Embossed Bird for Mom

This is a card I made for my boyfriend's mother. She's an incredibly sweet woman so I wanted to make something really special. She has a bird feeder in her backyard so I wanted to incorporate birds in the card. I decided to emboss the background then use some Distress Inks to fill in each block. I then added two pearls to accent the Mom stamp in the middle. I really liked how this came out.

2nd Mother's Day Card

For the second Mother's Day card I made, I wanted to create a floral motif. I took a bouquet stamp I have and went to work with my Copics. Still learning how to blend! I found this nicely embossed paper at Michael's on the sale rack that I used as the background. The paper trimmer was by Martha Stewart and I decided to add a ribbon just because.

And of course, a MOM stamp. =)

1st Mother's Day Card

So I realized that I never shared my Mother's Day cards on here. This year I made three which is usually the same amount I make every year. One for my mom (duh), one for my boyfriend's mom and one for my friend Kevin's mom who was like my stand-in mom in college. These three ladies are very important to me and each card is very different.

For my own mom, I found the cutest Penny Black stamp of a kitty that I knew I could make look like my own cat, Balthazar. And since the card was going to be from the both of us, I decided he should make an appearance on the card as well.

After I colored in the stamp with Copics, I used a special scissor cutter to trim the edges. I embossed the red background and cut the sentiment from the Create a Critter 2 cartridge. It was quick and simple. Hope you like it! The other two are yet to come. =)

The Power of Thank You Cards

Life has been nuts lately! I'm sorry for this long absence, but thankfully the craziness has not stopped me from creating. Today, I have two more thank you cards to showcase and these are two special cards because they were sent to my new employers! I got a new job!! I will be working for Penguin Publishing in the city and I am SO excited because I have always wanted to break into the publishing business and it has finally happened!

I made these quick thank you cards the same afternoon of my interview. Within a day they were out the door and I really think they helped because I interviewed on a Monday morning and by Friday morning I had the job. So while I do believe one has to actually be qualified and show some experience to land a dream job, it also helps when you show some creativity and gratitude with personal notes!

I had bought these beautiful stamps from Inkadinkado and I used clear embossing powder on a piece of card stock. I decided to take my Distress inks and instead of blending all over, I decided to try something new and make color blocks. I really liked how it came out. I ended with a Martha Stewart paper trimmer. Simple.

This adorable puppy was also from an Inkadinkado stamp set. I decided to color him in with Copics and used a scalloped paper puncher to cut him out.  I wanted the sentiment font to be as playful as the puppy. Again, simple but pretty. =)



I was so happy when I found out I got the job! It also had perfect timing because my birthday was the week after. I ended up spending the day in the city with my boyfriend going to the Central Park Zoo and then to the Museum of Natural History (my fav place!)

Teddy R. and I go waaaaay back.

My boyfriend and I are silly. <3

So now that I am back in the swing of things, I'm looking forward to checking out everyone's sites!!

Paper Playtime Challenge #9 Embossing!

Ch#9 Emboss (dry or wet)

Begins: Mon, Apr 29

Ends: Sun, May 12

Winner announced in the WINNERS Page Tab
Prize sponsored by TSQ Royal Castle Shoppe
"The Royal Garden" stamp set

(must have a USA address)

Here's what I created for this challenge:

Recently, I had to create a thank you card and I wanted to make something with bright, lively colors. First I covered a piece of card stock with Mustard Seed Distress Ink. I took a Recollection writing stamp and stamped it with Memento Ink. I then embossed a dandelion stamp with clear embossing powder. Honestly, the flags were the most complicated part of this card, but I just love this stitching! I added the small Thank You stamp to finish the card off. 

This is a fairly simple embossed card and I want to see what you all come up with. Make sure you join in on the fun!!

Snow Boarding Birthday

My boyfriend's friend Mac is a huge fan of snowboarding. When he's not in the lab playing chemist extraordinaire, he's up on some snowy mountain, testing fate by deciding which steep hill to ride down. Personally, you would never find me doing this, but he's good at this extreme sport. For his birthday, I wanted to make him a card that celebrated his spirit for adventure.

The snowboarder is from Pink Cat Studio and I just LOVE their digistamps. This one is called Billy Snowboarder. I used copics to color him in. Then I embossed a separate piece of white card stock with a snow folder and colored the edges blue with distress ink. I then took a Hero Arts snowflake stamp pack and glitter embossed it around the card. I ended it with just a simple "Birthday" sentiment on the bottom. I realized that I just HAD to add an action wobble for fun so that's what I did.

Do any of you ski or snowboard?

Happy Day

A few weeks ago, Pam from scrap-n-sewgranny.blogspot.com won my blog redesign giveaway and I sent her a $25 Michael's giftcard. What I soon found out was what an incredibly nice person she was! We chatted a whole lot about Disney because she told me she worked there when she was in college. Also her Dad was an electrician and helped build the Contemporary Hotel in Disney World! She was actually one of the few people who got to experience the park before it opened to the public! How insane is that? I was super jealous!

For her card, I looked to the Neapolitan Paper pack I recently purchased. There was a page with mason jars and I cut three individual jars out. I put them over the chevron pattern. For the middle jar, I added some twine and stamped the sentiment, "Happy Day" using a Memento ink pad so it would match the colors.

Pam has since told me of all the great things she's gotten with her giftcard so I'm super happy about that! Be sure to check out her page!