Here it is, my "poodleliscious" birthday card!!!!!

My good friend Sue (better known in the crafting world as "HotPaws") celebrated her birthday last week and just happened to be at CHA, so she did not receive my birthday card until she got back home yesterday.  That is why I'm am just now getting this posted to my blog.  Sue is a dog lover, particularly poodles.........she has an adorable one named "Kiki", thus I decided to use a poodle on her card.  I have an Imaginisce "Poodle" stamp, but I wanted the poodle to be a paper piecing, plus a larger size so I used that stamp as my inspiration to design a poodle paper piecing using my Pazzles "Inspiration Creative Cutter" Pro software.  I used some "Sparkly Fluff" on the "poofy" parts of the poodle, in fact, it was part of a gift from Sue last year, and I loved how it turned out!  I used this card, by Cheryl, better known as "cher2008" at Splitcoast Stampers) for my inspiration to make this "funky fold card".  I LOVE her card!!!  At any rate, here is my version for Sue's birthday:

All of the decorative borders were done using my Pen Tool and a PaperMate EraserMate pen with my Pazzles Inspiration.  The ink stays wet, so you are able to add embossing powder and heat set.

Here is a close-up of the adorable poodle:

I used the same embossed  borders for the inside of the card and designed a frame for the sentiment which was done using Microsoft Word and when I printed it on my Canon Inkjet I used a high resolution setting so that I could emboss the text using some clear embossing powder and heat set it.  You can see the inside here:

This card was so much fun to make and Sue loved it!!!  Thanks for stopping by to check it out!

Supplies


Paper:  Bazzill and DCWV "Luxury Stack"
Ink:  Memento "Tuxedo Black"
Stamps: Inkadinkado "Spring Blossoms Clear Stamp Set"
Embossing Powder:  Stamp-n-Stuff "Detail Clear Transparent"
Tools:  Pazzles "Inspiration Creative Cutter"
Accessories"  Recollections "Dimensional Stickers", Craft Lounge "Eyeliner Black Sparkly Fluff", Want 2 Scrap "Black Pearl Stickers", Offray Ribbon, Swarvoski "Chrystals", Martha Stewart "Classic Butterfly" Punch, "Crystal" and "Black Diamond" Stickles, PaperMate "EraserMate" Pen

Hey y'all, looks like I'm casing Elly again!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just love her creations!  You can see the one I've cased here.  My sister-in-law's (Lillian) birthday is coming up February 25th and I decided this card would be the perfect one for her.  She is my husband's baby sister and we have a really great relationship!  

Here is the front view of my version of Elly's card....you will notice that I did not use a sentiment on the card front because I think it would detract from the beauty of Elly's design (please click on the photo to see an enlargement with all of the tiny details):

Here is a closeup of the centerpiece of the card front:

While check this out......my new way of adding antennas to butterflies.  The butterfly punch that I used is small so I used tiny pieces of beading wire with some liquid pearls at the tips and let them dry on my craft mat!  What do ya think?  Another thing I want to point out is that I made an outline mat for the small Spellbinders "Fleur De Lis" die that I used for the centerpiece.  The leaves and flowers were cut using my Pazzles "Inspiration Creative Cutter".  The leaves were a free SVG download from MTCSCAL e-files.  If you have a digital cutting machine and have never visited his site, you should...........it's wonderful!

Thanks for stopping and please be sure to visit Elly's blog.... I promise she will inspire you to make something really beautiful!!!  I believe I'm one of her #1 fans.

After Wednesday, I will be posting another card that I made this past week for a dear friend's birthday.  I can't post it now because she does check out my blog occasionally.  At any rate, please stop by later in the week to check it out...........I did something really different on it!

Supplies


Paper:  K&Co. "Ancestry Mat Pad", DCWV "The Luxury Stack" (flowers) and Bazzill
Tools:  Pazzles "Inspiration Creative Cutter", Quicutz "Revolution"
Ink:  Tim Holtz "Old Paper" Distress Ink
Accessories:  Martha Stewart "Punch Around the Page Swirling Lace" and "Monarch Butterfly" punch, Scor-Buddy, Spellbinders "Fleur De Lis" Pendant, Recollections "Pearl Stickers", Making Memories "Deco Metal Sticker" (lg. flower center)

Wonderful Gift Box!!!!!!

I found the idea for this gift box here and if you check out her entire blog, Elly does some absolutely beautiful work!!!  I set about making a cutting file for this project so that my Pazzles Inspiration Creative Cutter would do all of the cutting for me, which is always nice!  The only thing that was not done using my PI was the Spellbinders Labels Two and the Martha Stewart "Eyelet Lace" punched border.  The "dahlia" flower is from a template I purchased from "Fred She Said" (you can find it here) and I even set it up for my PI to cut all of them out for me!  Something else that I want to point out is that I've used some silk wallcovering samples from Lowe's in the making of this box and............I LOVE it!!!

Here is a photo of the top of the box:

Here is a photo of the box opened up.....as an extra security I used some brads to attach the box tray to the card section:

And last but not least, here is a close-up photo of the flower I made:

I used this gift box to hold a Christmas gift.  Thanks Elly for the marvelous idea!!!

Supplies


Paper:  Bazzill "Mystique", Strathmore "Parchment" and "Silk Encyclopedia (silk wallcovering samples from Lowe's)
Ink:  Tim Holtz "Old Paper" Distress Ink
Tools:  Pazzles "Inspiration Creative Cutter" and Provo Craft "Cuttlebug"
Accessories:  Spellbinders "Lables Two", Spare Parts "Brads"

Turkey Centerpiece!!!

Isn't this little turkey the most adorable thing you've seen in ages?!!!!  As you all know I have, and love, a Pazzles "Inspiration Creative Cutter" and that's what I used to make this project.  Klo Oxford has free Pazzles classes live and online on Sunday evening and Tuesday afternoons and this past Sunday this was what she covered in our class.  If you are a member of the Pazzles Craft Room this project is a FREE download.  At her class she got permission from Pazzles to give all of us that attended the class all the files for this project free, rather we were a member or not!

This year we will be having Thanksgiving dinner at our middle granddaughter's (she's almost 26) house and I made this to use as the centerpiece as there will be a number of young children there and I know they will enjoy it!  I hope each and every one of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration!!!

Supplies


Paper:  Bazzill and Core'dinations
Ink:  Color Box Fluid Chalk "Chestnut Roan"
Tools:  Pazzles "Inspiration Creative Cutter"
Accessories:  Crystal Lacquer

Just one more tissue box cover..........................

and this time I made one for me!!!  For those of you that would like to make some of these, you can find a written tutorial as well as a wonderful video here!

Here is a view of the top of the cover:

And here is a view of two of the sides:

And last but not least the other two sides:

I do believe this is all of the tissue box covers that I will be making for a while!LOL Thanks so much for stopping by to have a look.........and hurry back!!!  Hopefully I will have a new card design soon!

Supplies


Paper:  Bazzill and Bazzill Bling
Ink:  Tim Holtz "Old Paper" Distress Ink and Tsukineko Brilliance "Platinum Planet"
Tools:  Pazzles "Inspiration Creative Cutter", Provo Craft "Cuttlebug", Sizzix "Big Shot"
Accessories:  Provo Craft Cuttlebug "Textile" Embossing Folder and Spellbinders "Beaded Ovals", Shapeabilities "Fancy Tags" and "Symbology, Shapabilities Pendants "Fleur De Lis" and Nestabilities "Long Rectangles and Long Scalloped  Rectangles SM"

I've been making "Tissue Box Covers"!!!!

Hello everyone!!!  Every Wednesday Splitcoast Stampers sends me the "SCS Weekly Inkling" and last Wednesday the tutorial in it was for a "Tissue Box Cover" (#232) and I decided to make several of them because I loved the idea!

The 1st one I made has a Tuscan flair and I made it for my SIL, Merrylene.  Here are three views of it:

Just recently I had purchased some Tim Holtz "Grunge Paper" from Michaels and I decided to use some of it in my design for this box.  I used it for the "Lotus Pendant" and for the trim around the box lid...I inked it with some Distress Ink and I now LOVE grunge paper!!!

Supplies


Paper:  The Paper Studio, Tim Holtz "Grunge Paper" and some CS that I bought from Wally World years ago!
Ink:  Tim Holtz "Tea Dye" Distress Ink
Tools:  Pazzles "Inspiration Creative Cutter", Provo Craft "Cuttlebug"
Accessories:  Provo Craft "Script" & "Frills Set" and Sizzix "Textured Impressions Finial Press" Embossing Folders, Spellbinders "Labels Four", "Fancy Tags" and Shapeabilities "Lotus Pendant"

I then decided to make an FSU tissue box cover and my DH....he is a staunch down fan and he LOVED it.  Here are a couple of views of it:

For his, I used some K&Company "Collegiate" stickers that I've had in my stash for ages.  I used a Cuttlebug "Tiny Bubbles" embossing folder and some Tim Holtz "Black Soot" Distress Ink to make the lid look like a football!  Papers used for this one as Bazzill and some that CS that I bought from Wally World years ago!

The next one I made is for my other SIL, Lillian and she wanted hers to be peach and green.  Here are three different views of it:

My youngest son acquired some wall paper sample books for me some time back and for this cover I decided to use a plaid and a floral wallpaper sample in it!

Supplies

Paper:  Bazzill "Palo Verde" & "Peach Glow"

Ink:  Tsukineko "VerseMark Watermark Stamp Pad"

Tools:  Pazzles "Inspiration Creative Cutter", Provo Craft "Cuttlebug"

Accessories:  Provo Craft "Just My Type Set" Embossing Folder, Spellbinders "Labels Two", "Fancy Tags", Shapeabilities "Classic Frame" and "Nestabilities LG Classic Ovals, Provo Craft Cuttlebug "Vintage" die

Thanks for stopping by to visit and I just want to add that I made a cutting file from the SCS tutorial for my Pazzles "Inspiration Creative Cutter" and all of my panels, plus the base and lid were cut using my Pazzles...don't know what I would do without it!!!

Hey there.....check out my nifty toolbox!!!!!

Hello everyone!!! I finally got some time for crafting this week. Unfortunately, we've had a lot going on with our family. We found out on August 12th that my husband's middle child (Janice is 46) has lung cancer. She is now taking chemo once a week and radiation everyday during the week with the weekends off. Please be sure and keep Janice in your prayers! Also during this time my youngest son (Chad..age 36) had a really bad intestinal infection and lost a lot weight. He had cancer (Wilms Tumor) when he was 3 1/2 years old............so this really scared me. He is better now...thank God!

This past Sunday, I attended one of Klo Oxford's online classes for the Pazzles Inspiration Creative Cutter (last year I served on their design team) and she presented a toolbox template designed by Wendy @ Poppy Hill Designs (you can find her here). Wendy was kind enough to give those of us that attended the class the cutter files for it...thanks Wendy! Here is what I came up with....my craft room is mostly black, white and grey:

And here is a photo of inside. I added some strips of self adhesive magnetic tape to add weight and stability. For the handle on top, I used another one of the Spellbinders "Fancy Tags". Thanks for looking.....I just love my little toolbox!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

Paper: DCWV "the Dressed Up stack"

Tools: Pazzles Inspiration Creative Cutter, Big Shot

Accessories: Spellbinders Shapabilities "Fancy Tags"