Sympathy and Religious card swap on Splitcoast

You know how you join a swap, and then have stampers block? HAHAHAH!! This swap is due on Nov. 18th. I am normally the person that has their cards in first... but this time, I just hit stampers block. Casing is great, but I'm typically not a caser. I like to come up with ideas on my own. And this time, I struggled with it. But I think they came out nicely. Let me know what you think.

This was a bookmark card I was going to make as my religious card. Instead, I decided to use it as my Thank you card to the hostess of the swap. I got to use my handy dandy perforator that I bought a little bit ago. AND... the image goes back 10+ years ago.

(OK... little story here. A LONG time ago, I was into stamping. I was an SU demonstrator, but before that, I loved stamping with my friends, Cindy, Robin and Patty. There was a terrific little stamp store in California, woman who owned it, her name is Adele. (Can't remember the store). She sold sheets of stamp sets. I did a lot of things on my computer and sent them to her. In return, she would send me a sheet of stamps for free. This is a set that I purchased from her. I absolutely loved this artist and even went to Pennsylvania to meet her. And this stuff was put on VELCRO!!! This was before cushion was really out. Kinda like the VHS vs. Beta fight... Velcro lost and cushion won. But I had a ton of stamps on velcro. When I got out of stamping, my friend Robin took all of my velcro'd stamps. Earlier this spring, Robin contacted me and had a flood in her basement. She went through her stuff and found the stamps untouched. But she really didn't use them. And can you believe she contacted me and asked me if I wanted them back!?!?!?!? THANK YOU SO MUCH ROBIN!!!! This set is from those velcro backed stamps.)

This is my Sympathy card. I used SU French Foliage in Basic Gray, Black and Soft Suede. It has vellum over it to make it look softer. The "Always Remember" set is from The Angel Co.

Ohhh I had fun with this. This saying is also from the elusive velcro backed stamps I have. This is the "general" religious card. I used Sizzix Leaves #2, and then ran them through different cuttlebug folders. The lace is antique lace my mother-in-law found and had given me some of it. I've been hoarding it, but figured it's not going to be appreciated until I use it.

Happy Birthday Dad

My dad's birthday was on the 25th.  I made this card for him with paper my MIL had given me from HSN or QVC.  It's textured, but I was not happy with it at all.  It's not Stampin' Up!, that's for sure.  The brown c/s, when I folded it, it cracked and the white showed through. So I had to cut it down to a front, but now all of the edges show white.  All of the c/s you see, the dark red, dark green and brown are all that way.  Tsk... tsk... not everyone can be SU!... I guess that's why I love their c/s so much.  Now the patterned paper is The Angel Co.  A friend had given me a paper pack, which I have to say is quite nice.  It's not double sided, and it does not offer as many sheets as SU does, but I liked the pattern. And on the bottom of their 12x12, they have a detachable piece that shows the color groups that the paper goes with. This is on EACH sheet of paper, which is awesome, because I just looked at that and knew which it would go with.

Anywhoo... Happy Birthday Dad!

The Angel Co. swap card

So... what do you think? I decided to go for girly and fun instead of my usual "floral or nature" themes that I love so much. The set is called Wonder and Joy.  I can honestly say, this was definitely out of my comfort zone.   I can't wait to get the rest of the cards from the swap.  I am hostessing this swap on SplitCoastStampers.  I will post the rest of them when they come in.

Buuuuzzzzzzzzzz

I finally finished this little fella, along with 5 other fronts that I had done, but didn't know what to do.  This is using the crayon resist technique on glossy c/s.  Bee image is from The Angel Co., Swirled Spring Life set. The swirl is from CTMH, Little Bee, set.

My Easter Swap Card for IWIA's meeting on 3-22-10

Ok Gang... what do you think of my Easter card?  Image is by The Angel Co., paper and inks are Stampin' Up! Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry and Orchid Opulence.  Background paper is Stampin' Up!'s DSP and I used the cuttlebug on the orchid paper. (Punches also by Stampin' Up!)

And yes... his fuzzy tail is flocked!

3-14-10 Eastern Shore Shoebox Swap

WoW!! This was a really terrific swap. It was at Stephanies house, who has the most amazing stamping space there is. A renovated 2-car garage with just the most amazing space. My husband would never be able to get me out of there if I had that much space.

Betsy... thank you so much for sharing the door prizes and being such a wonderful hostess, along with Stephanie. You guys are really wonderful and I can't wait to do this again!!

Here are the items we made.

A goodie bag, I used this to hold all of my cards I made;

The cards were really fabulous, the women there were amazing, and it was a terrific way to spend a rainy day. Thanks for having us Eastern Shore Swappers!!!!! Can't wait to do it again!

3-1-10 Swap Card

Ok... so what do you think? You can't see it, but the white c/s layer in the back actually has the small dots from SU's impressions plate. The paper is SU Always Artichoke, with the SU Butterfly sizzlet. The tree, however is from The Angel Co.

Whoops! Forgot Shawna's card!!!

I made this card last night for a friend... who is having knee surgery. This is my 2nd time using my nesties, and I love paisley. You can't see it very well, but the apricot paper has paisley from a texture plate, and the SU background paper has paisley, as does the bashful blue small paisly. I ran that and the pink through the SU daisy embossing folder. It's quite adorable.



And how could I forget Shawna's card?!?!? This is Changito hanging onto this fella's leg... I laugh every time I see this!!!! Great card Shawna!!!