I made this beautiful banner for my sister in law, Kris. I haven’t spoken with her in ages. I really love my husband’s sisters, I feel as they are my sisters as well.
I have been on a mission to provide each of them with at least one home-made treat. When I finished Deb’s banner I officially had the “banner bug”. So I decided to make Kris one as well.
I will be working on the one for Laurie in the next few days. I used paper from my hoarding vault. The chipboard is light weight and I had been gifted a case of it (450 sheets) from my dear Deb. That *might* last me a while….
I have a die order that is supposed to be here on Thursday. I have ordered the licence plate die along with a couple of others but am desperate for a new acrylic cutting mat. Mine is so chewed up, I am waiting for it to break.
This project is not a hard one to make. The letters are cut from my sizzix retired fun serif set. The butterflies are stamped onto shrinky dink plastic colored with various copic markers and then cut out and shrank down. I purposely put the “I” a bit backwards to add some whimsy.
The ribbon and other supplies are also from my supplies. I hope you will give this a try and show me your creations.
How beautiful is this stamp? She is Maria Divine and she is a stamp from Queen Kat. The image is drawn by the wonderful artist Nora Basset. I just love the lines and value of this stamp. It was extremely easy to color, but believe it or not it took 14 copic markers to get teh job done.
I wanted to respect the native american feel of this stamp and put the card together with rich earth tones. It is a very simple layout. The sentiment is one from hero arts that is stamped with versa mark ink and embossed using sterling silver embossing powder.
I hope you will check out the wonderful Queen Kat site and have fun shopping! Stamp Happy be a blessing!
This was not a difficult banner to make, as I already know the recipient’s favorite colors. I went with my big shot pro die for the rosettes. So fun. It took about 2 hours to complete, most of that was drying time. I hope you will give this type of project a try, They are so fun to do.
It is just the most beautiful day here in southern Maryland!
My precious husband, Mike is fixing me a wonderful lunch. I had requested instead of going out that he and Chad make me some garlic Shrimp with alfredo sauce. Yumm. Mike has already prepared the shrimp and garlic and it is marinating. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it.
I love the current design team call sketch for My Favortie thing stamps. The lay out is simple but the clean lines and all of the wonderful layers make the card fun and easy to put together.
I paper pieced her little dress and used the new dienamic die of the paper dolls holding hands. It is just adorable. I will be submitting this card for possible publication.
This group is for individuals who would like to swap die cuts in a round robin fashion. These swaps generally move slowly as many people handle the package. Once all slots are filled (From 6 to 8 people) The moderator will put the names in a hat and choose the person who will start off the swap. All names and address’ are kept by the moderator and will only be released to the next person in line.I do not keep address’ from one group to another. This is done mainly to protect identity and privacy.
This swap is designed for individuals who own a steel rule die cutting system, such as Wizzard, Accucut,Big shot, etc., Cricut and electronic cutters swap in the Criketeers. Acceptable materials to cut from: Chipboard (clean) Manila Card stock Metal- (not sharp) canvas Size of die cut What the “Starter” will be cutting initially. Large 6″ or larger Cut six sets of three different dies Medium 3 to 5 ” Cut eight sets of three different dies Small <3″ Cut twelve sets of three different dies ** NO light weight pattern paper please Take out as many or as few items as you would like. Keep the package for a week or so so you get all out that you would like to have. Once you have pulled out what you want, replace it with the same or similar size die cuts, the same number for each that you removed. These replacement die cuts should go into the package inside a zip type baggie with your name on it, the name of the die and the size. When preparing die cuts, please keep pets and cigarette smoke away from these items. We all love our pets and some of us enjoy cigarettes, however the person(s) who receive the swap may not feel the same way. For example I am so highly allergic to cats that her eyes swell shut and she has trouble breathing. Many people find cigarette smoke smell to be offensive.
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