Fall Cards

Well, I can't believe summer is over and school has already begun around here.  I've been having fun trying out my silhouette portrait some more this week and thought I'd share...

For this one, I found my inspiration here.  I cut my own grass rather than tearing the paper, and added some clouds from my Fiskar's cloud punch.

 This one is on a flat card and the red part opens up (see photo below).

 The inspiration for this one I found here.  It turns out the circles are made of veneer and you can't buy a die, so I just made a bunch of circles with my silhouette studio software and created my own background.  Next time I would probably use thicker paper or layer it a few times so it doesn't look so flat.  I ended up running it all through the Big Shot with the large polka dot impression folder so it would have some texture.  If you'd like the cut file, leave a comment with your email address and I'd be happy to send it to you.  It can be resized, which I will be doing to make it a bit smaller so it'll fit on the card better.

 The inspiration for this one I found here.  I had a long chevron cut file rather than the individual ones, so I changed it up a bit.

 With the left-over scraps from the previous card, I made this one.

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Puff Quilt

Well, I've finally finished the puff quilt I've been working on for the past 3 years (shaking head in shame).  I just about gave up a few times when I didn't know how to finish the edge/back.  But I'm so happy I didn't give up and now I have it hanging on the wall in the nursery.

August Cards

Having fun with my Silhouette portrait and all the fun fonts available online.  Love the honeycomb and chevron embossing folders from Stampin' Up!

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 This is a baby-themed card-in-a-box for a friend of my husband's baby girl.  I used stickers since I don't have many baby-themed stamps (and it's faster).  My two-yr-old loves it and wants to play with it, so I need to get it in the mail soon!

and some I made for Father's Day...

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Card in a Box fun!!

A week or two ago, I saw a cute card in a box and decided to give it a try.  The first one didn't go quite as well as I hoped, but once I got the system down, it got pretty easy and I was hooked!  I made a couple for Mother's day, one for my brother birthday (a sports fan), and then I tried a different kind of pop-up card that was also a blast.

The tutorial for the card in a box I used was a different one because that one was translated into English and I wanted to use inches rather than centimeters since my ruler didn't have both.  The youtube video is here     The sound was very quiet on my computer, so I wrote down the dimensions so I would have a quick reference for the following times I made the card in a box.

Here's the 1st one I made....

Then I tried this Easter one.  I saw that some people used transparency sheets to make things "fly", so I tried a strip from that to make the butterfly "fly".  The cards fold flat and can be sent in a regular card envelope.  yeah!

Next I tried this modern looking one that goes with the style of my M-I-L's decor.

And this one for my brother's birthday...

The tutorial I used for the pop-up card I found here.  I also looked on splitcoaststampers.com and there were tons of fun ideas for these as well.  Yeah!  

 These also fold flat for mailing... like this-

Here's another for Mother's day...

 I also had a new nephew born, so I made this cute dresser card for his arrival.  I used this card for my inspiration, and found a tutorial for the side step card  here.

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Spring Cards

Here are the latest...

 Inspiration from this one is from here.

Recent Cards

With baby #2 on the way, I haven't been card-making as much as I'd like lately, but I did get a few in the last few weeks.  Never too early to start on the Christmas cards, I say.  I love these snowflake punches I got a few years back.  The little one is Fiskars and the big one is EK Success.  Also the floral fusion die by Stampin Up and the polka dot embossing folder- love!  Thanks for stopping by.

May Card Creations

I've been having fun with my new card making supplies that my wonderful hubby got me for Mother's Day and my birthday (6 days later).  Here are the latest...

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