Karen's Birthday

A pretty birthday card for my friend Karen. Very pink and girly with bright pink cardstock. I've used pink marvy markers on the Hero Arts flower stamp to create a pretty background. Stamp It sentiment in black. I've punched out some spirals in black cardstock to make the pretty curls. It's a bit hard to see in this picture but there are pretty hot pink sparkly flowers (that have self adhesive) added to the curls.

Hayley's Arrived

My friend Karen had a little girl on the 7th November. Here's the card I made to celebrate the safe arrival of Hayley Emma. Bazzil cardstock background. Image tree baby stamp. Hero Arts capital letters and Hero Arts "love" stamp. Added some pretty embellishments and punched flowers.

Congrats to Karen, David and Kirrily on the arrival of their beautiful daughter and sister!!

Spring Birthday!

Here's a card that I have made early (hard to believe I know!!) for my Mum's Birthday in early September. I thought I'd go for flowers since her birthday is at the beginning of spring - & also because I just love flower stamps!! The flower stamp that I have used in the background is from Victoria's Secret - stamped in an olive ink. I have also punched out the cardstock that I stamped this image on and used pink and olive punched flowers as well. I have added green gem to set the flowers off.

Tim's Birthday

Here's a card for my brother-in-law's birthday. I love this huge Hero Arts stamp - it's perfect for boy cards! In the background I have stamped some circle Hero Arts stamps in different sizes (some of them are very hard to see in the scanned image). All mounted on black and aqua cardstock.

Wedding Acceptance Card

Here's a wedding acceptance card for my brother-in-law's wedding. I had fun with the punches for this card. The swirl punch was pretty effective here. Have stamped the heart image with a versacolor cardinal ink. The acceptance stamp again with the cardinal ink and then a black ink for over the top.

Amanda's Birthday Card

Here's a card I made for Amanda's Birthday. It has some really pretty flowers from Hero Arts. I've used Marvy Markers for the main image and added some crystals to set the flower off. The background flowers on the purple cardstock have been stamped with a vellum pad and then chalked over with purple chalk. The script stamp on the green paper is from Stamp-It. I'm very proud of the bow - I'm finally getting the nack of tying a pretty bow!! Sorry this image is so blurry - it didn't come out that great on the scanner.

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!