A Step Card....Or Two

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So, in my ever constant perusing of Pintrest and, blogs I find on Pintrest I stumbled upon Step cards. Both the Center step card, the Side Step Card and all of the many variants that exist. Why had I not seen this glorious creation prior to now? Okay, no need to fret, you have discovered them now and that is all that matters.
Since my Mother In Law's birthday and anniversary were coming up I decided I would create a step card for the occasion. What I ended up creating was two. Have a look see.

Since her anniversary was a day after her birthday I wanted to make two cards that sit together. Here is the birthday card.

And here is her anniversary card.

They were a lot of fun to make. I found a tutorial online, there are a ton out there but the on I used was at Splitcoast Stampers and can be found here. Although I want to be clear, I used different measurements as I wanted my cards to be bigger but the concept I got from that great tutorial. I also needed to add a piece of stabilizing card stock on the bottom due to the heaviness of my embellishments. Should you want to make your own and need help just shoot me an email. I'd be happy to give you a hand.

I found some Kaisercraft rub ons that were applicable so each side has a saying just below the stamped salutations.

I also decorated the backside of each card
So here's the problem, these bad boys don't fold, bend or otherwise convert into any other shape for transport in the mail. Yup..... So what I am going to do is wrap the hell out of them in bubble wrap and mark the box they are in fragile, do not stack, this side up and any other terminology I think might help them travel from Arizona to Connecticut safely........ I will let you know how it goes.

Well there ya have it, if you are thinking of making a step card, go for it. They are a fun alternative to the normal card.

I Do Believe In Fairies! I do, I do!

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I have been itching to do a diorama piece so I started off by creating my first stand up fairy.

Okay, so I fussy cut a fairy from an old Graphic 45 collection, Once Upon A Springtime. Once cut I traced around her on to heavy cardstock and fussy cut that. I then glued the two together with a toothpick in the middle so she would stand upright. I then decorated her with Stickles and Liquid Pearls and glued her to a base. The base in this case being one of those wooden bingo numbers, I then used some craft foliage to camouflage both the bingo number and the horrid job I did on her feets.
I purchased a glass dome by Melissa Frances today with the purpose of creating a home for her in it. You will see her again once I complete it.
Well, there ya have it.

Another Manly Man Card.... For Men...

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A friend of mine is having a birthday this week so I made a card. I did a lot of research prior to making the card as I always struggle with cards for "dudes". Wow, not a lot of choice out there. I finally decided on a retro theme and even came up with a clever caption inside.

I used Farmhouse Paper Company Market Square collection, which I've had for a while but never put to use before. Honestly, I quite like the line and the quality of the paper so I am going to purchase more Farmhouse products in the future. The paper is nice and heavy, the way I like it and they lend themselves easily to either masculine or feminine uses. I hope in the future they come out with more embellishments.
Well, there ya have it!

A Card And Box For Me Mum!

Sup! I created this card to send to my mom just because. Okay really I needed to send her some money but any excuse to make a card eh?

I created it using Kaisercraft's New Enchanted Garden collection which may be my favorite. Lots of fairies and I just love that color combination of pink and that light green. So pretty.

I also decorated one of those tiny 99 cent boxes you can get from craft stores using the same papers. 

I put tiny legs on and used some lace ribbon around the bottom. I then lined the top border of the ribbon with flatback pearl ribbon. The trim around the lid is from Elizabeth Crafts.

On the top of the lid I used all manner of random embellishments I found on my desk.
I had a lot of fun doing both and truth be told they helped to get me out of the worst case of creative block I've experienced yet.

Well, there ya have it!