Happy Birthday Jeremy!!!

Part of the Dirty Dozen Challenge is to pick your favorite out of the 6 that you make for the monthly challenges.  This was my 3rd card for the summer job theme.  A Surf Instructor and also my favorite of the ones that I made.  My favorite thing to do over the summer when I was a teen was ride my bike to the beach and watch people surf.  The surfing instructors were always busy holding classes and camps to teach people how to surf.    

All the dies that I used are from My Favorite Things.  To make it so much easier to piece all the tiny pieces together then onto the card, I used Stampin' Ups Adhesive Sheets (I love that stuff!).  I stamped Surfafella from Stamping Bella on Neenah card stock, colored it with copics, then fussy cut it out.  I added some Liquid Applique to the beach.  I just love all these colors together, especially that Orange Bungalow...such a dream!

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Dirty Dozen Summer Job- Paper Round

My second card for the monthly theme, summer job.  I actually learned something while making this card.  I wanted to make sure the name of the summer job was correct, so I googled Paper Route.  It came up that the correct term is Paper Round for children who have a route that they deliver newspapers to by bicycle.  Who knew???

I kept this one CAS.  My base card, layer and bike are all watercolor paper.  For my panel, I lined up the A2 die-namics and placed the circle in it, then ran it through the die cut machine.  I taped the decorative newspaper to the back and mounted it with foam tape to my card base.  I added Wink of Stell to the bike and put it on the card using Stampin' Up's adhesive sheets.  That sure is a game changer when using dies that have small pieces!

I ended up making two of these cards.  The one above is made with a die that was given to me as a gift.  I've had it for a long time and don't have the original packaging it came in.  One of the guidelines we have to follow while being a guest designer is no off brand stamps or dies.  So...I ran to the the internet to track down the recently retired Stampin' Up Fun on Wheels Bundle so I could make the card again with products that I knew for 100% were not knock offs.

I  had to take a picture of how beautifully wrapped the stamp set came...so pretty!!!

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My First Dirty Dozen Design Team Card!!!

Hello everyone!  I'm so excited to finally (formally) announce that I was selected to be a guest designer at the beginning of the year for the Dirty Dozen Design Team over at Splitcoastampers!  What an honor it was to be selected as a guest designer.  I've had such a great time these last 6 months creating cards for the monthly challenges.  Now that my 6 months is up, I can share what I've created, yay!  This was my very first card I created.  Our theme for the month was Summer Job.  I picked a Life Guard for this card and what he/she might see from their view.  Maybe not unicorns having fun in the pool with their floaties...but you get the idea, hehe!

I used the My Favorite Things Pool Water Stencil, die cutting it with My Favorite Things A2 Wonky Stitch die-namics.  I colored the unicorns with copics, cut them out with their coordinating dies, then mounting them with foam squares.  I added a Wink of Stella to the unicorns hair and their floaties.

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Birthday Thank You's...

I had such a wonderful birthday.  I wanted to thank a few of my friends that made my day extra special.

I used Stampin' Up Cactus Cuties and Morning Meadow Stamp Sets.  Only Orange, Shaded Spruce, and black inks.  White and Only Orange card stock. Pink Fresh Studio Blanket Stitched Rectangle and Stamping Bella Baubles.

Have a wonderful day!

 

Happy Birthday Nancy!!!

For one of my sweet and dear friends, Nancy for her birthday.

 I CASE'd this beautiful card from splitcoaststampers.  I used Stampin' Up Roses in Winter, Very Versailles, Canvas, and Express Yourself stamp sets.  Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Garden Green, Pear Pizzaz, Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight inks.  Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzaz, and white cards stock.  My Favorite Things Flags Stax die-namics, Recollections butterly, and a button.

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Happy Birthday Bruce...

I'm back...life just gets busy and though I've been creating my little heart out, blogging and posting has been on the back burner.  Anyhow, I created this card for one of our Tuesday riders, Bruce for his birthday.

I CASE'd this card I found on Pinterest.  I just loved this sketch and thought it was great for a CAS masculine card.  I used Woodware Craft Collections On Your Bike and Stampin' Up Fun on Wheels stamp sets.  Black and Tempting Turquoise inks.  Black and white cardstock.  Finished off the card off with some rhinestones.

Bruce, the Birthday Boy!

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