New Cards

Well, I made 5 new cards today.  Three are the same and two are these cute owl cards I saw on Pinterest.  One of the owl cards is for mom (she's 67 next Sunday) and one is for a church friend, who's birthday is on Saturday. 

I made 3 of these in a few colors. They came out really cute.

This is the inside of the below card.

This is a window card and I put a "snowy" background behind it.  This one is going to Mom.

This one is for my friend. I so hope she loves it. 

 

I really enjoyed spending my afternoon making these cars.  Fun, fun, fun!  I love to make special cards for my loved ones to brighten their day.  Thanks! 

 

BTW, sorry the photos are blurry.  I can't seem to get my camera to focus when I take card photos.  :(

 

Christmas Cards!!!!

Well, I made 36 cards for family & friends this year and I'm so happy to have been able to get them signed, sealed and delivered to them all. :)  Here they are:

Peace On Earth stamped on blue.

 

I just love how these came out.  My favorite are the black ones with the birds.  I was really impressed with my creation of this one.  :)  Enjoy!

Getting busy for the season

Well, I've been getting really busy with the on arrival of  the Holiday Season.  Stamping, card making, envelope addressing, cleaning, planning, etc.  So, here is what I've been working on and just loving to share with you all.

Everyone loves Christmas-y trees.  These are done in gray.

This set was done in Silver glitter and glitter paper.

This is so cute!  The SU 1/2 Wood Mount Case, decorated and filled!

Playing cards, note pad, small pen and a few candies!

This is a treat bag that was cut down from a treat envelope and redesigned.

LOVE THIS CARD!!  Made with two single stamps, an embossing folder & silver cardstock.

I love the stamp used here on the inside.  It's just beautiful!

Now, this little beauty is what I am sending out that I produced for my personal Christmas Cards.  I love the snowflake dies and the beauty of this card is simply but elegant.

Then I made this little cutie using the SU circle framelit.  I saw a card with a different bird; but loved the concept, so I changed it up a bit and this is the end result!

Used the Tim Holtz Globe die cutter and cut off the globe part before mounting it on a green circle.  I also spritzed it with blue ink to get a multi-colored impression for the water.  I love how this one came out!  It is by far my favorite this year.

 

So, I have been a busy little stamper!  I just love creating and sharing around this season.  I'm actually using green, blue and purple (like a peacock) on my tree this year.  I can't wait to decorate it and photograph it to share.  Thanks for looking and happy crafting!

Getting Creative

Went to my stamping group this week and made a few really cute cards!!!  I loved the new techniques we played with.  Like the "bee card" where we colored the combs and then added some glaze to make the honey look wet.  Love it!!!  Then we made a raindrop card with a sunburst inside!!  We also made a sunshine card with sunglasses.  Fun, fun, fun!!!

Check out the bees!!!  We used acetate to "pop" them up off the card.

 

We used a brayer to create these sun rays beneath the stamped image of the shades.

We added some sparkle to these boots with a bit of glitter.

Check out the raindrops.  What a way to focus on them.

 

Then, we checked out a few of the cards our Creative Coach made that were such a WOW!  A beautiful peacock and check out that hotrod!!!

 

Happy Stamping!!!



Creating Fun

So I made a new birthday card for my friend, Angie.  I saw one on Pinterest and thought it looked cute, so I gave it a shot.  I like it. :)  I love the folds and how it fans outward. 

I hope she likes it.

I then through together this one.  I really like it.

I also made this birthday one for another friend.  I embossed this one with my Happy Birthday folder and stamped a cute little "thinking of you" stamp.

Of course, I then went onto make this one.  Isn't it cute!  I used my heart embossing folder and used a tiny cupcake to bring it all together.

 

So, I just got creative today and let my creativity flow into the paper.  While I'm posting this, my dog, Teddy, is laying beside me legs to the sky and snoring away.  Nothing in the world bothers him.  He is so cute. 

Alice in Wonderland

My baby sister, who will be 40 this month, is a huge Alice in Wonderland fan.  So, in honor of her birthday, I created a faux book for her, a recovered box and a bracelet all in the Alice theme.  I'm sure she'll love them.  I only wish that I could be with her this year to celebrate the occasion. :(

Anyway, here they are:

I used stamps from the Octopode factory for most of the characters, except Mad Hatter, who was just a graphic I found on the net. :)

 

 

The bracelet is in traditional blue and white beads of Alice's dress along with a teapot, cake, crown and heart beads.  I'm sure she'll love this!!!!  I sure love the way it turned out.  

 

Wildflower Meadow

So, I recently attended my stamping class and we made a few cards.  We used a new Stampin’ Up stamp and embossing folder "Wildflower Meadow" to make a few and I’m posting them here.  It was fun to learn to use the folder and stamp in different and unique ways.  The first one direct was direct stamping and using the embossing folder.

The second card uses both folder and stamp, however, it is stamped in white craft ink on velum and then water colored.

The third card we stamped and then sponged the background.  I think they all came out great and I just love how they look.

Roni