Male anniversary card?

Is there such a thing?  My friend, Ada, (Hi! Ada!!) asked me to make an anniversary card for her fiance...I really love how the card turned out...notice the paper piercing along the edge of the main image (and the rounded corners)...the center heart image (from the Always set) is stamped 2x....the actual heart is popped up with dimensionals...

Even though this is a 5 x 5 card, I was able to emboss the River Rock background piece since the folder I used was an open design...I just positioned it to emboss different areas of the card and ran it through the Big Shot twice...oh!  and I sponged the edges of this piece to make it pop!


Cherry Cobbler, River Rock, Early Expresso, Marina Mist (color combo taken directly from Color Coach)

Halloween thanks...

I made this Thank You for my neighbor, Krista...she made the kids all a really cool goodie bag for Halloween...it's a super simple card...Basic Grey base, Basic Black embossed with the web folder, a 3 inch Daffodil Delight circle for the moon, and a black leaf stem from the bird punch and a black owl punch...add a sentiment and you're done!  Can't get much easier than that!

Hand Sanitizer Treat

I know I'm way ahead of myself, but this is going to be the goody my daughter gives out for her 11th birthday in April...as soon as I saw this on Erica Cerwin's blog, I knew Maggie would flip over it!  She has a step-by-step tutorial that made this super easy!

Stunning snowflakes....

Even thought the photo does this card no justice...it is stunning...(if I do say so myself)...I masked of an area with some Post-it notes, then sponged some Tempting Turquoise ink in the opening, adding some Pacific Point ink around the edges to darken it...then I took the snowflakes stamps and stamped them around the rectangle with some Staz-on ink...added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter and drew the black lines around the rectangle with a marker and a ruler....going to have to try this one for lots of different occasions...it's a no-layer card!

Happy Birthday, Ballerina!

My baby is turning 4 this Thursday...I can't believe I just said that!  Here are the mini Hershey bars we gave out at her Princess Ballerina class...the stamp is non-SU! but the paper and inks are SU! Melon Mambo and Pink Pirohette...they were a big hit!

Did some say "Stocking Die"?

Yep...that's the stocking die!  There are mini tutorials all over Splitcoaststampers for this adorable treat holder...the toe is a 3 1/2 in circle with another circle partially cut out and glued on...a heel is cut and the whole thing is embossed (thus erasing the lines of the added 'toe' circle)...I added some light sponging of white ink to the top of the boot (embossed with the web pattern...

This would even be cute for a teacher gift with a gift card sticking out....

Rainbow butterflies

CASE'd this card pretty much exactly...isn't it terrific??

Helpful Hint:  I glued the rainbow (torn) strips to a piece of white card stock measuring 4 1/4" x 3"...that way I was able to center it perfectly and trim all pieces equally....


Real Red, Only Orange, Daffodil Delight, Green Galore, Tempting Turquoise, Lavender Lace, Basic Black, Whisper White