expected happened. My mom had to have triple heart bypass surgery. Besides working and doing what I need to do at home, my mom has needed help too. She keeps getting better everyday. I know she will be happy to be able to do things without being out of breath and tired all of the time. Enough of that for now.
This is the first card I have made for my upcoming birthday card class. I still need to make 3 more of them. I have had this one day for about a week, but I am just now getting around to posting it.
I used sweet and sour specialty designer series paper. I love the bright colors! For the stamped image I used pumpkin pie and rose red markers on the take a spin stamp. The pom pom trim is melon mambo and unfortunately, it was a sale-a-bration item which is no longer available. They may have something similar when the new catalog comes out in July. We will have to wait and see. I used rose red, very vanilla, and daffodil delight cardstock. The 5/8" grosgrain ribbon is pumpkin pie. Of course, I used the game spinner hand on the take a spin image. The only punch used on this card is the scallop trim border.

In the end, I think this makes a very cute birthday card. You can tell me what you think by leaving a comment. Thanks.

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2 more Easter Cards

I am not sure what this post is going to look like when I am done with it. This is when you really need to understand html. To me, it is very boring though.

My goal was to let you see a close up of the dimension in this card, as well as, having the choice of using the card as a horizontal or vertical card.

This card was made from the Stamping 411 sketch challenge. It was Saturday sketch challenge 196 to be exact. Sometimes it is nice having a sketch that someone else has come up with to design your card from.

I do have to say this card is my favorite out of all 5 I had made. I used certainly celery and whisper white cardstock to create this. I used my Big Shot and the vintage wallpaper embossing folder. I used the 5 petal flower punch for the flowers. If you didn't notice, I did not use any rubber stamping on this card at all. If you really wanted to you could always add a sentiment. I just chose not too.

The card you see below is the last one I made for the Easter Card Class. The colors are pretty in pink, concord crush, and lap of luxury designer series paper. Once again, I used my Big Shot with the framed tulips embossing folder. The bird and branches were created using the two step bird XL punch. The stamped image is from the All Holidays stamp set.

My class is Tuesday evening. It should be lots of fun. Thank you for looking at my papercrafts. Feel free to leave a comment if you would like. To be honest, I don't leave comments all of the time when I look at others blogs either. If I really like it, I will though.

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Easter Card Class

Easter is coming! It will be here before we know it. I have scheduled my Easter Class for next week. My customers will be making 4 different Easter cards with 2 of each one. I have posted 3 cards I have done. The one at the end I am pretty sure I am scrapping though. I did not like it. I am planning on making another one to take its place.

The first card you see above is using the stamp set "Easter Blossoms" from the Occasions Mini Catalog. If you are interested in getting it you need to do so by April 30th. The colors I used to create this card are marina mist, soft suede, and very vanilla. I used my Big Shot with the embossing folder elegant bouquet on the marina mist cardstock.

The second card above is made using the stamp set "Just Believe." I love the saying, because our faith in Christ is based on this. I thought it made an excellent saying for Easter. The colors used in this card are certainly celery, crumb cake, daffodil delight, and whisper white. This is a fast card to make. It turns out beautifully too!

The third card you see above is actually the first card I had made. This is the one I am going to discard from the class. I don't know what it is that I really don't like about it, but I just don't. I used concord crush, very vanilla, pretty in pink, basic gray, and lap of luxury designer series paper.

In case you are wondering, I do have another card made for this class. I still need to take pictures of it. I decided I will post it when I get the 4th card made and post them at the same time.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by my blog. If you have a minute or two please leave a comment. Also be watching in the next few days for another post that will have the other 2 cards for my Easter Card Class.

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More Cards of Elegance

Here are the other two cards I made for the "Cards of Elegance Class." To be honest, I ended up changing the build a blossom on the first card you see. I had originally used white embossing powder on each leaf. I could not settle on it. I did not like it. I thought I would try using bravo burgundy classic ink, instead. That was the winner for me. I decided to go with it. I was so much happier. Color makes a huge difference in what you think of a card. At least, for me it does.

This is a close up of the ribbon. I just zig zagged it back and forth. I found using snail was not strong enough to hold the ribbon in place. I ended up having to use sticky strip to get it to stay. I don't want my friends/customers going home and having their ribbons come undone on them.

This card was the very last one I made. I really love the colors in the Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper. What really seemed to add to it was when I added in the two branches. The other thing I used was crystal effects on the brown part of the big flower. I don't know if you can really tell that much in this picture though.

This picture shows the dimension a little bit. To make the branches have texture I just took a stampin' spot (always artichoke) and stamped up and down on them. I also added a clear rhinestone brad to the flower.

This class should be a lot of fun to do. I am looking forward to it.

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the world. Please leave a comment if you have a minute.

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Cards of Elegance

Do you ever look at a card and just think to yourself, "Now, that is elegant?" I don't mean pretty or beautiful, either, I mean "elegant." For my upcoming card class, that is what I was wanting to try and accomplish. Cards with elegance!
The layered example below was really the second card I had made. I was not sure at first if it was going to have the elegant look about it, but in the end, I believe, that it does fit into that category. I believe it took adding some rhinestones and dimension to give it the look of elegance I was looking for. I would love to hear if you think it is elegant or not. I will not be offended if you don't agree.
This is a close up of the dimension that is on the card pictured below. This was also the first card I had made for my class. I thought right away that this was definitely an elegant card. The stamp set "vintage vogue" is such a great set to get the look of elegance.

Of course, I had to show you the total picture of what the card looked like. I did end up changing two things on the card though. At first, the saying "thank you" was in an oval shape. I didn't think it looked right. The other thing I changed was adding the design to the saying. The original I only had the saying, which left it white and boring, in my opinion.

I have two more cards to come up with yet to be finished with my elegance class. Pray I can figure them out. I do have a couple of ideas in my head, but I need to make them into reality.

Thanks for looking. If you have any questions about these cards feel free to ask by leaving it in a comment. Also, tell me what you think of these.

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Two Step Owl Birthday

My husband turned 50 the 19th of February. I have already decided when it is my turn I am not going to like it. Something about that number makes me think "OLD." Enough said about that though. On to what I am posting. My husband likes owls. I wanted to somehow incorporate an owl into his card. I finally came up with the idea of making it look like it is holding a happy birthday sign with its feet. I picked the colors from the current IB & C catalog. I do that sometimes when I can't figure out colors to use.
This first picture shows the layers of the card. Most of the time when you take a picture facing right at it you can't see the layers. This is why I took this view and posted it on here.

When I was totally finished with this card, I was pleased with the end results. Believe it or not, I am not always totally pleased with what I make. I am sure some of you feel the same way when you make something too.

Stampin' Up! supplies used to create this card are below.
Cardstock: pumpkin pie, marina mist rich razzleberry, wild wasabi, and whisper white
Classic Ink: rich razzleberry and pumpkin pie
Stamp set: punch bunch (sal-a-bration catalog)
Tools: big shot, build a cupcake punch, 2 step owl punch, two step bird punch (branches), scallop square punch, perfect polka dots embossing folder, mat pack and paper piercing tool, and stampin' sponge
Accessories: brights brads and 1/4" whisper white grosgrain ribbon

If this has inspired you to pull out your tools and make are card, please leave me a comment and tell me. Thanks for looking and have a great day!

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