Wedding- no stamping

My son has my camera so the reflection card will have to wait... So many of my daughters friends have been getting married so I've made lots of wedding cards. This card is a CASE of one I saw a few months ago, I wish I could tell you where I had seen it but it didn't bookmark it, just filed the idea in my head. It doesn't show well in the photo but both hearts are embossed, the bride with dots, the groom with the diamonds, as well as the Whisper White that they are layered on (Texture plates, SU! backgrounds1) the half pearls are from the Pretties kit. the knot is black grosgrain ribbon, I used the large heart punch and then free cut the red hearts. White, black and red have been the popular wedding colors this year.

Sometimes cards just don't work out!

I thought I'd share 3 cards I made over the last month that just didn't work for me, I hope you enjoy them anyway. I redid the mirror image card for my club on Tuesday, I'll have to take a picture of it because it turned out so much better.

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Asian Artistry- Sympathy

This card is Not Quit Navy and Mellow Moss, I used the markers to color the stamp and then stamped the image on Very Vanilla. I colored the ribbon with the Not Quit Navy marker. The phrase is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Simple and Fast-Christ is Born

When Patty Bennett first showed this technique with the Petals-a-Plenty I had to jump on board with it too. The Christ is Born stamp set is one that I bought because I like the saying, but never worked it onto a card in a way that I was happy with until now. I think I will do the same card again but emboss the words.

My 5 year old Granddaughter(who lives in our home) wanted money to buy Christmas presents. As I have several years worth of sample cards, I told her she could sell cards if she wanted(from time to time my 15 year old son has done that when earning the final money needed for scout camp etc) I sell my cards for $2.00, the seller gets one and I get one. Well She started on Monday, has sold 125 cards so far, with requests to come back to some houses on Sat., Wed. and Friday. 3/4 of my old card samples are now gone:).

Extreme Snowboard

I embossed snowflakes from Serene Snowflakes, corner to corner on the Brilliant Blue card front. The image was embossed with black on a piece of Whisper White that was spritzed with shimmer paint and alcohol. The piece of Basic Black was also spritzed.

Four the Holidays

In real life this card is so beautiful! I sprayed the Whisper White, Basic Gray, Real Red and Basic Black with a mixture of Shimmer Paint and Rubbing Alcohol I embossed the Seasons greetings in Silver and Punched a ornament out of the gray, black and red, I then ran them through the Big Shot in the Petals-a-Plenty folder. The ornaments are raised.

Home for Christmas

I love the image on this card! Water coloring seems to be my favorite thing to do. I crimped the ribbon after soaking in hairspray and letting it dry. The paper is from the Merry Moments package.

Happy Thanksgiving!-Give Thanks!

This card uses the stamp sets Autumn Days and Holiday Best. The circle is on Dimensionals. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Bearing gifts

This card uses the Tag stamp Bearing Gifts, leaving off the train and the To and From. In real life the Happy Holiday (For the Holidays set)shows up. The image was colored with Watercolor wonder Crayons and an Aqua Painter. The top half of the card is randomly stamped with the images included in the Delightful Decorations stamp set.

Still CASEing Dacia Smith-Delightful Decorations

Check out the card posted on July 23 to see my original CASE. I had some left over pieces from doing these cards in July and wondered what I could do with them. How did I do? I'm liking this card a lot. The ornament with the bird(Holiday Best, Hostess set) is popped up on dimensionals.

Holiday Lineup

It has been a crazy couple of weeks, and I haven't been able to post, as I mentioned before my husband and I changed offices. What a lot of work! We had to get his up and running first because that is where our income comes from. My office was not the priority. Moving a 15 foot desk up a flight of stairs was tricky, but with the help of good friends it was done. Before I was able to finish unpacking and finding places to store everything I got a phone call from one of my sisters telling me our brother-in-law died. It was a real sad situation and such a trying time for his family.

In between all this I have a son working on his Eagle scout project and a daughter moving out into her first non school apartment. So even though my blog has been silent I have been busy.

This card is a very easy card. Real Read base, with Garden Green matting. The image was embossed in black and colored with water-color wonder crayons.

I can move a basement! Punch Pals

I'm almost done with the moving of my office, I told my granddaughter that Grandpa and I are moving offices, she laughed and said you don't have an office you have a basement and now your basement is up here.

This card is a combination of many punch pal cards that I have seen on the web. I used the Merry Moments designer paper and took the colors from it.