Nursery Necessities Baby Boy

This is a baby card inspired by "Pickletree"http://pickledpaperdesigns.blogspot.com/. Her work is of great inspiration and she shares so much of herself with the SCS Community. The layout is what really got my attention and this is such a cute baby set. I made mine an A2 size, which 5 1/2 by 4 3/4. The stamp set has been designed so that you can use the matching punches. It was the first time I used the Palette "Glue Pad" and Martha Stewards fine glitter in Crystal.

In order tog get the three colors for the Sailboat I stamped the boat three(3) time in each color and then cut it out and popped the color I wanted to contrast on a single stamped boat image.


STAMPS: SU Nursery Necessities, Su Riveting (Retired Hostess)
PAPER: Papertrey White, SU Bashful Blue, SU Barley Banana, SU Certainly Celery.
INK: SU Certainly Celery, SU Bashful Blue, SU Barely Banana
ACCESSORIES: SU Star Punches large and small, Blue Satin Ribbon bought in bulk at a floral distributors store. (G&G in Saddle brook, NJ). SU Curly Label Punch, SU Small Oval Punch, Scotch Foam Tape. http://www.business-supply.com/dept_select.jsp?filtered=yes&sku=MMM110,MMM110LONG,MMM4008&deptId=122991

Anniversary Card II

This is another shot of the card the girls made. Isn't it a great card? I loved it. Look at the card below for more info.

Skiing Snowman

Playing with all my toys. Big Shot, Cuttlebug and Stamps. This was such fun to create. Now that Stampin up is into die cuts with exclusive designs it is more exciting than ever. The Topnote die has become a standard for me.

RECIPE:
Stamps: SU Frosty and SU Riveting
PAPER: SU Bordering Blue,SU Real Red and White.
Ink: SU Markers, Black and SU Garden Green
Accessories: SU 1 1/4" Punch, Cuttlebug Mickey Mouse DU die,SU Top Note, Cuttlebug embossing Folders.

My Anniversary Card

Many of you know that I love to receive cards from my students. It gives me a pleasure beyond the expression of words. The girls in my office took time and made me this card for my 20th Wedding Anniversary in November. The flowers were stunning and I will always have them now I took a photo. When I came into work that Morning of November 5, 2008 I was so surprised. Loving the card first and the flowers were the icing on the cake. Thank you girls. The recipe for this card might not cover all aspects, but I think the cad speaks for itself.

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: SU Warm Wishes
PAPER: Michael's Scrapbook Dept.
ACCESSORIES: SU Scallop Circle Punch, SU 1 1/4Circle Punch

Chefy Thanks

I love this Chef. AKA as "Chefy" He is very fun to work with. I can not remember the occasion I created this for but the recipient loves to cook. The Chalkboard Menu has real cork behind it. The food tray is shiny art paper from Michael's art department. On his pants I used a technique called "paper piecing" and his buttons are colored with a black gel pen and then I put glossy effects over them, and I did the same to his shoes. All of the coloring was done with "SU Waterbased Markers" and an aquapainter brush for Blending.


RECIPE:

PAPER: SU Basic Black, Papertrey White, SU Real red, Making Memories Black Gingham, Metallic
STAMPS: SU Voila, SU Looks Like Spring (retired)
INK: Versafine Black Onyx, SU Markers
ACCESSORIES: White Gel Pen

Hanukkah Greetings

This is a set that I like most waited a longtime for and finally " Papertrey" released a beauty. Now I want to let you know that this set reflects the heart of the "Judaism" Nicole Heady spent precious time educating herself on the aspects of this set. And although I do not practice Judaism nor am I Jewish, I have to say she out did herself with this set. This creation is a direct case from the "Papertrey" website. I couldn't resist the Marsh mellow treats. The ribbon is from a dollar spot in a local Dollar store.
I have quite a few friends who are jewish and I love giving them things for their special Holidays. I hight recommend that you check out this set. It is awesome.

PAPER: Papertrey White, SU Night of Navy, SU Basic Grey, Crimpped Paper from a grab bag@ AC Moore.
INK: Encore Silver, Soft Sky
STAMPS: Papertrey- Mazel Tov, Michael's Dollar Spot Stamp
ACCESSORIES: Aqua painter, Silver Embossing Powder, Ribbon from Dollar Store, Silver Cording , Marvy Gig Scallop Circle Punch, Coluzzle Circle Template, Cuttlebug Swiss Dot Folder

MY Bloomin Birthday Card

Yes! This is a Birthday card from one of my stamp students. Miss C has grown into a card artist that takes your breath away each and every time you see one of her creations. This card was put in my mailbox by her Dear DH and boy was I wowed by this card. But the best was in the little SU Top Note Bag. It was a personalized stamp with my name on it. It is for my card creations. I had been asking Miss C for the name of the place where the stamp was made but she kept forgetting every time I spoke to her during our sharing of card ideas. Ha Ha! She was working on the surprise. The recipe for this card is to be to the best of my memory.
The most gratifying part of receiving a card that is handmade is that the artist thought about the recipient during the entire creation and assembly process. I feel so special, truly to be given so much of Miss C's time o this card. To add to that is that I have come full circle in my stamping success and truly have achieved passing the love of creating through teaching others. Thank you sooo much Miss C.

RECIPE:
PAPER: SU Bravo Burgundy, SU Very Vanilla, DP Basic Grey Wassail
STAMPS: SU Bloomin Beautiful, SU Roses in Winter(retired), Words done Via Computer on MS Word.
INK: SU Bravo Burgundy, SU Always Artichoke, Versafine Black Onyx
ACCESSORIES: SU Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware, Su Organdy ribbon, 1/8 inch cream ribbon, Aqua painter and SU re inkers in Bravo Burgundy and Always Artichoke.

JD Birthday

NOTE: The images of the JD bottle and shot glasses are protected by copyright laws and are the property of(“Brown-Forman’s Proprietary Material). This card was made for personal use.
This card was a given with a bottle of JD. The receiver of this gift loves JD & coke. A classic right? I used cuttlebug folders and copper metallic paper to match the images. I used T. Rangers "Glossy Effects"( Bought it at AC Moore)on the bottle and shot glasses. Some SU Copper cording which was retired ages ago and I can not find anywhere. American Crafts Pewter Brads. The gentleman who received this card was "Wowed" and so was I when I was done. NOTICE NO STAMPS!!!!

SUPPLIES: Cuttlebug Embossing Folders Argyle and Birthday Wishes.
Google: JD Images, which are the property of Brown-Forman’s Proprietary Material.
American Crafts Pewter Brads, T. Ranger's "Glossy Effects".

PAPER: Papertrey White, Stardream(http://www.envelopemall.com/detail.aspx?ID=332), SU Basic Black.

US Marine Inside

Now when you have a card front that has many layers and some weight to it the inside has to say a "wow" also. So here is the inside of the Marine Card. I used another one of the stickers and a SU photo corner punch and brads. Mini punched stars for the bottom made out of the gold metallic paper.

A SU sale-a-bration set called "Lots of Thoughts".



See First Marine photo for supplies.

US Marine Birthday Card

This is a 5 1/2 square Birthday Card for a special friend who served our country and still has a passion for the "core". This was a really fun card to make and real easy. I needed the full square with in order to capture the feel of the embellishments. The Marine seal is a K & Company Sticker. I bought it at Michael's. The star medal and Marine word label were also in the sticker package. The metallic paper is from envelopemall.com embossed with the cuttlebug swiss dot folder. The red and blue metallic paper is by Bazzil and I bought it at Michael's. The stars are also part of the K & Company Sticker package.


SUPPLIES: K& Co Military Stickers, SU Gold Cording, Scarp Navy Grosgrain ribbon, Cuttlebug Swiss Dot Folder.
PAPER: Papertrey White, Bazzil Metallic Paper in red and blue, Stardrem Gold Metallic Paper at (http://www.envelopemall.com/detail.aspx?ID=332) Envelopemall.com.

Giant Male Birthday

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE NY GIANTS AND THE NFL. THIS CARD WAS FOR PERSONAL USE AS A GIFT. ALL MATERIAL USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE MUST BE GIVEN PERMISSION FOR USE BY THE OWNERS OF THE TEAM AND THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.

All that being said......

For all those boys and men in your life that love football this is the perfect Birthday Card. I had a piece of the textured leather looking paper that fell out of the scrap box while doing another project so I had to make something with the football theme in mind. I do not remember the name of the textured paper. But I think I got it in "Michael's" and it has a faux leather texture like a real football.

SUPPLIES:

STAMPS: SU It's Your Birthday

Paper: SU Real Red, SU Night of Navy, Papertrey White, Dollar Bin Football, Textured Faux Leather Paper

Ink: SU Night of Navy, Versamagic Cocoa Chalk Ink

Accessories: American Crafts Pewter Brads. SU Ticket Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, Paper Piercer, Cream (6 strand) embroidery floss, SU Small Star Punch

Photo: Color Photo from Bergen Record Newspaper