First Mother's Day

Someone asked me to make a card for their daughter who will be celebrating her first Mother's Day!  I used PTI's matching papers - this is a combination of Berry Sorbet and Sweet Blush.  The stamped image is from their Delightful Dahlia set (I don't have this set [yet!] but made some stamped images from my friend's set.)  The flower is stamped and colored with Copics; I added silver microbeads to the center of it and then cut it out and adhered it to the white background.  Some ribbon, buttons and paper piercing finish off the card.

Anniversary Wishes!

Today is my parents' wedding anniversary! For this card I mounted squares on squares onto a square card!  The patterned paper is a soft green with different shades of green and cream, on top of a darker, but soft green.  I cut out the 3 hearts using nestabilities, stamped the sentiment, added 3 pearls and a flat knot bow to embellish.  Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!!!!!!!!

With Heartfelt Sympathy

This is another new stamp set from PTI called Masculine Motifs.  I always say it's more difficult to make cards for men, so this set will really come in handy!  The trees are colored with Copics, and it's hard to tell in the picture, but I outlined the white cardstock with glitter for a different effect.  Between the avocado and black colors and a little bit of twine, it really does look like a masculine card!

Sweet Peas

This is one of the new sets from PTI's April release called Year of Flowers:  Sweet Peas.  I couldn't wait to get this set and try it out!  This flower stamp is rather large, so I only cut out part of the image using my Labels 1 nestabilities.  I colored the flowers with Copics, inked around the diecut with light green and outlined the flowers with fine, white glitter.  The ribbon, buttons and pink cardstock are PTI's Sweet Blush and I used Kraft for the card base.

Fly Away

I couldn't wait to use this stamp set from PaperTrey called "Fly Away".  It's a $5 set that includes 2 planes, the banner and 4 sentiments!  I think this card would be really cute for a little boy's birthday.  I fished out some cloud patterned paper I've had for a long time - I knew someday I would use it!  I stamped and cut out the plane and banner and put it on 3D foamies, connected the two with some black embroidery thread and added stars at the top and bottom to match the star on the tail of the plane.

Shopper Girl Birthday

Someone asked me to make them a double pocket card for their friend's birthday, and could I use purple and  lime green colors, and something related to shopping, and this is what I came up with.  The double pocket cards are quick and fun to make and allows you to write quite a bit of sentiment inside since there are two tags that pull up.  This stamp is Shopper Girl from Hannastamps and she's colored with Copics and on oval nestabilities.

The Show Must Go On!

I wanted to make a card for someone who works in the theater and was drawing a blank, so I searched Splitcoast and saw the perfect card that Karli (CraftingwithClass) posted and "cardlifted" her idea.  This is made from a single sheet of 8-1/2 x 11 folded into 3.  I used a crimper to make the pleated curtains on the side and a scalloped border punch for the main curtains.  The floor was created using the Scor-pal and the fleur de lis embellishments with a nestability. The sentiment is on the back of the card when you lift up the stage.  Thank you so much Karli for your great idea!

Got Cake?

This stamp always makes me laugh!  It's from the Humorous set by Inkadinkadoo.  The image was stamped and colored with Copics, cut out with nestabilities circles, and I paper pierced the scalloped edge.  The corner accents are a Cuttlebug die, and there is a bit of glitter at the bears feet (paws?)  lol

First Holy Communion - Take Two

Here's another style of communion card.  The base is white, layered with a light green (it looks darker in the picture) cardstock and  patterned paper with very soft green, rose and beige colors.  Again, I used a Jolee dimensional cross on top of two layers of nestability die cuts, and pierced the bottom layer for a more dramatic effect.  To embellish, I added pearls and a white ribbon.

First Holy Communion

A few people asked me to make them communion cards.  I found some white embossed striped paper that I thought would be perfect for this (I didn't want the card to be 100% white so used some pink).  The rectangles are cut with deckled nestabilities, the cross is a Jolee's dimensional sticker and the silver corners are Anita's outline stickers. 

Gifts of Spring

April showers bring May flowers, a true gift of Spring!  This is one of my new House Mouse stamps - I just had to have this one because it's so darn cute!  This is called Bring On The Rain starring Muzzy, Mudpie, Amanda and Monica who are having a good old time.  The stamp is colored with Copics and the cardstock base is Summer Sunrise from PTI.

Thank You

A couple of friends did some really nice things for me so I wanted to let them know how much I appreciate it.  This is made using PTI's Hawaiian Shores paper - and look how great this gorgeous color goes with black!  The background is a nestability eyelet pendant (I added swarovski crystals for bling) topped with oval nestabilities.  I love to use ribbon so of course I had to put some white on the card for an additional accent.