Talking Tag with Brandi Barnard

Texture Boutique with Carrie Cudney

Masculine card

Long time no blog! Sorry about that.
Made this card for a lady in town to give to her son for his 60th birthday. He's a farmer.
Cajun craze is the base. The technique I used on the Birthday wishes strip I call faux tooled leather. The strip is really a piece of fun foam! I also used Mocha Morning specialty paper. The rest is not Stampin' Up!
The card uses a full sheet of cardstock and is 5 1/2" X 8 1/2"
Thanks for looking!

Thank you cards

My Mom passed away last week and I wanted to make some elegant thank-you cards to send to those who sent me flowers, brought food, and generally helped me out.
The card is Very Vanilla Cardstock, stamped with Blushing Bride (Butterflies from Kindness Matters) and Early Espresso (Thank you from Curly Cute). The bottom front of the card is cut with the new Adorning Accents Edgelit Die and embossed with the Adorning Accents embossing folder (both these are in the Occasions Mini Catalogue 2012. The ribbon is Blushing Bride ruffled Ribbon also in the Mini Catty. The lace is made with a die from another manufacturer!
What do you think?

Masculine BD card

I needed a card for my nephew and decided to use some of the things I've been hoarding!
I used a craft foil and sanded the top after I put it through an embossing folder. I used the word window punch and put the sentiment in behind the foil. The Bonsai is from an SU set called Plant Hope. I love that tree! The colours are soft suede and always artichoke. The sentiment is from teeny tiny wishes. I distressed the edges with the distressing tool. Oh, and I sponged with soft suede, early espresso and always artichoke.

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A Friend's Project

A friend was over this afternoon and made this awesome Photo Wallet.

It uses Textured black cardstock, Mocha Morning Specialty DSP and Crumb Cake Cardstock. The Mocha morning paper is flocked and is so beautiful - you have to feel it to believe it!!!
The belly band slips off and inside is this mini album:

Those are Neutral Glimmer Brads on the side. The tabs are made with the Round tab punch and stapled on.




Close up of belly band:
She did an awesome job eh?!

Another "Mother of Pearl" technique card

I did this Mother of pearl with Champagne mist shimmer paint and Night of Navy and Cherry cobbler ink. I used the Bigz Butterfly die in my Big Shot. The cardstock colours are Night of Navy and Shimmery White, the stamp set is Teeny Tiny Wishes (it says With Sympathy). I also used the Flower Garden embossing folder in the summer mini Catalogue and some Basic Rhinestones.
I like the Clean and Simple look!

This is my Mother's Day card for this year. I had prepared it for our Club meetings this month and thanks to a friend, now realize that Club will be after Mother's Day!!! ooops! I used the same technique and card style to make a Father's Day card so this gives you a sneak peek at what we're doing for club. This card is called a "half-cut" card and the technique I used is Mother of Pearl. The colours are Regal Rose, Baja Breeze and Whisper White. I also used Stazon Black ink and Frost White shimmer paint. The embossing folder is a new one in the summer mini called "Flower Garden". I love it! The stamp sets are Wonderful Favorites, Fifth Avenue Floral, Word Play and Short and Sweet. I also used the Movers and Shapers Curly label die with the punch windows insert and the Full Heart Punch.