Butterfly birthday

Today I have another butterfly birthday card, it does seem to be one of my go-to cards probably because you can change it up by the pattern of the DSP behind the butterfly for a quick and easy card.

This time I used one of the newer DSP for my background.  I thought all the colors reflect a butterfly's gorgeous coloring.  I adhere the DSP to the backside of the separate front panel (that has the die cut-out) then attached the die cut butterfly just in the center of its body, so the wings are free to move. As you can see I framed it in a solid color cs.  Last time I made this card, I used a different technique for the die cutting, but this is much easier and has the same end result.

Here's a close up of the wings.

And a close up of the inside sentiment.

That's it for today, thanks for looking, would love to hear from you.
P.S. wish I had some glitter for the butterfly wings, but my supplies are quite limited where I'm at.
Hugs,
Nancy

Supplies:
Stampin' Up-cs,DSP, inks, die, Birthday sentiment
PTI-Inside sentiment

BIRTHDAY CARD

Here I am again, under the gun.  My favorite SIL (I can say that as I only have one, so no feelings hurt), will be celebrating a birthday this coming weekend, my card is in the mail, but not sure if it'll arrive in time.

Anyhow here it is, I thought very appropriate as we all like to drink wine in our family, I also left a gift at his house that ties in perfectly with this card.

I started with a panel of old olive cs and heat embossed the bubbles in clear EP on the top and bottom of the card.  It's difficult to see but there is also an oval shape behind the bottles die cut from gold paper.  The three wine bottles are stamped in old olive, blackberry bliss and so saffron inks, the corks were stamped using baked brown sugar which actually looks kinda gold color????

The "Cheers" sentiement was die cut from adhesive backed gold paper (what a treat to just press it down and not have to deal with foam tape, or other adhesives.

The inside is stamped using one of the newer stamp sets from Stampin' Up which is just perfect.

That's it for today, thanks for taking a look.

Cheers,

Nancy

Supplies:

CS, ink and inside sentiment from Stampin' Up

Wine bottle dies, bubble stamp, cheers die and gold adhesive paper 

from Papertrey Ink.

YAY, I'm back!

This card is for my adorable granddaughter Arden, who celebrates a half-year birthday because her actual birthday is in December.  I wonder how many other kids celebrate their December birthdays in the middle of the year???

We will be traveling to Orlando for her National Volleyball tournaments soon so this card packs a little hard cash for her to use at one of her favorite stores in Orlando, American Girl!

The surprise is when she pulls the strip that says "open" there's the cash all folded up neatly, cute huh.  Oops took the photo before I dabbed on  Dazzlin Details in Cherry Cobbler to the cherry on top!

And here's a look at the inside...

All supplies from Stampin' Up except
 the "open" sentiment and die that creates the perforated strip, both from PTI

Thanks for checking out my blog today
hugs,
Nancy

BIRTHDAY CARD

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR DAUGHTER

Here's a quick and easy birthday card for my daughter, Nance of Canopy Crafts.  She's so creative and artistic I hesitate to make a card for her as mine never seem (to me) to measure up, although she's always very quick to say they're beautiful.
Anyhow here it is, I used Bermuda Bay CS and heat embossed with white EP the sentiment and the floral.  I also lined the envelope with Bohemian DSP.

The floral stamp is a retired one, but still so pretty (Garden Silhouettes) from Stampin' Up.

That's it for today, thanks for looking.
Nancy

BIRTHDAY WISHES!

Talk about a fast and easy card, check this out.  The balloons are printed on paper you can either color them as I did or leave them as is, which would be black outlines.
The paper is new from Maile Belles it is her own design, a small pad of black and white paper size 5 1/2" X 4 1/4' perfect for the front of a card.

I used one of my label dies and cut out a section where I could stamp in my sentiment then outlined the opening with a black pen to mimic the balloon strings

Well that's it, told you it was fast and easy, can't wait to try out some of the other patterned paper in the collection.

Thanks for stopping by today and would love to hear from you.
Nancy


Supplies:
Designer paper Black & White - PTI
Sentiment Stampin' Up
Markers Stampin' Up

MINIATURE SWEET SHOPPE

I couldn't resist trying my hand at this cute miniature "Sweet Shoppe"  from Betsy Feldman of PTI.  It's the top to a  small wide-mouth Mason jar which was filled with faux Easter grass.

I cut a large circle from heavy CS to use as my base then die cut the adorable sweet shoppe, bicycle, trees and shoppe sign, oh my they are so tiny to work with especially when my fingers don't want to cooperate and work the way they should.

I die cut all the awnings, store sign, bike and trees onto white CS and then stamped in the various colors.  Gosh I just can't decide which I like best, but I think that itsy bike is pretty darn cute.

After assembling all the small pieces and adhering them, I put some glue onto the circle base and sprinkled some Mica Flitter to resemble grass then dusted with some glitter.  Finalized it all with a thin line of glue to attach the top clear globe.  I finished off the mouth of the jar with a "X O" border and added a cute little tag.

I made this for my granddaughter and she really liked it, of course what little girl doesn't like all those cute itsy pieces!

Here's another picture, it was very difficult to get a shot without the glare from either the lights or the sun outside.  I thought I had taken a photo prior to putting the top globe on, but can't find it, I think it went to never-never land!

Hope you have a great day and thanks for spending some time with me on my blog.
Nancy

Suppies:
All dies, clear ornament balls, and stamps from PTI Petite Places Sweet Shoppe

All inks from Stampin' Up
Mason Jar from Target

Nothin' like chicken soup to make you feel better!

This is a CASE card I found back in 2012 and just revisited it again.  It is from Debbie Olson Designs, she did such a great job it wasn't necessary to change much.
Here are my two versions of almost the same card just a couple of minor changes.  I think this stamp set is so adorable and perfect to bring a smile to the recipients face when they receive it.

I love it when stamped images also include matching dies which allowed me to add the soup bowl.  I cut a slit in the top of the bowl to add the spoon which can be pulled out.  Don't know if it's very visible in the picture, but I love the little sprays of steam comin' from that hot cup-o-soup!

Thanks for visiting my blog today and hope to hear from you.

Nancy