Center Step Happy Birthday Erin Card!

So my BFF, Erin, is turning 39 this coming Monday, May 27th and I of course had to create a special card for her.  Her husband, Kevin, is throwing her a Memorial day birthday BBQ tomorrow, which is Sunday.  Jimmy and I will definitely be making an appearance there after my parent's BBQ, so we will be having lots of yummies tomorrow!

When I was planning on the type of card I wanted to make for her, I knew I wanted to use a green color, since she loves that color but I knew that I didn't want to use Emerald green because I honestly don't have anything that color, not even cardstock.  The color I ended up chooing was a teal tone and purple because I thought that they would look great, and as luck would have it, I found this really pretty pattern paper in my stash that would look great with the cardstock that I chose. 

Now once I decided on the colors, I needed to decide what type of card I would create.  That is where my monthly techniques class taught by my Stampin' Up demonstrator, Sandy Mathis, came in.  Earlier this month, Sandy had a fancy folds techniques class where she taught us 3 different card folds a little fancier than the average folded card.  One of these folds was the Center Step.  She used the steps shown in the tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers for this fold.  We created a Mother's day card in my class using the center step that my mother found absolutely beautiful when I gave it to her this past Mother's Day. 

I knew that this card fold was the one that I had to use for Erin's card.  The only problem that I had was that the original tutorial creates a 5" x 5 1/2" card and I don't have any envelopes to fit that size card.  I know I could make my own but i'm horrible at create your own envelopes and I haven't got my hands on that new WeR Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board yet, so I decided that I would tweak the measurements to create a center step that would fit a standard A2 size envelope. 

This is what I came up with:

I think the results are wonderful and I will definitely use this size again so I don't have to use a special envelope.  If you are interested in the measurements, here they are:

Card base: 
- Cut cardstock to 4.25" x 11"
- Place cardstock in your trimmer along the 11" side and come in .75" and cut from 1" to 6.5" on both sides.  This is the only cutting you have to do to the base.
- Score at 1", 2", and 6.5" on the outside edge to the cut line on both sides.
- Score at 5.5" on the inside of the cut lines.
- Fold as shown in picture.
Cardstock Mats:
- Cut coordinating cardstock down to the following mat sizes:
   2 5/8" x 4 3/8"
   5/8" x 4 3/8" twice
   7/8" x 4 1/8"
Layer:
- Cut coordinating patterned paper to the following sizes:
   2.5" x 4.25"
   .50" x 4.25" twice
   .75" x 4"

Supplies:
Cardstock:  Recollections Sugar Candy (Teal) and Cool Water (Purple)
Pattern Paper: Nicole Twilight Florals paper pack
Stamps:  Alpha4Fayleen (The Stamps of Life) and Anna Griffin Sentiment Stamps
Ink:  Momento Tuxedo Black
Ribbon:  3/8" White Satin Ribbon from Papermart
Die:  Cottage Cutz Flower, Layered (4x4)
Punch:  Martha Stewart Deep Edge Doily Lace punch
Bling:  Doodlebug jewels in Lilac
            Royal Jewels in lavender from The Scrapbooking Queen
Adhesive:  ATG tape, Zig 2 way glue pen, Micro glue dots

Well, I think I have made up for the long time of not posting anything by this really long post so I am going to get going now.  I'm hoping to start posting more so, hopefully, I'll talk to you soon.

Marina

Mojo Monday 245

Sorry that it's been so long since I last posted.  I have been quite busy making cards and scrapbook layouts and just keep forgetting to post pics of the finished products.  I was looking at the sketch for this week's Mojo Monday and thought that it would be great to use for a Father's day card, so that is what I did.  I made a standard A2 size card using cardstock from Recollections and patterned paper from Colorbok.  The stamps were Studio G.  I also used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder.  I hope you all enjoy.

So, I made a card for a friend's daughter for her 6th birthday today and I wanted to share it with you.  At my techniques class this month, my Stampin' Up demonstrator, Sandy showed us how to make some fancy folded cards and the easel card was one of the ones that we learned to make.  I knew I would be using this fold again so that is what I used for the birthday card.  I used cardstock from the Cupcake Cuties pack from Recollections that I bought in Michaels.  The ribbon is also from Michaels and the Butterfly is from the Cricut cartridge Create a Critter and is cut at 3" using cardstock from the Butterfly Wings pack from Recollections.  I attached rhinestones from Doodlebug for the eyes in Lilac and the sentiment is from Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6PK Butterflies (With Stamps) by Stephanie Barnard.  I hope you like it.

MOJO Monday 236

So it has definitely been a while since I last posted anything to this blog.  I have been making lots of cards and I have finally started to venture into making some scrapbook layouts.  I decided to follow this week's Mojo Monday sketch for the Anniversary card that I needed to make for my parents.  Their 41st anniversary is this coming Tuesday, April 17th and I thought that the layout was perfect for the card I wanted to make for them.  I have not posted the papers or sizes of my cards before but I guess I should start to do that so that I don't get in trouble for not giving credit to the proper people.  LOL! 

I made a standard A2 size card using almost all Stampin' Up products.  The cardbase is Pool Party and is cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4".  The first layer is Soft Suede which is cut at 4" x 5 1/4".  I then used some scraps from the Spice Cake DSP from the Holiday Mini that I absolutely love and try not to use it too much because I love the patterns so much!!  The bigger scrap piece was cut at 3" x 4" and the smaller scrap piece is cut at 1 1/2" x 4".  I then used the cheater method and adhered some 1 1/4" Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon in a knot (I really cheated because I adhered the flat piece first and then took a smaller piece and tied the knot around the flat piece).  For the flower at the bottom, I used some die cut flowers from the Blossom Builders Designer Printed Kit from the Occasions Mini.  The Rhinestone on the flower is from Queen & Co. in Baby Blue that is sold at A.C. Moore and the Sentiment is from Anna Griffin that I bought on HSN and is one of my first stamp sets.

Mojo Monday is Thinking of You

Hi again!  So, i've been lurking around a lot of blogs and I found the Mojo Monday Blog and thought it is a great idea to practice my card making.  Here is my first attempt at one of the sketches.  This is for this week's Mojo Monday 199.  I hope you all like it.

Baby Shower Cards

Here are three cards I made for an upcoming baby shower for my cousin-in-law.  The cards are for me, my friend and her daughters, and my Aunt-in-law.  Let me know what you think.

 

Card Photos

Hi again!  As I promised, I am posting some of the pics for the cards I've already created.  They are definitely not as elaborate as some of the cards I've seen on other blogs and on YouTube, but I am hoping to eventually get to that level of creativity.  Here is one I am really proud of!!

I have to give thanks to Yoliebean (http://yoliebean.blogspot.com/) who made the oops that inspired this card.  I also used the Create a Critter cartridge for my little bear.  Please check it out and let me know what you think.  Thanks.