Flip Flops fun card

Happy Monday!  I'm actually really happy that it's Monday.  This past week was filled with a lot of fun activities, including a soccer team pool party Saturday (at our house with 45 people!), but it was CRAZY busy.  As I said, lots of fun things going on but this week should be a little slower so I can catch up on all my sleep and house work ... and maybe do some more crafting! 

Through my Brazilian girlfriend, I met her sister-in-law, who has been staying in Wisconsin with my girlfriend's family for the past 2 and a half months.   She is a wonderful lady and we have had so much fun together and we have become good friends too.  She has taught me some Brazilian Portuguese.  :)  As some of my readers may know, our son plays competitive soccer (with my Brazilian girlfriend's son) and as a result we have been invited to go to World Cup in 2014 in Brazil.  So, our goal is to save, save and save more in hopes of going to Brazil in 2014!  I also need to start learning to speak Portuguese!!!

Anyway, Joyce, is leaving to go back home to Brazil tomorrow and I wanted to make her a fun going away card.  This isn't your typical going away card, but I got the idea of making something fun for her since she has bought numerous pairs of flip flops while staying in the U.S.  Hopefully she will get a "kick" out of this card.  I thought it cute how it turned out. 

Here are some step-by-step pictures of how I made the card:

1.  The flip flop die cuts are from "Life is a Beach" Cricut cartridge, and are welded together.  Card base layers cut at 5.53"W x 5.77"H.  Patterned paper layer was cut at 5.02"W x 5.11"H.

2.  Cut three 3/16" holes (cut with my Crop-A-Dile II) and then pull doubled ribbon through the top hole (twist ribbon so shiny side shows on top); cut the ribbon in half and pull each piece through the side holes on the flip flops (with shiny side or ribbon facing up on both pieces).

3.  Trim the ribbon on the back and then adhere the loose ends to the score-tape.

4.  Adhere the patterned paper to the black shadow layer of the flip flops (I used Glossy Accents).  Score the green layer of flip flops near the top and then add score-tape above the score line.  Assembly bottom and top layers.

5.  Completed card!

Please feel free to email me at judestersworld@gmail.com if you have questions.  Thanks for visiting!

Toodles,  Jude

PS  Entering this card on You had me @ Craft - Make It Myself Mondays and Dittle Dattle.  Click on the links and check out all the fun things people are making!

Fun & Elegant Dress Card

I've seen a few dress cards over the past few months and wanted to make one today for a girlfriend's birthday since she's all girlie!   I'm very happy how it turned out and hope she likes it!

I used my Gypsy, in shadow feature, and cut out 3 dress cuts from Gypsy Wanderings (the dress was 3.54 W x 5.08 L).   I decorated the top layer with different types of ribbon (secured by score tape starting from the bottom up), stamped small white flowers randomly and then added some pink bling.

The second dress layer was adhered to the back of the top layer so that the ribbon ends didn't show in the back.  The third layer of the dress was scored near the top of the dress and then score tape was added just above the score line and then this piece was adhered to the back of the top layer.  Does this makes sense?!?!?!

Goodies used ~ 

• Cardstock - PTI Sweet Blush (dress)
• Ribbon - PTI Raspberry Fizz Swiss Dots & Grosgrain 5/8"; Michael's misc. pink flower ribbon
• Stamps:  PTI Stamps - Around & About,  small flower;  PTI Signature Greetings, "Hope your Day is Fabulous"
• Ink - PTI Raspberry Fizz (for sentiment); ColorBox Frost White (small flower)

Thanks for stopping by.

Toodles,  Jude

P.S.  Added my card to Craft Junkie Too's T.G.I.F Linky Party - check it out!

Sympathy Card - masculine or feminine

A neighbor friend of my son's mother passed away so I made this card for my son to give to him.  It's a very sad and long story about this 12 year old boy who has experienced more in life that any one person should have to endure, especially an innocent child.  Thank the good Lord though that he's now in a loving home and living a somewhat normal life.

Goodies used ~

• PTI Ripe Avocado base cardstock
• Misc white cardstock, Hero Arts Silhouette Grass stamp, embossed with clear embossing powder
• Ranger Distressed Inks used in background - Old Paper, Weathered Wood, and Scattered Straw
• PTI Background Basics text stamp used in Ranger DI Antique Linen - the picture doesn't really show the text as it's very subtle.  I've since made some cards and used the DI Pumice Stone with a different Script stamp and think it looks WAY better  :)
• Ribbon used is PTI Enchanted Evening
• Martha Stewart Butterflies punched from PTI Enchanted Evening cardstock and copper pearls added
• Inside stamp is from Unity "with sympathy"  - I LOVE this stamp set and sentiment! Inside cardstock is PTI Rustic Cream
• I also distressed the edges of the outside layer.

Thanks for stopping by.
Toodles,   Jude

Simple and easy stamped flower Get Well card, non-Cricut

Hope everyone had a nice long weekend and a great Memorial Day celebration.  It was very warm and humid in the Milwaukee area.

MY SIL had surgery so I made this simple card for her.  I used Liquid Pearls that was in my stash and I wasn't overly thrilled with how they turned out as they left a little point.  After I took the picture of my card, I used a pencil and lightly rolled over the tip and that helped smooth them out a little.  I've seen several bloggers that have used Viva Decor Pearl Pens and am anxious to buy some on my next shopping spree!

Goodies used ~ PTI Berry Sorbet cardstock, older misc. cream colored cardstock, Inks: PTI new leaf and Worn Lipstick (Ranger Distressed Ink).  The stamp is from PTI Everyday Button Bits.

Have a great day!

Toodles,  Jude

Another Vintage look Black and Cream purse card

This was the last purse card that I made.  I was just "okay" with the end result.  I'm happy with the purse card itself, it's mainly the flower that I'm not overly thrilled about.

I tried creating a flower from PTI paper using the same method that Lisa Johnson provides on her blog, Poppy Paperie.  Click HERE to see the direct link to her instructions for making paper poppies.  I love what she created making these cute little flowers, I think that it was just "me". :)  Lisa is one VERY talented lady!

Thanks for stopping by.

Toodles,  Jude

Teacher Thank You card ~ Bushel of apples

I'm on a blog roll! You don't see me for a month and then "poof", you can't get rid of me!  lol

I made this card a long time ago <last June!> and just kept it in my stash.  I'm having a vague memory of entering it in a blog challenge, but not sure where.  I never posted it on my blog so I have no record of it!

A girlfriend went through my "stash" wanting teacher thank you cards and she loved this card.  Before sending it off to a good home, I thought I should at least post a picture of it on my blog ... mainly so I have a record of it <one of the many things I love about a blog!>

Sorry I can't provide any details of the Cricut cartridges used because it was so long ago!

Have a great day.

Toodles,  Jude

Vintage look Black and Cream Purse Card

This was my favorite purse card that I made!  The paper I used was from the DCWV, LA CREME Stack.  This paper was tricky to work with. Two pieces glued together made it thicker, and more sturdy - almost like a thin chipboard.  The mostly black with cream pieces have black flocking which is really cool.

If you have any questions, send me an email or leave a comment with your email address so that I can get back to you.

Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Toodles,  Jude

Pink Purse card

Hi again!

Here is another card that I made for my girlfriend for her to give as a teacher thank you card.  It's definitely not your typical thank you card! Apparently the teacher she is giving this card to is very  "Girlie"!  LOL

Thanks for stopping by.

Hope you have a great day!

Toodles, Jude

  

Thank you card for Violin teacher, using SCAL2

*** UPDATE:  I entered this card on Alex's YOU HAD ME A CRAFT Made It Myself Monday's.

Wow, I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted.  Once the good weather comes, I typically spend most of my days outside puttering in the yard (weeding, planting, mulching, mowing, etc.) so that's what I've been up to.  Plus, I really haven't made anything exciting to share with you up until today.

A girlfriend asked me to make several teacher thank you cards for her.  I got all excited and was motivated to hit my craft room almost immediately.

The first card is for a violin teacher, which I created using SCAL2.  I found an image from the Internet and cleaned it up.  I had this image in my head of how I wanted the card to look like and I must say that I was more than pleased with this card.  When I showed it to my girlfriend, I thought she was going to cry, she loved it that much! 

(pouch on left side for gift card)

If you have any questions on how I made the card, please don't hesitate to send me an email.

Thanks for looking.

Toodles, Jude

Any Occasion Flower Card, non-Cricut

It's finally beginning to feel like Spring in the Mid-west.  The past week was nasty; cold, hail, wet snow, and freezing temps!  My poor daffodils took a beating.  Be GONE Winter!  HELLO Spring!  :)

This past week I made five cards for different occasions; two were sympathy cards, one get well card, one Easter card and one birthday card.  I started off making one card and liked it so much that I decided to use the same card for all five occasions and then just changed my sentiment accordingly.

Goodies used:

• Papertrey Ink (PTI) cardstock; Sweet Blush (card base), Ripe Avocado (matting), Rustic Cream (stamped and heat embossed layer)
• Stamp is Penny Black "Fireworks" and heat embossed with Stampendous "Blushing Pink" embossing powder
• Ranger Distressed Inks used; tattered rose, victorian velvet, pumice stone, and bundled sage - LOVE this product!
• Lightly stamped Script Stamp (Inkadinkado) with DI - pumice stone
• PTI Ribbon Spring Moss and PTI button with Rustic Cream twine 

Thanks for stopping by to visit.  If you haven't already, don't forget to leave me your blog address so I can come and visit you!

Have a great weekend.

Toodles,   Jude

Happy Birthday card using Paper Pups, Cricut

This is another card I made for my son's birthday ~ given to him by another of his fur-sisters!  He has two fur-sisters, Lulu and Roxy!

All of the die cuts are from the Cricut cart. Paper Pups, with the exception of the fire hydrant and the green paper with the paw prints (both are from DCWV The Pet Stack).

The base cardstock is PTI "Pure Poppy" and miscellaneous scraps of paper were used to cut out the dog, the dog house, and the sentiment.  For the dog house, I embossed the white cardstock layer with my Cuttlebug folder Distressed Stripes, and then inked it lightly with Ranger's Antique Linen Distressed Ink.  The base cardstock was also embossed with the Fiskars "Paws" texture plate.

I also used Stickles for the party hat, which was from Paper Pups.  The "Happy Birthday" sentiment was also from Paper Pups.

Toodles,
Jude

Manchester United Soccer Jersey - customized!

My son is a huge ManU fan and his 12th birthday is on Friday (he's an April Fool's baby!) so I made this card for him.  Hopefully he will like it! 

I've made a couple similar cards for his friends' birthdays; FC Barcelona card http://judestersworld.blogspot.com/2010/12/fc-barcelona-soccer-jersey-card-using.html and Brasil card http://judestersworld.blogspot.com/2010/11/brasil-soccer-jersey-card-with-cricut.html.

This card was created in SCAL2 and customized with our surname and his actual jersey number on the back of the jersey.  The ManuU crest was hand drawn.  The red cardstock is PTI Pure Poppy. 

Here are some pics ~

Thanks for stopping by to visit!


Toodles,  Jude

Dragonfly Male birthday card

Wow, I'm on a roll with posting!  I think this is the most I have posted in one month!  LOL 

I made this birthday card for my BIL, who is celebrating his birthday at the end of this month.  It's a super simple card.  I'm just "ok" with the end result, but then again, I rarely get over the top with making masculine cards anyway.  Making girly things are SO MUCH MORE FUN!  Don't you think so?

IMO, this card looks much better in person than in the picture ~

  
Goodies used:

• All card stock used is PTI; card base - Rustic White, matting - Enchanted Evening (used pop dots for dimension)
• Background Woodgrain stamp is PTI; Dragonfly stamp is miscellaneous from my stash; and sentiment is from PTI Button Bits
• Ribbon is PTI Enchanted Evening
• The dragonfly and sentiment were stamped with Distessed Inks (Broken China, Faded Jeans, Peeled Paint and Marigold)
• Distressed inks around edges with Tea Dye and Brushed Corduroy

Thanks for stopping by for a visit!
 
Toodles,  Jude

American Flag card - US Citizenship

Hey there!  I made this card last month when my Brazilian girlfriend became a U.S. Citizen.  It's a pretty simple card, but I wanted to ensure it resembled something very American, and what's more American than the U.S. flag!??!? lol

Goodies used:

• Cardbase is PTI Pure Black and red layers are PTI Pure Poppy. Square on flag is PTI Enchanted Evening.
• The U.S. flag is from the Cricut cartridge "My World".  I modified it a bit using my Gypsy and shortened the flag pole.
• The stars and "Way to Go!" are cut from George & Basic Shapes; stars cut on remnants from some off-white glitter paper.
• I Inked around the edges and added doodling around the flag.  

As I said, pretty simple!  Thanks for stopping by.

Toodles,  Jude

Another Butterfly card - non-Cricut

It seems that I was on a roll making butterfly cards as I made three in total!  Could this be a sign of Spring?  Oh how I hope so!  The third card I forgot to take a picture of before mailing it out, but it's very similar to this card, only I used a lighter blue card base (PTI Spring Rain) and I colored the butterfly in lighter shades of blue.

Here are a few pics to share with you ~

Goodies used: 

~ Cardbase is PTI Enchanted Evening ~ PTI Rustic White used for inside of card and outside layer, plus inked using Distressed Antique Linen and Tea-Dye ~ Front layer stamped with Distressed Broken China (?) and stitched to cardbase ~ Same butterfly same as previous post (embossed) and colored with Copics, then sprayed with Glimmer Mist (Pearl) ~ Sentiment from stash (embossed) ~ Miscellaneous bling added.

I'm working on my Hawaii Word Book today (and last night) and have a few more pages to post shortly so stay tuned!

Hope you're having an awesome weekend so far!

Toodles,  Jude



Butterfly card, non-Cricut {OH MY !}

Hey there!  Hope all is well and that you had a glorious weekend.  Not much happening on my end.  My son (and hubby) are finally feeling well after getting over the flu.  It wasn't too nasty, but enough to drag on for almost a week for my poor soon.  ... and then he gets hit with a cold!  It's a good thing kids are resilient and bounce back.  I DO NOT like Flu Season though! I had cabin-fever! :)

Anyhoo, on to my project to share with you today.  I didn't use my Cricut, which always surprises me because when making cards or any other project, I almost always use my trusty Cricut and/or Gypsy.  A piece of useless information - I actually started out card making with using the Cricut - not stamping! :)

Goodies I used were:

• Card base ~ PTI cardstock Enchanted Evening
• Outer layer ~ PTI cardstock Rustic White
• Hero Arts stamp Old Letter Writing with Distressed Ink Broken China
• Inked edges with Distressed Inks, Antique Linen and Tea Dye and then stitched around edges
• Hero Arts stamp Traditional Butterfly with ColorBox Black ink on PTI Rustic White and then embossed using clear powder (a la mode, I think), then colored butterfly with Copics and then added Distressed stickles (once ink was dry), Broken China. (butterfly was cut out and then glued in center and then its wings bent up to give it dimension) 
• Misc stamp "my sympathy" from stash that was stamped on scrap piece cut of Rustic White (inked and clear embossed) and then added pearls to butterfly and sentiment piece.
• Foam tape was used to pop-up the Outer layer cardstock and also for the sentiment piece.

Thanks for stopping by to visit.  Hope you have an awesome day and week!

Toodles,
Jude

Christmas card made by my son!

Last night my son asked if he could make a card using my Cricut. Well, I just about fell off my chair!  lol  He has a "girlfriend" in 6th grade and wanted to make her a special card for Christmas. 

If I may boast for a moment, my son, Michael, is 11 1/2 and he has the kindest heart.  It just warms MY heart that he wanted to do something for this girl that he likes.  Just so you know, I'm not big on the dating thing in elementary school and do not encourage it, as my son knows, but I do encourage him to have "girl" friends just as much as having "boy" friends because I believe it balances a person to have friends of both genders.  :) 

On to the card - He designed this card himself using my Gypsy.  Kids these days just pick up on electronics so easy!  I showed him a few technical things using the Gypsy and he picked the images and the paper and I help him cut everything out. 

The card is very simple, which is probably what I love most about it.  He added stickles on the snow flakes (Star Dust) and Glossy Accents on the "merry" part of the sentiment.  He also added a couple snow flakes on the inside of the card, which I didn't photograph since he had already written his friend a little note, and also added one snow flake on the outside of the envelope.  It just "tickled" my insides to craft with him and watch him be creative.  I am SO proud of him.

The sentiment is from the Cricut cartridge Celebrate With Flourish and the snow flakes are from Christmas (free with Gypsy update).

This will likely be my last post until the new year, so if you are reading this blog, have a very Merry Christmas and may you be blessed with love, peace and joy throughout the New Year.

Toodles,
Jude

12 Days of Christmas Color Challenge by MPS ~ Christmas Bell Card

Can you believe this is my third post today???  I can't believe it either!  ha ha!  The earlier projects I made this past weekend and last week and then today, My Pink Stamper challenged us to make something with the following colors: black, two shades of blue and two shades of pink. 

So, I wanted to make a Christmas thank you card for someone special and came up with the idea of a Christmas Bell Card.  I used my Gypsy to create the card. 

Goodies Used:

• The Bell is from the Gypsy update using the "Christmas" cartridge.  The bell is a shadow image, cut on black PTI cardstock.
• I duplicated the bell, only smaller, and used it on the inside of the card, which the picture doesn't show.  I used PTI Raspberry Fizz cardstock.
• The outside layer of the bell (same size as inside bell image) is cut on Basic Grey collection pack called "Perhaps".  I added some Enamel Accents to the dots on the paper to give it some dimension.
• The pink piece on the bell is cut from Raspberry Fizz, and then I stamped it with PTI Background Basics polka dots and then added Enamel Accents to the dots.
• The ribbon is cut on PTI Enchanted Evening (shadow) and the top layer is PTI Bitty Dot Basics paper and is mounted on foam tape.  I inked the edges of the ribbon with white ink and then added some doodling.
• The Sentiment is from PTI Signature Christmas.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Toodles,  Jude

PS  If you like, leave a comment and your blog address if you have one so I can come visit you!  Thanks again for stopping by.

FC Barcelona Soccer Jersey Card using Cricut

Oh My Gosh!  I have SO much making these cards.  In early November I made a Brasil soccer jersey birthday card for my son's friend birthday,  http://judestersworld.blogspot.com/2010/11/brasil-soccer-jersey-card-with-cricut.html (he's a soccer teammate) and now another teammate's birthday party was last weekend and his favorite professional soccer team is FC Barcelona so I had to make him a card too! 

The jersey is from Cricut Sports Mania - I have a template for the card using my Gypsy so it was super easy to make the second time around.  The only tricky part was cutting the smaller jersey in two colors and then cutting each color to make the dark red and blue strips for the jersey.   The number on the back (the actual boy's jersey number) is from Varsity Letter.  I just hand-cut the Nike logo and the FC Barcelona Crest and colored it with markers to simulate the real crest of the professional team. The birthday boy LOVED his card!

Thanks for looking!
Toodles,   Jude

Three Birthday Cards

Hey! Hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday.  It snowed in the Milwaukee area of Wisconsin yesterday and we got about 4" of snow.  It's SO pretty with all the trees covered in snow.  The only part that isn't fun is driving in it, but the roads were cleared pretty quickly.

My son had a friend over yesterday and they played in the snow all afternoon.  I loved seeing them come in with their rosy cheeks.  I made hot chocolate for them.  :)  One of the many things I love about winter.

Yesterday we walked through our back property and cut down our own Christmas tree.  We live on 8.5 acres and it's mostly wooded.  The trees in the back are a little scrawny, kinda like Charlie Brown's Christmas tree, ha ha!  My husband insists our tree has character :) 

Now, on to crafting - I made a few cards in the last couple weeks so thought I would post for you to share in the fun I've been having.

The first card, the race car driver, was lifted from Mary at Cardz TV http://www.cardztv.blogspot.com/.  She did this card a long time ago and I thought it was perfect for my nephew who turned 8 and loves NASCAR.  The die cuts are from Everyday Paper Dolls and the sentiment was printed on white cardstock and then matted.

The second card below I did was also scrap-lifted from Jennifer McGuire. She is VERY talented and I'm a huge fan of hers. Here is her website ~ http://www.jennifermcguireink.com/  My version of the card was slightly tweaked with different colors etc. I LOVE how it turned out. My sister's birthday is next week so I'm mailing the card to her.  Hopefully she'll like it!

The card is all stamping and then I cut out the butterfly (which I used my Copics to color) to give it dimension and also sprayed it with "pearl" Glimmer Mist, then also added pearls.

Finally, the last card I did was for a birthday party my son was going to today (he's actually there now as I am typing!).  It's a very simple layout. The die cuts are from Stretch your Imagination (present), sentiment (Beyond Birthdays) and then I used Plantin SchoolBook for Will's name.

Sorry this is such a long post, but I wanted to share these pics before they got lost in cyberspace!  Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Toodles,  Jude

PS  Don't forget to leave a comment and leave your blog address if you have one so I can come visit you too!