Miscellaneous Cards from 2008 (5)

I love this little ladybug! I didn't like ladybugs for a while b/c they brought back bad memories of our house being INFESTED with them. However, I got all these ladybug stamps in stamp sets that I have, and thought I'd put them to use! Someone ELSE might like them, and I'm starting to like them again, too!

When I saw this Clickabella stamp and sentiment on someone else's blog, I just HAD to have it! I spend a lot of time keeping up with friends and family via e-mail, blogs, facebook, etc. I just think this stamp is ADORABLE!

This card was made for a Cupcake Friday challenge on Taylor's blog. Her sketch was of a 5"x5" card, but I did the normal size and then did the sketch on that. I paper pieced the cupcake, too.

Delight in Life Dutch card ~ My grandma is Dutch, and so my mom bought me the now retired SU! Netherlands set. I use it all the time for my grandma's cards, and she loves it!

OK - that's it for the past cards, except the ones that still remain on my camera! I'll get to those soon, but wanted to catch up first! :-) Hope you enjoyed my cards!

Miscellaneous Cards from 2008 (4)

The first picture is a little decoration that we made at a stamping party. I thought it was super cute! The second picture is a sympathy card we made at that same party. It's not necessarily my normal style, but it's pretty. The next card is "Sending you a smile." The last one is "Thinking of you." This card is really bright and kind of busy, but it's so springy!

Still more to come...

Miscellaneous Cards from 2008 (3)

Mother's Day flowers

Another Mother's Day...
I copied the same card as the post below, and just changed the sentiment and added the heart shaped eyelet.

Happy Flag Day

Happy Independence Day

There's more coming...

Miscellaneous Cards from 2008(2)

More cards...

Lily Birthday

Sweet Stuff Birthday

Patriotic Birthday

Happy Valentine's Day
(Sorry the color on this pic is a little wonky!) I cased this card, too, but I don't know where it came from.

More to come...

Miscellaneous Cards from 2008 (1)

Since I have made so many cards, I have so little time to post all of them, it seems. I should just post them right away, and it wouldn't be a problem. But, since I haven't done that, I am just going to post a bunch of them, and leave out the details. If you want details on a specific card, just leave a comment and I'll edit the info in.

Cherish - I cased this card from a sample my SU! demonstrator received in a card swap. I just changed the colors from blues to pink/pomegranate. I think it's beautiful!

Priceless... another "cased" card, but I'm not sure where I got it. Again, my SU! demonstrator had it printed out from somewhere and I just copied it.

Delight in Life... this actually is my own! :-) LOL

Stay tuned for more cards...

Easter projects

Here are some Easter projects and cards that we made at our last Stampin' Up party.

This is a little Easter basket that was actually die-cut at a local stamping store. The patterned paper is SU! We could have dry embossed it or stamped on it, but I love the paper pattern so much, I didn't want to do anything else to it!
Here it is from the side
Here it is opened.An Easter card. We used SU! Certainly Celery and So Saffron cardstock, So Saffron ribbon, SU! slit punch, Marvy scalloped circle punch, Colozzule circle cutting templates, Iridescent Ice embossing powder, and different colored SU! markers and SU! stamps. We used several different sets, so I can't tell you where they all came from.
Opened one fold
Opened two folds
Here's an Easter scrapbooking page we made. Again, the letters and numbers were die cut, the Ovals were cut with Colozzule, and the stamps and paper are all SU! Colors are Certainly Celery and Tempting Turquoise, and we colored them with SU! markers. I just LOVE the little chick stamp!
Here's another Easter card I made. Background stamps are Baroque Motifs and Watercolor Minis; focal images are Simply Spring; sentiment is Fancy Flexible Phrases. Colors are So Saffron, Always Artichoke, and Almost Amethyst. Gold Glitter is from a scrapbooking kit that I got from a friend. Eyelets are Spare Parts, and Silver Tag is from Walmart.

Happy Easter, Everyone!

Classic Pickups

Here are a few cards that I've made lately with the set from SU! "Classic Pickups."
This first one is a birthday card. The patterned paper is a scrap that I inherited from someone else. I also used SU! Baroque Burgundy and True Thyme cardstock and ink. The brads are from Spare Parts, and the twill ribbon is actually a trach tie. A trach tie is what they used to use to hold trachs in patients... you know the device that some people have in their throat to help them breathe correctly after a tracheostomy. Well, every trach comes with twill ties, but all of my patients have used velcro trach ties. So, with the family's permission, I get to keep the twill ties for my stamping (for free) and they don't throw good twill ribbon away for nothing! :-)
This card is actually JUST the oval... I stamped it and inserted it in with the birthday card below. The cardstock and ink are SU! Confetti white and Buckaroo Blue. The hemp twine and silver rectangle tag are both from Walmart. The "thanks" (which is a little difficult to see) is from SU!'s Year Round Cheer.This is a birthday card I made. Again, the patterned paper is SU!, but it's scraps that I inherited. The cardstock and ink is SU! Sahara Sand, Confetti White, True Thyme, Marigold Morning, and Buckaroo Blue. I distressed the right hand edge of the paper, as well as the circle around the truck with scissors, then scraped the edges in the ink. The eyelets are Spare Parts and the hemp again from Walmart.
This card is basically the same as above, with the addition of Cranberry Crisp cardstock and a little ink. I used an SU! blender pen dipped in Cranberry Crisp and Marigold Morning for the flame paint job, blending the two colors to make the orange in the middle. I really liked this patterned paper, and I LOVE the truck stamps! I wish I would have ordered that set before it retired, but my friend lets me borrow her stamps whenever I want, so I can't complain! :-)

Have a great weekend!