I have moved my posts from an old blog to this one and I have moved one month at a time.....I have been blogging far too long to post each one on a separate day. Enjoy the below post for the month mentioned in the tag line.
Beautiful You
I was playing with some tags leftover from a project I did last week and created this card.MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2009
More playing
I decided it would be fun to see if my plastic butterfly stencil would work as an embosser. The color in the top photo isn't as good as the ones below...it really is a bright pink....so much for natural lighting making things look better.
It isn't very thick, but I put it through with my rubber embossing mat from Dreamweavers and I think it worked pretty well....gives me ideas for more things to put through the little green machine. Using the CORE'dinations paper worked great to because I could sand off the raised areas and reveal more of the embossing.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2009
Hunter's Safety
I completed a page finally. My youngest is now old enough to be in the woods with a gun...scary! He passed his Hunters Safety class with no problem. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2009
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2009
with love card
The real effect of this card is a little hard to see, hopefully with the close-up below you can see the embossing and sanding using the CORE'dinations.
CORE'dinations is awesome for sanding and creating great cards.
My new toys came out on my day off!! I love the edge on this embosser/die cut from NESTABILITIES. You can't see the piercing design in the pink parts of the card...unless you click on the photo to see it closer....not sure if that will work or not, but give it a try. I need to buy a nice big piercer for this cool tool.
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2009
Thank You card
Holding the card shut so you can see the whole thing.
Here is a photo showing the "window". Now, I didn't need to put in acetate (or my leftover plastics)for my window, but I did. After I glued it all together I realized I should have embossed it or something but, I didn't. 
Now we have a photo of the inside of the card.
OK, so I did little more of the inking of my CUTTLEBUG folders. I do like just highlighting the tops of the designs before embossing it. Cool stuff. I rubbed the gold along the edge of the inside of the card just to highlight the embossing on the edge too.
You may notice a new embossing design there...and it's from SIZZIX, not CUTTLEBUG....but you'll have to wait for the restocks on this one...timing is everything when shopping at Picture This. We did get several other folder designs from SIZZIX which are sitting with the CUTTLEBUG goodies. Check them out.
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009
HAPPY SAINT PATRICKS DAY
Just kidding....I was planning on putting up a St Patty's Day card, but time got away from me.
Better late than never right?
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2009
Channeling my inner Tim Holtz
Have you ever wanted to just pile some stuff on the front of a card, just to see if you could...well, I did... it's a little front heavy...WORKS FOR ME!
I added a bit to the inside to help with the weight and I think it looks pretty nice.
So, the trick here is inking the inside of your embossing folder with the brayer before sending your sheet of paper though the CUTTLEBUG. I am so glad I have that brayer. I have been doing the inking with other methods.....that's what we have tools for right?? The other fun tool is the Cut & Dry foam for applying the ink to the edges, it gives it a different look than what I usually do. I got my first piece of Cut & Dry foam at the Tim Holtz Class we took at Summer CHA. He even held that piece of foam when I made a boo-boo on my project (he fixed it for me with my little square!!...I covet that little square)
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2009
Birthday card
I was checking out this website (after a nice commenter mentioned it's existence to me) and saw this great tutorial about double embossing with your CUTTLEBUG. Now, I have done this technique before, so this is nothing new to me....but.....she had gotten her brayer out and used it to ink the folder before running it through (again, inking my folders is something I have done before).....and that's all I needed to remind myself of the existence of a brayer in my own home. Sometimes it takes seeing someone else using tools to remind yourself of your own toys....mine was still in the BOX!!. So, get your brayer out and start playing!! I have to say, this was pretty cool to try. I will have to do the double color Cuttle next (and don't you think I won't!!)
Sorry for the bad photo, but light at 9:20pm isn't the best...lol
Up close and personal with the card
Sorry for the bad photo, but light at 9:20pm isn't the best...lol
Up close and personal with the card
So, as you can tell, I applied the ink with the brayer to the opposite side.....this is actually "debossed" and not embossed. All I wanted to color was the candle images. After applying the color I carefully put the paper down and ran it through. I stickled the candle flames for added effect....and because I love STICKLES. I also ended up double Cuttleing the paper strip...I embossed the wrong side and just went with it...hey, it's art...nothing wrong with that!!
Have a crafty day :)
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2009
Gingerbread House
Here is my PAZZLE project from November. I had to create something from a file they sent me. This was my choice. I went with a 3-D scene. Hey, I like to play, what can I say??
There are some awesome things you can do with paper and a computerized die cutting system. I have been working with the PAZZLES Creative Cutter for over 4 years and I love making new paper cutting files. I just thought I would share with you some of the things I do for the PAZZLES company in my capacity as a Design Team member.THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009
More birthday...
I was trying to use up all the dot paper that I started cutting up this weekend and I am almost done!! lol I am still playing with my circle sets too. Boy, when you start something, you just can't quit! So, I cut up a BUNCH of different circle designs from my patterned paper and I had lots of things to create with. I love this birdie stamp from Autumn Leaves.WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2009
Birthday Time...
I have this great set of Inque Boutique stamps with clocks as a theme. I stamped the various clocks in different shades of brown on the light brown paper. After all my stamping was done I rolled the whole sheet through my beloved Cuttlebug to emboss the leafy background.TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2009
Turtle circles
So, with playing with my circles Saturday I made several different cuts in SEVERAL pieces of paper. This cardstock version was fun to play with. With a little patterned paper and some stamping I have a fun little birthday card. Oh, and you can't have fun without some Stickles and Cuttlebug....MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2009
Happy Birthday...to me!
Today.....it's my Birthday and I have been busy creating Birthday cards.
My CUTTLEBUG was cranking all weekend....lucky you.....you get a new post each day this week!
SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2009
Circles, circles, circles
I am seeing spots today. So, I lined up my circle NESTIES sets into a pattern on my "C" plate and set the paper on top. After I ran it through I put the "B" plate down and moved the paper and NESTIE plates to the "B" plate, put the embossing mat on top and topped that off with the other "B" plate. I took the middle sized circle and embossed that with the Happy Birthday and pop-dotted it in the middle of the largest circle opening.
You're going to see this design again because I tried several different circle set ups and I just can't waste paper.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2009
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2009
Rubber Stamp Tapestry
I was playing with the Rubber Stamp Tapestry stamps again (sooooo outside my comfort zone creatively) and came up with a simple card.MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009
Bird Call embossing folder
I love working with CUTTLEBUG (no...really?...haha)
I also love working with plastic (or even acetate)
I put together this little card with some "trash" plastic (you know...those plastic containers that the CUTTLEBUG and NESTABILITIES goodies come in) and created a see-through card.
You can cut your plastics down to fit your card front (or just fold some acetate) and send it though the CUTTLEBUG with your favorite design and then attach to a card front. I folded the front part so that the tape to attach it was covered on both sides. I used the eyelets for additional reinforcement. The thick plastic is harder to keep "adhered". I could have used a darker ink shade for the stamped image, but I wanted to keep it a subtle shadow.
SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2009
lemme' drive
Look at me! I got a page done. My oldest got his TEMPS on Tuesday and I had a page created by Friday...how good is that? I knew when I saw this line come in that I had the perfect page idea for it (and the event hadn't even happened yet!!!) The colors in the paper line match my car perfectly. It helps that my sons coat is also blue.
There is so much going on on this line of paper you don't need a lot to make a great page. I cut the "DRIVE" letters out of the black grid paper and the "Loopy" letters from DoodleBug are perfect for the "lemme' "
