Birthday Sundaes #41

Hi Everyone!

I hope January is turning out to be everything that you wanted!
Fresh start to a new year!

Time for another Birthday Sundaes Challenge!

This week's Challenge #41-

Easel Birthday Card

Easel cards are really fun to make and to receive.

Never made one? Well here are few links to help you out!

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/easelcard/
http://www.stampinmoments.com/easel-card-tutorial.html
http://smileslaura.blogspot.com/2011/03/one-last-petal-pizzazztwisted-easel.html
http://tinascraftyplace.blogspot.com/2011/07/sideways-easel-card-tutorial.html

I love making Easel cards! They are so fun to make and to give!
For this week's card, I made a Horizontal Easel card.

Side View.

-Card Recipe-
Cartridge- Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art

Paper
Basic Grey- Sultry "Dressy"
Recollections- Kraft
Stampin Up- Melon Mambo and Naturals Ivory

Other
Recollections- Pearls and Flowers
Martha Stewart Doily Lace Punch
WRMK- Corner Rounder
Stampin Up- Chocolate Chip Ribbon
Sakura White Gel Pen

This week's Sponsor is Trendy Twine!!

The prize is the

Trendy Twine ValenTwine Mini Pack {Valentine's Day Bakers Twine}

This little pack includes 40 yards:
20 yd of Valentine Cherry Cupcake
10 Berry Red
10 Posy Pink

Twine is 4-ply and 100% cotton.

{Very nice with SU Real Red and Pretty in Pink}
Make sure to visit the Trendy Twine Store and Blog!
Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to play along this week to win some awesome Trendy Twine!!
Check out the Amazing Inspiration from the rest of the Birthday Sundaes Design Team.
Have a wonderful day!

 

Pin It

Birthday Sundaes #40

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are having a wonderful week and staying warm!

Ready for another fun Birthday Sundaes Challenge?

This week's Challenge #40-

Birthday Card with birthday sentiment

Sponsored by MelJen's Designs.

 Prize- 4 images of winner's choice.

For my card this week I decided to use two of Meljen's Designs Digital Stamps.

I used a digital stamp on the inside, as well.

 

-Card Recipe-
MelJen's Designs Digital Stamps- Party Penguin and Birthday Bee

Sentiment- Misc.dollar stamp

Paper

DCWV- Celebration and Dots, Stripes, and Plaids Stack and Chipboard Elements

Blue and Purple Bazzill Cardstock

Other

Trendy Twine- Blueberry and Grape Fizz Twine

Ek Success- Binding Edge punch

Recollections- Brads

Glossy Accents, Stickles- Yellow, Fruit Punch, Starry Night, Crystal and Stardust

Prisma Color Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits

Thanks for stopping by today!!!
Make sure to check out the rest of the awesome Birthday Sundaes Card inspiration this week
and to join in on the Challenge to win some of Meljen's Designs Digital Stamps!
Have a wonderful day!

 

Pin It

Birthday Sundaes #39

Hi Everyone!

Last week's Challenge was so much fun!

Ready for another fun Birthday Sundaes Challenge?

This week's Challenge #39

Winter Birthday Card  - must include a snowman on your card

with the following photo as inspiration.

How adorable are these snowmen cupcakes?

I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

Prize:

Apron String Designs

Come check out Apron Strings today!The prize is the All Year Cheer Card kit from December 2011.

Special for Birthday Sundae Followers - join an autoship this month, mention Birthday Sundaes, and you’ll receive a free Second Helping of Paper with your first shipment.


I decided to make a Birthday card for my husband's grandmother.

She lives in San Diego so they don't get any snow so I thought this would be fun to send her.

The inside of the card,

I always like to decorate the inside of the card 

and I thought it would be fun to share this time.

 -Card Recipe-
Stamps

Peachy Keen PK- 306A Snow Happy Mini

My Creative Time- Many Greetings

Paper

K and Co. Color Basics

Stampin Up- Bashful Blue and Garden Green

Other

Tulip Bead in Bottle- Pearl White 

DCWV- Ribbon

Stickles- Crystal and Diamond

Glossy Accents

Martha Stewart- Loops Corner Punch

Computer generated Sentiment

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you join in on this week's challenge!

Make sure to stop by the Birthday Sundaes Blog and see what the Team has come up with

for this week's inspiration!

Have a wonderful day!!

 

Pin It

Thank You Lift Cards

Hi Everyone!

Today I wanted to share a card set that I made for the January Card Challenge

over at Scrapbook.com. 

These cards are for the "lift" category.

 The card to be "lifted" can be seen {here}.
These are the cards I came up with.

Blue card

Orange Card

Yellow Card

Pink Card

-Card Recipe-
Stamps

Scrappy Mom- Sunkissed (orange card)

My Creative Time- Small Talk, This and That, Many Greetings

Versamark ink pad

White Stamp 'n stuff embossing powder

Paper

Echo Park- Candy Shoppe 6x6 pad

Stampin Up- Bashful Blue, Pink Pirouette, Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie and Summer Sun Cardstock

Thanks for stopping by and if you get a chance join in on the fun!! 

The Card Challenges are alot of fun.

Have a wonderful day!

 

Pin It

Altered Mason jar and Card for Trendy Twine Tuesday

Hi Everyone!!!

Today is Trendy Twine Tuesday.
Twine love.

I decided to make a altered mason jar and a matching card for this month's post.

The lids to the jar is a pin cushion.

The card.

"Sew Happy Together"

-Project Recipe-
Cherry Cupcake Trendy Twine

Mason Jar
Valentine Fabric - JoAnns
Hershey Kisses
Heart doily - stash
Pink Crocheted Ribbon - American Crafts
Buttons and Felt Heart- Martha Stewart Crafts and American Crafts
Sew Easy- We are Memory Keepers
Sewing Stamp Set- TPC Studio
Tiny Tags stamp set, Medium jewelry Tag punch, Real Red, Pretty in Pink,
 and Whisper White Cardstock and Ink - Stampin Up
Corner Rounder
White Gel Pen- Sakura

Thanks for stopping by!
I love comments ;o) hehe!
Don't forget to pop on over to the Trendy Twine Blog
to see the projects by Stacey and our Guest Designer, Izzy!
Have a wonderful day!!

 

Pin It

Birthday Sundaes #38

Hi Everyone :)

Happy 2012!!

We made it!!

Are you ready for some fun new Birthday Sundaes Challenges?

I am sure everyone got some fun, new craft goodies for the holidays.

This challenge is to use something NEW!!! Oooh time to play with your new toys!!

Birthday Card w/sentiment - with the option of using something NEW (tell us what it is!)

This week's Challenge is being sponsored by Whimsie Doodles.

Prize - One (1) lucky winner will receive a $10 Gift Certificate to the Whimsie Doodles online store.

Special Offer:

A special offer for Birthday Sundaes fans - use the discount code Birthday10 at the Whimsie Doodles online store and receive 10% off your next order! Code expires 30 days from today.

-Card Recipe-
(All the new items I used at marked with a **)


Stamps
Whimsie Doodle- Flakey Snowman
Paper Trey Ink- Fillable Frames #5**

Paper
Echo Park- Winter Park**
Stampin Up- Cherry Cobbler

Other
Prismacolor pencils, Blending stumps, OSM (odorless Mineral spirits)
Stickles- Orange, Stardust and Crystal
Glossy Accents
Spellbinders dies- Labels Four**, Classic Ovals
Bow Maker Jig/Peg** (My hubby made this for me!)
Trendy Twine- Peppermint Stick
Offray Navy Satin ribbon
button from stash
Recollections snowflake punch** from my BESTIE! :):)
Fiskars Threading water punch
~~~~~~~~~~~
Thanks for stopping by
and
make sure to stop by the Birthday Sundaes Blog to see
what the amazing design team has made for this week's challenge
and to join in on the fun!!
Have a wonderfully crafty day!!

Pin It

Snowflakes- Robin's Creative Cottage

Hi Everyone!!

I hope you had a wonderful Holiday Season!

We were really busy and had alot of family things going on. 

I'm thankful to get some crafting time in and play with my new goodies!
I used my new Cricut Expression 2 for this project!

This project is for this week's Robin's Creative Cottage- Snowflakes.
This week's Challenge is to make a project using snow and/or snowflakes.

For my project I used Robin's Creative Cottage- Snowman's Prayer,

you can purchase the set {here}.

-Paper- 
Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas, Stampin Up Pretty In Pink and Pool Party

-Other supplies-
Stampin Up- Ticket Corner Punch, Pink Pirouette ribbon, Stampendous white embossing powder,
Crystal Stickles, Recollections Pearls- Pink, white, blue, and green

Make sure to stop by Robin's Blog to see what the design team
has come up with for this challenge and to enter the challenge yourself!
Have a wonderfully crafty day!

 

Pin It

You're the Cream in my Coffee

Hi Everyone and **Happy 2012!!**

I had a couple of minutes the other day while waiting for some laundry to finish

and I decided to use this fun *FREE* digi for the two challenges posted at Market Street Stamps.

1) The Block Party at Market Street Stamps-

use the free digi or a Market Street Stamp

on your project and link it up.

2) Cas-ual Fridays #33- 

Create a Clean and Simple project using Craft and Twine.

(Oh my gosh, TWO of my favorite things!! Actually Three if you check out the MSS Digi!!)

My very first paper pieced Digital image. 

I made an Gatefold card with it.

The sentiment reads "You're the Cream in my Coffee"

The card open :) 

-Card Recipe-

Market Street Stamps- Block Party Free Digi

TPC- Coffee Cafe "You're The Cream in my Coffee"

Paper Trey Ink- Polka Dot Basics II

-Paper-

MME Lime Twist- Happy Go Lucky

Recollections Craft Cardstock

Stampin Up Very Vanilla

-Other-

Trendy Twine- Chocolate Truffle, Krazy for Kraft, Posy and Sky

Spellbinders dies- Ovals and Big Scalloped Rectangles

Versamark and Close to Cocoa Ink

Corner Chomper

Glossy Accents

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you get a minute to join in on these fun challenges for a chance to win some fun prizes!!

Have a wonderfully Crafty day!!

 

Pin It