Why have there been no cards lately?

Well - the last few months have been full of excitement! We've sold our house, moved in with my parents to save money, and have bought a block of land to build on. Hopefully we will be in the new house around Christmas! So the scanner has been packed away in the move - but hopefully it will re-emerge soon so some more cards can be scanned in. Today I actually got to spend a few hours stamping - such luxury!! Have made some birthday cards and have begun work on some Mother's Day cards. Also have some 60th birthday cards, my husband's 30th birthday card, and an engagement card to make - will have to get moving on all of these!
Oh - and did I mention - I have also gone back to work full-time. So now you can see why stamping has been right down the list of priorities!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! I know - I've been extremely slack posting. Just been busy busy busy!! Anyway, New Year's resolution is to try to make more cards and post them. This one I've made for my Father-In-Law's birthday. Base card is baby blue in colour. Background images are "Celebrate" from the Hero Arts "Original Definitions" set and "Squiggle" from Lucy's Stamps. Foreground "Sea Horse" image is from Lucy"s Stamps. Have stamped Celebrate with tricolour Brilliance (Peacock) pad. Sea Horse stamped with Versa Color Turquoise pad. Squiggle stamped with Versa Color Cyan pad. Have also used this to go around the edges of the white card stock. Sea Horse image mounted on mint green cardstock. Have used clear kindyglitz on the corners of the sea horse image.

Paul's Birthday Card

Here's the birthday card I made for my brother. Background yellow cardstock - I've stamped with Versamagic ink the present stamp and then chalked over with orange chalk. Bird and saying stamps stamped on white cardstock with black archival ink. Coloured with watercolour pencils and blended in with the Dove blender pen. All Stamps from Hero Arts - Clear Design Bird sets.

September Wedding

We are going to a wedding in a couple of weeks time. Have stamped on white gloss cardstock the love and cherish stamps from Hero Arts in white Versa Color ink and then embossed in fine white embossing powder. Swiped some Versa Magic chalk pads over the cardstock (Pink Petunia, Wheat, and Perfect Plumeria colours) - buffed with a tissue. Swiped around the card with a gold pad and embossed with gold powder. Ended up restamping the love an cherish words over the original stamped image - just to make it stand out a bit more. Have punched small retro flowers (EK Success) out of gold wrapping paper; deep pink cardstock; and some petal design paper (recycled from the lining of an envelope).

Caitlin's Blanket

Here's the reason why I haven't been stamping as much over the last few months. Have been crocheting Caitlin a blanket - finished it in time for her birthday last week! I'm very happy with how my first crocheted piece has turned out.

Ben's Birthday Card

My friend's little boy has turned one! Here's the birthday card I made for him. Unfortunately the "one" word is a bit hard to see on the card in the scanned image. It has beenb stamped in a aqua blue colour as well as yellow. Giraffe is from Stamp-It; Happy Birthday from Penny Black, "one" from Hero Arts Clear Design number one set. Patterned papers used in background.

Father's Day Card

Well it's Father's Day next weekend, so I thought I'd better get started with making some cards. I have heaps to make this week - 3 father's day cards, a birthday card for Caitlin, a birthday card for Mum - all due this coming weekend! Stress!!!
I have been sick the last few weeks and have had no motivation to do cards. Last night I made this card for my Dad and I'm really happy with how it came out. Had fun with resist embossing - I do love this technique. Have used a Hero Arts clear fern stamp (letter F in the alphabet range of stamps) - embossed in white on white gloss card. Have swiped over the top with VersaMagic Dew Drop chalk pads Spanish Olive and Aegean Blue. Polished with a tissue - then swiped gold over the cardstock and embossed with gold embossing powder. For the Father word - have used the large F from the Hero Arts clear F stamp set and letters from a Hero Arts Classic Alphabet set. All mounted on blue and olive cardstock.