Giraffe Trio Four Ways

I had seen the Giraffe Trio die by Poppy Stamps a while ago, out in blogland and fell in love!!  My mom LOVES giraffes...she has an EXTENSIVE collection...no...MASSIVE:):)...and when I saw these dies...well I had some ideas...(please excuse the off-white color of my cards...when I updated my photo editing app, the white balance went whacky, but I tried my manual best!!)

The first one, I used all three of the dies, layered underneath the top die cut, and used a piece of patterned paper that I made with my printer, at the bottom of the layered die cuts.  These dies come all attached and I thought I could use them as they were, but below shows you why I opted not to...

The pic on the right is the original with all the dies still attached and die cut.  Because I wanted to layer from below, the dies had to be die cut the exact same way each time,  and to perfectly position them...hey, and  just to get them to stay put while die cutting, I taped them together with washi tape.  The die cut image on the left is with the taped giraffes.  Below you will see the patterned paper...I purchased a set of digital animal prints for printing on Etsy, the link HERE and used a piece of thinner cardstock to print the giraffe print...

Here's a close up of the layers and print...

The second one I used the leftovers from the first and finished the top layer instead of the bottom, with the patterned paper.  I added a Papertrey Ink sentiment...

Here's a close up...

The third one, I thought of Mother's Day, and took the "dad" away (this one will be for my mom!)...

I used a piece of woodgrain paper behind the giraffes that I sponged with distress inks, a Papertrey Ink sentiment stamp, and added some twine...

The fourth one, my sister's idea, I took the "baby" out, and made an anniversary card...my parents will be celebrating 61 years in June:)!!...

Added the layered giraffes with a glossy accented stack of hearts between them on an extended stitched panel,  to a stenciled heart background that I sponged with versa mark and clear embossed.  Here's a close up...

some twine, and a My Favorite Things sentiment on the inside...

Simple cards for different occasions with three little giraffes:)!!  So much fun!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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One of a Kind

One more card for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch!...I was just having so much fun!!  Another snowflake, but done a little differently.  Here's my card and the sketch...

 I DID layer the snowflake:)...the red and green patterned paper is from Doodlebug, the sentiment from Lil' Inker Designs.  I thought this sentiment was cool...could be ANYTHING inside the card...Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas, Thanks, I love you, Amazing you...you name it...not only the sketch, but this card holds endless possibilities!! Special occasions never stop!!   Here's a close up...

If you haven't already, hope you'll check out the challenge, it is SO MUCH FUN!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Winter Greetings

I am loving this red striped paper that I purchased at AC Moore...have been using it on SO MANY of my Christmas cards...it is heavy and wonderfully colored.  I paired it with a  Poppy die, Snowflake Ribbon and made a winter card...

 I layered the Snowflake Ribbon with 2 layers of cardstock, and added a piece of die cut silver in the middle of the two white strips as well as a white heart to the center of the snowflake.  The sentiment is from Lil Inker Designs.  Here's a close up...

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Happy Birthday, Nic!

My amazing son-in-law, Nic is having a birthday in April.  I try to make him a special birthday card every year...the last couple years it has been guitar related...he is a talented musician.  He is also a gifted craftsman/carpenter/woodworker!  Hannah, my daughter and Nic's wife, suggested I make his card with tools, this year.  Nic really wanted tickets to see Jerry Seinfeld for his birthday, only thing, the performance is 2 weeks before his birthday.  I got the tickets, surprising Nic along with a tool belt card to hold the tickets in last week...a very early birthday card and present...

 This is the front of the card

I used a 12" piece of paper, scored at every 4" to make a 3 panel card.  I die cut stitched rectangles in 3 sizes, stamped with canvas stamp, folded and rounded the corners.  I die cut the belt from the smallest MFT horizontal stitched strip, which I die cut in the extended mode.  The tools are all MFT(layered and made with wood veneer, silver and black papers), the ruler is a Hero Arts stamp(folded like a tape measure)...

Here's a close up of the two back panels...

Interesting note**  I wasn't able to make a 12 " belt, as the only paper I had and liked for a belt was

 8 1/2 x 11, so I made the belt 2 pieces, connecting them underneath one of the pocket's straps:):)

There ARE a lot of supplies, I had to pool from a bunch of stamps and dies, but was so easy to make!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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