Just for FUN... a robot face birthday card...

I was making some cards today using the Gear Up stamp set and while random stamping with it, I saw the gears a little differently than just gears. This is what I came up with. It looks like a little robot face (or at least to me it does). : )

What I used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):

Gear Up stamp set

Happy Birthday stamp set

Tiny Typewriter Alphabet stamp set (just for the black dots in the eyes)

Tinkerin B&T

White Daisy, Holiday Red, and Twilight CS

Black, Holiday Red, Sunflower, Twilight, Clover Meadow, and Grey Flannel inks

1 1/4" and 1 1/2" circle punches (EK Success)

Paper crimper (Dollar store find)

Screw-head brads (Dollar store find)

Pop-dots (other)

A great blog to check out... Nona's Pearls of Wisdom

For those of you who don't already know my fellow CTMH sistah, Nona has a wonderful blog full of great ideas, wonderful artwork and personal journeys. She is currently selling cards to help with her adoption fund, and she is offering a free template with each card purchase. As you can well imagine, it costs a lot of moola to adopt a child, so if anyone wants to help out, it's for a great cause. If you take the time to read through her blog, you will learn about the trials and tribulations of the adoption process, including all the heartbreak her and her family has experienced. But through it all, she has remained a positive, compassionate person with a great faith that it will happen. I know that God has a special plan for her. Wishing you all the best, Nona! Here's the link to Nona's blog.

Buy a Handmade Card, get the template for free... plus a bonus!

I’m offering you all a great deal where you can buy a card, handmade by me, and I’ll send you the instructions with the card at no additional cost, so you can re-create it with your own papers and stamps. And as a bonus, I will even offer you the instructions for one of my templates of your choice. (Cost of card is $4 CAN, plus $1.50 CAN for shipping to anywhere in Canada or the US.)

Right now I have available 3 different bonus templates for you to choose from (you can find even more artwork for these items, listed under Labels: Templates, in my sidebar):
• Treat Box
• Double Scraplings Cards & Gift Box
• A2 Card Box (larger version of the Double Scraplings Card Box)

Currently, the handmade cards I have available for purchase are stamped with birthday sentiments on the front and blank on the inside. (***Note: the card you will recieve will look different, but will be similar to the ones shown above because they will be all made with the same card templates, but will have different papers, embellishments, and stamps used.) If you would rather have a different sentiment than Birthday, please email me with your request and I can make one for you that is slightly more customized.

I will do my best to have these in the mail to you within 24 hours of purchase, excluding weekends and holidays. (Only other exception would be if I were away on vacation.)


***When paying with Paypal, be sure to leave me a comment to let me know the following:

• Birthday card or More customized? (if more customized, give details)
• Mostly CTMH products or No preference?
• Which free bonus template do you want?
• Please make sure that your mailing address listed with Paypal is up-to-date, as that is where I will be mailing your card and instructions to, unless you make a note otherwise.

I have the shipping cost set up for Canada and USA, but if you are from somewhere else, please contact me about a shipping price for your area, as I will ship anywhere. :)

Any questions?... please email me at vwizniuk@pris.ca.

Boy Birthday Card Boxed Set... (A2)

I was able to finish the cards for this set yesterday, but I had to quit before I could put the box together. My husband and I had plans to take our boy to the new Transformers movie last night, but even though we were there almost an hour early, it was already sold out. :( So today I plan on going down during the day and pre-buying our tickets.

Anyways, back to my project... lol This is using my latest template, which as you all know, I am not allowed to sell. But I had something come to mind this morning as to how to possibly not have to quit CTMH as a Consultant, yet still get my templates out to all of you enthusiastically wonderful peeps! I just need to check with Corp. Services to see if my idea is okay with the Policies in place, and then I'll let you all know. OK? :D

What I used:
Happy Birthday stamp set (CTMH)
Say It In Style stamp set (CTMH)
Brilliant "Boys Only" No Girls Allowed/Fresh Air, and Paisley Power/Brown Argyle papers (My Mind's Eye)
Brilliant "Boys Only" Mini Die-Cut stars (My Mind's Eye)
White Daisy CS (CTMH)
2 1/2" scallop circle punch (Marvy Uchida)
White Daisy brads and Chocolate bigger brads (CTMH)
Cocoa grosgrain (CTMH)
Pop-dots (other)
Brown Staz-On ink (CTMH)

My newest boxed card set... (A2)

Well, I created this new template a week or so ago now. I have a set almost completed in the CTMH Bella papers, but I still have to make a couple of cards to go in it, because I got sidetracked on finishing that when I came across these adorable My Mind's Eye papers at the LSS yesterday and just had to buy them with this project in mind. I'm loving how this turned out. The template for this will eventually be added to my available templates when I'm able to sell them again. This one is like the Double Scraplings Cards and Gift Box set, but it fits the standard A2 sized cards. I made 4 cards to go inside (even though it would easily fit at least 2 more) mostly because I only bought two sheets of double-sided patterned papers, so I didn't have much scraps left to really create anymore than the 4 cards and still be able to decorate the outside of the box to match. The cards are: Birthday, Get Well, Congrats, and Thank You; making a nice little assortment. :)

What I used:
Happy Birthday stamp set (CTMH)
Say It In Style stamp set (CTMH)
Enchanting Sisters Blue Without You/Crazy Daisy, Blooming Gorgeous/Pink Fancy Paper (My Mind's Eye)
Enchanting Sisters Mini Die-Cut flower (My Mind's Eye)
White Daisy CS (CTMH)
3" scallop circle punch (Marvy Uchida)
White Daisy brads and bigger brads (CTMH)
White Daisy grosgrain (CTMH)
Pop-dots (other)
Black ink (CTMH)

The school year is winding up... thank you cards and more gifty ideas

My son has two school bus drivers; one that takes him to school in the morning and one that brings him home after school. I wanted to make thank you cards for them and this is what I came up with.

What I used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):
School Fun stamp set (retired)
Tiny Typewriter Alphabet set
Grade School patterned papers (DCWV)
White Daisy CS
Real Red CS (SU)
Tuxedo Black ink (Momento)
Black ink
Copics
Paper flowers (Prima)
Blue polka dot brads (other)
Green grosgrain (Walmart)
Pop-dots (other)





I saw these cute little pencil holders here on Laurie's blog. I thought I'd make one up for my son's teacher... but they are so easy to make, that I had to make 2!

What I used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):
Grade School patterned papers (DCWV)
White Daisy CS
Real Red CS (SU)
Scallop edge punch (SU)
Red polka dot grosgrain and green grosgrain ribbons(Walmart)
1 1/8" cirlce punch (EK Success)
Pop-dots (other)
Pencils

Better late than never...

These were given on time, but I'm late to post pictures on here. I CASEd these cards from K. Aaron Brown. I loved the simplicity and how quick they were to make. My son had made a card for his Dad at school. He brought it home and "hid" it in his room, only to not remember where he put it. Boy, was he upset with himself! (He still hasn't found it.) So I quickly had to make up a card for him to give his Dad, and I remembered seeing a card similar to these on K. Aaron Brown's blog a while back. Then my husband decided to take a last minute trip to visit his Dad on Father's Day, so I quickly made up another one for him, just changing the colors.

What I used (all CTMH):
Tee Time stamp set
Say It In Style stamp set
Aryle Backgrounds stamp set (on lower card)
White Daisy, Star Spangled Blue and Clover Meadow CS (on upper card)
Black, Bamboo, Star Spangled Blue and Clover Meadow inks (on upper card)
White Daisy, Twilight, and Garden Green CS (on lower card)
Black, Bamboo, Twilight and Garden Green inks (on lower card)
Silver Brads
Twill ribbon

Soccer is quickly coming to a close, with my son's last game last night, and the tournament on Saturday. I had made the Coach a card, which I previously posted, but wanted to give her a little gifty, too. So I created a tall box and made the front jersey for it... now this is not my original idea. I saw a jersey on the front of a box a while back, done by the very talented Lauren Meader on her blog. Hers was amazing, right down to a real Whistle hanging from the neck of the jersey! Very cool... oh, and by the way, I did locate my Best Shot stamp set that I was searching for when making my card. I had loaned it out and just got it back about a week ago. :)

What I used for the box and jersey (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):
Sunny Yellow, White Daisy and Black CS
Black and Sunny Yellow inks
Circle Around stamp set
Tiny Typewriter Alphabet stamp set
Best Shot stamp set
Corner rounder
2" circle punch (Fiskars)
Coluzzle circle