Happy Easter!

Isn't this card stunning? (if I say so myself?)  The cross is embossed with gold embossing powder...the vines in the background are from Vintage Vogue set...wait till you see this card re-done as a Communion card!

There's also a score line 3/8 inch all around to add a subtle border....



Wisteria Wonder, So Saffron, Whisper White

Timely Easter Cards

This morning I woke up and thought "Oh crap!  I better get myself into gear for Easter!"  It snuck up on me!

I made these cards last week for my friend, Kim...isn't it always better when someone asks you to make a card for them?  At least you don't procrastinate!

The Chocolate Bunny is a retired stamp, but still available on MDS...he just screams to be embossed, so that's just what I did.  I also embossed the D/S paper in the Big Shot with the Swiss Dots folder.

The Flower card is an exact CASE from Dawn Olchefske...colors and all!  I think I'm going to bring this one back for Mother's Day!...also birthday...get well....

Party this way...

I loved the colors in this card the moment I saw them...I used some embroidery floss for the balloon strings...I also used 2 different embossing folders (as I couldn't decide...one has numbers like on the balloons and the other says Happy Birthday all different ways...

Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Crumb Cake

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

Butterfly engagement

My friend needed an engagement card for a friend and instead of going the traditional blue & white with a ring on it, I opted for a springy peach card with a butterfly...I love this card and use it for many occasions...

River Rock, Whisper White, Peach Parfait

Ooops! I lied!

I thought I had showed you the last of my St. Patrick's Day cards, but I forgot this one that was made by my oldest, Maggie.  She came up with the idea all on her own and wanted a little help on the rainbow, so I suggested she find some punches to use (like a flower or circle) but then she decided to use the mini tag punch!  The curved part of the tag is tucked under the next tag punch.  Isn't she creative??!!  The coins are some gold glitter paper.

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