Christmas Cards

These are the cards I made for Christmas this year.  I hope you enjoy them.  I had a lot of fun making them!

We had a very nice Christmas this year.  It was nice and relaxing with good food.  What could be better?!  I hope you all had a nice Christmas.  I wish you a Happy New Year!

Another Fall Card

I love working with fall colors. I recently attended a Stamp Expo and bought some great stamps from Unity (one of my favorite stamp companies). I also bought a big grab bag of stamps and discovered this fun leaf stamp. Don't you just love it?!

Card details:

Stamps - leaf from Unity, distressed circles from Cornish Farms, plaid from Stampin' Up!; Inks - Daffodil Delight, Only Olive, Pumpkin Pie; scalloped circle from Spellbinders, button Sizzix die, Stampin' Up! border punch, black twine.

Lovely as a Tree

I love the Fall season. The beautiful colors, cooler weather and the rustling of leaves. I was inspired to dust of this stamp set.

Card details:

Stamps - Lovely as a Tree, sentiment from Unity; Ink - ruby red, VersaMark, inks for watercoloring; Cardstock - watercolor paper, vanilla, copper and ruby red mulberry paper

Stamping 411 Sketch

I used Sketch 114 from Stamping 411. The link to Stamping 411 blog is http://www.stamping411.blogspot.com/. Check out this blog if you haven't seen it yet. The designers for the blog are all very talented. You will like what you see! I used pink Flower Soft on the tree. I just LOVE Flower Soft! It adds so much to your project and yet doesn't add much bulk so you can mail your card easily.

Recipe: Thoughts & Prayers (SU!) and birthday sentiment from Scrappy Cat. Whisper White, Pink Pirouette and Close to Cocoa card stock; Close to Cocoa, Wild Wasabi and Soft Sky ink; Pink Pirouette striped grosgrain, Cuttlebug embossing folder, pink Flower Soft and a little pink heart rhinestone.

Saturday Evening Post

I bought this awesome stamp at Smudges' garage sale. I made this ATC (Artist Trading Card) for a Yahoo group I am on. For those of you who are not familiar with ATC's, they are miniature works of art that measure 3 1/2 x 2 1/2. If you have not made one yet, give it a try. They are so fun!

Recipe: Stamp - Saturday Evening Post; Card Stock - Not Quite Navy, Bravo Burgandy, Basic Black and Glossy White (Stampin' Up!); Ink - Basic Black and reinkers for coloring in image, Vintage Photo Distress Ink; Accessories - Distresser

Graduation Card

I made this card for my Stamper' 10 group using the themes of embossing and graduation. This tree from Thoughts & Prayers is one of my favorite stamps. It is so versatile.

Recipe: Stamps - Thoughts & Prayers, Congrats; Card stock - Whisper White, Baha Breeze & Baha Breeze DSP; Ink - Baha Breeze, VersaMark; Accessories - Winter White embossing powder, white grosgrain (all from Stampin' Up)

I'm Back!

I hope to update my blog more often this summer. I have been neglecting it far too long. I hope you are all enjoying summer! Here are some things I have made lately.

I made this card for a birthday challenge on Kerry Donovan-Casey's blog, but unfortunately did not complete it in time (the story of my life). We were to use the color purple and glitter. I thought this hula outfit would look so cute in purple glitter. What do you think? I made my own beaded pin. My daughter, Brittany, loves to bead. So I just used some of her fun beads and head pins. These are so fun to make!

Recipe: Stamp - Hula girl from Imaginisce; card stock - Basic Black, Whisper White, Lavender Lace from Stampin' Up!; Ink - Basic Black, VersaMark - Stampin' Up!; Accessories - Heat & Stick, purple glitter from Stampin' Up!, beads, head pin, polka dot ribbon, Prima flower, purple button, embroidery floss, Martha Stewart border punch, Sizzix scallop circle, black glaze pen.