M. Pamela's Birthday Card

How do I keep finding stamps that I "fall in love with?" Here's another one. I don't remember whose blog led me to this artist/website, but this is one of the best fairy stamps I've ever seen. I adore her whimsical spirit - and being able to paint her toe nails was fun, too! She's from Loralie Art Stamps. Lucky for me, I was needing to make a birthday card for a special friend, and this "Lazy Fairy" really fit the bill. I had so much fun coloring her with my Copic markers. Then I got to experiment with some Cuttlebug embossing and a large Martha Stewart punch. I was very pleased with the result.

Love this Mermaid!

This is a belated birthday card for my friend, Debbie. On the inside it says "Hope you had oceans of fun on your birthday." Debbie is a fine cardmaker, herself, so I certainly felt the need to "step up" my game. I'm very pleased with how the card came out. The design is by Kraftin Kimmie. The punch is Martha Stewart.

My nephew's birthday card

Here's the card I made for my nephew - he likes dogs and I'd never used this stamp before.

Pour ma classe de francais

I'm taking a beginning French class at my local community college. The teacher's letting us get extra credit for several different things including making a greeting card! Choosing to make a card was a no-brainer pour moi, and I love how it turned out! Just got the can-can dancer stamp from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps in Canada. The Eiffel Tower stamp is from Prickley Pear stamps. The clouds stamp is Hero Arts, and the border punch is from EK Success. Oo la la!!

First card for June

I saw a sample made up of these two stamps (Memory Box) and decided I had to have them. At least I didn't wait too long before I put them to use. I also just got this punch (Martha Stewart) recently. It feels good to do something other than my "standard" Happy Birthday Cuttlebug background on a card - yay!

Birthday card for Nate, Ken & Delores

Here's the card I did for my great nephew, Nate, who's turning 13. I liked the design and copied it to give to a neighbor for his birthday.

I used a similar background and finally remembered to punch a decorative edge around the backing paper. This is for my friend, Delores, who was a professional cellist. OK, it probably looks more like a bass, but it's as close as I could get.

May birthday cards

Seems like I have a lot of May birthdays for my card making. Here are three I made this week - for Hank, Tom and Melinda. There are three more I need to make before the end of the month. Will it happen?

Connie's b-day card

Here's the card I met for Connie's 60th birthday. I met her when she was walking her dog, Riley, so I decided to make a doggie card for her.