The make and take session, not really a class is to demo new products. I already love Memory Box products, they speak to my love of nature/natural cards so it was not a stretch for me to be enchanted.

You can't get any more basic then using your DP as the focal point. I love the 6 x 6 paper collections for spring, Gossamer(this is the one I used for this card), Frond and Spearment. I layered the DP on brown cardstock, and did the same for the sentiment which is popped up with Scotch foam tape. I added some ribbon and brown Glitter Dome stickers and I was done.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Designer Paper -Memory Box(Gossamer), Memory Box-Spring Sings, misc brown dotted ribbon, Glitter Dome -Crystal Stickers.

Happy Friday

Cheers,

Nina

This is the second card we made at the make and take.

Supplies: Brown and white cardstock, Designer paper – Memory Box Frond, Memory Box stamps - Springtime Wishes Block, Ivy Border, Orchard Bird Combo, Stickles.

Cheers,

Nina

I signed up for a make and take at the local stamp store, the products that we used are all from the new Memory box spring collection. For the first card the focus was on alternate ways to create an image without using stamps, for this card we used a craft knife to cut away paper to make the stem of the Dandelion.

We used Star Dust Stickles on the Dandelion and the small accent flowers.



Supplies: Green and white cardstock, Designer paper - Memory Box Frond, Memory Box - Dandelion Ball Combo, misc purple ribbon, Stickles, VersaMagic – Concord Grape.

What kind of card do you make for a young hockey loving 4 year old, a hockey card of course. I had the nicest little jersey embellishment I was going to use but it just did not seem a fun for someone so young. Thank you to mydreamfufilled for the free hockey image. Take a look at this site, there is a ton of free digital items.

I cropped the image to get all those little pucks, they are cut out and popped up with Scotch foam tape. The hockey player is also two dimentional. There is some gray shading around the image as well. I used Microsoft Word to print of a Happy Birthday for the inside.

Supplies: Cream, red and gray cardstock, Digital image - http://mydreamfulfilled.blogspot.com/, Cuttlebug – Swiss dots, Gelly Roll – glitter pen.

Cheers,

Nina

I made this card for Gung Hay Fat Choy. I played with my small inks on the stamp to see if I could make a multicolored image. I would have gotten a better image if the cardstock I stamped on did not have small ridges. I love these oriental designer papers I picked up at the local stamp store before Christmas. I secure the coin with a little bit of red mesh ribbon and a piece of gold cardstock as a small buckle.



Supplies: Cream, red and gold cardstock, Designer paper – misc Oriental paper, Inkadinkado-Lotus Flower, misc-Chinese coin, mesh ribbon.

Cheers,
Nina

I seem to be having techinical difficulties with my blog, images missing and such. Sooo as the saying goes KISS. Keep it Simple, so I am going to use a simple template for a while and see how it works out.

I will dearly miss the wonderful blog designs my sister Barb made for me and I may encourage her to make me something new in the future :).

Will try to get things back on track soon, content is the important stuff.... isn't it.

Cheers,
Nina

Again with the creativity block, things on my mind I guess. I usually only make two Valentines cards, the first of course for the my sweet and wonderful husband, the second for my bestest son ever. I had a bit of a late start, well I guess not really one was done 3 weeks ago the other last week but it felt like crunch time in my mind at the time. Is that a song, it sounds like it would be a good song “Crunch time in my mind”.

Anyhoooo, once this card started to come together I was excited, mostly because I was stumped on it for a while. I started with my multitude of layers, of the hardest parts to this card was the hearts, there are two more inside. They were created with Nestabilites Decorative photo corners, you have to run the die cut through the Cuttlebug once to cut, they a second time to get the wonderful embossed design and you need to shuffle the sandwich stack in between. You can really see but the hearts have a double layer, the bottom layer is silver the top black faux suede designer paper.

This is the Spellbinder Shapabilities I used for the heart, I wish the design was visable in the card portrait.The Black tie designer paper is really a wedding series but serious, unless I tell my husband he will never know.
My husband only ever asks for cookies for Valentine's, sour cream sugar cookies to be exact a soft cookie. Those are the ones shaped as hearts. I though I would snap a picture of his huge tray of cookies. I mixed it up a bit with a second recipe of what Betty Crocker calls the Ultimate Valentines day cookie.

Card Supplies: Cream and silver cardstock, faux suede and making memories Black tie designer paper, Inkadinkado – Love, Making Black tie – ribbon, Doodlebug sugar coated Black brads, Nestabilites – Decorative Photo Corners – Heart.

Cheers,
Nina

A simple sweet little Valentine’s Day Card, this one is for my son. Valentines card are one the designs I always struggle with, maybe that is why I only ever make two.

Happy Valentine's Day to one and all tomorrow.

Supplies: Supplies: Cream and blue cardstock, Designer paper – Scrapbook Walls Denim Swirl, misc heart embellishment, Recollections – blue pearls.

Cheers,

Nina

This is not a very good picture at all, the card looks so much better. I wanted to try Patterned embossing that Gina K did an instructional video on StampTV. This site has so many great ideas.

I think I left the center a little too light, I darkened it slightly after I took these picture. Although it really is not this light when looking at the card.



A little closer look, you can see the scrip that was stamped under the clear embossing.


I have spent only a handful of minutes at an given time in my craft room over the last week or so. I am feeling the need to huddle away for a while though.

Supplies: Cream and blue cardstock, Designer paper – Scrapbook Walls Denim Swirl, Heidi grace designs, Stampabilites – Faded Text Background, Dress me up blue heart button, misc blue gems, misc blue ribbon.

Cheers,

Nina

Happy Anniversary Barb and Miles :). I know you will have a wonderful day, Enjoy.

I think I had the most fun stamping the flowers for this card. I first I coated the flowers with Versamark Dazzle – Frost, this made them sparkle. Once that was dry I stamped them with the Stampabilites – Faded Test Background stamp in a purple.

I finished the inside with Happy Anniversary.

Supplies: Cream, silver and plum cardstock, Designer paper – Making Memories – Black tie, Hampton Art – Cherish, Stampabilites – faded Text Background, Close to My heart – Just Blooms, Kaiser – Gems, misc ribbon, Versamark Dazzle – Frost.

Cheers,

Nina