Birthday card - one year old

Grandbaby first birthday needed a fun card.

I love this QK monkey so easy to put together.

Using some fun embellies I premade with 

watercolor color papers and leftover inks and/or paints.

and Martha Steward alpha punch (wish I got the numbers punch)

but alas.....

Love the monkey shines font!!!

The alphas in blue are QK calvin.

 

Birthday card for the granddaughter

This is a very cool sissix die that I picked up

for really cheap from a HL in NY.

Sadly, I didn't know Hobby Lobby got rid of all their dies.

Anyway, this is a cute die that

can be rearranged but I mostly did the example

on the front.

Used some really old Nicole 6x6 pad paper and

the rays worked perfectly.

Oh and don't get me started on the window.

You have to cut the die twice to get the 2 different colors,

BUT WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO DO

Is take those itty bitty pieces on the window and glue them on

the background.

WELL.

After an inderminate amount of time I called FOUL

and did the opposite.

I took the FRAME and cut it down for the backside of

the shape and wa-la

NOT SCREWING WITH ITTY BITTY PIECES THAT

I'LL NEVER LINE UP IN ANY LIFETIME.

🤣

The inside I actually used the stencil 

for the background using wilted violet distress ink.

And the wild looking hearts are made from ink leftovers 

stamped on white paper randomly.

Love them.

 

Birthday card for dad

This card was a lot of fun to make.

I love the 3D background and I did a bunch

to have them on hand so

all I needed to do was add some distress inks.

The autos are TH stamp set and

love how they turned out - it

took quite a bit of stamping using a platform.

The alphas are quickutz, the small one is calvin

but I don't remember the second one.

and the inside I decided to go

with calvin alpha again and added a "firework".

It's a punch and a baby to the first one punch I ever bought

(love I have 2 different sizes now).

I love it and use it a lot -more than I thought I would.

And because I felt the just plain brownish background 

needed something to I took a small

Michael's dot stamp and just tapped it all over.

 

Spongebob and a Walrus

I got ole Spongebob off the internet somewhere

and I did figure out how to piece him

together. 

It was a lot of fun and kind of turned out cute

for a birthday card.

Who doesn't like Spongebob.

And on the inside I happened to have that swirly 

background premade as well as

the walrus - sissix die

and stamps

for the inside of the card.

Didn't Spongebob have a walrus friend?

I didn't have anything to make Squidward with.

LOL.

 

Birthday card "let life surprise you"

Well it all started out at HL when they had

the TH dies on sale.

And I decided to use them right away.

The background is the 3D gear embossing folder by TH

and I admit it is an odd choice, that actually kind

of works. That too was premade and

I really liked the colors with the catus colors.

which except for the card is TH papers.

The sentiment was already on it and

it's a surprise party - I figured it'd be a fun start.

On the inside at the same HL sale I bought the

bugs. I admit its an impulse buy and

of course made some that day.

The swirl is also TH die - an older one 665845,

he forgot to name this one. LOL.

The Happy Birthday is actually from Kaiser Kraft

-Coastline

if you ever see that collection. 

Get it.

You will not be disappointed.

 

Belated Birthday Card featuring Gertrude

 Another birthday card for my granddaughter who 

loves the color purple.

Would you believe I have like a gazillion pounds of paper

in my stash and NOOOO shade of purple in it.

Soooo....TH crayons to the rescue along with the 

TH die Gertrude. 

Not too many moving parts to Gertrude.

I like that.

I also jacked the sentiment "Be flamazing" that

originated from one of TH's makers.

LOVE IT.

And since I hail from FL - the flamingo is perfect.

My friend Brooke gave me the paper and

I have no clue the mfg. but I love it.

Also fussy cut some flowers for depth.

More flowers on the inside with some stickles going on

and homemade enamel dots with some black stickles.

Oh and I used my handwriting on the sentiments.

I had a good day with the penmanship.

Woohoo!

Theodore for the birthday card

Love Theodore even if putting him together can be quite the struggle.

Since I made different colors for most of the pieces

one ends up with almost enough for two.

And that's what happened here.

From now on when I'll building one of these adorable

characters, I shall make enough for two.

Comes in handy.

I finally got around to using an embossing folder.

I have them, seldom use them because

while others totally rock them - I seem to struggle.

However, be bold, be daring - I wanted some texture in background and

this was one way to do it.

Love how it turned out - just highlighting

some of the embossed to bring the background out even more.

"Celebrate" fit his backside perfectly and

on the inside - typical "happy birthday" stentiment.

 

All sorts of cards for April.....

It's a busy month - lots of fun birthdays...

so for my granddaughter Amelia who's turning 8.

Love that little girl stamp.

Very fun.

 Pinterest strikes again and love this card for

an 8 year old grandson.

Except for the stamps, the 8 is freehand.

I really need a more talented free hand LOL.

 And Easter is popping up and love this

fluffy duck card for the grands.

Pinterest strikes again.

 A kickin' birthday card for a soccer afficienado.

Scoured the internet and found a soccer ball I could fussy cut.

 A friend of mine asked for a special card as one of

her friends is turning 100.

Can you imagine?

Lots of really old Studio Calico papers going on here

as well as thickers, stamps and Tim Holtz.

Now I need to mail them out.

Birthday card

My pal Holli die cut this owl out and I have

a couple of them but this is for

favorite youngest son.

Maybe a bit young for him but he'll think it's a hoot. 

(snort)

Anyway, I traced the owl and cut it out.

And then had to piece together the rest of it.

So the ears, nose, feet and mouth.

ooo and the girly eyelashes.

         ALL ME!!

Finally hit up a Michaels and bought the

Martha Steward alpha punches.

It's really a nice size and I reach for punches

faster than die cuts because of the

convenience.

I do like the font.

It's a big goof and I hope he'll enjoy.

Pinterest - Comes through again

How adorable is this happy face

birthday card.

So easy to do and so fun.

Layers, circles and washi tape.

And googly eyes.

Studio Calico birthday stamp that

I use a lot.

Love the confetti look and

carried over some of the layers.

I am please to announce - I have all the cards in the mail.

Woohoo!!!

Birthday card for a friend

I love these big, huge sunflowers, again my pal

Holli's stamp that I made a few of

and you will be seeing again, is so pretty.

Who doesn't love a sunflower and when was

it not a good idea to use a sunflower.

Anywhere.

I stamped the sunflower in black on some

really textured cardstock.

I mucked around using gelatoes to give it 

more color and shadows.

 The inside is kinda of plain here but

I did more and tucked it in the envelope and

licked the flap.

So if you'll use your imagination,

 I splattered brown gelato about and

stamped an adorable old-timey bunny peeking

out from behind the sign on cream

colored cardstock.

It's really cute.
You should see it. 

Recollections, Prima stamp, gelatoes.

Birthday cards

This year I got not only ONE card from the bro

but TWO.

And if you look closely at the stamp, it's a photo

of the bro on the stamp.

How cool is that.

Stamp.com.

 And the return address.

LOL.

 One card was for last year, and one card for this year.

How fun is that.

Certainly unexpected.

Of course it had to be scrapped.

Watercolors, doilies, and a tag with hidden journaling.

The last 3 12x12 pages and a birthday card

We are headed out today for the east coast for the

grandkid tour carrying all those albums under our bed.

I made these pages prior to our decision to go full time

so these will be the last 12x12 pages which is kind of a bummer

because this is the second page of our Alaska trip.

Glacier Bay.

What a beautiful cruise that was - hanging out

or our balcony watching the glaciers go by.

Studio Calico

 Going a bit monochromatic on this page of Annie

and Owen first jump in the pool of the summer.

Pink Fresh.

 Seems to be the time of summer and Amelia

is also hanging out in the cold waters of NH.

I stuck my toe in once.

It's cold.

Studio Calico.

Did some paint white paint strips and some

packaging technique with mists.

 I'll still make cards and found this adorable minion

card on pinterest.

Love pinterest.

And who doesn't love a minion.

I just wish I thought of it myself LOL.

So because of the limited space in the RV I have

decided to roll with 8.5x11 and use project life type

with of course some full pages to save space

and I will also be doing a lot of Traveler's Notebooks

which is pretty apropos I think.

Times -they be-a-changing and it'll be a fun challenge.

Of course I'll still do the grandkids but

I may batch them for easier distribution at a later date.

Nothing set in stone.