Flowers in Jars

FRESH...

... i felt like designing a "fresh" card... When my kids were little there was not a day that passed by when one would not come to find me in the kitchen with a little flower they had picked in the garden for me.

I would grad a jam jar fill it up with water and put the lone flower in.

How proud would I make them then....

Three kids, three flowers, in the three windows of this card.

This is a peek in my life, 10 years ago...

This window card is from A Cut Above, the jar stamp is from Stamp by Judith.
The lone flower is a composite of a stem by Martha Stewart and a daisy by Stamp by Judith.
The circle happy Birthday is from the Rubber Cafe.
The Copic markers were lightly used.
Until next time....

Just for you

LAST OCTOBER...

... I went to Sacramento to attend the Scrap Fair there, and I stumbled upon that exhibitor who was showing how to make those beautiful glass pendants.

You need a special glue, some glass square, some bells to hang the pendant... then comes the fun part.

You need nice pictures, and the internet has plenty of those!

The windows are made with the Nestability, those are the perfect tool to make a window and a bigger window in the top paper giving the feeling you are looking at a frame.
 The top paper is tiffany Blue in color, and as most of the card stocks, envelopes or plain paper I use, comes from this wonderful company Paperandmore.com.
They have the best customer service, the price are competitive and they are quick!
I run that paper in an embossing folder.
The banner was printed on the computer.
Until next time...

So Very Proud of You

GRADUATION...

... come Spring, it seems to be in everybody's mind.

 Our High School colors are red and black and it is very difficult for me to think of any other colors when designing one.

Now that I think about it, since Jen is graduating from Davis in less than 4 months, I should may be thinking Blue and Gold...

The graduation cap is actually a petal card, and you can find the template all over in the internet. The sentiment is printed not stamped, and the red card stock is a glossy red I bought at Kelly Paper
 I usually follow Dawn Olchefske (Stampin up demonstrator) directions for the tassel.
You can find it at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_IxakbDJpg&feature=player_embedded
it is a very easy way of making a tassel with Gros Grain ribbon...
I run out of those and used very slim ribbon  and a square brad.
Until next time....

Birthday Flowers

FINALLY...

... the Papertrey Ink order has arrived! And in it, this little fence die... I don't know how on earth I did all these years without.

A card with a raised element has right away a different feeling.

I posted this on Splitcoaststampers and a nice lady commented it would do a beautiful Mother's day card. She is right. It is a pretty versatile design.

Just change the sentiment.

The flowers were embossed with Martha Stewart white powder, the fence is out of a Papertrey Ink die Cut and I popped it out with dimensionals.

Until next time....

Pile of Gifts

Another stamp from Judith and Heather... on a flip card from A Cut Above. this card was made in a cinch!

10 Little Fingers, 10 Little Toes

The stamp on the outside is from Sparkle N Sprinkle but the mini one in the windows are those stubbies I was talking about from Stamps By Judith and Heather. Adding a little embossing finished that card nicely.

Birthday Tree

The bare tree stamp is from Stamps by Judith and Heather. This company has some "sticks" and "stubbies" which are mini stamps on a stick, and you can have a tree for all occcasion. This is a birthday one, but I am thinking of a new baby one (what else?)