Rose Wonder

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for a local news anchor.  The news anchor Mother is going through chemo and I asked her if it would be okay to send her a card, she quickly said yes!  So I made this card to send to the news station, so she could pass it onto her Mom.  I hope she enjoys it.

I found this idea at Julie Davison blog.  You use the Rose Garden Thinlits to cut out the largest rose with the leaves, using it as a stencil.  I then used a Aqua Painter and the ink from the lid of my Pink Pirouette to paint in the image, then did the same with Pear Pizzazz for the leaves.  I used the sentiment from Wetlands and added a few Basic Pearls.  The card base is Pink Pirouette, then retired Regal Rose, which is what I used to stamp the sentiment in.  Final layer of card stock is Whisper White. 

All in all, it is a pretty easy card to make!  Mary

Nailed It

Good Monday to all, I hope your week-end was wonderful.

Last Friday was my uncles birthday, so I wanted to send him a birthday card with this new set called, Nailed It.  When I saw this set in the current Occasions catalog, I immediately thought of my Dad who is a retired carpenter!  Then I knew it would also make a great Father's day card, as well for any one who is handy!

I really like how it turned out too.  I used Sky's the Limit sentiment-retired and Hexagon embossing folder, but my uncle will not know!

Stamp set: Hardwood background and Nailed It with matching Framelits

Card stock: Night of Navy, Real Red and Smoky Slate

Ink: Smoky Slate, Night of Navy and Black Memento

Silver Foil Sheets

Dimensionals

Well off to get my house clean, have a good one.  Mary

Totally Trees and Day at the Beach

About two weeks ago my daughter and her little family got to go to Florida for five days, her in-laws were very generous and they paid for their air fare to come and stay with them at the condo they rent each February.  Now it would have been great, but both my daughter and grandson were sick, grandson had a double ear infection and daughter had a nasty sinus infection, but the plane tickets had been purchased over a month ago, so off they went.  It was Wesley's first time to be at the beach and the ocean.  They were still able to enjoy themselves too.

I decided that I would make a couple of thank you cards for my daughter to send to her in-laws, thanking them for a wonderful trip.  I couldn't decided which one to give her, so I gave them both to her and she can decide which to send.

The first one is made with the retired Totally Trees, which just retired, which I CASE'd from Sabrina.

I found this card on Pinterest, which was a full size card but I used the Note cards to make this.

Ink: Soft Sky, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

For the second card, I used a current Occasions set called Day at the Beach.

The Thank You is retired.  Markers: Peekaboo Peach, Real Red, Dapper Denim, Bermuda Bay and I used the new Watercolor Pencils to color in the sunglass lens with Basic Gray.  Images where stamped with Black Staz-On.

I hope you all have a relaxing week-end too.  Mary

Thoughtful Branches

Things have been busy around my house the last week or two, but I found time to make a couple of birthday cards for my two aunts who live out of town.  I wanted to make them special and I looked through my stamp sets and found Thoughtful Branches, which is retired.  This set was only available for one month last summer and I really debated on if I should buy it or not, but I figured I could use it for many years to come, so I got it.  It makes a really pretty hydrangea flower with the Thinlits that were available to go with it.  I also used the Jar of Love stamp set and matching framelits and I really like how they both turned out!  Thank you Krystal De Leeuw for sharing your card, which is what I CASE'd.

Card stock: Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Sahara Sand , Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive

Stamp sets: Jar of Love, Thoughtful Branches (used matching Thinlits for both sets), Endless Birthday Wishes and Gorgeous Grunge

Ink: Craft White, Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Wisteria Wonder, Sweet Sugarplum, Black Memento and Smoky Slate

Brick Wall embossing folder

Dimensionals

I hope they enjoy this summer flower in the middle of winter!  Mary

Quinceanera

Last Saturday night our neighbors next door had a Quinceanera party for their daughter and we were invited to the celebration.  Not knowing anything about this type of party, I went to Google to find some answers.  It is a celebration in the Hispanic culture when a young lady turns 15.  So I set off to find a way to make her a special card and happened upon a retired stamp set called, Quinceanera that was available on E-bay.  I probably will not have a need for it again but just wanted to make it special for our young neighbor.

Her color for her dress was turquoise, so I used Bermuda Bay.  I really like how it turned out!!

here is what I stamped on the inside.

We went to her Mass and then to the hall and had a yummy meal.  It was fun watching all the kids have fun too!

Stamp set: Quinceanera

Ink: Black Staz-On and Bermuda Bay

Card stock: Thick Whisper White, Bermuda Bay and Basic Black

Silver Glimmer paper

Dazzling Diamonds

Basic Rhinestones

To get a closer look, click on the picture.

Thank you for coming by.  Mary

Valentine's Late

While going through my blog today I noticed that I forgot to share this Valentine card with you.  You can easily change the heart and sentiment to anything you want.  In fact, this is a CASE from the Occcasions catalog on page 4, in the lower left hand corner.

So sorry it's late.  Things have been busy around here, again.  My father was in the hospital last weekend, so I was busy tending to him.  He had the flu and is now doing much better and back in his own room again.

I used Real Red and Whisper White card stock, Gold Glimmer paper, Gold Sequins, Black Memento ink and Real Red ink and the Happy Hearts embossing folder.

I hope you all are enjoying this beautiful weather we are having!!  Mary

Love Notes and Sealed with Love Valentine

Good Monday afternoon!  Man oh man, I tried to make this post yesterday but for some reason the picture would not load to my computer!  So I updated the operating system on my iMAC, still nothing, after much Googling I found out that the photo editing program I use has "retired".  I think I found a way to still get the pictures on my computer, not I just need to remember how I did it!!

This is the last of my Valentine cards for this year, now on to birthday cards.  Here is one that, well, didn't start out the way I wanted to, but I think it turned out fine.

Here is what I used:

Card stock: Thick Whisper White

Stamp set: Sealed with Love

Ink: Real Red

Framelits: Love Notes and Stitched Circle

Red Glimmer paper

I probably should have held the card closed so that you could view the right edge better, oh well, next time, right?!

I hope you have a lovely Valentine day on Tuesday.  See you soon!  Mary

Sealed with Love

Oops, forgot to post his card for today, so better late than not.

I made this one to send to my aunt in Omaha, she likes it when I send her my cards!!

I wanted to make a pink one instead of a red card.  It turned out so soft and pretty.

Card stock: Thick Whisper White

Stamp set: Sealed with Love 

Framelits: Love Notes, Stitched Circle

Ink: Blushing Bride

Blushing Bride Glimmer paper

Silver Foil

Thick White Bakers Twine

I have one more card to share on Monday, see you than.  Mary

Baby Bear Valentine Card

Well I'm on track to get my Valentine cards done this week, then onto some birthday cards for my two aunts and one uncle.

My daughter asked for a Valentine card for a friend of her's that she became pen pals with when she was still in grade school.  Her sweet pen pal is old enough to be her Grandmother!  Their special connection is there fascination with the Titanic!  They lost touch for about 15 years but have recently been writing to each other again!

This is the card that I made for her to send.

Here is what I stamped on the inside of her card.

I hope she likes her card.

Stamp sets: Baby Bear, Teeny Tiny Wishes, and Dragonfly Dreams

Card stock: Very Vanilla

DSP: Sending Love

Ink: Real Red

Red Glimmer Paper

Border punch for the small hearts-retired

Thanks....Mary

Balloon Pop-Up Valentine

Good Monday to you, did your favorite team win the Super Bowl yesterday?  I must confess, I was busy doing other things and didn't watch!

This week will be Valentine week again, I hope.  Hubby and I have to attend a funeral this morning and I have a feeling that we won't get too much done after that.  It is for a man that we knew through a friend and church and we are sad to say good-bye to him, he was a wonderful person!

Now for the card.  This card was one that I saw on a Facebook Group for Stampin' Up! Demonstrators only and I loved how the demonstrator use the Balloon Pop-Up Thinlit in the most unusual way.  I asked if I could CASE it and she said yes.  You can see Linda's card and photo tutorial on how to make it HERE.  My one daughter loves purple, and the other one loves pink, so I'm going with the combo of Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry.  It is so much prettier in person than what pictures can show!  Here is the outside front of the card.

Here is the inside of the card.

After I took this picture, I realized that I should have stamped a couple of the small sentiments from the Sealed with Love onto the two purple/pink hearts.  I may still try to add to those, if possible.  To see the pictures close-up, just click on it.

Update:  Here is a close up of the hearts with some stamping on them.

Card stock: Whisper White, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry

Ink: Pink Flamingo and Rich Razzleberry

Silver Glimmer Paper

Stamp set: Sealed with Love

Thinlits: Balloon Pop-Up

Silver Washi tape-retired

Full Heart punch-retired

Happy Heart Embossing folder

Stitched Square Framelits

sponges

I hope your week if off to a wonderful start and hope to be back on Wednesday.  Mary