I looked back and I do a lot of last minute cards because I guess that is how I do things so here is a Fathers Day card idea for all of you that work like I do “Last Minute”. This card was actually inspired by our 9 year old daughter because she made mom a Mothers Day card that did a pop up MOM inside so we decided to do the same for Fathers Day. We started out jut making six cuts in the top fold of the card stock and pushed every other one into the card, this makes the tabs that you glue the DAD onto. Next just build the layers of paper up for the base, we used Bo Bunny’s Trail Mix Collection. the finishing touches were these cute Hero Arts Stamps.

So here is an idea if you have put it off until now and I hope all you Dads have a great Fathers Day tomorrow!

Recipe:

14601831: Bo Bunny-Trail Mix

14601834: Bo Bunny-Trail Mix Cabin Fever

G5500: Hero Arts-Plaid Person Stamp

330055: Hero Arts-Stepping Stone Alphabet

TIM32823: Tim Holtz-Gatherd Twigs Distress ink

Cardstock

Ribbon

Embroidery thread

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Doug and Heather

We are getting down to crunch time, so this Father’s Day Sizzix treat box will be my last Father’s Day project to show you.
My parents are going to Ireland in a few weeks, so they have asked that instead of gifts, they would like us to give money so they can purchase souvenirs, since my dad is semi-retired and this trip was kind of a surprise. Well, that’s all fine and dandy, but I don’t want to just give money in a card, so I thought I would put it in with some fun treats for him.
I loved the wood grain on this particular sheet from Bo Bunny‘s Trail Mix 12×12 Collection Pack and combined with Sizzix Bigz Pro Die – Box, Tall with Scallop Flap, it created a mini cabin look. Well, some might say it looks like an outhouse, but either way it looks rustic, so we’ll just leave it up to my dad as to what he sees. Point-there is no half moon on the front!

I used two sheets out of the Trail Mix Collection Pack. One for the box and one for the Window and sign. The lantern was hand cut out of the back side of the wood grain sheet. I wanted it to look like a window so I chose the sheet with some foilage to give it more interest and inked around the edges for dimension. I put the sign on adhesive foam squares to give it some dimention, broke up a stick that my nephew left in my car (it was the perfect size) and placed the pieces around the window as a rough frame. I glued the lantern to one side of the frame. I inked the scallops on the roof with black soot to give it a burnt wood look and to help it stand out.

Products used:
656600-Sizzix Bigz Pro Die Box, Tall with Scallop Flap (for use in Sizzix Big Shot Pro Machine)
14616848-Bo Bunny Trail Mix 12×12 Collection Pack
657563-Sizzix Framelits Ovals
658051-Sizzix Sizzlits Lovely Labels
TIM93195-Tim Holtz Distress Ink Black Soot
TIM19527-Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo
656250-Sizzix Big Shot Pro Machine (click HERE to see this and more die cutting machines)
adhesive

To all the father’s out there-Happy Father’s Day!

Thanks & Happy Scrappin’!
Carrie

Last week I did a Fathers Day card for my dad, so this week I thought I would do A Fathers Day Card with QuicKutz for my Husband.  This is one of my favorite cards that I have done, mostly because of the colors that I was able to use thanks to Bo Bunny.  I used Bo Bunny, Very Vintage 6×6 collection to pick my colors and also because I just love the double dot design.  I also used QuicKutz die to cut out my squares.  I love this Die because it has the scalloped edges and I thought it added just a little more to the card.  I also used, as I usually do for my projects, Hero Hues Chalk ink to add definition to my die cuts.  I don’t think you can go wrong with this card for Fathers day.  It is fast to make, easy to make, and it will sure let your Father or Husband know how much you love him for taking the time to make him a special card.

Recipe:

657900 Sizzix Big Shot

DC0157 QuicKutz, Nesting Scallop Squares

10017488 Bo Bunny Very Vintage

AF184 Hero Hues Chalk Ink

This is a fun card to make! To get the details, check out my video.

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Alexis

I mentioned yesterday that my dad is pretty mechanical, and so is my sweet husband, so I made him this Going Places Father’s Day card using the Going Places Vintage Labels stamp set from JustRite Stampers and Doubledots 6×6 paper pads from Bo Bunny.

My hubby love old cars, so this set is absolutely perfect for my card. We have several old cars around our place getting older by the minute waiting for him to fulfill his dreams of restoring them! He even found his actual old high school race car, a ’64 Chevelle Malibu at a junk yard in southern Utah, so he bought it back and has the place of honor in my garage while he tinkers with it occasionally. Sometimes dreams take a while to come to fruition, right?

Back to the card- Another reason I love this set is that it coordinates with an exclusive Spellbinders die set, so I can cut the images out perfectly without the use of scissors! YAY! Anything to make life easier!

Here are the products I used for this card:

CL-0740-JustRite Going Places Vintage Labels

JB-03730-JustRite Vintage Label & Banners die

10017488-Bo Bunny Doubledot Very Vintage 6×6 paper pad

10017486-Bo Bunny Doubledot Natural Necessities 6×6 paper pad

89378-American Crafts Satin Ribbon

S5-181-Spellbinders A2 Bracket  Basics One

S5-161-Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles

AF214Hero Arts is the Hero Hues Mid-tone Shadow Ink Cup O Joe

1/4″ Scor-Tape

card stock

I feel much better knowing that I didn’t wait until last minute to make his card! Only a week and a half left until Father’s Day! If you are needing something to help you with those masculine cards, click HERE!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Carrie

We just celebrated Mothers day and so we know the next big day is upon us, so I wanted to make a Bo Bunny Fathers day card.  I have one of the coolest fathers that ever lived.  My father served in the Military for 27 years and was a Fighter Pilot for the Unites States Air Force.  Pretty amazing job if I do say so myself.  My father is a simple man.  He doesn’t need a lot of things, he just wants to be surrounded by his loved ones so I wanted to make a card that I thought fit his personality.  Bo Bunny has the perfect paper, Natural Necessities Double Dot Design, that I had to use for this design.   I also wanted to show you a different way to use the Sizzix, Banners in a different way then just a Birthday card.  Then of course I used Hero Hues Chalk ink to add a little more to my card.  It is a simple card but it sure lets your Father know that he means the world to you and that he is #1 in your eyes.  What Dad doesn’t want that?

Receipe:

658696 Sizzix Banners #2

10017486 Bo Bunny, Natural Necessities

Hero Hues

Sizzix Big Shot

To see step by step how this card is made, you can watch my tutorial!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Alexis

I love this new Sizzix 658451 Bigz ScoreBoards XL Birdhouse 3-D die that creates a birdhouse not for the birds, but for us! It is darling and so much fun to make! You can use this for decoration, or for treats! I am thinking about putting acetate over the opening, then leave one side of the roof accessible so it can lift up for yummy little treats! A small magnet would enable me to keep it closed, but easily lift up when needed. To view this and other ScoreBoard dies, click HERE.

The assembled measurement of this die-cut shape is approximately 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/8″, so it is not very big, but I was so delighted with it that sat and giggled while putting it together. My hubby thought I was going nutty in my scrapbook room, but who cares! He knows me well enough to know that it doesn’t take much to make me happy (which is good for him!). Seriously, I do get excited over the littlest things, which is why my walls are covered with shelves of brads, buttons, eyelets, and flowers…its the little things which count, right?

Anyway, here are the products I used to finish this birdhouse.

HOP010 Authentique Hope Collection Kit 12×12
10017486 Bo Bunny DoubleDot Natural Necessities 6×6 Paper Pad
Matboard
1/4″ Scor-Tape
Tim Holtz gear embellishments
Ink
adhesive

So, if you are looking for a fun, fast project for summer, this is it!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!
Carrie

I teach an AP Art class and if you know anything about AP classes you always have about 2 weeks left after they take their tests so in AP Art we do a little bookmaking and each student makes their own sketchbook that they can fill up through out the summer. Here are a few examples of books that I made with them where I used Bo Bunny and Authentique paper as the cover. This paper is perfect for the cover because it is sturdy and durable (Plus it looks really nice). After I got them done here at the school I took them home and Heather and I added some fun things to to finish them off.

With this one we just used some foil and stamped it with Spellbinders Floral Set, sanded the surface so you can see the texture a little better, cut it out , and glued it on.

For this one we just cut out the number from a page in The Sweetest Thing paper stack by My Minds Eye and added some pearls.

And on the last one we felt like if we added anything to it it would make it too busy so just left it as it was.

These books are a lot of fun and you can use them for more than just sketchbooks so give one a try and make yourself a journal, notebook, or anything else you need a book to take notes in.

Recipe:

14501819: Bo Bunny-Key Lime Notes

14001643: Bo Bunny-Mama-Razzi Photo Booth

REN005: Authentique- Transform

St1030: My Minds Eye- The Sweetest Thing

657813: Sizzix-Free Fall Floral Set

MM1-002: Spellbinders- Foil Pack 2

4040: Want2Scrap- LeCreme Pearls

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Doug and Heather

This week has been a very eventful week with so many good and sad things happening so I thought I would make A Any occasion Card with Sizzix.  I wanted this card to look happy and uplifting but humble and I think I captured that.  I love Bo Bunny paper and the colors so I really wanted to use this paper with my card.  KaiserCraft has these beautiful Die Cut Shapes with words, flowers, tags all included and I just love to use this collection with my cards.  And of course I used my Big Shot Sizzix machine to cut out some Sizzix Flower Layers w/Heart petals Die Cuts that are so fun to use and create many different layers of flowers for any project.  I chose  warm greens and browns and yellows with this card design but it will work with any color that you choose.

Receipe:

Sizzix Big Shot

658053 Sizzix Flower W/ Heart petals

CT746 KaiserCraft Collectables

4055 Want2Scrap Bling

Bo Bunny paper

I really enjoy showing you how to make these projects, so I hope you enjoy the tutorials!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Alexis

This sweet Magnolia card features Magnolia Stamps Tilda with Little Pocket stamp. This Tilda fits me, my daughter, and grand daughter. Long blond hair, half girly-girl and half tom-boy (I was more tom-boy). I still prefer jeans and t-shirt over a dress any day of the week and if you give me flowers, please make sure the roots are attached, so I can dig in the dirt and plant them in my yard, but my girls are a little more girly girl than me.

I made this card for my sweet little grand daughter who is moving to Dallas, Texas with her family this week. Even though she is only 2 1/2, I want to send her off with a note from Grandma. You know how it is….

Ya’ll are familiar with her mommy. Stacy is Cut@Home Blogger and my only daughter, so I am thrilled that we will still be able to hear from her every week and see her projects, but I will miss them all so much!

Okay, before I get so teared up that I can type, let’s get a move on to the card!

Product recipe:

Cardstock
10017488 Bo Bunny Doubledot Very Vintage
WL13 Magnolia Tilda with Little Pocket
89379 American Crafts Dots Ribbon-brown
62831 American Crafts Chromatix Markers Set
101 Scor-Pal V.3
S5-175 Spellbinders A2 Locking Loops
s5-172 Spellbinders A2 Curved Matting Basics B
Wax paper

This was my first time using the A.C. Chromatix Markers set and I had so much fun! They worked great (for my first time). I’m sure I will improve my coloring skill after some practice, but they are smooth and I was ticked with the shading. If you are interested in trying these out, you can find them HERE.

I think Magnolia stamps are perfect for little girls, or even the little girl inside the big girls! There is just something sweet and innocent about them that is very appealing. I know my little grand daughter will like this card because it is PINK!

I will be sending my daughters family off this week, so wish me luck! I wish I could call someone to shut off the water in my eyes, but I don’t think it is possible. I will just have to really dig into projects to keep my mind off of it for a while!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!
Carrie

I made a page layout design last week and I couldn’t resist making a Bo Bunny mothers day card idea this week.  Bo Bunny has a beautiful paper kit called Love letters and I have used this collection pack a few times but I could not resist using it again because it has such beautiful paper and it can be used in so many ways.  I started off cutting down some card stock paper to 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 and then using the Bo Bunny paper I cut a sheet down to fit on the front of my card and I used the Hero Hues chalk ink to ink around the edges of the cardstock and the Bo Bunny paper.  I then used Spellbinders 5×7 Detailed Scallops Die with my Sizzix Big Shot Machine and then taped it all together with some Scor Tape and pop up stickers and finished it off with some Die Cut shapes from Kaiser Craft and bling from Want2Scrap, gotta have the bling!  I love this card.  I love the colors and how easy and fast it was to make,  It can be a mother’s day card or a Thank You card or just a pick me up card.  No matter how you use it whomever you give it to will love it because you made it and it looks like you put a ton of effort into making it just for them!

Receipe:

CT743- KaiserCraft Die Cuts

2169- Want2Scrap Bling

13503503- Bo Bunny Love Letters

S6-004 Spellbinders 5×7 Detailed Scallops

657900- Sizzix Big Shot

As always, I have included a video tutorial showing how I created this card. I hope you enjoy!

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Alexis

It is the end of April already and we are busy getting ready for Mother’s Day! Our designers are getting projects made to give you ideas and we have tons of products available to help you with your projects or even give as gifts for mom.

If you don’t have anything specific in mind, you can go to our Mother’s Day category HERE to find items that are geared specifically toward mothers.

If you are looking for the latest products, look in NEW PRODUCTS under each of the main categories.

We have just brought on dies from Die-Versions and Cottage Cutz! Of course, Spellbinders, Sizzix and Quickutz are always popular gifts for the creative mom.

New stamps have just been released from JustRite Stampers and Heartfelt Creations!

Don’t forget that your crafty mom will need paper from DCWV, Graphic 45, Trimcraft, Authentique, & Bo Bunny.

Embossing Folders from Provo Craft, Crafts Too, Darice & Sizzix.

Value Pack Ribbon from American Crafts, and definitely don’t forget some beautiful Bling from Want2Scrap!

Find these and many more name brands on our site.

If your mom is just getting into scrapbooking, or if you want to put together a quick album as a gift, Project Life by Becky Higgins is perfect! Project Life is a solution-based approach to scrapbooking that was created to simplify the process in order to allow you more time to enjoy life! It requires no glue, no scissors, no tools, and no skills of any kind. The design of these CORE kits takes the guess work out of layout design so that you can focus on recording your everyday moments through your photos and journaling.

Each Core Kit includes:

- 500 3×4 journaling cards (filler design printed on the back of each card)
- 40 Bi-fold Journaling Cards (when you have more time to write)
- 8 First Page Cards (4 cards are 4×6 + 4 cards are 3×4)
- 8 Last Page Cards (4 cards are 4×6 + 4 cards are 3×4)
- 60 4×6 Title Cards (for horizontal or vertical use)

NOTE: These contents are designed to be paired with Becky Higgins Photo Pocket Pages.

There is just so much to choose from! I’d better get shopping for some fun things for my mom.  She loves to scrapbook!

Remember to shop early as we may be waiting for some items to arrive from manufacturers.  We normally ask that customers allow 2-14 days for shipping, however, we ship orders as quickly as possible. If we have everything on shelf, we ship within 24-48 business hours! We fill orders in the order in which they are received.

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Carrie

Heather and I love making these cards that could really fit any occasion in case we need a last minute card or even if there isn’t really any occasion and we just want to say hi to cheer someones day up. What is so cool about this card is that if you have the Decorative Blossom Corner from Spellbinders and the Remember Your Kindness stamp set from Hero Arts, you could follow this same design and make so many different cards with each one being unique. I have said this before but I love these 6×6 paper stacks from Bo Bunny because if you are card making you don’t have to go looking through all of your paper just to find paper that matches, all that work is done for you because you really can go through and choose any paper and you know that it is going to go well together–Simple! Really this card looks way more complicated that it really is, just grab some card stock and fold it for the card. Next, cut the Decorative Blossom Corner out of any corner and place a decorative paper behind it. Lastly add some designs on top with a saying that you stamp.

Recipe:

HCD729: Spillbinders Heartfelt Creations-Decorative Blossom Corner

13417435: Bo Bunny-Serenade

CL649: Hero Arts- Remember Your Kindness

TIM32823: Tim Holtz-Distress ink Gathered Twigs

Card Stock

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Doug and Heather

It’s Graduation week!!!! Hooray! I’ve been looking forward to this week for 6 long years for my husband to finish his Ph.D. and it’s finally here, so naturally I had to use the Spellbinders Ornate Squares for his Graduation Card!  Now, I know you’ll look at this card and think, “What? That doesn’t look like a graduation card.” Let me explain. When writing your dissertation, I’m convinced that you loose a little of your sanity and start looking for anything to entertain yourself. My hubster picked up magic tricks as his new hobby, so I was so excited that this new Bo Bunny Anthem paper had face cards on it! So, he may be getting a doctorate degree in organic chemistry, but it has been the magician inside that has kept him sane the past few months. This is exactly what I love about homemade cards! You can do any theme you want, use any paper you want (even if it’s technically for the 4th of July), and make it personal.

The Spellbinders Ornate Squares are seriously TO DIE FOR! They are gorgeous! I also used the matching stamps by JustRite (the Ornate Happiness Squares) which are equally beautiful. I’m not sure if you can see it in the picture, but I stamped around the star paper with the graduation cap on it with the Ornate Happiness Squares. It adds just the right detail. The graduation/congratulations stamp was something I thought I’d never use and was elated to rediscover last night! Just what I needed. It’s part of the JustRite Summer Words stamps. So glad I had them! I will be using more and more of them in the near future.

So, it’s the season of graduation and you can now make a personalized card for your lucky graduate. Congratulations Class of 2013!

Products used:

CR-03745 – JustRite Sumer Words stamps

14401802 – Bo Bunny Anthem Paper pack

S5-166 – Spellbinders Ornate Squares

ES-012 – Spellbinders Infinity Embossing folder

SW-04425 – JustRite Ornate Happiness Squares Stamps

2163 – Want2Scrap Steel Blue pearls

202 – 1/4″ Scor-tape

S5-171 – Spellbinders A2 Curved Matting Basics A

Black Ink Pad

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Stacy

Going back in time a little for this page layout to celebrate Turners first birthday using clock cogs from Spellbinders. When Heather got out these pictures I thought she was pulling out pictures of our younger son Brexton because they look so much alike when they were at this age.

When we got this die cut and the embossing folder of cogs, right away we wanted to do a “Time to Celebrate” page. This is one of those pages that comes together so easily just cut out a bunch of cogs of different sizes and colors and emboss a few papers and the rest is just figuring out where you want to place everything. We used Surprise-Birthday paper for the background paper by Bo Bunny–it really makes a difference  having good patterned paper to work with as a base. If you have a birthday that you are needing to scrapbook this paper stack is a must because there is such a fun variety of patterns and colors to work with.

Recipe:

E3D-002: Spellbinders 3D M-Bossibilities- Creative Cogs

S4-386: Spellbinders Shapeabilities-Cogs

S5-126: Spellbinders Shapeabilities-Up, Up, and Away

14201699: Bo Bunny- Surprise! Birthday

Cl611: Hero Arts: Many Birthday Messages

TIM35008: Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Mowed Lawn

TIM32861: Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Festive Berries

TIM34933: Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Peacock Feathers

Numbers and letters stamp

Thanks and Happy Scrappin!!

Doug and Heather

When we got the Sizzix Ballroom Slippers I thought right away that these would be perfect for decorating our daughters room. Our two year old is such a diva and has a fascination with shoes (especially high heals). We just sat down yesterday and started to play with the die set and these are what we came up with.

What we did was grabbed some of our double sided 6×6 paper pads, ran the dies through our Cuddlebug, and glued everything together; they are so simple and even give you crease lines to fold on. I really liked how the shoe turned out from the Teresa Collins Vintage Finds paper stack. We used double sided paper for most of them because the other side will be seen but they look really nice when you can see the white paper as well.  You can use really anything to finish them off: flowers, gems, or any other accessory to complete these fun filled shoes. We used on some of them Sizzix Summer Florals and Medallions which were really fun to make, Just cut out, fold along the perferations, glue the ends together, and stick something in the middle to hold it in place.

This was a really fun project and we are excited to do more of them to put around our girls room. Hope you have fun with it as well.

Resipe:

658346: Sizzix-Ballroom Slippers

658340: Sizzix-Summer Florals

658339: Sizzix-Medallions

4500628: Graphic 45-Sunflower

4500634: Graphic 45-Deja Vu

6×6201: My Minds Eye-A Mothers Love

VF1010: Teresa Collins-Vintage Finds

13417435: Bo Bunny-Serenade

2170: Want2Scrap-Orange Rhinestones

2294: Want2Scrap-Gun Metal Pearls

2228: Want2Scrap-Amber Rhinestones

2292: Want2Scrap-Coral Pearls

Ribbon

Thanks and Happy Scrappin’!

Heather and Doug