hello doily

some dear friends of ours from church suddenly lost their mom and grandma. i like using soft colors on sympathy cards and for this one kept it clean and simple~

supplies:

paper: pool party

ink: island indigo, versamark

stamps: hello doily, blessings from heaven

tools: heat gun, circle punch

accessories: pearl(from pretties kit) Victoria 5/8" ribbon, mini glue dots, clear embossing powder(for the sentiment)

baby headband

another Mommy from Haley's preschool class needed a unique baby gift ... so this is what we came up with. vintage using the old lace and then a bit of new w/ the little pink flower and make the leaves w/ some cream tulle...dainty for a pretty girl...

memory jar

This is a memory jar. I'd never heard of it before this, but think it's a fabulous idea. a friend called and asked if i could make this for her. She lost her Dad last year and they wanted to fill the jar w/ memories and give it to their Mom for Christmas. with that in mind i wanted to make it very special, little details to make it pretty...

the spice  cake dsp worked well i thought for some nice earth tones that can hopefully be displayed in her home w/o sticking out like a sore thumb. i used lots of sticky strip and mini glue dots to make sure it was stuck together well

supplies:

paper: spice cake dsp, more mustard, old olive, cherry cobbler, pool party, very vanilla

ink: early espresso

stamps: define your life, family reunion

tools: lrg decor pnch, scallop circle, boho blossom pnchs, big shot, top note die, stripes impression folder, scallop edge border punch

accessories: brads, very vanilla satin ribbon, mini glue dots, champagne glass stamping glitter, striped old olive ribbon

not so seriously

how fun is this??? (insert squeal) k that's how i felt when i got it done. my sis turned the big ol' 29, so close to entering the next decade w/ me!!! hehe  but i was late, like usual and wanted to use the dogs bc i just think they are stinkin cute! gotta love the glitter brad to make the card sparkle too. i used my aqua painters here to quickly and messily(is that a word?) color those pooches in. messier the better. white spots are good here....

pop up the Happy Birthday sentiment w/ stampin dimensionals

supplies:

paper: calypso coral, Concord crush dsp, pear pizzaz dsp, whisper white, concord crush

ink: stazon black(for puppies so they don't bleed when i water color them) then browns to color in and concord crush & calypso coral for words.

tools: word window punch, circle punch

accessories: calypso coral 3/8" ruffled ribbon

baroque motifs

stack of cards that could be used as thank you cards that i tucked into a shower gift.... i left the sentiment off of these just in case they wanted to use it some other way

supplies:

paper: not quite nave, whisper white, old olive

ink: old olive, not quite navy

stamps: baroque motifs

tools: circle punch

accessories: silver brad, polka dot old olive ribbon

Tagtastic

cute little 3X3 cards w/ matching envelopes for a pretty baby girl... i packaged them up in a cello baggie and tucked them in w/ her baby gift... a few diamonds on my 'A' to make it sparkle

crowns on the envelope fit for a princess~

 Here is the matching card to go w/ the grouping.

supplies:

paper: white confetti, blushing bride, and bb dsp

ink: early espresso, blushing bride

stamps: Ain' love grand, tagtastic, tiny tags

tools: scallop circle, large decor, itty bitty shapes and scallop trim border punch

accessories: pearls, mini glue dots, stampin dimensionals

thanks big time!

simple thank you card made w/ the pocket full of posies dsp. after adding one pig piece of that i added a knot of old olive ribbon, stamped my sentiment and punched it out using the large oval punch and the scallop oval punches.

supplies:
paper: so saffron, whisper white, pocket full of posies dsp
ink: elegant eggplant, old olive
stamps: a word for you
tools: scallop oval, large oval punches
accessories: striped old olive ribbon, stampin dimensionals

i like to be with you MDS

i think i seen this idea on the www.mydigitalstudio.net but not sure who did it. I kept a white background. brought in my big picture. then put the torn edges stamp all around it. changed the stamp color to white. the small vintage frame strip is from downtown grunge kit embellishments. the flower stamp is from friends 24-7 and colored gray....

boo.boo +2 & 3

these two layouts follow the boo boo one as it was our weekend away to WI. any ?'s of what i used, let me know!

pocket full of posies dsp

 two quick cards using the bright and fun pocket full of posies dsp. using that as my background i simply added a sentiment on one and then just flipped over a corner on the other and added a red glitter brad.

supplies:
paper: so saffron, wisteria wonder, pocket full of posies dsp
ink: wisteria wonder
stamps: absolutely fabulous (retired)
tools: 2 3/8" scallop circle, xtra lrg decor punch, modern label
accessories: stampin dimensionals, champagne smooch spritz

vintage hair pretties

Had to ship this hair pretty off today and grabbed a quick picture!

gift card holder

 want to make a gift card look a smidge more fun? This is the perfect way to do so! I used some dsp here cut @ 12X3. score that at 2" and 8". inspiration for this comes from the talented Carrie Gaskin (thanks!)

 supplies:

paper: retired dsp, so saffron, old olive, bashful blue
ink: old olive
stamps: well scripted
tools: big shot, fun flowers die, itty bitty punch pack, scallop circle punch, 1" circle punch, scallop trim border punch, mooch spritz champagne
accessories: old olive grosgrain ribbon, certainly celery brads, very vanilla button, hemp twine, rhinestones, mini glue dots