Mom's Birthday card

Just a quick card I whipped up for my mom for her birthday. Her favorite color is blue so I made sure to have that as my main color. I brought in the pinks with the flowers and the satin ribbon. Then I topped it off with a bit of bling with some glitter on the flowers and also with the gems in the upper corner. I also did a bit of decorative punching around the main focal point. And I used some retired designer paper to kind of tie it all together. Hope you enjoy!

Lighthouse Diorama

Oh my goodness this card was so much fun to make!!! I saw one of these cards in our Stampin Success last year and it has taken me this long to finally try my hand at it. I knew I wanted to use this lighthouse set (the first set I bought from SU!) to make this. Just had to play around with the final look of the card, but I am really pleased with how this came out. Hope you enjoy this as much as I do!



STAMPS: Calm Seas (retired)
INKS: Basic Black, Crumb Cake
PAPERS: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, White, Sahara Sand
ACCESSORIES: Coluzzle (retired), Taupe Grosgrain (retired)

You're on my mind ~ Blended Pencils

Okay, I saw this tutitorial and just had to try my hand at it! I do have to say that when you're stressed, stamping is the way to help relieve it!!! Any way, I decided to try this using the Upsy Daisy stamp. Once I got going on this I found that it is pretty fun. Lots of attention to detail since you have to outline everything with a black pen/marker which makes you focus. Thus taking your mind off of everyday things that can get to you. And then once you are done you have a beautiful creation that you can be proud of. This of course is another card that is on it's way to grandma's!



STAMPS: Upsy Daisy
INKS: Very Vanillia, Sahara Sand
PAPERS: Night of Navy, Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla
ACCESSORIES: Small Oval Punch, Scalloped Oval Punch, Vanilla Hodgepodge Brads, Watercolor Pencils

Wheelie Fun Therapy Card Nite

For those girls that didn't make it to TCN here is what you missed! It's been a while since we used a wheel so I made up for it! LOL I had one girl (who never used wheels yet) make it almost all the way through class before realizing that what we were stamping with were the "wheels". She was waiting on some cards that had "wheels" (such as cars) on them. Told ya it's been a while. ;) Guess I'll need to start dragging them out a bit more....



This card uses the wheel with versa mark. Makes a great guy card, which is something I'm trying to make more of.

With this card used the wheel to make our own "decorated cardstock". This is a quick card that goes great with the Sincere Salutations set for almost any theme that may come up!

And of course using the wheel as a background for this dress just makes it pop! Along with the Eyelet Border punch to tie it all together.

Used the crayon resist technique on this card. It's been quite a while since we've played with this technique and it made it a big WOW this month!

Finally we finish the month off with a new baby jumbo wheel taking one outfit and making it pop off the page.

Hope you all enjoyed the cards. Don't forget to leave a comment....

Laced Thinking of You...

Told you I was into the scalloped lace look! :) I really like this layout. Because it is so easy I used it again. I pulled out some old SU DSP (which I love) and put it together. I really like how the Big Shot makes putting cards together a breeze! Just switching out paper and colors changes a card so much! Enjoy!!!

because I CARE...

Like I said before I am liking this wrinkled lace look. I think it has just set this card off! I have a pad of this "fun" paper that I just need to start using so here I go!!! Nothing after a long stressful day like playing with paper. You can do all sorts of things to it to help you relieve stress such as wadding it up, rubbing it together, even putting it through a crimper and just really twisting that handle as you let all your stress OUT!!! And in the end you find that you made something beautiful. ENJOY!!!

It's a Guy Thing ~ August TCN

For those who missed this month's Therapy Card Nite, here they are! All kinds of cards for the guys in your life!!! If you are like me, you need them badly!!! I have 2 boys and 10 nephews!!! I need guy cards!!! Boys don't care for flowers and cutesy cards much let alone a teenager!!! So I think we got a good array for all this month.


This card has that rough embossed look to it and makes a great teen card!

Here is the Make a Monster card that I cased from the catalog and changed up just a bit. Did you notice? This is good for any boy in your life!!!

For those guys who love the grrreat outdoors, this is a card for them. It's also great for any guy you may have in mind.

And for those boys who love the dirt, here's one just for them.

Can't forget those handymen in our lives regardless if it's our fathers, husbands, or sons, this is a great card "tool" thank them for their work.

Hope you enjoyed these cards and if you missed TCN be sure to sign for September's Wheelie Wonderful Therapy Card Nite!!!