Birthday Cards

The rust and cream color scheme is stunning.
Note the differences in the cards and decide which
you like.
The top card has a metallic Cheery Lynn Designs
butterfly cut from highlighting foil from the beauty supply.
The bottom butterfly is cut from rust card stock.
Both have a peach "lining" second layer underneath.
The peach has been sponged with Ranger
Rusty Hinge Distressed Ink.
This color of ink was also used to
sponge the edges, inside and outside, of
the Spellbinders Label and Oval frames.

The happy birthday is computer generated
in Paint Shop Pro X. It was cut out with
a Spellbinders Label and the edges also
sponged with Rangers Distressed Ink Rusty Hinge.

The frame and the phrase are made 3-d with layers
of cut up paper egg carton. Two layers under the frame
and one layer under the phrase.
Note that there is rust under one phrase and
peach under the other.

The rust flowers are the same, but the leaves
are different. One is silk leaves
and the other is punched card stock leaves
with the flowers and butterfly.

I Am The Way

Begin with a white A2 (5.50 x 4.25 inch) card base.
The next layer is a pale lavender card stock that has
been punched with one of EK Successes Martha Stewart
punch around the page punches.
The textured layer is made using an embossing folder,
the corner has been rounded to match the punched border.

The scripture was created in PSP X, cut into a rectangle and
the corners rounded. It has been mounted on the same pale
lavender card stock that was used for the punched border.
A Spellbinders Label was the die cut used.

Now medium purple shaped flowers and
a dark sage green flourish are
added as embellishments.
Half pearls were glued as the center of
the flowers.

The Lord Is My Strength

Here is another of the very detailed
and delicate cards that were inspired
by a card I received from
from my stamping pen pal,
Celia M.. She had no clue
what she started. This can be very obsessive.

The phrase has been designed in PSP X.
Spellbinders is the maker of the delicate
die cut square. I used two different
embossing folders. The flowers
and leaves are from Punch Bunch.

Inscribed On The Palms of His Hands

This has to be one of my very favorite scriptures.
For this card I used PSP X to layer by layer
create the scripture. It was then cut out with
a Spellbinders die. Pale pink ink was sponged around
the edge of this die cut and the inside and outside
of the frame.

Punch Bunch punches were used for the flowers and leaves.
The flowers were shaped with a rounded tool.
Stickles pearl was used for the centers of
the flowers.

Note that the embossed bottom layer has
been sponged with the pale pink ink as well.

The scripture and the frame have been raised
off the card using layers of paper egg carton.
This creates a stunning 3-d look that is
far more pleasing to the eye than
simply attaching the pieces to the card front.

Behold

The scripture phrase has been crafted in PSP X by me.
It was cut with a Spellbinders Label, then
layered onto two ovals, also from
Spellbinders dies. Then layer those over another
Spellbinders Label die cut. This bottom layer
has the edges lightly sponged with
Ranger's Archival Coffee ink.

Now for those leaves.
Using VersaMark, I stamped the leaf
on brown vellum. The leaf stamp manufacturer is
unknown, the vellum is by Karen Foster.
A chocolate brown embossing powder was
applied and after carefully heating, the
leaves were cut out.

The flowers are a Punch Bunch punch.
I sprayed them with my own recipe of
silver PearlEx, gum arabic and water.
After they had dried they were hand shaped
with a smooth rounded small eraser size tool.
On a mouse pad, fun foam or the palm of your
hand you can gently rub in the center of
each petal until they curl.
After each petal has been shaped,
turn the flower over and press in the center.

Two flowers were glued together,
making sure the petals alternated.
Now a half pearl was placed in the
center of each flower.
Additional pearls were used to
the left of the phrase.

The above card has scrapbook paper over the white
card base. On the left side of the card is a die cut from
Spellbinders. The Hero Arts phrase was also cut out with
a Spellbinders die. I used some of the leftover cut outs
from the die cut to decorate the phrase. It is fun to use
scraps to a a little finishing touch to a card design.

These three peach card are very similar. There is
a slight difference in the decorative scissors used on the
left side bar and the placement of the punched flowers.
I did use three white brads on the side bar.
My personal favorite is the first in the series.

Wonderful Birthday

The concept of black and white has always drawn me. It is so elegant and yet simple.

The eyelet die cuts on the top and bottom of the card are from Spellbinders Borderabilities, while the eyelet on either side of the birthday greeting are from a border bar punch by Punch Bunch. The stacked flower is another Spellbinders die. White scallops just below the phrase were made with a Fiskars decorative scissors.

The birthday greeting is a stamp by PSX, aka Personal Stamp Exchange. The company no longer exists. (sob, love their stamps)

Charlene asked for it,

so here it is:

The Thank You series.

This big flower is a Quickuts die cut.



















And more thanks.













Thanks and the Spellbinders labels with vase and flowers













A little vintage look.














Bright and cheery thanks.

Punch and Shape Flowers

These flowers are so much fun!

Most of the punches used are from a wonderful company called Punch Bunch. The flowers are punched out and then shaped with various sizes of stylus. I use the back side of a computer mouse pad to allow the stylus to gently shape the flower petals. A circular motion seems to work best.

A few more hints, after the petals have all been shaped, turn the flower over and use a smaller stylus to press in the center.


I use a toothpick with a tiny bit of glue on it to pick up the flower centers from the back side, then carefully place middle of the shaped petals.

The ovals are cut from a Spellbinders oval Nestibilities die. Silk wallpaper was used for the textured cream background. I often check the damaged and sale section for wallpaper. I got this roll for $8 as the ends had been damaged. Still works great for card backgrounds!!!

The gold around the oval and the silk wallpaper rectangle is gold gift wrap.


Happy punching!!!