Star Book

Happy Wednesday!

This post will be a bit longer because I am posting the Star Book I made for my friend I work with.
When I started this book I choose colors that seemed on the boyish side. I do not have any boys in my family or did not know of anyone pregnant with a boy. My friend Kelly, found out she was pregnant about the same time I started this book and a few weeks later she had testing done to find out the sex of the baby - a boy! How funny is that? LOL!
Anywho, I wanted to make this book with my own spin on it. I decided I would make it 6x6 and use chipboard to make it a bit more durable.
All the CS used it SU and the designer paper is DCWV, the Nana's kids pack. I colored everything with Prisma pencils, OMS and a blender stump. The stamp sets are ones I bought from Gina, Just so Hoppy, Just so Hippy, Hip Hop Accessories and Jumping for Joy.
Ink is Stazon or SU.

Throughout the whole book I added pockets behind each paper and used the McGill tap punch. I added some texture to the tabs with the Swiss Dots Cuddlebug folder.
It is hard to see but the balloons sparkle. I watercolored them with a glitter pen.

This is one of my favorite pages. The tree was made from ribbon and a McGill leaf punch. When I was done punching the leaves I have a bruise on my hand!

I wanted to have a circus tent in the book but I do not have a stamp or punch of one so I winged it and made my own. The Osterich is running over the Judikins Saw Dust.

This is my other favorite page. Designing this page I kept thinking of a polor bear and an igloo but you guessed it no pre-made igloo so this is my take on an igloo. The used a glue pen to add the lines to the igloo and make it look like snow hanging on it then used dazzling diamonds to give it lots of sparkle. I punched out little star and put yellow rhinestones in the center.

I used my cuttlebug for the wood plank and used a hand made template for the clouds then puffed them using Liquid Applique.

This was a fun page. Don't laugh at the sun - I created that on my own too.

This is the last page and a picture taken of the book open.

I know there is a lot more embellishments on the pages that I did not list because it would make this post much longer than it already is LOL!

Thank you for looking!
Sharri

Strawberries - Yum Yum!

Hello!

Today I wanted to post another card I made using Gina's Summer Harvest set. I have been having alot of fun playing with this set and practicing using my Copic markers.

Card details: SU CS, Marcella K designer paper, Copic, Nestibilities, Cuttlebug, SU Small Sayings set and Chocolate Poly Twill.

I hope everyone had a chance to take a peek at Gina's pre-view today - Rupa did a fantastic job as always!

Tomorrow I am going to try and post a star book I made for a gift to give to a good friend of mine. I say try because I seem to be challenged when it comes to including multiple pictures in one post. LOL! Someday I will get the hang of this or will need to buy a 'Blogging for Dummies' book - LOL!

Have a great evening.
Sharri

Summer Veggie

Happy Labor Day!

I wanted to share this card I made with Gina K's Summer Harvest stamp set. I am still using up all my scraps so I have been picking the card base color and then find coordinating scraps to match. I still have alot of scraps to use and hope to get more cards posted soon.
Card details: Stampin Up paper & ribbon, Copic markers, Sakerua glitter pen, cuttlebug and the brads I do not remember the brand.

Tomorrow my daughter starts 1st grade. She is so excited to be going back to school which is awesome to see. My older daughter was quite the opposite, she dreaded the start of the school year so having love school is so much easier!

I am visiting my Mom with my two girls and they are looking through older pictures and all the cards I have made for Mom. They found my very first two cards I made six years ago. It feels kind of like when you were younger and had your boyfriend over to your parents house and they bring out the embarrassing baby pictures. LOL!! In a way it was good to see how much I have grown in my card making ability.

Have a great rest of your day!
Sharri