My Paper Crafting Passion

The first project I'll show is from our South Stamp-a-Stack. This uses fun stuff from our Brand New Catalog! Stamps: Label Love, Chalk Talk, and Tape It! Paper: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red Ink: Basic Black, Versamark, Real Red Marker Other: Silver Embossing powder, Button Embosslit, Cobbler Baker's Twine, Artisan Label Punch, non SU washi tape on white and then cut out to form the black and white banner piece, oh, and the Chevron Embossing folder Outside Inside With the Washi tape craze, I think Tape It will be one of my favorite new sets!  You can get the look of the tape without have to buy it in every color!!!! This next project was my card for our West Stamp Camp this weekend. Stamps: Everything Eleanor, En Francais, Papillon Potpourri, the new hostess set Express Yourself, Paper: Whisper White, Primrose Petals Ink: Versamark, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Primrose Petals, Black Staz-on Other: NEW Deco Labels Framlits, Rhinestones,...

As promised here are the cards that Tami and I did at our class last weekend. First, a "Tami" card.  Tami absolutely excels at masculine cards and this one is no exception.  A great Father's Day card! Uses the shaving cream technique and "The Open Sea" stampset. Inside Tami's second card, my personal favorite, is simply STUNNING!  And what makes it even more fun is that Tami made her own stamp out of scraps of rubber from trimming her old stamps and the excess around the clear mount stamps!  Wonderful technique!  Beautiful card! Inside   My first card is a CASE, but I thought it was so darned cute.  I made the bear from Chocolate Chip for the male and from our yummy new Baked Brown Sugar for the female.  She also had a bow in her hair....but unfortunately I didn't get a photo of it before I gave her away....so here is Mr..... There was literally NO stamping on this little guy.  Many punches and the largest heart...

I just can't seem to get on here on a regular basis!  I'm sorry!!!  Just too many other things that take precedence. Anyway.....some day I'll go backwards and post the older stuff, but today I want to show you the photos of the card I made for my #1 Grandson's 5th birthday last week.  I cruised the net looking at MANY samples and the result is a combination of several cards I saw.  If you've made an Angry Birds card....I probably looked at yours and am giving you all credit right here and now!  ;) Here is the front: And here is the inside: His whole party was the Angry Birds theme and many gifts followed that theme.  Since the kids just got a new home with a larger back yard, we gave them a "fort" to put back there to play in.  It seemed to be a hit with both the birthday boy AND his little brother. MANY punches were used. Red Bird: Body - 1 3/4" Circle Eyes - Owl punch Nose - 3/4" circle (cut to center and fold over itsel...