Happy Birthday
Project: Card
Supplies:
- Blue Suede Fun Flock
- Paper Pizazz(r) Use 'Em for Anything Bright
- Bright Monograms
- Bright Silk Flowers
- Bright Brad Pack
- Cardmaker's Citrus Ribbons
- Stamped Stitches Acrylic Stamps
- clear acrylic block
- black pen
- black ink pad
- The Essential Glue Pad
- foam tape
- small Zots(tm)
- 5"x6 1/2" blank white card
Instructions:
1) Place the card with the fold on the left. Cover the card front with green/striped color block paper, placing the stripes along the top and right edges. Ink the edges of the card front.
2) Use the glue pad to stamp zigzag stitches across the top of the top green color block and the bottom of the bottom green color block, then flock. 
3) Glue yellow ribbon across the top of the card front, trimming the ends even with the card edges. Add a red brad to a blue silk flower and Zot(tm) it to the right end of the ribbon.
4) Use glue pad to stamp stitches down left side of red and yellow "h" and "b" monograms, then flock. Accent with brads and write "happy" on the "h" and "birthday" on the "b", then foam tape in the bottom left corner of the card front.
5) Inside: Cut a 4" square of green/striped color block paper. Ink the edges and place the stripes on the left. Glue yellow ribbon over the seam between the striped and color block portions, trimming the ends even with the paper edges. Attach a blue silk flower to the bottom of the ribbon with a red mini brad. Glue the paper centered on the card inside.
6) Use the glue pad to stamp stitches on a yellow and red "2" and "u", then flock. Accent with brads and foam tape the monograms to the green color block.


Missing You
Project: Card
Supplies:
- Snow Blue Fun Flock
- Cardmaker's Citrus Creative Pack
- Cardmaker's Citrus Ribbons
- Winged Things Brad Buddies(tm)
- Green Apple Great Big Brads(tm)
- Swirls Acrylic Stamps
- clear acrylic block
- black ink pad
- craft knife
- The Essential Glue Pad
- small Zots(tm)
- 5"x6 1/2" blank white card
Instructions:
1) Open the card and use a craft knife to score the card vertically 1/2" to the left of the original card fold, then again 1" from the right edge of the open card. Fold over the left half of the card, the fold over the right 1" to create a flap. Cover the card front with lime textured paper and the flap with light yellow textured paper, then ink the edges of each. 
2) Use the glue pad to stamp part of a swirl extending off the top and bottom edges of the flap, then flock. Stamp part of the same swirl on top of two lime big brads, then flock. Attach one flocked big brad between the flocked swirls on the card flap. Apply glue to the tops of two aqua mini brads (from a dragonfly Brad Buddy(tm)), then flock.
3) Ink the edges of a 4 1/2"x5 3/4" piece of pink striped paper. Attach a 6" length of aqua ribbon 1 1/2" from the right side of the paper with one of the flocked Great Big Brads(tm). Glue the striped paper centered on the card front. 
4) Computer journal "missing you" at the bottom of the yellow tag cut-out, then ink the edges. Fold aqua ribbon in half and secure the loose ends behind the tag's tab. Attach the dragonfly Brad Buddy(tm) to the tag using  the flocked mini brads. Glue the tag to the left side of the card front.
5) Inside: Cover the inside of the flap with light yellow textured paper. Ink the edges of a 3"x5 3/4" piece of pink striped paper (stripes running vertically) and glue centered on the card inside. Computer journal "wish you were here" on light yellow textured paper, ink the edges and flock a swirl down the right side. Mat on lime textured paper, ink the edges and glue across the striped paper. Zot(tm) a knot of aqua ribbon to the bottom edge.


Joy to the World!
Project: Card
Supplies:
- Red Fun Flock
- Green Fun Flock
- Cardmaker's Christmas Creative Pack
- Christmas Creative Kit
- Cardmaker's Christmas Ribbons
- Winter Swirls Acrylic Stamps
- Christmas Words Acrylic Stamps
- clear acrylic block
- The Essential Glue Pad
- small Zots(tm)
- clear adhesive tape
- 5"x6 1/2" blank white card
Instructions:
1) Place the card with the fold at the top. Add three gold mini brads across the top left edge of a 1"-wide strip of green patterned paper and glue strip with the card fold. Cover the card front with red diamonds paper, leaving 5/8" of the green strip visible across the top. Glue a 2 1/4"-wide strip of dark green textured paper across the diamonds paper.
2) Using the glue pad, stamp a large swirl over light green textured paper, then flock red. Cut the paper to 6 1/8"x2" with the swirl centered, then attach an ivory silk flower with a gold brad in the center. Glue the swirl centered on the dark green strip on the card front. Zot(tm) a bow of green ribbon to the top right edge of the swirled piece.
3) Use the glue pad to stamp "Joy to the world!" in the bottom right corner of the card front and flock green.
4) Wrap green ribbon around the left side of a 2 1/4"-wide strip of red diamonds paper, taping the tails to the back side. Attach an ivory silk flower to the ribbon with a gold mini brad. Use the glue pad to stamp "spreading joy & cheer" to the right of the ribbon, then flock green. Glue the strip across the center of the card inside.


Thank Heaven for Little Girls
Project: 12"x12" page
Supplies:
- Pixie Pink Fun Flock
- Paper Pizazz(r) Use 'Em for Anything Pastel
- Pastel Monograms
- Pastel Silk Flowers
- Pastel Brad Pack
- black pen
- black ink pad
- The Essential Glue Pad
- Post-It(r) Notes
Instructions:
1) Ink the edges of a sheet of yellow gingham bordered paper and place it with the border at the bottom. Mat a vertical photo on pink textured paper, plus two smaller photos on pink textured and light blue textured paper, inking the edges of each. Glue the photos across the center of the page with the large photo on the right. Add a series of three mini brads above and to the left of the large photo. Write the year above the center photo.
2) Computer journal on pink textured paper and ink the edges. Glue below the center photo. 
3) Apply glue to the center of a pink silk flower, then flock. Once dry, layer the flower on a blue flower and attach in the bottom left corner of the page with a green brad.
4) Punch out monograms to spell the subject's name, plus two brackets. Use Post-Its(r) to mask off areas of each monogram. Use the glue pad to apply glue to the unmasked areas, then flock. Glue the monograms across the top of the page and write "Thank Heaven for little girls" above.


Doggy Birthday Party!
Project: 12"x12" page
Supplies:
- Black Fun Flock
- red Fun Flock
- My Dog Finished in a Flash!(tm)
- black pen
- Thinga-ma-jigs Template
- black ink pad
- small Zots(tm)
Instructions:
1) Place a sheet of tan paper with the border at the bottom. Mat a 7"x5" photo on tan textured paper and ink the edges. Mat again on red textured paper, leaving the top right edge unglued. Run the glue pad around the edges of the red mat, then flock black and let dry. Glue the photo in the top left corner of the page. Glue the paw print tab tucked under the top right edge of the unglued photo mat, then finish gluing in place. 
2) Attach the dotted/striped tag punch-out to the right of the photo with a black brad in the tab. Flock the heart brad from the "Woof" Brad Buddy(tm) red, then use it to attach the Brad Buddy(tm) to the tag.
3) Computer journal a block, plus the photo subjects' names and the date on tan textured paper and crop the block, the names and the date individually. Ink the edges of each, mat on blue textured paper and ink the edges. Glue the block in the bottom right corner of the page, the names down the left side of the photo and the date below the red photo mat. 
4) Computer journal "birthday" and "party" on blank punch-outs. Attach them with the "doggy" punch-out in the bottom left corner of the page to read "Doggy Birthday Party". Accent with knotted black ribbon and a bone-shaped brad.
5) Apply glue to the surface of three paw print brads and flock black. Use the template to trace and cut various thinga-ma-jigs out of red textured paper and accent with black flocking. Attach the flocked brads and thinga-ma-jigs throughout the page.