Shark Week!

In observance of one of my favorite summertime events - Shark Week! - I put together this cute pop-up box card to celebrate.  I am not certain how long Shark Week has been around but I was first introduced to it while vacationing with my sister and her family at the OBX in 2008.  One evening, after a glorious day of sun, sand and surf at the beach, we settled in for a little movie time.  When we switched on the TV, up popped the Discovery Channel's "SHARK WEEK!" ...and from that moment forward, a Shark Week fan was born :) Sharks are frightening and fascinating to this open-water phobe.   So watching hours of sharks sharks sharks - and sharks is the perfect way to reinforce all my irrational fears ;)  Thanks, Jaws - LOL! 

Here is the outside of the card:

when it pops open, here's what you see:

I used the Lawn Fawn Scallop Box Card Pop Up dies to create the card and then embellished it with Avery Elle Hello Chum, Lawn Fawn Duh Nuh (I love it just for the name - LOL!),  Neat and Tangled, and Hero Arts stamps.  The following elements came from Etsy shops:  sunny background paper digi paper from  Scrapbook Gems , the buoy and SHARK sentiment from  Emily Peterson Studio and the cute seagull digi is from Pattiescreations. The printed paper

I added dimension to the waves in the background as well as the splashes beneath the shark with Marvy Uchida snow pen.

Here's a look from the side.

Have a great week!

Is it Easter yeti?

Hello All!

Isn't this the cutest un-abominable snowman you've ever seen!!  He's from the BB Beast Friends stamp set from My Favorite Things.  I colored him with copics and the egg he's holding is from the Mama Elephant Just Hatched stamp set (another favorite!).  The card was cut using a Sizzix flip card die.  The card stock is lemon tart from Papertrey Ink and the pattern paper from DCWV.

This is just a funny little card I made for my sister who is supposed to visit for Easter.  I'm ready for her to be here and thought this was a funny way to tell her!  I figured she would get a kick out of this furry little guy holding an Easter egg.  Once you flip open the card, you find the egg has hatched!

and the broken egg has fallen to the ground:

I'm looking so forward to the weekend!  I have been working an alternate work schedule which means I put in extra hours each week but then I get to have a day off every two weeks and today is my day off - woo hoo!  I'm already dreaming about what stamps I'm going to be coloring up!

Have a great weekend!



One Wicked Surprise!

Hello All!  Although it's been quiet on my blog, I sure have been busy!  Dan and I got a thrift trip in this past weekend and we found a Bergere chair.  It will need plenty of love and by that I mean lots of work and I am very excited about the challenge.  There's a lot of tension at work with the sequestration looming so I am grateful for the distraction of a new project (not to mention an awesome old chair!).

I will keep you posted on the progress...

OK, onto the invitations!  I was commissioned to make Wicked the Musical themed invitations for a surprise sweet sixteen birthday party and I had a ball with this project!

I used a free clip art image of the logo, printed two copies for each card,  and cut and layered it with foam squares:

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Each logo was framed with a "bubble frame" cut using my Cricut and the Elegant Edges cartridge.  I used DCWV glitter paper and purple foil:

I hate the pictures are so crappy!  I usually use my sun room for a light box but since it's been gray and rainy, I used my actual light box and it's pretty lame!

The cards are pre-cut Bazzill cardstock A7

What a great theme for a party!

Happy Friday everyone.  I hope you have a fabulous weekend :)

For My Dad

This is for my Dad. I couldn't find a more appropriate sentiment for him; he is absolutely my hero. The image is a digital image from Squigglefly.com so I printed it on a few different types of paper - velvet (for the couch), adhesive cotton (for the little girl's tights), printed paper (for the girl's dress), and Beckett cardstock to color the faces and hair with Copics and Prismacolor pencils. The sentiment is a $1 stamp from AC Moore (stamped with Inkadinkdoo ink!). The background printed paper is DCWV neutrals and all is on Bazzill cardstock (french vanilla).

I love you Dad; you are the best.