Good Morning Stampers! I saw the most beautiful butterflies and cards on one of the forums the other day made by Sharon Field and decided to case one of her cards. I really like the way this came out. Here's a close up of the butterfly but the camera does not do it justice. It is so pretty IRL. I think it's absolutely gorgeous! Thanks Sharon for your inspiration! Thanks for stopping by today… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers Hope you had a wonderful weekend. Because today is Mother's Day, I felt nostalgic and I pulled out this stamp set because it reminds me of my youngest daughter when she was about 5 or 6. Where does the time go? This is the inside of the card. Most of the time I leave the sentiment off because I want to be able to just grab a card… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers This is a first for me! I usually don't do punch art but I decided to try it after seeing someone and I can't remember who (sorry) make flowers using the small flower from the Itty Bitty Shapes punches from the Summer Mini Catalog. I thought I can do that using the Trio Flower Punch! So what do you think? Do you like it? I decided to… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers Yellow roses speak of springtime, renewal and friendship. As a color of enduring friendship, faithful attention and devotion, yellow roses are a perfect choice to send to newlyweds, graduates and new mothers. Yellow roses have always been my favorite – I love to receive them no matter the occasion. The inspiration for today's card came from a rose bush that my husband bought me last week and transplanted… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers One of the good things about making several cards ahead of time is that when a birthday comes up, all you have to do is go into your stash and pick a card that you think they may like. With the card already made and signed, you have plenty of time to whip up a small gift. In this case, I decided to make a bird… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers Dot is one of my best customers and such a sweetheart. Dot is celebrating her 85th birthday this Friday and her daughter Patty decided to buy some stamps for her birthday. Since Patty lives in Wisconsin and Dot lives in Arkansas, I decided to wrap the gift and make a card and give it to Dot for Patty. Even though it's Dot's birthday on Friday, I decided to give… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers: So many of my favorite colors are going away this June but I know that I will have new favorites come July! Lovely Lilac is a favorite from the Rich Regals Family. Today's card features Lovely Lilac and Almost Amethyst – two colors that will be retiring. I also used Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set which is 20% off this month. I really liked how this card… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers Today's post features the Greenhouse Garden Stamp Set which is on sale for $20.95 until 30 April 2010. Click here for all the details. I decided to make this card shabby chic even though this stamp set screams "Modern, Bold, Bright!". I also am using Pale Plum which is due to retire on 30 June 2010. This was one of my favorite colors and loved to combine… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers! Today's post features the stamp set "Flower Fancy". You can get this set for 20% off (sale price $29.56) until 30 April 2010. It's part of the two step stamping collection available in the 2009/2010 Idea Book & Catalog. Click herefor details. I decided to bring out Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper because I wanted this card to be bright and cheery!. So did I nail it???… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers It's time for Simple Sunday again. It's hard for me to make a simple card. I want to add a layer or two or a rhinestone or a button – anything so that it doesn't look so plain. So I'm going to challenge myself to make a very plain and simple card every Saturday. It's a busy day for me anyway so this will help in trying to… Read More »
