Retirement Card

A retirement card request for John's friend at school. Without the sentiment, I chose "congratulations!" instead...

Love the DSP banners! Used the corner punch to cut the diagonals. Colors, Marina Mist and Crumb Cake. Used the punch to make layer under twine for ribbon. Will use this pattern for more cards...

Thank yous

So many nurses and aides to thank for the care and daily TLC for Mom. It is these folks that help her day-to-day, and while it is their job, it is with love that they do the work.  Here are the two designs and final outcomes that I cased from pinterest and made my own...

Used color blocking and Pocket Silhouettes set in two different color schemes, NQ Navy, Black & White and More Mustard, Crumb Cake & Black . Like the final product. Tried a few new techniques from the card classes, water spritzing and embossing the white thank you AND my new corner chomper!

Superhero birthday

Getting ready for a five-year-old birthday grandson... He is my superhero for sure! I'm just hoping the faces aren't too scary for him :) Used the owl punch from ideas on Pinterest.. Think I may have to redo the eyebrows...  Used crystal effects over the eyes so they kind of dazzle, also the symbols for the superheros...

Just believe

The new SU set I am really enjoying is Just Believe. I had used it first at a SU demonstrator's stack-a-stamp activity.   Using that card as a model, I came up with my own take for a "missing you today" card for my mother. I used concord grape, pear pizzazz and old olive for colors. Also the little butterfly from another set. It was an opportunity to use some DSP with new embossing dots folder with white underneath. Close up of the little pearls on the flowers centers and added dimension on the cut-out butterfly. TimHoltz technique with blending color on the image added a little extra softness. Love how it came out...  so I made another in green... for my brother's wife's birthday.

Mother's Day cards...

A day of stamping with a new order from SU! Lots of fun and messy... The little bee was certainly a fun addition! I made three new cards from the Pinterest ideas that I've been watching, putting my own spin on things... Scary!

The Eastern Blossoms SU set, made this so beautiful! I love the different embossing folders and the colors with the pearls to add on the flowers. I am really waiting to get some new folders to add to my stash... I am loving this new hobby...

Love You Much...

Getting ready for Mother's Day and would like to use different cards to celebrate. I like the idea of flowers and the watercolor effect after inking, but I'm also loving the blender tool. So I'll try a little of each... Problem for this one was matching the ribbon to the ink. Next time... Also maybe embossing the sentiment before blending?

Thinking of you...

This card I cased and used the Thoughts and Prayers SU stamp set. I masked a circle front with the blender tool and inks,  then stamped the tree and sentiment on the front. Sent it to Mom at the nursing home. I liked the pink ribbon instead of the yellow... but it did end up matching the blended colors with both.