Bobby's Birthday - Giraffe CASE

Today's post is a special card I had to make for my brother's birthday. I was at a total loss of what to make with totally NO MO JO going on. I was soooooooo excited to see a card this week that would be perfect!... except I didn't have that stamp set. So I have to admit, the materials used are not all SU, but I that's going to have to be ok, OK?

I was inspired by one of my favorite designers Ann Schach, and my inspiration is from a card she did the other day here. Well it was more than inspiration it was pretty much a CASE!  I was soooooooo excited by the techniques she used, I couldn't wait until I got out of work to run home and try them out! How about that BG pattern? So cute!

Ann made her BG pattern with rubber from the new clear mounts, but I wanted something permanent so I didn't have to fuss with it each time I wanted to use it. So here is my version.  I LOVE it!

First I had to dig out some rubber scraps that is left from the stamps sets. I cut up pieces and stuck them to a wood block to make a giraffe skin pattern. I previously purchased a whole box of wood blocks from another demo that wanted to get rid of them last year so I used the rubber from wood mounted stamps and used a large BG size block, so now I have a new BG stamp to keep and use forever!!! Yippee! and... here's my card.

I stamped the BG giraffe pattern with early espresso ink on more mustard cs and mounted the piece to a black card base. Then I ran my card base through the BS with an embossing folder that reminded me of the giraffe pattern. If you look close you can see it.

I used cream color emboss powder on very vanilla to emboss my (cutie) giraffe, then distress with crumb cake ink and the spritzer/marker. I matted it on a piece of early espresso and glued to the card front. I did the same with the sentiment oval.

Next I stamped some jungle leaves with lucky limeade ink on pear pizzazz cs; fussy cut and distressed it with (are you ready?).. turquoise ink! Another tip from Ann.

 I mounted them to a small black cs circle and folded a scrap of twill tape then attached the antique brad. I mounted to the card front with a dimensional.

 Here's a peek at the inside with touches from the front! I think it turned out so cute..... that I made TWO! One to send and one for a spare!

Notice I use two different brads too... Which one do you like?

THANKS Ann for the inspiration and tips!

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     Diane

FALL Clean and Simple for Paper Players 64 theme Animal or Plant

Today is quick post for the clean and simple Paper Players #64 theme challenge "Animals or Plants"...

Here is my card. 

 This is a pretty simple assembly using the neutral card base with the Pocketful of Poises DSP matted in Rich Razzleberry cardstock.  I stamped directly on the DSP using a stamp from the  "Perfectly Penned" set.

I added a few die cut leaves to the front, then punched a hole in the center of a scallop circle to make the shaker frame flower which is centered over the white circle stamped with 'autumn wishes' and filled with more tiny punched leaves. Done!

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Diane

"Bewitched" for the Halloween PPA110 challenge

It's hard to believe that Halloween is right around the corner! Soon there will be little goblins running around in search of the candy on "Halloween"!   That's what the 'theme' challenge {PPA110} is all about at the Pal Paper Arts this week, so as soon as I saw the inspiration photo, "Bewitched"... I knew just what card I would submit.

 

This is one of the cards from my class this week...

  Isn't she just the cutest? This card was made using peach parfait, wild wasabi and rich razzleberry card stock. The image is stamped on whisper white using the set "Out on a Limb" from the holiday mini. I sponged the moon with daffodil delight and more mustard, then added a little bling with chunky glitter. 

The sentiment (retired) is framed in razzleberry and popped up with dimensionals.

Here's a peek at the inside with touches from the front. I'm actually using this for an October birthday card, and I also colored her little socks and hair with write markers since this photo was taken.

 Hope you liked it.

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Diane

Sense of Time - 60th Birthday {PP#62}

Hi everyone.

 I just posted this yesterday night, and as luck would have it, I found out this morning the Paper Players has a theme challenge... Birthdays!  I LOVE to play along when I can but this is a BUSY weekend and I likely will not have to time to do another. So I decided I would come back this morning to edit my post for the Paper Players  "Birthdays" challenge {PP#62}. Hope that's okay!

This is a quick post to show the masculine vintage card I made for my friend on his 60th birthday. I used the stamp set "Sense of Time" because, for me anyway, when I recently turned the Big 6 0....TIME seemed to matter a little more. So here is my card.

The card base is crumb cake distressed (I'll just say now that I distressed everything!). with the spritzer and layered with cherry cobbler cs and wood pattern Well Worn DSP. I layered another piece of newsprint then I wrapped that entire mat with piece of wide striped ribbon, frayed one side then tied at the top with trimmed edge scrap. 

I glazed the 'watch' with crystal effects (let it dry overnight) and added a antique brad to the center. Now if you look really close you'll see I used an old broken necklace as the watch chain...too funny, eh?  I clipped the clasp on the sentiment tag from the same set then popped it up with dimensionals.

I added a few gears made from the Cogs punch, and sprinkled a few inside too.

Here's a peek at the inside with touches from the front.

Now to finish the envelope with a hint of what is in inside.

 DONE!  

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     Diane