Wedding Card

My husband has a good friend that he grew up with whose daughter just got married. So, Hubby asked if I could make a wedding card for him to send. I don't make these very often since most of the people I know are already married. So it was fun to use a stamp that hadn't been used yet! This stamp is from one of my favorite sets - Fast & Fun Notes. I colored the cake with markers in the soft subtle family, but it doesn't show up very well on the scan. I wanted a simple yet pretty card. Hopefully the bride and groom will like it:-)

Boy Birthday

Yesterday my son went to a friend's birthday party. So, as usual, I wait until the last minute to get the card made. The boys play soccer after school quite frequently so I thought that would be a good theme for the card. I used a soccer ball and greeting from old stamp sets, but I think it came out pretty nice. Hopefully the boy's mom like it!! (You know the boys couldn't care less!) Thanks for looking:-)

Blame it on the puppy!

Wow - I didn't realize it was quite so long since I've added a new post here. Time to get back to it!!! I haven't been stamping as much as I want to. First, we had Grandma and Grampa visit from Florida. Then, something possessed me to go out and get a puppy!! I don't know what I was thinking!!!!!!! It's like having another baby! Don't get me wrong, he's sweet and adorable(a 3 1/2 pound Beagle).... AND, I love him to pieces! However, he's also a lot of work and takes time away from other things. But he's worth it:-) Since I don't have any new projects to share, I'll introduce you to the new man in my life: Patches.

Christmas Club Card

Two nights ago I had my first Christmas Club gathering. The participants come and make a dozen cards - 4 each of 3 designs. I design them (or case them!) and cut all the supplies - they just come and make them. I will have two more of these get-togethers. One in October and one in November. So, by Thanksgiving, all these ladies will have 36 of their Christmas cards done already! This is one of the cards we made. Simple, yet elegant, and easy to duplicate. I usually send around 75 cards a year, so I need something that's easy to duplicate. This card uses one of my new favorite sets - Peaceful Wishes. I didn't buy it at first because I already had several Christmas sets. However, I am glad I did:-) I really love it!!! Thanks for visiting!

Polka Dot Birthday

Who doesn't always wish they had a stash of birthday cards on hand?? I certainly do! This card came together nice and quick because of the FUN designer series paper! This card could actually be stamped with any phrase for many different occasions. I love the colors and how the stripes and polka dots coordinate so well together. This is the Cutie Pie series of paper which I've used before on this blog and I just LOVE IT!!! It is so cheerful and fun:-) Lately I've been really getting into the clear buttons, too. I love putting some coordinating designer paper behind them to tie a card together and add a little something. Thanks for visiting!

More Fall....

Wow - I didn't realize it's been so long since I've added something new. I'll have to add a couple new cards to catch up! I had a class this week and couldn't stay away from the Fall theme. As I've said before - I love the colors, smells, sounds, etc. of Fall. AND, I love our SU! Fall stamp sets, too:-) This card has an unconventional Fall color - Blue Sky - but since it was in the designer paper series "Fall Flowers" it tied everything together nicely. This is also the first time I've used chipboard on a card. It was fun!!

This next card we also did at my class. This used the fun set "Autumn Fest" that is on special until the end of this month. So many neat things you can do with it! Great for techniques like rock n' roll, kissing, watercolor crayons (direct to stamp), etc. I will get a lot of use out of ths set for both cards and scrapbook pages! TFL:-)

I LOVE FALL!!

I know Summer just ended
.........but, Fall is in the air!! I love this time of year! I love the colors, smells and feel of Fall.

I was on SCS already this morning and saw a card challenge......well, at least I thought it was a card challenge. I didn't realize until I finished my card that it was a SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGE!!! DUH ME!! Obviously not awake yet. Anyway, this is what I came up with - you can view the sketch here: click

I love the colors, pumkin and hodgepodge but, if I had to do it over again, I think I'd remove the small row of punches in the green designer paper. I think they are a little distracting and don't really fit this card. I was just trying to match that CARD sketch......I mean, scrapbook sketch.

I better go take a shower and see if I can wake up before I face the rest of my day!!! Thanks for looking:-)