Catch Up

Here are a few designs I've been gifting lately.

I made a set of these for a 5th birthday (thank you cards):

Here is a "welcome new baby" set I made for Baby Breslin. 

I love this western print.

Some holiday-themed cards...

I really wanted to use the organza ribbons and foiled paper I recently purchased.

Here is a similar set in a different color pallet:

Happy Halloween

I got a new stamp... and a new printer! My new printer also copies and scans. Because of this fabulous new tool, I was able to scan my new stamp and make it the size I found ideal for putting together this Halloween card:

The stamp is a tiny bird in a cage (so sweet). I was able to shrink it down to fit my medium sized round punch. I backed each birdcage punch with a square in orange and a black scalloped square. 

I wrapped the cards with some striped ribbon I found at Michael's in the dollar bins and affixed the punched embellishment to the top.

The printing was done with Microsoft Word and I added the small jack-o-lantern from the clip art collection...(I thought the card needed an extra little pop of color at the bottom).

I think it's the right mix of spooky and fun!

Birthday Gift

Our favorite babysitter turned 13 last month. I made these cards for her. White silk flower over the following stack of punches: small pink circle, chocolate flower, medium white circle. These are held in place with a tiny pink brad. 

The polka-dotted boarder and her name are printed in chocolate ink. I glued a pink scalloped square in the upper left corner. Around this card, I wrapped coordinating ribbon (another favorite) and affixed it to the back, then attached this to the actual card. The flower set was glued in place as the last step.

I finished by stamping the envelope closures with her initials in chocolate brown beside a small pink flower.

Fall is here!

I couldn't resist the dollar bins at Target this week. I found a tiny roll of assorted "fall" ribbon for $1. None of the ribbon choices were very long so I made an assorted collection of fall cards. There are four cards in a set. The tiny spool made 16 cards (with two additional ribbons I did not use).

Stamped berry twig in cranberry ink on white cardstock with "texture" stamp in mustard over the top, laid over a chocolate punched cardstock square to coordinate with the cranberry circle ribbon.

Stamped leaf in evergreen ink over a small chocolate punch, larger green square punch, and a mustard square with embellished corners (corner punch - lace). This mustard/green ribbon says, "Family."

Pumpkin stamp in orange ink over a burnt orange circle, atop a chocolate square with "laced" corners. Brown ribbon reads, "Friends" with tiny pumpkins between.

Small acorn stamp in chocolate ink over a small green circle punch, atop a burnt orange square with "laced" corners. Ribbon is white with two thin green lines and orange in the middle.

"Happy Fall!"

I've been so neglectful!

I have been making cards lately... I just haven't posted any in awhile. Here are some that were made for a friend expecting a new baby girl (name undetermined). The bird stamp is a favorite and is painted with water color pencils to match the ribbon.

In this next photo. The same stamp is used for some flat cards I made to accompany a gift for another friend expecting a baby (sex unknown--yea!). The top of the flat cards say "Baby Morse" (my friend's last name). 

The painted bird is more vibrant in color that the muted tones of the appliqued onesie (that I made to match my favorite stamp) and the burp clothes... but I think it's a cute "set" despite this.