Fast and Fabulous

I made this birthday card for my friend Tina using all Stampin Up products. The flowers are from one of my new sets (Fast and Fabulous), and I borrowed the script background stamp from Wendi. Nothing like a productive, impromptu stamping session to accomplish exactly what you needed to do!

The inspiration for this card came from 2 I saw on Splitcoast Stampers: this one and this one.

Butterfly BD

I made this butterfly birthday card last night for my husband's partner at work. He said she still has the one I made her last year for her birthday because she'd never received a hand-made card before. :) Happy dreary Monday.

Grandmother's BD gift

These are my latest creations, all part of my grandmother's BD gift set of cards. The first one is based on a card from the Autumn 2010 Take Ten magazine. I used a different border punch but was happy with the way this one looked in layers.

My other grandma passed away last week, and I made these cards to write thank you notes for friends who came to the viewing or funeral. I like simplicity of the design and the pop that embossing the tree gives the card.

My friend Amy and I went to the rubber stamp show here in town last weeked and bought the template and brushes to make this card base. I had fun combining colors, but I couldn't get a clean image from this stamp with the template. Oh well.

The final 2 cards incorporate elements of cards I saw at the recent make 'n take from the local stamp/scrapbook store.

Thanks for looking. Have a great week!

Announcements

My dear friend and nurse Elizabeth is also having a baby girl. I'm working on a set of these cards as her baby announcements. I love the sparkle paper and embossed buttons. Any suggestions are welcome. :)

Baby thank you notes

My husband's mother and her family threw me a baby shower this past weekend, so I made these cards for the thank you notes. The paper is by The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby - love it! Sorry the pictures aren't that good. I had already sealed the envelopes before I uploaded the pics and realized they weren't great. Oops.

Clean and Simple (with COPICS!)

I did it.
Finally.
I've been admiring everyone's Copic markers for a while, but I resisted starting a collection because they're so expensive. I've played with them at the local stamp store a few times during Demo Days and can't believe how well they work. My friend Amy also got some Copics, so after playing with hers too, I decided to jump on board! I'm starting with 7 markers and figured I'll build the collection slowly.

Below are 3 clean and simple cards I made for my Grandma's gift set. They're pretty basic, but I got to play with my new markers, so that was half the fun.

Happy Sunday, friends.

TE Sketch challenge

I made my Grandma a set of cards for her birthday, including this one based on the Taylored Expressions sketch below:

July Birthdays

Two of our friends have July 23rd birthdays, so I made these cards for them. The first one is based on the Taylored Expressions sketch #122. I was having fun with my new butterfly punch and pearls.


The next one is based on Sketch #128 from Sketches by Tamara. I love the paper but am not exactly crazy about the way the card turned out. I think it would have been better with less yellow and a strip of an additional paper. Oh well.

Thanks for looking, and hope you're keeping cool in this blistering heat!

Round butterfly card

I told my mom that if she used the cards I made her, I'd make her some more. She just sent me a thank you note in a card I made her, and the PS said, "This is the last thank you note I have. Hint, hint." She's subtle. :) I based this card on one I saw on the Cards and Things Challenge Blog. I borrowed the script stamp from my friend Wendi and used my new butterfly punch to add a little 3-D quality to it. Have a great evening.

Wedding and Baby

I needed a wedding and a baby card, so I went to Splitcoast Stampers (one of my favorite sites) for inspiration. I saw multiple versions of both of these cards and loved them. The first card is for my friend Linda who just got married. My friend Val and I were the photographers at her wedding, so once I Photoshop 1200 pictures, I'll give her this card with the edited DVD of pics.

This second card is for my brother and his wife, who are also expecting. I love these baby carriage cards; I, however, couldn't get the handle right, so I left it off. My husband thinks it looks like Pacman, but hopefully they'll get the idea.

Happy day!

Father's Day 2010

I made these 3 cards for my dad, my father-in-law, and my stepfather-in law. (I'll let my hubby choose who gets which ones.) They're all inspired by cards I saw in recent issues of PaperCrafts magazine. I just have one more Father's Day card to make, for my hubby... the father-to-be. :)

Good luck

Since I loved this paper from my last post so much, I made another card with the scraps using Taylored Expressions Sketch 116. It's a good luck card for my friend Karen who's taking her School Administrator's test this weekend. Happy Sunday!

Teal and Brown

Good morning! I love the color combination of teal and brown, so I knew when I saw these Basic Grey papers, I would like them on a card. I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch to make a card for my sister-in-law. Hope she likes it. Have a great day.

At the crop

I spent all day yesterday making cards at a scrapbooking crop with friends - always fun! Of course, you'd think I'd have made more than just 28 cards in 12 hours, but oh well. I borrowed a great Inkadinkado stamp from my new friend Vicki and made a bunch of Mother's Day cards. Here's one of my favorites:


I also made a set of Patriotic cards for my aunt (who uses them for her VFW ladies auxiliary), and it took me 5 prototypes to find one I didn't hate. Here are 2 cards for her:

Finally, I saw an idea in an issue of Paper Crafts magazine on combining patterned paper, and I made a few cards based on their sample. Here's 2 of them:

Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

April Make and Takes

A local scrapbook store (Photo Scraps in Eldersburg, MD) offers make and takes on the 3rd Saturday of each month. I see the email invitation each month, but this is the first time I went - I loved it! I made 4 of the projects and got lots of ideas for future projects. Here's what I made:

If you're local, let me know if you want to go with me in May. :)