Happy Birthday Chris!

Monday, the 8th, is my dear friend Chris' birthday. I can't believe I actually made a card in time to get it in the mail so she'll receive it on (or maybe even before - what a concept!) her birthday! Card base, background paper, and cardstock bird is cut from are all from CTMH. Bird is a Nestabilities die run through the Cuttlebug Birds and Vines embossing folder, then sanded, popped up on pop dots (both bird and wing). Flower embellishments and Dew Drop are freebies from the most generous Cherylynn at Second Childhood. A quick and easy card and easy to mail.

Happy Birthday, Mrs C!

Today is my friend Mrs. C's birthday. We met on Gingerwood. She has sent me several great cards for various reasons and I thought it was about time I reciprocated!

This card was made with Making Memories Flower Patch papers and stickers and Stampin' Up! cardstock. The tiny sentiment is from Gina K designs. I love these springy colors!

Kelli Graduates from College

Tomorrow my sister's daughter, Kelli, graduates from Carroll College in Helena, Montana. I had seen this Whippersnappers image on-line and just had to have it to make her card. I used the school's colors (purple and gold). There is actually a faint blue shadow drawn around the image but the scanner didn't pick it up. Background is a quarter sheet of cardstock and the white card is folded, then cut with a Nestabilities scalloped rectangle die run through my Cuttlebug. I used gold Metallic Rub-On paste (purchased from Gina K Designs) on the scalloped edge of the card.

Happy Birthday Jonathan

Our nephew Jonathan will be 12 tomorrow and I finally got around to making a card for him. I'll get it in today's mail and hopefully he'll have it when he gets home from school tomorrow!

I had the image already colored and hopefully it won't be too "girly" for him. Like many of you, I have trouble with masculine cards - and he's also at that "tween" age, but what kind of card do you make for a "tween" boy? I'm sure he won't really care about anything except the check inside!

It's hard to see in the picture, but the image/sentiment is raised on pop dots. The cuttlebugged layer is a copper paper, between text weight and cardstock weight and I have no clue where I got it, like a lot of the stamping stuff I have!

Need your help - and Blog Candy!

Stan and I bought a new red (formally called Camelia Red Pearl and gorgeous!) 2009 Subaru Forester. We'd like to put "vanity" or personalized license plates on it. I'd like you to help me with that. The winner will receive a goodie box of stamps and supplies from me, which will contain at least one set of Stampin Up stamps.

The Fine Print:

• Words/phrases on license plates are limited to only 7 letters
• I'd like something reflecting (in order of preference) the color and/or model of the car, my occupation (medical transcriptionist), or my hobby (rubberstamping)
• Nothing obscene
• Leave your suggestion along with a valid email address in the comments section on my blog - emails to my personal email address will not be considered
• Contest ends at midnight Mountain Daylight Time Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Good luck, and thanks for helping!

A couple quick birthday cards

My mom has a birthday later this week and my good friend Nikki also has a birthday this week. Procrastinator that I am, I waited until tonight to do these. They were quick and easy.

Details:

Card #1 - Mary Engelbreight die-cut is from the $ bin at Michael's. I used my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder for the pink layers. I don't know the source of the ribbon (but I'm running out and need to get more!).

Card #2 - Stamp set is Stampin' Up!'s Cheep Talk. Branch is stamped with Memento cocoa ink and Stampin' Up! Old Olive; bird is stamped with Ranger Distress Broken China. Felt ribbon is from Stampin' Up!

February Stampin Up Workshop Cards

I'm a little behind getting these posted, but here are some cards we did at my Stampin Up demo's monthly workshop last month. Unfortunately, I don't know names of stamp sets, but everything you see is from Stampin Up. The last one is really bulky and didn't scan well. Tomorrow if we have daylight (more winter arrived today and our highs are supposed to be in single digits for the next 48 hours!) I'll photograph it and hopefully will get a better image.