Ice Cream Key Chains

Here is another project that I saw over at - Silhouette 101 - that I wanted to make for Jennifer to put on her backpack and belongings.  She loves ice cream and so does my friend Denise - Doggone Stamping with D - who has Silhouette!!  She was nice enough to cut these out for me and send them along.  I love how they turned out.

Here is a picture of all three.  All I had to do was put them together.  She recommended using my Xyron which worked great along with Gorilla Glue Gel for the loops so they would hold better.

Here are two of  the ice cream cone with lots of dazzle.

And then the ice cream sundae.

I'm anxious to see which one she likes the best.  She and her Mom are coming up soon to visit, so I had to finish these up last night.  If you have the Silhouette these are adorable!

I entered this post at CardzTV Challege #97 - Anything Goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

1st Day of School Card

What a beautiful weekend!  First time we have had our air off all summer!!  It has been a hectic weekend.  Half of the family spent it at Cape May.  Rachel went down with Jeannie and Jennifer and are on their way home.  Jennifer was so excited about seeing a pink house!  Sounds like they had a great time!

I wanted to get a school card made for Jennifer, so I finally made some time to get into the craft room.  New Jersey starts school next Tuesday after Labor Day, but Penna. starts tomorrow.  It's hard to believe that she is starting 1st Grade.  I found some school DSP and put together her card.  The base card is Very Vanilla and I cut and adhered the DSP paper in triangles.  When cleaning out my stash I came across so many stickers, so I decorated the card with them and used a mini action wobble on the apple.

For the inside, I just used some more stickers.  She loves stickers!  Very quick and easy card, but I think she will like it.

I am working on another project for her that I want to give her before she goes to school, so I had better get my act together.  Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Nurse Purses

I hope everyone had a great weekend!  We have had a lot of crazy weather around here lately.  Lots of rain, wind and thunderstorms!  My daughter had a huge tree hit by lightning yesterday in her backyard!  Jennifer and her were actually looking out the back door when it struck.  The lightning put a nice slice in the tree and knocked out their air-conditioning.  Always something, but at least it didn't fall on the house. 

Today's post is all about these cute purses that I have made many times.  I had someone contact me and ask if I would make 15 of them.  It was an old bigz die that I used from SU.  I had made these into -Nurse Purses - back in 2013 for my daughter to take to work for her fellow workers for Valentine Day.

I decided to use SU's Whisper White Thick CS to make theses this time for more stability, as we didn't have that CS at that time.  

I die cut them out and put them together with the little cross from the Itty Bitty punch mounted on Whisper  White CS punched out with a 3/4" circle punch.

She asked for a cute sentiment that read Caring Hearts, Caring Hands.  I used Real Red CS for this sentiment and used my red/white twine to make a bow to adhere to the handle.

Here they are all ready to by mailed. 

I love these little purses.  I have made so many of them for the girls in DSP for their friends and teachers.  I was so pleased that someone admired my work and asked me to make these for her.  I have made cards for people in the past but not crafts.  I hope she likes them.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Stitched Rainbow Cards

I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weekend!  We went to a Peach festival last night and had a nice time.  Peach festivals always remind me that summer is coming to an end and school is around the corner!  I'm not happy about that.  I'm not looking forward to the colder weather.  I so enjoyed making these cards.  In my younger years, I used to do a lot of embroidery.  Jennifer McGuire has many videos about stitching on cards, and I was instantly attracted.  Here is my first attempt.

I used Sweet Sugarplum CS from SU for my base card.  For my layer, I used thick Very Vanilla CS and the die from The Stamp Market - Dotted Rainbow to make my rainbow.  The stitch I used on this card is called the stem stitch.  I had a lot of embroidery thread and used DMC Pearl Cotton #5 and DMC Six Ply Embroidery Thread.  They have a DMC Pearl Cotton #3 which is the heaviest thread but I didn't have any of that.  I think the #5 did just fine for this die.  I didn't have blue or green in #5 so I used the DMC Six Ply Embroidery thread and I think it worked just as good.  Since I have a lot of that, I will probably use it in future stitching cards.  Youtube has a lot of videos on the different stitch patterns you can sew and Jennifer shows some as well.  They are very easy to do.  I'm going to send Jennifer this card, and I'm sure she will want to try it out.  I used the die from Lawn Fawn - Stitched Double Rectangles for the edges of my layer. 

For my greeting, I used the Dandelion Wishes stamp set from SU.  I used my stamparatus in case I had to stamp it more than once.  I think in the future, I will stamp my greetings first and then do the embroidery just in case I have a problem stamping.  LOL!  I put a few gems on it just to dress it up a bit.  For my ink, I used Gina K's amalgam black ink.

For my inside sentiment, I used  SU's stamp set Sunshine and Rainbows and stamped the sun in Daffodil Delight and cut it out with the matching die.  I really enjoyed making this type of card and have order some more stitching dies.

I entered this card at CardzTV Challenge #96 - Anything Goes. Love to Craft Challenge #37 - Anything Goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Pop-Up Shadow Box Card

The family celebrated Joe's birthday over the weekend even though it is Tuesday.  I can't believe that I got everyone together again at the same time!  Here is Joe with all his girls!

Some background for this card is that for Christmas Rachel and Sarah gave him a fancy goldfish!  We always had an aquarium but when we moved from NJ to PA in 2004 we dismantled it.  The kids also had some fish off and on when they were younger and shared his love of this hobby.  He had the goldfish for about one month and came home from doing errands with another large fancy fish.  His logic was that he felt the first one needed some company.  Of course, he also bought home a larger bowl for the two of them.  A month later, I found him unpacking and setting up the 10 gallon aquarium that he had unpacked.  To make this story short, we now have 3 other types of fish as well and 2 snails!  The two large fancy goldfish are called Bubbles and Goldie!

I saw this card made by Jennifer McGuire and instantly knew I would make this card for Joe for his birthday.   It reminded me of how this adventure started.

I used Mint Macaron CS from the Share What You Love CS Bundle for my base card cut at  4 1/4" x 5 1/2" times two.  They were both scored at 1/2" and 3/4" and folded back.  My light color was Pool Party CS cut at 3 3/4" x 5 1/2" and then embossed with Hero Arts D 1628 Fancy Die.  I think the little fishes are so cute!!  I used Whisper White CS for the inside cut just a little smaller.  My stamps and dies are also from Hero Arts DC262.  Here is Jennifer McGuire's - video - on how to make these Pop-Up Shadow Box Cards.

The best part of these cards is that the fish are suspended with a strip of acetate and will move back and forth when you push the sides in and out!  I also like the fishes greeting!  The nice thing is this card will fit into a regular envelope.  I have made him a lot of cards over the years, but he says this is his favorite so far and has it propped up next to the aquarium!!  If he's happy, then I'm happy!!   I hope everyone has a great weekend!

I entered this post at CardzTV Challenge #95 - Anything Goes.


Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy