SC319- Geek ‘Grats

So I found this card online

http://pinterest.com/pin/55239532901914491/

and it screamed, “Make for the math and science geeks!”

So I did. I’m obedient that way. Yes, I did shrink the second letters on G and T. How’d you guess?

LOVE it. Made four of those suckers. Happy Geeky-ration to all!  (Okay, that was just dumb)

Stamps: Unity owl and Flourishes hat

Paper: Ginak white, SU Navy, SU Daffodil

Ink: Memento black

Accessories: EK Success border punch

Techniques: Tiny cutting with a great paper trimmer

Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2… because those tiny pieces are a pain.

SC318- Graduating Mama’s… sort of

So my daughter digs through my Mother’s Day cards and says, “do you have anything for X’s mom?” I had one card that was so not her it isn’t funny and one card that was just okay.

Then she says, “too bad you don’t have a firetruck. X would love that.”

I just happened to have gotten this little number in the mail that day. So I said I’d make her a firetruck Mother’s Day card. I’m sure someone has done it before, but I seriously doubt there’ve been THAT many. LOL.

Oh, and for the record, the card and the panels are STRAIGHT. I have no idea what I did to the photo but this think looks wonky upon wonky.

Stamps: PTI something or another And SU “Teeny Tiny Wishes”

Paper: PTI White, Graduation paper chevrons from some company or another, PTI Red, and PTI Black

Ink: Unity Pallette Noir

Accessories: None

Techniques: Making a little boy happy

Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1-easy.

dumb name.

I didn’t want two Mother’s Day firetruck cards, so I made the second one a graduation card. It works.

It’s crisp, clean, and perfect. I just really like it.

Stamps: Flourishes “Hats off to You” and SU “Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: PTI White, Graduation paper chevrons from some company or another, PTI Red, and PTI Blac

Ink: Unity Pallette Noir

Accessories: None

Techniques: Making a little boy happy

Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1-easy.

SC316-Washi Experiment

So I had this “brilliant” idea. I would make a sketch but instead of using panels, I’d use washi tape to create the outline of panels. Interlocking boxes… fun stuff.

I found three colors I liked together and went to town.

This is the result. It’s okay. I’d give this card to someone in a pinch, but probably someone I know doesn’t care about cards and who will toss it the moment they’re done reading it. And I’m good with that.

But, I did decide that I liked the idea.

Stamps: PTI Birthday Wishes

Paper: PTI White

Ink: Pallette noir

Accessories: washi tape, spellbinders banner

Techniques: playing with paper and tape

Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1-easy peasy as in so easy it’s almost scary.

This is card two of the experiment. I like it. A lot. It’s simple–super simple–but it’s pretty.

I’ll probably do this again on some other one and see how I like it. I got smarter with this one and made the darkest one be the center panel so it stands out from the background. That’s one thing that ruined the other one.

So, it’s an idea… I’m excited about it. I’m sure someone else has done the same thing, but I haven’t seen it so I feel like I invented my own card idea for quick and easy cards in a pinch.

Stamps: PTI Birthday Wishes

Paper: PTI White

Ink: Pallette noir

Accessories: washi tape, spellbinders banner

Techniques: playing with paper and tape

Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1-easy peasy as in so easy it’s almost scary

SC315- Bouquet of Well Wishes

I discovered the other day that I don’t make get well cards. Shame on me. So, when I went to pick a sentiment for this, I decided that they reminded me of a “get well” bouquet. So, here we go. Wellness in a little rectangle. If only.

So as usual, I make two of each sketch. This time I colored them different colors. So, I made slightly different cards.

This one got the cool quatrefoil die from Papertrey INk. LOVE it. It’s so pretty. Makes it look like the DP is even more D and P. MMMMWWWAAAHAHAHA. (That ditty probably needs a bit of TP, no?)

I like the card. It’s not quite as meh as I expected it to be. Don’t love it… it’s not AMAZING. It’s just a decent card that my dear friend Christy will hate due to the color.

Stamps: Elzybells flowers and SU Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: PTI White and orange and I think MME DP

Ink: Memento and Unity Pallette

Accessories: SU Word Window, Modern label, and the ticket punch as well as PTI Quatrefoil die… and it’s all buttoned up too.

Techniques: colored pencils, dry embossing

Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2… because Susan wanted it when anything is fussy and cutting out those quatrefoil things was just a bit.

Still wishing folks wellness and such. This one annoyed me. That stupid button matched nicely until I got it on the card. Then it went all aquaish on me. It’ll get replaced when I dig out the right colored button. Because I get irked about that stupid stuff.

Since I colored them differently, the blue got the yellow border paper and I minimized the orange.

This time I’m remembering to mention that cool border embossing folder. It really gives it some oomph to an otherwise bland spot on the card.

This one is a bit more “meh” than the last but it’s still a decent card that my dear friend Christy will hate much less due to the change in color. (She will still bemoan that orange, though).

Stamps: Elzybells flowers and SU Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: PTI White and orange and I think MME DP

Ink: Memento and Unity Pallette

Accessories: SU Word Window, Modern label, and the ticket punch as well as PTI Quatrefoil die… and it’s all buttoned up too. OH! And I used the Sizzix border embossing folder

Techniques: colored pencils, dry embossing

Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1- because I didn’t fussy cut this one. HA!

 

 

SC314- Great Grad

Hilarious. I HATED this sketch when I pulled it up. I stared at it and frowned. In my mind, it was ANOTHER boring sketch. Shame on me. Shame.

I LOVE THIS CARD. Seriously love it. This card speaks to me. It says, “This is you. This is what you love to do.”

Okay, so that’s just personification. (See, I learned my English lessons well. I can even spell onomatopoeia and know what it means. WHEW!)

Anyway. Love it. I know that paper clip is supposed to have some cool beans thing glued in the circle there but I liked it plain. I started to change it and thought, “WHy? If it’s perfect the way it is, why ruin it following rules that aren’t rules and no one cares about but me?

So there you have it. Probably my favorite Grad card of all. Because I’m weird like that.

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo “Graduate”

Paper: PTI Smokey Shadow, SU Naturals, MME Yesteryear?

Ink: Unity Black Pallette

Accessories: SU Linen ribbon and a paper clip thingie

Techniques: Stamping. It’s a revolutionary idea in the cardmaking industry. Snort

Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1- couldn’t be easier.

SC313-

Well, I did NOT want to do this sketch. I kept fighting to find a way to make it less blah, and decided to embrace it. Embrace the simplicity… and add some omph with stitching.

I really wanted the stitching to be a bit wavy–as if done super fast or by someone not accustomed to sewing. I did okay. My favorite “deviation” from the straight and narrow is hidden by the flower panel.

Still, I like it. this stamp is so cool. It just makes me happy.

Stamps: SU Blooming with Kindness

Paper: SU Kraft, PTI white, MME dp and Fancy pants dp

Ink: Amuse coral and Unity umber

Accessories: Twine and sewing macine

Techniques: none

Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2… because I had to drag out the sewing machine.

SC312-Mixed Math

Why? Because the inside sentiment is “and the two became one.”

Hee hee.

Frankly, I did NOT want to do this sketch. There are about 4 in a row that utterly do not inspire me. I keep plugging on, but ugh. So, I went into my room and stared at the laptop screen. Then I screamed. Then I threw myself on the bed and kicked and wailed. Then I woke up from the nightmare.

But the sketch still stared back at me–taunting me. I could hear it in that nasty schoolyard sing-song… “You’ve gottta maaakeee meeeee. You’ve gotta maaaake meee…”

So, I decided I wanted something to punch… to smash. Find a way to beat this card into submission. What better way than punches and embossing folders rolled through tight rollers. MMMWWWAAHAHAHAHA.

And here it is. I actually like the thing. I tried doing silver rings. They looked dumb.

Oh, and someone asked how I get my vellum through embossing folders without destroying it. I do it on the base rather than tab 1 or whatever the tab is on the big shot. On this one, I forgot to rotate to get it nicely on the other side, so one side is slightly underembossed but it still looks fine.

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo “Wedding Day”

Paper: GinaK white

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: A paper studio quatrefoil, SU border, MS lace punch, sheer white ribbon

Techniques: dry and heat embossing

Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1- super duper easy