First Stair Step Card for me

I'm alwasy looking for new techniques to try especially for cards. Last year I loved making the tri-shutter fold style cards and those who recieved them loved them. This year I wanted to try somthing different and found the stair step cards fun and simple to create. Here is my first card/try- a friends birthday card:

Front view:


Close up of layered flowers:


Close up of embossed words:


Side view of card:


There are many different variations that can be done to this card and I can't wait to create more of this style of card.

1st Birthday cards of the year

Life always throws you curve balls-its up to you to catch and deal with them! I've been dealing with the news that one of our pups (Gwen) has cancer and I've spent a lot of time at vet visits and just spending time with her-hence why I'm just now updating the blog.

On happier news I have created a couple of birthday cards this year so far. I'm also working on my third which is a new style to me of a stair step card-I'll have a separate post for this soon :)

Co-workers birthday card-making cards for guys is always a challenge for me. This one got my hubby's approval for a man card :)





I started a birthday card swap in one of my facebook groups and this is the first card I made for it:



Happy Scrapping :)

Birthday Cards...

Seems lately the only crafts I have time for is to make my friends birthday cards...They love them and I love making them!

Here is another tri shutter cards I made for my friend:







I've also started planning a couple of different wedding invitations for customers--will post pictures when they are completed and sent out.

Happy Scrapping :)

To infinity and beyond...

So April has been super busy for me and I haven't had much crafting time to myself. I've been working on wedding programs, a new set of wedding invitations for a november wedding as well as lollipop birthday invitations--all to be featured in my blog soon!!

I was able to create a trishutter birthday card for my friends 5 yr old son. The tri shutter cards are my style theme this year for birthday cards(If I get time to make them.

Front of card, closed:


Card Opened:


Another view:


I love making these cards--they are a huge it and fun to make!

Happy Scrapping :)

March projects...

Its been a few days since my last post--can't believe March is almost over! Here are some projects I haven't posted up here yet and I'm too lazy to make them individual posts:

A birthday card for my friend Michelle:





A neutral shadowbox scrapbook page for my friend Staci's baby shower:





A sympothy card:



A birthday card for GG's 99th birthday:







Happy Scrapping :)

Get Well Card...

I was asked to make a Get well card for my husbands coworkers wife. This is the card I came up with:

Front of Card:



Side View:



Inside of card:



Happy Scrapping :)

Rest In Peace...

I learned this weekend that my aunt (from my dad's side of the family) passed away on Friday. Her death was unexpected and we were all shocked to hear it was from a heart problem--it was sudden. My heart goes out to the family during this difficult time.

I was not close with this family member-thanks to my own father. For whatever reason he has not kept close contacts with his family that lives here in the states. I met her a few times and she attended my wedding in 2008. That is the last time I believe I saw her. She was always kind and very easy to talk too.

She will be missed by many...and we will all keep her in our hearts.

GRACE FISZER

Grace Fiszer, nee Zdanowicz, loving mother of Elizabeth (Bradley) Dean and Andrew (fiance Annette); dear grand mother of Nathan Bradley, Sophia Grace and Jacob Andrew; fond sister of Krystyna (Irek) Widziewicz; aunt and dear friend to many. Visitation Wednesday, 3 to 9 p.m. Funeral Thursday, 9:15 a.m. from Malec & Sons Funeral Home, 6000 N. Milwaukee Ave. to St. Juliana Church, 7201 N. Oketo Ave., Chicago, IL. Mass 10 a.m. Interment private. Info 773-774-4100.

***Update 2-11-10***
Here are a few pictures of the sympathy card I made my cousins:

Front of card:


Side View of card:


Inside of card (blank):

Birthday Card

This weekend I've been busy working on wedding invites for an April 2010 wedding (pictures will be posted in a future blog post. I've also been reorganizing my scrapbook room and adding more storage to it.

This saturday Pat and I went out to mongolian BBQ in Naperville for one of my friends birthday dinners. This is one of my favorite restaurants to go to since you make your own food, it can be different every time you go up to the food stations :)

Here is a picture of the birthday card I made my friend Maria
Front View:


Side View:


Inside view:


For the card I used the following materials:
Green textured paper (the paper studio)
Happy Birthday patterned paper (DCWV) I inked the edges with the ink listed below.
Ribbon I got from Michaels a while ago
Fake flowers (pulled apart from a flower stem)
Prima flower
Small brad,button and thread for the flower center
Glue dots and lines to attach flower and ribbon
Green and purple stickles for the dots on the front of the card
The inside I used a birthday rubber stamp and pine needle distress ink from Tim Holtz
Off white plain cardstock
I rounded the corners with a rounding corner punch

Happy Scrapping :)

Birthday Card Pictures...

As promised here are the pictures of the Birthday Card...

I decided to create a trifold shutter card in a birthday theme. I'd love to take credit for the original card design but no its not mine...I followed a great tutorial that can be found here:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/trishuttercard/

Here is my final creation:

This is the view of the card when its all closed up:



This is what the card looks like when its all opened up:



And this is a view of the back of the card:



I used Textured Bling Bazzill cardstock and patterend paper. I used my cricut to make the cupcake and used brads for the sprinkles.

Happy Scrapping :)

1st Birthday Card for 2010

I started making cards a few years ago and now very rarely will I purchase a store bought card. I think a handmade card-no matter how simple or complex in design-has something special to it. I know that taking time out on any card even a store bought card is appreciated, I just love the handmade kind :)

I love making birthday cards and trying out new techniques and styles. I have one due for this weekend and I am excited to get started on it. I have several style ideas runing through my mind--should it be a tri-shutter folded card, elongated folded card, should it be a circle? What colors will I use, and embelishments...this will depend on what I have left in my birthday paper stash--I really need to stock up on some more cute papers for this theme!

Not sure where I am going to go with it yet--have to get in my scrapbook room and get inspired. May just do that tonight after work...

I will post pictures of the card sunday--don't want to ruin any surprises before then :)

Happy Scrapping :)

Weddings, and puppies keeping me busy...

So the new year so far has kept me busy around the house. Ava went in for her Spay surgery yesturday and is recovering well--I hope I don't have to get her a cone but I have a feeling I should pick one up in case!! Lady will probably be going in for her eye and spay surgery in a few weeks--I don't want to have to take care of 2 dogs with surgeries at the same time--spacing them out will be easier.

Everyone who wished for snow--we finally have it!! The roads are a bit slippery but not too bad around us...some other areas are very scary to drive through-slipping and sliding is not always fun!




I am about to start another wedding invitation order-this time they are pocketfold style for an April 2010 wedding. I am excited to make these and add them to my wedding invitation portfolio! I need to take some more time out and just make up different samples of invitations...the computer design part takes me a lot longer than it should, but I am learning and will become faster over time. Once I get permission I will post pictures of the pocketfolds on here.

In the mean time here are pictures of a wedding invitation, program and escort card I made for a November 2009 wedding last year...they were a great hit!
The Invititations:


Wedding Programs: Front and Back



Placecards:


Here is the wedding card I made for the happy couple as well:


Happy Scrapping :)