Thinking of You

After battling migraines for the past week, I decided to take advance of my migraine free day and make a card.  I also decided to try a new technique as well that my secret sister sent me painters tape to try.  The technique turned out pretty well.  It didn't turn out the first time since the inks were too dark and I stamped the image first.  After a few adjustments, it came out great the second time.  Once I was done creating the background with the painters tape, I stamped the moose and the "Thinking of You" sentiment.  Overall, I love how this card turned out and I can't wait to make more cards using this technique.  At first, I thought the tape was going to be too wide for what I wanted, but it turned out perfect.  Until next time, happy carding everyone.

Thinking of You!

Being able to relax was definitely the change of pace my body needed today, as my cold is progressively getting better I hope to feel even better for school tomorrow.  After taking a nap (after all everyone else in apartment tends to sleep on Sunday), I decided to make another creation from Julie Davidson's blog.  Keep reading or skip to the end, where I will post a link to the video for those who are interested.

Starting with two pieces of cardstock which are going to be used as the base of the card (a) I scored them at 1/4" on one side.  Placing a piece of sticky strip on both of the scored ends, I then put the two pieces to the side to use later.  Stamping a total of  nine flowers (three of each design) I used my Pansy punch to give them the flower shape.  It's very evident that I have been using my flower punches a lot lately as it doesn't take nearly as much time to line them up.  Once the flowers were done, I used my trimmer to cut a piece of window sheet into the lengths were needed for this card.  After the window sheet was done, I put adhesive onto the back of one flower and then place the window.  Then using the same flower on top so that the flower can be viewed from both sides.  I repeated this step three more times until I had all flowers for my card complete.  Removing the backing on the sticky strip and then started lining up my flowers on the scored side of one piece of the cardstock.  I had to make sure that the flowers weren't too close to the edge or they would stick out of the card.  Once the flowers were in position, I removed the backing from the other piece of cardstock and affixed them together.  This made my card base and when I opened up the card, the flowers were given the appearance as if they were floating in the air.  I added a scalloped border on both sides of the folded part since they didn't line up quite right.  This gave it an look of grass which really tickled my fancy as to how well that turned out.  After the inside was complete, I added a 3" circle and three more matching flowers to the front of the card.  When everything was adhered down, I stamped "thinking of you" from Sassy Salutations in the center of the circle and thus completing my card.  I love how this card turned out.  I am already started thinking about different themes that I could use for this card.  Someone might be receiving a floating snowflake card for Christmas.  Until next time, happy carding everyone.

Front of the Card

Inside of the Card

Measurement Guide
(a)  Base of the Card:  4.5" by 5.5" (2 pieces)

Link to the video tutorial:  http://juliedavison.blogspot.com/2013/07/papillion-potpourri-floating-pop-up-card.html

Thinking of You!

After another long day of training, I came home and searched Pinterest to get the creative juices flowing.  Once I found a card that inspired me, I got right to work.  My very reliable Silhouette did most of the work for me again today to make the base and overlay of the card.  The Silhouette also cut out the rosette.  After all of the pieces were cut out, I went through my scrap box and found a few different patterned papers that went well together.  Then I cut out 1-1/2" by 2-1/4" strips to fit on the white overlay. Once the strips were glued down I then added some green ribbon to the card.  I also added two strips of green ribbon behind the rosette to mimic the appearance of leaves.  While I like to be creative with my creations using my Silhouette to make the rosette kept it simple while, assembly was a little more of a task than I imagined it to be.  I found this to be the most difficult part of the card because all of the creases made it difficult for the rosette to stay down.  After placing four eventually spaced glue dots, I was finally successful with keeping the rosette in position.  Once the rosette stayed in its place, I then used my "Thinking of You" stamp by Sassy Salutations from Stampin UP.  Although I like the simplicity of the design, I think I will use my scoring board next time to create the rosette.  Until next time, happy carding everyone!

Thinking of You

Today my friends and I took advantage of a beautiful summer afternoon, and wasted the day away at the beach.  Soaking up the sun and conditioning my arm with tossing a Frisbee around, it's quite amazing how the great outdoors can wear you down.  Because the bulk of my day was spent outside, and I found myself napping the afternoon away; I awoke with dinner left unprepared and a card yet to be made.  Thus tonight's card was more simple then some of the extravagant creations I've been making the last few days.  Using my Silhouette to cut out the base of the card and the two overlays, when the Silhouette finished cutting the pieces I was able to start the next step.  Gluing the purple and white overlay together, I left about 1/4" on each side so that the purple could give the card a color blast.  After the two pieces were glued together, I used a flower from the "Flower Shop" Stampin Up stamp set.  Evenly placing three flower stamps on the card I then stamped "Thinking of You" from the "Sassy Salutations" set.

Thinking of You!

Today my friend Jessica (whose doing the 365/cards project as well) came to visit, she and I will be spending the next five days together.  Of course Aunika will be tagging along for the ride, and we will hopefully be able to relax and share tips on making cool cards.  But when company comes to visit I have to put card making aside and make everything clean, doing dishes and taking the garage out, etc.  Things that seem simple when you have plenty of time in the day, just like tonight's card.  Searching the Silhouette store can be rather time consuming if you don't know exactly what it is that you, but I knew what I was looking for so it was quick and easy.  I found this simple flower, purchased, and let my sketch pens do the rest of the work.  A simple "thinking of you" stamp tops off one of the easier cards I've made in a long while, if only it were this easy to prepare for special visitors.  Happy carding everybody!  :)

Thinking of You

Today I had the hope of going to Mt. Olympus with my friend, unfortunately due to some things out of our control, we ended up not going.  Probably a good thing though since we would have gotten rained out for a small portion of it.  To let her know I was thinking of her on this humid/wet day, I created this fitting "thinking of you card.  Using my Silhouette, I cut out the card and the borders and then triple layered the stamps.  Putting my newly acquired stamps to use, I applied to white card stock.  When doing this unique technique, I had to make sure to not make the teal borders too large or else the stamping would not display as well.  Each layer gives a frame within a frame feel, to prefecture execute triple layering.  I hope that everyone is enjoying summer (at least here in the Northern Hemisphere).  Stay cool, stay dry, and happy carding. :)

Thinking of You

Sometimes inspiration comes natural and sometimes I must rely on other sources to help me do so.  Today I searched through the Silhouette Online Store, I found a new item yet to be included in my creations.  Today I found "sketch pen images," being that I have never been much for an artist with a pen I decided to purchase a floral design.  There were lots of very intricate details which took what seemed like forever to to print, honestly just like the only saying "I'd rather watch paint dry" rang very true.  Thankfully sketch pens are effective and neat, completing the card with a simple "thinking of you" at the bottom with a clear-mount stamp.