BIRTHDAY CARD FOR MOM

My mom (and her mom before her) is a Fourth of July baby! Most of the cards that I have made her through the years have had a patriotic theme, so I wanted to do something DIFFERENT this year.

Making this year's card was a BLAST! I love kraft card stock, so used that as my card base and stamped dots at the top, middle, and bottom with PTI Vintage Cream ink on an Inkadinkadoo stamp.

Coordinating dsp panels were distressed and adhered and a fiber border added. A scrunched flower, made from pages of an old children's book, was adhered at the top of the card. The S.U.! "Happy Birthday" sentiment was stamped with "Bordering Blue" S.U.! ink, punched out, and adhered with S.U.! Dimensionals.

A Nestabilities die was used to cut the frame on the inside of the card, which was wrapped with red and white baker's twine. A shipping tag was trimmed and used as a spot for my personal message, which had to be written before the card could be assembled. (Explains why I didn't photo the inside of the card before writing my mom's message.) Three self-stick chocolate brown "gems" were added on the bottom to complete the inside.

Jer has a birthday on July 03, so I have to "get with the program" and get him a card made right away! And, I must make a baby shower card for my daughter, Moriah...a FIRST birthday card for my grandson, Hoyt...and a requested paper bag mini-album for my soon-to-be-born grandson, Preston! Whew!! Good thing that I do better creating while under pressure!

Be back soon with a masculine card!

MASCULINE Birthday Card for Son who will be TWENTY!

OOOH, MY GOODNESS! I cannot...repeat...CANNOT believe that my Colson will be TWENTY YEARS OLD on Monday!!! I am determined not to get all "mushy," about it, here, but...sniff...

Here are the details of how I made his MANLY card:

I wanted to use tools from my supplies that I'd not, yet, used -- not a tough call, since MOST of my tools haven't been put to work.

I cut three pages from a wallpaper book that I'd been given. One page looks like leather, so I used it with my PTI "Tabbed MiniBook Page" die to create covers for an attached-to-card booklet. Inside, "dusty peach" pages were embossed with a Sizzix "notebook" folder and trimmed to fit. For fun, I jotted down notes on the pages that give a few details of Colson's life and "likes." The booklet covers and pages were distressed with ink and with a distresser tool to rough 'em up a little.

The front of the booklet was decorated with both wallpaper and card stock die-cuts made with PTI "Mat Stack 1," "Mat Stack 2," and "Numbers" dies. Twine was wrapped around the front cover to provide a bit of fiber to the card.

A strip of wallpaper was adhered to the bottom of the card front and a card stock banner was stamped, hand-cut, and adhered atop it.

Distressed card stock and a layered wallpaper strip were adhered to the inside of the card for Colson's dad and my messages.

Next, will be to bake him my OH, SO SPECIAL yellow cake with chocolate-mocha frosting!! (Colson likes my cake EVEN MORE than my handmade cards!)

Pals Paper Arts "In The Pink"

Pals Paper Arts is featuring a Breast Cancer Awareness Challenge. The only requirement is that PINK be used.

Here is my submission, a bridal shower card in pink and chocolate brown.

A Cuttlebug embossing folder was used for the background; Fiskars templates used for the smooth ovals; Nestabilities used for the scalloped oval.

The shadowed name was created with PrintShopPro. The "bridal dress on hanger" and chipboard sentiment are from a 3-D set. A snippet of pink ribbon was taped behind the "chocolate" layer and "rhinestones" added to echo the smaller stones on the bridal dress. The "dress hook" is a pink brad, attached just above the dress hanger.

Day One at Deb's

How EXCITING! I decided, this morning, to become a BLOGGER!!

So, today's entry will serve as my introduction, should anyone "discover" me!

I provide childcare and preschool in my Ooooklahoma home, and use my scrapbooking supplies and tools (and techniques I've seen demonstrated by creative scrapbooking bloggers) to make learning resources for my youngsters, as well as to create handmade cards for family and friends.

Making early childhood books from lunchbags is my most recent venture and I have given workshops where I've demonstrated the process and displayed my completed works. I'll share photos, as soon as I get comfortable with my NEW site!

I co-own a 450+ member Yahoo early childhood learning group called, "Learning Centers," where early ed curricula is collected and shared -- and where emotional support is generously given. What a TERRIFIC group of people!

Oookay! That should be PLENTY of introducing, I should think! Hopefully, I can find my way BACK to my own site! Ha! If so, I'll post MORE soon.