Happy 40th Birthday!

My cousin Cory is joining the 40 club this Saturday so I wanted to create a special birthday card for him. Of course, I had to use black and white for the card. I was inspired by a St. Patrick's Day project in the March issue of Stampin' Success to use the Mark the Date and Full Calendar stamp sets for the card. All images are copyrighted by Stampin' Up!

For the Birds Pins

For my last display item, I wanted to try something that I hadn't seen yet. I was inspired by the flower pins made using the Big Shot and fabric. I thought I could try to make a bird pin out of card stock since the punches don't cut through fabric like the Big Shot does. I wanted to give the card stock a little something extra so I used a couple coats of Crystal Effects to reinforce the card stock and give it that little something extra. Here's the result. All images are copyrighted by Stampin' Up!

For the Birds Scrapbook Page

I wanted to create a scrapbook page for the display as well. This past month Ginny made a birdhouse-shaped water gauge so I had the perfect picture for my scrapbook page! I tried to re-create the birdhouse on the page. I was kind of close, I think! (Smile!) All images are copyrighted by Stampin' Up!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Have extra hearts from Valentine's Day?? Use them to make a quick and easy St. Patrick's Day card. I used the heart punch and Old Olive card stock to create this cute card. The lucky stamp is from the Define Your Life stamp set. All images are copyrighted by Stampin' Up!

For the Birds On Board Bird Book, Part 2

Here's another On Board Bird Book bird decorated with Sweet Pea DSP. This time I used two different sheets of paper and added a wing and eye. I apologize for the blurred picture. 3D items don't scan very well on my scanner. All images are copyrighted by Stampin' Up!

For the Birds On Board Bird Book

As part of my display, I will also be making projects with the new On Board Bird Book. You can use the book as a scrapbook or you can customize individual birds for door hangers, name tags for dinner parties, etc. Here's one that I made with my daughter's name on it. I'm still using the Sweet Pea DSP and Sweet Pea stitched felt. All images are copyrighted by Stampin' Up!

For the Birds, Part 4

Here's another card using the extra large bird punch. I got my color inspiration still from the Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper. This time the colors are Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Chip. All images are copyrighted by Stampin' Up!

For the Birds, Part 3

Here's another sample made with the extra large bird punch. I know Valentine's Day is over, but love is always in style! I got my color palette from the Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper - Rose Red and Pretty in Pink. All images are copyrighted by Stampin' Up!

For the Birds, Part 2

Here's another bird card that I made for Janet's display. It still uses the Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper. The main color is Taken with Teal, which I haven't used in a long, long time so it was fun to break out a old/new color! All images are copyrighted by Stampin' Up!

Bird Punch Card

Here's my first card that I made with the XL Bird Punch. I'm not sure why it scanned so blurry. Sorry about that. It was really easy to create the bird with the punch. The wing is punched separately (but at the same time) so that you can use a dimensional to pop it up. All images are copyrighted by Stampin' Up!