Another Belated Birthday card

Guess what?  I have completed yet another belated birthday card.  At this point offering excuses about being late on wishing someone (in this case my cousin Sheila) a belated birthday would just be ridiculous, so lets move on.  This card is part of the Featured Stamper challenge over at Splitcoaststampers .  The featured stamper on Sunday was ITSAPASSION or Anne.  Check out her gallery it is full of gems.

The card that I choose to case from Anne's wonderful gallery was Heart of Twill .  I choose Flirtatious Specialty DSP as the patterned paper and Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink and Wisteria Wonder as the cardstock/ink combination.  Again, the stamp set was my uber favorite Happiest Birthday Wishes which does have more stamps than my oft used Belated Birthday Wishes stamp.  Also I gained the first layer of the rosette from the Sizzzix Bigz Perfect Pennants die-- this is a great die and if you are a traditional die person I say definitely take a look at this one.  I hope you enjoy the card and find inspiration from it.

As always, thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

Of all the people

Recently, I stumbled on a challenge over at SCS that's issued weekly called the Scrapbook Variety Challenge and a few weeks back they issued a challenge SVC118 Men in our Lives.  Since I have been thinking that I might need to do some scrapbooking for the adults in my life I thought this would be a perfect way to start.  As I previously mentioned on this blog I ran into a brick wall called life for awhile.  Eventually, I did finish the layout and here are those results.  My partner David and I have been together for 13 years now -- it's the longest sustained relationship in my life.  I won't go into the luck with which we someone found one another or the obstacles we have faced as a couple.

Of all the people

Details 
Paper: Stampin' UP!  Treehouse
Cardstock: Stampin' UP! Buckaroo Blue, True Thyme, Basic Black
Ink: Stampin' UP! Classic True Thyme
Embellishments:  Stampin' UP! Whisper White Eyelets
Ribbon:  Stampin' UP! True Thyme Grosgrain Ribbon

Diecuts:  Making Memories Slice Basics 1 Design Disc, Sizzix Sizzlits Curlie Girlie

Design:  Reflections, Jeanette R. Lynton, Sidebar - Triple, pg 42 & 3

As always thanks for looking and yes HE stamps!

I'm Back ... Part Four

A while back I talked about the pregnancy of my daughter Julie. I offered to make the invitations to the shower and she and the hostess graciously accepted. This was my four or fifth take at the card. As this was my first "BIG" project I learned many things! Most important when supplies are shipping from Utah make sure you order enough ... a week of waiting for cardstock is a long, long time.

This card needed to have space for a LOT Of verbage. Not only was space needed for the party details but also a request to bring a book rather than a card (a small dagger in the heart to a cardmaker.) So I opted for Beate Johns Joy Fold Card I really liked constructing a card within a card (if you will.) I will be the first to admit I could have admitted some more embellishment but with 40 cards I was worried about even finishing. While I'm having a confessional moment I'll freely say what you're all thinking -- my markering skills are sad, not one teddy bear looked like the next and many looked liked they were striped!

Stamps were the retired Something to Celebrate, Bundle of Joy and the retired background Stippled Plaid. Ink was Stampin' Classic Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink (Stampin' Write marker too!) and Stampin' Craft Whisper White. Cardstock used Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery and So Saffron. Embossing was the retired Sizzzix Textured Impressions Embossed Folder Baby Set. Finally the Stampin' Up Scalloped Oval punch provided the shape for the sentiment and the always useful Scallop Punch.

A happy one

I am so loving these 6x6 scrapbook pages! It's so less intimidating then a big ole' 12x12 page. So look away if it pains you cause there's gonna be a lot more. I've also noticed the sudden (at least for me) availability of albums in the 6x6 size, which is tremendous in my opinion.

The inspiration for this page was the pure joy that glowed from Kammie face at the pink balloon she was given at Friendly's Restaurant. The picture was taken using my cell phone and I was quite surprised to see that it was actually usable.

As for the details, I used the retiring Rainbow Sherbet Designer Series Paper, Gable Green, Apricot Appeal, and Tempting Turquoise cardstocks. I used the Alphalicious Cricut cartridge for the titling, cutting each letter 3 times and then gluing together to get the chipboard look. The Sizzix Sizzlit Decorative Strip Die Flowers & Stems provided the flower embellishments and a 1" Circle punch provided the circles.

Thanks for looking and yes HE stamps.