Tina's Handmade Cards: January 2008

Thursday, January 31, 2008

HEEEELLPPPPPP!!!

I've been browsing around the world of stamping blogs and CAN'T BELIEVE how many are out there. There are, it seems, an unending supply of card makers. This is what I need help with: I need a name for my blog that is better than "Tina's Handmade Cards." There are a lot of creative women with a lot of creative names and I'm feelin' the need to change my name. Not literally, you know, just the name of the card site. GIVE ME FEEDBACK!! I need help!!

Thanks!!!! Tina

And . . . where does everyone come up with their cute title boxes at the top of their blogs????

I don't know why, but I really like this card. Really simple. The flower has "bling" in the middle.

At stamp club, a couple of the ladies, (thanks!!) bring stamps that they aren't using and just GIVE them to the rest of us. I seem to be the one most benefited by those give-a-ways. I try to hold back- - but it is just to exciting!! The next cards are using some oldies, but goodies (I think).

Blue and Yellow - a favorite of mine. I have lots of fav's!! I stamped the background with the paisley stampin up background stamp with versa mark. It's a nice effect.

I love flowers!! - 3 of the flowers have clear diamond looking bling in the middle of them. The flowers above them and the "thank you" are done with versa mark.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

The "bling" on the side are really diamondy looking stickers, they look different in the scan . . .

This one scanneda little funny . . . in person the ribbon is much more muted and the green much more pronounced. Don't know if I like it . . . . hmmmmm.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

It's been coooooooold outside, and so I've been staying inside where it is nice and warm and have created some new cards. The black printing above is heat embossed with versa mark and black embossing powder and the flowers are colored in with the water color wonder crayons from stampin up. There is some dry embossing next to the flowers done with the bone folder . . .but it is hard to see. I'm now realizing since I put all these cards on one post, my labels aren't going to work right!! sorry.

A baby card. WOW! those brads are NOT green. My scanner changed their pretty pink color to green! The babies above are heat embossed using versa mark and white embossing powder. You can see the dry embossing better in this picture in the yellow card stock. It was done with a bone folder in the crease of the paper cutter I have. Background is also versa mark. I use versa mark more than any other ink.

Oooooo, aren't these colors pretty? The background is "baroque" and it is stamped with versa mark. The stitching if faux stitching, and the butterfly is stamped first with colored ink, then with versa mark and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

It has been so cold outside that I felt like doing a breezy cold card. I couldn't get in the mood too much as you can tell by the prior cards. I have a hard time with the winter theme. I had some photo paper sitting on my craft table and decided to try it out for stamping. The "beany hat" above is stamped on it, so it is glossy. The ink dried really fast! It surprised me. The background is stamped with versa mark and I had to add "warmest wishes" to this cold card.