Giants Father's Day

Hello friends,
 A friend asked me to make a Father's Day card for his Dad. He's a San Francisco Giants fan so I wanted to incorporate that into his card.
Here it is:

 I used the SF Giants colors- orange, black, & white. I embossed the orange layer with a stars embossing folder and the white layer with a wood grain embossing folder. The baseball bats are from  the MFT- DC All Star stamp set.
Here's a peek of the innies:

I used this CAS sketch:

I tried to make it CAS (my card-making kryptonite) but with all the layers, I don't know if it still counts as CAS. Since I don't think sequins would go on a masculine card, I added a few scattering of stars.

I'll be playing along in the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly: Anything goes
Love to Scrap: Male Call #55
The Paper Girls Challenge: #81 Father's Day/Masculine

Thanks so much for peeking today *Ü*
Have a home run day!

The 411
Stamps: All Stars Stamp set, Jersey Stamp set, Masculine Graphic T Stamp set- MFT, Father's Day Message- Hero Arts.
Ink: Pumpkin Pie-SU, Soft Brown- Hero Arts, Versafine Onyx Black
Paper: True Black-PTI, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie- SU
Tools: Stars & Hearts die- SSS, Basic Set dies- Mama Elephant, Wood grain EF, Tiny Stars EF- The paper studio, DC All-Star dienamics

Hello Father

Hi again friends,
I have a couple of cards to share with you.
Here's the first:

 I had fun creating this card. I die cut the feathers from vellum and the "hello" from gold foil card stock. I hadn't played with the Scribbles die so I decided to add a couple here. That is such a fun die! Who knew scribbles would make me happy *Ü*

I used this sketch from MFT:

 My second card is for Father's Day:

 The "father" die cut is a sizzlit die I've had for ever and a day! Sometimes having too many toys is not a good thing because you don't get to use what you have. Even though I have A LOT of toys, I seem to always play with the same ones... must have picked that up from my boys ;) wink.

I used this Mojo Monday sketch (rotated):

 I say, if I'm not tall and skinny- neither will my cards! Just kidding... I forgot this was tall & skinny week *Ü* My card is A2 sized.

I will also play along in the following challenges:
Sister Act Card challenges: Challenge #108
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: Challenge #313 Father's Day
The Crafter's Cafe: One for the boys
Mod Squad Challenges: Masculine
Simon Says Stamp: Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes

Well, that's it for now.
Tootles,

The 411
Hello Card
Paper: Moonrise- SEI, True Black cs-PTI, Very Vanilla-SU, vellum cs, Gold Foil cs
Tools: Basic set dies- Mama Elephant, Hello die- Wplus9, Scribbles dies, Feathers & Arrows dies-MFT, Decorative Tile embossing Folder-CB

Father Card
Paper: Always Artichoke cs-SU, This & That Charming- Echo Park, Copper foil cs-DCWV
Tools: Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banners Dies, Accent It: Rock & Roll dies, Fishtail banners dies- MFT,  "Father" die-Sizzix

Smile

Hi friends,
 I have a couple of cards to share with ya today.
Here's the first:

This is a pretty clean & simple card for me *Ü* This cute little fox is from the Into the Woods stamp set from Lawn Fawn- so cute! I thought I would add a few dots with my white gel pen (for texture & details) but it just looks like he has dandruff :( sigh...

Here's a peek of the innies:

 I took the other part of the die cut & added it here. The sentiment is also from Lawn Fawn & it's called Scripty Sayings.

I used this sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge:

My second card went to my friend who is getting ready for baby!

I just had to make a shaker card *Ü* so fun! 

It can double as a kind of baby rattle when the baby is fussy ;)- wink. I ADORE this entire stamp set from Mama Elephant. It is so super cuuuuute!

Well, thanks so much for peeking today.
Have a great weekend!
Until next time!


The 411
Smile Card:
Stamps: Into the woods, Scripty Sayings- Lawn Fawn
Ink: Black Licorice-MFT, Delicata Gold, Baked Brown Sugar-SU, Distress Inks
Paper: Into the woods petite paper pack- Lawn Fawn, White cs, Blue cs
Tools: Into the Woods dies-Lawn Fawn, Basic set dies- Mama Elephant, Stitched Basic Edges dies-MFT, Copics

Baby card:
Stamps: Carnival Cupcakes- Mama Elephant
Ink: Chocolate Brown- MFT
Paper: Certainly Celery-MFT, White cs, baby boy
Tools: Basic Set dies- Mama Elephant, Blueprints 1-MFT
Other: sequins, buttons

Pocket Letter Lite

Hello there friends,
So the latest rage is pocket letters. I think it's a clever idea to keep snail mail and that ancient tradition of writing letters alive and well. I will admit, I'm not a letter writer- I'm a card maker. Well, I have a friend who sends me sweet messages through snail mail & I'm super bad about writing her back :( ---> (insert boos and hisses here). Anyhoo, when I came across this pocket letter concept I thought of my friend. I thought I would give one a try & she would be the one to make it for.

So the basic steps to creating a pocket letter is taking a 9 pocket trading card sleeve and creating little inserts for each pocket, one to be a letter to include in one of the pockets. I found the sleeves at Target for 70 sleeves for $9. OK, that's cheap and probably a few lifetimes' supply!

So when I started working on it I became a bit overwhelmed. It took me forever to create the first insert and I had 8 more to create! No bueno :( So... I resized it to be a little easier to complete. What did I do? I cut 3 of the pockets off the edge! Now it was a 6 pocket letter *Ü*

'Nuff blabber. Here's the final product:

 Of course, it's hard to photograph the pockets, so I took each one out of the sleeves & took a pic of each one. I snipped off the side with the binder strip because my friend isn't going to put it in a binder.

Here's the first one:

***I water colored all of the images for her pocket letter with Distress Inks.

The second pocket contains a tea bag and a teapot diecut.

The 3rd: This is my letter. I added a couple of vellum feather die cuts (because she's a writer). 

The 4th: Water colored the butterflies & added a die cut Hello

 The 5th: Water colored the Dogwood flowers & heat embossed "friendship" on a strip of vellum.

The 6th: A shaker birdcage. Water colored birdie.

The good thing about cutting it down to 6 pockets is that it folded down to fit a regular A2 envelope. *Ü*

I liked the idea of wrapping a doily around it & tying it with some twine before putting it in the envelope.*Ü*

I hope my friend enjoys this pocket letter. You can find more info about them ---> HERE.
All the goodies  I used are listed below.

Thanks so much for sticking around for this long post! Have you created a pocket letter? It's a very cool & creative process---that I can handle in 6 pockets! Lol... *Ü*

¡Adiós amigas!

The 411
I used papers from the Quilting Bee 6x6 pad from MME for all of the inserts. All images were water-colored with Distress Inks.

1) Stamp: Stuck on You-Lawn Fawn, Dies: Precious Polaroids- MFT

2) Stamp & Dies: Always time for Tea- MFT

3) Dies: Feathers & Arrows-MFT, "You"- PTI

4) Stamp & Dies: Antique Flowers & Butterflies- Hero Arts, "Hello" die-Wplus9

5) Stamp & Dies: Antique Flowers & Butterflies- Hero Arts, Happy Every Day- SSS

6) Dies: Contempo Cage, Musical Notes-MFT, Assorted sequins, acetate

Teacher Treat Bag

Hi ya friends,
I wanted to share the end of the year gifts (well, the packaging, really)  I gave to the teachers in my department. I wanted to give them a small token of appreciation for all the great work they do. I didn't have a lot of time and I needed to make seven of them, so this is what I came up with that was quick & cute!
Here they are:

 They're all the same except for the pattern on the bags. They are embossed *Ü*
I thought embossing the little Kraft paper bags took them from simple to simply beautiful! I reeeeally liked how they came out & best of all it was so super simple to do!

Here's what I did:

 I bought the little bags at Mike's. They measure 3 1/2" x 2" x 6 3/4". They come in many colors, but Kraft goes with everything *Ü*

First, you take the base flap and fold back it so that the 2 flaps meet:

Next, choose your embossing folder and tuck it in. I used the large 5 x 7 folders, but...

...you can use the smaller A2 folders by running it through twice, pulling it through the slit at the top. (as shown below).

 Here's the end result:

Isn't that preeeetty! Couldn't be easier.

Here's one last look at a completed bag:

I used the Good Apple stamp set from Lawn Fawn for the chalkboard. I wrote a little message on the back of the little chalkboard tag for each of them & attached it with a cork board clip from Mike's as well (they're on clearance *Ü*)

 Back view:

I put some treats and a Starbucks gift card inside.

I hope I've inspired you to emboss your treat bags and send those teachers off to summer vacation with a smile!

Thanks for peeking today!
Tootles,

ConGRADulations!

Well Hello friends,
It's that super busy time of the year--->the end! Yes, we are wrapping up another year in the hallowed halls of Hogwarts School. I've been a busy little teacher putting my classroom away for the summer.

Today, I have a simple graduation card. It was speedy quick to make!
Here it is:

 I used the CB Congrats embossing folder in the background, added a strip of gold foil card stock along the side and added the mortarboards along it. See! Speedy quick!

Here's another peek:

I used this week's MFT sketch *Ü*

 Thanks so much for peeking. I have a teacher appreciation gift idea coming next!
Ciao!


The 411
Paper: True Black cs-PTI, Gold foil cs-DCWV
Tools: Graduation Accents Dienamics-MFT, Congrats CB EF

No mistakes, Just opportunities

Hi ya friends,
 I thought I'd share the thank you card I made for my son's girlfriend. For Mother's Day, she was so kind and gave me a Starbucks tumbler. She had one a couple of weeks ago & I told her I liked it. She remembered & gifted me with one. *Ü*

Here's the pic of the card & the tumbler:

 I die cut the tumbler from gold cardstock & sponged in some red ink to match the tumbler.

 I thought I was top cheddar with my cleverness until I noticed the bendy straw... the real one has a straight straw. If I'm one thing, it's a stickler for details. So I carefully tried to remove the bendy straw and replace it with a straight straw...it ripped a little...

What to do? Start over? Try to put the bendy straw back? Noooo! I thought, "WWKD" (What Would Karli Do) A HA!!! Add some embellishments, of course *Ü*

 I cut a strip of cardstock and added a couple more little hearts. Like I always say..."There are no mistakes in card-making. Just opportunities to embellish." *Ü*

Thanks so much for peeking today!
Tootles,


The 411
Stamps: Thanks-SSS
Ink: Riding Hood Red-SU
Paper: Garden Green, Kraft, Gold cs-SU
Tools: Milkshake die- Sizzix, Thanks die-SSS, Mini hearts die-SSS