Multi-Language Birthday Card for Frank

I made this birthday card for one of my work friends.  Since he is Chinese, he was thrilled that one of the languages on the paper was traditional Chinese.  Shhhh, don't tell him I didn't notice the Chinese until after I bought the paper!  But when I did notice it, I tried to make it visible.

More Halloween cards

Here are a few of the Halloween cards I made this year. Some are a variation on the theme of the full moon I posted about earlier and all use the circular chipboard from Michael's I mentioned before.

One is covered in yellow paper and has 2 large die cut bats (Sizzix, old original yellow die) with rhinestone eyes. The wings are curled up to give some dimentionality to them. It probably won't survive the mailing, but I tried!

Another is also covered with the yellow paper for the full moon and has a Martha Stewart witch stamped on it, with some bats from SU's Halloween Backgrounds and a ribbon tied at the top.

The third was super simple, since it was just cut out from patterned paper from Michael's showing a crow on a gravestone.

The last one is covered in black with spider web embossed (Fiskar's texture plate) and then traced with a white gel pen. The spider is cut and embossed with a Cuttlebug die and has black lines added to the legs. Black plaid (with a tiny bit of orange in it) ribbon is the finishing touch.

Card Candy - Flowers

Here is the last of the card candy for the SCS swap, flowers:

I'm not a big flower person, so joining this swap and making flowery things is a big deal. The first one is pink flowers from Prima, 2 layers, with a white brad for the center. The tag is punched from SU's Baroque Motifs in Adirondack's Salmon. The background paper is DCWV and the flower brad is something I had and never used - until now!!! The vase is a Punch Bunch punch, punched out of some recycled paper I got at WalMart...I don't recall the name of the company, but it alludes to the fact that it is recycled paper. I then used more Prima flowers, once again 2 in different shades of peach with white brads for the center. The pansy is a Sizzix die, an original red one called Pansy. I cut out one of SU's purples, but I don't know which one, then white, then green scraps, so I don't know what brand. On the white, I used the purple flocking powder from Michael's $1 bin and then Yellow Stickles. The topper is from a paper pack I bought when I first started doing this about 7 years ago. I've used quite a few items I've had forever and never used making the candy for this swap!!! Always a good thing!!! :)

Card Candy - Father's Day

For the card candy swap I've joined, I also choose the Father's Day category. Here is my creation:

The topper is cut from ivory cardstock I got from Office Whichever and has the sentiment piece on it. The sentiment is from Auntie Amy's and is stamped on scraps using Adirondack's Cabin Fever ink. The saw, hammer, drill and screwdriver are Dustin Pike images colored with copics. Two of my drills have cords, but the other two are cordless, LOL! The golf tag and hardware tag are punched using SU's tag punches, while the saw tag is an Ellison Thin Cuts (Tag #7). The campfire tag is cut with Sizzix Tag Set.

The golf tag uses SU's Tropical Turf roller and Sporting Goods. The golf tee and the background tag are colored using Bic pen.

The campfire tag uses SU's Roughin' It, with the logs stamped with basic brown and colored with copic XXX, and the flame colored with generic orange and red markers and then colored with yellow copic XXX. The mosquitos are embossed with clear EP.

The hardware tag is SU's Builder Bits roller and embossed on black paper with Stamp A Mania's Silver City EP. This is the absolute best silver EP I've found. I tried multiple brands of EP and *none* work as well as Stamp A Mania's. The background tag is cut from silver envelope linings.

Card Candy - BBQ

Previously, I mentioned a card candy swap on SCS. Here is my creation for the BBQ/Party category.

The hamburger is punched from scraps, using a light brown, dark brown, red, light green and yellow using SU's large oval punch for the bun and burger, the small oval for the tomatoes, the scalloped circle for the lettuce and I just cut a triangle for the cheese. I used SU's Itty Bitty backgrounds for the sesame seeds with More Mustard.

The salt and pepper shakers and the ketchsup and mustard bottles are Dustin Pike images, colored with copics. The gingham paper is from Paper Studio's Back to Basics pack. I cut the K/M background with the deckle scissors and used the curly label SU punch for the salt/pepper background.

I used Sizzix's watermelon (yellow, original) die, cutting out a green and red from scraps and coloring the green with my black copic so the seeds are black. I then used the scallop circle punch to cut bites out of the watermelon slice.

The topper is SU's Top Note die cut from grass paper I've had forever, the BBQ letters are from Colorböx's alpha stax stamped with an ant stamp of unknown origins.