Birthday Card

I made this card for my baby sister's birthday next week.  If you look closely at the 2nd picture, you'll be able to see how old she's going to be.   It's all pink and fou-fouish which is a lot more the look I like than she does ... but, hey, I think she'll still like it!.

Gothic Arch Challenge - Fall

My contribution to the Gothic Arch challenge of "Fall."

Wednesday Stamper

Wednesday Stamper has as their theme to use hearts in a different way. This is what I came up with at 2:00 in the morning when I could not sleep.

The cupcake stamp is from Oxford Impressions. The heart frosting was created from a stamp by Impression Obsession.

Happy Birthday

I realized this morning when I woke up that I need to make two birthday cards to go in the mail today!

This quick card was inspired by Arty Girlz Challenge to use shapes. I think I've accomplished that with triangles, circles, rectangles, squares.

One more card to go.....

Male Birthday Card

Well, brother is having a birthday at the end of this week, so I needed to get this card made and in the mail today. I'm sure I'm not the only one who things making cards for men is just not that much fun. Nevertheless, here is what he'll be getting. I worked off patterned paper more than anything else, but as he is a boat/ship lover, this should work for him.

Wishing You a Happy Day

Well, it's not only the sentiment on my card, but my wish for all of those celebrating Martin Luther King day today. DH and I both have the day off. It's absolutely frigid here (about 20 below) which means I won't be going anywhere. Guess I'll have some time to play in my craft room!This flower stamp is from Magenta. I colored it with Twinkling H2o's which, of course, is hard to see in the photo. My sentiment is from Penny Black. I stamped that on cardstock and then cut it out in a somewhat wavy shape.

Happy Birthday

I made this card for my husband whose birthday is today. I really struggled with the coloring here. I asked my husband who is a big fan of horses and knows quite a bit about them what kind he thought this might be. He thought for a long time and then said a cross between -- and proceeded to name three different kinds of horses I'd never heard of. Oh, well. The one thing I was really pleased with -- and you'll either have to look at the smaller picture or click on the big one to see it -- was the detail I added to the tail. I unwound a piece of twine and added it to the card with some glue.
The stamp is by PSX and the paper comes from the Vintage Collection of Hot off the Press.

Birthday Bella

I made this present-toting Bella for my little sister's birthday this week -- before she said she wanted no presents. What to do? Marcia on the Gingerwood site suggested the inside read, "For the girl who has everything -- a box to put it in."
Kind of like that.

The paper from Basic Grey inspired the color combinationon on this card -- pink, brown, turquoise. I cut the clothes from some turquoise scraps I had. Felt like I was playing with cut-out dolls again. I used my Cutllebug to emboss the turquoise tag. The flowers are punched from a Martha Stewart punch.

*********If you want to check out the new stamps being shown at the Memory Trends trade show, check out Kim Ross' blog. WOW!! Lots of good stuff on the horizon! We're talking Basic Grey stamps, new stamps from Autumn Leaves, Technique Tuesday and more!

Penny Black stickers

....make the nicest cards! I used some of her Christmas stickers for my cards last year and they turned out just beautifully. In fact, Cardmaker Magazine picked one up for this year's Christmas issue. When I saw these spring flowers I grabbed them -- knew I'd use them sometime to make a special card. So I used these two to make the last two birthday cards I need for this month.


This one helped me use up some scraps as well. Sentiment is by Paper Trey, Ink.





Like the way I photographed this card with the ribbon? Very professional, don't ya think:0)


Funny thing is I refused to put ribbon on these two cards, tempting as it was. I love ribbon, I really do, but it seems as if you see it on every single card. So I challenged myself to make two cards without ribbon.


I've also been seeing a lot of these tent topper cards where the image goes off the top of the card. So I thought I'd try that, but with a little different twist -- I'd go off the side.
Sentiment on this one, again, is by PaperTrey, Ink.

Happy Birthday

This card was inspired by the green flowered strip of paper. I knew I needed a birthday card -- where to start? So with that for inspiration I pulled out the flowers that came along with my words set from PaperTrey Ink set. I decided to then cut them out.

I cut the oval with my Cuttlebug to place my ribbons through. The cardstock is my new fave SU color, Wild Wasabi. This card is going to the young lady across the street who pet sits for us and is having a birthday.

****I pulled a name this morning and the little bird stamp from Mike's is going to Nise. Send me your address and I'll get it to you!*******

Happy Birthday

I made this birthday card for a cousin, but I used the Sketch for this week from over at Two Peas. Very versatile sketch. Thanks, Stacy.

I used my new stamp from Inkadinkado once again. I stamped it with Brilliance Pearlescent Sky Blue ink on Bashful Blue cardstock. I restamped the flowers with blue chalk ink and then cut them out. Colored in the leaves with Prisma colored pencils. The Happy Birthday is from PaperTrey. First time I used Liquid Pearls -- for a border around the scalloped edge.

21st Birthday

Well, I finally made my son's 21st birthday card which I had been struggling with. I used a stamp by Inkadinkado which has an appropriate message, I think, for someone starting out their adult life. Funny thing is, I knew it needed something around the edges, so I decided to do some paper piercing. That wasn't enough, so I decided to do some stitching. I hate sewing, and as I was doing it I kept thinking here I was sewing a card easily enough, but my husband's shirt has been sitting on top of my sewing basket waiting for a button to be sewn on for about five months.

Birthdays....

Yesterday I spent what seemed like hours working on a birthday card for my son -- it's his 21st next week. So it has to be very special, you know? He will expect something special. (He has a lot of confidence in me:) Well, my wastebasket is filled with failed attempts, including the one where I used my "Let Freedom Ring" stamp. (DH nixed that one.) I guess I just need the right inspiration to hit. Just hope it hits in the next couple days.

So in between my failed attempts at pure genius, I made these simple birthday cards. If I don't get some creative inspiration I can always slap a twenty onto my birthday hat card and be done with it.

Birthday Wishes

Need to definitely build up my supply of birthday cards.

Here is one I can add -- made from Basic Grey papers. The stamp is from Rhonna Farrer. I really like the details in these flowers. I colored them in with glitter gel pens -- smudged the first one quite a bit, but ended up liking the way it looked. The dotted circles are from Hero Arts, and the sentiment is from Art Impressions.

Yesterday on Splitcoast Stampers they started a discussion about what made you start your blog. I realized the reason I started mine is because my husband and son were tired of me asking them, "Do you like this card?" I needed a new audience.

So you are it. Thanks for looking. If you visit here and haven't left a comment before, do so. I love to see who's visiting.

Make A Wish

I've got several cupcake stamps, but this is my favorite. It's from Stampabilities.

I like the fun colors on this card. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the yellow textured cardstock (DCWV)and then sanded it so the white core would show through.

I colored in my cupcake with glitter gel pens and added some specks on the frosting. Have stamped it on white it looked very stark so I cut around the edges with scalloped scissors, shaded it with chalk ink, and then added my dots with green marker. On the pink cardstock I made the dots and dashes with a dark pink marker.

I then added a pink paper clip with some green and yellow ribbons at the top. The sentiment is from Cat's Pajamas.

Happy Birthday, Mom

Recently I received a very nice surprise in the mail. On March 15h, my late mother's birthday, I received a complimentary issue of Stamper's Sampler because they were publishing some of my work. It was a thrill to see on that very day a Mother's Day card published in the magazine using a stamp I bought for the very reason that it reminded me of my mother. My mother loved hats. The image seems to me to be of '40's vintage (card above) which would be about the time my mom was a young woman.