Perpetual Calendar - Pictures of Flowers

I took these pictures at a friend's house in 2012 and made it into a calendar for them June 2013. It has a back cover with a tiny ziplock bag with all the months needed for any year! Therefore, you don't toss it at the end of the year, you just change out the months and you are good for another year!

The business card sized calendar is held in place by my new AccuCut NC595L Business Card Holder #2. 

The page was cut with AccuCut F1504J no crease Folder. 

I cut it shorter than normal because I wanted a smaller size and wanted to use the tabs. Two more of my favorite pictures below, I'll post the rest later, I'm trying to beat the deadline on entering! 

Jake and Leo's Album

I made the mini album for our friends Ken and Sharon who were moving out of state. I took all but the pictures with Amanda on two different occasions last year. I had taken my camera originally to take pictures of their beautiful flowers. I took the pictures that included Amanda a couple of weeks ago.

I saw Leo in the window and took some pictures on a whim. So glad I did when I got the hilarious picture of his behind up in the air facing me and turning around to look at me! I had a mini album in mind and took some of Jake later but my idea didn't jell until I was faced with a deadline when their moved got pushed up. 

I think my new AccuCut folder die is the perfect size for a mini album. I ordered AccuCut Folder F1504J WITHOUT a crease so that I could make albums and calendars with it.

This album is my third entry in the 3rd Annual AccuCut Grande Mark Challenge.

Cover, wasn't as nice as I wanted but I was down to the wire and had to do something!

Jake and Leo are cut out of gold metallic mat board and the front and back covers are cut out of terracotta mat board. Dog, Cat and & are cut out of shiny black mat board.

That "smudge" on the left tab is where I partially erased their last name.

I lucked out and got that paw print border die at Jo Ann's when we went to El Paso in March.

I've had the Paw Print alphabet stamp set for several years.

I fuzzed out Ken's face, I don't like to put people online unless I've specifically asked them.

Jake is saying PLEASE pick me up! He finally got his way!

As earlier, I fuzzed out his face. 
Amanda was very happy sharing Ken's lap with Jake. Jake was just a LITTLE jealous!

The end of Jake's part of the album and the beginning of Leo's!

Leo watching his world.

Uh oh, must not like me out there taking pictures of the beautiful flowers and NOT paying attention to his beautiful self! :) 

The end! The smudges are just hiding phone numbers and last names.

I was so happy that they really loved the album.

Leo's Collage

I made this for our friends Ken and Sharon who were moving out of state. I used AccuCut Paw Print #1 P1186J. I cut the paw prints and hearts out of mat board, it gives dimension to the collage. 

I needed something cut out of mat board in the corners and chose hearts. I like the simplicity of this frame. This is my second entry in the 3rd Annual AccuCut Grande Mark Challenge.

Jake's Collage

I made this for our friends Ken and Sharon who were moving out of state. I used AccuCut Paw Print #1 P1186J and B1700S Small Bone dies. I cut them out with mat board, it gave dimension. I trimmed the bones to make them fit. I needed something cut out of mat board in the corners. I like the simplicity of this frame. This is my first entry in the 3rd Annual AccuCut Grande Mark Challenge.

I FINALLY finished my last projects and uploaded them to the 2nd Annual AccuCut GrandeMARK Challenge!  


You can see all the Entries here! I'm "Angie and Snoopy" on this challenge. 


Wish me luck! I have some dies I'd love to win!

I SERIOUSLY need to update my blog, I've made tons of cards since the last post but the job took too much of my time this last year.

My Second Stair Step Card - Hearts!

This one went so fast, just took all the hearts out of my QK/BossKut/Zip'eMate folder and cut them, 3 of them were the Zip'eCut embossing. I STILL have a bunch of hearts left over to make more cards!

I have a ton of Sizzix and Sizzlits hearts but never got far enough to get the dies out to cut! I didn't need to use one of the bigger Sizzix hearts since I now have the QK Nesting hearts. I embossed the edge like I do with Spellbinders Nesties. I still like putting a border on the back that makes the width 4-1/4 inches in that direction.

Border dies would work great but THIS particular red cardstock is too thick for most so I had to use a QK edger. The thicker cardstock worked great for the outline hearts that are hanging in mid-air. The stamp is a CTMH stamp that i bought from Love, you know, she is the one that you got your Big Bite II from on Two Peas..

I added another picture this morning with the ribbon in the top.

Here is the second version with the Happy Valentine's Day ribbon.

Here is the side. The great thing about this card is I just punched hearts and started putting them on the card... Nothing to it! :)

My First Stair Step Card!

My First Stair Step card! 

I went a step further, I cut the white snowflake border, then glued it on the the back one to make the card 4-1/4 inches wide. I had to put a crease where it joined the red because it needed to tilt back a little, otherwise, it would be pointed IN.

I haven't finished the penguins eyes, couldn't wait to get it posted so you can see it tomorrow.

The side view is below