Twin Boys Baptism

Using a glossy sliver mat and embossing the crosses in silver and gold gives this card a needed punch. The sentiment is computer generated and makes the card for personal for the recipients.

Easter Blossoms Birthday

This card was created for a client whose grand daughter was celebrating her 8th birthday. She wanted the card to coordinate with the party cup cakes which were pink with dark purple music notes. I love that by putting flower soft in the basket (which actually contains Easter eggs) makes this stamp versatile for other occasions.

Baby Duckie

This is another baby shower card I created for a friend using one of my favorite (now retired) baby stamp sets "Bundled in Love." I colored the duck with copic markers.

Owl Candy Bar Wrapper

This is a Kit-Kat Candy Bar wrapped up for Valentine's Day. I first ran a 6 x 6 1/2 sheet of paper through my sizzix machine to dry emboss the heart design. I really love this cute little owl punch (new to this catalog), although I did change it up a bit. I added wings to the owl by cutting a scallop circle in half (each half is one wing) and cut small triangles out of each scallop. I also used the two-step bird punch to get the beak. The sentiment is computer generated.

Make a Monster

I just love this Make a Monster (new in the current catalog) stamp set. There are so many different combinations and creations you can make and all with one stamp set! I got out an oldie but goodie, my aqua painter to color in my monsters, I then laid down a little sahara sand as a ground for them to stand on. I looked up this color combination (pacific point, melon mambo & old olive) in my color coach and I really love vibrant, child-like feeling it evokes. This is a great set for Mom's like me that have little boys in the house.

12 Tags of Christmas - Tag 2

The key to making this bird pop is to ink up the body and wings with black ink.

Motorcycle Madness

Here are the birthday cards I created for my brother-in-law and my boss, both of whom are Harley Davidson enthusiasts. First I created the white piece I was going to stamp on and ran it through my printer to create the sentiment, then stamped and built the layers of the card from there.

Conversation Hearts

These didn't turn out exactly like I envisioned them, but they are much cuter in person. This picture doesn't do them justice.

Leafy Birthday

Here is a birthday card I created for my boss. It's hard to tell in the picture, but I painted the embossed leaves with Adirondack pearl fixative to give them a shine.

Christmas Thank-you Cards

I finally got my Christmas Thank-you cards written and addressed. At least this year I had the cards prepared in advance. I used Stampin' Up's Forest Friends and SU's Sincere Salutations for the greeting. I scraplifted this one from Splitcoast but changed a few minor details to make it my own.