Pheasant FD

If you noticed on the previous card, I used the same stamp set, but the feather looks so much longer! I just cut the image in half and covered the middle with another image. Just a little variation to keep things interesting.

Deets:

Stamps: Pheasant Thoughts

Paper: Night of Navy, Kraft, Cream

Ink: Night of Navy

Accessories: Hole Punch, Twine

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All Torn Up FD

I loved making this card. It shows the effect of tearing down and tearing up and image. I prefer the effect of tearing up a piece of paper because it shows the layers of the paper. But, I thought it looked better for the image to stay connected, so I tore down on the inked area.

Deets:

Stamps: Pheasant Thoughts

Paper: Black, Confetti Cream, Kraft

Inks: Black, Ruby Red

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My First FD card Revised

This is similar to the first Father's Day card I ever made. I've learned a little bit about how I like my cards to look since then. For instance, the first time I made this, I punched through the face of the card and had the raffia showing when you opened the card. This time, I added a strip of paper to attach the twig and raffia so when you open the card, you don't see in at all. Also, I stamped the words first and then blocked them off so that it didn't have to compete with the background stamp.

Deets:

Stamps: Beauty of Life, Antique Cracking

Paper: Kraft, Handsome Hunter, Cream

Inks: Handsome Hunter, Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Hole Punch, Raffia, Twig

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Oh Baby!

I made the center card for a baby shower. I wasn't sure if the mom-to-be was having a boy or a girl, so I kept the colors neutral. Someone saw it and asked me to make them a few. Deets:

Stamps: Riveting

Paper: Green Galore, Barely Banana, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, White

Inks: Close to Cocoa, VersaMark

Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Scallop Circle and Circle Punches

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Graduation '08

I made this graduation card a couple of years ago for my local high school. They went over pretty well! I just got a request for more.

Deets:

Stamps: Tassel Time, Graduation Day Wheel

Paper: Black, White, Gray

Inks: Black, Gray

Accessories: Silver Cord, Silver Eyelets, Dimensionals, Crop-a-dile

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Father's Day '10

My FIL loves Alabama Football. Watching Bama games is, by far, his favorite thing to do, second only to mowing his lawn. I've learned over the past 2 decades that Bear Bryant is as close to being a Demi-God as any one person could get. Bear, may he rest in peace, always wore a hounds tooth hat. It was almost as distinct as the man who wore it. When I found the Hounds tooth background stamp, I knew I hit pay dirt! I'm sure my FIL will love this card!

Deets:

Stamps: Hounds tooth Background, Lovely Letters Alphabet

Paper: Red, White, Black

Ink: Black

Accessories: Large and Small Punches

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Graduation '10

I made this card for this year's graduates. I was pretty easy to make after I figured out how to make a two-color card. The school colors are Red and White. I have a tendency to add Black and didn't want to do that this time.

Deets:

Stamps: Tassel Time

Paper: Red, White, Vellum

Ink: Red

Accessories: 1/16" Hole Punch, Star Brads

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Wendy's Nightie Shower

Wendy also had a nightie shower. It was a lot of fun embarrassing her with different honeymoon antics. We also had to guess what the items were that were hidden in socks by touching them only with our feet. I guessed the most ones correctly! Maybe I should try typing with my toes; it couldn't be any worse that the hunting and pecking I'm doing now! Any way, I took the bow off the invitation for this shower and the stone off the invitation for her first shower! I keep everything! You never know how you may be able to reuse something in some way.

Deets:

Paper: Black, White

Accessories: Ribbon, Stone

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Wendy's Shower

My 'daughter' (not really - I just claimed her) is getting married soon. I went to her bridal shower a couple of weeks ago and forgot to share her card! The hardest thing about making this card was cutting it out!

Deets:

Stamps: Baroque Border Wheel

Paper: Black, White

Ink: VersaMark

Accessories: Glitter White Embossing Powder

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Mother's Day '10

I think this is a beautiful card. Things have really improved with the addition of the Big Shot! I stamped the background with the rose from Fifth Avenue Floral. Then, I stamped and embossed another rose and cut it out of another piece of paper. I added more ink to the flower, but it may be hard to see in the photo.

Deets:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Grey, White

Inks: Pretty in Pink

Accessories: Big Shot, Bigz Top Note, Textured Impressions Manhattan Flower, Silver Embossing Powder, Eyelet Border Punch, Pink Ribbon

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