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Birthday Card~Fancy Pants Style

2/19/2014

With Valentines behind us I just couldn't bring myself to put away all the pretty paper, hearts, and ribbons. My daughters birthday is in March, so this paper "Love Story" by Fancy Pants, is perfect for any time of year.

I created an A2 card with multiple layers and rounded the corners for a softer look. I added pink velvet ribbon by Fancy Pants and black rose ribbon by American Crafts. I gave it a 3D effect with foam pop dots and added stickers, rub ons, and gems. Now I have to keep it a secret...shhhh

I entered this card in:
Little Red Wagon-Challenge #297 ~ Birthday Theme

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Tea Cup Card~Jillibean Soup Style

2/17/2014

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Happy Presidents Day! The sun is shining, no school today, my boys are outside playing, and I'm feeling crafting. Today I'd like to share with you a cup of tea...Jillibean Soup style.

I cut the tea cup from a Slice design cartridge from the Jillibean Soup paper collection.

Tip: I masked off the top, bottom, and the handle with blue painters tape. My favorite tape for masking or holding down thin die cuts! It won't stick to your paper or anything. Very easily removed.

I colored in the top, bottom, and handle with a gold leaf paint pen; added red pearl gems; and foam dots to pop it up.

Tip: I love to re-purpose my tools and use them in different ways. On this card I used scallop decorative scissors and a handle hole punch for the bottom paper strip, but you could easily use any scallop border punch from Fiskars or EK Success too!

Then I cut out the month April from the Jillibean Soup paper collection. I chose April for Spring and to give as an upcoming Anniversary card or birthday card. I wanted to make it look like a tea bag with twine and a staple for a 3D effect. You don't always have to craft things flat. It's fun to give your projects some dimension and to mix and match your tools and see what you can create. What are you doing today?

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Love & Roses A2 Card

2/14/2014

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Happy Valentines Day! I just LOVE Valentines, but this card could be for any occasion you want to tell somebody you love them. Even Mother's Day. I used Jillibean Soup paper collections and tags. I added the doily, bakers twine, roses, gems, little banners, gems, and cute little clothes pins. I love embellishments. I used a corner rounder on the tag, square and heart punches for the banners. I wanted the "LOVE" to stand out a little bit more, so I traced the letters with a pink glitter pen. Have a great weekend!

Tip: Using punches you have to make banners. I used a small square punch, cut the squares in half, and used the top of a heart punch to make the curves. Lay the bakers twine across the card, popped the tag and banners up with pop dots and laid them on the bakers twine.

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Perpetual Calendar

2/6/2014

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I create a perpetual calendar every year and just reprint the new months on colored cardstock with the new dates, birthdays, holidays, etc...for the new year. So, I can always use the same calendar base and title pages and just replace the cardstock with the new monthly dates.

Tip: I created my calendar on MS Publisher, but you can use any word document. I save mine so I can use it year after year and just change the numbers, holidays, clip art, etc...to update it for the new year.

I took an old calendar that had thick pages and a spiral binding, which was great for flipping to the next month. I use a bone folder to lift off the previous years pages. Or you could use un-do, that works great too.

Tip: Un-do is the best product for getting off stickers or anything with an adhesive backing. It neutralizes the sticker for you to take it off and when it dries it's sticky again to reuse on something else. I love it for scrapbook pages when I change my mind. Or getting off stickers from my kids furniture.

I use "green" repostionable adhesive to easily take off last years pages and adhere this years pages. As you can see, I like to use different colors with each month and match the holiday or season. I added clear calendar stickers for my months, clip art, and die cuts to each page. I adhered some of them with my Xyron sticker maker.

My calendar goes from January to January so it gives me a month to create my next calendar.

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Super Bowl Sunday, Snow,& Crafts

2/2/2014

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We got 14" of snow since Thursday, can't go anywhere, and another snow storm is coming in later. Ol' man Winter is NOT letting us forget he's here. So, we're going to stay in our pj's, eat nachos and wings, and watch the Super Bowl together as a family. We do this every year and it's fun to watch the commercials. It would be better if our favorite team (the Cowboys) were playing, but we have to root for our home team, the Broncos! But before the game starts I have some thank you cards to finish making and get in the mail this week from my twins' birthday parties. I think it's important to teach my kids the importance of thanking people for the gifts they receive. My mom taught me and her mother before that. It's just a tradition I've carried on and hope they continue. Stay safe and warm where ever you are and GO BRONCOS!!!

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Birthday Card~Fancy Pants Style

Tea Cup Card~Jillibean Soup Style

Love & Roses A2 Card

Perpetual Calendar

Super Bowl Sunday, Snow,& Crafts

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