Peek-A-Boo Card

I got the idea for this card from a series of cards by Jackie Perkins on her "Just Stamp It" blog.

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Supplies:

Paper -Stampin Up
Bazzil Cardstock
Dylusions Ink Spray
Stamps - Inkadinkadoo and My Minds Eye
Ink - Stampin Up
Die - Poppy Stamps
Ghost Ribbon - May Arts

Bird Cage gift tags

The minute I saw the bird cage die from Poppy Stamps Dies I knew I had to have it.  I wasn't sure what I was going to do when I got it but I just had have it.  So today I was inspired to use the die and make some Christmas tags with it.  So I die cut and inked them with Antique Linen by Ranger and started decorating with the Winter Wonderland paper pad by My Mind's Eye.  I had some left over Poinsettia pieces (Spellbinders) and some snowflakes (Martha Stewart).

Materials

Paper-Winter Wonderland-My Mind's Eye

Ink-Antique Linen-Ranger

Dies-Carousel Bird Cage-Poppy Stamps Dies, Poinsettia-Spellbinders

Punches-Snowflakes-Martha Stewart

Sweetest Thing

Hello!  Happy Thursday!  It's me Anita and today i have a card to share with you!  This card uses the new My Mind's Eye pad, The Sweetest Thing Bluebell 6 by 6 pad.  I love the colors of this pad, it's so easy to use the blues!  And my card also uses the Lorelei Leaf by Poppy Stamps, along with the perched bird by Memory Box!

I used one paper from the pad and used both sides to it, I love placing the bird on the leaf like this!  :>  Used another paper from The Sweetest thing pad for the polka dotted bird!  The sentiment is from the Good Friends set by Hero Arts, I think this makes a good Thinking of you card!

Well that's it for me!  See you next week!

Quick Masculine Birthday Cards

Hello Happy Thursday!  It's me Anita from http://craftygrldesigns.blogspot.ca/  So on Saturday I realized that we were going to the inlaws to celebrate two of my brother in laws birthdays and I didn't have any masculine birthday cards left.  Did I mention that I realized this at 25 minutes before we were supposed to leave?  Oh boy!  I like to make cards and have them on hand for when I need them, but I had run out of masculine cards! And I feel that since I do make cards I should have some to give them! Our family is big on giving cards! Why is that I just don't make enough of them when we celebrate just as many men birthdays as women?  I think I could spend a whole month just making masculine birthday cards and maybe just maybe I could catch up.  I quickly ran to my dining craft table and somehow came up with two cards, they had to be the same if I stood a chance!  When I first got the Poppy Stamps Lorelei die I had been playing with it and had tucked in the die cut pieces in the envelope.  I decided I would use those!  Than I also had a bunch of label dies and decided to use that too. I quickly stamped the Newspaper background and sentiment by Hero Arts.  What took the longest was putting glue on the die!  I added a button and threaded one with orange bakers twine and one without because I couldn't decide what looked better!

Not bad for in a hurry desperately need cards, card right? Well that's it from me!  Hope I've inspired you to look at your scraps when your in a hurry!  The scraps saved me!  See you next Thursday!

Masculine Fall Card

Hello!  Happy Thursday!  It's Anita from http://www.craftygrldesigns.blogspot.ca/!  I don't know about you but here in Winnipeg the Fall weather has found us.  All traces of our gorgeous summer is gone and we've been left with dreary fall weather!  :>  Today I have a fall card to share, not sure why but I often associate fall cards with masculine cards and since I always need more masculine cards I may as well right?  Today I am sharing a card featuring the Poppy Stamp die Lorelei Leaf!

I stamped the newspaper background by Hero Arts onto white cardstock.  I than die cut the Lorelai Leaf and used the negative, placing the solid back sheet of a Basic Grey paper behind it (I like how it's not a solid color but has other colors in it)  Than I distressed the paper with both a Ranger distress tool and Tim Holtz Distress Ink antique linen (I inked the middle of the paper) and Vintage Photo (the edges)  The sentiment is from Hero Arts All Occasion Messages, and tied some red Baker's Twine!

Hope you've been inspired!  :>  See you next week!

Masculine Lorelai Leaf Card!

Hello!  Happy Thursday to you!  It's Anita from http://craftygrldesigns.blogspot.com/ And I am happy to be here today!  Today I have a masculine card to share with you.  Masculine cards don't seem to be anyone's favorite to make but I don't mind them at all!  I used a Poppy Stamps die Lorelai Leaf which I think is a great die for any kind of cards!  But I couldn't resist making a masculine card with it, I mean leaves are green and green is a masculine color right?  Do you like my reasoning?  LOL

I die cut the leaf with green bazzill cardstock.  I love the look of canvas (and I think it looks masculine too) and stamped the Hero Arts Newspaper Background onto it with vintage photo by ranger ink.  Distressed with edges with ink and pulled some strings out too.  I love this Hello Handsome sentiment, it's so masculine!  Added some twine by Dooblebug and some buttons!  Quite happy with how this card turned out!  Am I the only one who feels a sense of accomplishment when you make a great masculine card?  

Products used:

Loreali Leaf Poppy Stamps die

Doodlebug Twine

Hero Arts Newspaper Background

Hero Arts Year Round Sentiments

Bazzill Cardstock

I also wanted to share that Scrapbooking Cafe Online can now order Lawn Fawn Stamps!  I love Lawn Fawn and happen to have a few of there sets already so I thought I would share a few of my cards I've made with them!  Please contact Scrapbooking cafe online with what you would like to preorder from Lawn Fawn and she will bring in what you want!

Using Flutter By (my favorite set)

 Using Ever After:

Using Flying by:

That's it from me today!  See you next Thursday!