We’re off to a wedding today. My husband’s nephew is getting married, and of course I had to make a personalized card for the happy couple! The card is made of Shimmery White card stock and measures 6-1/4″ x 3″. I layered two trimmed-down Top Note die-cuts on top of each other and punched a […]
Entries from April 2009
David & Rachel’s Day
April 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: truly elegant
Another Birthday Card
April 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments
This one could go for a man or a woman, I think. I used Fall-To Layout #38 from the clean & simple stamping blog and picked a color combination suggested by Stampin’ Up! on their 2008-2009 In Color Combos sheet: Pink Pirouette, Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa, and Mellow Moss. The Mellow Moss panel was […]
Tags: clean & simple
Embossed Reinker Spread
April 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments
I heard about this cool technique (a real wow) that was demonstrated at the Seattle Regional Seminar last weekend, and thanks to Crystal French’s instructions on the demo side of SCS I was able to try it out for myself. I stamped the large rose from the Fifth Avenue Floral set with VersaMark ink on […]
Tags: truly elegant
Happy Earth Day!
April 22nd, 2009 · 5 Comments
How about a card with nice earth tones and a tree image to celebrate Earth Day? I so lucked out with the Sketch Challenge (SC225) on SCS today. It was just perfect for the little tree image from the Forest Friends set that I had set my heart on using today! I created the four […]
Tags: clean & simple
Cherry Birthday Card
April 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments
I am on a roll making birthday cards lately. It really helps when I can find a sketch, color, or inspiration challenge to get me started. This layout is Jen del Muro’s Sketch For You To Try (4/18/09), only I rotated it 90 degrees so that I could use my big Dutch Happy Birthday stamp. […]
Tags: simply delicious
