Dizzy Rollercoaster

 

My Nephew-in-law loves rollercoasters, so I try an incorporate something with rollercoasters for him on his birthday card. I found this Dizzy Rollercoaster image online (free clip art). 

I used My Memories Suite digital software to create this card. It's all digital...except for the twine and card base.

The Font is Bernard Condensed.

The stripes are achieved with a background of blue and a Stamp Brush Set of 'Solid Stripes in yellow.

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My Memories Suite digital software

Embellishments - Dizzy Rollercoaster (free online clip art)

Font - Bernard Condensed (black)

Punch - Square (filled w/blue)

Stamp Brush Set - Solid Stripes (yellow - SU)

Paper - Basic White, Basic Black, Pacific Point

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Black Twine

Nuts About You!

Wow! Creating this card was way more difficult than I thought it would be.  I saw Maggie Mata's card on Pinterest, and I thought... that looks so cute-- I'd try my hand at it.

Here's her card:

Now her's still looks so much better than mine with all the sponging around the "nuts". Thanks so much Maggie for your inspiration.

The reason mine took so long and was so difficult for me was because I don't own a circle punch that was the right size for the inside.  I had a 'die-cut' that was the correct circle size, but couldn't use it since other "dies" were too close to it (it would cut into the hexagon punch).  So, I'd like to show you the struggles I took with my other two versions here:

 

Ugh, I cringe when I see these, but they are my first attempts, and wanted to share with you my struggles.  With the one on the left, I used the Flower Frenzy BigzL Die for the small circle inside the hexagon.  It was the correct size, but it didn't give me the feel that their was actually a hole in the "nut". So, back to the drawing board... with the one on the right, I used the circle cutting system (from Creative Memories) to cut out the hole.  Now, it does not show the looks of a "nut", but I have never seen a skinny nut like that.

I was gonna just stop there, then decided to try again... this time just using my digital software.  I feel it doesn't really work too well.  Maggie's is so much better! But I did try!  I hope my hubby loves it!

Thanks for letting me show you my struggling process! LOL!

Supplies Used:

Font - Cuckoo and CK Cutie (Real Red)

Paper - Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories - Hexagon Punch, Flower Frenzy BigZL Die, Circle Cutting System (CM), Solid Stripes TIEF, Big Shot, dimensionals

Seneca Park Zoo

Well.... guess what?  I was wrong... I haven't finished our 2014 photo book yet! I found a few trips that Mike went on without me last year.  So, I will be working on those to get this photo book finished!

In April 2014, Mike went to Rochester, NY for work.  He must have been there for 2 weeks, since he was able to go to the zoo there during the day.  I totally missed out, as there were raccoons at this zoo! How cool is that! (For anyone who doesn't know... I love raccoons!!!!)

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Supplies Used:

Background - Night of Navy Textured Cardstock

Embellishments - Walk in the Park II (leaf recolored outline Night of Navy); Dahlias (Night of Navy); Sunshine and Sprinkles (sun); Knots and Ties Trim (Daffodil Delight)

Stamp Brush Set - Solid Stripes (Whisper White)

Punch - Square (filled w/Daffodil Delight)

Font - Elephant (Whisper White) and Cuckoo (Daffodil Delight)

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Birthday Peace

Trying to work on masculine cards again.... oh why are they so hard to create?  I'm not sure I'm in love with this card, but I do like it!  Maybe it's needs something more...hmmm...

Well what do you think?

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Remembering Your Birthday, Peaceful Petals
Paper - Marina Mist, Early Espresso, Naturals White
Ink - Early Espresso
Accessories - scissors, Taffeta Ribbon (Early Espresso), Big Shot, Solid Stripes TIEF, stamp-a-ma-jig

Perfectly Masculine - SCCSC164

The sketch from Stampin Connection (SCCSC164) looked very masculine to me, so I created a card using boy colors - brown, blue and green!

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Supplies:

Stamp Set - Perfectly Penned

Paper - Naturals White, Wild Wasabi, Pool Party, Chocolate Chip

Ink - Chocolate Chip

Accessories - Brads (Silver), Big Shot, Solid Stripes TIEF, Square Lattice TIEF, Apothecary Accents Framelits

Cougar Mt Zoo

I had fun with these pages.  I wanted to use the hexagon punch for my photos, but then I just had to create a nice border with the punches too (I added a square punch on top to cover the spaces in between). =)

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Background Paper - Stacks a Million DSP #9

Embellishments - Walk in the Park II (leaf), Grosgrain Ribbon (Basic Gray), Zigzag Stitch (Whisper White)

Stamp Brush Sets - Solid Stripes (Whisper White at 40% opacity)

Punches - Hexagon (filled w/photos and Daffodil Delight), Square (filled w/Daffodil Delight), Piece of Cake - Burst (filled w/Daffodil Delight), Circle (filled w/Whisper White)

Font - Beach (Basic Gray)

Great Sport Hybrid - SSSC179

I created this card from the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge (SSSC179).  You may view their blog here: Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge

I created the baseball portion in MDS, then printed it on Whisper White cardstock.  I have to say using the Freeform Paint Brush tool on the strings of the baseball was very time-consuming.... I should have just colored them in with a marker after I printed it. LOL!

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Stamp Brush Set - Great Sport (MDS)
Stamp set - Pretty Petites
Paper - Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black
Ink - Cherry Cobbler, (in MDS I used: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse and Basic Black)
Accessories - Solid Strips TIEF, Bitty Banners Framelits, Big Shot, Petite Punch, hole punch, Baker's Twine (Cherry Cobbler), Taffeta Ribbon (Basic Black)

Oh Whale Thanks!

I created this for the My Digital Studio Challenge "Spring Colors".  I used the new "Sunshine and Sprinkles Digital Ensemble" from the Spring 2013 Catalog.

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Stamp Brush Sets - Oh Whale (whale - Basic Gray, wave - Marina Mist, words - Melon Mambo, heart - Melon Mambo), Solid Stripes (Pink Pirouette)

Background Paper - Sunshine and Sprinkles #22

Embellishments - Brad (Marina Mist), Sunshine and Sprinkles (spray and sprinkles), Taffeta Trimmings (Daffodil Delight)

Punches - Scallop Circle (filled w/Sunshine and Sprinkles #21), Circle (filled w/Sunshine and Sprinkles #2 and Whisper White), Square (filled w/Melon Mambo)

2013 Journal Cover

I created this for the My Digital Studio Challenge - Creative Journal.
I like the simplicity in the design and love these colors together.

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Background Paper- Primrose Petals
Stamp Brush Sets - Natural Composition Overlays (Pretty in Pink), Solid Stripes (River Rock), Bright Reviews (year - Old Olive and Whisper White)
Embellishments - Taffeta Trimmings (Pretty in Pink - cropped)
Punch - Square (filled w/Old Olive), Dotted Scallop (filled w/Whisper White)
Font - Kiev (Whisper White)

Weathered Elegance - PCCCS008

I created this card in My Digital Studio for the Paper Craft Crew Card Challenge (PCCCS008). Here is their blog....along with all of the projects created with the challenge: PCCCS008

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Stamp Brush Sets - Elementary Elegance (words - More Mustard and Chocolate Chip), Solid Stripes (Chocolate Chip), Bunch of Backgrounds (weathered - Chocolate Chip)
Punch - Square (Early Espresso cardstock), Labels Collection Framelits (Cajun Craze w/Chocolate Chip mat)
Embellishments - Knots and Ties Trim (Wild Wasabi re-colored Old Olive)