Bon Voyage

One of my dear friends is leaving on a trip to Paris today - so you know I had to make her a card;)

Smile

This is a card I made for a 3 1/2 year old boy who I've never met, but pray for and love dearly. It kind of took me back to basics when I thought about what I had that would work for a little boy that age and the outcome was simple but bright:)

Sentiments

The first sentiment I should really express is an apology for my long absence. As I've dealt with some life-things recently this was one of the things that I set aside and most of the cards and things I've made this past month have been given away without a photograph, and to be honest that felt pretty good. Sometimes I find I end up putting pressure on myself even in this area (my hobby, for relaxation and enjoyment) to make everything perfect. Trust me, what you'll be seeing in the next couple of days is far from perfect, but I'm liking creating more now that I'm taking that pressure off of me - getting my 'bliss' back;)

This is just a little packet of sentiment stamps I assembled for a dear neighbour's birthday. I'm loving the sentiments that are currently available at Michaels!

Vintage thank you

Just a little thank you note I made for one of the ladies in my stamp club who did me a sweet favour! The yellow block is sponged through a mask I made by using some scratch paper and punching a couple of 1 1/4" squares out - I had seen Connie do something similar:)

Vintage Birthday

Another vintage vogue card. I decided not to fight it - my favourite style is vintage, romantic, parisian, burgundies, etc. so I'm being indulgent and doing what I like.
I also drew inspiration on these vintage cards from Connie.

Happy un-birthday, friend!

I'm meeting a friend for a birthday lunch in a few days...her birthday is in February and mine in June...we're a little late, so I made an un-birthday card:) I'm loving vintage vogue these days!

Paper toile?

...well not quite, but I saw the idea of popping up layers on a flower stamp and had to try it out. Here's what I came up with...

Friend Card

I had borrowed the stampset this sentiment is in to see if I needed to order it. I didn't, but it was fun to play with;) Still loving my medallion stamp:)

Inspired by Shawna

I made this card last weekend I think. It's inspired by Shawna's card here. My flowers are made out of scallop punches though - I thought it would be fun to try to create that look:)

Altered Frame

I had a tough week at work and really needed the hour I took today to be creative. I decided to make a frame for a picture of my husband and I that I plan to take to the office for my desk...something positive to focus on on a tough day, you know?!

The papers come from the Be Mine Stack. Stamps used are from SU - baroque motifs & wing it, and Inkadinkado. Flowers are from Prima. Brads are $ Store actually. Lace is from Treasured Memories (Edmonton); ribbon is kraft taffeta from SU, and the heart charm is from A Charming Place.

Oh, and the frame is just a $1.50 wood frame from Michaels:) I used Chestnut fluid chalk ink from my Q to do the edges...

Tri-Shutter Album

I made this mini-album for my hubby for valentine's day (well, I finished it today, but he loves me just the same;) I liked the idea of Andrea's album that was similar to this at Christmas so I spent some time figuring it out. Andrea is selling partly constructed albums like this that you can embellish and make your own if that is of interest to you.

Birthday with Nesties

I was playing around with my nestabilities I received for Christmas and the new Vintage Labels by SU (which I received for free:) and I think it worked out fairly well:)

Another Marshmallow Treat

I posted one of these before, but this is the one I made on the weekend...

V to D

...valentine for my daughter:)

As you can see, I don't have any of the 'valentine' sets...so I create my own...instead of happy birthday day, it becomes...happy *heart* day:))

Happy Valentine's Day!

...a valentine to the man I love! :)

Friend Valentine #2

Here's the other card inspired by Andrea:)

Friend Valentine #1

I made a couple of valentines for friend on Sunday evening, and I took my inspiration from some things that Andrea posted last week while I was at conference:)

A Little Birthday Card

This is just a card I made for a little princess' birthday...

The dsp is from My Mind's Eye (Penny Lane).

My Cup of Tea

I got this cute tea stampset from Basic Grey just after Christmas - couldn't resist it. I tried to work with colours that I don't typically choose on this card...

Oh and the background embossing was done with one of SU plates:)

Chocolate Covered Marshmellow Treat

I saw the tutorial for this over at the Sunny Stamping Studio and had to try it out...

The dsp is from SU's collection last year - as I did with Christmas, I'm not buying new valentine dsp when I still have some last year, but boy it's hard, this year's collection is so cute!