This is not really the type of card I generally make.............

but my oldest son loves humorous cards so I had to change my ways!  LOL  I actually got the idea for this by surfing the web.  There are no stamps involved.  The dog, hat, and dog bowl with food are images I gathered from the internet and turned into what's called "print and cut" images using my Pazzles Inspiration Studio Pro 2010 software.  They were cut using my Craft Robo and my Funtime Deluxe 2009 software.  I also want to mention that that dog looks a lot like my youngest son's dog that is a mix of English Bulldog and Pit and his name is "Biscuit"!  I designed the "308" candle myself as well as the flames.  My son is going to be 44 which in dog years would be 308.  Here's the front of the card:

and here's a photo of the inside:

Like I said, it's not the best card I've ever made, but it will make him laugh and that's all that's important!

Finished Card Size: 5"x5"

Supplies


Paper:  Bazzill
Tools:  Craft Robo
Fonts:  "Happy Birthday" and "ah dead" is Grilled Cheese BTN, "Happy Birthday Son" is CAC Lasko Even Weight and all the rest is Tennessee SF

I designed some great "designer paper"

using my Craft Robo, part of a Silhouette file called "Sketch Flowers_C00036_27011" and my black "Silhouette Sketch Pen".  By the way, I absolutely love the Silhouette Sketch Pens....they work so great!  At any rate, I think my designer paper looks as good as any designer paper I've purchased from the craft stores!  On the three largest flowers and the stamped sentiment I also added some "Black Diamond" Stickles.  To finish it off I added some satin ribbon and a bow and some half pearls.....very simple but elegant!

For the inside of the card I decided to use the black cardstock and a white gel pen to make a frame to tie it all together.  There is space in the center to add my personal sentiments!

The possibilities are endless for creating our own original "designer papers".  I hope you enjoyed this and I look forward to hearing your comments.  Thanks for stopping by!

Finished Card Size:  5 1/2"x5 1/2" Square

Supplies


Paper:  Bazzill "White Smooth", Ampad "Embassy Black", Best Occasions "Black Metallic"
Stamps:  Sentiment by Inkadinkado "Spring Blossoms Clear Stamp Set"
Ink: Memento "Tuxedo Black"
Tools:  Craft Robo, Ellison "Big Shot"
Accessories:  "Black Diamond" Stickles, Recollections "Black Half Pearls", Offray Ribbon, Silhouette "Black Sketch Pen", Sakura "White Jelly Roll" gen pen, Spellbinders "Labels Nine"

Now this is a "Man" card!!!

I finally got my friend's husband's birthday card finished and I have to say the "Man" cards are very difficult to design!!!  Here's a photo of the front of the card:

The "pick-up truck"  and "money bags" were images I located through Google Images and I turned it into a "Print and Cut" files with my Funtime software and then cut using my Craft Robo (they are now called Silhouettes) and it does a fantastic job of doing print and cuts due to its "optical eye"!  The sentiment was done in the Funtime software and I used the "Briquet" font and designed a mat to mount it on...all cut using my Craft Robo.  Now, here is a photo of the upper inside of the card:

Saul is on his way to becoming a professional poker player, so I found another image using Google Images of a table full of guys playing "blackjack"...............BUT Saul does not play blackjact, he plays "Texas Hold Em", so I used Photoshop to erase the blackjack items and I used a photo of Saul to add his "head" on the guy in the center with the pink shirt and I also added a BUNCH of chips in front of him!  The other two guys with "real" photos of their heads are pro pokes players Daniel Negreanu (green plaid shirt) and Phil Hellmuth (blue shirt on the right).  My friend says that Saul is absolutely going to love this!!!!  I designed and cut the circle frame using my Funtime software and Craft Robo digital cutter.

I put this card in the mail today and can't wait to hear how Saul liked it..........his birthday is next week!  Thanks for stopping by to see my finished project!!!

Finished Card Size:  5 1/2"x5 1/2"

Supplies


Paper:  DCWV "The Shimmer Stack", Strathmore "Parchment"
Tools:  Craft Robo
Accessories:  "Briquet Font", Stampendous "Class a' peel Dot Sparklers Silver"

Examples of Print & Cuts done using the Craft Robo/Silhouette

My Craft Robo is an old original with the blue lid............BUT "she" (Roberta to be exact) still does an outstanding job on print and cuts as well as intricate cuts!!!  Here are some examples, using a project I am working on right now.  This is a card that I'm designing for my friend's husband's birthday next week....I will be posting the entire card when I get it finished....this is just for examples!

Card Front:

Truck Close-up:

Close-up of the Money Bags:

Close-up of the Sentiment:

So, as you can see Roberta does an outstanding job.  Back when I bought her, I paid $300 but now you can purchase a Silhouette SD (Silhouette, Craft Robo and Wishblade are now all Silhouette) for as low as $159 if you shop around and it's well worth it if you like to do print and cuts and in my opinion it's well worth it just to be able to do such small intricate cuts.  I have the best of both worlds as I also own a Pazzles Inspiration Creative Cutter, which will take care of large cuts and thicker media!

I hope this helps some of you that are trying to make a decision on this cutter. Thanks for stopping by and please be sure to come back and see my finished project!

This card is almost entirely made using................

my good and faithful old Craft Robo and some very nice Silhouette digital cutting files.  Next Saturday is my best crafting friends Mother's birthday and I wanted to make a special card for Patricia and this is what I came up with!

The only items on the card that were not cut using my Craft Robo (I call her "Roberta") was the tiny butterflies and the beaded oval that I used on the inside of the card.

Here is a view of the inside:

I particularly love the tiny bluebird sitting on the fence.  Can you believe how well my "Roberta" cut out those tiny little legs and feet?  And just look at that fence..........it's just amazing!

Here is a  close-ups of the beaded oval containing the text on the inside of the card:

And last, but not least, is a close-up of the paper pieced gift on the front of the card:

I only used two different papers.  The cream card stock is some that I purchased from Walmart years ago...can't remember who makes it and the lovely blue is a piece of Wausau Paper.  I used my VersaMark "Watermark" and some "Star Dust Transparent" embossing powder on some of the blue paper which really changed the color and I like the contrast.  I sure hope Patricia has a wonderful birthday and likes her card!  Thanks for stopping by!

Finished Card Size:  5 1/2x5 1/2"

Supplies


Paper:  Wausau Paper Creative Collection "Classic Cardstock Pastel" (blue) and Walmart Cream CS
Ink: Tsukineko "VersaMark Watermark"
Embossing Powder:  Stamp-n-Stuff "Star Dust Transparent"
Tools:  Craft Robo and Provo Craft "Cuttlebug"
Accessories:  Spellbinders "Beaded Ovals", Martha Stewart "Classic Butterfly" punch,  Swarvoski "Chrystals", "Decorating Chalks" and numerous Silhouette digital cutting files

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)