Hot Air Balloon Birthday Card

Hot Air Balloon Birthday Card:

Papers:
KaiserCraft P657 World Map - Timeless Collection
Maja Design - Vintage Summer Basics - (blue and burgundy papers)
Cream Parchment Paper (clouds, brown balloon) & Kraft paper (Birthday wishes)
Khaki Thick Mulberry Paper (bottom layer)

Ink:
Stampin Up - Soft Suede
Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain (for edges of everything)

Stamps:
Papertrey - Up, Up and Away
Crafty Secrets - Journey
Lily of the Valley - Vintage Labels

Tools:
Papertrey - Cloud die
Pop-up squares
Martha Stewart Border Punch

Kraft Valentine's Card

Okay, the jewelry Christmas rush is over and I'm trying to recover, LOL.  I'm hoping to get back into my card making a little.   I'm even going to CHA this year!!  It's been a long time since I've been.  I made this card last year, and I'm finally posting it.  I'll try to remember what I used….
Spellbinder's Decorative Heart Circles
My Mind's Eye Holly Jolly "Winter Branches" Paper
Whiff of Joy Henry Mouse Hugging Heart stamp
I believe this was stamped with memento black ink and colored using the distress inks and a water brush

Valentine Birthday Card

It's been awhile since I've checked in.  Life has been very busy.  I'm trying to get back into stamping, so I thought I'd start out with something simple.  Valentine's Birthday Card....  For Shirley.

Paper:  Cream Parchment paper, My Mind's Eye - Holly Jolly - Winter Branches, Brown base card stock
Stamp:  Hero Arts
Ink - Distress Ink - Fired Brick
Puches - butterfly punch - Martha Stewart
Stampin' Up Embossing folder - Elegant Bouquet

Trudy's Birthday Card

Here is the birthday card I made for my SIL.  We get to go visit them this weekend!!  Yeah!!  I made this card similar to the one for the Magnolia-licious challenge, and I think I like this one better.  I just got this new stamp from Whiff of Joy, and I love it.  It was fun to color.  I used my distress inks and some watercolor paper.

Card Recipe:

• Paper: Basic Grey- Eva
• Stamps:  Whiff of Joy, Just Rite Stampers
• Martha Stewart Border Punch
• pink satin ribbon from Michaels, spellbinders
• Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, "weeds" from Michaels

Magnolia-licious Challenge

I finally had a chance to sit down and work on a card for the Magnolia-licious May Challenge.  This one was fun, but I made a second similar card that I think I like a little better.  What do you think?  See my other post for today.

Card recipe:

• Paper:  Basic Grey - Eva , Arches Watercolor paper
• Stamps:  Magnolia Tilda with flowing hair, Northwoods (Happy Birthday)
• Ink:  Distress Inks
• Martha Stewart Arches border punch
• Pink satin ribbon, bling, spellbinders

Anniversary Card

Here is the Anniversary card that I made for hubby.  The flower was hand made using paper punches.

Card Recipe:

• Stamps:  Magnolia Valentine, Waltzingmouse Stamps
• Paper:  Basic Gray Bittersweet
• Punch bunch punches:  Punch Shop
• Spellbinders hearts

Mother's Day card #3

This Mother's Day card is for my birth mother.  I met her when I was about 21 years old.  She has 3 other children, and I stay in touch mostly with my half-sister, Stephanie.  Well, I did before she got married and had a baby.  She's just as busy as me now, LOL!!

I am entering this in the Just Magnolia Challenge "It Takes Two"

Card Recipe:

• Paper:  Cloud9Design: Sunrise Smoothie-Luster Floral,  C9D Christy (?) -Luster Sara's Garden Streams
• Stamps:  Magnolia Beach Tilda, Bathing Ring
• Wild Orchid Crafts flowers
• Punch Bunch leaf punches
• Spellbinders label
• Marth Stewart Border Punch

Mother's Day card #2

This is the Mother's Day card I made for my Mother-In-Law.  She likes horses and she also likes Victorian, so I hope she likes this card.

Card Recipe:

• Paper: AG012 Anna Griffin, Basic Grey -two scoops/very berry sunday
• Wild Orchid Crafts roses
• Punch Bunch leaf punches
• Martha Stewart Border punch
• Stamps:  Magnolia Dinner Tilda, Rosebud Rubber Stamps
• Spellbinders labels dies
• computer generated sentiment (Happy Mother's Day)

Mother's Day card #1

This is a Mother's Day card for my mom.  That is, my mom that raised me.  I was adopted, and also have a card to show you that I sent to my birth mother, and also my mother-in-law.
   The rose stamp is from Rosebud Rubber Stamps, and will be available soon as a digital image stamp.  I am still setting up the store for the digital stamp. If you are interested, please send me an email at:  rosebudrs@aol.com
   For the rubber version of this stamp, please visit:  I Brake For Stamps

Card recipe:

• Paper:  BasicGrey Bittersweet -hand-dipped, red and white card stock
• Stamps:  Rosebud Rubber Stamps, Our Daily Bread Designs
• Stampin' Up Bigz Top Note Sizzix die
• Spellbinders labels
• Wild Orchid Crafts roses
• Punch Bunch leaves
• Scor-Pal for grid lines on red background
• Martha Stewart heart border punch
• computer generated sentiment
• Arches watercolor paper, distress inks

Tilda with flowers and Down Under Challenge & BSC#1

Okay...this is my first "challange" card.  I had fun making this card. I made it for the Magnolia Down Under Challenge #44.   I'll have to enter more challenges.  It's a little easier to design a card when there is a sketch to follow!!!!  This one is an easel card.  Please click on the pictures for a better look.

Here are a few more challenges I've entered in with this card:
 Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 20 -Distressed.  I used my distress inks on Tilda, and I usually distress everything, but only strip on the side got some ink this time!!
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog is the next challenge I've entered!! 
The Beary Sweet Challenge!!  -May Flowers
Everybody Art Challenge #89 -Pastels

Card Recipe:

• Paper: background (roses & reverse green script) -TPC Studio "Ancestrial Bird Brocade, DCWV (strip with vines and blug glitter flowers) -sorry, I cut off the pattern name :( , 5 different shades of kraft from my stash, watercolor paper
• Ink:  Distress Inks -Pine Needles, Worn lipstick, spun sugar, antique linen, brushed corduroy, scattered straw, .... ??
• Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, punch bunch leaf punches
• Spellbinders ovals, scalloped ovals, square, scalloped square, tag
• Cuttlebug embossing folder, Hero arts crystal hearts

Sweet Tilda Easel Card

I had to try my "Sweet Tilda" stamp today!!  I just love the pink and blue colors.  Enjoy!!

Card Recipe:

• Stamps:  Magnolia -Sweet Tilda, Waltzingmouse Stamps (lower sentiment), Just Rite Stampers (circle sentiment)
• Paper:  K & Co. Chateau Florals Glitter paper, bound + d/termined inc. -Pink Silk, white card stock, pink vellum (behind circle), watercolor paper
• EK Sucess border punch, cuttlebug embossing folder, spellbinders, vintaj butterfly, blue prima roses, "weeds" from Michaels (looks like baby breath by roses)
• thick pink mulberry paper for pink flower, punch bunch 6 petal punch used for pink rose

Just a note - Tilda

I'm on a roll now!!  My 3rd Tilda and I'm headed to my stamp room to make more!!  I had fun masking and using my stamp positioner on this one.  Another "blue" card with some slightly warmer colors this time around.  I used the bow easy to make the bow and I only have 1 handmade rose on this card (the larger blue one).

 Card recipe:

• Stamps: Magnolia -Dinner Tilda, Kitchen Bench, Waltzingmouse labels (tag) and sentiment
• Paper: Yellow Daisies-Paper Pizazz, makingmemories -Cosmopolitan Workwek Stripe Blue, misc. paper from my stash, GinaK pure luxury card stock
• mementos black ink, copics, colorbox midnight blue (tag)
• Handmade (larger) blue rose with Punch Bunch 6 petal flower, prima blue roses
• blue satin ribbon
• Spellbinders labels die, scroll (next to bow)

Just for You Tilda

Another Tilda card!  This one was fun.  I am addicted to those large white roses, LOL!!  I got hubby to help me take the picture of this one.  His camera does a better job than mine!

Card Recipe:

• Stamps: Magnolia -Picking Lilacs Tilda, Waltzingmouse labels (tag)
• Paper: Vintage Blue Roses-Paper Pizazz, navy blue stock, misc. paper from my stash (handmade paper with flowers, and speckled paper -sentiment tag), thick white mulberry paper for the white roses, watercolor paper
• staz-on black ink, distress inks, colorbox midnight blue (tag), mementos black (sentiment)
• Handmade white roses, prima blue roses, "weeds" from Michael's dried flower section
• MS branch punch, MS rose leaf punch, MS arch border punch, MS butterfly punch
• blue sheer ribbon
• Spellbinders labels die

My first Tilda

Okay.... I took the plunge.  I finally decided that I like Tilda.  I saw some absolutely awsome cards on a few blogs and fell in love!!  So, here is my first Tilda card.

Inside of card

For this card I used:

• Paper: Vintage Roses  - Paper Pizazz, green from my stash, GinaK pure luxury card stock, thick white mulberry paper (for the white roses)
• paper doilie
• copics
• cuttlebug corner die
• All roses are handmade with: Punch Bunch 6 petal flower, MS leaf punch
• handmade stick pin with swarovski cultured pink pearls and hematite heart bead
• dried flowers from Michael's (my husband calls them "weeds")
• stickles (diamond?)