June Project-2

Here is my second project for the Cuttlebug Blog. It is always hard for me to come up with masculine cards, I like to embellish with flowers and ribbons! But...buttons are a goog choice for both masculine or feminine. For this card, I used the Herringbone embossing folder from Cuttlebug to add interest and texture to the white strip on my card. I then inked the edges....which I always do :) I also did the same to the brown semi-circle. The papers I used are from Bo Bunny and the card stock is from SU! and Bazzill. Check out all the ideas over at the Cuttlebug Blog!

June Project-1

The theme for this month is "Fathers" over at the Cuttlebug Blog. Here is my first project...a father's day card. I used Bo Bunny papers and two of my favorite Cuttlebug embossing folders, Swiss Dots and Herringbone. The Swiss dots I used on the star with Coredinations paper called Maplenut. After I embossed it, I sanded it to bring out the yellow core. The Herringbone I used on the white strip and inked just the edges. I really likr the texture that dry embossing adds to a project. Thanks for looking :)

May Project-2

This is my second creation for the Cuttlebug Blog for May's projects. Our theme is still Mothers, so I made another Mother's Day card.... and yes I know Mother's Day is past :) I like this design, I think I will use it in one of my upcoming classes.

I used my Bloom Dots embossing folder to emboss the blue border, and I used my Textile and Swiss Dots folders for the flowers. The Blue border was rubbed with a tan ink pad to bring out the raised image. I assembled the flowers with blue brads. The stamp is from Stampin' Up!, and the paper is Flutter from Bo Bunny. You can check out all the designs over at the Cuttlebug Blog....thank you for checking out my blog :)

JUNE'S CHALLENGE

For the month of June over at the Cuttlebug Blog, our theme is Fathers. I came up with this gift bag for my son to give to his dad on Father's Day. I used an old paper bag with handles that I had saved and tucked away. I covered the front with patterned papers from Bo Bunny (Roughin' It Stripe) & ( Roughin' It Dots). I used my Cuttlebug die ( Harlequin) to cut out the diamonds and my Cuttlebug embossing folder ( Herringbone) to emboss the shapes. The paper I used was a color core paper from Cordinations ( Maplenut) that I lightly sanded to bring out the yellow core. I love the effect it gives! I tied ribbons to the handles...just a few...I didn't want it to feel girlie. I made a tag and tied it on with the ribbons, a button, and a couple of stamps, and viola! Hope you like it....you can check out all the inspiration over at the Cuttlebug blog! Thanks for checking out my blog :)

May Project-1

For my first MOM project, I wanted to do a card for my mom for Mother's Day. I used my Cuttlebug and two embossing folders. The yellow scalloped strip was embossed with the Mosaic folder and the leaves were embossed with the Swiss Dots folder. I also embossed the blue scalloped circle with the Swiss Dots, and the sanded for the white effect. I found some alphabet stamps that looked like the swiss dots, so I stamped MOM in brown ink. The butterfly is a Quickutz die, and I cut the leaves out by hand. The flower and scalloped circle are punches...the cute little stick pin is from Maya Road. Thanks for stopping by :)

SPRING IN COLOR

This is my next class @ Cool Scrapbook Stuff in Poway. It will be taught twice, once in May (sold out) and once in June, on the 19th @ 10:00.
We are using the new paper line "Green @ Heart", by BasicGrey. The four cards are fun and bright, like all the colors of spring....this paper definitely inspired me! The cute little birdcage stamp below is also from BasicGrey, called Aviary (Porcelain). I just love that cute little bird in the birdcage!
This class will use several different punches, including two border punches. One of them is a deep border punch by Martha Stewart, called a Daisy Fan Deep Edger. The other border punch is a scallop by Fiskars. I have also used my slice to cut out several curly labels for the card above and below, using the Noteworthy design card.

MAY CHALLENGE

May's Challenge over at the Cuttlebug blog is all about Moms. I decided to make an accordian tag card that could also work for pictures. I used the Bloom Dots embossing folder to make the tan border you see above. I lightly rubbed a tan ink pad over the face of it and added a little detail with a brown pen to highlight the embossing.
The heart is cut out of cork paper and the die is Quickutz. The trinket leaf pin is Maya Road, and the flower is Prima.
Here I embossed a darker brown strip of paper and lightly rubbed a white ink pad over the face of it to create this effect. The butterfly was cut with a Quickutz die. The decorative paper is "Flutter" from Bo Bunny. The ribbon is Making Memories.
Here is the whole card. The center piece is embossed with the Spots and Dots embossing folder and left plain. The flower and it's center are from Prima. Hope you like, and might be inspired to create something your own mom will love!