Summer Smootches

Isn't this new Designer Series paper fun??  The patterns are perfect for girly cards like this Mother's Day card...I layered the flower twice to give it some dimension...the leaves are the 5 petal punch...

A different color....

...but just as stunning!

Mother's Day Treats

I made several of these to give out to teachers and friends...little Crystal Light packages hanging on water bottles...

Acetate wings

I have had my pack of acetate sheets FOREVER, and when I saw this project, I just knew I had to use my stash!  Hopefully you can see the wings in the above photo...the acetate butterflies are even embossed with the Swiss Dots folder so they have some texture...I used some baker's twine to tie the 2 butterflies together (using a a glue dot in back)...

Well, at least I tried....

I saw a version of this card (I think on Dawn Olchefske's blog) and made a go of it....I like the 3 D-ishness (if that's even a word) of it...the white piece is popped up with dimensionals...I liked Dawn's version better because of the colors she used....I am a little low on D/S paper...I'm hoping the new catty will have some nice stuff!

Melon Mambo, Whisper White

Little chocolates

I thought this was the most adorable card when I saw the sample of it on Splitcoaststampers.com...

The original was in shades of gray, but I changed it up to shades of brown.  To get all the chocolates the same, I cut one using 1 1/4 inch circle along the bottom of a piece of straight cardstock, and used that one as a template to trim the rest of the circles.  I made this as a Mother's Day card for my mother-in-law (as she's a chocoholic!)

Naturals White, Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, Early Expresso, Very Vanilla

Not quite what I thought...

My fellow stamper, Brenda, made this card in shades of brown and mustard...and I thought that I would change up the color combo...but it didn't have the same effect...but still nice...


Rich Razzleberry, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White

Purple Mother's Day...

Here's a different version of the same card I have shown, but this one uses the rectangular embossing folder...I rounded the corners of the embossed piece...still love the oval sooooo much better!


Concord Crush,  Wysteria Wonder, Whisper White

Poppy pair...

I love Poppy Parade!  And I love how it works with Pretty in Pink...I'm usually not into pink and red, but these 2 colors work...

More oval embossing....

I saw a layout similar to this on Artfeltimpressions back in October and have been waiting to try it...

The color combo is straight from the Color Coach...

So Saffron, Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze


I screwed up a little but didn't feel like redoing the card...I grabbed a sponged to sponge the edge of the Baja Breeze center flag, but it had some green ink on it...it isn't that noticeable--sort of blends in...but it might just bother me to much...so I might just change it!

I think I'm in love...

I love the new 2 pack Designer Labels embossing folders!  But I think I'm more in love with the oval one (sorry rectangle!)

I love how this card came together....love the layout from Artfeltimpressions...used my Coluzzle to cut out an oval first and then sent it through the Big Shot in the oval embossing folder (learned that the hard way!)

Peach Parfait, Very Vanilla

Getting a head start...

I always send out lots of Mother's Day cards to celebrate all the terrific women in my life...so I need to get started on making some...this one was made for my friend, Ada's mom, who likes blue...

I water-colored the flowers and stems and added some pearls to the center flower....I wish I had enough pearls to do all 3 flowers, but I think just adding it to the one is a nice touch!

Pear Pizzaz, Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouhette, Whisper White

Mom's flower pot...

My mom came for a visit last week and since she spent a few extra days, we had time to stamp, which we haven't done in FOREVER!

We made this card...it's a CASE from my fellow demo, Madeline Soler...she sent this to me one Mother's Day...I changed up the colors and added texture to the pot...and I added some leaves...

Wouldn't this make a nice bridal shower invite? Or Get Well? Or birthday?

Mini purses

I saw this adorable pocketbook on www.mychicnsrcatch.com (with complete instructions) and decided to make them as little Mother's Day treats--two Hershey's nuggets fit nicely but I also got some Dove squares to put inside....I used the Button Embosslit for the closure....cute, huh?

Poppies for you.....

Just lovin' that Punch Bunch set!  I stamped the main image in Baja Breeze, but used Basic Black to color the stems of the flowers & the words before I put it to paper (so I could get a Baja Breeze scallop)....then stamped it another time in Poppy Parade and a little Baja Breeze and Basic Black for the center of the flower (again using markers)...

The background pieces were stamped with the little flowers from Background Basics (but any small print would do)...thought this would make a nice Mother's Day card....



Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight

A rose is a rose....

       In my quest to use a stamp set that I haven't used it a long time, I pulled out Flower Garden....and I am also up to my ears in retired Blush Blossom cardstock so I tried to use both....I thought that the Blush Blossom looked nice with some Cherry Cobbler....



On one of the cards I used the big background stamp to add some texture...I moved the oval sentiment over to the edge and snipped off a tiny piece and added an eyelet (would you believe I have Blush Blossom eyelets, too??!!)

Yet another try....

This was the card we were going to make a a Demo get-together at my friend Evelyn's house, but we had to postpone....I used some retired colors, but it is the same technique (I think it's being called inset or inlay-not sure)....I punched several flowers out of different colored paper and glued them to a piece of white cardstock....ran the white through the Big Shot with the Lattice folder and layered on a card front....added a punched butterfly (actually punched in 2 colors and layered) and a little fishtail (that's what they are calling the little tag!)

Wait till you see the St. Patrick's card I made with this technique!

Stamp set: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Punch Potpourri

Paper:  Orchid Oppulence, Lavender Lace, Pixie Pink, Pink Passion

Sharing Mother's Day

I just wanted to share 2 cards I got for Mother's Day...the green and gold card is from my new customer and friend, Gloria, the rose card is from my fellow demo, Cheryl Robinson....they are so beautiful and I'm so grateful that I was thought of on Mother's Day....

Quick Wings

I needed just 2 more Mother's Day cards (and since the holiday snuck up on me) I needed them quick! I went to one of my favs--Wings of Friendship--and whipped up this card...using the retiring color-Sage Shadow--and So Saffron and Regal Rose...the Top Note die made things even easier! This would make a great Get Well or Birthday card as well.....

Colorful Squares

I first made the card with the purple squares and thought it looked too plain, so I changed up the orientation of the card and added another 'square' flower and some words...I will posted some instructions with my next post...