Perfect Pair Anniversary

The card base is PTI's Lemon Tart and the striped paper (I think) is My Mind's Eye. This stamp is from  Lockhart; I colored it with Copics and put a little glitter on the tops of the pears.  The ovals are cut with nestabilities, the gold hearts are Anita stickers and I printed the sentiment on my computer.

Blue Bird

This new PTI set follows their Spring set and is called Take Three:  Summer (I hope a Fall and Winter set are in the works!)  I used Hawaiian Shores cardstock for the base and topped it with a piece of Stamper's Select white; I scored around the edges, which is a bit hard to see in the photo.  I stamped the bird with Hawaiian Shores ink and matted it on the cardstock using square nestabilities.  For embellishments:  silver dots, ribbon and threaded buttons.

Thinking of You - Lily

Another May release from PTI is Year of Flowers:  Lily of the Valley.  The flowers are stamped onto Kraft paper; the stem and leaves are colored with Copics.  For the flowers, I dipped a Q-tip into Fresh Snow ink and lightly rubbed it onto the flower image which gives it a very soft appearance (I saw the Q-tip technique on Nichole's blog and had to try it!)  The corners are made with the Martha Stewart photo corner punch and I added a Jolee's vellum butterfly.  

Up, Up & Away!

This is another new stamp set from PTI called Up, Up & Away, and I couldn't wait to use this set! (OK, I can't wait to use all their sets!  lol)  The card base is Enchanted Evening, topped with a layer of striped blue and white pattern paper.  I stamped, cut out the balloons (using PTI dies purchased to go with this set) and colored them with Copics.  I added some clouds (also made with a separate die set) and mounted the balloons using some very thin 3D foamies.  "Birthday wishes" is from the balloon set  and I added two self-adhesive silver dots.

80th Birthday

This is for my friend's father-in-law.  The card base is Enchanted Evening, topped with a piece of Scarlet Jewel.  Next I scored a piece of blue patterned paper using my Scor-pal; it's scored to form little diamond shapes.  The circle die cuts were made with nestabilities, the circle stamp is PTI, and I cut the 80 with Sizzlets.  The (self-adhesive) stars are from Joann's.

Purple Dahlias

Here are the dahlias again - I just love this set!  The card base is purple Bazzill layered with patterned purple.  I colored the dahlias and leaves with Copics and put silver micro beads in the center.  The borders are made with a Martha Stewart punch.  The happy birthday sentiment is from the Birthday Basics set.  Happy Birthday Maureen!

Graduation/Birthday Celebration

Today we're celebrating a friend's 50th birthday and his graduation!  I made this tri-fold card using lots of masculine colors; the squares are cut out with nestabilities and the "Happy Birthday" is a Sizzlet.  I used my Cricut to cut out the 50, which is sprinkled with gold glitter and added gold dew drops.

The invitation says "no gifts" but you know what that means....lol.  So I made a basket of my "famous" Cowboy cookies which I know he'll love.  I used my Cricut to cut out the 50, the "Graduate" is a Jolee's sticker, and each cookie bag has a 50 and graduation cap on it.  I also made him the gatefold graduation card I posted May 5th.  Happy Birthday & Graduation Lars!!!!!!

Cookies Anyone?

This is a tray of cookies I made to go with the 5 year old's birthday card below.  Wouldn't you like to have some of these with a nice cup of coffee or tea?  From left to right:  Melt-in-Your-Mouth Sugar, Chocolate Ribbon, Butter (sandwiched with chocolate) and Coconut Melting Moments.

Birthday Slide Card

It's been a long time since I made a slide card. This is a Dark Chocolate card base, topped with a layer of Spring Rain Bitty Dots.  The cupcake is a dimensional sticker from the Michael's dollar bins and I added silver dots to match the silver in the ribbon.  The inside sentiments are stamped on Spring Rain solid cardstock and matted on white. 

Vine Sympathy

This is made using PTI's With Sympathy stamp set.  The card base is Spring Rain layered with a piece of Ripe Avocado (two colors I wouldn't think to use together but work really well!).  I stamped blue flowers on top of the vine, added a butterfly, ribbon and sentiments.  I added crystals because they remind me of the "stars" mentioned in the sentiment. 

Fifth Birthday

This is for a five year old's birthday....every little girl likes pink and bling, right?  The card base is pink, topped with a layer of white and then patterned paper with pink and green stripes.  The cake is a Jolee's sticker (I added the "5"), borders Martha Stewart eyelet punch, and sentiment cut with a Sizzix bookplate die.  And then I added lots of bling on the borders and card!

Take Three Birthday

One of my favorite sets from PTI is Take Three: Spring.  The card base is New Leaf green layered with a piece of Kraft that's outlined with a brown marker.  I stamped the 3 leaves with green ink and cut them out with a square nestability and then colored the inside of the leaves using another lighter green ink and a little bit of brown ink.  I matted the images on scalloped Dark Chocolate paper and stamped Happy Birthday.  This  will make a nice masculine birthday card.