A CONCERTINA BIRTHDAY CARD

Welcome to my very first 'concertina' card. I absolutely LOVED making it.

It features the 'basic bear' and the 'birthday girl' pattern sets from Design on Cloud 9. It is tough to capture all the detail on this card, but I just love it.

I will be making another one of these really soon. This time I will take step-by-step photos/instructions so you can follow along and attempt one of your own. Stay tuned.

BOYSCOUT FOAM FINGERS

Hello again. I wanted to share a project with you that I actually had made for February 14th. My two nephews were completing in Pack 40 boyscouts pinewood derby races. Each year a group of adults in my family get together to cheer them on and I make something different to show our support. This year I went with foam fingers. The patterns used are from the set titled 'race time' from Designs on Cloud 9.

                                        Here are the fronts...

This is a picture of the backs. I love how they came out, and unfortunately so did all the other boyscouts. I felt bad that I didn't make more for the rest of the pack.  It was a successful derby ~ Aaron placed 2nd and Andrew came in 3rd. So proud of these guys :)

LET'S PLAY (in the rain)

Is there anything cuter than ducks in raincoats? I just love the cloud and rain papers. The patterns are from the 'rainy days' set from Designs on Cloud 9. I added glossy accents to the coats and hats but really doesn't show up too well in the pictures. There is also yellow bling on each let in the title. This layout came out much better in my head as I was creating it, but I think it is still really cute.

Ironically, I was able to take the first two pictures outside before it started to rain. That would be why this three picture is a little darker.

                                    Thanks so much for looking :)

FABULOUS FLOWER FRIDAYS-BLACK-EYED SUSAN

Hello again. Sorry for the (one day) late post. I have been so busy lately, which is a great thing. It means that there are great things to come :)
I thought I would feature the black-eyed Susan flower. These have to be one of the easiest flowers to grow. I have so many in my front yard, it seems they double in numbers from year to year.

I put a piece of foam tape under the middle to raise it just a bit from the rest of the center. This picture does not do this flower justice~it really is much prettier in person. Thank you so much to SVG Cuts for the pattern.

TECHNICALLY, I LOVE U

I came up with this idea about 6 weeks ago. I was so excited and cut all the equipment and bears out right away. I had planned a really cute Valentine's red/pink color combo and never got around to pulling it all together.

So I decided to stick with it and stay away from the 'lovey' colors. I just love how it came out. It is just perfect for a boy or a girl or both.

I just love how perfect the paper on the mats are. The patterns are from Designs on Cloud 9 titled 'tech toys'.

                  I think this would be my favorite bear from this layout.

                                     Thanks so much for looking.

FABULOUS FLOWER FRIDAY-PEONY/TAKE 1

Hello and welcome back to 'fabulous flower Fridays'. I have had several people ask me about the peony flower that was recently featured on a Valentine's Day card for my niece (Another Valentines Day Easel Card). It was my first attempt and did not come out anything like I was hoping. But here it goes...

The pattern is from the 'curly flower' set from Designs on Cloud 9. I actually used the smooth leaf  but just cut it out several times in pink in two different sizes. Then I shaded each one with a pink stamp pad.

I then used a stylus tool to curl the paper to make it more bendable. (It is much easier to do on top of an upside down mouse pad.)

I also cut out two snowflakes from the SCAL basic shapes section. I also took the stylus to them also.

I then started gluing the pink petals to each of the 'legs' of the snowflakes. When both flakes were full I then glue one inside the other. Next I made a small ball of the pink paper and then started gluing this petals to the ball. I then glued the ball inside the snowflake piece and then continued to layer the petals until it was full. Like I have said before, it does not look like a peony at all. I hope to practice again real soon. I am confident that I will get to work :)

GUESS WHAT??? ANOTHER VALENTINE EASEL CARD

How cute is this???? I made this card for an adult nephew of mine. He loves my dachshund and his mustache. (He actually got two switchblade mustache combs for Christmas.) I drew and cut out the wiener dog and the mustaches and background paper are from Designs on Cloud 9. The beautiful lacy heart circles are from bird card's blog (http://www.birdscards.com/).

I absolutely LOVED making this card. I hope Two Tall loves it!!! Happy Valentine's Day!!