Celebrate!

Do you get Papercrafts magazine?

 I do, and I love it because it inspires me in my cardmaking.

  

This past weekend I was inspired by a card I had seen in a past issue

and I created this special birthday card 

to express the feeling of celebration that birthday's 

should give us...

rather than a feeling of dread of being another year older....

These tropical cocktails, are just a fun way to celebrate a special day

and I thought they worked perfectly for this card creation.

Of course, I had to add a bit of "bling" too...

So don't forget to look for inspiration in creating your cards.

You may create something worth celebrating!

Have a great day!  

~ Doris  

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Supplies:
Stamps: Word Salad, He Said, She Said, Get Outta Town, Sugar Rush, and Word Up all from Paper Smooches
Paper:  Neenah classic crest solar white cardstock (from Ellen Hutson); and Gumball Green from Stampin' Up
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Extras:  Copic: BG10 Cool Shadow, E37 Sepia, E33 Sand, RV14 Begonia Pink, YR68 Orange, Y17 Golden Yellow, R29 Lipstick Red, YG23 New Leaf; 3D foam adhesive; and A Muse Studio Twinkle Stickers

Simple, Easy, Sympathy

Unfortunately I have been sending quite a few sympathy cards out lately.  

I guess that comes with the fact that as I get older, 

friends and relatives get older as well...

and some pass away.  

Thus I like to have cards created, to let those I love know that I care, 

and that our family is thinking of them.

In this card I used the Hero Arts "Garden Flowers" stamp set, which also

has matching dies for each individual flower.

I   it!

This stamp set has so many uses, and is so easy.  

I wanted to add a bit of sparkle to the card, so I used a bit of

stickles on the wings of the bee, and within the flower.

It goes so nicely with the background paper...

don't ya think?  

Have a wonderful day, and remember to create something beautiful today.

~Doris    

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Supplies: 
Stamps:  Remember, Bee Mine, and Garden Flowers from Hero Arts(Ellen Hutson)
Paper: Neenah Solar White Cardstock from Ellen Hutson
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Perfection

Another neat gadget to share....

 ...a T-square ruler.

I honestly don't know how I have crafted so many years without one.
This tool is wonderful for making sure that your images on your cards are perfectly straight.

And sometimes it's just gotta be straight...ya know?  



Enjoy your day!



~Doris  

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Supplies: C-Thru Junior T-Square Ruler

A "cool" trick...

...for a "cool" chick!  

This past weekend I was creating cards, and decided to make one for a little girl I know who is having a birthday soon.  This is the card that I created..

First, I have discovered that kids love google eyes, that is why I decided to add them to this card.  I though it would make her smile.  Second, I did something cool to create the "talk bubble" ....I saved the the plastic sheets that come with my clear stamp sets and used a die, to cut the shape of the talk bubble.  Then I used a sponge dauber to fill in the color within the bubble.  

Cool huh?  

Dies are not just for cutting paper.  You can use them for many things, and this is just one example.  

Thanks for visiting!  

~Doris  

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Supplies: 
Stamps: My Peeps from Paper Smooches, Sushi (retired) from A Muse Studio
Paper: Sugar and Orange cardstock from A Muse Studio.
Ink: Tuxedo black and Rich Cocoa ink from Memento (Ellen Hutson) 
Extras:  Copic YR04 Chrome Orange, Y17 Golden Yellow, E33 Sand, YG23 New Leaf; Stickles waterfall (within the flowers on the branch; Talk Bubbles dies from Simon Says Stamp; sponge daubers.

New Product

Have you see this yet?

It is called Shape 'n Tape....

It is basically washi tape, but in sheet form.
You can punch out images with your dies and punches with this product, and stick it to your crafting project.  The best part, is it is repositionable.

So if you make mistakes in placement, like I do...
...and frequently....
...you can remove your tape, without tearing your paper.

It comes in many colors...black, red, silver, gold, navy, pink, orange, yellow...

You're gonna love it!  



~ Doris

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Supplies: Shape 'n Tape

Single-layer card

In February I participated in an on-line class specifically for single layer cards thru Ellen Hutson's website.  I have been creating cards for over ten years, and for some reason I like to add layers of cardstock to my cards, so this class really was good for me creatively, and got me thinking.  Can I make a card with only one layer?  And can it have the "wow" factor of a card with many layers of textured and colored cardstock?

I was up for the challenge.  And this is the single-layer card that I created....

Even though this card is pretty simple in its design, I added a few embellishments to make it a little extra special.   Like this...

The blue pearls in the center of the flowers, make the card interesting, even though the card is quite simple. 

I hope that I inspired you to try something new today.  Enjoy your day!  

        

~Doris

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Supplies:
Stamps: Crusing Thru Life, Handwritten Sentiments
Paper:  Neenah Solar White cardstock.
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Extras:  Copic: B02 Robin's Egg Blue, BG10 Cool Shadow, R29 Lipstick Red, T5 Toner Gray, Y02 Canery Yellow, Y17 Golden Yellow, E31 Brick Beige; Divine Twine; Pretty Pearls in Sky Blue from A Muse Studio 

Craft Scissors...

In crafting everyone has their favorite scissors that they turn to.  Personally I have two scissors that I use the most...

The first one I use is the Tonic Micro Serrated Scissors.....

The second one, that I use is this...

                 

...it is the Friskars Softouch Micro-tip scissors.  I love these because they are great for cutting ribbon, cutting around small images precisely, are lightweight, and best of all, don't make your hand hurt when you are using them.  Great stuff for sure!  

Have a wonderful crafty day!

~ Doris  

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Supplies: Friskars Softouch Micro-tip Scissors, and Non-stick Micro Serrated Scissors