Groovy Trees

Don't you just love these trees?

I took rectangles of different sizes, cut off the sides at an angles and embossed them in 3 different patterns...a little scrap to the trunks and your done!  I added the outlined detail by taking a scrap of cardstock measuring 5 x 3 3/4 " (or smaller to your liking) and lat it on top of your white cardstock and traced with Basic Gray marker....

Those gray pearls are a find from AC Moore--only a buck!

Wait till you see the other color story I made this card in...stop back Monday!

Wild Wasabi, Ruby Red, Basic Gray

Hot Pink Christmas?

Every year I vow to only make one style of Holiday card....but I take way to long to decide which one, making several samples...so by the time I find one I like, I have made 30 different ones....


This was one of them...I loved the layout and decided to use up some Pink Passion cardstock..I thought the pink and black where striking....I also love the pink rhinestone brad in the center of the ornament!

Simply Simple

Here's my planned Make-n-Take for our monthly Demonstrator meeting....I took up fellow demo Brenda's challenge of creating a card for one of her card classes where stampers would not have to clean the stamp between stamping...

I stamped the main image, then stamped off on a piece of scrap paper, then stamped again on the main paper slightly to the left...so it looks like a shadow...the white panels are popped up with dimensionals....no need to clean the stamp!

Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, Wild Wasabi

Happy Birthday cake....

Here's a card for my co-worker's birthday...I hope he likes it!

....to make the 2 top cake layers, I punched the 1" and 1 3/8" squares and cut off some of the sides at an angle....it's a great way to use up the little pieces of scraps that you should have thrown out long ago!

...the candles are just skinny strips of paper and the flames are portions of a small flower punch...

Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand, Pumpkin Pie D/S paper, So Saffron for flames

Presents, anyone?

Quick and easy card....not loving the ribbon, but it ws all I had that matched....what about doing it in Christmas colors?

Turkey Treats

I meant to post these earlier....


I made these little turkey baskets for my kids as table settings for Turkey Day...they were filled with chocolates...made from the Two Tags die cut for the basket and the turkey is the body of the owl punch surrounded the large oval punches for the feathers....

Another great layout!

This is such a versatile layout...you could really put any image in the center....

I used the large scallop square clear Sizzix die to make the scalloped layer, but since I wanted a smaller size to fit on the cardfront,  I cut it into four and over-lapped some of the scallops to make it 5 scallops wide (not including the corners)...you really can't see the over-lapping parts unless you really look close....looking at the picture now, I should have put a rhinestone or brad in the center of the ornament....don't you think?



Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla