More Halloween Cards!

Hello!  I made some more Halloween cards late last night and wanted to share them with you before they go off to the mail.

I used Stampin' Up!'s Witches' Brew Designer Series Paper, chevron ribbon in pumpkin pie (I cut it in half to make a little more narrow to fit my cards better), the modern label punch, a 1" circle punch, dimensionals, and two retired stamp sets: Spooky Bingo Bits, and Eat, Drink and Be Scary.  I really love how these cards turned out.  They took a little more time than my 5 minute cards from the other day, but I'm pleased with the results.  I hope you like the cards and that you'll check back tomorrow!  I have one last halloween post for you, and I'm excited.  I've been busy making lots of little Halloween goodies to pass out, and I'll have the templates with measurements posted too, so don't miss tomorrow's post!  See you then!

Gingham Garden Birthday and Thank You cards

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For today's post, I wanted to share with you some cards I made using Stampin' Up!'s Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper and stamps from the hostess set Simply Sketched.  I made these with a coordinating box (You can see other samples of the box and matching cards here and here) that would make a great gift for someone.

Here are the three cards, slightly different but with the same supplies and layout:

The supplies I used for this card were the modern label punch, the scallop edge border punch (only on the last card, shown directly above), the Simply Sketched hostess stamp set, Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper, and rhinestone basic jewels.  The colors I used are Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, and Pear Pizazz.  That's it!  Easy!  Thanks for stopping by, and I'll see you tomorrow!

Birthday Card and Wrapped Candy Bar

Hello!  Here's another project I made with the bows I showed yesterday cut from the Gift Bow Bigz Die from Stampin' Up!  It was my Aunt's birthday earlier this month, and I made a card and wrapped a candy bar using two bows cut out from the Birthday Basics Designer Series Paper.  I copied a card that Shelli Gardner displayed at convention that was a moving card.  I made another one at my friend Mayra's house a few weeks ago and decided I could make another one easily.  I was wrong!  This card is quite tricky, so I don't have instructions to post today.  Sorry about that!  I think this card requires more time to make than I like to spend on one card, so chances are I probably won't be making more of it.  It's definitely a card with a huge 'WOW' factor, but I don't have that much time with an 18 month old, so my Aunt was lucky to be the recipient of a one and only card!

The inside of the card is supposed to slide out when you lift the 'lid' of the present, but I had a lot of trouble getting my card to slide easily, and I cut, cut again, glued, ripped and re glued, and still wasn't happy with the result of the sliding.  The white inside isn't supposed to come out all the way, but I think mine had to to be able to read anything I wrote on the inside.  Note-this card is great for someone who hates to fill up an entire inside of a greeting card!  Me, on the other hand, I like to write long messages to friends and family, but this card was cut short because of the slide feature.  You can tell I had tons of trouble getting the sliding to work just right because you can see the ripped crumb cake under the whisper white on the inside flap!  :)  My aunt is sweet and probably (hopefully) didn't care.

Here's the matching cover I made for a Hershey's bar that I sent with her card:  This project was super easy compared to the card!

The bow on this candy bar was made from the 'extra' loop that you can add to the center of the bow (which I chose not to use), and then I cut two little ribbon ends from scraps and made this bow.

Hope you liked the projects today.  Stop by again tomorrow for some more gift ideas!

Patio Party Card Box and Cards

Hello!  I made a card box a while back that held a few matching cards, and I wanted to share a different version I came up with later on.  I showed some friends the original cards and box, and then when I showed them this box and cards, they said it gave them some more ideas for boxes and cards, because the original set made in gray and yellow was hard to draw inspiration from.  This project is made using retired Patio Party Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!, the Make a Cake stamp set, the retired set Best Dad Ever (for the Happy Birthday greeting), the modern label punch (#119849 $16.95), Apothecary Accents Framelits (#127003  $24.95), 3/8'' stitched satin ribbon in Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, and Midnight Muse, Stampin' Dimensionals, sticky strip, and the jewel basic rhinestones.

Hope this project inspires you to make something!  Enjoy, and I'll be back tomorrow!