BABY CARD

I loved the look of the baby dresser card but it seemed to flat to me ,  so I changed it up a bit by embossing the drawers and the moldings.  I also  made a card template and  added a molding on the bottom of the dresser.  This card is originally  a Stampin up card but if you want the template I created just send me an email.

GIANT BUBBLES THAT REALLY WORK

Another great idea  from pinterest.  I am taking care of my grandchildren for a week while their parents are on vacation.  I wanted to find some fun things for them to make it into a mini vacation.   I found many recipes for these giant bubble.  In the end I used the most basic one.  6 cups water, 2 cups dawn dish soap and 1 cup of corn syrop.  The following pictures were the results of this experiment.  

MEDICAL GRADUATE OR THANK YOU CARD

My niece recently graduated from nursing and I wanted to make her a special card.  I had seen  a few versions of this card, so I decided to make my own template for the shirt and all the medical equipment.

I got the  images off the net and used  MTC to cut them out.

TEENAGE BOY CARD

 Yesterday I posted a  mountain dew cake I made for my friends grandson, this is the birthday card that I made for the same 14 year old.
It is a 5 X 7 card.  The graffiti background is a picture I took from the net and embossed with my sizzix brick folder.   The skateboarder is a stampin up stamp which I cut out from MTC
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SOME TIMES A PLAIN CAKE WON'T DEW

My best friends grandson was having his 14th birthday and was a big mountain dew fan. I had seen some fantastic beer can cakes and decided to make him a mountain dew birthday cake.  I used cardboard circles and covered them with dollar store black mactac and then glued on the mountain dew  cartons cut in the same size circles.  The circles were 12" , 9 " and 6" .  It is is bit tricky making the cans into a round shape.
It took 28 cans.

PHOTO CARDS

Last Christmas I  made   a window and door card for a friend using photos of him.   This is a great way to personalize a card, not just for Christmas but any occasion. Especially if you don't  get to see the person you are sending it to, very often.
I used Tim Holts window die , the brick embossing folder was sizzix and  I cut the door and other accessories using make the cut.

SCRAPBOOKS , ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 I decided when I did my scrapbooks for my three sons that I wanted to have a foreword and a note about the author.    I typed them out to fit  in the  clear plastic folds on the inside of the  front and back covers.

SCRAPBOOKING FOR YOUR CHILDREN

I fell in love with the concept of making scrapbooks of your children's life  has a keepsake to share with their future family and friends.   The first ones that I saw were on the Carol Duval Show using just colored paper and  cut out shapes. Since then we have evolved into an amazing world of special papers, stickers, die cuts , etc.etc.  These are a few of the pages I made for my youngest sons scrapbook.

DOLL HOUSE MINIATURES 1/4 INCH SCALE

Many years ago, I fell in love with the small world of miniatures.  Originally I started building and collecting the 1/12 inch scale things.  After building a dollhouse and some room boxes I quickly discovered that if I wanted to continue in this hobby I would have to buy a mansion to fit all my projects in.   I was an avid collector of the Nutshell News Dollhouse Magazine  and they did a whole series on 1/4 inch scale houses and furnishings.  My new love.  The supplies were harder to come by and most things had to be made from scratch, but what a challenge.  The following images are of a house I built. The original plan was in 1/12th inch  scaled  and I  resized it down to 1/4 inch.

   The Nutshell News has since changed its name to Dollhouse Miniature Magazine.  The 1/4 inch series was written by Madelyn Cook.  Since this time the 1/4 inch scale has become much more popular and  supplies and  ready made furnishing and accessories are much more available. 

MONEY CAKE FOR A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY

On my sons 40th birthday, I knew I had to make him  a special cake. He doesn't eat cake so it had to be different.  Also I needed a special gift.  Voila,  two in one  a money cake.  All the samples I found on the net were American .  Aren't they lucky , they have one dollar bills.  Our lowest bill is  a five  , which can get really expensive on a cake.   I decided to use scrapbook paper the same color and  cut  it to the same size has a five dollar bill.   So I roll  the money and put tiny  clear elastics around each one and did the same with the paper. ( elastics from dollar store)   The top layer was scrapbook paper rolled really tight to hold the candles.  The base of my cake was something I found in the outdoor stuff in the dollar store , but you could  use any round boxes or even make your own.

LANDSCAPE AND BRAYER CARDS

I am sure there are many  stampers that make brayer landscape cards, but my favorite is Michelle Zindorf. Her cards are beautifully done and  lucky for us she shares her talent by giving wonderful tutorials. 

http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-for-sale-2/21-more-tutorials/

Not knowing what I was doing I bought a hard rubber brayer which didn't work very well for this technique. So I bought the stampin up one, which is soft rubber and really easy to use.  I then purchased  some stamping up ink pads because they are large enough to do this technique. I love them. They are juicy  and can easy be used for water coloring, brayering,  direct to paper , of course stamping  and many more techniques. 

All decked out with my new equipment and  Michelles tutorials , the following is my first attempt  at 

the landscape brayer technique.  It took a few tries , but it was fun.

POP UP BABY ROOM

So many card ideas,  so little time.  Do you feel like that some days.  I just want to try making them all. 

Todays card is  a pop up baby card that I  have been admiring for awhile.  I have seen several versions of it. 

This is my version. 

The card is 5 1/2 X 5 1/2. The  chair, shelve and table are from stampin up little addition stamp set. 

The picture frames were from sizzix  embossing folder.  The cut out on the front was a spellbinders. and the congratulations was a cheery lyne die

The closure on the back is great for bulky cards. It was a tutorial from splitcoast stampers.

The crib is a design I put together in MTC   The pattern can be either hand cut or brought into your cutting program. If you would like a copy of this pattern drop me a line and I will email it to you. .  

3D CARDS

 I happen to come across a blog called A Scrapbook Journey by Debbie Yates. 

http://debby4000.blogspot.ca/

 She does the most incredible 3D cards and has a  free tutorial  on how she does it.  

The way she  matches up her elements and  patterned paper is  awesome. 

The following cards  are  my first attempt into my journey of 3d cards.

My first card I used  dimension tape but I wasn't able to get the image rounded. Even though it is 3d it is too flat.    Just a tip,  instead of expensive dimension squares you can purchase a whole role of mounting tape at the dollar store which works fantastic. 

The card is a 5 X 7.   The image is  from Lily of the Valley. The embossing folders are sizzix
The images was colored with prisma colored pencils and mineral spirits. 

 The second time around I  used silicone glue and it worked out much better.  I was able to 
round out my mouse and put different  depths in  certain areas.  It was really fun and challenging and I plan to do it  again.  So many ideas floating around in my head. 
The card is a 5 X 7. The image is Penny Black, Cheesecake Wishes.  The daisies are cut 
from MTC and flourishes are  Cheery Lyne.
The images was colored with prisma colored pencils and mineral spirits

ELSA'S DRESS FROM THE FROZEN MOVIE

 This dress is every little girls dream, including my two granddaughters.  My youngest granddaughter just had her fourth birthday and really wanted the dress. Believe me ,  it wasn't to be had for love nor money.
So being some what crafty I decided to make her one.  I couldn't find a pattern so I took  elements from a few different dress  patterns  and fitted them together.  I stenciled many many  snowflakes all over the cape with dollar store glitter glue.( which doesn't come off)   Of course ,  I couldn't make just one, having two granddaughters in the princess phase and I got roped into making one for the doll.

  Just a little note to anyone that is interested in making one.  About two weeks after I finished the dresses  Mccalls  now have  a pattern for not only Elsa but the Anna dress. 

STARWARS CAKE

This cake was created for my  6 year old grandson who is a huge star wars fan.  It is more paper and toys than cake but it was fun to make and he loved it.  I  printed out  a paper pattern from a old play set I managed to find  online,t o make the  scene on the cake.Link: Vintage.Death.Star.Play.Set.by Erik.Stormtrooper      The cake is covered in homemade marshmallow fondant. This is a link to just one of many excellent recipes.( http://allrecipes.com/recipe/marshmallow-fondant/).  Homemade fondant is tastier and easier to use than the expensive store bought stuff and really so much cheaper.   It isn't that hard to make and the ingredients are readily available.

While I was frantically looking for ideas  for a star wars cake for my grandson, I  found some really cute
finger puppets that  I fell in love with.  So it was added to my list of  new projects to try.  Of course  he has a  four year old sister who  would be quite remiss if she didn't get any, so back to the computer to find me some princess finger puppets.  The princess finger puppet pattern was bought from etsy for $5.00. I adjusted the size to 80% of the original because I found it to be two big for  their fingers.  I then  used a combination of this pattern and some free ones to make the star wars puppets.   Of course the pattern didn't include rapunzel which is my granddaughters favorite princess ,  nor  the new frozen  figures which is everyone's favorite so I  adjusted the pattern.
etsy link for pattern :  https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FloralBlossom

FINGER PUPPET FUN

NEW BLOGGER

Hi everyone who will see this blog.

You will have to forgive any mistakes I make because I am new at this. 

I am starting this blog to share some of my  favorite  things I have made

and great crafty ideas I have learned from others. 

    

                                  Hope you will enjoy the journey.