Lovebird nails: tutorial and TotallyCoolNails contest entry

Emeral Green (284) by BarryM
LaffyTaffy Cherry
Apricot Punch (053) by Rimmel London
Clear by Natural Collection (Boots brand)
I'm Exquisite (350 Gold) by No7 (Boots brand)

I chose Lovebirds for my Love/Valentine's Day contest entry because I don't really like pink, or hearts really. My husband bought me a couple budgies several years ago, so sweet little parrots remind me of him. LOVE HIM!

This is my first Nail Art video; it's so much harder than it looks to make a nice video. Sorry for the interruptions from my son. PLEASE give constructive criticism. Thanks.

Never-ending card

This card works better with fewer embellishments, so I just used stamps and stickers (and a pen for doodling).

Whiff of Joy Waterfall card

Click on the pic to see each image close up:

The castle is on the inside of the card.

Materials:
Whiff of Joy stamps: Draco the dragon, Charlotte's horse, Rogue Charlotte, Knight Charlie, and castle (all from the Medieval collection drawn by Alison Acton)
Inque Boutique swirl stamp
Whisper markers
Color pencils
Stampin' Up Spritzer
eyelet
ribbon

Whiff of Joy Video #1

Here's my card for Katharina's Whiff of Joy guest designer call. I gave this card 100% of my creativity this past week. I even made a short video of the how to make the best bits of this card. It measures ~ 6 1/4 x 8 3/4" and it's pink! I'm not usually a pink person, but I was lucky enough to win these lovely Papermania papers from docrafts.com monthly prize draw (May's draw).


Materials:
Whiff of Joy stamp: Melinda Helping Angel
Penny black stamp "Thinking of You" from clear Salutations set
Papermania "Touch of Pink" patterned paper
Plastic flower shapes bling
Prima flowers
White ribbon
Black eyelets
Fiskars circle cutter

Bernie birthday card and video

Here's a video of me making a card for my brother's birthday.

I also made it only green, black and white to fit with Stamp Something's black, white, and ONE color challenge.

Materials:
Stamps:
Heidi Swapp (Smile)
Penny Black (it's your birthday- from clear "Salutations" set)
Inque Boutique/See-D's ("Post it" set)

Scenic Route paper
Quickutz Merry alphabet (from the Merry&Bright set)
White Uniball Signo pen

Father's day cards and video

Here's a video of me making this cool Father's Day card.



Here are the other two I made this month. Hope you can get some inspiration for other men's cards from these.

Inkdadinkado birds card

A close-up of the glittery Sakura Tiara gel pens:

Just a quick and simple card for any occasion.

Materials:
October Afternoon papers
Inkadinkado stamp
Sakura Tiara gel pens
Whispers markers
red ribbon

Phil Collins singing 'You can't hurry love'

Get Happy!

Just a short video with a quick card.

This would be a really great for a man. Don't you think?

Materials:
October Afternoon patterned paper
black ribbon
black chipboard
American Craft Thickers (white vinyl)

Frank Sinatra singing:
I've Got the World on a String
Get Happy

Metallic Effect Dots

Sassafrass Lass Blue Boutique papers, Penny black stamps, homemade embossing stencil, Fiskars circle cutter, and corner rounder.



I'm not very pleased with my video - the coloring part turned out very blurry. I hope it doesn't bore everyone; if it is boring skip to the middle. Let me know if you enjoyed the video!

Video 2: Home-made embossing template

Materials:
plastic (not too thick), embossing stylus, hole punch (I used the smallest I have), Inkadinkado Stamps (96699 Pets set), multicolor ribbon, Whispers markers



Songs:

A Spoonful of Sugar ~ Julie Andrews (from Mary Poppins)
The Spectrum Song ~ Paul Frees (from Walt Disney's Wonderful world of color)
True to your Heart ~ 98* and Stevie Wonder (from Mulan)

My First Video!

My very first video. :) Boy, am I going to mess up a lot!
I'm making a card using rubber stamps.

1st technique: dual color stamping.
2nd technique: making a frame with L-shaped stamps.
3rd technique: distressing with ink and sponges
4th technique: cutting with decorative scissors

Materials:
Inque Boutique stamp (from the Boho Frames set)
Happy Anniversary! stamp
Hobbycraft inkpads
Hobbycraft decorative scissors
Prima patterned paper
WHSmith flowers
black ribbon

Music by Queen:
Don't stop me now
Somebody to Love
Crazy little thing called love

Thanks for watching!