Anniversary

 A few weeks ago, Jen and Mark celebrated their 23rd wedding anniversary.  Today's card is the first one I made for them.  Then I decided I should make the same card using Rich Razzleberry~~the color her bridesmaids wore on their wedding day.  Of course, I did not take a photo of that one, so in your mind imagine this card is Rich Razzleberry, a Stampin' Up color.  I foolishly spent too much time trying to make the strips for the top layer on the scalloped heart to be precise.  Eventually, I told myself to just adhere alternate strips of white embossed cardstock and pattern paper to a piece of cardstock and then die cut that using heart dies from Stampin' Up's retired Be Mine Stitched Heart die set.  Rhinestones, hearts and ribbon completed the card.   It looks perfectly fine!

Have a great week!

Happy Halloween

 This year I purchased My Favorite Things' stamp set, Best Witches.  At first, I made the pretty Halloween cards.  I used a variety of stamp sets for the sentiment and punches for the background.

And then I saw a "Witch way to the boos" card on the internet and decided I could use that card for a few of the people on my card list.  I typed the sentiment using Word and then added the images.  Again, it is the cute little witch from Best Witches and the "boos" are from My Favorite Things' Here's To You die set.

A majority of the cards I made this year were die cut using Stampin' Up's Deckled Edges die set.  Enjoy the day and the ghosts and goblins that appear at your front door today!

Free As A Bird

Today's cards were created using Stampin' Up's Free As A Bird stamp set.  The sentiment on the square card is from the Thoughtful Greetings stamp set by Pretty Pink Posh.  The square card is one I saw on Pinterest a while ago and was by a Stampin' Up Artisan demonstrator.  The images on both cards were colored using alcohol markers.  The birds on the branch image was adhered to popped up squares.  The squares on the square card measure 2-1/4" by 2-1/4" while on the other card the squares measure 1-3/4" by 1-3/4".   Before adhering the squares, I splattered the squares with black ink and added blue backgrounds  Neither of the sentiments were on popped up squares. And finally, little gems were added to each card.

Have a great week!

Fort Myers Beach

 As many of you know, we vacationed in Fort Myers Beach every year for a number of years.  I have been watching the news and seeing the devastation Floridians have suffered from Hurricane Ian.  It is hard to believe that many of the places we frequented are no long there.  That being said, the condo building we stayed in is still in tact.  Of course, not sure about the structural and inside damage.  So today's card is a very simple card wishing better days ahead for those who have lost so much.

I used Stampin' Up's Palms dies and black cardstock for the silhouette of the palm trees and sea grass.  I adhered those to a pattern paper from Honey Bee's Beach Vibes paper packet. Lastly, the sentiment from Stampin' Up's Paradise Palms stamp set was added.  

My heart goes out to the people of Florida.  Have a great day!