Criss Cross

Good Morning!

Today I am sharing a book I made for a Father's Day gift for my hubby. I found the pattern online, sorry I can not remember where. Like I usually do, I find a pattern I like and then tweek it to make it my own, which is what I did with this book.
I found a set of clear stamps that were all sentiments about girls and another about Dad's at Archiver's. I do not remember what brand they are and since I am being naughty and blogging at work I can not go look...Hehehe.
I also used a few other sentiments I have had for quite a while.

The cover was made with a piece of 6x6 chipboard covered with DCWV all Dressed Up paper. The word Dad is also chipboard that I covered with turquoise ink and glued dyed Micro bead on top. The arrows are punched with Stampin Up's arrow punch after I ran the paper through the Cuttlebug's dots embossing folder.

The book has four pages that when opened they criss cross.

Of course I had to put pockets somewhere in the book so I added one to the front and back covers and you can see I added one behind the half page on the upper right hand side of the book.

The images are from SU's Touch of Nature stamp set. I colored them with Koh-i-noor pencils, OMS and blending stump.

The tabs are punched with McGill and EK Success punches. SU cs was used to mat the pictures and images.

For embellishments I used assorted buttons and brads.

I have to share a dog story with you. The dog in the upper left side picture is little more than a year and a half. When we got him he was this little puff ball maybe weighing in at 2-3 pound. We were told he was a pure breed Pomeranian and would not get any bigger than 6 to 11 pounds. Doesn't he look he weighs 6-11 pound? LOL! He is a solid dog and weighs in at 33 pounds!

I hope everyone has a great day!

Sharri

Sun Flowers

Good Morning,
I hope everyone survived their Monday. Here in Madison it rained most of the day and only got up into the upper 50's!

Today I would like to share a card that reminds me of Autumn.
The card base is SU's So Saffron. I used one of the Cuttlebugs border folder on the edge and added some color to it using the Metallic Rub-ons which I applied with a Q-tip to have more control over where I wanted the colors. I used another Cuttlebug folder on textured paper from a DCWV mat stack and used a sanding block over the flowers. Behind the textured paper is DP from SU. I also used the same dp to mat the sentiment and on the corner.
The sunflowers are from the SU Give Thanks set. They were colored with Prisma pencils, OMS, and a blender stump.
The sentiment is from GinaK's Happy Harvest.

Have a great Tuesday!
Sharri

Jessica's waste not, want not release party challenge

Good Morning and Happy Monday!

I wanted to share the card I made for Jessica's release part Waste Not, Want Not Challenge.


The challenge wase to take a 6x6 piece of pattern paper and use the whole sheet on a card.
I used dp from DCWV - Nana's Nursery Baby Girl and mat stack, and SU cs.
The corner tabs are a new nestibilities I picked up on Friday. Don't you love it? I can't wait to try out the other tab designs. I sanded the mat stack paper and then rubbed Metallic Rub-on on the sanded parts.
The image is one of GinaK's, Happy Havest which I colored with Copic markers. I used a glitter pen in the center of the flowers and then put crystal lacquer over that.

I used a Friskar's border punch for the border on the bottom of the card.


This is the inside of the card. When it is closed the pick cs shows throught the border.

Thanks for stopping by!

I hope everyone has a great week!

Sharri :o)