My Daughter Monkeys Around

I was so pleased with how my daughter's card turned out. She's a natural! I spend hours and hours researching cards for inspiration. My daughter grabs up the ribbon, scissors and stamps and whips a card up in no time! I told her how much I loved it and it would be a great card for the Anysoldier.com card swap and she was not impressed that I was not intending on keeping her work of art. Uh oh I'm in the hot seat! I let her know we have so many more cards to make together!

Bunny Hugs Wood Mounted Stamp

I just loved how this card turned out! I don't know a lot about this stamping onto cards stuff. I dab the stamp in ink and stamp it onto paper. Who knew it would have so many more things to it than that! My husband wanted to play with the embossing stuff and he suggested I emboss over my stamped images just to try it out. I am always afraid to try something I haven't researched. But he did it and it looked so much better to me! I have been embossing everything after that!

Birthday Card Challenge - Due May 13th

Okay so I found a birthday card challenge on Stamp Something blog. It was just in time for a friends birthday. So I thought I would make the card in a shade of violet her favorite color. I wanted to try all my new embossing stuff I received for Mother's Day. I whipped the card up and debated for days if I needed to add more to it.

Finished 40 - 4th of July cards!

My first set of 20 -4th of July cards for the Anysoldier.com card swap. I thought I wouldn't have time to hand make my own cards  so I started by printing 20 cards from MSWorks program. After finishing these cards and 20 letter inserts I realized I could take on another set of handmade cards.

Here they are!

My first Pop-Up cards! I just love how they turned out! Thanks again to Cricut Critters for this wonderful idea!

I discovered Inkadinkado stamps!

It all started one morning while I was searching the internet for some 4th of July card inspiration. I have noticed how some handmade cards have stamped colored images and it seems to be a big thing among card makers. I admit I thought it looked a little more professional than just using cut papers and forming them into a layout. So I took a trip to my local arts & crafts store which is Hobby Lobby. I bought my first set of Inkadinkado Toadily Happy set of frog stamps. I played with a few stamps but something made me want more stamps. I took another trip to Hobby Lobby and bought another set of stamps. Before I new it i was searching Ebay. Yes Ebay. I know I am in trouble now. I won my first two sets of Inkadinkado stamps. I am waiting on their arrival to my doorstep. Projects will be posted as they are finished.