Simon Says Anything Goes

So away we go.  This card did start out as a post for a challenge to use a tag and a Hero Art tag - well of course by the time I got mine made - the challenge was closed - but that is OK - because I have another Christmas card made.

The paper is from Melissa Francis - tried for a very vintage style and I do wish I had less of the background red paper showing - it has all the colors in it that coordinate but too modern.  If only a sliver of it was showing - it would be almost perfect.  The sentiment is a stamp from Hero Arts stamped in Hero Arts Ink - wet cement I believe is the color - it is greyish in color.  I then took my Stardust pen and outlined the letters - it is very pretty in real life.  The trim is tea dyed muslin and the poinsettia was ripped off a thing I had in a drawer.  The tag was dry embossed and inked.  I cut it with my Silhouette.

I am entering the tag in the Simon Says Stamp challenge - anything goes.  One more Christmas card for me to send out.  Yeah.

Who would have thunk - Christmas papers - for a retirement card?

I was asked to make a retirement card from our Office.  The recipient of the card has worked for the University over 50 years and she has worked in the same position the majority of her years.  Wow - can you imagine - the changes she has seen.  Mind boggling.



This picture is an inspirational image from Moxie Fab World for one of Paper Crafts new special editions - Get Inspired.  This card is my inspiration - I have a greenish houndstooth paper in my card and also the clasp is a pearl and I used a pearl brad in the center of my flower.

The papers for this card are from two different Christmas collection - Melissa Frances and Webster's Pages.  I had to trim the Santa Claus off one paper in two different spots.  The flower is made from old pattern pieces - I have enough pattern pieces to start several greenhouses.  The "thank you stamp" is from Hero Arts.  The three sentiments in this stamp set - have become go to stamps for me.

I hope you enjoy my retirement card made from Christmas papers.

Wednesday - 3/3/10

Good Wednesday evening - someone has been spreading a rumor that spring is on its way - so why is it 9 degrees in the morning and last night when I left some friends - my windows were all frosty - but the full moon was beautiful. I am glad we made it through hump day - only two more days till the week end - yeah. I think I can - I think I can make it to Friday at 4:30.

I am getting started on making some Easter cards. The blog Rubber Punkin had some free downloads for Easter tags - she had some free Valentine tags that I had fun with so wanted to use the Easter tags. This is the first two cards - I have a couple more cards planned but that will probably be next week before I get to them. The first card is very loosely based on the sketch at Our Creative Corner's weekly sketch site. You will notice I said loosely.

Well I need to go make a phone call. Everyone have a wonderful evening.

Card One

Bo Bunny - card base

Patterned Paper - We R Memory Keepers

Stamp - Craftsmart ($1 Michael's stamp) colored with Copics

Flower Brad - Imaginisce

Lace - gift from Ivanka

Button and floss from supplies

Tag - Rubber Punkin

Card Two

Cardbase - unknown

Stamped with background stamp from Stampin! Up

Patterned Paper - My Mind's Eye

Rub On - Melissa Francis

Ribbon - Offray

Good Monday Evening

Good Monday evening - I had a wonderful week end - spent the week end with a group of very special friends I call "the Ya Ya's" - I have known some of them for 30 years. We ate, drank, shoppped and in the middle of all of it on Saturday - one of the Ya Ya's had to go to the hospital for the birth of her grandson - he decided to do a little "trick or treat" since he was 2 months early. All are doing well.

My card tonight is a thank you card for the hostess of our week end event -we stayed in her big RV. Barb is getting back in shape and has started to do biking so I could not resist using this image on her thank you card. The card is based on the sketch at Card Patterns. The lighting is not very good - I apologize. We are going into the dark months now.

Paper - Basic Grey

Stamp - Amuse colored with Copics

Rub On - Melissa Frances

Everything else is from my stash of supplies

Feels Good to Create

It felt good to create a card last night. I had done my coloring the night before and using Sketch 30 from Card Patterns made the creating very easy. This was a special order card for one of my students to give to her aunt - her aunt bought her a vacuum cleaner, helped her decorate her bathroom in monkeys and orange is Sierra's favorite color (she has a large orange couch from Ikea).

Everyone have a wonderful evening.

Stamp- Stampendous colored with Copics

Paper - My Mind's Eye - of course all the names were cut off the paper

Ribbon - Little Black Dress

Flowers - Prima - turquoise was colored with Copics

Rub On - Melissa Francis