A Glass Bunny

Since yesterday I posted a paper bunny, I thought today would be a good day to post a glass bunny.  I took some pictures of Jim's glass so I plan to post a few more of his things.  He has been spending a lot of time in his glass room the past month.

Easter Bunny

I enjoy making punch art and have made punch art bunnies each year.  So that they don't look the same I always change some things.  Sometimes it is the orientation of the card or the designer paper.  This year I used the DSP to look like grass and gave the bunny an egg. 

Change of Pace

There will be quite a few Easter cards coming up and I know I've done some darker colored birthday cards so I thought it was time to make something bright.  This can be used for many occasions but I am going to use it for a birthday card.  I like all the bright colors in the banners and grunge marks.

Modes of Transportation

Here are two more of the flip cards that I made.  I thought they looked appropriate to send to guys.  They both have birthday greetings on the inside. 

Beautiful People

I saw a card like this in one issue of Stampin' Success.  It was made with vellum that has gold stripes but I didn't have that paper.  So I embossed with a retired folder that had similar stripes then inked using gold Encore.

Records, Do You Know What They Are?

I finally order the flip thinlette die for the Big Shot.  The outside of the card looks like the left side of the picture.  When you open the card, the circle flips and you see the birthday greetings on the inside.  I have another of these cards made that I will publish in a few days.

Don't be a Crab

It isn't quite beach weather around here, well at least not for me, but this card makes me think of the beach.  Looking forward to May when I will spend some time at the beach.

You Make Me Happy

Now that spring is here, maybe the cold weather is done for those of you that have been having so much snow and cold.  These suns have been popping up all over pinterest and splitcoast so I don't know who first had the idea of using the banner punch for sun rays.  It sure makes a cute card.

An Interesting Tree

I bought this stamp last year when I went to the stamp store in Las Vegas.  I spent a lot of time in the store looking at all the stamps so I felt like I had to buy a few stamps.  This is one of several that I bought.  Unfortunately sympathy cards are always needed around here.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to my baby brother Tom.  It is also our niece Amy's birthday today.  I am so excited that we will be seeing Amy, her DH, and 3 young children when they visit Disney.  We have not seen them in awhile.

Another thinking of You Card

 

I seem to be needing a lot of thinking of you cards lately.  I have several friends that really need a little pick-me-up and the only thing I know to do is send a handmade greeting card. 

Thinking of You

When I saw this card on Pinterest, I liked the simplicity of it.  Now I usually have a hard time with simple cards so I am not sure why I was attracted to this one.  I will probably send it to my friend that I have talked about before going through chemo.

Happy Birthday Dad

So if you thought the last card was still too girlie to send to a guy, then I think these two may be more to your liking.  The background is DSP from a retired set of Stampin' Up! papers.  I just picked two sections of two different papers to get the effect I wanted.  Today would have been Jim's dad birthday.  He has been gone for a long time but we still think of him on his special day.

Birthday Greetings

I saw this card somewhere, oh I spend too much time online.  The one I saw was done like the card on the left.  I decided to try one oriented the other way too.  Which one do you like best?  I think the bright colors on this card could be used for either a male or female.  Yeah I know there is some pink but I think the guy could get over it.

Another New Baby

This time the baby was not a family member but the daughter of my best friend.  The exciting thing is the baby was born on my birthday.  I now have a birthday buddy.  The reason I picked the elephants for the card is the baby's dad painted something very similar on the nursery wall. They also used the same pattern as the Stampin' Up! embossing folder that I used on the card.  She is one month old today.

Mr and Mrs

Happy Anniversary to us.  I guess that sort of says it all.  I saw a card very similar to this one that someone  posted on splitcoast.  I have quite a few of those vintage looking flowers and thought this was the perfect card to use up some of them.  How are we celebrating?  Well, I have a card class this morning  and whenever I have the card group over he goes and gives blood.

Happy Valentine's Day

This is such an old stamp set that I have.  But I can't seem to part with it because I think the elephant is so cute.  The stamp has words around the head that say something specific for a friend.  I use a marker to ink the stamp and don't put ink on the words.  This way it can be used for anyone.

Florida State Fair

You may remember seeing this piece of Jim's that I have posted before.  Look at the November 2013 post, Jim's Most Amazing Glass for some pictures under different lighting to get a better idea of what this looks like.  With some encouragement from some members of the Creative Craft Guild, he entered it and another piece in the state fair.  Imagine his surprise when he got a call that it had won a best of show in the stained glass category.

Non-Traditional Colors

I like to try new colors on cards that traditionally are some particular color.  Although there are flowers on these cards, I don't think they are overly frilly. 

Glass Flowers

This looks like a strange picture.  I took it at a craft show.  The blue jeans that you see are our tent weights.  The PVC pipe is just to hold the flowers near the tent and to make them more visible so people don't walk into them. Wondering what they are.  They are just some yard art that Jim made.  He has a mold for the flowers and they are made in the kiln.