2012-06-12 Father's Day Card for Dave

This is the Father's Day card I made for Dave

Ben's stepfather

2012-05-28 Ben's Birthday Card

2012-05-28 Ben's Birhtday Card

2012-04-24 Cathy's Mom Birthday Card

Cathy's Card she made for her Mother's Birthday 04-24-2012

Card outside and Back

Card inside left and Right

2012-04-04 Easter Card for Ben's Parents

The Easter Bunny is coming! 

This is the card I made for Ben's parents.

2012-02-24 The Card Box For My Valentine!

2012-02-24 The Card Box For My Valentine!

Top Cover of Valentine Box

I always seem to make the card , and then after words

realize I don't have the right size box or envelope so

then I have to make my own

Paper , stickers, glitter and pop dots

easy , fun and pretty!!

Front Cover of Valentine Card

I made a red card stock card then cut a piece of paper that had

hand writing on it and 1/8 of an inch smaller then the card

it looks blurry but it was sharp and clear in real life!

Inside of Valentine Card

Used Martha Stewart heart corner punches and

cut the black paper with hearts on it so it would fit slipped

under the punches, used red stickles glitter glue to outline

one of the hearts on the black paper , stuck the Happy Valentines Day

Sticker on a piece of white paper , cut out three sides with edging scissors

then inked the edges in red, used a white gel pen to write love Cathy on

the black paper.

Valentine Heart Puzzle in Card Box

Purchased a Heart shaped chipboard puzzle

covered it with red "love" paper then placed valentine acrylic

drops on each piece to give each one a little variety

Valentine Heart Puzzle

puzzle put together

2012-01-31 Cathy's January Calendar Project

2012-01 Cathy's January Calendar Project

The Button Farm Club

Each month I will be completing a scrapping project from

The Button Farm. My first project is, The Year in Review.

A basic calendar project that taught me a lot of basic scrapping

techniques. I enjoy sharing and let me hear your comments.

The finished project!

Front Cover

Layering, ribbon, reusing packaging , taking apart bout item and using parts to build something new

Inside front covers!

This was one of the pkg's that the Tim Holtz tickets came in

I reused it to make a little book so I can mount some pics or movie stubs

or something else to remember about

I re-purposed the packaging from the chip board stickers

to make a large "match book" type to have a place for more memories

January

Each Calendar has a pocket that you can store

stubs , cards, special little memories.

February

You get everything you need for the kit except for glue and ink , scissors, ruler.

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Tim Holtz film strip and a small note book

plenty of space for pics or journaling

Back cover decorated with left over paper from the kit.

I really enjoyed making this kit and learned a lot of techniques I didn't know before:)

I made it so it could be reused every year, and at the end of the year I can pull out the stuff from the pockets and remember the whole year at once.

I'm going to put every one's birth dates in it that way I might actually remember who's is when

Cards by Cathy The Birthday Collection

Cards by Cathy: The Birthday Collection

Here are some cards that I made working with various paper,

buttons, ribbon, and 3D effects.

One of my paper folding experiences

Square's circles and brads

I used foam dots to raise up the three panels so you could see the paper below.

Pull the ribbon and the four squares flip to

read : "Happy Birthday to you"

Pull the ribbon and the panels flip

More paper folding

It's easier then it looks.

2012-01-14 Specialty Christmas Cards by Cathy

2012-01-14 Specialty Christmas Cards by Cathy

I made some specialty cards that I wanted to share!

Gift card for on package

This is just a 2x4 piece of red card stock folded in half , outlined with a gold pen and then

a pre-printed cutout placed on the front with foam squares.

This one is a little more difficult to explain ,

you place the money or gift card under the ribbon (on the other side)

and which ever way you open it the gift remains behind the ribbon

but the background changes

This card is for gift cards. It is like a scene take card in the movies

and when you pull up the top piece the card stock pulls out

and that's where you place the gift card

This is also made for a gift card, you pull up the top piece and the bottom piece

slides out and that's where you place the gift card.

All of these card idea's came from a subscription to a club called

Card Makers

Cards by Cathy The Friends Collection

Cards by Cathy The Friends Collection

Here are my Cards created in 2011 with Friendship as the theme:

paper folding

Tea Bag Folding

and butterfly cutouts

Tea Bag Folding

I never knew there were different

types of tea bag folding until I

received this kit

its amazing what different types of folds will make

using origami paper

Tea bag folding, brads and flower cutouts

stamping

Stamping Kit Club

layering,Stamping and sanding