Spring!

Hello everyone! Well it seems that spring has sprung, but here in my neck of the woods it feels almost like Summer with temps in the upper 80's! I was visiting my friend Joy the other day and came up with this card for Spring using some die cuts from Cosmo Cricket that I had in my stash. The background paper was given to me by Joy(thanks J.S.) and I borrowed a piece of her cardstock as well.Did a little poppin',inkin', and stampin', and scalloped the edges and called it done! I am entering this card in the Monday Challenge at My Craft Spot- Scallops. You can check it out at
http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com
Thanks for peeking and I hope everyone is having a glorious first day of Spring!

Recipe-
Cardstock: Stampin' Up
Kite: Cosmo Cricket die cuts- Honey Pie
Clouds and sentiment: Stamp set, Dear Lizzy
Scalloped edge: Tim Holtz Alterations On The Edge Die- Scallops

Last one!

Hello everyone! This is my last Birthday card of the season, Yea!! I will not have to make another until August if I don't want to,but you know I will just for fun! This card was made for my Brother-In-Law whose birthday is next week. I got the Idea from Emma at My Creative Time only I "manlyed" it up a bit. You can see her card at http://www.creativetimeforme.com I stamped the notebook paper and used a punch for the edge to make it look like it was torn from a notebook, then I added the list by hand. I made some rolled candles and used Memory Thread for the flame, added a bow, a brad, and spritzed it with some glimmer. A pretty simple card, but I like the way it turned out. The inside sentiment was stamped from two separate stamps Thanks for stopping by!
Recipe:
Matted paper- K and Co.,"On The Road"
Candle flame- Memory Thread
Note paper stamp- Stampabilites
Happy Birthday brad- From my stash
Punch- EK Success

Doily

Good morning! This is my second card using my new doily die from Stampin' Up. I made this one at my friend Joy's house in her newly renovated craft space! It is so beautiful, with alot of space and different areas to work! I'm so jealous! We had a fun afternoon, and I hope to do it again soon! I had already cut out my doily and had a pretty good idea of what I wanted the card to look like, but I got some good suggestions and supplies from Joy(thanks JS) and I love the way it turned out! I doubled up on the doily to give it a little more umph, made the rolled rose for the center, embossed the upper half of the card, and stamped the sentiment on the bottom. Unfortunately time snuck up on us so I finished up at home adding some glitter glue to the rose and doily, and I scrunched up some seam binding for my bow.For some reason the rose looks peachy, but it's the same color as the bow. I'm reallyliking the "less is more" look lately. I hope you like it too!

Recipe:
Doily- Stampin' Up, Lg doily die
Rose- Sizzix die, Flowers 3-D
Vintage seam binding- From Joy's stash
Leaves- EK Sucess punch
Sentiment- Stampin' Up, Heard From The Heart stamp
Embossing folder- Sizzix, Dots

Home stretch

Hello! For those of you who are keeping up, this is the next to the last birthday card in the 'birthday season". Yea!!! Only one more to go and two and a half weeks to do the last one in! This card was made for my Mother-in law. I received my order from Stampin' Up and this die was in the package! Isn't the doily pretty?! I love it! Any hoo, I wanted something light and bright and lacy looking so I added a glittered mat behind the doily, found a pre-made bow (that I think came off of something at Christmas), and added a sweet little stickpin to it. I'm off to make another doily! Thanks for looking!

Recipe:
Front sentiment- Stampin' Up, Apothecary Art
Inside sentiment- Computer generated
Sizzix die- Stampin' Up, Lg. Doily
Stickpin- Made by me!

Birthday countdown!

Hello everyone! I know it's been awhile since I posted, but let me assure you I have not been idle! This is the final week of "birthday season" at my house, and I am exhausted! This card is for my Dad. He is always up for a good joke so I thought I would try to be funny with the card this year. I found this

quote at the Quote Garden and couldn't resist. I did the main sentiment with my Design Runner, and stamped the pocket and the Happy Birthday circle on the inside. The clock face on the front is a Tim Holtz stamp. The pocket was originally for a gift card, but I got him something else, so I just filled it with a stamped mini label. Thanks for peeking!
Recipe:
Postcard, stamp and cancellation marks- Sentimentals
Clock face- Tim Holtz
Ticket and mini label- Recollections

Another Birthday

Hey Ya'll! Yes this is another birthday card, and yes I need to make some valentines! I get a little break on the birthday cards now, so I might actually get to make a valentine or two! This card is for my Auntie B who is my mother's closet friend and partner in crime. They are close to the same age. My mother's sister is my Aunt's mother, and they(Mom and Aunt B) ended up married to brothers. I know, it makes for an interesting family tree! I used my new spellbinders die for the large flowers and cut them out from some Lost and Found, My Minds Eye 6x6 papers. Stamped the sentiment, added a sheer ribbon and bow, and a piece of Tim Holtz tissue tape to the bottom.Thanks for looking and bearing with me as I continue with the birthday season!
Recipe:
Card base and mat- Close To My Heart
Large flowers- Spellbiders die, Spiral Blossom One
Tissue tape- Tim Holtz,Alterations
Small flowers- Prima

Birthday #5

Hello everyone! Here is Birthday card #5, which happens to be for my Grandson. I have been racking my brain for weeks about what kind of card to do for my Grandson. He is turning 15 and I really couldn't think of anything age appropriate until I saw a picture of an Easel card on a website out of the UK. It was perfect! He spends about 50% of his time playing his DS and the other 50 on the computer! This card is larger than what I usually make at 51/2 X 51/2. I didn't have any carts with a computer on it, so I printed some clip art and used the bottom for the keyboard. The screen is done in some shiny Vellum. I shined up the keyboard a little with a silver gel pen, and popped the words Happy Birthday to give it a little demension.I added the mouse as an afterthought and attached it with memory thread. the candle was hand stamped, glittered up and cut out. Hope you like, and thanks for peeking!
Recipe:
The word Wish- Gypsy Wanderings
The word Big- Beyond Birthdays
Keyboard- Computer generated clip art
Candle Stamp- icling from StudioG
Mouse- Hand drawn and cut