Love Birds

Happy Valentine's Day. 

Today LOvE was in the air. 

Hope you remembered to tell your sweetheart that you LOvE them.

Here is a cute LOvE bird card .

First I used the Sizzix Petal die.  Cutting off both bottom sections I create the heart.

I then stamped out the Bird from Good Friend. To get the reversed image I stamped the body of the bird on Pacific Point Designer Series Paper. Cut it out on the edge, flipped it over and attached it on some Whisper White Card stock.  Before cutting them out of the Whisper White, I stamped the legs and beak. To complete the birds look, I stamped the image of the body again to cut out the wings and make them pop from the page with the help of Stampin' Dimensionals. 

   

Oh yeah I don't want to forget to mention the Naturally Serif Sizzlit Decorative Strip Die I used to create the letters for this card.

hand stamped by Gina Dygert

Have a honey of a day!

What a sweet treat bag. 

This project uses the Just Buzzin' by stamp set. 

This treat bag requires a little bit of work. The image of the bee and honey pot were stamped several times and cut out, layer it all for some depth. 

Some Dazzlin Diamond Glitter adorns the bee's wings. While Crystal Effects gives the honey a realistic look as it oozes out of the pot. I used a Stamp-a-ma-jig to get the words just where I wanted them.

Created by Gina Dygert

Happy Birthday!

This card features the new Stampin' Up! Big Bold Cupcake sizzlit 4 pack dies with some Designer Series Paper. 

I own the Big Bold Birthday stamp set that matches this die. Although this cut out is larger than the cupcake from the stamp set. 

I LOvE IT!

The Happy Birthday words in the background are actually from the happy happy birthday jumbo wheel that I wheeled on the base of the card.

Crafted by Gina Dygert

Cotton Ball Box

During my latest trip to IKEA I found an adorable cotton ball box. (I sure do love that place)

Of course I could not just leave it plain. I decided to decorate it with some Rose red  and Chocolate Chip flower Decor Element  and White Decore element sheets.  What a quick cute way to dress up this box. 

Now to wrap it up and give this to my friend for her birthday. I know she will LOvE IT! 

Happy Birthday Norma. 

Created by Gina Dygert

B is for Birthday

Here is a PENGUIN birthday card using Just B and Animal Crackers. The penguin  is sitting on a block of ice that is melting. I had to use some crystal effects to give it a wet look. 

Hand stamped by Gina Dygert

Happy Birthday Jonathan! (Penguin magnet)

My baby is no longer a little boy. Jonathan has now hit the double digits. 

For his Birthday I made him this cute Penguin from Sizzix dies and punches. I put a magnet on the back so he will be able to put it on his magnetic dry erase board in his room. 

To make this penguin you will need to cut the following papers with the appropriate die or punch;

Basic Black : 

with  Sizzix Top 

Note die, wide oval punch

Whisper White: with 1-3/8" circle punch, large oval from Sizzix Oval die

Brilliant Blue: with 1/4" circle punch

Pumpkin Pie: with large oval, wide oval

                        

You will need to alter a few pieces before assembling your penguin. Take the Wide Pumpkin pie oval and punch with the 1/2" circle two holes in the center then cut it apart to make the feet. Take the Basic Black Wide ovals and cut off some to make his wings. Fold your pumpkin pie Large oval to create the beak.

Put the pieces together to make your penguin.

Finally adding eyes and wings to make him complete.

Crafted by Gina Dygert

Chocolate Elephant

Valentine's Day will soon be here. 

This adorable elephant stamp from a Happy Heart Day stamp set graces the front of my next card.

 I stamped this image twice; once on Very Vanilla card stock and once on a sheet of  Candy Lane Designer Series Paper. I trimmed the chocolate elephant on the line. I adhered him to the card stock. Using the Old Olive Stampin' Marker, I colored the stems. To finish off my flowers I punched hearts using the small heart from the Heart to Heart punch.

This beautiful Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain ribbon completes this card, giving it a finished look.

hand stamped by Gina Dygert