Fishy Friends

My twin great neice and nephew turn three next month so this afternoon I had some fun making their cards. I used an discontinued Stampin Up stamp set called "Fishy Friends". Background paper is "Riding the Waves" by Karen Foster. The bubbles are pearl embellishments and the font for the print is called "Kingthings Whizzbang". I loved the font because color could easily be added to it. Inside they say "Just swimming by to wish you a Happy Birthday."

Cards, cards and more cards!

We intended to work on some scrapbooking this last convention weekend but only managed to work on cards. First up some thank-you cards.

          

I have quite a few weddings coming up so I tried some wedding cards with stamping, embossing and coloring with markers. I was happy with the results but needed some lighter colors. Of course I just found the 47 Tombows I had in a safe place! lol

                                Some of the cards we made weren't designated for a specific occasion...that can be added later.

A couple of get well cards too.

Here's the scoop

I wanted to play around with ice cream cone cards and embossing. I had seen an idea for this on Pinterest. The first card I made by first cutting the ice cream cone parts with my Silhouette Die cut machine. Then, I embossed each piece and asembled it onto a "Happy Birthday" embossed card.

The second was a die cut one piece foldable ice cream card. (also on my Silhouette).  I embossed the ice cream part with swirls and added the chocolate chips. (a friend really wanted pistachio chocolate chip ice cream!)  They were a lot of fun to make!

Memories Convention weekend

The group has been attending the Memories Convention in Orlando every year. We used to go and stay at the hotel and attend classes and crops. Now, we ride over and shop, come back and crop for two days at my house. We have a ball..sometimes we get stuff done, sometimes we just "experiment".
This year, we focused our shopping on embossing folders to compliment our Sizzix Texture Boutique Embossing Machines and on some new stamps for cardmaking. Everyone seems to like butterflies and we found both stamps and folders for our addiction. Here is some fluttering cards from our first day.

A few more cards made at our meeting yesterday. Still experimenting with some of the Cuddlebug embossing folders and some EK punches.

Crib Bumper Pads Aren't What They Used to Be

Nursery bedding sets all come with bumper pads. Today's mothers, guided by safety issues, no longer use bumper pads in their infant's cribs. When my daughter was ready to decorate the nursery for her second son, we brainstormed on how we could repurpose those pads. This is what we came up with. First, I cut the fabric squares off ,except those that had an applique on them . These fabric squares were stapled over canvas frames. Then, we painted wooden letters (with the baby's name) and glued them to the front. His name now hangs over his crib and matches the room perfect!

I reseamed the open edges of the appliqued sections (the lion and the monkey), saving the ties to hang them from. The little pillows are hanging over his changing table. For some reason the monkey makes him smile every time he has his diaper changed.

The nursery bedding set that this was part of is "Jackson" by Cocalo (shown below)

Sizzix Texture Boutique Embossing Machine



Tiffany Frame by Cuttlebug

Ok, so one in the group found this machine and now three out of four of us have it. We have all bought 25 embossing folders for them. Various brand folders work-Sizzix, Paper Studio and Cuttlebug seem to be the easiest to find. Here are some simple embossed cards we have started with. Next time we should have some more unique ones.

Owl Flourish by Cuttlebug

Tiffany Frame by Cuttlebug