I do!

Hello! This simple card was my Valentine for Stephen this year. I used the stamp set "I Do!" From the mini-catalog that expires the end of March. Fortunately, this stamp set will still be available. I fell in love with the tiny birds. I used Tulip and Lagoon ink.

We have been working on taxes all day and this post is a stolen moment so I'll bid you adieu and get back to work!

Ribbon scraps

I am definitely going to create a place to collect "ribbon scraps"!!! I cut a butterfly shape into my Kraft cardstock and then adhered the ribbon scraps to the backside. A couple of stamped things later and I had a reasonable card! I think two butterflies, maybe the second one smaller, might be the ticket. But. Nifty reason to convince me to save ribbon scraps!

The card class was a success! Whew! I am (secretly) glad it's done. Now I can get busy on my honeymoon scrapbook. I am only 3 years behind!!

The Fifth Card

This is the last card in our workshop, and I intend to have them stamp this one so they can see how easy it is to line up the cake layers when stamping with the My Acrylix stamps. Honestly, I can barely use rubber any longer - it has to be a background (I.e. Huge) stamp or something I will cut out and place. But I disgress. 

I need to give a shout out to Vicki Wiznuik for her inspiration for this card! I loved it so much I bought two stamp sets (so there would be enough for people to share).  I can always take the second one up to Brainerd when we fly north for the summer.

Hugs!

Masculine Birthday

Another card for the benefit class I am doing next week. I am getting so excited about this event!! This card uses the not-yet-released stamp of the month for April from Close To My Heart.  The set comes with all sorts of sentiments that can be stamped onto the paper in the typewriter. It is so cool!

The design papers are retired (too bad too, they are awesome!) and the cardstock is CTMH. I used black and slate ink. 

Things are getting quite hectic at church this month with additional study groups, meatless potlucks, a project to provide clothing and Easter baskets to a children's shelter in Mesa, and a fund-raising Celtic concert on March 15th to provide food for the hungry through Matthews Crossing and PAZ de Cristo.  If you are local, please come to the concert! The group is Celtica! Chorale and they are outstanding. Tickets are $5 and non-perishable food items are welcome. Let me know in comments if you need more info on the concert!

Hugs!

BIRTHDAY

I am nearly ready for the card making class that I donated to my church to raise money for Outreach. We are focusing on Birthday cards and I have been working to make five cards that are fairly simple but each teach different things. Partly what will make this work is that I have done a lot of the preparations for them. I'll show the technique (for example, cutting out shapes with the Big Shot and dies) but I will have done the heavy lifting already. 

So, on this super-easy card, I stamped, stickled, and cut out the flames ahead of time. The sentiment is a retired Close To My Heart stamp that they will use (sharing one stamp between 10 of them) while the washi tapes are placed and the flames adhered with adhesive foam tape. 

I really like how fun this card looks for the little effort!

Technique for January

This was the card we made at the January Open Stamping. The intention was to show possible uses for the new Brushstrokes stamp set, to stamp the sentiment in dark ink over the brush strokes, and to use sequins. Everyone received a small package of sequins of their very own. Yes, I do realize that I am pretty late jumping on the sequin bandwagon.

News here? I've got Mr. Baggins on a diet.  It is in his best interest, and bless his heart, he is VERY excited to see me get out of bed in the mornings because he knows I'll feed him right away.  Let's pray this works without turning him into a little monster. So far, so good.

Hugs!

Birthday

Wow, that was a long week! Sorry about that! I saw my doctor the day after we got back from Minnesota and he had an unexpected opening in his schedule. I jumped on it and had a total knee replacement on Dec. 9th.

My schedule has been very hectic with PT and healing, but I have had some time to create, just not to blog about it!

This card was inspired by Debby at something-oodle blogspot. I have spent countless hours trying to find her original post without success.  Debby, with all my respect and admiration, I have R & D'd your card.

(R&D = rip off and duplicate).

I changed the template by flipping it horizontally. This was because the only bird I had that would work was facing the left, not the right. I hand-stamped the background damask pieces with a CTMH background builder set. I modified the sentiment to Happy Birthday. And I LOVE this card!  All CTMH products, colors are Canary, Glacier, Whisper, and Slate. The sentiment is black on vellum.

For those who care; our trip home was "different" with a circus of things all surrounding poor Mr. Bilbo Baggins. Long story short, I swear he kissed the ground when he stepped out of his carrier inside my home in Mesa.  LOL