Hoppy Birthday - August 18, 2010

I made this card for my niece who is turning 5 today.  I really enjoyed fun flocking the SU Unfrogettable frog.  He really looks like he is celebrating her birthday.   My first time at making a card for a child!  It makes me want to be a kid again!

Love Ya - August 16, 2010

When I visited Archivers, I picked up some Black Fun Flock and decided to create a I love you card for my husband from an image I received in a swap.  I left it on his pillow so he would find it before he went to sleep.  I used one of the sketch challenges SC290 from splitcoaststampers

Gift Bags - August 14, 2010

I held a crop at my house.  I wanted to give the ladies something sweet!  We call our group the "Queen Bees"!  My friend, Stephanie, let me borrow her Honey Tilda Magnolia Stamp.  I watercolored and added stickles to the image.  The gift bags were black so I stamped them with a bee stamp from SU with gold pigment ink.  I added black bees to the ribbon using Stazon ink.

Birthday Card - August 14, 2010

This card is serving a double purpose: birthday card and the Sketch Challenge 293 at Splitcoaststampers.
For the challenge you had to use a decorative board to the one side of the card and a certain layout.  I had a great time with the CTMH stamp set Simple Beauty by fun flocking the flower with yellow and purple and fun flocked the leaves and stem green.  Added some extra flowers for a little embellishment that pulled out the three colors in the paper.

New Job - August 13, 2010

I have been making cards over the past few years for my step father using this truck from Stampin Up Loads of Love set. For one year and every holiday, I sent a card with this truck on it. Now, as a few years have passed, I try to make a card every once in awhile that has his favorite "truck". Today, we are celebrating the fact that my step father landed a cool new job. It is a great a way to use a card to express his journey to the next place with an interstate sign that says "Way to Go" and "Congratulations" inside.