This is an anniversary card for my in-laws, I think it turned out well. This is the second card I made using Vellum as a large part of the card so it was a huge learning experience, I will post the first try using vellum in early Feb.

I have never really liked using Vellum, when cutting the edges always have the fine while line, it is impossible to use glue without it showing through. It has such an elegant look to it though that I wanted to try it again now that I am a little more versed in card making.

With the first card I had it already to assemble, I looked through my cache of adhesives to see which hopefully have the least amount of impact. Much to my dismay the one I chose did not work any better than any other time I had attempted to try using Vellum.

I am not sure why I did not think if it soon but I did some searching online to see if I am the only vellum novice out there.. Troubleshooting 101.. research I am good at that. So I found a couple of websites that pretty much said the same thing as I was experiencing but did offer some tips. This is what I found.

- Try using a glue stick. (I ended up stealing a Ross Stick from my sons school supplies and it worked fine.)
- Apply it to the cardstock you are using rather than the Vellum
- Let sit for a few minutes till the glue get tacky
- Apply Vellum to cardstock

Over all this worked for me, wishing I had found this info before the first card but it is all about learning. You can still see some of the glue stick residue in this card but it is a start and I won’t shy away from using Vellum anymore. I will however look for a craft glue stick the next time I venture in to my local stamp store.

Another recommendation I found was that you can place the glue where it can be hidden, under embellishments or ribbons, or even not using adhesive at all those same embellishment well placed can do the same job. Something for me to try next round. I am always open to more suggestions though.

Supplies: Craft Cardstock – Stampin’ Up, brown and cream Cardstock – Bazzell, Cream Elegant Leaf Vellum – The Paper Company, All Night Media – Happy Anniversary, Magenta Flowers, Doodle Bug designs – Boutique Brads, Misc Ribbon

This card portrait is not very good, it makes the card look a little off center but in fact everything is even. I actually took a ruler to it. *sign* I am working on it.

Blog free Sunday tomorrow, have a wonderful day, I will be back Monday.

P.S. Earlier this week I missed the oppurtunity to wish Valinda a Happy Birthday, so happy Belated Valinda I hope you had a fabulous day and that you were spoiled.

I felt the earth move.. heheh thought you were getting something good didn't you. It was actually an earthquake, just a tiny one for an earthquake but it shook the house just the same. We live in a Zone 6 here in Victoria, I don’t think the zones get much higher than that. Hello costly Earthquake insurance.

Earthquake Information
Friday January 30, 2009
Local Time:
05:25:01 PST
Magnitude:
4.6 ML
Latitude:
47.89 North
Longitude:
122.48 West
UT Dateand Time:
2009-01-3013:25:01 UT

Poor Vogue she takes a hit again with me calling her names as she scratched with her earth moving paw at 5:25 this morning.

Sorry.. no card again.

This is Vogue, she is a sweet natured Geriatric princess with one eye. In her old age she feels that things such as drooling on her support staff in the middle of the night is a good way to get some food that is already in her bowl but she has seemed unworthy because she had licked it into little balls. Vogue has lost a few teeth along the way so she drools like a Saint Bernard. Cats don’t lack persistence either, round and round, meow in face, round and round drool on face, round and round sit on chest. I can hear her little brain…… day 5468 of captivity, I will drive the humans insane.

This is the 'So What' look, as in 'I did nothing'.

*Sign* I love my cat…. Me tired.

Sorry no card today. Sorry the image is a little blurry.

I seem to be doing a lot of cutting out and using dimentionals to pop items up a lot these past few weeks. I did so much cutting out of shapes at the last Stampin! Up workshop that I don’t quite dislike it as much as I did before. This card is no exception. I apologize for the horrible card portrait, it really does not do this card justice. I love this stamps set, I have used it a couple of times but I am still getting a feel for it. The center is on dimentionals to give it a 3D look.



Supplies: Craft Cardstock – Stampin! Up, black and white cardstock – The Paper Company, Designer Paper – Memory Stor , Baroque Motifs – Stampin! Up, Black gems, Dimentionals

Remember that cute little baby card for a little lady I made a few weeks back… opps, Welcome Benjamin.

Saying Ben’s family likes baseball is putting it mildly, hence the baseball theme to this new little boy’s welcome card. I used the ball, mitt and ball cap from Microsoft Clipart. I also used Microsoft Office for the wording.

You can see in this portrait that Bear is popped up with dimensional, I colored him with watercolor pencils.

Supplies: Navy and blue metallic cardstock – Bazzill, Designer Paper – K&Company, Digi Stamp – C.C. Designs – Bear Hugs- Sitting Bear, Studio G – Boy Stamp, Microsoft Word clipart, Jesse James – Color Me Blue button, Dimentionals

See ya later,

Gong Hei Fat Choy!

This was the first card that I tried PearlEx on, I wish that the portrait of this card showed the glimmer, it turned out so nice. Inside there is a cute little ox.



Supplies: Red and deep brown metallic cardstock, Designer Paper – DCWV The Far East Stack, Hero Arts-Decorative Bamboo, PearlEX, Misc Ribbon and Chinese Coin.

Happy Saturday

I really like the Lone tree stamp, and as I was sorting through my stamps looking for something specific I pulled the Lone Tree stamp out knowing I wanted to make a card with it. I am not sure where or who it is going to go to yet but it never hurts to have a spare card or two in the wings.

This was a pretty basic card to make, layer cardstock, stamp an image (Versafine Sepia) add a little ribbon and a couple of branches, use a little adhesive and done. I think the hardest part was working with the glue stick I used it for the branches, I felt like I was 5 and using a glue stick for the first time, I had glue everywhere. It all worked out in the end though.

This card portrait does not show the nice deep brown metallic cardstock which is nice and shiney, I used it for the branches as well.

Supplies: Blue cardstock, Deep brown Metallic cardstock, Designer paper – Bohemia My Journey, Paperbag Studios – Lone Tree, Must be ribbons, Martha Stewart Branch Craft Punch .

Have a great Saturday, I am going to start no post Sundays on my blog. I will be back bright and early Monday though, well maybe not so bright but definitely early.

I have been a little swamped the last little while so I have not been as faithful to some of the blogs I normally visit to leave comments, I will catch up as soon as I get a few minutes to get it together. Thank you for your patience.

A sweet friend brought me this beautiful tag, I think she saved it from a new piece of clothing she brought and brought it to me thinking I could use it somehow with my cards. Well looky here, I made this card for you Lisa, I hope you like it. I really enjoyed making it and love the way it turned out.

I used Versamark and embossing power to get the wonderful iridescent look on the dark gray cardstock. Although it does not show very well in this image, you can get a peek in the lower left of the card.



Supplies: Bazzill Cardstock – Calypso Blue, speckled gray and dark gray cardstock – unknown, Stampology- Flourishes V2, Clear Stamps – Birds Galore, Kaleidoscope Transparent embossing powder, Forever in Time Pop Dots, Unknown clothing tag, Offray My Moments Petite Gems.

This card from the Stampin’ Up workshop and was to demonstrate a masking technique, I failed miserably at what was being taught but I ended up with a similar card to everyone else. We used a chocolate chip marker and a punch to get the stitched look. We used dimensionals to make some of the flowers pop up.



Supplies: All supplies used on this card are Stampin’ Up!, tangerine tango, kiwi kiss, whisper white cardstock, Petal Pizzaz Stamp Set, dimensionals, the following inks were used –kiwi kiss, tangerine tango, riding hood red, so saffron, chocolate chip.

Have a great day.

This cute little card is also from the Stampin' Up workshop.

Supplies: All supplies used on this card are Stampin’ Up!, pink pirouette and riding hood red cardstock, Designer Paper – Bella Rose, Just Buzzin By stamp set, punched flowers and Pretty in Pink brads