Happy Graduation Bette style

Bette has made a gorgeous Grad card, using papers she found at Roseburg Book & Stationery.  Roseburg Book & Stationery has a wonderful supply of high quality school specialty papers.

Here is a look inside Bette's great card.

Once again, Bette has done a fantastic job at creating unique cards. Thank you Bette.

Gater birthday card by Tammy Maddux

This great birthday card was made using stamps from Art Impressions and Great Impression.  Tammy stamped on canvas paper and colored with Chameleon Alcohol markers.  She used a craft knife to cut the mouth of the gator then glued it to the top of a strip of black card stock so that the mouth could be opened.

Inside of the mouth, she put a small bird on a scrap of black card stock and assembled using the instructions on the gater stamp.

For the inside of the card, she stamp her messages.

Bette's try-fold card.

Bette has brought to us another great card.  This time she has mixed and matched stamps from Art Impressions to make a birthday card try-fold.  She used watercolor paper and colored using crayons, colored pencils, and glitter markers.  She stamped both sides of the paper with the barn on the textured side and the ladies/bench stamps on the smooth side.

Instead of making it a traditional card, she added her message under the barn and behind the ladies then stamped on the back of the card.

Here is a closeup of the back stamp.  Bette also corner punched the top.
Thank you Bette for sharing.

Bette's butterfly birthday

Bette has created another beautiful card.

 

She used dry embossing for the background, butterfly punches, and corner punches. 

 

 

Bette finished the card up with some wonderful stamps.

 

Thank you Bette for bring some great cards to share.

Happy Spring Bunnies by Tammy G Weir

"Happy Spring" Bunnies

by Tammy G Weir

Supplies:

Clear Cling Stamp - C1454 Spring Bunnies Wild Rose Studios

Serendipity Stamp C847 "Happy Spring"

Poppy 2001947 5" x 7" Cuttlebug Embossing folder Anna Griffin

6" x 6" blank greeting card - chocolate brown cardstock

5 3/4" x 5 3/4" mat - pink cardstock 

5 1/2" x 5 1/2" mat - ivory - embossed with Poppy embossing folder

5" x 5" mat - light brown pattern of your choice

6" med brown sheer ribbon

6" (1/4"wide) pink grosgrain ribbon

6" jute ribbon

3 - ivory /brown 5mm flowers

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Ink Markers

Instructions:

Begin by stamping your image on crafter's companion ultra smooth white cardstock.  Using the basic blending technique color your image.

Markers used for this project: 

Butterfly -  Yellow  LY1, LY3     

                   Pink  PP1, PP2

Tiny flowers - PP1, PP3, PP5

Grass - LG1, LG3

Bunny Noses & Ears - PP2

Bunnies - TN1, TN2, FS9

optional;

Spectrum Noir Pencils (used to add more dimension)

15 Yellow Butterfly

33 Pinks

44 Grass

88 Bunnies

Once you have completed your coloring assemble your card using the above picture as your guide.  I hope you enjoyed this project.  Happy Spring Everyone!!!

Tammy G Weir

Accredited Spectrum Noir Instructor and Colorist

Fab recycled material cards by Bette Olson

 Bette Olson has done it again.  She has made beautiful "Thank you" cards out of things most would toss away.  Her materials for these are barely used paper placemats, pieces of left over card stock, and bits of yarn, burlap, and linen ribbon.  She added some edge punching and ink to really make these cards special.

So, what can you make out of left over bits?

"Wishing You Flowers & Sunshine by Tammy G Weir

"Wishing You Flowers & Sunshine"

by

Tammy G Weir

This card was a fun one!  I colored the image using Spectrum Noir Alcohol Ink Markers.  For the card I  used Corrugated Cardboard  (5 1/2" x 11") folded in half.  

Double - Sided Patterned Scrapbook paper

Ribbon

Simply Shapes (wooden background border)

Twine

I distressed the wooden background shape using Tim Holtz distress ink

Accented the edges of the image with Tim Holtz as well

If you would like more details about this card contact Tammy G Weir @ tammyscreativeideas@hotmail.com!

"Washi Valentine" by Tammy Maddux

 "Washi Valentine" 
by Tammy Maddux

suplies needed: *black cardstock ( 2- 8 1/2x11 sheeets) *pink cardstock * 4 or 5 different washie tapes* spellbinders dies- standard hearts and scalloped hearts * die cutting system * stick on pearls and rhinestiones * corner punch- eksuccess lots a slots * white stamp ink and a happy valentines day stamp *adhesive, scissors, and foam tape.

directions: cut one black cardstock to 4 1/2x 11 and fold in half. this is the base. then use corner punch on all four sides of front of base. cut pink cardstock to 3 3/4x 5 or to size that fits inside punches of base. * on rest of black cardstock, use washie tape in a striped pattern then cut out hearts. make a frame by using one scalloped and then a smaller standard inside scalloped. make two different sizes of frames. * on the other peice of black stamp happy valentine in white and cut using the smaller standard used in larger frame. *adhere large frame to base over the pink and adhere black heart in center of frame. use foam tape to pop up smaller heart frame and place on base under or on large heart. put on the pearls and rhinestones on lower part of base then place a pearl in small frame.  Add sentament to the inside using a white pen or typing a message. enjoy

Washi Birthday by Tammy Maddux

"Washi Birthday" by Tammy Maddux

Supplies needed:
* Two white card blanks
* Four rolls of favorite washi tape, used here are from WeRMemery, Queen & Co., and Darcie crafts
* Foil card stock
* "Happy Birthday" die from Hot Off the Press and a die cutting machine (Cuttlebug)
* one rhinestone or pearl
* scissors
* Adhesive


Instructions:
*Use one of the card blanks and start diagnaling the tape over entire surface in a repeating pattern, fold tape around edges. Then fold in half.
*Use the second card blank and fold in half and trim 1/8" off two sides (top and opening side). Then adhere inside the first card blank covering ends of tape.
*Use the foil card stock and die cut out the happy birthday. Then adhere to front.
*Place the rhinestone over the "i" in birthday.
*Write something inside and give to the birthday person.

Military Scrapbook 2-Page Layout by Tammy G Weir

Looking for military scrapbook page layout ideas, needing to create pages quickly.  

We have a solution for you!

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from 

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Everything needed to complete 2 finished scrapbook pages are included in each kit!

The pages were created using Kit #14928 Marines 

1- sheet Marines -DS Journal 36923 Scrapbook Customs

by Tammy G Weir