Angels

I borrowed the retired stamp set "If the Halo Fits" from Carly - love that set! Here are some cards I made with that set this afternoon.

Stamp Set: If the Halo Fits

Card Stock: Whisper White, Old Olive, Old Olive DSP

Ink: Old Olive, Basic Black

Extras: Old Olive 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals, Blender Pen

Stamp Set: If the Halo Fits

Card Stock: Blush Blossom, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Blush Blossom

Extras: Silver brads, dimensionals, Blender Pen

The second card is a pain in the butt because of the close cut-out of the angel and flower, but I love this card. I made this card a few months ago - the last time I borrowed this set from Carly - but I'm not sure if I posted it on this blog or not... oh well.

For the dimensionals, I use the extra rubber from the stamp sets. And for these cards in particular, I used just the red - or purple - rubber (I usually use the red or purple rubber with the foam, but I didn't want a huge pop-up for these cards).

I can only hope that you like these cards half as much as I enjoyed making them - that would be enough. :)

Home with a Heart

My mother is heading up a course called Home with a Heart. It is for single moms who want and need to better their situation, despite their circumstances. One of the classes is creativity, and she asked me to come in and make a card with them. This is the card we made:

Stamp Set: Snow Swirled

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Kiwi Kiss

Ink: Kiwi Kiss

I wanted to make this card very simple, with no dimensions or anything that makes the card heavy or thick, because if these women wanted to mail the card out, they would have to pay extra for postage. They received envelopes and stamps with it, to make it easier.

Some had already gone to a Stampin' Up! workshop before, so they knew what they were doing. Others had not, and they enjoyed making the card.

Stamp-a-stack

Here are my favourites of the cards I made at the stamp-a-stack at Niki's place last night.

Stamp Sets: Dasher, Sincere Salutations

Card Stock: Real Red, Whisper White

Ink: Versa Mark

Extras: Gold Heat Embossing Powder, Real Red 5/8" grosgrain ribbon

Stamp Sets: Berry Christmas, and other sets?

Card Stock: Night of Navy, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red, Night of Navy

Extras: dimensions

Stamp Sets: Berry Christmas, Holiday Lineup

Card Stock: Real Red, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black, Real Red

Extras: Big Shot with Top Note die cut, Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain ribbon, blender pen

Mom's Birthday

Today is my mom's birthday; she is 48!!! And she got me the stamp set "Eight Great Greetings" because of the stamp that says "I just realized I'm turning into my mother... lucky me". I am very similar to my mother - we have the same sense of humour, and we look at the world in a very similar way.

Her favourite colour is pale yellow, and So Saffron was the closest I have to pale yellow (Barely Banana is darker; not pale enough), so I used that with Bordering Blue - they look so nice together!


Stamp Set: Eight Great Greetings
Card Stock: Bordering Blue, So Saffron DSP, Whisper White
Ink: Bordering Blue, So Saffron
Extras: White Organza ribbon, Blender Pen, Silver Brads

I hope she likes it! It's a very simple card, but my mother is not a complicated woman - she doesn't like too many frills and furbelows (hehe), so I know that simple is best.

I'm going to go over to my parents' house tonight after supper - they might be out for dinner - but I'm going to go anyways, and if she's not there, I'll just leave the card for her in the family room.

Continuing with Christmas

I'm in the mood for Christmas cards! Here are some that I made last night:


Stamps: Holiday Lineup, (not sure for the sentiment)
Card Stock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Washington Apple DSP (retired)
Ink: Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango
Extras: Blender Pen


Stamps: Holiday Lineup
Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Whisper White, Washington Apple DSP (retired)
Ink: Basic Black, Riding Hood Red, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Close to Cocoa
Extras: Blender Pen, 5/8" Riding Hood Red grosgrain ribbon

I hope you enjoy them!

Christmas Cards

I made some cards today! They aren't original by any means, but they are new to me:


Stamp Set: Berry Christmas
Card Stock: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss


Stamp Set: Holiday Lineup, Berry Christmas (for the sentiment)
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Bashful Blue, Close to Cocoa
Extras: Blender Pen, Silver Brads, Scallop Edge punch

This card was interesting to make, because I stamped the image a second time on a scrap piece of Very Vanilla, and I coloured in all the hats with the Blender Pen, and then I cut out each hat individually, and then glued them on top of the hats on the first image - it gives it just a little dimension. The picture below shows what I mean:


I hope you enjoy these cards, I certainly enjoyed making them!

Card Block

Hello!

I have had absolutely NO creativity when it comes to card making. Lately, I've just been doing my old stuff over and over again for Jeff's clients.

This Saturday, September 19, I am going with Robyn to the MegaMeeting swap, where I have to make 72 swaps! AGHH! and I thought that 35 from the last swap was bad! But I have gotten a head start on my swaps, and I think I will be done them all tomorrow! I know! Nice and early!

And I hope to get inspiration from this MegaMeeting, so I can move ahead with my favourite hobby. We'll see!