Thoughts of You Blue Bird

Today's card is for the MyGrafico Challenge #4. Martha the team leader gave us our choice of one of four different digital images of these cute birds to create a card with. As soon as I saw these, my mind immediately started imagining what I would do with them. The curly tail is really what got me going. I had so much fun putting this together.

First I printed three of the birds. I colored them with my pencils and used baby oil to blend. Then I cut out two whole birds and one just the wing section for a total of 3 layers. I then used my scalloped circle nesties to cut out the base and stamped it with an Autumn Leaves Clear Stamps Rhonna Farrer-Swirls with Dew Drop Pearlescent Sky Blue ink. I then used the same ink to color my feathers. I really like how the ink went on the feathers and gives it lighter and darker effects. I glued one bird down on the scalloped circle, then glued the tail feather and the head feather on top. I pop dotted the second bird on top of the first, then glued the wing feather on top of the second bird, then pop dotted the wing on top of that. I used my pencil to color the border of the circle and blended again with baby oil. Then I used stickles on the border of the circle and just the border of the bird including the swirly tail, and stickled the whole wing. I glued a small rhinestone to the center of the birds eye.

The base is stamped random with the clear Autumn Leaves Swirls with Pearlescent Sky Blue ink. The blue DP is from the Butterfly and Blossoms Stack. I used a fiskar's border punch to punch both sides of the white contrast strip. The flowers were cut from this same DP in three layers. I used the tutioral from Split Coast Stampers here from Thursday's "Way to Use It" Challenge. I stickled just the edges of the flowers to give them some added pizazze and used a little larger rhinestone in the center to match the bird. Ofray ribbon in sheer white was used to tie the bow.

If you have any questions I would be happy to assist you in recreating this card. I appreciate all the comments I have received and hope you find the directions helpful. I would gladly accept any suggestions at making it easier to understand if I am not clear. I am still new to this and learning everyday.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.
Carol

Res-Q-Challenge 12-Just "Bee" Cause Bear Card

Another hazy, hot, and humid day in Georgia. I fertilized my garden early this morning and jumped in the pool by 7:30 am. The morning weather report said it was 80 degrees at 5:30 this morning. The pool water was at a very lovely 86 degrees. I watched and listened to the birds singing while floating. So relaxing.

Today's card was inspired by the Res-Q-Challenge. Here were the instructions":

"Pull out some cheery papers and colors and create something that features a B; “be” that an image that starts with the letter b or “bee”utiful embellishments or even the letter B itself. No restrictions other than to use your “B” as a focal part of your project. Then, think about sending it to someone who could use a gentle reminder to “Be Happy!”

I have had this stamp for about a month and just inked it up today. When I read this challenge, I thought of this stamp immediately. I couldn't resist taking the photograph of the card with this Boyds Bee Bear. I know the stamp is a Cherish Teddy, but I just love them together.

I stamped the image three times-one for the base, I pop dotted the second and cut out the wings and bee suit, and pop dotted for the third layer. I used some stickles on the wings and bee suit.

Used my spellbinders nesties and tag die, TPC Studio Bugs and Butterflies card stock, prima flowers, MS branch punch, ribbon, and gold brads for the center of the flowers.

Thanks for stopping by today.

White Birthday Card

I participated in the color challenge at SCS from Tuesday. We were to make a one layer card using white card stock. Well, today here in Georgia, it is hazy, hot, and humid, so I could not think of a better day to make this card because everyone knows white reflects the heat and black attracts it. So I am trying to reflect some heat from here today. I plan on jumping back in the pool in a couple of minutes too before I cook dinner!!

The only stamp I used on this card was the birthday sentiment. I just used the cuddlebug birthday folder, the swirl folder, and the birthday 2 step die cut with embossing folder combo. The only tools I had used before was the swirl folder. I really liked how this came out.

Directions:
Swirl embossing folder then cut the flowers out with Whale of a punch daisy, marvey med. daisy, and marvey sm. daisy-attach altogether with a white brad and put on some stickles.

Cut out your birthday cake then emboss-I put stickles on the candle flames and frosting. I used pop dots to attach to give it some dimension.

Ran my cardstock through the cuddlebug two times with the birthday folder

Used EK success border punch twice and glued it to the bottom.

Tied a ribbon-stamped a tag and tied it on the bow.

Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by. Hope you are keeping cool in your corner of the world.

Carol

Sunflower Flowerpot Bear Birthday Card

Awww, here I go with the bears again. My life is filled with bears everyday. They make me smile, always have. I love to watch the nature shows where the bears are fishing for Salmon with their cubs. I could watch it every night. lol

This was for Splitcoast's Challenge "Way to Use It". You had to make your own image either from punches, arrangement of brads and buttons, or draw your image and cut it out of cardstock. I paper pieced this bear sitting in the flower pot. I ran the flower pot and the sunflower through the cuddlebug with the swiss dot folder. The grass was run through with the swirl folder. The flower was punched with a paper punch three times and arranged with a rhinestone in the middle. I chalked all the edges of the paper pieces for contrast.

This was so much fun to make. It seems pretty enough to frame and hang in my house. I need to take a picture of my sunflower bear corner and post it on here. This would look so beautiful framed with my sunflower bears. The card is off to California tomorrow for my Sister-In-Laws Birthday.

EK Success Border Punch for the borders
MS Branch punch
Whale of a Punch for the Sunflower-Rhinestone center
Cuddlebug-Swiss dot folder and Swirl folder
Cricut Cartridge Beyond Birthdays for the Sentiment
Square Rhinestone Yellow Brads
Ribbon, Stickles, Chalk

Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening.

Pug Birthday and Thank You Cards

Here is a couple pictures of the set of cards I made for my friend to go along with the 3 x 3 Note Card box. I just love these dog themed papers. This was so much fun to put together. My friend really loved them. She said she would be afraid to use them. I was thinking there could be so much you could do with this. Maybe put a little Santa hat on the dog for Christmas Cards and also a Birthday hat for Birthday cards. I am sure she will be the recipient of more of my creations. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Carol

3 x 3 Note Card Box

Aren't these the cutest??? I am thrilled with how these came out. I have been wanting to make the box for a long time. You can find the tutorial here. This is a gift that I am giving a friend for her Birthday. This is was so much fun to make and a lot easier than I thought. I have to make the envelopes next, but that shouldn't take long. Thanks for stopping by tonight.

Items used:
Spellbinders nesties, MS-branch-frond-border punches, ribbon, stickles, dog brads, prima flowers, and rhinestones.

Carol

Back to Back Bear Birthday Card

Here is a card made with an image I got from my friend Carole when we spent a day together stamping. I love bear stamps and was surprised I didn't have this stamp, it is so cute. I used All Night Medias Liquid Embossing in Sepia on my image. This was the first time I ever tried this and I loved it. If you click on the picture, I think you will see the glass effect the bears have. I used my cricut to cut out the swirls on the top and bottom of the ovals. This was fun to do. More Birthday cards to come. Thanks for stopping by!

Items used:
Spellbinders nesties, ribbon, prima flowers, stickles,Liquid Embossing-Sepia, cricut home accent cartridge, MS frond and branch punch

Carol