Easter 2011 for Syd & Chandler

We had a beautiful Saturday and Sunday after several days of rain. My hubby got to mow the lawn for just the second time so far this year. It was a wonderful hint of the Spring that we've been looking for.

I made these Easter cards for Syd & Chandler. Syd's was made with The Painter and the Bee, a Penny Black stamp that I bought from Simon Says Stamp.

For the inside, I used two stamps. The stamp on top is Peeking Bunny from High Hopes (purchased from Stamp & Create) and the Happy Easter is from PSX:

My card for Chandler uses a stamp from High Hopes, Bunny Masterpiece.

The inside again uses the stamp Peeking Bunny from High Hopes and the Some Bunny stamp is from Northwoods Rubber Stamps.

That's all for today. I hope you saw the sun in your neck of the woods today.

Ghosts of Halloweens Past Part II

Two more Halloween cards from Halloweens Past. On the first card, I stamped Dressed to Scare (Penny Black) and painted with Radiant Pearls. The image was layered over a black layer. A rectangle of DP was layered over a black layer over a white card base. I adhered 3 gelly stickers to the card.

I stamped Halloween Pumpkin Stack (Stampaviews) on white cs and painted with Radiant Pearls. The image was layered over black cs, layered at an angle to DP, layered over black cs and finally adhered to a white cardbase. A ghost was punched from white Fun Foam and a black cat from velvet paper. Brads were attached with colored plastic squares.

Christmas In August, Part II

It may seem strange to be working on Christmas cards in mid-August, but pulling out all my Christmas stash (papers, stamps and embellishments) is actually a nice break. Of course, I'm making more of a mess in my craft room but it's worth it just to take an inventory of what I have - and what I don't have. I'm making my shopping list for this Christmas - it'll be here before we know it!

I had this paper left over from last Christmas and it was one of my favorites.

Stamps: On Visa (American Art Stamp)
Paper: DP: Peppermint Stick and Popcorn Balls (BasicGrey) CS: White and red
Ink: graphite black pigment ink (Brilliance)
Accessories: Swiss Dots e.f.; (Cuttlebug); Paper Bliss accent; Class A Peel Stickers (Stampendous); red, gold, green & white glitter; Fiskars paper cutter; Scor-pal; Glue Glider Pro.
Size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 (A2)

Stamps: Warm & Cold (Penny Black), Merry Christmas (unknown)
Paper: DP: Peppermint Stick (BasicGrey) CS: White, lt green, lime green and red
Ink: graphite black pigment ink (Brilliance)
Accessories: Swiss Dots e.f.; (Cuttlebug); circle and scalloped circle paper punches; snowflake punch; brads; red, gold, green & white glitter; Fiskars paper cutter; Scor-pal; Glue Glider Pro.
Size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 (A2)