purple and pink swirl

sizzix swirl embossing folder....with clear colored dots and a bit of fine clear glitter.  edge made with PTI edge die....paper from an old sizzix mat stack

no worries, just smile

SU aviary stamp set, background paper PTI

happy flowers

inspired to get an old stamp set out....cant remember who made it, no longer have the packaging.

the sentiment is from a new foot long set i got at michaels last week.....used a very old fiskars 8.5x11 plastic thingy with cutouts (i think you use it with the shape cutter?) to make the inked border....

fun to use things that have just sat and sat.....colored with copic markers....and popped a bit with brads for flower centers.  background paper...PTI bitty dots

love/anniversary

printed the sentiment....., butterfly SU punch with jeweled teardrop center.....nestie fancy labels on top and bottom....(cut from two labels), sponged ink using sequin waste ribbon.

background flocked cs anna griffith.....framed with  picasa "picnic" feature....new to me and fun to play with

sympathy card

loopy square nestability.....verdigris embossing powder....sentiment  PTI

could be a valentine

PTI take three die easily cuts the three squares....musical background stamp used for square fillers and butterflies.....those cut with nestability butterfly set.  CB swiss dot folder adds a bit of interest

birthday blue

paper from a botanical stack.....SU stamp.  silk flowers and sheer ribbon

unconventional valentines

SU stamps......made at a monthly class with my friend Tina (demonstrator)....

thank you cards

some thank you cards....using various thank you stamps and the fancy tag nestability for some.

used my crimper for the last one.....have not used that in a long time.

valentine

SU aviary stamp, music background and $$store sentiment

valentine split negative with a twist

instead of using two colors of ink, i used black ink on white and on red. 

stamp:  rose postcard from "stamps happen"

here's the inside

christmas/winter thank yous

various scraps of DP and cardstock.  i used the cute nestability nested mittens die and loopy squares on one of them.  sentiment....PTI signature christmas (a great christmas sentiment set)

valentine owls

using the two step owl punch (SU)....happy little owls are in love !

sympathy

background paper SEI pack, embossed cream CS with a CB folder.....cut with nestability die.  simple

purse gift card holder

this can be made using SU topnote die or labels 8....i used labels 8 for this one.  in this nestability set you get 5 different sizes as opposed to one size with the topnote.

just fold over the top portion and pop it with a dimensional and punch holes on the side for the ribbon.  easy easy.

here's the inside....a smalled die folded the same way....gift card of note or check fits in the top of the "purse"

snow in NC

Christmas '10 snowfall outside in the front of our house......pretty, but not so much ! got around 7 inches.

trees in our back yard, laden with heavy snow.

valentine

usied some stick-ons and a mini calendar page for february.....mounted it on a nestability medallion (cut in half) and some pretty PTI valentine paper

popped out sentiments

view from the top

valentine

this is a tent card.....i used the split negative technique....embossing red on white and white on red for the heart.  cut in half and stuck together.  easy but quite interesting looking.  

the little heart on the side pulls out a sentiment card....

red bird with a 'tude

all from punches......1 3/4 in for sun, 1 1/2 for bird body, parts of a scalloped circle (SU) for wings and tail, leaves from SU bird punch, berries.......1/4 in hole punch using sparkley foam.

love this little guy.....have seen him on various recent posts.....this is my version.

spinner sledder

i haven't made a spinner card in a long time, so this was a lot of fun for me.  i got the idea form "frenchie's" website...what a clever lady she is. i tried to take a video of it spinning, but could NOT figure out how to do it so it was not blurry !  i never even got to try adding a video to this blog.  will try again sometime later