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