Birthday and sympathy cards

I have quite a few friends and family who are celebrating birthdays in late December and January.  I designed this card for them.  I used a card base from Studio G, stamps from Stephanie Bernard's Stamps of Life, versamark ink, Crayola glitter paper, and Die Cuts with a View cardstock.  The patterned paper here is some leftover wrapping paper.  It was too pretty to throw away!

I also used this design to make a condolence card for the families of Newtown, Ct.  I thought the snowflake was appropriate because the lives of those lost were unique, beautiful, pure and fleeting.  I hope that the cards and letters help comfort the families a little.

Christmas Time!

For the past few years I have joined in with my "scrapbook home on the web" Creative Chaos friends and had a Christmas card swap.  Here's my card for this year. 

 

 

This technique is really useful for using up scraps.  I cut different papers into one inch squares, ran them through the Xyron X machine and laid them on the diagonal.  K and Company die cuts of cardinals and snowmen were perfect for this.  I used the sentiments from Stephanie Bernard's  Stamps of Life.  The eyelet paper is a dollar store find from a few years ago. 

 

Merry Christmas!

 

 

 

Guest Designer for June at Scrapping Everyday Miracles

I have the honor of being the Guest Designer for June at Scrapping Everyday Miracles.  I'm happy to be among the company of such wonderful and inspiring designers! 

http://scrappingeverydaymiracles.blogspot.com/

A new little one is on the way...

This is a baby card I did for my sister-in-law who is expecting her first baby.  How exciting! :)  I got the onesie stamp from Denami Designs.  They have such cute images, and specialize in little stamps.  They have some completely adorable little chick stamps!  Paper is from Echo Park, and oval was cut using Spellbinder's dies and the Wizard.  Sentiment stamps are from Stephanie Bernard and ink is from Clearsnap. 

http://denamidesign.com/

Happy Birthday Mary and Grace!

Mary's birthday is on May 30 and Grace's is on May 29, so we always have their parties together.  When I was expecting Mary, Grace had asked me if I could please have the baby on her birthday so she could have a "birthday buddy."  I told her no, that wasn't going to happen because the baby wasn't due until July.  Mary must have heard her sister's request because she came seven weeks early!  So birthday buddies it's been ever since. 

I made this card using the cute pops2eat, patterns4pops, and miniabc2stamp sets from Stephanie Bernard's Stamps of Life.  For the popcicles, I stamped off the pop background (inked the stamp, stamped on a scratch paper, then stamped the image so the ink was lighter) and then used the same ink full strength for the dots. 

You're a treat!

I made this card for my dear ex mother in law and friend, Carolyn.  She IS a treat!  I'm going to put a Dairy Queen gift card inside. :)  I know she'll like that.

I used Echo Park "Springtime" paper, and Stamps of Life "Pops2eat" stamp set.  I added the little smiley because I love smiles on objects, like apples, toasters, etc. I think it's so cute.

Steampunk Art Journal

Graphic 45's Steampunk Debutante line is right up my alley.  I love the Victorian look. I made this album for a friend of mine and I liked how it turned out.  I enjoy adding details.