Starfish Tunnel Card

Hello friends~ In an effort to use up the mounds of printed paper I have, I made this fun ocean themed tunnel card for the Cut It Up Challenge.  Their challenge theme is "By The Sea" and this card fits perfectly for their challenge. 

 

I've had these beautiful ocean papers from Stampin' Up sitting in my pile for far too long, so I pulled out some sea shell and coral dies from various companies and went to work coloring all the little elements that would fill this tunnel card.

 

Making a tunnel card is a great way to use up printed paper.  Here's a close up where you can see all the layers, as well as the inside of the card.

 

I didn't have a chunky star fish die so I searched online for a free image and then printed the outline and fussy cut it. 

 

 

 I stamped the face using my favorite face assortment of stamps from Peachy Keen Stamps and then colored it in using copic markers.

 

 

There are so many cute faces to choose from in this set, and you can use these on so many dies, bringing things to life in a whimsical way.

 

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Cut It Up ~ By The Sea

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Love Those Pretty Papers ~ Polka Dots (in the very back) 

 

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JOY! ~ A Retro / Vintage Style Christmas Card

Good morning friends ~ I thought I'd pop on and share a cute, retro / vintage style deer card, which goes perfectly with the Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge as well as the Christmas Kickstart Challenge.

 

As many of you know, I love putting together bits and pieces of vintage style ephemera.  This collection of Simply Vintage "Holly Jolly" is jam packed full of fun pieces to play with.

 

This is an older collection from Simple Stories but you can still find some of the collection when you do an online search. I've had it for a while and still have so many wonderful dies left over for future projects.

  

Here's a bonus card using the same deer image.  He was just too cute not to use again.

 

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Christmas Kickstart Challenge ~ A Christmas Sing-Along (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer)
 

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A Timeless, Shaped Birthday Card ~ CutCardStock

Good morning friends ~ I have my last card as a design team member up over at the CutCardStock blog.  

 

My term has come to an end but I couldn't be more grateful to CutCardStock for giving me this opportunity to design for them this past year.  It's truly been a pleasure working with their top quality cardstocks.

 

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Elegant and Slightly Vintage Valentine

Hello friends~  I found a bit of time to play with some new dies from The Greetery and made this sweet little card.  It has a very elegant and slightly vintage look to it.

 

I fell in love with the Coquette Hearts Embossing Folder and coordinating Filigree Hearts die from the recent release over at The Greetery.  The embossing is so crisp and dimensional on these hearts and the best thing is, you can emboss an entire panel of hearts and then cut them out all at once using the coordinating Whole Hearted Die.

 

I lightly rubbed over the embossed Kraft cardstock with DOX ink and added the Filigree Heart border, cut out of gold cardstock.  You can also just barely see that I embossed the center of the background, which is mentioned below.

 

The pretty background is a retired die set from Spellbinders called Filigree Marquis.  The beautiful flowy bow is called Regency Bow #1, and that is also from my recent visit to The Greetery.  The flower is from Concord & 9th.  
 

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Just Us Girls ~ Word Week:  Valentine 

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

 Cut It Up Challenge ~ This Makes Me Happy (vintage style, working with dies, flowers.... all these things make me happy.  ;0))

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Life Update and a Vintage Card

Hello friends~  I've been absent from blogging and commenting for a few weeks, but there's a good reason and a not so good reason.  Always start with the good.

My daughter gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl on Jan. 15th.  

Please meet tiny Isobelle.  She weighted 5 pounds 1 oz and she is pure delight to our family.  

 

Everyone is settling in nicely at home.  Mr. "C" is completely smitten by tiny Isobelle, while little "L" doesn't quite understand why this new tiny person is now in his mama's arms.  You see, little "L" and tiny "I" are less than a year apart so my daughter basically has what they call "Irish Twins".  She'll have her hands full for a while, so I've given up all my design team positions so I can be ready to give her a hand whenever she calls.  

 

After the dust settled and life started getting back to normal, I suddenly found myself locked out of my own computer for days, so I still couldn't blog or comment.  In fact, I couldn't access my computer at all.  GAH!  Technology!!  Anyway, after some wise advice from a good friend, I was able to get back online, and there you go!  

 

I'm grateful to be back online because I didn't want to miss the challenge going on over at Double D Challenges.  The theme is "vintage / shabby chic" and as you know, that's one of my favorite styles.

 

I pulled out a very sweet, retro collection called "My Deer Friend" from Memory Place, and let the paper do all the hard work.  I simply added a scalloped die cut trim and stamped the sentiment onto a Spellbinders Label die, and mounted a floral die over the top corner.

 

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Love Those Pretty Papers ~ February

Double D Challenges ~ Vintage / Shabby

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes 

 We're getting more snow today, so I'm happy to be tucked in at home and will hopefully find more time to spend in the craft room. 

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