Happy Birthday Morgan!

Today is my grandbaby girl's fourth birthday. I created this card for her:

DIES:

o   Elizabeth Craft 947 Birthday Pop UP Card

o   Elizabeth Craft 782 Agatha Edges

o   MFT-554 Overflowing Joy

o   MFT-271 Button Border

o   IO-DIE057-AA Small Bow

STAMPS

o   MFT-PI-554 Overflowing Joy

SUPPLIES

Papers:

•  Pebbles Peony Dot Cardstock
• The Paper Cut Pink Lemonade
• The Paper Cut Licorice Black
•  Elizabeth Craft Gold Shimmer Sheet

Adhesives & Inks:

•  2.5" Wide Scor-Tape
• Tombow Adhesive
• Memento Tuxedo Black

Tools

o   WeR Memorykeepers Evolution Die Cutting Machine

o   Tonic Piercing Tool

o   Fiskars Compact Stamp Press

Copic Markers

•  Colorless Blender

   HAIR

•  E19 Redwood
• E93 Deep Orange
• YR18  Sanguine

   FACE

•  E00 Skin White
• E01 Pink Flamingo
• R20 Blush

   SHOES

•  T3 Toner Gray #3
• T6 Toner Gray #6
• T8 Toner Gray #8

SHIRT:

•  BV000 Pale Thistle
• BV02 Prune

JUMPER

•  R81 Rose Pink
• R83 Rose Mist
• R85 Rose Red
•  R89 Dark Red

The Birthday Pop Up card is a Karen Burniston creation and is absolutely brilliant. I started with a 4.25” x 11” pink lemonade card base, scored it at the 5.5” and folded it over. I then took a 12” x 12” piece of American Craft’s Pebbles Peony Dot Cardstock and cut it to 4” x 11”. This is part of the Pebbles Basics collection and features a gingham print on one side and polka dots on the other

I limited my use to the gingham sides for this project. While the Pure Innocence overflowing joy has a Christmas sentiment on the stamp set, it lends itself for year round use with “overflowing joy” and “just for you” messages. I created the additional box on the front with scraps and topped it off with an Impression Obsession bow..

Another of my favorite pieces is the button border die from My Favorite Things. The card front design is strong enough to stand alone which makes the pop up birthday component just one more thing for a four-year-old to giggle about

A New Year's Hug For You

What better way to start 2015 than with a hug! I used two dies and one stamp to create this adorable card. I especially enjoyed using My FavoriteThings Blueprint Die Set 1 to construct the background. Not only is the background stunning, but it is easy to create, construct and coordinate. Then I got to create my Pure Innocence Hugs girl with the die and coordinating stamp. When I added the button, I realized that it was a bit flat. So I pulled out my Scor-tape and white cardstock and started die cutting six buttons. Then I  stacked the sticky side of the die cuts creating a six-layered button. It actually feels a bit like leather once you’ve assembled that many layers. All in all, I think that this is a perfect way to start this new year.

DIES:

MFT 288 Die-namics Blueprint 1

MFT 490 Sending Big Hugs

STAMPS:

MFT-PI 223 Sending Big Hugs

PAPER:

American Craft Pebbles Basics: 751369 Rouge Dot

The Paper Cut Wild Cherry

Georgia Pacific White

ADHESIVES:

2.5” Wide Scor-Tape

Xyron Tape Runner

TOOLS:

We R Memory Keepers Trim and Score Board

We R Memory Keepers Evolution Die Cutting Machine

Fiskar’s Compact Stamp Press

COPIC MARKERS

Face: E00, E01, E02

Hair: E97, E19, YR18

Dress & Socks: R20, R24, R29

Shoes: T3, T6, T8

Morgan's Birthday Card

I made this A2 card for my granddaughter's third birthday. When I asked her mom what she wanted for her birthday, I hear my practically perfect grandbaby girl holler "purple!" So everything about her gifts from us is PURPLE!

I used cardstock from The Paper Cut -- Grape Jelly and Grapsicle. I wanted to decorate inside of the card as well as the outside, so a heart-balloon diecut seemed to be the perfect addition. I selected black and white ribbon is from May Arts for my decorative touch because it's a good neutral color. I used my Imaginisce ribbon cutter to cauterize the ends of the simple knot to keep them from raveling. My Heart Balloon is an Elizabeth Craft Die. I used two Memento inks --  Tuxedo Black and Smoky Plum. Copic Markers Used: E000, E00, YR00, R20, E97, YR18, E19, C1, C5, C7, V0, and V04.

Pure Innocence: Sprinkler Girl

 

I had a lot of fun coloring my My Favorite Things Pure Innocence girls. I colored four sets of them and then set out on a journey to create some memorable cards. I got the idea for this one from Sharon Harist's "Hula Girl" in the new Copic Coloring Guide Level 4 book. I used SparkleNSprinkle's Stamp Set 29 "Blossoms" for my background piece. I also used it on my sentiment circle. I kind of took a chance here because I stamped the sentiment first and then stamped the background.  I used Memento's London Fog and randomly stamped second generational images using my Blossoms stamp set. I am especially excited about my layering pages. I was confident that they were straight and perfectly sized because I used my new Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A & B.  I think I used size 3 from each grouping. I used two Paper Shapers punches to make my sentiment circle -- 1 1/4" and 1 1/2" scallop. I created my card base from my The Paper Cut collection -- Raspberry and my layering with Black Licorice. Of course, I used the Copic Blend-It cardstock for stamping and coloring my images. I stamped my Sprinkler girl with Memento Tuxedo Black. My ribbon is American Crafts Premium Black Gingham. I used the following Copic Markers: B0000, B00, B01, B02, E00, E11, E31, E35, G000, G21, G24, 518, R20, RV10, RV52, RV55, RV56.

 

 

 

Pure Innocence: Graduation Girl

I lost a week of scrapbooking and cardmaking due to the unexpected death of my student and friend, Margaret. She was an incredibly young and remarkably vital 75-year old woman. I've also been cleaning and purging my craft room and working on new projects and samples. For months I've had a handful of My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Stamps. Now I know what to do with them. I plan to showcase a different PI stamp each week as my schedule allows. The will also be available for sale on our website (www.scrappigators.com). Though graduation is over, I've opted start my PI collection to with this sweet thing.

I actually stamped a multiple images on one Copic page. Spellbinders Reverse Wonky Rectangles seemed to be the only die template in my personal inventory that would allow me to cut out the whole image without half of another one showing. I used the largest of the set to create my card base.

My PI graduate is wearing a green cap and gown because that's the colors of my daughter's alma mater -- Wilmington University, Dover, DE campus. 

I used the following markers on this little princess:

Face: E000, E00, E01, YR00, R20

Hair: E50, YR20, YR24, E99

Cap & Gown -- G20, G24, G28, Y17

Shirt: BG00, BG11

Diploma: E0000, E55

Shoes: N5, N10

I used Lemon Drop Cardstock from The Paper Cut  for my card base, Copic Blend-It paper for my image, Memento Tuxedo Black dy Ink, Memento Pine Green Dye Inc, Colorbox Deep Green Fluid Chalk Ink, and SparkleN Sprinkle Clear Detail Embossing Powder to further create the page,

My Favorite Things: Too Cute!

I've had this stamp set around for awhile and finally got around to creating a card just for her. This is part of the My Favorite Things Pure Innocence collection. I'm on a DIY kick as I strive to do more with less, so I created the stamp set with the Heartfelt Creations Posies collection. I shaped them with the McGill Paper Blossoms tool kit. I created the card with Spellbinders Labels 8 Nestabilities set. I also used the following markers:
C2 Cool Gray #2
E0000 Floral White
E00 Skin White
E19 Redwood
E97 Deep Orange
FRV1 Fluorescent Pink
R30 Blush
RV21 Light Pink
RV23 Pure Pink
RV25 Dog Rose Flower
YR00 Powder Pink
YR18 Sanguine