Valentine's

Valentine's, love is in the are. Here is a card and book mark I made for a swap. The images were given to me in an image exchange ages ago. I finally used them. I think they look rather nice on these items.

Birthday Collection

Here are my creations for a birthday kit swapped. I used items from my scrap bins to for the this collection. First I found candle images from a previous image exchange. There were enough images to create six of each of the three items requested in the swap. I then used Twinkling H2Os to give a background color wash for the candle which were painted with darker H2Os. Colors were chosen based on the background color wash I did for each item. For example the topper was color washed in light green and blue, so I used this as my theme colors for the topper. Blue became the main color.

For the topper I layered the image then added a ribbon. Since it did not lay flat and there was extra room I decided to punch flowers from the remnant cardstock and paper I used in the topper. I then attached the flowers and added glitter along with a baggie for items to be placed in.

For the card I wanted a different color combination from the topper, so I went with yellows, rusts, and browns. I found a vintage paper for the background and again punched flowers. I had some wide ribbon with lace to add to the card, then finished it off with glitter in the middle of the flowers.

The bookmark also used the candles and flowers, but with a purple color theme. For this I used a large flower image. Flowers were also punched for the back of the bookmark. Fibers in the color theme was added.

The three items for this kit relate to each other with the flower punches, color wash and the candles. I hope you like my creations. I do.

1, 2, 3...10.... Here are my number cards!

Numbers...they are everywhere. I decided to do a number swap and here are the cards I made for this swap. I looked for images that couldbe repeated for the number they represent.

For Number 1, I used the frog since he was big.

Number 2 is a lighthouse from Wisconsin.
Number 3 are trees... 3 of them.

The roses looked good on number 4.

5 represents mail that we love to receive... 5 times over.

6 represents handpainted ornaments. Do you remember the ornaments on your tree when you were young? They were shiney and pretty.

7 Teacups. I don't drink tea, but I do like my cup of coffee each morning.

How many keys do you have on your keychain? I guess I have 8.

Do you remember the story of the 3 pigs? For this card there are 9 pigs.




10 Windmills. You sure don't see these anymore.

The Rest of the Alphabet

Y and Z....

Y is for "Yesterday." Yesterday never comes again. It is only part of our memory.

Z represents "Zebra."

Soccer! Soccer was part of our household for years and years. Soccer games every weekend, practice a couple times a week and uniforms. Now my kids are getting older they are moving on to other things.

Time is something that keeps moving. Each minute that happens cannot be captured again. This card is a moment in Time.

When it rains the umbrellas come out. When you go to the beach you see umbrellas. Umbrellas can be big or small and are usually quite colorful.

Mountain climbing, mountain biking, the X-games. X represents X-treme as in sports.

Vintage is a popular theme in cardmaking. Vintage is looking back at our past. In cardmaking browns and distressing are used to give a vintage look.

"I Do" Weddings are beautiful occassions with family and friends invited to attend the celebration.

The Alphabet continues

P is for Polarbear

Q is for Quad

R is for River

My favorite of these three is River. I layered paper to may a shoreline, beach, trees, sky. Then I had flamingo stamp that capped off the scene.

For Quad I wanted 4 of this and 4 of that and it worked out rather well.

With P I didn't want to do the traditional "pig," but I did find a polarbear stamp in my collection, so I made a card of Polarbears. Used a little glitter to make it shine and shimmer.

Ladies Having Fun

I received these images of ladies having fun from a "Merry-go-round" swap. For this typ of swap you send off images and someone else makes them into cards, then the cards are sent back to the image maker. Since I have to send these cards off I thought I would share my creations with you.

The first card I made it so it looks like the ladies are having fun on a cruise. For the second card I went with the Red Hat theme. Hope you like my cards.

Shirley