Dogs and Trees Birthday Card

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Today's share is a Birthday card I made for my Father-In Law. It was sort of a joke, as he is not a fan of our Jasper (a barking Sheltie) and their squirrels can make him crazy. Ha!

 I stamped the party hat randomly around the card front  to create the pattern.

I cut Lawn Fawn's Tree Backdrop twice, then flipped the second one to have a reverse image, and adhered it under the first one.

I heard that the card made him laugh, so that made me happy.

I know these photos are water marked with my old blog (alteredscrapbooking) but I'm chosing not to re-do all the photos with Painted Mountain Cards watermark.

Supplies:
Brown card stock
Leafy Tree Backdrop die, Portrait - Lawn Fawn
Dog, Squirrel and word stamps - Lawn Fawn
Sheltie stamp and die - MFT Stamps
Hat stamp - Lawn Fawn
Glaze Pen
Stickles
Prismacolor pencils
Gamsol and blending stump
Beige card stock - Bazzill
Blue card stock - Stampin' Up
Black card stock
Tombow Markers
Card base and envelope - Michaels

Card size - 5 x 6-1/2"

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Make A Wish Birthday Card

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I had a piece of this floral patterned paper left on my stamping table, and a white piece that I can't remember what it was the centre of. I used the Make A Wish die and cut through the white scrap to make this little frame, backing it with red card stock.

A little flower and Glitter Dot were added to the word piece, then it was adhered to the card.

While I'm no longer a fan of the A2 size for cards, I do like using this scalloped card base! Takes a simple card to the next level and the layering piece is perfect.

I know these photos are water marked with my old blog (alteredscrapbooking) but I'm chosing not to re-do all the photos with Painted Mountain Cards watermark.

Supplies:
Scalloped card base die - Sizzix
White card stock
Floral card stock (leftover scrap) - Scrapbook Customs
Red card stock
White scrap frame shape
Fine point markers - Staedtler
Flower Pot Pop Stand (flower), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs

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C4C-367 Classic Rock Birthday Card

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It's Saturday so that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog. Our January 2017 Hostess is Caz Counsell, and this is our first C4C Challenge of 2017!!

Caz' challenge is a fun one - Today is OLD ROCK DAY - Create something to do with Rock. Could be a scene with mountains, Rock n Roll, Stone style Paper, A brick wall or a precious gem!

This is the card I made my husband for his December birthday. I thought he might be disappointed that it wasn't a pop-up card, but he actually really liked it! I paired kraft card stock with Els' Through The Lens patterned paper (Stone) for the challenge.

Hoping to get lots of use out of my older border dies this year, which is what inspired this card. That chevron border is perfect for a masculine card! I added some pieces snipped from a Chevron Background panel that was sitting on my stamping table. The one on the envelope was backed with a scrap of the same stone patterned paper.

When I was looking for a sentiment to stamp inside, this Classic Rock stamp worked well for the challenge and the patterned paper. He was busy downloading tunes when he opened his card, so it was even more perfect. :-)

Check out the C4C blog to see how the Crazies have been inspired by the challenge. We'd  love to see your take on it, so be sure to stop by the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and link up your creations. If you are uploading to an online gallery, please use the keyword C4C367.

Supplies:
Kraft card stock
Chevron border die- We R Memory Keepers
Patterned paper - Through the Lens - Stone, Elizabeth Craft Designs
Clear double sided adhesive, 1/8" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Chevron background die (portion) - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Lorna Label Pop-Up (label), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Inside stamp - Stampin' Up
Happy Birthday stamp - MFT Stamps

Card size - A2

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Felt Flower Flip-it Card

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Our friends in Arizona brought over some home-made chicken soup when I got home from the hospital (in November). It was so sweet of them! They also brought me a gorgeous bouquet of flowers.

I wanted to make them a Thank-You card and this is what I came up with. I'm sharing it here today for my blog's  Flip-It Friday.

The felt flower sticker I had in my stash, and I got to break out the Swirly Scribbles dies as well. I LOVE that set ... I waited a long time to order it and now it sits out on my stamping table all the time.

I had a scrap of green polkadot paper sitting on my stamping table so used it to die cut a couple of leaves that coordinated with the ones on the sticker.

I wrote my message on the reverse side, on the off white label. The card was packaged in a clear envelope, as I was hand delivering it when I returned the soup container to them.

I know these photos are water marked with my old blog (alteredscrapbooking) but I'm chosing not to re-do all the photos with Painted Mountain Cards watermark.

On a personal note, my friend had made the soup in her new electric Pressure Cooker. In minutes. I was intrigued. I know two other friends that have one and they swear by theirs. I decided to invest in one and we brought it home from Arizona with us. OMGoodness - life changing. Seriously. I love that thing. Last week hubby came down with a cold and I started chopping veggies. I had fresh, hot home-made chicken soup ready to serve in 10 minutes! And it tasted like it simmered all day. Hooked, I tell you.

Supplies:
Kraft card stock
Cream card stock
Scribble dies - Stampin' Up
Felt Stickers - American Crafts
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Blueprints dies #28 (stitched banners) - MFT Stamps
Flip-It's card base - Stampin' Up

Card size - A2

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Sending Hedge-hugs, a Pop-Up Card

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I made this card back in November when I was in a total mojo slump. Nothing appealed to me to make, I was struggling to come up with some Christmas card ideas. On a whim, I grabbed this happy cloud paper and all of a sudden this card idea came to me! Apparently the drab holiday paper stack I was trying to use up was not helping my mojo.

Gack - I love these hedgehogs. They were a bit of an impulse buy but I've used them a fair bit and I'm still crazy about them. I've been fussy cutting but I think I may splurge on the dies this Spring, since I know they will get well used.

Inside is a Pop-Up using the Lucy Label Pop-Up by Karen Burniston.  I added the Lawn Fawn Tree border to the upper background ... another fun set I got last Fall and have been enjoying.

Yup - seriously loving these little hedgehogs.

Note, you can find my cards from July 2011 - December 2016 on Alteredscrapbooking.blogspot.ca   I had a bunch of cards made ahead, which are already water marked with alteredscrapbooking and I'm choosing not to re-do all those photos with the Painted Mountain Cards watermark.

Supplies:

Tree border - Lawn Fawn

White card stock

Polka Dot patterned paper - Lawn Fawn

Lucy Label Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Grass die - MFT Stamps

Hedgehog stamps - MFT Stamps

Stitched circle die - MFT Stamps

All Seasons Tree (Clouds die), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Black Glaze Pen

Cloud patterned paper - Doodlebug

Card size - 5-1/2 x 5"

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Sunshine Love Notes for Mom's Stocking

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Today's share is a set of quick and easy Love Notes that I put in my Mom's Christmas stocking. 

These were so much fun to make - I used cheerful patterned paper, and trimmed journal cards from the same paper stack. There were also some stickers in the pack that I added and some hand lettering. The notes are blank inside, so she can write her Great Grand kids a note. They LOVE getting happy mail!

Note, you can find my cards from July 2011 - December 2016 on Alteredscrapbooking.blogspot.ca   I had a bunch of cards made ahead, which are already water marked with alteredscrapbooking and I'm choosing not to re-do all the photos. 

Supplies:

White card stock

Patterned paper and embellishments/stickers - Echo Park

Fine point markers

Card sizes - all, Standard A2

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Black and White Gift Card Holder Duo

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I have a couple of Gift Card Holders to share today, made using the Ornate Trifold BigZ Sizzix die. I don't really make New Years Resolutions, but this year I want to use and enjoy some of my older stamps and dies. No point in them sitting and gathering dust while I continue to buy new things. Ha - I'm NOT saying I won't be purchasing anything new, just that I will use older items along with the new. And maybe put a bit more thought into new purchases, in case I already have something similar.

I die cut extra flaps to add a pocket inside to hold the Gift Card and to decorate the front flap.

The paper flowers I've had for awhile - they were in the $1.50 bin at Michaels and I thought they would come in handy.  These Gift Card Holders will be packaged in a clear envelope, and they are the perfect size to tuck in with a card.

I like to keep Gift Card Holders on hand - sometimes you need one fairly quickly.

Note, you can find my cards from July 2011 - December 2016 on Alteredscrapbooking.blogspot.ca   I had a bunch of cards made ahead, which are already water marked with alteredscrapbooking and I'm choosing not to re-do all those photos. 

Supplies:
Patterned paper - Imaginisce
Base - Ornate Trifold - Sizzix
Flower embellishments - Michaels
Punch - Stampin' Up
Corner Rounder - Creative Memories
White card stock

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Standing Bear Rectangle Pull Card

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It's Masculine Card Monday here on my blog. Today's share uses a newer stamp/die set with an older tree die combined on the Rectangle Pull Card by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs. With Pop it Ups dies, you get to choose the size of your card and this one is a full 5 x 7".

I added a little hand lettering inside the postage frame.

Finally, here is a look at the inside.

Note, you can find my cards from July 2011 - December 2016 on Alteredscrapbooking.blogspot.ca   I had a bunch of cards made ahead, which are already water marked with alteredscrapbooking and I'm choosing not to re-do all the photos. 

Supplies:
Rectangle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Bear stamps and die - Local King Rubber Stamps
White card stock
Patterned paper - DCWV
Chalks
Gold Pan Pastels
Hairspray
Pine Tree - Tim Holtz
Sharpie
Copics
Fitted Frames Stitched Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Words inside - Papertrey Ink

Card size - 5 x 7"

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Hanukkah Wine Bottle Hangers

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Welcome to a brand new year, and my first paper craft share on my new Blog! Remember you can still see five years worth of cards (well over 1000!!) etc on Altered Scrapbooking,

I have three different Hanukkah Wine Bottle Hangers to share today, which I put in our daughter's Christmas stocking. Ironic I know. Ha!

The metallic doesn't show up well in the photo - the navy card stock has silver foiled snowflakes - it's so pretty!

This last hanger is mostly white, but I embossed the hanger base with the Sea Glass embossing folder for some nice texture, then adhered the die cut and stamped stitched labels.

I'm hoping that these made a nice addition to their Hanukkah festivities with friends.

Supplies:
Wine Bottle Hanger die - Papertrey Ink
Patterned paper - Echo Park
Stitched Circle - MFT Stamps
Small Menorah - Lawn Fawn
Large Menorah - Paper Smooches
Stickles
Wink of Stella
White Bazzill card stock
White 110# card stock
Water brush
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Bright Hanukkah stamp - MFT Stamps
Sea Glass Embossing Folder, E-125 - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Stitched label - Paper Smooches

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Moving here in 2017

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Starting in the new year, I have decided to start sharing my cards and paper crafts here on this blog instead of alteredscrapbooking.blogspot.ca    It's kind of a big step - I've been posting on the other blog since July 2011! I'll leave that blog up as I still get a lot of hits from Pinterest, but this will become my main blog come 2017.

Cheers!