Fun Birthday Card

A while ago I needed a special birthday card for my niece. She is a stamper so it couldn't be just any ordinary card. Here is what I came up with. 

I took a piece of Whisper White card stock and embossed the Flowering Flourishes with clear embossing powder. Then I heavily sponged the card stock with Cajun Craze, Not Quite Navy, Daffodil Delight and Cherry Cobbler which made the embossed part jump right out. This is called emboss resist. Punched a border out of Cherry Cobbler for the bottom, I used the Finishing Touches Edgelits and one of the Apothecary Accents Framelits for the label, which is Cajun Craze. I used the word window punch for the happiness from Fabulous Phrases but any sentiment would work here. A couple of DD brads and it was all put on a Cajun Craze card base. She loved it and it now sits in her stamp room hopefully inspiring her to create beautiful cards for her friends and family. Keep Stamping and thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place. 

Challenge 269

Hey, finally back with another Stamping 411 challenge.The operator's over there are taking a well deserved break right now but they'll be back at it in September. they are still posting the Saturday Sketch challenges so we can all stay on top of our game though. They had this cute sketch for us this week and this is my take on it. I got Twitterpated dsp and Summer Silhouettes and I'm having a ball with them. Thanks for stopping by. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, Word Play, Fabulous Phrases
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Basic Gray, Certainly Celery
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Bordering Blue, Twitterpated dsp
Tools: Curly Label punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Eyelet Border punch,  Regals brads, Delicate Designs Embossing Folder, sponge, small star punch

Valentine for Beth

I know, I know, it's been forever since I last posted. Well, I was on vacation for the month of January. I will share some pictures of where Bob and I went and what we did. But for today I want to share this cute card with you that I sent to my sister. She lives way out in the state of Oregon and I wish she was closer but I try to keep in touch with our wonderful handmade cards. I hope she liked it. 

What I did was use heart to heart punch to get all those cute little hearts and then I stamped the dotted heart from I Heart Hearts and cut it out with my trusty paper snips, it went really fast and they are very sharp. I used my new pinking hearts border punch to put a nice edge on the turquoise dsp and the real red piece and then with the fabulous phrases I thought heartfelt was the perfect sentiment. 

Let me know if you like it. 

I'll be sharing more Valentine's Day cards real soon. Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place

Stamping 411 Challenge 213

Here is another Stamping 411 Challenge. I changed a few things up on this one but I like how it turned out. The Woodlands dsp matches the new stamp set Tagtastic pretty well. Too bad it's retired.

The Owl two- step punch always makes a cute card. Let me know what you think and thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place.

Click here to go to Stamping 411 and check out all the details.

Simple sihouettes

Today I have a monocromatic card for you. I made two of these and sent them to two of my friends for their birthdays recently. They both seeemed to enjoy them.

It seems that these days I rarely make a card not using the Big Shot die cutting machine. It adds so much to any project with so little effort that it's hard to pass up.

• I used Pale Plum card stock on this one (retired) and ran a piece of 4" X 5 1/4" through the Big shot using the Elegant Bouquet Embossing folder. Adhered it to the front of the card.
• Then I stamped the Pocket Silhouette on a piece of scrap whisper white card stock and punched it out with the Curly Label punch.
• I also punched out an area on the card front with the Curly Label punch and then adhered the white to the inner card exactly through the punched out area.
• I put happy and birthday from Fabulous Phrases on one clear block and dipped it in Perfect Plum. Stamped right on top of the Silhouette
• Added the white satin ribbon

I am working on a project right now that I will share with you when I have completed it and I have to say that it is my biggest most involved project that I have ever done and I am thrilled beyond belief with it so far. Here is a little sneak peek.



I can't wait to show it to you, so that spurs me on to complete it. You can probably recognize the Bigz clear flower die cuts but that's all I'm going to say for right now. If you would like to place an order for anything you have seen here, have any questions please email me and I'd be happy to help you. Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place and stop by again real soon.

Owl in a Row

I have been having a great time with the Punch Bunch stamp set. This is one of the sets you may choose for your FREE item when you order $50 worth of Stampin' Up products. But hurry it's only until the end of March.

Here is a cute card that lines up the gang to wish someone speacial a Happy Birthday. I also used the 2-step Owl Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Modern Label punch, Woodland dsp, Fabulous Phrases stamp set and a must for this one is the stamp-a-ma-jig. I'm not sure I can make a card without it.

Any questions let me know. Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place