Another Aloha

Last July I made a card for a friend who has a particular attachment to Hawaii, so when I needed to quickly come up with a birthday card for another friend who loves Hawaii, I decided to copy my original design and just tweak the colors.

My original card used summery colors for the flowers, but this time I decided to use something that looked a bit more like spring (even though we're in winter :)).

Except for the paper colors, all supplies used are the same as the card I made in July 2012.  It's amazing how much more quickly I can make a card when I've already got the basic design laid out.

Holy $#@%!

My next door neighbor is having a BIG birthday today, so I wanted to make something fun to mark the occasion.  About six weeks ago, I was in the drugstore and saw this really funny card and immediately thought of my neighbor since I knew this big birthday was on the horizon.  I went ahead and bought it and then deconstructed it into a creation of my own.

I started by cutting out the image of the woman and the sentiment.  I then put a layer of embossed dots behind the image to add some texture (and interest).

On the inside, I used my Papertrey Inc. pop-up die, and an edge punch from Martha Stewart.  The sentiment, which was from the original interior of the card, was punched out with My Creative Time's "Curly Label" and "Stitched Curly Label."  I hadn't used the pop-up on it's side before, but I think it turned out well.

February already!

OK, this year is flying by already!  It occurred to me that my niece's younger son's birthday is barreling down on me, so I tweaked a design I had used previously (in November 2012).

This time, I embossed some cardstock to add some interest to the background.  The embossing folder is QuicKutz "Twirl."  The sentiment is an (ancient) Annette Watkins stamp.  The remaining papers were die cut with Spellbinders.

On the inside, I used the Sizzix Pop 'n Cut "Scallop Circle 3D Pop Up."  The sweet doggie is from PaperTrey's "Tremendous Treats: Valentine" set.  The paper is both sides of a paper from a Martha Stewart collection.