Danny's Birthday

 Do you ever have a paper that you have for a while, think that you will never find a use for it, and then you stumble on the way it works... I have used this same paper and color combo for a few other cards since.  I realized that the circles were just right to do the message as a "button".  I used a very similar layout for my dad's father's day card, and cut a circle out from a end scrap and adhered with a pop dot, to give it a 3D effect.

Valentine's Day

This is where I hit a bit of a slump, and was stuck for ideas.  I had this stamp set, so got V-day inspired paper, used the stamps, and used my watercolour pencils to colour them in.

Christmas Gift

As soon as I saw the "Destinations" cartridge from Cricut, this gift came to mind.  My sister and her new husband went on a Mediterannean cruise their honeymoon.  Thanks to Facebook, I was able to get some of their pictures, I mounted them, and then posted "passport stamps" over them.  I was quite happy with the way it turned out.

Meh, cards

These are the disappointing Christmas cards...everything that could have gone wrong, did.  Why can't the craft store carry the paper that I have pictured in my head?  It would have made things so much easier.  So strike one, couldn't find the paper that spoke to me.  Strike 2, the image I wanted (a Christamas tree on Cricut, very loopy) just wouldn't cut right.  So last minute substitute was the Christmas ornament.  Strike 3, I just couldn't fine and inspiring way to put the thing together.   The cards got done, they went out, and it's the thought that counts, right?

Channukah 2011

Okay, a little catching up to do....it has been about 9 months since I updated this blog.  I hit a bit of a rough spot, and making cards became a more of a chore than a hobby.  I think it was because I was disappointed in the Christmas cards I made (see next post). 

I made these cards for my husband's family.  The stamp set is from Papertrey Ink (Mazel Tov is the name...).  The colours are my first foray into coptic markers.  A little glitter glue for highlights - I admit, I am a complete glitter glue addict.  Also, these are some dreidle cookies I made (marshmallows with a pretzel in one end, a Hershey kiss on the end, and dipped in chocolate.  I did the lettering in melted white chocolate...manipulating melted chocolate in a ziplock baggie was harder than I thought!

Simple sympathy card

My grandmother died last week. We are all saddened by the loss, but we cannot grieve too much. She was 94 years old, had relatively good health up until the end, and was surrounded by family. She had to move to a nursing home about 4 years ago, and I think we could count on one hand the number of days that went by that she didn't have a visit from someone in the family.
I made these cards to send to my dad, his brother, and his sisters, to express my sympathy and to thank them for all they did for Grandma, especially in the later years.
Pink was my Grandma's favourite colour, so I wanted to get pink in there somewhere, and she loved bird watching. We were lucky enough to get a private room on the ground floor of the nursing home for her, and bird feeders were set up outside her window so she could see them . She especially liked humming birds, so this image from Lyrical Letters seemed so appropriate.

Dino-Mite!

I made this card for my nephew - he's 4...I hope it wasn't too juvenile for him. I have a hard time figuring kids out today - they seem to grow up a lot faster than we did.