Mission Farewell Card

My friends son left on a mission a few weeks ago...so I needed a farwell card for him...Its never to late to get these kind of cards in the mail.

I used PTI: Heavenly Medley stamp set to stamp the image in Timber Brown StazOn. I then colored it withmy Prismacolor Pencils. I used some of my SU 1 3/8 circle punch and scalloped circle punch to make the focal point. after adhering the image to the scalloped circle I trimmed the excess scallops off the brown matting. I then punched it with a 1/16th " circle hand punch to make holes for threading the ribbon.

My cuttlebug came in handy once again when I used Swissdots" and "D'vine swirls" to emboss the Cardstock. these 2 are must haves for anyone who uses embossing folders. my MS : Arched lattice border punch really helped add a little extra Umpf to this card.

Again remeber to go comment on "My New Years Resolution Blog Candy"

Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

Melon Berry Card

I have been busy naking cards for a few days...I have so many August Birthdays with my friends and Family.

I created this Melon Berry Card for SC...LSC232...

I really like how it turned out. I did wish I had some of the SU Melon Mambo Polka Dot ribbon from SCS but I havent purchased any..still trying to use up some of the old Stash...so I chose this hot pink Offray ribbon from last years Camp creations. It goes pretty well with the Melon Mambo.The challenge required using a Edible Item or image with eating, and using Cardstock with food int he name. I used the new In Color Melon Mambo and Certainly Celery. I knew I wanted to do a strawberry. I looked at a few and decided to go with my old Papertray Green Thumb...image.

In my head I was goignt o use three images but decided on just one. I used my new MS punch Lattice Arch...I have been picking it up and putting it back for about 2 months and finally jsut said to heck with it and bought it..I love it. I added the D'vine swirl cuttlebugging after I decided the green would look like the top of the berry instead of a green basket like they used to come in. I thougth th eSwirls looked alittle like the ones in the stamped image. next I ran the melon CS through with Swiss dots...to mimic the Berries on the berry. I debated rubbing with white craft ink but decided to keep the image cleaner. I usually smudge when I try to sponge a bit.

The sentiment was stamped with Pink Passion also...I opted to only buy reinkers and an assorted pack of in colors from SU to save some money...I think I need to buy me a few stamp pads when I get some birthday money...After stamping the sentiment I punched it out with my SU scalloped Sqaure punch then lined up the oppsite end three scallops down and punched again to give me the cute rectangle...

Hope You like it ...Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

A Card for Baby Marah Beth

My dear friend Wendy posted the LSC231 challenge today for SplitCoast-Stampers! My other Friend Melissa Had her Baby Girl Yesterday, so I combined the two things and made this card for my friend.

I used my cricut for the Doily cardbase & lining(Wild Card) and Stars(George). I used Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, & Chocolate Chip cardstock.

I used my Cuttlebug "Textile" folder to add some embossing to the cut out Stars. and mounted them on dimensionals. I stamped with Timber Brown StazOn, using Papertrey Inks, Heavenly Medley Set.

Hope everyone enjoys it...
until later ...Happy Stamping