Happy Retirement TERI!

Hello Ai fans!

My friend Teri is retiring and her favorite color is bright pink.

She loves my cards and I hope she will find this one very special.

My card is a trifold with a front, middle panel and 3rd panel.

This is the front and you can see the heart and stars when it's closed.

This fun and frazzled lady is Sylvia - J1550 and she retired a few years ago.
Our school abbreviation is AES so the front says "AES LIFE."

The middle section has Happy Retirement, a pocket to hold her gift card and of course Mini Madge.

The third panel has a lady from the retired Live Love Laugh set celebrating the 

fact that she's retired! A little pink champagne spraying all over sealed the deal.

I thought it was so fitting that all 3 of these ladies 

are retired as well as Teri will soon be.

My card folds up flat to a normal size so it will fit into an envelope.

It is a large card though and due to the heart and stars I'll be putting it into

a clear envelope so that nothing gets bent. She'll see the special bling as soon

as she looks at it.

The gift card will go in the pocket and hide Madge until she pulls it out.

This is the backside where we will all sign our personal notes to her.

Baby Girl Slim Journal! from Art Impressions

 Hello everyone and welcome to my first SLIM journal creation.

This journal is exactly like the original journal except that you only need to put two
pages in it. In fact, I only used one page making it even simpler because I added popped
up bows and I didn't want them to get squished.

The pretty heart clasp comes with the Slim Journal.

My journal is a little keepsake for a baby girls first tooth lost and first hair cut.

I used 5811 – Gift Card Pocket Dies to create each of the pockets. which fit perfectly onto the 5768 – Decorative Journal Page Set 1 frame I used behind them.

For the tooth, I cut a smaller pocket using a die from the 5805 – Mini Journal Box Dies and then added the little envelope from 5543 – Journal Template Die Set. I used the bow and rectangle from 5811 – Gift Card Pocket Dies.

The letters were cut from 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set.
This sweet baby girl is from 5185 – Baby Girl Set

The pocket for the lock of hair is the same as the tooth pocket except that I didn't use the small envelope inside. I used a heart from 5543 – Journal Template Die Set.

My journal also can be used as inspiration for our current Pop It Up! challenge on the Art Impressions blog.  My bows are popped up as well as my baby girl being popped up on foam dots. You might win a free stamp set if you enter!

I used 5809 – Decorative Journal Page Set 2 to create the border on my center page.

That's the great thing about these journals. Almost everything is compatible.

Happy Birthday Mom! with Art Impressions Dies

 Hello and Happy Tuesday everyone!

My Mother-in-Law was recently had a birthday and I played around with some
Art Impressions dies to make her a birthday card.

Would you believe, after 32 years, I don't know her favorite color?

I know she decorates with a lot of these shades so I'm guessing she'll like this.

Art Impressions sets used:

5543 – Journal Template Die Set
5727 – Nested Oval Dies
5591 – Journal Rectangle Frames Die Set
5562 – Journal Letter Die Set
5719 – FB Fence & Window Set
5835 – Mini Journal Paper Pack

5588 – Journal Oval Frames Die Set

5592 – Harvest Journal Die Set

Mini Journal "Gift Box" and a tutorial for the Gift Card Pocket Bow from Art Impressions

 Happy Tuesday everyone!

Today I'm sharing a box that I made using the new 5805 – Mini Journal Box Dies.

The gingham paper is from 5741 – Valentines Paper Pack.

My friend's name starts with K so I used a die from 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set.

The little oval "tag" was made using the center of the oval frame in the Journal Template Die set.

I cut off the bottom to make it fit in the pocket.

I may just have happened to have some Reese's Thins laying around and discovered

that two of them fit perfectly into the little box as well.

Though I didn't use a bow on my box, I recently received a question about how to assemble

the bow from the new 5811 – Gift Card Pocket Dies.

Here's a quick picture tutorial showing how to put these adorable bows together.

I must say that I LOVE them!!

Step 1: Die cut the necessary pieces.
You'll need two of the one that looks like a fishing bobber.

Step 2: Put a dot of glue on the oval shapes and fold them over.
Don't crease them because you want them to be "fluffy."

Step 3: Glue them onto the long piece overlapping them a bit in the center.

Step 4: Place a dab of glue in the middle and add the little strip of paper to it as shown.

Step 5: Flip it over and fold down the top part of the strip and glue it down.

Step 6: Put another dab of glue down and fold up the bottom portion of the little strip.

Flip it over and you have a sweet, little bow. 

I hope you like my little gift box and that this bow tutorial will help if you weren't quite sure how to use it.  I can't wait to see your creations!

Welcome to the Birthday Zone!

You've just stepped into...the birthday zone!

I met Mike and Diane through my friend Carrie. (His sister)

Diane has become one of my best customers.

Mike turned 50 today and she had a party for him over the weekend.

Carrie took the card down to Pennsylvania for Diane and spent the weekend

celebrating with them and their kids.

Diane requested the saying on the front of the card as well as some "shocked/scared" faces because let's face it...Mike turned 50!!

The episode with William Shatner is one of my favorites so of course he made an appearance.

On the inside I just tried to create a "movie/tv" theme with some filmstrips
and then I tried to recreate some of the Twilight Zone intro. 
The stars, the portal and some of the things that fly around and get sucked in.

Since I filled up the inside of the card I needed to leave space
on the back for Diane to write her message to Mike. 
The little clapper board has a combination of information from his favorite
episode and his birthday and age.

The movie themed stamps are from a DT I used to be on called I Brake for Stamps.

It's called Movie Posters Sheet.

All Art Impressions products are linked below.

Happily Ever After from Art Impressions

 Hello everyone!

Today I'm sharing two wedding cards that I made.

The first one was for my husband's friend's daughter and her new husband.  My husband wanted me to put their names on it to make it more personal.

On the front I used 
5835 – Mini Journal Paper Pack
5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies
5543 – Journal Template Die Set
5721 – Nested Heart Dies
5562 – Journal Letter Die Set

On the inside I used a pocket from 5589 – Journal Pocket Die Set to hold a gift card.

I made a second version that wasn't personalized in case another wedding pops up.

On the inside of this one I used 5556 – Journal Clasp Die Set.