HAPPILY EVER AFTER

This design if from the July/Aug edition of Papercrafts magazine.  The designer is Shannon Selsor.  Hers is a thank you card but I thought it would make a nice wedding card and since I don't have any in my stash that is what I decided to do.  The senitment on the inside is from Fiskar's Just Married Quotes clear stamp set.  The punch is from EK Success called Flower & Flourish.  The sentiment on the envelope and the front of the card is from Inkadinkadoo Wedding/Marriage clear stamp set and the butterfly punch is Martha Stewart.  The pattern on the card front is hand stamped using a flourish stamp I got in the $1.50 bin at Michael's.  Now I am going to try and get my own creative juices going and try to finish up one of my own designs.  Wish me luck!

SISTER

I made this card for my sister's b'day which is on Friday.  The paper is called Wild Raspberry from K&Company.  It is an 8x8 pad I bought at Walmart.  The punch is from Martha Stewart and the stamp is from Stamps Happen Inc. #60058 Bees.  The sister sentiment is from Fiskar's family clear stamp set.  I used my copics to color the image but I am still having problems with the bleeding and the shading on the brown is not the greatest because the colors were too far apart but it was all I had.  The paper that the image is stamped on is from Neenah but I prefer Simply Smooth and I don't have anymore until my mother comes to visit.  I had some shipped to her while she winters in Florida as well as some more Copics from Dick Blick's and a whole whack of other goodies!  When are you coming to see me mom??  It's gonna be like Christmas when she gets here.

The sentiment for the inside is from Copper Leaf Creations and I used my scalloped oval Nestabilites to cut and emboss it.

I am still having a heck of a time taking a decent picture with my camera.  You would think with a $500.00 camera your pictures should come out pretty darn good but I have not liked this camera since I bought it.  It is a Canon Powershot S3 IS and my cheaper Olympus (that fell in the lake)   took way nicer pictures than this thing.  I try to take them in natural lighting but they never seem to come out crisp looking.  I have tried all different settings with no luck.  I have also tried using the macro function but the camera will not allow me to do it on automatic for some reason.  Well I am off to make breakfast and then I will post another quick card I made using the Crafts Too Leafy Tree embossing folder.

GARDENBELLA

My daughter made this card using Gardenbella and Martha Stewart's lacy punch. The happy birthday sentiment is also from Stamping Bella.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM

This is for my mom's birthday which is tomorrow. She received it in the mail already so I'm ok to post now! I used Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Martha Stewart scalloped lace punch and Inkadinkadoo Butterflies & Bugs stamp set from Michael's. I used Cricut Beyond Birthdays to cut out the word Mom. I used a clear star gelly roll pen on the butterflies and to make the little dots in the corners. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!