Shall I Sing?

Here is a TAG card; I adore them! This one is for my dear friend Kit, aka Missy Kit-n-Kaboodle. It's her birthday! "Shall I sing" is one of those old jokes that good friends share, she will laugh guaranteed. I love the luxurious look of this tag (even tho the pic is a little over exposed from the flash) with its velvet trim and yo-yo embellishment from Maya Road, hardware by Tim Holtz and dangling faceted gem from Heidi Swapp (on the "g" resting on my finger in the picture). I've simply layered strips of horizontal papers, ribbons and a metal word that I adhered using the Tiny Attacher, the cutest mini stapler you've ever seen. And the staples fit perfectly fit over the metal word, gotta love that!

Happy Birthday my friend. Here is a wish for many more! Carolina Moon

Cow in a Jar

So, what can you do with a cow stamp and a mason jar stamp image? Well, put the Cow IN the Jar, of course! This was a birthday card for my Dad; the cow makes sense to him. I just loved the process...took me a while to come up with stamping the jar on a plastic sheet to look like glass. Prior to that I tried a coating or Crystal Effects and it rippled as did a layer of clear EP. What would you do with a cow stamp?

My kind of Gardening!

Now this is my kinda gardening! No dirt or bugs just some ink on your fingers.



These are super easy and addictive. Made with the Stampin Up Butterfly punch. See the original blog post here:
http://gretchenbarron.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/05/happy-mothers-day-mom.html

Happy Mother's Day!

To "The Mama"...Happy Mother's Day. I love you more than you know.

Here is a card that I love! I love the vellum, the suede paper, the velvet spiral, the grainy Distress embossing powder image, the Italian tile decorative paper and the tag shape. It is a textural card experience. One special technique that I used was to apply white paint on the backside of the image of the face. From the front it makes her look 'lit from behind' and stand out on the card while maintaining the matte look of the card. And I love my new bow maker ("Bow-Easy" http://www.posibendr.com/); perfect bows every time.

My first Challenge

I came across a contest to make a card that is inspired by a photo. The prize is a new Tim Holtz "Over the Edge" Die. I thought, "Why not?" I was instantly inspired by the picture and had everything made by the end of the day; that's a first!
I used all sorts of goodies: Gold Scroll Hambly screen print acetate, Tim Holtz "Distressables and Doo-Dads", Rub-ons, cording, a drawer pull brad and a mini-propeller ( What? You don't have a mini-propeller in your stash?)

The winner will be posted on the Scrap-Mart blog on 2/4. http://scrapmart.squarespace.com/journal/2010/1/28/who-wants-a-new-sizzix-tim-holtz-die.html

Below you'll see the inspiration photo and then my card. Let me know what you think.

Look who's turning 1!

This is a card for my sweet niece Noelle who will be 1 on February 5th, 2010. All pink and sparkly just like her sweet giggle. Honestly, doesn't glitter make everything better? The base paper is an irridescent pink with flocked lettering, so fuzzy and fabulous! I LOVE the new technique I learned to make paper flowers

Babies of all kinds!

Here are two cards celebrating Babies. One for a "furry" boy who is already 6 yrs old; hard to believe! And one for a tiny one on her way! Ya just gotta love babies!